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Posts Categorized: Scheduled Funerals

Dawne Marie Hoage

A viewing will be held Saturday March 16, 2024 at 12:30pm, followed by a memorial service at 1:00pm at Amory Funeral Home Chapel. The family will receive friends following the service. A full obituary may be viewed at amoryfuneralhome.com.


Mary Jo Nesser

A mass service will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, March 16th, at St. Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic Church in Yorktown, Virginia, followed by a reception to honor and celebrate Mary Jo’s life.


Aaron Eli Hoopingarner

A memorial is being held March 9, 2024, 1:30 at 525 Industrial Park Dr, Newport News 23608.


Matthew Ray Burcher

The family invites anyone that would like to attend a celebration of Matthew’s beautiful life to be held at Amory funeral home on Saturday, March 9, 2024 @ 3:00pm, with additional dates (TBD) to follow for scattering of ashes at area drag strips.


Sidney “Sid” Charles Keene

There will be a visitation at Amory Funeral Home at 1pm on Tuesday March 5, 2024. Funeral will follow at 2 pm and burial will be at Peninsula Memorial Park at 3 pm. Arrangements by Amory Funeral Home, Grafton, Va.


Stephen Wayne Jackson

Celebration of life service will be held on Saturday, March 2, 2024 at 6:00 pm in Amory Funeral Home, Grafton, VA.


Geraldine L. Snapp

Geraldine’s celebration of life will be on March 10, 2024, at 2:00 PM in Zion United Methodist Church will be officiated by Reverend David C. Magruder. Please make a contribution To Zion Methodist Church, P.O. Box 240 Seaford, Va 23696 in lieu of flowers.


James R. “Jimmy” Cochran

The viewing will be held from 6-8 p.m. Friday, March 1, 2024 at Amory Funeral Home in Yorktown. The funeral liturgy will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 2, 2024 at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, Newport News, with reception following at Warwick Yacht Club. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made…


Rodney Wayne “Ronnie” Batts

A celebration of life service will be held at Amory Funeral Home on Saturday, March 2, 2024. 1:00 PM at the funeral home. The family will receive friends following the service.


James “Jim” Herbert Cole

A celebration of life service will be held on Friday, March 1, 2024, at 2pm, at Warwick Memorial United Methodist Church, followed by reception at the Church. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to People Offering Resources to Others (PORT) https://www.linkhr.org/port-shelter or National Parkinsons Foundation https://www.parkinson.org/ in Jim’s memory, honoring…


Jennifer Young McNeil

A memorial service will be held in Jen’s honor on Saturday, March 23, 2024, at 10:00am at Northside Christian Church, 1300 George Washington Memorial Highway, Yorktown, VA 23693.


Barbara Ann Plahn

Barb and Harry will be laid to rest together at Arlington National Cemetery next to their son Brian. Arrangements are under the care of Amory Funeral home in Yorktown. Funeral services are private.


Rennie V. Heathcock

A memorial service will be held at 10:00 AM on Thursday February 22, 2024 at Warwick Church, 1228 Todds Lane Hampton, Va 23666. Interment will be at later date in Peninsula Memorial Park. Arrangements by Amory Funeral Home, Grafton, Va


Carmine Grella, Jr.

A celebration of his life will be held at 5:30 PM on February 22 at Amory Funeral Home to honor his enduring legacy. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to: David Tipton via Venmo (DavidJ-Tipton) or send checks for cancer treatments made payable to David Tipton to Amory Funeral Home, Inc. at P.O. Box…


Deborah Ann Gaskill Stainback

A funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, February 21, 2024 in Amory Funeral Home Chapel. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. Burial will follow at Peninsula Memorial Park. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society or your local animal shelter.


Dorothy Holloway Burcher

A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, February 20 at 1 PM at Grafton Christian Church, with a reception following.


Phillip Jordan Zsoldos

Visitation will be Friday February 16th from noon to 1pm at Amory Funeral Home and will be followed by a graveside service at 2pm at Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery.


Thomas Gray Shermer

A memorial service is to be held at Albert G. Horton, Jr. Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Suffolk, Virginia with military honors on Tuesday March 26, 2024 at 11:00 AM.. Thom would wish that in his passing the words of Paul would be remembered that “For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an…


Merritt E. Moore, Jr.

A funeral service will be held at 1:00 PM on Saturday February 10, 2024 in Amory Funeral Home Chapel with interment to follow in Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery.


Ronald Edward Cooper

Celebration of Life for Ronald Cooper ‘Coop’ SUNDAY 2-5pm – February 25th, 2024 Williamsburg Moose Lodge – Catered 5429 Richmond Road Williamsburg, VA 23188 A graveside service will be held in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania at Parklawn Memorial Cemetery.


Cynthia F. Hunsecker

A private service will be held by the family at a later date. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to be made to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society or please donate blood to the American Red Cross. Arrangements are by Amory Funeral Home.


Carol Smoot Clack

Service will be private. Interment will be Arlington National Cemetery at a later date.


William Cornelius Verniel

A memorial service in honor of Bill will take place on Wednesday, February 14, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. at Chestnut Memorial United Methodist Church, located at 1024 Harpersville Road, Newport News, VA. The family will be available to receive visitors starting at 1:00 p.m. Following the memorial service, a reception will be held. In lieu…


Adam Matthew Waller

Memorial service will be held at 1:00 PM on Saturday, February 3, 2024 in Grafton Baptist Church. Memorial donation may be made to Grafton Baptist Church. Arrangements by Amory Funeral Home, Grafton, Va.


Rita S. Weshefsky

A graveside service will be held at St Thomas the Apostle Roman Catholic Church, 5635 Berkshire Valley Road, Oak Ridge NJ on Saturday, February 3 at 1:00 PM, with a reception immediately following. For her Virginia friends, a celebration of life will be held in Yorktown at a later date.


Janice Elkins Oliver

A service celebrating Janice’s life will be held at Seaford Baptist Church on Monday, January 29, 2024 at 11:00 AM . Interment will be at Beech Grove Baptist Church in Coke, Gloucester County, Va. The family will receive family and friends at Amory Funeral Home on Sunday from 6:00 to 8:00 PM The family would…


Robert Campbell Gibson

Per Rob’s request, there will be no funeral. There will be a celebration of life gathering held at a later date, to be announced. Family requests any memorial donations go to the Parkinson’s Foundation. “God saw he was getting tired, a cure was not to be. So He put His arms around him and whispered,…


William Cornelius Verniel

A memorial service in honor of Bill will take place on February 14, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. at Chestnut Memorial United Methodist Church, located at 1024 Harpersville Road, Newport News, VA. The family will be available to receive visitors starting at 1:00 p.m. Following the memorial service, a reception will be held. In lieu of…


Leon Thomas McCloskey

A viewing will be held at 10:00 followed by a funeral liturgy at 11:00 on Saturday, January 27, 2024. Services will be held at Snyder Funeral Home, 2421 Willow Street Pike, Willow Street, PA.


Margaret Jean (Jeanie) Downs

Her Celebration of Life Service will be held at Providence United Methodist Church in Yorktown on Friday, January 26, 2024 at 11:00am with burial of ashes in the Church Cemetery. Amory Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. In lieu of flowers, the family request that donations be made to Providence United Methodist Church or…


John Adam Lash

The family will receive visitors at the Amory Funeral Home in Grafton (Yorktown) on Sunday, January 28, 2024, from 3:00 – 5:00 P.M. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Tuesday, January 30, 2024, at Parklawn Memorial Park Chapel with a reception to follow in Hampton.


Betty Oberg

Visitation will begin at 11:00am at Lebanon Christian Church on Saturday 27 January 2024 with the funeral service immediately following; after which, Betty will be interred at Hampton Memorial Gardens next to her husband of 59 years. Arrangements are being handled by Amory Funeral Home, Grafton.


Otto Wagner Jr.

A celebration of life will be held Yorkminster Presbyterian Church on Saturday, January 20, 2024 at 11:00 AM. A reception will follow in the church social hall. Donations may be made in Otto’s name to the charity of your choice. Arrangements by Amory Funeral Home, Grafton, Va.


John Michael (Jack) Logue

Services and celebrations are being planned for a later date. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to a veterans’ organization.


Thomas William Banks

The family will receive friends on Friday, January 19, 2024 form 6-8 PM in Amory Funeral Home. Toward the end of his fight, he learned the depth and pureness of unconditional love from his close friends and family.


LTC. Michael S. Lach (US Army Retired)

His family has organized a memorial service to honor Michael’s life and military service, which will be held at the Amory Funeral Home, 410 Grafton Dr. in Yorktown VA 23692 on Sunday, January 21, 2024, at 2:00 PM. There will be a celebration of life following the service at our daughter’s home. In lieu of,…


Christopher Albert Astle, Jr.

A funeral service will be held at 1:00 PM on Thursday, January 11, 2024 in First Baptist Church, Newport News, Va. Burial will be private in Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Va.


Ray Thomas Wildeson

A small memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM on Wednesday Jan. 10th at Amory Funeral Home 410 Grafton Drive Yorktown, Va 23692. Flower or charity of personal preference donations can be made through Amory Funeral Home’s website.


Evelyn Thomas Hartman

A Service of Remembrance will be held on Saturday, January 20 at 11:00 a.m. at Zion United Methodist Church, 2109 Seaford Road, Seaford, Virginia 23696. Reception and visitation will follow at the church. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Cullen John Thomas Newby Memorial Scholarship fund at Roanoke College: givecampus.com/campaigns/39950/donations.


Vernon Lester Green

Vernon’s family wants to invite those who loved him to celebrate his life on January 6, 2024 at Zion United Methodist Church at 1 pm. Reception and visitation to follow at the church. Funeral arrangements being handled by Amory Funeral Home.


Richard Thomas Whitney

Celebration of Life will be held on Friday, January 5, 2024, at Seaford Baptist Church, 1311 Seaford Road, Seaford, VA. The family will receive friends for visitation at 1:00pm in the church sanctuary, prior to the service, which will begin at 2pm.


Julie Murray Brooks

A memorial service will be held January 27, 2024 at 3 PM, at the Amory Funeral Home, 410 Grafton Dr, Yorktown, VA 23692.


George Ray (Campbell) Parcell

A memorial mass will be held at 10:00 AM on Friday, January 5, 2024by Rev. Michael Joly at St. Joan of Arc Church, Rt. 17 at Harris Grove Lane, Yorktown, VA.


William O’Dell, Sr.

A service will be held at noon on Saturday January 6 at Saint Joan of Arc Catholic Church. In lieu of flowers Bill suggested that those who wished, should offer donations to “The Knights Of Columbus”.


Conway H. Sheild, IV

A private Family Memorial Service was held earlier in the month at St Andrews Episcopal Church in Newport News. Memorial contributions may be made to the Animal Aid Society, 80 Butler Farm Road, Hampton, Va. 23666 or Heritage Humane Society, 430 Waller Mill Road, Williamsburg, Va 23185. Arrangements are being handled by Amory Funeral Home,…


George Calvin Jenkins, Jr.

A funeral service for George will be held at Amory Funeral Home at 10:00 A.M. on December 29th with a graveside service at Parklawn Memorial Park at 11:00 A.M. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made out to an Alzheimer’s disease charity of your choosing.


Sandra Kaye McElroy Hicks

A funeral service will be held at 2:00 pm on Friday, 29 December at Amory Funeral Home Chapel. The visitation will be 1 hour prior to the service. Interment will follow at Peninsula Memorial Park.


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