Obituaries
'Dory' Delores Irene Lockerby
Jan 27, 2026
“Dory” Delores Lockerby, age 62, of Stanardsville, Virginia went to be with our lord on 1/27/2026, at home with her husband, Paul and daughter, Michelle by her side. Born 2/7/1963 in Canastota, NY to Harry and Margaret Babcock of Wampsville, NY. Later moving to Sandy Creek NY in her teens where she married her childhood sweetheart Paul Lockerby in March...
Arthur Edward Breese
Jan 26, 2026
A service to honor Arthur's life may be announced at a later date.
Thomas Matthew Spittler
Jan 25, 2026
Thomas Matthew (Tom) Spittler died peacefully at home in Charlottesville, Virginia on January 25, 2026. He was born in Garfield Heights, Ohio in 1930, the third of eight children. After attending St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland, he joined the Jesuit order in 1948, studying philosophy and theology at Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama and at the Jesuit Seminary...
Marta "Amma" Emelina Kidd
2026
It is with deep reverence that the family of Marta Emelina “Amma” Debayle Kidd announces her transition into the celestial realms. Amma, a beloved spiritual “mother,” leader, and teacher at the Satchidananda Ashram Yogaville, whose light, love, and counsel touched the hearts and souls of so many, made her heavenly journey on January 24, 2026, in complete peace at her...
Gale Bain Ironside
Jan 20, 2026
Gale Bain Ironside of Landrum, SC passed away in Charlottesville, VA on January 20, 2026, after an illness. Gale was born Margery Gale Bain on August 20, 1942, in Baton Rouge, LA to parents Richard Carlysle Bain and Margery Webbe Bain.
Gale graduated from Annandale High School in Annandale, VA. Gale married Earl Bruce Omohundro in 1962 and together they had...
Lenore Helen Rothacker
2026
Lenore Helen Perring Rothacker passed peacefully in Afton, Virginia, on January 18, 2026, at the age of 94. She was born on October 10, 1931, in Elmhurst, Illinois.
Lenore graduated from York High School in Elmhurst, Illinois, and built a long and accomplished working life. She was employed as an administrative assistant in the Physics Department at the University of Virginia...
Patrick (PC) Cline Shifflett
Jan 16, 2026
Patrick Cline Shifflett (PC), 57, of Stanardsville, VA, passed away on Friday, January 16, 2026, at the University of Virginia Medical Center. He was born on September 30, 1968, in Charlottesville, VA, to Henry and Patty Shifflett.
PC was a graduate of William Monroe High School, where he was a true all-around athlete, earning varsity letters in baseball, football, and basketball....
DeVeta Elaine Shepard
Jan 14, 2026
DeVeta Elaine Aiken, Hartis, Shepard, 73, of Wilmington, NC, died on January 14, 2026, in Stanardsville, VA. She was born on October 4th, 1952, to Josephine Winters and Woodrow Wilson Aiken, US Navy QMCS, in Wilmington, NC.
She was preceded in death by Woodrow Aiken, Josephine Winters, Harold Henderson Hartis, and brother Darrell Henderson Hartis.
She was raised by her mother and...
John Judson Rady
2026
John J. Rady of Keswick, Virginia formerly of Boonesville, the self-proclaimed “good-looking guy with a moustache” died on January 10, 2026. He was 85. John was raised in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, the youngest of Eugene and Eleanor Rady’s three children. He lost both his mother and stepmother in tragic accidents when he was a preschooler and teenager. A resilient...
Mark Warren Syverud
2026
Mark Syverud, 73, of Charlottesville, VA passed away on January 6, 2026, at UVA Medical Center after complications from Parkinson’s Disease, which he survived for 25 years. He was predeceased by his parents, Janet and Warren Syverud, and will be missed by his wife Ellie, daughters, Jenny Arcidicono and Gretchen Syverud, sons in law, Joe Arcidicono and Larry Nutt, grandchildren,...
Lawrence Edward Kephart
2026
Lawrence Edward Kephart, 83, of Crozet, VA, passed away on Tuesday, January 6, 2026, at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville, VA.
A service to honor his life may be announced at a later date.
An online guestbook is available at www.compassionatecremationva.com
Compassionate Cremation Services of Ruckersville, VA is handling the arrangements.
Brandon Keith Smith
Jan 5, 2026
Brandon Keith Smith, 38, of Louisa, VA, passed away on Monday, January 5, 2026, at the University of Virginia Medical Center. He was born on April 8, 1987, in Richmond, VA, to Keith and Loretta Smith.
Brandon was born and raised in the Stafford–Fredericksburg, Virginia area, but lived in Louisa, VA, where he built a life rooted in hard work, family,...
William Manly Barefoot
Jan 2, 2026
William Manly Barefoot, known to many as Bill, Billy, or Will, 69, of Stanardsville, Virginia, passed away on January 2, 2026, at the Heritage Inn of Charlottesville, Virginia.
Bill was born on September 21, 1956, in Boston, Massachusetts, to William Jefferson Barefoot Jr. and Anna Cobb Barefoot. He grew up in Annandale, Virginia, before attending Madison College (currently James Madison University),...
Andrew Langon
2025
Andrew Langon, 59, of Charlottesville, VA passed away on Friday, December 26, 2025, in Charlottesville, VA.
Services to honor Andrew's life may be announced at a later date.
An online guestbook is available at www.compassionatecremationva.com
Compassionate Cremation Services of Ruckersville, VA is handling the arrangements.
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