Mary June LaRose

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June 12, 1930 ~ January 16, 2025

Born in: Oakton, Virginia
Resided in: Fairfax, Virginia

Mary LaRose died peacefully in her sleep from old age at 94 on January 16, 2025. Born during the Great Depression and raised on a family farm in Oakton, VA, she was the youngest of nine children and learned early on the value of hard work and the powerful love of family. She lived a life filled with both profound joy and many hardships. She married Robert, a career soldier, at 20 and had the first of 4 children at 22 and the last at 35 after suffering 5 miscarriages. Mary loved her family deeply and always put them first. She left her nursing career to follow her husband to numerous military deployments and raised their children on a meager salary, always ensuring they were cared for over her own needs. She endured the remote icy landscape of Greenland for 2 years and waited anxiously at home while her husband served 2 combat tours in South Vietnam. Tragically, Mary was widowed at 43 when Robert died after a battle with cancer. She never remarried, choosing instead to dedicate herself to caring for her elderly mother and raising her youngest child while working nights as a janitor cleaning an entire office building by herself in Falls Church and working as a CNA at White Hall and Fairfax Nursing Center. Though she was incredibly strong most of her life, she was eventually debilitated by serious health issues including rheumatoid arthritis and severe osteoarthritis in both knees, as well as suffering the deaths of her youngest and oldest daughters, her parents, and all her siblings. Mary persevered through the pain and never got depressed or lost her love of life and desire to go on, setting an example of courage and resilience for her family. She was cherished as the matriarch of the family and will live on in her descendants and in all the wonderfully sweet memories and endless love and admiration we had for her.

She is survived by her son Richard LaRose and his partner Yiota Souras, daughter Susan Blevins and her partner Mel Riddle, granddaughter Amanda Crowe and her husband Jeff, grandson Robert Blevins, granddaughter Karen Foster and her husband Brian, grandson Kevin DeNicola and his wife Megan, great granddaughters Sara Gilbert and her husband Charlie, and Laci Crowe, great grandsons Ryan Crowe, Derek Foster, Jakob Foster, Evan Foster, Jackson DeNicola, Samuel DeNicola, Giuseppe DeNicola, Desmond DeNicola, and Artemis DeNicola, great granddaughter Penelope DeNicola, and great great grandsons Ezra Gilbert, Levi Crowe, and Odin Crowe.

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  1. The Owners and Staff at the Money and King Funeral Home, wish to express our sincere sympathy to you. It is our hope that we may be able to make a difficult time more bearable. Please feel free to call us anytime as we are always available to you.

    Bob Gallagher
    Funeral Director

  2. Rest in Peace my dear Mom. A wonderful life well lived and filled with joy. Family was always the most important thing to you and brought you the most happiness. Thank you all the love you generously gave to us, and being there whenever we needed you. I will love you forever Mom.
    -Richard

  3. Thank you for being the best Grandma I could ever have wished for. You taught me what matters most in life: love and family. We all love and miss you so much and will remember you always. XOXO, Kari

  4. You will be with us every time we visit the mailbox or share a silly joke, when our tree topper twinkles at Christmastime and when my lilies bloom in spring! The boys will miss their favorite pen pal very much. Rest in peace Great Gramma. Nanu nanu from all of us!

  5. You’ve blessed all of us with amazing memories growing up and i couldn’t be more thankful to have had such an amazing great grandmother. We’re gonna miss your sense of humor and funny stories alongside your laughs. I can still remember spending a lot of time stealing your cane as a young kid and messing around with the big purple stuffed bear as you smiled on. I’ll miss you, your laughs, and your smile. Love you always. Rest in peace.
    – Derek

  6. Thank you for being the best Great Grandma I could ask for. I will deeply miss all the great memories I’ve had with you growing up with all the stores and funny jokes you would tell us and just all the great times we’ve spent with you. We all love and miss you deeply and will always love you. Rest easy Great Grandma ❤️

    • You were a bright light upon the family, with a witty voice and humor that we all adored. The grandkids loved being in your presence, playing with your cane and listening to stories past! So many great memories and gatherings over the years, you will be missed by all of us. Rest in Heaven, reunited with your loved ones who left before you.


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