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Robert Wormald Obituary
Bob graduated from Virginia Tech with a B.S. in Civil Engineering and served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a First Lieutenant during the Korean War.
Bob was the Founder of the Wormald Development Company, a Washington, DC regional real estate development and home building company, having built over two thousand homes in the DC region as well as creating the first Neo-Traditional Neighborhood development in the mid-Atlantic known as Worman's Mill, a 1,500 residence community in Frederick, Maryland. Before founding Wormald Development, he was the Civil Engineering Design Department Head at Carl M. Freeman Companies. He was also a past Director of the Suburban Maryland Building Industry Association.
Bob was a long-time member of the Falls Church Anglican Church, active in premarital mentoring and prayer ministries. He also served on the Board of Directors of the Central Union Mission and was active in a variety of other Christian ministries, including Young Life.
Beloved husband of Myra Embrey Wormald; devoted father of Robert Kingston Wormald, Jr. (wife, Eleanor), Edward Everett Wormald (wife, Patricia), Ellen Wormald Kight (husband, Jeffrey), and Kenneth Montgomery Wormald (wife, Rachel). He is also survived by his sister Marion Grabowski, 17 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Family will receive friends at Pumphrey's Colonial Funeral Home, 300 W. Montgomery Ave., Rockville, MD on Sunday, December 15, 2024 from 4 to 7 p.m. A Celebration of Life will be held at Falls Church Anglican Church, 6565 Arlington Blvd, Falls Church, VA 22042 on Monday, December 16, 2024 at 1:30 p.m. The funeral will also be live-streamed at www.tfcanglican.org/funeral-services. Interment will be held privately.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Central Union Mission, 65 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20001 (www.missiondc.org) or to Falls Church Anglican at the above address (www.tfcanglican.org).
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