Opal Lorraine MacFarlane
Opal Lorraine MacFarlane
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Mrs. MacFarlane was a parishioner of Holy Family Catholic Church. She served as Treasurer of the Washington, DC Women's 600 Bowling Club and secretary treasurer of the Virginia State 600 Bowling Club. She was a member of the VFW Post 1503 Ladies Auxiliary and the Medal of Honor Golf Course at Quantico.
She is survived by two daughters, Debra MacFarlane Lipscomb of Ocean Isle Beach, NC, Diana Peyton of Springfield, VA; three sons, Robert Craig MacFarlane of Lakeridge, VA, John MacFarlane of Sterling, VA, Joseph MacFarlane of Dale City, VA; two sisters, Betty Staehly of Kettle Falls, WA, Bonney Welker of Nampa ID; a brother, Stan Askey of Spokane, WA; ten grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be said at Holy Family Catholic Church at 10:30 a.m. Monday, November 21, 2011 with interment to follow in Quantico National Cemetery. The family will receive friends 6-8:00 p.m. Sunday, November 20 at Mountcastle Turch Life Celebration Home, 4143 Dale Blvd., Dale City, VA.
Memorial Contributions may be made to the National Breast Cancer Foundation, 2600 Network Blvd., Suite 300, Frisco, TX 75034 www.nationalbreastcancer.org.
This obituary was originally published in the News & Messenger (Woodbridge, VA).
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November 24, 2011
Allan Oddenino and Sharon Nicholson send their love to the family. Opal was a wonderful friend of our Mom Frances
Marv Askey
November 24, 2011
Great memories of Aunt Opal-
Tee shirts for grand kids at one of the Askey reunions with "Half Askey" on the back.
While visiting Nampa, Idaho and staying with Aunt Bonney on Juniper Street the MacFarlanes' had returned from Japan. The baby had shirt that read "made in Japan".
I have a memory walking up to the front door at Aunt Bonney's to meet all my cousins that had returned from Japan and everyone's shoes were on the front porch.
Fun stuff!!
Love,
Marv Askey and family
Ralph Grubb
November 21, 2011
Miss Opal was a beautiful, sweet lady who always had a smile on her face when we spoke at the Dale City AMF bowling center. One of the best things about walking into the bowling center on Thursday nights for many, many years was seeing Opal sitting there, with her Redskins shirt on during football season. Sometimes I would sneak up on her, kneel down next to her, and watch her face when she noticed me. Usually, she would punch me in the shoulder, then kiss me on the cheek, always with that lovely smile and a "Hello, Ralphie" for me. She will be dearly missed and all I can say is our loss is Heaven's gain.
Brian Glave
November 18, 2011
Sorry to hear this god bless Her family
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