Victor C. Travers

TRAVERS VICTOR CARVER TRAVERS (Age 86) Passed away Saturday, June 12, 2010 at Inova Fairfax Hospital. He leaves behind his wife, Justine Vickers Travers. He is survived by his children, Vicki (Travers) McDowell, wife of Denver McDowell, Jr. of Harrisburg, PA; C. David Travers, husband to Vikki McGuire of Melbourne, FL and Dolores (Travers) Stoll, wife of Alfredo Stoll of Corpus Christi, TX. He also leaves behind four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his parents, Lillian (Dunn) and Victor Carlton Travers, sister Ann (Travers) Creighton and daughter-in-law, Diane (Barbara) Travers. Victor served in the US Navy as a tail gunner and bombardier during World War II. He received the Purple Heart. He was also a recipient of the Bronze Star, Air Medal and the EAME Ribbon. He was employed by the Maryland State Police at the Salisbury Station, a special agent for the Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms Agency, the Federal Sky Marshal Program and was the Head of Civilian Security at NASA Goddard Space Center. He was a 32nd Degree Mason and Past Master of Centennial Lodge # 174 in Upper Marlboro, MD, a member of Kena Shriners in Alexandria, VA, member of the American Legion and Tall Cedars of Lebanon. He was active in the Order of the Eastern Star of Washington DC and Job''s Daughters of Maryland. He was also a member of the Scottish and York Rite organizations. He lived in Dumfries, VA for the past 19 years and prior to that lived in Oxon Hill, MD. He was born on Dec 16, 1923 in Cambridge, MD prior to moving to Salisbury, MD to work for the Maryland State Police. Family will receive friends on Thursday, June 17, 2010 from 6 to 9 p.m. at Miller Funeral Home, 3200 Golansky Blvd., Woodbridge VA. Services will be held on Friday, June 18, 2010 at 11 a.m. in the Miller Funeral Home Chapel. Interment to follow at Quantico National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers the family requests donation be made to the Shriners Childrens Hospital.