
Bernard Rueben Ballard
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Bernard Reuben Ballard, 93 of Ashburn, Virginia passed on Thursday, January 7, 2021, at Heritage Hall in Leesburg, Virginia. Born Saturday, May 14, 1927, he was the son of the late Thomas Wayne and the late Mary Geneva (Hodgkins) Ballard. He was a 1945 graduate of Western High School in Washington D.C. He retired in 1989 after 45 years with the phone company He was preceded in death by his wife Mary Jane Ballard in 2007. He is survived by his nine children: Karen (John) Normandy of Ashburn, Joyce (Dave) Phillips of Richmond, Jean (John) Nowakowski of Ashburn, David (Pam) Ballard of McLean, Robert (Karen) Ballard of Ashburn, Colleen Vidaurre of Fairfax, Suzanne Ballard of Ashburn, Lisa Vaughn of Fairfax, Greg (Claire) Ballard of Richmond, twenty-one grandchildren and twenty great grandchildren, with four more on the way. A Funeral Mass will be held at 10:00 AM on Friday January 15, 2021 at St. Theresa Catholic Church located at 21371 St. Theresa Lane Ashburn, Virginia 20147. A visitation will be held from 9:30AM until the time of the service. Private interment will be in Fairfax Memorial Park, Fairfax, VA. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be made to Arthritis Foundation Attention: Virginia Market 1355 Peachtree St. NE, Suite 600 Atlanta, GA 30309 or at https://www.arthritis.org/honor-memorial-form www.loudounfuneralchapel.com