Thompson Harman Funeral Home
Jessie Virginia McGaha Ahalt, 107, joined the heavenly choir on August 17, 2024. Jessie was born on February 21, 1917 in Burkittsville, she was the daughter of Edgar and Lizzie Mae McGaha and one of ten children. She grew up in Burkittsville and was raised by her family after mom died when she was 10. She attended a one room school
in town and was taught basics by one of her older sisters. She graduated to attend middle school and high school in Middletown where she was active in the social and sports life...a senior letter-woman on the high school basketball team. She married Milburn Ahalt after he returned from Army service in WWII Europe. They were soon joined by 2 children, Larry and Kay. Jessie and Milburn were active in St Paul's Lutheran Church where they fully participated in the church life of mother-daughter banquets, Christmas and Easter events, Fall church dinners, and fundraising events.
Jessie's home life was rich and complicated as Milburn became an engineer for the B&O Railroad. He had regular overnight travel, and she worked to raise 2 active children and care for her dad and her brother, Fred. She and Milburn later got into camping life on the Potomac River most summer weekends where their children could learn how to fish and ski. After a serious bout of cancer in 2000, Jessie and Milburn moved to Country Meadows Retirement Community. Jessie retired from cooking and enjoyed the active life with many new friends, bingo, and community living.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Milburn and her son, Larry.
She is survived by her daughter, Kay Dallavalle and her husband, John; grandsons, Michael Ahalt and Eric Dallavalle, and 4 great-granddaughters.
Visitation will be at Thompson Harman Funeral Home, 31 E. Main Street, Middletown on Wednesday August 21, 2024, from 3:00 to 5:00 pm and 6:30 to 8:00 pm, as well as from 9:00 to 9:30 am on Thursday, August 22, 2024. A Graveside Service will be held at Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Middletown on Thursday, August 22, 2024, at 10:00 AM. A Memorial Service to immediately follow at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 5 E. Main Street, Burkittsville at 11:00 am. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions should be made to St. Paul's Lutheran Church at the above address.
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