Colonial Funeral Home Obituaries
Monday, June 19, 2017Catherine Porter(Photo: obituary)Catherine Porter, 87, passed away June 18, 2017 in Wichita Falls. Funeral services will be held at 2 PM, Tuesday, June 20, 2017 in Lunn’s Colonial Chapel with Rev. Daniel M. Garza officiating. There will be a visitation after the service and prior to the entombment in the Crestview Garden Mausoleum. Arrangeme...
Saturday, June 10, 2017Wichita Falls. A Graveside service will be held at 1:30 p.m., Monday, June 12, 2017 in Crestview Cemetery with Dr. Ike Butterworth officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Lunn’s Colonial Funeral Home.Mary Ruth was born December 6, 1925 in Memphis, Texas to Mr. and Mrs. David Lowry Johnson. She met Jimmie M. Whitmire, Sr. at North Texas University. Ruthie attended Baylor, North Texas and Weatherford College where she received a degree in voice. She taught school...
Monday, March 27, 2017Rehabilitation Center, c/o Activities Department—Mabel Costello, 235 Old Waterford Road NW, Leesburg, VA 20176 or to Andrew Chapel United Methodist Church, 1301 Trap Road, Vienna, VA 22182. [Colonial Funeral Home]Ursula Ilse Precht, 88, of Leesburg, died March 9. She was born Nov. 4, 1928, in Braunschweig, Germany to Willy and Helene (Holzkamp) Sennholt. She came to the United States in 1936 and resided in Queens, NY, until she and her husband Frederick C. Precht moved to Reston in 1988. They have been residents of Blue Ridge since 2001. In addition to her husband, she is survived by her daughter Susan, sons William and Robert, and seven grandchildren. [Loudoun Funeral Chapel]Sheila Mary Strum, 69, of Leesburg, died March 7. She was born Feb. 24, 1948, to the Earle and Bernice Bovaird in New Brunswick, Canada. A registered nurse, she lived in Leesburg for 30 years. She is survived by her husband William H. Strum, daughters Esme Salamon, Emily Kamin and Elsbeth Mayo, 10 grandchildren, and siblings Joan Simpson, Diane Foster, Larry Bovaird and Heather Johnson. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. April 1 at St. James’ Episcopal Church in Leesburg. Memorial contributions may be made to Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, 383 Main Ave., 5th Floor Norwalk, CT 06851. [Loudoun Funeral Chapel]...
Monday, March 27, 2017Relay for Life, the American Cancer Society, or Loudoun Hunger Relief.Ryan Thomas Drews, 19, died March 10. He was born Nov. 2, 1997. A memorial service will be held Saturday, April 1 at 1 p.m. at Colonial Funeral Home of Leesburg. [Colonial Funeral Home]Robert Lewis “Hawk” Higbee, 93, of Ashburn, died March 15. He was born June 22, 1923, in Berrien Springs, MI, to Cecelia Ness Higbee and Adelbert Lyle Higbee. He served in the U.S. Army Amphibious Corps during World War II in the Pacific Theater. He then worked for 45 years for the Detroit Edison Company. He is survived by children Robert L. Higbee II, Daniel J. Higbee, Timothy K. Higbee, Jon K. Higbee, Nancy E. Perkins and Susan M. Londos, 10 grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, sister Margaret Brown, of Boise, ID, and brother Warren Higbee, of Chesterfield Township, MI. Services will be private iat St. Mary’s Cemetery in New Baltimore, MI. [Loudoun Funeral Chapel]Gary G. Lewis, 64, of Leesburg, VA, died on Wednesday, March 15, 2017. He departed this life peacefully at his home accompanied by his loving wife and best friend of 24 years, Joan. He was born in Washington, DC on June 5, 1952 as the oldest son of the late John H. Lewis and Audrey Green. He was a resident of Loudoun County for over twenty years. Gary leaves to cherish his loving memory his devoted wife, Joan A. Lewis, a daughter, LaTonya R. White (Ralph), two sons Antonio R. Smith, and Gary G. Lewis, Jr.; four brothers Clinton D. Courtney (Teressa), Carl D. Courtney (Debra), Keith D. Cou...
Monday, March 13, 2017Wayne, New Jersey.The Feb. 24 death of the 47-year-old Scott D. Logan is noted in an online obituary posted by the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home.Logan died at home, says the obituary, which gives no cause for his death.He was fired after he pleaded guilty to having a gun with obliterated serial numbers and threatening three of his superiors. He was sentenced to a year of home confinement with another four years suspended and probation. Logan, the obituary says...
