IAN MacNABB

1969 - 2021

Ian Christopher MacNabb  
Ian Christopher MacNabb, loving son, father, brother, and friend went to heaven on March 31, 2021 at age 52. Ian was born in 1969 in Alexandria, Virginia, to Alexander and Kathleen MacNabb. He graduated from Oakton High School in 1987 and joined the United States Navy in 1988. After his Naval Service, Ian developed his master woodworking skills specializing in custom doors, cabinets and furniture pieces and became a Master Carpenter. Ian created works for The Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California, The Chopra Center for Wellbeing in La Jolla, California as well as numerous homes on the West and East Coast-with the most recent being a historic estate in Marshall, Virginia. Ian was known for his gregarious charming nature, big smile, and warm spirit. He had a wonderful sense of humor and adored playing soccer, traveling, cooking and listening to music. He had a great affinity for his Scotch Irish heritage and participated for many years in the Highland Games. Along with his father and brother, Ian was a Master Mason and proud member of the Freemasons. His greatest love was for his daughter, Emma, for whom he was most proud. Ian was preceded in death by his father, Alexander MacNabb. He is survived by his mother, Kathleen MacNabb, his daughter, Emma MacNabb, and his siblings, Helen MacNabb, Margaret MacNabb Nederlander and her husband, Jimmy, Mary MacNabb, Michael Mullen and his wife, Nichol, Joshua MacNabb and his wife, Katiana, and John MacNabb, He was uncle to Alex, Whitney, Sam, Mackenzie, Katalina, Helena, Logan, Cheyenne, Kathleen and James.  The family will receive friends at St. Mark Catholic Church, 9970 Vale Road, Vienna, Virginia on Friday, April 16 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. where a Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Saturday, April 17, at 11 a.m. Donations, in lieu of flowers, may be made in his name to the Habitat for Humanity. https://www.habitat.org/support. www.moneyandking.com