Honors

December 2025 Tributes

Memorials
Pets
Andy, Honey, Daisy, Pepe, Maggie, Kayla, Jemima, Tinkie, and Sailor – Brent S. James
Bandit – James Morrow
Bear – Steven E. Tate
Bella – Benjamin Wilcox
Bo – Chris Calcagno
Buddy – Gordon Degges
Callie – Catherine Rogers
Casey, Pickles, Boy, Rebel, Bella, Maggie, and Patches – Brenda D. Stewart
Charlie – Kindra Larson
Charlie – Ralph Phillips
Chewy – Courtney Anderson
Chipper – Becky Durfee
Cooper – Mary Ann Naegele
the Cross Pets – Lynn R Cross
Deven – Eric H. Smith
Felix and Oscar – Linda L. Cohen
Fritz-Peppy – James Wilshire
Jax – Dale White
Jupiter and Sinclair – Jane Bass
Leroy – Katherine Anderson
Marley – Tanja Dillon
Max – Mary Donnan Harrison
Melson – Paula A Purpura
Missy and Molly – Carol Joan Johnson-Guckeen
Mugsy and Simba – Maria Shaughnessy
Oak, Hogan, and Trevor – Georgia Jean Henderson
Peaches – Ann B. Holcomb
Prince Eric – Kathryn S. Davis
Ripley and Roddenberry – Tamara Cobb
Ripley and Roddenberry – Tamara Cobb
Rita – Heidi Ullrich
Sally – Susan Mize
Sasha, Moonlight, Penny, and Winny – Heather Shih
Sully – Kirkland Kelley
Ziggy – Shirley M. Patterson
People
Anne R. Jacobs – Roxanne Dizon
Leigh and Wally Ansell – Jean M. Ansell
Patricia Harris Anthony – Kristin Nunes
Jacqueline Banim – Sandra Forte-Nickenig
Jacqueline Brown – Richard M. Hamlet
Ruth Brown – Ann Cary Shortridge
Lisa Gettier – Mary Ann Morrissette
Lisa Gettier – Carolyn M. Morrissette
Lisa Gettier – Jane McGuiggan
Lisa Gettier – Michelle Pease
Lisa Gettier – Rachel Danzitz
Lisa Gettier – Raija Vaisanen
Lisa Gettier – Doherty Memorial Staff Association
Lisa Gettier – William Kelly
Lisa Gettier – Micaela Quill
Lisa Gettier – Worcester Public Library Foundation
Lisa Gettier – Casey Harris
Lisa Gettier – Casey Harris
Lisa Gettier – Beth Kulas
Lisa Gettier – Casel Walker
Lisa Gettier – Michelle Titus
Lisa Gettier – Sandra Presher
Lisa Gettier – Amy Eiden
Lisa Gettier – Lynda Cain
Lisa Gettier – Sheila Vaidya
Thomas Tom Hansen, Jr. – Mary Jane Brockwell
David Bruce Jorgenson – Debbie Mervis Keeling
Louise Kreger and Ewart Little – Constance E. Beckman
Patti Marsh – Randy Randolph
Todd R. Molin – Larry Molin
Todd R. Molin – Yvonne Dennis
Jimmy Moore – Delisa F. Alvis
Andrea “Andi” Naugle – Jonell Walthall
Larry Phillips – Ralph Phillips
Gloria S. Potter – Richard D. Allred
Sally Powell – Susan Tyler Pender
Vickie Rossman – Jodi Rossman
Charles and Mickey Salle – Elizabeth S Ross
Allie Sawyer – Linda Wernick
Patricia Sedgely – Cam Moffatt
Cathy Boozer Taylor – Amy Musselman
George Turman – Betty Jean Clarke

Honors
Pets
Becca and Rocky – Billie B. Edwards
Bella – Sallie Carol Hopwood
Ben, Jerry, and Packer – Connie L. Thompson-Bodkin
Bercowitz fur family past and present – Alice M. Bercowitz
Big Bertha – Alice J. Husko
Chester – Beth M. Hampton
Flash, Sammy, Spice, and Remy – Melanie P. King
Meeky – Courtney Bareford
Miss Lacey – Josie Collier
Nellie – Lauren Nordquist
Ozzy – Emma Kolar
Persephone, Penelope, and Aloh – William H. Schriever
Bill Renner – Sheila Bobrowitz
Sadie and Bentley – Mark Girard
Sin – Nancy Worrell
Snow – Emilija Florance
Val, Bella, and Coco – Valerie Pritchard
People
Maureen Abramson – Michael Abramson
Rick and Denise Brooks – Thomas Ackerman
Susan Browney – Virginia Beach School of Dance
Kathleen Cashdollar – Allen Perrel
Collins Square Shopping Center Tenants – Collins Square Shopping Center
The Ember Quintet – Nadine Costenbader
Tim Fitzpatrick – Samantha Simmons-Conaway
Kathie Gardner – Mary Farashahi
Marty and Toni-Ann Garvey – Gabbi DeWitt
Hampton Fire Crew at Station 7B Shift – James Whitaker
The Hazelette Family – Judith Ed Mumma
Georgia Jean Henderson – Donald Edwards
Debi and Gary Honeycutt – Debi Krulak
The John Jensen Family – Judith A. Jensen
Debbie and Don Keeling – Eric Joffe
Katherine St. Lawrence – Jerri Peake
Maureen Magula – Samantha Simmons-Conaway
Doug, Ann and Scott McGibbon – James R. Knight
Caleb Mitzel – Joshua Mitzel
Shena Moskal – Elizabeth Browning
Donna, David and Sam Notti – Karen Jennings
Jack O’Neill – Barbara Haga
Steve St. Onge – Jerri Peake
Carley Parker – Stewart Eckert
Bev Picano – Janie Miles
Rick Piccinino – Tammy Smith
Felix Pound – Ralph Pound
Jim and Sherri Ritter – Yana Rigby
Scott and Tamar Sanders – David Parker
Linda Shoop – Kenneth Shoop
Doris and Woody Sites – John Wittmann Jr.
co-worker of Stump – Valerie Stump
Taylor Swift – Amber Templeton
Heather Thomas – Joyce B. Sawyer
Karen Thomas – Joyce B. Sawyer
Robin Tisdale – Carol A. Tolive
Rob and Nadia Wedding – Thomas Kennedy

January 2026 Tributes

Memorials
Pets
Barney – Michael Vecerkauskas
Buck – Kenneth Trinder
Bugsy – Armida M. Dora
Chuy – Aimee Beltran
Frost – Jason McClellan
Kobie – Sue Bowser
Mack – Jeanette Thompson
Max – Stephanie A. Emerson
Megan – Sue Bowser
Mugsy and Simba – Maria Shaughnessy
Nellie – Bruce Mills
Piper – Janet Kruger
Ripley and Roddenberry – Tamara Cobb
Slade Fur-babies – Kathleen Slade
Sophie – Raymond E. Hall
Weasel Ann – Anna West
Winston – Susan Head
Zoe – Mirella Stalnaker
People
Yvonne E. Aucoin – Richard W. Gill
Ann Barr – Dan Barr
Jacqueline Brown – Tom Stickney
Lacy Brown – Cara Hunter
Lacy Brown – Jill Sadowski
Lacy Brown – Kim Engels
Nicole Clemons – Elizabeth C. Hunt
Jim Corzatt – Jack Frieden
Penny Griffith – Page Griffith
Betty Brown Johnson – Virginia Beach Sheriff Community Fund
Robert Kneisel – Antonia Cortellini
Joan Leslie Munden – Kathleen Webster
William A. Nixon – George Johnson
Judy Mowles Richards – Reba Musselman
O’Neill Rohm – Alyce Jones
Kathleen Ryan – Jacqualynne Hall
William John Schafer, Jr. – Mary Louise Tazewell
William John Schafer, Jr. – Bettye Kight
William John Schafer, Jr. – Dawn DiCocco
William John Schafer, Jr. – Cove Point Condominiums
Chase Michael Tyree – Linda F. Craft
Robert Ward – Sherry Grochmal
Betty White – Jeffery Maddrey
Nancy York – Mary Donnan Harrison

Honors
Pets
Booker – Linda L. Shore
Whitey – Alice H. Sellitti
People
Jayson Schwantes – Michael Vecerkauskas
Anne Campbell – Sharon Webster
Grant W. Coull – Scott Acheychek
Barbara Creech – Mary Donnan Harrison
Sharon Gray, Carlton Hill and Bruce Gregor – Bailey Gray
Marg – Mary Jane McElhaney
Billy Joe Messemore – Caren Gibb
Ken Teske – Estelle Teske