David Henry Lowe

David Henry Lowe obituary

David Henry Lowe

David Lowe Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Apr. 19, 2024.
David Henry Lowe was born November 11, 1956, to the late Paul Davenport Lowe and Carolyn Ethel Wells Lowe. He was the oldest of three.

David grew up in Tysons Corner and graduated from Langley High School. He spent the majority of his career working in construction, and did a short stint servicing/selling fire extinguishers after the Earman Construction company went out of business -he went to work for SW Rodgers for many years, VCC then to TDC where he worked for many years also. TDS was his last job before he retired. He made many friends working in construction including training young laborers he was hard on them and some thought he was a SOB but in the end, the ones that made it went on to run their own crews. The ones that didn't go to work elsewhere or at least not on his crew anymore. He was never politically correct he got in trouble more than once with the Safety guys or HR. The trouble with HR was usually because he told someone to stop being stupid they told him he wasn't allowed to tell folks they were stupid anymore but the one guy learned his lesson when he didn't listen and smashed his hand while hooking up an air compressor and had to be taken to the ER to have his hand put back together. David had told him never to put your hands between the truck hitch and whatever you are hooking up to.

He loved fishing-pond fishing, river fishing, bay fishing but his favorite was ocean fishing. He was a good-hearted person. Many folks didn't see that until they were around long enough to get past the gruff grumpy man and see the diamond that was hidden. Those that were around that long became lifelong friends and family.

He is survived by his ex-wife, Ellen Ptaszynski; his children, Christopher Lowe and Michael Lipps; three granddaughters, Allison Lipps, Alyssa Lipps, and Arya Lipps; one sister, Dotty Hill (Andy); his beloved dog, King; nephews, Michael, Steven, and Joey; and numerous friends. In addition to his parents, David is preceded in death by one sister, Sharon Lowe Childs.

A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 20, 2024, at Found and Sons Funeral Chapel, 850 Sperryville Pike, Culpeper, VA. The family will receive friends one hour before the service.

An online guestbook and tribute wall are available at www.foundandsons.com

Found and Sons Funeral Chapel of Culpeper is serving the family.

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Dorothy (Wells) Lacey

January 9, 2025

I remember when David was born. He was the fulfillment of many tries. He was an active kid running through the glass in the front storm door one summer day. He was a much loved and good son. I lost touch with David after his mom passed. Nice to know he had a full life leaving me grand and great grand nieces and nephews.

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