All Obituaries

Brenda Kaye Senseney 72 of Strasburg, VA passed away Wednesday, August 17, 2022 at Winchester Medical Center. A funeral service for Brenda will be conducted at 1:00 p.m. Friday, August 19, 2022 at the Strasburg United Methodist Church with Rev. John Haynes, Jr. officiating.  Burial will follow in  Panorama Memorial Gardens. A complete obit will be posted as information becomes available.  You may sign the guestbook and submit condolences at...

Juanita Virginia Wolfe Artz 94 of Strasburg, VA passed away Monday, August 15, 2022. A graveside service for Mrs. Artz will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, August 18, 2022, at Riverview Cemetery.  Juanita was born on December 10, 1927, in Winchester, VA a daughter of the late Paul Crabill and Mildred Hyla Hodson Wolfe.  She grew up in Strasburg where she graduated high school in 1945.  She was the wife of the late Samuel Franklin Artz, Sr. also of Strasburg whom she...

Those of you who knew our Mother, Brenda Alice McBride Knonenborg, would describe her as vibrant, energetic, and funny.  Brenda always put family before herself and was known for taking care of them when in need even as she struggled with mobility.  She courageously endured and overcame many obstacles throughout her life. Her love of life and family will not come to an end with her passing. She was well known in the Strasburg, VA community and was the last owner of the...

Mylea Lyn Wade 54 of Strasburg, VA, passed away on Friday, August 12, 2022, of natural causes. A memorial is being planned for a later date to be announced. Mylea was born on March 1, 1968, in Puyallup, WA, the daughter of Karen and Bill Wade. She spent her early years accompanying her parents who worked in a number of national parks throughout the country. She attended primary and secondary school in Reston, Virginia moving to Woodstock for her senior year.  Subsequently she...

Janet Lee Ballowe 86 of Strasburg, VA passed away Sunday, August 7, 2022, at the Winchester Medical Center.  A celebration of life service for Mrs. Ballowe will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Friday, August 19, 2022, at St. Paul Lutheran Church with Rev. Sonya Williams-Giersch officiating.  The family will receive friends at the Church on Friday one hour prior to the service.  Mrs. Ballowe was born in Strasburg, VA on December 13, 1935, a daughter of the late Delmer Walton and...

Robert Pratt Taff 86, of Strasburg, VA passed away Thursday, August 4, 2022, at his home. Services and burial for Mr. Taff will be held privately with Rev. Dan Locke and Rev. Keith Warren officiating.  Mr. Taff was born in Nitro, West Virginia on April 27, 1936, a son of the late Alton Parker and Virginia Burns Taff, Sr.  He was a 1954 graduate of Strasburg High School and attended Shepherd College.  Bob played football and baseball in both high school and college.  He...

Ellen Mae Grant 95 of Strasburg, VA passed away Wednesday, August 3, 2022, at Winchester Medical Center. A funeral service for Mrs. Grant will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 9, 2022, at Stover Funeral Home with Pastor Don Cherry officiating.  Burial will follow at Panorama Memorial Gardens.   The family will receive friends at Stover Funeral Home on Monday evening from 6-8 p.m. Mrs. Grant was born in Madison Heights, Virginia on November 2, 1926, a daughter of...

We are sad to announce the passing of James “Jim” Edward Gibbons Jr. of Strasburg, Virginia. James passed away in his home at the age of 81 on July 30th, 2022.  James grew up in Bethesda, MD and graduated from Walter Johnson High School.  James was predeceased by his father (James E. Gibbons Sr.) his mother (Lucille Clarke Gibbons) and his sister (Beverley Moore). James left behind his wife (Lynda McKibbin Gibbons), two sons (James Edward Gibbons III and Michael Wayne...

Sean Christopher McCormick, known to many as “Levi”, age 64, passed away Monday, July 25, 2022.   A memorial gathering for Sean will be held at Stover Funeral Home on Saturday, August 13, 2022, from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.  A eulogy will be given at 7:00 p.m. by Tom Thompson.   Sean was born in Washington DC on October 16, 1957, a son of the late Robert Nicholas and Eva Mae Mauck McCormick who were of Middletown, VA.   Sean was of the...

Bernard Lee Griswold, 4/25/1942 – 7/23/2022 Bernard Lee Griswold of Woodstock, VA, passed away on Saturday July 23, 2022, after a brief but fierce battle with leukemia.  A celebration of Bud’s life will be held at a future date. He is survived by his wife Mary Gessner of Woodstock and daughter Susan Marie Griswold and son-in-law Kevin Dermond of Scappoose, OR. Bernard, or as family and friends fondly knew him, Bud, Buddy, Budley, Griz, was born in Hastings, MI on April...