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Walter Johnson High SchoolUrsuline AcademyWalt Whitman High SchoolGeorge Washington UniversityMontgomery CollegeUniversity of Maryland

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Robert A. Pumphrey Funeral Homes Inc. - Bethesda-Chevy Chase

7557 Wisconsin Ave.

Bethesda, Maryland

Elisa Vermilye Obituary

Elisa Lane Vermilye formerly Mary Ellen Gormley, née Pratt, born May 24, 1958, in Bethesda, MD, left us on December 18, 2025, in Washington, DC, for her next glorious adventure. She is survived by her husband, Charles James "Jamie" Vermilye; her daughter, Valerie Jeanne Lane Gormley; sisters Jeanne Main, Kathleen "Kathy" Brosnan, and Charlotte Parrott; brothers Jim Pratt and John Pratt; and her beloved dog, Punki. She was preceded in passing by her mother, Catherine Louise Lane Pratt; her father, William Leonidas Pratt Sr.; brother William "Billy" Leonidas Pratt Jr.; and sisters Susan Alexander, Cynthia "Cindy" Peel, and Martha Curry.
Please visit www.pumphreyfuneralhome.com to read more and to stay informed of her upcoming Celebration of Life, tentatively planned for May 24, 2026.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The Washington Post on Dec. 28, 2025.

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