Monticello High Virginia Alumni Obituaries

Retired U.S. Navy First Class Petty Officer Maxwell Max Leroy Haslip Jr. 71 of Palmyra passed away at his home on Monday January 26 2026. Max was born in Port Huron Michigan on September 3 1954 the eldest child of Maxwell Leroy Haslip Sr. and Katherine Lee Haslip. After graduating from high school i...

80 year old Mason Illinois resident Loren Earl Witter passed away November 21 2025 at a care facility in Monticello Illinois. Loren was born November 24 1944 in Wayne County Illinois. He was one of three triplets born to George and Alberta Witter. He graduated from Fairfield High School then enliste...

William Edward Bill Alderman 88 of Lake Monticello died on Saturday January 10 2026 at his home. He was born on December 17 1937 in Long Beach California a son of the late John Clement and Natalie Carle Alderman. Bills family moved to Virginia when he was a toddler and lived in both Norfolk and Char...

Linda Harris Johnson 74 of Crewe VA passed away on Tuesday December 23 2025. She was preceded in death by her parents Florence Breeden and Rock Willard Harris and her twin brother Rock Willard Harris Jr. Linda is survived by her husband of 40 years Charles R. Chuck Johnson her son Charles Rock Charl...

Melvin L. Blincoe passed away on January 13, 2026 in Charlottesville, Virginia. He was born on April 12, 1935 to the late Harold C. and Rena M. Blincoe. He was predeceased by his wife, Peggy H. Blincoe, and his brothers, Ed, George, and Michael Blincoe.He was a graduate of McIntire High School in Ch...

Paul E. Homchuck, 78, passed away at a Veteran’s Home in Roanoke, Virginia, with his wife and daughter at his side on December 6, 2025.  He was born July 8, 1947 in Houlton, Maine.  The son of Frederick and Ulianna (Garber) Homchuck.  Paul gradutated from Houlton High School in 1...

Tessa Gowen Ader, one of Charlottesville’s leading philanthropists, passed away peacefully at her home in Charlottesville on January 5, 2026 at the age of 92 after a long illness. Her gift in September 2020 of $50 million to establish the Tessa and Richard Ader Performing Arts Center was the largest...