Marion H. Alexander, 79


Marion Harold Alexander, 79, a resident of Weyers Cave died unexpectedly at Rockingham Memorial Hospital on November 2, 2005.

He was born on December 16, 1925 in Mount Sidney and was the son of the late Luther David and Grace Pearl Cook Alexander.

Mr. Alexander served in the U.S. Army during WWII with the 8th Infantry Division and was in the Battle of Hurtgen Forest and the Battle of the Roar to the Rhine. He received a Purple Heart for being wounded in Cologne, Germany.

He was a self-employed brick mason and farmer and was a life member of Hughes Collins VFW in Mount Solon. He was also a member of the 5th Street United Brethren Church in Staunton, but attended Christ Reformed Fellowship.

On February 28, 1948, he married Mary Shull, who survives.

He is also survived by two daughters, Sandra A. Crummett and husband, Bill of Mount Solon; Debra A. Thompson and husband Dale of Weyers Cave; three grandchildren, Catherine Salcedo, Sara Crummett and Matthew Thompson; three great-grandchildren, Tyler, Cheyenne, and Austin Thompson; and three sisters, Mary Puffenbarger; Emmaline Landes; and Marie Hottinger.

He was preceded in death by a sister, Cleo Holloway; and two brothers, Robert and James Alexander.

Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Sunday, November 6, 2005 at the Chapel of the Lindsey Funeral Home in Weyers Cave with Tyrone Palmer officiating. Burial will follow at Salem Lutheran Church Cemetery.

The family will receive friends 7 to 8:00 p.m. Saturday evening at the funeral home.