Obituaries in Middleburg, VA

Elsa Swartz Rosenthal died December 23, 2025 in Fauquier County, Virginia, a distance of almost 85 miles and 95 years from where she was born. But her life was anything but linear. She was an artist, first and foremost, and fittingly, her life was a collage. Not a mosaic, with clearly defined edges...

Pamela Dickson, who idolized the famous movie star German Shepherd, Rin-Tin-Tin, as a child and eventually did groundbreaking work using pet therapy to help ease the pain and suffering of countless patients, young and old, died at her home on Nov. 1 in Middleburg, Virginia, where her Fursman Kennels...

Winifred K. Peterson was born on September 5, 1949 in Philadelphia, Pa., the firstborn to Jack and Nancy Peterson. She moved with her parents to Maryland at the age of eight and later to Virginia where she attended St. Mary’s Academy for high school. She went on to graduate from Old Dominion Univers...

Carol Jeanette (Eppard) Sodolski, 26 November 1940 – 21 October 2025Although she signed her name as “Carol”, she was known and loved by her middle name: “Jan”. Born to Dr. George Irving Eppard and Louise Anna (Hiller) Eppard in a sprawling house in Southeast Washington D.C. that doubled as her fath...

Mary Louise MacDonnell, née McDougall, passed away quietly on the morning of November 3,2025, at her home in Bluemont, Virginia. She lived with cancer for many years, supported untilthe end by her devoted husband, John MacDonnell.Mary was born in Denver, Colorado, to Donald McDougall and Florence Ma...

Juanita M. Wines, affectionately known as “Tis” to her family, friends, and colleagues, wasborn on March 2, 1943, in Fauquier County, Virginia. She passed away peacefully at Poet’sWalk in Warrenton, Virginia, on Saturday, September 27, 2025 leaving behind a legacy of love,laughter, generosity and gr...

Valerie Mixter Dove, a gregarious, giving and inveterate connector of people throughout her life, died peacefully at her home in Middleburg, Virginia surrounded by her family on Wednesday, September 17, 2025. She was 76.Valerie never met a stranger and loved hosting friends old and new to her dinner...

Galen Roger Ellison, Sr., 88, born and raised in Catharpin, VA passed away peacefully at home with family at his side on September 26, 2025. He is survived by his wife, Patricia Ann Chabot, his daughter, Virginia “Ginger” Louise Ellison, his son, Galen Roger Ellison, Jr, and grandson, Ryan Ellison. ...