Dorothy Strickland Farr Ahrend, 75, of 5679 Snapps Creek Road in Singers Glen, died Friday, May 9, 2008, at Willow Estates.

Mrs. Ahrend was born Oct. 19, 1932, in Teaneck, N.J., and was a daughter of the late Dr. Walter and Dorothy Strickland Farr.

She attended Averett College in Danville. She was a member of the Women's Committee for Rockingham County Farm Bureau, the Spotswood Country Club Women's Golf and Emmanuel Episcopal Church.

On Oct. 9, 1964, she married Charles "Chuck" W. Ahrend, who survives.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by a son, Charles David Ahrend of Morgantown, W.Va.; two daughters, Kerry Lynn Ahrend of Raleigh, N.C., and Robin Ann Schock of Singers Glen; a sister, Sibyl Lange of Hendersonville, N.C.; a brother, Walter Farr of Ashland, Ore.; and two grandchildren.

The Rev. Philip Wiehe will conduct the funeral 2 p.m. Monday at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Harrisonburg. Burial will follow at the Singers Glen Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 3 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at McMullen Funeral Home in Harrisonburg.

Memorial contributions may be made to Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 660 S. Main St., Harrisonburg, VA 22801.

Walter Lynn Swortzel, 90, formerly of Waynesboro, and lately of Harrisonburg, died Thursday, May 8, 2008, at Augusta Medical Center, Fishersville.

He was born Nov. 7, 1917, at Madrid in Augusta County a son of the late Fred and Mable Benson Swortzel.

He was employed with Wilson Trucking for 40 years, retiring with a perfect safety record in 1980. He was a lifelong member of Crimora United Methodist Church, where he served as Treasurer for many years.

Mr. Swortzel was preceded in death by his loving wife of 61 years, Mildred Shifflett Swortzel; an infant son, Roger Lynn Swortzel; two brothers, Ray Swortzel and Harry Lee Swortzel; and four sisters, Elsie Batton, Dorothy Batton, Thelma Wiseman and Anna Swortzel.

He is survived by a daughter, Ruth S. Porter and her husband, Forest, of Lake Anna, Va.; a son, Shannon W. Swortzel and his wife, Sandy, of Harrisonburg; one sister, Edna Brown of Crimora; a brother, Howard Swortzel, of Waynesboro; six grandchildren, Chris Swortzel and his wife, Lori, Matt Swortzel, Jennifer Caruana and her husband, James, Jassica Persinger and her husband, Zack, Sara Keeling and her husband, Shawn, and Tiffany Randall and her husband, Brett; 10 great-grandchildren, Megan, Caleb and Toby Swortzel, Laura and Hope Persinger, Daun, Drew, and Amanda Caruana, Cole Swortzel, and Savannah Keeling; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

A service will be conducted at 11 a.m. on Monday, May 12, 2008, at Crimora United Methodist Church with the Rev. Gale Thornberry officiating. Interment will follow in Riverview Cemetery, Waynesboro.

Active pallbearers will be Randy Swortzel, Robert D. Wiseman Jr., Howard Estes, Jeff Shifflett, Michael Brown and Michael Veronesi.

The family will be receiving friends from 5 to 7 p.m. on Sunday, May 11, 2008, at the Waynesboro Chapel of Reynolds Hamrick Funeral Homes & Crematory, 618 West Main St.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to Crimora United Methodist Church, 1691 New Hope and Crimora Road, Crimora, VA 24431.

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Thomas Ahmad Karzoumi, 42, of Dublin, Ohio, died Friday, April 18, 2008. He was self-employed as a Medical Physicist.

Preceded in death by sister Safie. Survived by wife, Keri; children, Erika, Stefanie and Hussein; father, Hussein, mother, Nahid; brothers, Mohammad, Issam and Rabia; sisters, Hanadi and Mona; and many relatives and friends. Local residents, Charles and Sandra Conrad, are the parents of wife, Keri Larsson.

A traditional Muslim funeral service was held at the Noor Mosque in Hilliard, Ohio, and burial was at Fairview Memorial Park, Delaware, Ohio. A memorial open house was held at the family home in Dublin, Ohio, Sunday, April 27, 2008.

Donations may be made to the Memorial Fund of Thomas Ahmad Karzoumi for the higher education of his children at Fifth Third Bank, 3800 W. Dublin-Granville Road, Dublin, OH 43017. Phone (614) 932-5353.

Man of eternal kindness, man of love, man of hope, man of enduring strength, with a never-ending quest for knowledge, Forever devoted to his family. He will be missed.

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A memorial service for Joseph D. Carpenter III, who died April 15, 2007, will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, May 17, 2008, at Calvary United Methodist Church, 2179 Stuarts Draft Highway, Stuarts Draft, Va.

Virginia Marie Vogt, 85, of 523 Hamburg Road in Luray, died Thursday, May 8, 2008, at Page Memorial Hospital in Luray. She had lived at 14 Meadow Lane in Luray for the past nine months.

Mrs. Vogt was born March 8, 1923, in Luray, and was the daughter of the late Henry Charles Kauffman and Bertie Catherine Bowers Kauffman.

She was a member of St. Mark's Lutheran Church.

Her husband, Ames Albert Vogt, preceded her in death Oct. 31, 1951.

She is survived by two sons, Robert Allen Vogt of Luray and Donald Reed Vogt of Millersville, Md.

At Mrs. Vogt's request, a private memorial service will be held.

Memorial donations may be made to Parkinson's Disease, 1501 N.W. Ninth Ave., Bob Hope Road, Miami, FL 33136.

Arrangements are by Bradley Funeral Home in Luray.