Alma Albertina Lamitte

Alma A. Lamitte



Alma Albertina Lamitte, age 69, of Charlottesville, passed away on Sunday, April 27, 2008, in her home. Born August 18, 1938 in the Canal Zone, the Republic of Panama, she was the daughter of the late Charles Patrick Blanchard and Alma Albertina Cooper Blanchard.

Alma was an employee at the US Army Night Vision Laborat-ory, Fort Belvoir, Va., for twenty-five years prior to her retirement in 2006. She also served in numerous other positions, many as a volunteer and Army spouse, in support of soldiers and families in locations around the world. Alma was a graduate of St. Vincent DePaul Catholic School, Panama City, Panama. She was true to her faith and was a longtime former parishioner of Holy Family Catholic Church in Dale City, Va., where she served as an Auxiliary Member of the Legion of Mary, sang in the choir, and was active with the religious education program and many other church mini-stries. Upon her relocation to Charlottesville to be closer to her family, Alma was welcom-ed into Church of the Incarna-tion parish.

Alma leaves to cherish her memory her two daughters, Simone Tarver and her hus-band, Tyrone, of Charlotte-sville, and Francoise Burton, of Charlottesville; two sons, Pierre Lamitte of Manassas, Va., and Dominique Lamitte of Ashburn, Va.; ten grandchild-ren, Audrea Tarver, of Wood-bridge, Va., Denise Tarver of Charlottesville, Frederic Tarver of Chicago, IL, Whitney Tarver of Charlottesville, Chloe Burton of Charlotte-sville, Carlei Burton of Char-lottesville, Devin Walker of Charlottesville, Monique Ingalls of Wisconsin, Dominique Lamitte, Jr., of Lovettsville, Va., and Abraham Varela of Ashburn, Va.; two great-grandchildren, Isaiah Shageer of Charlottesville and Gabriel Tarver of Charlotte-sville; a sister, Mary Brown of Queens, N.Y.; three brothers, Owen Blanchard and his wife, Shirley, of Tampa, Fla., Kenneth Blanchard and his wife, Betty, of South Carolina, and John Blanchard, of Panama; two aunts, Hilda Clara, of Boston, Mass., and Jane Williams of Atlanta, Ga.; a brother-in-law, Paul Lamitte and his wife, Maxia, of Gamb-rills, Md.; a special niece, Chantale Lamitte of Gambrills, Md.; a special nephew, Christian Lamitte of Gambrills, Md.; a very special friend, Marie Kelleher of Dale City, Va.; and hosts of nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.

The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 1, at Miller Funeral Home 3200 Golansky Blvd, Woodbridge. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at Holy Family Catholic Church in Dale City, Va. The family suggests that any desired memorial contributions be made to Hospice of the Piedmont, 2200 Old Ivy Road, Suite 2, Charlottesville, VA 22903. Please sign the guest book at millerfuneralhome.net


This obituary was originally published in the News & Messenger (Woodbridge, VA).