Obituaries

Marie Frances Berry [nee Hammond] 85 of Montclair, VA passed away peacefully on October 12, 2021. She is predeceased by her late husband Joseph William Berry who passed in December 2016. She is also predeceased by her siblings Margaret [Peggy] Shute, William Hammond, Harry Hammond, and John Hammond [Stepbrother] in previous years.

Marie was the youngest of 4 children born to Harry and Frances Hammond in Camden, NJ on May 7, 1936 and lived her teenage years in Runnemede, NJ where she was raised by her elder sister Peggy until marrying her late husband Joseph of 61 years in 1955. She then moved to South Jersey for 39 years and  upon her husband’s retirement in 1993 moved to Dagsboro, DE for 17 years and subsequently Montclair, VA in 2012 for the remainder of her life to be nearer to her family members.


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Prince William County Executive Christopher Martino will announce his retirement today, sources say.

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