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Air Force Vet, Virginia Ska Festival Founder Tim Receveur Dies Days After Final Supernova
Tim Receveur spent much of his life bringing people together. In Virginia, thousands showed up for what would become his final weekend doing just that.
Receveur, the Hampton man behind the Supernova International Ska Festival at Fort Monroe, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, Sept. 15, just days after the latest three-day festival ended.
He was a husband, father, Air Force veteran, former State Department officer, hostage advocate, historian, author and a driving force in the international ska community.
His death stunned people across each of those worlds.
Just two days earlier, frie…
Dc-area Coach Mourned After Restaurant Confrontation Turns Deadly In Maryland
To his family, Nicholas Franklin Njuki was a beloved son and brother. To others, he was Coach Nick.
The 33-year-old Gaithersburg man was shot and killed early Sunday, Sept. 13 following a confrontation that began inside Quincy’s on Seven Locks Road in Rockville, according to Montgomery County Police.
Now, as detectives search for his killer, Njuki’s family and friends are making sure he is remembered for everything that came before that night.
A son. A brother. A friend. A coach. A mentor.
“Nicholas was a cherished son, brother, family member, friend, coach, and mentor whose life tou…
Vienna Dad Gets Five Kids Ready For School, Never Makes It Home From Construction Job In McLean
It was supposed to be another ordinary workday.
A Virginia father helped get his five children ready for school on Wednesday, Sept. 9, hugged his family goodbye, and headed to his construction job.
He never came home.
Elmer Fabricio Ventura Izaguirre, 41, left his Vienna home that morning for work in McLean, according to a fundraiser launched for his wife, Yesi Flores, and their children.
Around lunchtime, Ventura Izaguirre went to his car to eat. When he did not return, his coworkers became concerned and went to check on him.
They found that he had died unexpectedly from a heart attack,…
Army Vet 'Red Beard' Dies In Crash Before November Wedding: 'Damn Good Man, Good Soldier'
A new chapter was just beginning for Derek Volkmer and his family in Maryland.
The Glen Burnie Army veteran was preparing to marry his fiancée, Jen, in November, while building a life with two young children, Jae and Jax, who friends say adored the man they called Dad.
Instead, the family is mourning “Red Beard.”
Volkmer, 40, was killed on Thursday, Sept. 3, while working as a tractor-trailer driver in Virginia, according to friends and Virginia State Police.
The fatal crash happened shortly before 11:30 a.m. on I-95 in Stafford County, where a tractor-trailer ran off the roadway, struck …
Virginia Father 'Was Not A Person Of Many Words,' But 'Showed Up' Before Unexpected Death At 26
Some people don't need many words to make their presence felt.
That's how loved ones are remembering Virginia father Jeacson Davi Caravantes Hernandez, who died unexpectedly on Monday, Aug. 31, at just 26 years old.
His father, Henry Caravantes of Springfield, launched a GoFundMe following his son's sudden death as the family faces an unimaginable loss.
Jeacson leaves behind two children, Micheal and Kiara, who his father said were at the center of his life.
Above everything else, he was a devoted dad.
Jeacson spent the past five years working as a project manager at Design Pro, where hi…
'So Happy, So Innocent, So Small': Maryland Family Mourns Ezra Oliva-McMillan
A Maryland family is facing the unimaginable after losing one of its smallest members.
Ezra Davon Oliva-McMillan died on Thursday, Aug. 27, leaving behind a mother struggling to find the words, a father mourning his "happiest little man in the world," and a big sister who was rarely seen without him.
The Lusby family is now raising money to lay Ezra to rest as tributes pour in for a little boy remembered for a smile that came easily and a laugh that was impossible to miss.
"He was so happy, so innocent, so small," his mother, Sanaa Oliva, wrote after her son's death. "He was my everything.…
