Mr. John
Roddy Jr.
Mr. John Mark Roddy
Jr., 87, of Winchester, Va., formerly of Emmitsburg,
died Friday, March 31, at Evergreen Health &
Rehabilitation Center, Winchester. He was the husband of
the late Helena Pitlanic Roddy. Born Jan. 29, 1913, in
Emmitsburg, he was a son of the late Mark Sr. and Laura
G. Orndorff Roddy.
Mr. Roddy was a member
of St. Leo's Roman Catholic Church, Winchester. He was a
graduate of Mount St. Mary's College where he served as
an educator and was registrar from 1935 to 1955. In
later years, he was a district manager for Nationwide
Insurance.
Surviving are two sons,
John M. Roddy III of Fairfax, Va., and Michael A. Roddy
of Winchester; one daughter, Patricia J. Duval of
Beaconsfield, Quebec, Canada; three sisters, Dorothy
Lynch of Oakland, Calif., Aileen Groover of Lakewood,
Calif., and Sister Ruth Roddy, the Daughters of Charity,
Cumberland; eight grandchildren; and five
great-grandchildren.
A Mass of Christian
Burial was held Monday, April 3, at St. Anthony's Shrine
Parish, Emmitsburg. Interment was in St. Anthony's
Shrine Cemetery.
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