Elbert Leon Virts
1918 - 2000-
Born 30 Dec 1918 Morrisonville, Virginia 
[1] Gender Male Died 26 Jun 2000 Olney, Maryland Buried Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, Maryland Person ID I1071 Virts Last Modified 23 Apr 2017
Father Elbert Joseph Virts, b. 18 Oct 1887, Lovettsville, Virginia , d. 17 Apr 1963, Lovettsville, Virginia Mother Lela Corinne Smith, b. 26 Mar 1894, Lovettsville, Virginia , d. 16 Nov 1968, Lovettsville, Virginia Married 18 Sep 1913 Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia Family ID F113 Group Sheet
Family 1 Frances Marie Rullman, b. 20 Apr 1917, Connecticut , d. 2 Oct 1985, Takoma Park, Maryland Married 17 Jan 1948 Washington, DC [2] Children 1. Living Last Modified 16 Oct 2014 Family ID F613 Group Sheet
Family 2 Vivian Marie Brown, b. 3 Feb 1919, d. 12 Jan 2014, Silver Spring, Maryland Married 25 Apr 1987 Silver Spring, Maryland Last Modified 19 Jan 2014 Family ID F614 Group Sheet
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Elbert Leon Virts - Miltary Service
Elbert Leon Virts was born December 30, 1918 in Morrisonville, Virginia to Elbert Joseph and Lela Corinne Virts. He died June 26, 2000 in Olney, Maryland. He married France Marie Rullman on January 17, 1948. She was born April 20, 1917 in Connecticut and died October 2, 1985 in Takoma Park, Maryland. Both are buried in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, Maryland.
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Elbert Joseph Virts and Lela Corinne Smith (7)
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Notes - The following information has been graciously provided by Michael Virts, son of Elbert Leon Virts.
Served as a Scout in the 32nd Infantry Division, the Thunderbird Division, during World War II. He went through Normandy, down the coast of France, into the mountains of southern France, and the crossed into southern Germany.
The Gazette, July 7, 2000
Elbert Leon Virts, 81, of Silver Spring, died June 26 at Montgomery General Hospital in Olney. He lived in Silver Spring for 48 years and retired from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory after over 35 years of service in administration. He was a graduate of Strayer College in Washington, D.C. Mr. Virts was the son of the late Elbert Joseph and Lela Virts of Lovettsville, Va. He was a World War II U.S. Army combat veteran, who served in campaigns in France and Germany as a scout in the infantry and was awarded the Bronze Star. He was a member of American Legion Post 268. He is survived by wife, Vivian Virts of Silver Spring; son, Michael Virts of Silver Spring; stepdaughter, Cathy Ernst of Poolesville; brother, Aubrey Virts of Hamilton, Va.; and three nephews and a niece. Visitation and a service were held at Montgomery Hills Baptist Church. Interment was at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Aspen Hill. Memorial donations may be made to the Montgomery Hills Baptist Church Memorial Fund, Montgomery Hills Baptist Church, 9727 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, Md. 20910.
- The following information has been graciously provided by Michael Virts, son of Elbert Leon Virts.
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