Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Long time PTA leader, education advocate died at her home.
Catherine Belter, a long time Fairfax County education advocate, died at her home Saturday. "I am deeply saddened by the loss of a great friend and mentor," said Ramona Morrow, president of the Fairfax County Council of PTAs. "Cathy's efforts on behalf of all children will be remembered here in Fairfax, in Virginia and nationally for years to come." Cathy served as president of the Virginia PTA from 1985 - 87, then served 10 years on the board of the National PTA, before her election to the Fairfax County School Board. She served two terms, 2000 to 2008, as Springfield District representative. She'd also worked part time for Fairfax County Public Library. Morrow said her association and eventual friendship with Cathy began in 1987. "…
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Church of the Nativity - Nativity Catholic Church and School
6400 Nativity Ln, Burke, VA
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Parents' discussion on how to break news to children gets heated in D.C.-area parenting forum.
When Newington resident Casey Noriega, 29, passed away Saturday after her car hit a tree in Kingstowne, she left behind a family, a group of friends and work colleagues, and some pint-sized toddlers who knew her simply as "Miss Casey." As an instructor at Gymboree Play and Music of Alexandria, she worked closely on a regular basis with a group of area children. How do you go about telling a young child that a teacher or instructor has died? That topic is being debated now on DC Urban Moms and Dads, an online water cooler for area parents. One parent was concerned about how the news about Noriega's death was broken to children, according to this post in a forum on the site: "Given son's age, I would have preferred to tell him that Ms. X was…
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Services were held Thursday morning at Zion Baptist Church in Fairfax
Family and friends said goodbye to fallen firefighter Horace Christopher “Teddy” Pendergrass at the Zion Baptist Church on Thursday morning. Hundreds of Fairfax County Firefighters and firefighters from as far as New York came to pay their respects. Pendergrass, 49, was a 21-year veteran of the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department. Pendergrass passed away on Saturday at the Crosspointe Fire Station in Fairfax Station. The cause of his death is under investigation, though he is believed to have died of natural causes. Pendergrass leaves behind his two daughters, Christian Adams and Tierra Pendergrass, and his son, Horace Christopher Junior, according to his obituary published for his funeral service. Pendergrass grew up in Norfolk, …
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Fairfax County Fire Station 41 - Crosspointe Station
9610 Hampton Rd, Fairfax Station, VA
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Thursday, August 11, 2011
Saniye White, 55, was known and loved by a number of locals.
“Humble,” “smart,” and “sweet” are how Franconia residents described Saniye Tetik White, a local homeless woman who was found dead outside Franconia Government Center early Sunday morning. White, 55, frequented Franconia Road around the government center, the Koinonia foundation and the 7-Eleven. Around 4:10 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 7, a police officer leaving Franconia District Station discovered her body. The news saddened many local residents, who had reached out to White over the last few years. “Two weeks ago I talked to her and it was when it was really, really hot and I took her some water and some food,” said one local who wished to remain anonymous. Residents who got to know White in the years she lived in the Franconia area said she had…
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Fairfax County Police Department - Franconia District Station
6121 Franconia Rd, Alexandria, VA
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Friday, August 5, 2011
Friends, family and colleagues gathered at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Mount Vernon for the Friday morning service, followed by burial at Mount Comfort Cemetery in Alexandria.
Hundreds of mourners gathered Friday to say goodbye to Jeff Todd at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Mount Vernon. Todd, the former chair of the Mt. Vernon-Lee Chamber of Commerce and owner of three area Roy Rogers restaurants, was a larger-than-life figure for many in Fairfax County. The 90-minute service, which began just after 11 a.m., was at times light-hearted, and celebrated a life that ended too soon. The community was shocked to learn of Todd’s sudden death Sunday in a car accident on the way to a family beach vacation in Nags Head, North Carolina. “Jeff’s life cut short is difficult to explain at this time,” said Father Luis Quinones, who presided over the service. “He was, to us, a man who reflected his love of God in the way he …
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Good Shepherd Catholic Church
8710 Mount Vernon Hwy, Alexandria, VA
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Funeral services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday, with viewing at 10 a.m. Family, friends and colleagues shocked and saddened by sudden death.
The reaction from the Mount Vernon community on Monday to the sudden death of Jeff Todd, 49, one of the area’s most beloved sons, has been one of shock, sadness and an outpouring of love for a man who lived life to the fullest. A father, husband, business owner, and community leader, Todd was on his way to Nag’s Head, N.C. for a beach vacation with his family just after midnight on Sunday morning when a fatal car accident took his life, according to his sister-in-law, Susan Todd, who is married to Jeff’s brother, James Todd. Jeff Todd was thrown from one of two family vehicles traveling south on North Carolina 168, when the car in which he was riding swerved to avoid an oncoming car. The car flipped over and Jeff Todd was thrown from the …
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Good Shepherd Catholic Church
8710 Mount Vernon Hwy, Alexandria, VA
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Monday, January 31, 2011
Co-founder of the Mount Vernon-Lee Chamber of Commerce, auxiliary police officer, dies at 89
Ruth Marler, a cofounder of the Mount Vernon-Lee Chamber of Commerce and an auxiliary police officer with the Fairfax County Police for 27 years, died Jan. 4. She was 89 years old. Marler and her late husband, Howard, settled in Alexandria during the 1940s. The couple later started Photos by Marler, a professional photography business in Alexandria. Howard was the photographer and Ruth maintained the office and acted as assistant photographer. “Most people, when they think of my parents, they think of a team,” said Marler’s daughter and curator of The Howard Marler Museum, Helen Marler. Before Photos by Marler, Ruth had come to the Washington, D.C. area to study medicine. She later channeled her love of medicine into teaching first aid …
Lydia Patrick
9:40 am on Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Cathy will be remembered for her energetic support of children's education, for her grace and for that wonderful smile. Our sympathies to her family. more ›