Frank A. Spurr, Jr.

Frank Arthur Spurr, Jr., 87, of Frederick County, Virginia, died Tuesday, February 7, 2011, in Blue Ridge Hospice Center.

Mr. Spurr was born in 1923, in Washington, D.C., the son of the late Frank A. and Marie Spurr, Sr. Mr. Spurr was a graduate of St. Albins High School in Washington D.C. and attended George Washington University. He was employed with Bell system where he worked with both AT&T Company at its headquarters in New York City and the C&P Telephone Companies at the four company headquarters in the Washington D.C. area. Frank was the Chairman of the Board of the Fairfax County Virginia Chapter of the American Red Cross. He was the Chairman of the Consortium of all of the American Red Cross chapters in the Washington Metropolitan Area.

After moving to the Winchester Area, he became a member of the 2020 Visions Project Steering Committee as well as the Vice Chairman of the Fire and Rescue Committee. He was the Vice Chairman of the Drugs Committee and a member of the Utilities Committee. He also designed and produced the final report.

He was a member of the board of directors of the Winchester-Frederick County Chapter of the American Red Cross and served as its treasurer. Mr. Spurr was the Champaign Chairman of the United Way of the Northern Shenandoah Valley in 1992 and it’s First Vice President and then progressed to serve two terms as the organization’s President. He was a former member of the Board of Trustees of the SPCA of Winchester Frederick County as well as a member of it Board of Directors. Mr. Spurr was a member of the Gainesboro Ruirtan Club and its past Secretary. He was a volunteer consultant in radio communications for the Clarke, Winchester, Frederick County Jail, the Frederick County Sheriff and the Emergency Department of the Winchester Regional Medical Center.

Mr. Spurr was named Citizen of the Year in 1994 by Winchester-Frederick County Chamber of Commerce and was the first person to be so honored who was not a native of the area. He was also honored by the Quad State Legislative Conference, with the Dwight D. Eisenhower Community Service Award.

Mr. Spurr was a Veteran having served in the United States Army, Signal Corps during World War II. He designed and supervised the installation of the first Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area Amateur Radio Repeater System which included over 8 separate receive and/or transmit remote “voting” sites. He has held U.S. Government Commercial Radio Telephone licenses and currently held an F.C.C. Advanced Class Amateur Radio License.

Mr. Spurr was of the Presbyterian faith and attended Highland Memorial Presbyterian Church in Winchester, Virginia.

He married Helen Dessin on February 18, 1961.

Surviving with his wife Helen, of almost 50 years are his daughter, Susan Chicca and her husband, Thomas, of Columbia Maryland; son, Steven R.R. Spurr and his wife, Cheryl, of Manassas, Virginia; four grandchildren; and Tango, his faithful doberman.

A funeral service will be conducted at 2:00 PM on Saturday at Omps Funeral Home, Amherst Chapel, with The Reverend John A. Robinson, Jr. officiating. Interment will be private.

The family will receive friends on Saturday prior to the service from 12:00-2:00 PM at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Blue Ridge Hospice, Highland Memorial Presbyterian Church, and Reynolds Store Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company.

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