Obituary from the Currie Funeral Home (Kilmarnock, Va.) website, December 2006:
Maurice Robert Coombs, 87, of Lancaster died Thursday, December 28, 2006. He was a 1941 graduate of the University of California in Berkley with a degree in international relations. He was widower of Betty Treherne Coombs and a former active member of Truro Episcopal Church in Fairfax. A retired U. S. Army Colonel, he served in Brisbane, Australia during World War II where he met his wife of 61 years. Mr. Coombs was a retired Research Analyst with the U. S. Army Security Agency at Arlington Hall, Va.
Surviving are his daughter and son-in-law, Dianne R. Coombs and Lee Hendrix of Edwards, Colo.; a son and daughter-in-law, David B. and Barbara Coombs of Bedford, Mass.; four grandchildren, Sarah, Jason and Alexander Coombs and Mitchell Hendrix; two brothers, Stanley Coombs of Pismo Beach, Cal. and Cecil Coombs of Bakersfield, Cal. Mr. Coombs was preceded in death by a brother, Paul Coombs.
Funeral services were held 2:00 p.m. Sunday, December 31 at Grace Episcopal Church, Kilmarnock with The Rev. David May officiating. Interment was in Historic Christ Church Burying Ground, Irvington.
Memorials may be made to Historic Christ Church Foundation, P. O. Box 24, Irvington, Va. 22480
Maurice Robert Coombs, 87, of Lancaster died Thursday, December 28, 2006. He was a 1941 graduate of the University of California in Berkley with a degree in international relations. He was widower of Betty Treherne Coombs and a former active member of Truro Episcopal Church in Fairfax. A retired U. S. Army Colonel, he served in Brisbane, Australia during World War II where he met his wife of 61 years. Mr. Coombs was a retired Research Analyst with the U. S. Army Security Agency at Arlington Hall, Va.
Surviving are his daughter and son-in-law, Dianne R. Coombs and Lee Hendrix of Edwards, Colo.; a son and daughter-in-law, David B. and Barbara Coombs of Bedford, Mass.; four grandchildren, Sarah, Jason and Alexander Coombs and Mitchell Hendrix; two brothers, Stanley Coombs of Pismo Beach, Cal. and Cecil Coombs of Bakersfield, Cal. Mr. Coombs was preceded in death by a brother, Paul Coombs.
Funeral services were held 2:00 p.m. Sunday, December 31 at Grace Episcopal Church, Kilmarnock with The Rev. David May officiating. Interment was in Historic Christ Church Burying Ground, Irvington.
Memorials may be made to Historic Christ Church Foundation, P. O. Box 24, Irvington, Va. 22480
Obituary from the Currie Funeral Home (Kilmarnock, Va.) website, December 2006:
Maurice Robert Coombs, 87, of Lancaster died Thursday, December 28, 2006. He was a 1941 graduate of the University of California in Berkley with a degree in international relations. He was widower of Betty Treherne Coombs and a former active member of Truro Episcopal Church in Fairfax. A retired U. S. Army Colonel, he served in Brisbane, Australia during World War II where he met his wife of 61 years. Mr. Coombs was a retired Research Analyst with the U. S. Army Security Agency at Arlington Hall, Va.
Surviving are his daughter and son-in-law, Dianne R. Coombs and Lee Hendrix of Edwards, Colo.; a son and daughter-in-law, David B. and Barbara Coombs of Bedford, Mass.; four grandchildren, Sarah, Jason and Alexander Coombs and Mitchell Hendrix; two brothers, Stanley Coombs of Pismo Beach, Cal. and Cecil Coombs of Bakersfield, Cal. Mr. Coombs was preceded in death by a brother, Paul Coombs.
Funeral services were held 2:00 p.m. Sunday, December 31 at Grace Episcopal Church, Kilmarnock with The Rev. David May officiating. Interment was in Historic Christ Church Burying Ground, Irvington.
Memorials may be made to Historic Christ Church Foundation, P. O. Box 24, Irvington, Va. 22480
Maurice Robert Coombs, 87, of Lancaster died Thursday, December 28, 2006. He was a 1941 graduate of the University of California in Berkley with a degree in international relations. He was widower of Betty Treherne Coombs and a former active member of Truro Episcopal Church in Fairfax. A retired U. S. Army Colonel, he served in Brisbane, Australia during World War II where he met his wife of 61 years. Mr. Coombs was a retired Research Analyst with the U. S. Army Security Agency at Arlington Hall, Va.
Surviving are his daughter and son-in-law, Dianne R. Coombs and Lee Hendrix of Edwards, Colo.; a son and daughter-in-law, David B. and Barbara Coombs of Bedford, Mass.; four grandchildren, Sarah, Jason and Alexander Coombs and Mitchell Hendrix; two brothers, Stanley Coombs of Pismo Beach, Cal. and Cecil Coombs of Bakersfield, Cal. Mr. Coombs was preceded in death by a brother, Paul Coombs.
Funeral services were held 2:00 p.m. Sunday, December 31 at Grace Episcopal Church, Kilmarnock with The Rev. David May officiating. Interment was in Historic Christ Church Burying Ground, Irvington.
Memorials may be made to Historic Christ Church Foundation, P. O. Box 24, Irvington, Va. 22480
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