My grandmother was a remarkabel woman. Family and friends loved hearing the vivid stories of family life before electricity, the telephone or the television. She used to tell the story of when her cousins locked her in the underground tunnel under the house that was once used for smuggling in the 19thcentury and when her mother found out, she bricked up the tunnel. She shared life during the depression when the family lost their home on Walnut Street and she had to live with her sister Dorothy while her mother went to live with her sister Helen. Some of Marion best early memories were of her oldest brother owning several carnivals.
Marion was actively involved in working the polls of various U.S. Presidential elections. Besides being active in the community, Marion has traveled all over the United States and many world countries including Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany and Peru. Her last overseas trip was to the Vatican at the age of 87. One of her great enjoyments through the years was discovering her heritage.
Obituary written by Granddaughter, Therese DeSanto. Published, February 15, 2019 Washington Post:
Marion Roland Conrad,104, of Virginia Beach, formally of Alexandria, VA for 92 years, entered the eternal gates of heaven on February 12, 2019 surrounded by her family. Preceded in death by her husband, James Walter Conrad, son Norris Monroe Conrad, granddaughters Rita Lucille Wilkerson and Giulianna Conrad. She is survived by her daughter Lucille Conrad Wilkerson of Virginia Beach and her son James Lawrence Conrad of Alexandria, along with 9 grandchildren, many great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
As a girl she was a member of the first Girl Scout troop organized in Alexandria; and was a leader for the only "mounted" Girl Scout Troop of the city. Marion was a 1932 graduate of St. Mary's Academy in Alexandria.
As a lifetime member of the Catholic Daughters of America, and while serving as the Grand-Regent of Court Kavanaugh #54, she proudy was the first woman to lay a wreath on J.F. Kennedy's gravesite,
Marion was honored to be a member of the Daughters of the Confederacy Mary Custis Lee – 17th VA Regiment, Chapter 7 and of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Marion retired after 25 years with the City of Alexandria Fire Prevention Department and was a member of the Police and Fire Auxiliary following her retirement.
Marion was actively involved in working the polls of various U.S. Presidential elections. Besides being active in the community, Marion has traveled all over the United States and many world countries including Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany and Peru. Her last overseas trip was to the Vatican at the age of 87. One of her great enjoyments through the years was discovering her heritage.
Obituary written by Granddaughter, Therese DeSanto. Published, February 15, 2019 Washington Post:
Marion Roland Conrad,104, of Virginia Beach, formally of Alexandria, VA for 92 years, entered the eternal gates of heaven on February 12, 2019 surrounded by her family. Preceded in death by her husband, James Walter Conrad, son Norris Monroe Conrad, granddaughters Rita Lucille Wilkerson and Giulianna Conrad. She is survived by her daughter Lucille Conrad Wilkerson of Virginia Beach and her son James Lawrence Conrad of Alexandria, along with 9 grandchildren, many great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
As a girl she was a member of the first Girl Scout troop organized in Alexandria; and was a leader for the only "mounted" Girl Scout Troop of the city. Marion was a 1932 graduate of St. Mary's Academy in Alexandria.
As a lifetime member of the Catholic Daughters of America, and while serving as the Grand-Regent of Court Kavanaugh #54, she proudy was the first woman to lay a wreath on J.F. Kennedy's gravesite,
Marion was honored to be a member of the Daughters of the Confederacy Mary Custis Lee – 17th VA Regiment, Chapter 7 and of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Marion retired after 25 years with the City of Alexandria Fire Prevention Department and was a member of the Police and Fire Auxiliary following her retirement.
My grandmother was a remarkabel woman. Family and friends loved hearing the vivid stories of family life before electricity, the telephone or the television. She used to tell the story of when her cousins locked her in the underground tunnel under the house that was once used for smuggling in the 19thcentury and when her mother found out, she bricked up the tunnel. She shared life during the depression when the family lost their home on Walnut Street and she had to live with her sister Dorothy while her mother went to live with her sister Helen. Some of Marion best early memories were of her oldest brother owning several carnivals.
Marion was actively involved in working the polls of various U.S. Presidential elections. Besides being active in the community, Marion has traveled all over the United States and many world countries including Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany and Peru. Her last overseas trip was to the Vatican at the age of 87. One of her great enjoyments through the years was discovering her heritage.
Obituary written by Granddaughter, Therese DeSanto. Published, February 15, 2019 Washington Post:
Marion Roland Conrad,104, of Virginia Beach, formally of Alexandria, VA for 92 years, entered the eternal gates of heaven on February 12, 2019 surrounded by her family. Preceded in death by her husband, James Walter Conrad, son Norris Monroe Conrad, granddaughters Rita Lucille Wilkerson and Giulianna Conrad. She is survived by her daughter Lucille Conrad Wilkerson of Virginia Beach and her son James Lawrence Conrad of Alexandria, along with 9 grandchildren, many great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
As a girl she was a member of the first Girl Scout troop organized in Alexandria; and was a leader for the only "mounted" Girl Scout Troop of the city. Marion was a 1932 graduate of St. Mary's Academy in Alexandria.
As a lifetime member of the Catholic Daughters of America, and while serving as the Grand-Regent of Court Kavanaugh #54, she proudy was the first woman to lay a wreath on J.F. Kennedy's gravesite,
Marion was honored to be a member of the Daughters of the Confederacy Mary Custis Lee – 17th VA Regiment, Chapter 7 and of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Marion retired after 25 years with the City of Alexandria Fire Prevention Department and was a member of the Police and Fire Auxiliary following her retirement.
Marion was actively involved in working the polls of various U.S. Presidential elections. Besides being active in the community, Marion has traveled all over the United States and many world countries including Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany and Peru. Her last overseas trip was to the Vatican at the age of 87. One of her great enjoyments through the years was discovering her heritage.
Obituary written by Granddaughter, Therese DeSanto. Published, February 15, 2019 Washington Post:
Marion Roland Conrad,104, of Virginia Beach, formally of Alexandria, VA for 92 years, entered the eternal gates of heaven on February 12, 2019 surrounded by her family. Preceded in death by her husband, James Walter Conrad, son Norris Monroe Conrad, granddaughters Rita Lucille Wilkerson and Giulianna Conrad. She is survived by her daughter Lucille Conrad Wilkerson of Virginia Beach and her son James Lawrence Conrad of Alexandria, along with 9 grandchildren, many great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
As a girl she was a member of the first Girl Scout troop organized in Alexandria; and was a leader for the only "mounted" Girl Scout Troop of the city. Marion was a 1932 graduate of St. Mary's Academy in Alexandria.
As a lifetime member of the Catholic Daughters of America, and while serving as the Grand-Regent of Court Kavanaugh #54, she proudy was the first woman to lay a wreath on J.F. Kennedy's gravesite,
Marion was honored to be a member of the Daughters of the Confederacy Mary Custis Lee – 17th VA Regiment, Chapter 7 and of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Marion retired after 25 years with the City of Alexandria Fire Prevention Department and was a member of the Police and Fire Auxiliary following her retirement.
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