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Ann and Jim Dethlefsen
June 07, 2025 | Leander, TX | Friend
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Dorothy Lee Thomas
Nov 7, 1936 - May 26, 2025
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Ann and Jim Dethlefsen
June 07, 2025 | Leander, TX | Friend
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We met Dottie and Frank in 1964 at Ft. McNair in DC, through Jack and Mary Ellen Leach. We met often for dinners and visited them when they moved to Picatinny Arsenal in NJ. The Army moved us both, and we were fortunate to end up in the same place several times; always a treat to keep in touch. Dottie was the "spark", always with questions, thoughts and new ideas to keep our conversations going. After Frank died we visited with her in 2006 at her new Senior Living Residence and she...
Ann and Jim Dethlefsen
June 07, 2025 | Leander, TX | Friend
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We met Dottie and Frank in 1971, when we moved to King’s Park West and subsequently joined St. Stephen’s UMC. That was the beginnings of a friendship that lasted until she drew her last breath. Our children are also friends, so the connection with the Thomas family continues. We went through all the happy times and the sad times together for over 50 yrs. It was with a heavy heart we said goodbye to Frank in 1996 and now to Dottie. We will meet again.
Patti and Chuck Blanchard
May 30, 2025 | Ashburn, VA | Friend
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The Leach family loved Dottie like a second mother. She was a great friend to my family and my mother and father. Unable to attend the funeral because I am moving my parents (ages 93 and 95) up to northern Virginia and will be down there. Our prayers are with you all.
Patti Geyer
May 30, 2025 | Leesburg, VA | Friend
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Dorothy's Obituary
Dorothy “Dottie” Lee Thomas, 88, of Northern Virginia, passed away peacefully on May 26, 2025, while residing at the Retreat at Berryville in Virginia. She was born on November 7, 1936 in Washington DC, where she attended grade school, grew up in Alexandria, and graduated from Mount Vernon High School. While working at the Pentagon she met her future husband and they spent their lives together with him serving in the Army while she raised their sons. She enjoyed their military lifestyle living on Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands, Ft. Richardson in Anchorage, AK, and various other locations in the U.S. meeting and cultivating lifetime friendships along the way. She and Frank were active members at St. Stephens United Methodist Church in Burke after settling in Fairfax, VA in 1970.
Dottie was preceded in death by her parents, Murland Henry Snyder and Helen Louise Miller of Springfield, VA and her beloved husband Francis Gregory Thomas, Jr. Surviving members of her family include her sister Barbara Robertson of Post Falls, ID, sons Michael (Jennifer) of Chandler, AZ, Mark (Rebecca) of Berryville, VA, Matthew (Jennifer) of Macungie, PA, grandchildren Leia of Berryville, VA, Frank of Wyandotte, MI, Paige McGlone (Will) of Boston, MA, and Jack of Salt Lake City, UT, and great-grandson, Jack. Dottie also had a stepson Stephen (Mary) of Winchester, VA, and their children Susanne (Chris) of Winchester, VA, Stephen, Jr. (Katie) of Haymarket, VA, and Brian (Alicia) of Winchester, VA, and great-grandchildren Abigail, Thomas, Rachel, Olivia, Zachary, Jackson, Lucas, and Noah.
Her visitation will be held at the Colonial Funeral Home in Leesburg, VA on Sunday June 8, 2025, at 1:00 pm followed by the funeral at 2:00 pm. A graveside service will be held on Monday June 9, at 11:00 am at Mount Comfort Cemetery in Alexandria, VA. In lieu of flowers, we would appreciate memorial donations to Blue Ridge Hospice (BRHospice.org).
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