Stella B. Maloy

                Stella Bernice Maloy, age 93, of Silver Spring, MD, died Friday, August 30, 2013, at Spring Arbor Assisted Living Facility in Winchester, VA.  Mrs. Maloy was born in 1920 in Baldwinville, MA, the daughter of the late John and Rosalia Vachowski. She was a veteran, having served as First Lieutenant in the U. S. Army in the Pacific Theatre during World War II. She was a registered nurse at Washington Adventist Hospital and was of the Roman Catholic faith.

She married William Arthur Maloy on August 10, 1946 in Otter River, Massachusetts. They were married for 65 years.  Mr. Maloy passed away on March 3, 2012.

Surviving are two sons, Stephen Maloy and wife, Lei Ping, of Hong Kong and Sidney, Australia, Timothy Maloy and wife, Renée, of Waldorf, MD, daughters Molly La Penotiere and husband, Hugh, of Charles Town, WV and Katherine Rose Simpson and husband, Phillip, of Shepherdstown, WV, nine grandchildren, four great grandchildren, and a sister, Mary Ann Dinger, of Winchester, VA.

The family will receive friends from 2:00 until 2:30 PM on Thursday, September 12, 2013, at Omps Funeral Home, Amherst Chapel. A funeral service will follow at 2:30 PM, with Father Stanley Krempa officiating.  A reception will immediately  follow at The Chapel at The Village at Orchard Ridge, 400 Clocktower Ridge Drive, Winchester, VA  22603.  Interment will be in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, MD, at a later date.

Contributions to honor the memory of Mrs. Maloy may be made to Alzheimer’s Association, 3701 Pender Drive, Suite 400, Fairfax, VA 22030.