Janine C. Lydman
Janine C. Lydman, age 90, of Winchester, VA, died Monday, August 26, 2013, at her home. Mrs. Lydman was born in 1923 in Paris, France, the daughter of the late Christian and Genevieve Cabirol. She was a graduate of North London Collegiate Academy and she was a homemaker. She enjoyed tennis, photography, painting, gardening, and traveling. Mrs. Lydman was especially proud of being a Red Cross Photographer during World War II.
She married Jack W. Lydman, a retired ambassador, in Washington, DC in 1982. Mr. Lydman preceded her in death in 2005.
Surviving is her daughter Michelle Laird and husband, Graham of Pully, Switzerland; sons Ian Bowie and wife, Sharon of Berryville, VA and Darian Haffner of Lisbon, Portugal, seven grandchildren, one great grandchild, sister Francoise Ahalt of St. Louis, Missouri, and half-brother Arnaud Cabirol and wife, Mireille of Biblisheim, France.
Contributions to honor the memory of Mrs. Lydman may be made to Blue Ridge Hospice, 333 W. Cork Street, Suite 405, Winchester, Virginia 22601.
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