Obituaries

RALPH M. MALCOLM, JR. Ralph M. Malcolm, Jr. 62, of Alexandria, Virginia was called home on November 9, 2016, at his residence. He was born on October 13, 1954, in Panama to the late Ralph Sr. and Catherine Bostick Malcolm. Ralph migrated to the United States from Panama in 1957. His love of the aviation field was reflected in his...

ZULA DIETRICH OBITUARYJuly 28, 1921 – November 7, 2016Zula Dietrich was born on July 28, 1921 in Washington, D.C. to Elmer and Sallie Hendley Dietrich. By the time she was two years old, she was living, along with her older sister, Winifred, in south Arlington, Virginia in the Dietrich family’s beautiful English Tudor home. This newly-built home was one of...

Alan Thomas Chopoorian, was born into this world to Mr. Thomas J. Chopoorian and Mrs. Lucy Chopoorian on July 12, 10948 in New Jersey. He was a Staff Sargent with the United States Army and served his country with pride. Later in life he resided in beautiful sunny Tampa Florida. Finally making his way to Dale City Virginia he was...

Robert A. Wirkkala, 81 of Alexndria, died on November 4, 2016 at INOVA Mount Vernon Hospital. All services are private.

Robert William Caporaletti, 81, of Alexandria passed away on November 2, 2016. He was born on May 26, 1935 in Alexandria Virginia. Where he worked as Mechanical Engineer for MPR Associates, and in rain or shine he enjoyed riding his bike to work. He was previously in the Navy Reserves where his dedication to his country was honored. He is...

Christopher John Mason was born to William and Betty Mason on July 17, 1972 in Michigan. Christopher J. Mason passed from this world to the next on October 30, 2016 in Alexandria Virginia. His family has entrusted Cunningham Funeral Home with arrangements.

Jearld V. Moran, 97, of Alexandria, VA died on November 1, 2016 at INOVA Mt. Vernon Hospital. All services are private.

John Hubbard Fromm passed away peacefully on October 30th 2016 at the age of 73 in Arlington, Virginia.  He was born July 9th 1943 in Paterson, New Jersey and moved with his parents and brother to Bartlesville, Oklahoma in 1948 when his father took a job with Philips Petroleum.  He attended College High School (class of 1961) in Bartlesville, OK...

Judith C. Sibert, 79, of Alexandria died peacefully in her home, October 30, 2016 surrounded by her family.

Virginia A. Beach, 84, of Alexandria, died on October 25, 2016 at INOVA Alexandria Hospital. She was preceded in death by her parents, Arthur C. and Ruth V. O’Connor McHugh, her beloved husband, Louis A. Beach, and her brother, Arthur C. McHugh, Jr. She is survived by her children, Andrew Beach, of Dallas, TX, Ann Marie Telepak Chris of Tampa,...

It is with heartfelt sadness that we announce that a much loved and adored Paul Hilton Woods was sent to heaven on October 24, 2016. Paul was a resident of Bethesda Chevy Chase and attended Lady of Lourdes Primary Catholic School and then Bethesda-Chevy Chase BCCHigh school until 1967. It was at BCC where he found his love for sports....

Zamiayah Marie Pearson was born into this world On July 29, 2016 and returned to Heavenly Father on October 22, 2016. Her family will be having a Candlelight Vigil on Saturday, October 29, 2016 from 4:00-8:00 P.M. at Hains Point Park Section B Washington, DC

Ruth Ohman, 85, of Alexandria died on October 20, 2016 in her home surrounded by family. All services are private.

Shirley Jo Thompson Lawrence was born on September 14, 1928, in Olathe, Kansas, and eventually moved with her family to Muskogee, Oklahoma, where her parents settled permanently. After graduating Central High School, she attended Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, OK, where she met her husband, Bud Lawrence. They were married on September 4, 1948 and enjoyed 68 years together. Shirley...

Raul Munoz-Contreras, 79, of Arlington, died on October 12, 2016 at Virginia Hospital Center. A graveside service will be held 3:00 PM Wednesday, October 19, 2016, at Garden of Remembrance Cemetery, Clarksburg, MD.

Nyamochi Mishigdorj was born August 24th of 1958 in beautiful Mongolia. He passed from this world on October 12, 2016 in Alexandria, His family will truly miss him and cherish their memories of him.

ARLINGTON, Va. — Irene Farkas-Conn, Ph.D., a Hungarian refugee who helped thousands of fellow Hungarian Jews escape from the Holocaust in a self-rescue operation and later became a leading figure in information science in the United States, died Oct. 11 in Arlington. She was 89.During World War II, she and members of her family used the Glass House, the Budapest...

Joel R. Kaswell, 78, of Alexandria, died on October 11, 2016 at INOVA Alexandria Hospital. A Graveside service will be held at 2:30 PM, October 14, 2016 at Judean Memorial Gardens 16225 Batchellors Forrest Road in Montgomery County Maryland, 20832.

Derry Dean Sparlin, Sr, 83, passed away on October 11th, 2016 in Springfield VA after a long battle withAlzheimer’s disease.Derry was born December 1st, 1932 in Columbia, MO, the second child of Estal and Harriet Sparlin. Hisfamily moved often, to Fayetteville AR, Little Rock AR, Jefferson City MO, and finally Webster Groves MOwhere he graduated from high school in 1950....

Saykoo Elijah Newbill was born July 22, 1993 in New York and left this world October 8, 2016 in Sterling VA his family has entrusted Cunningham Turch Funeral Home with Arrangements.