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BERTHA VIA Obituary
BERTHA M. VIA
On Tuesday April 16, 2019, of Martinsville, VA, formerly of Silver Spring, MD. Beloved daughter of the late Mary Jane Davis Rawlings and John Lyman Rawlings and surviving sister, Ruby Conti. Beloved wife of the late Charles H. Via, Sr.; mother of son, Charles H. Jr. (Dorothy A.) Via, and daughter, Jane Olive Via; grandmother of Kimberly (David) Hatcher, Calista J. Warden, Kevin (April) Via, Christopher (Jamie) Via, Jesse L. Warden, Lucas S. (Amanda) Warden, Caleb A. Warden, and Benjamin D. Capps; great grandmother of Kayla and Michael Hatcher, Emerson Via, Hannah and Logan Via, Alexia, Laynee, Wyatt and Wesley Warden. Relatives and friends may call at Collins Funeral Home, 500 University Boulevard, West, Silver Spring, MD, (Valet Parking), Sunday, April 21 from 7 to 9 p.m. and on Monday, April 22 at Silver Spring United Methodist Church, 8900 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD, from 10:30 to 11 a.m.; where the funeral service will follow at 11 a.m. Interment Gate of Heaven Cemetery. www.COLLINSFUNERALHOME.com
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Ronald Thompson
April 22, 2019
You will be missed but atleast you will be with Harvey.
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Deborah Nordan
April 20, 2019
Aunt Bertha was a giving and loving person with a great sense of humor who inspired me. We shared so many great times together and I feel so blessed to have had those times with her. She always made me feel special in her presence. Always there for me when ever I called her. She has left me with a lifetime of wonderful memories and I will cherish them forever. Although with her passing my heart is filled with so much sadness, I know she is in heaven with her husband and soul mate, Harvey and they are smiling once again together.
Love you always Aunt Bertha,
Debbie
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