My mom was born in the Harmony Hollow area of Front Royal, in Warren County, Virginia, to Russell Adam Sealock and Minnie Virginia Derflinger Sealock, the third of seven children. Her favorite color was pink and she loved feminine, frilly clothing and household furnishings. She was cute and petite.
Having grown up on a farm, at 16 she embraced the opportunity to move to town to live with her older sisters. She dropped out of high school and found a job, first at a dry cleaners and later, as a switchboard operator for the telephone company.
Soon after moving to Front Royal she met my dad and they dated for 2 years until she turned 18 and he turned 21, making them old enough to elope. In spite of the fact that her parents thought that they were too young to get married, they were married for 61 years, until my dad's passing in 2007. Four years after they were married their first child, a son, was born, followed soon after by two daughters.
With 3 children under the age of 4, my parents moved to Alexandria for my dad's work. Mom worked as a waitress while also attending night school to acquire the skills needed for a better job, as a bookkeeper and later as a trust auditor for Riggs Bank in Washington, D.C. She loved her work and the opportunity to dress up and go into the city each day. She loved the wonderful restaurants and shopping in the large department stores on her lunch breaks.
My mom was an avid seamstress for as long as I can remember and after retiring and moving back to the country, filled her hours creating clothing and household items such as curtains and slipcovers. If she didn't know how to make something, she embraced the challenge of learning. She was an accomplished quilter and was a member of the Dolly Madison Quilting Group in Orange, Virginia, and the Cardinal Quilting Group in Alexandria, Virginia. She had a natural knack for combining colors and patterns into lovely patchwork combinations and was expert at making the tiniest and most even stitches.
She explored genealogy with a passion and we enjoyed searching together for ancestors in courthouses and graveyards. We worked together to photograph Bennett's Chapel Cemetery, in Warren County, and Willis Chapel Cemetery in Rappahannock County, Virginia, for Find a Grave.
She was a devoted member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Louisa, Virginia, and later, in Front Royal.
Sadly, Mom developed melanoma on the heel of her right foot and it metastasized quickly. She passed away a year after her diagnosis. She is survived by her children, Ronny, Linda and Fay, as well as her sister, Betty McFarland, and her dear life-long friend, Kathleen. We all miss her so.
Having grown up on a farm, at 16 she embraced the opportunity to move to town to live with her older sisters. She dropped out of high school and found a job, first at a dry cleaners and later, as a switchboard operator for the telephone company.
Soon after moving to Front Royal she met my dad and they dated for 2 years until she turned 18 and he turned 21, making them old enough to elope. In spite of the fact that her parents thought that they were too young to get married, they were married for 61 years, until my dad's passing in 2007. Four years after they were married their first child, a son, was born, followed soon after by two daughters.
With 3 children under the age of 4, my parents moved to Alexandria for my dad's work. Mom worked as a waitress while also attending night school to acquire the skills needed for a better job, as a bookkeeper and later as a trust auditor for Riggs Bank in Washington, D.C. She loved her work and the opportunity to dress up and go into the city each day. She loved the wonderful restaurants and shopping in the large department stores on her lunch breaks.
My mom was an avid seamstress for as long as I can remember and after retiring and moving back to the country, filled her hours creating clothing and household items such as curtains and slipcovers. If she didn't know how to make something, she embraced the challenge of learning. She was an accomplished quilter and was a member of the Dolly Madison Quilting Group in Orange, Virginia, and the Cardinal Quilting Group in Alexandria, Virginia. She had a natural knack for combining colors and patterns into lovely patchwork combinations and was expert at making the tiniest and most even stitches.
She explored genealogy with a passion and we enjoyed searching together for ancestors in courthouses and graveyards. We worked together to photograph Bennett's Chapel Cemetery, in Warren County, and Willis Chapel Cemetery in Rappahannock County, Virginia, for Find a Grave.
She was a devoted member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Louisa, Virginia, and later, in Front Royal.
Sadly, Mom developed melanoma on the heel of her right foot and it metastasized quickly. She passed away a year after her diagnosis. She is survived by her children, Ronny, Linda and Fay, as well as her sister, Betty McFarland, and her dear life-long friend, Kathleen. We all miss her so.
My mom was born in the Harmony Hollow area of Front Royal, in Warren County, Virginia, to Russell Adam Sealock and Minnie Virginia Derflinger Sealock, the third of seven children. Her favorite color was pink and she loved feminine, frilly clothing and household furnishings. She was cute and petite.
Having grown up on a farm, at 16 she embraced the opportunity to move to town to live with her older sisters. She dropped out of high school and found a job, first at a dry cleaners and later, as a switchboard operator for the telephone company.
Soon after moving to Front Royal she met my dad and they dated for 2 years until she turned 18 and he turned 21, making them old enough to elope. In spite of the fact that her parents thought that they were too young to get married, they were married for 61 years, until my dad's passing in 2007. Four years after they were married their first child, a son, was born, followed soon after by two daughters.
With 3 children under the age of 4, my parents moved to Alexandria for my dad's work. Mom worked as a waitress while also attending night school to acquire the skills needed for a better job, as a bookkeeper and later as a trust auditor for Riggs Bank in Washington, D.C. She loved her work and the opportunity to dress up and go into the city each day. She loved the wonderful restaurants and shopping in the large department stores on her lunch breaks.
My mom was an avid seamstress for as long as I can remember and after retiring and moving back to the country, filled her hours creating clothing and household items such as curtains and slipcovers. If she didn't know how to make something, she embraced the challenge of learning. She was an accomplished quilter and was a member of the Dolly Madison Quilting Group in Orange, Virginia, and the Cardinal Quilting Group in Alexandria, Virginia. She had a natural knack for combining colors and patterns into lovely patchwork combinations and was expert at making the tiniest and most even stitches.
She explored genealogy with a passion and we enjoyed searching together for ancestors in courthouses and graveyards. We worked together to photograph Bennett's Chapel Cemetery, in Warren County, and Willis Chapel Cemetery in Rappahannock County, Virginia, for Find a Grave.
She was a devoted member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Louisa, Virginia, and later, in Front Royal.
Sadly, Mom developed melanoma on the heel of her right foot and it metastasized quickly. She passed away a year after her diagnosis. She is survived by her children, Ronny, Linda and Fay, as well as her sister, Betty McFarland, and her dear life-long friend, Kathleen. We all miss her so.
Having grown up on a farm, at 16 she embraced the opportunity to move to town to live with her older sisters. She dropped out of high school and found a job, first at a dry cleaners and later, as a switchboard operator for the telephone company.
Soon after moving to Front Royal she met my dad and they dated for 2 years until she turned 18 and he turned 21, making them old enough to elope. In spite of the fact that her parents thought that they were too young to get married, they were married for 61 years, until my dad's passing in 2007. Four years after they were married their first child, a son, was born, followed soon after by two daughters.
With 3 children under the age of 4, my parents moved to Alexandria for my dad's work. Mom worked as a waitress while also attending night school to acquire the skills needed for a better job, as a bookkeeper and later as a trust auditor for Riggs Bank in Washington, D.C. She loved her work and the opportunity to dress up and go into the city each day. She loved the wonderful restaurants and shopping in the large department stores on her lunch breaks.
My mom was an avid seamstress for as long as I can remember and after retiring and moving back to the country, filled her hours creating clothing and household items such as curtains and slipcovers. If she didn't know how to make something, she embraced the challenge of learning. She was an accomplished quilter and was a member of the Dolly Madison Quilting Group in Orange, Virginia, and the Cardinal Quilting Group in Alexandria, Virginia. She had a natural knack for combining colors and patterns into lovely patchwork combinations and was expert at making the tiniest and most even stitches.
She explored genealogy with a passion and we enjoyed searching together for ancestors in courthouses and graveyards. We worked together to photograph Bennett's Chapel Cemetery, in Warren County, and Willis Chapel Cemetery in Rappahannock County, Virginia, for Find a Grave.
She was a devoted member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Louisa, Virginia, and later, in Front Royal.
Sadly, Mom developed melanoma on the heel of her right foot and it metastasized quickly. She passed away a year after her diagnosis. She is survived by her children, Ronny, Linda and Fay, as well as her sister, Betty McFarland, and her dear life-long friend, Kathleen. We all miss her so.
