In the early hours before dawn on the morning of February 23rd, 2007, Virginia Henrietta "Sissy" Jarboe of Leonardtown, Maryland, peacefully passed away in her sleep at the St. Mary's Nursing center. Miss Jarboe was born in Leonardtown on February 17, 1922 and had just recently celebrated her 85th birthday. She was a devoted and dutiful daughter of the late Ignatius Jackson and Mary Catherine Connelly Jarboe. She was also the loving sister of Ann Kurz of Oakland, California, John L. Jarboe, Sr. of Charlotte Hall, Margaret Tippett of Leonardtown, Mary L. Stone of Waldorf, and Joseph Donald Jarboe of Lincoln, Nebraska. She was preceded in death by siblings James A., Ignatius, Jr., and Mary G. Jarboe, all of Leonardtown. A 1939 graduate of Margaret Brent High School and then attended Strayer College. Miss Jarboe attained very high marks throughout her education and subsequent vocational training which led to employment in the Federal Government as a tax examiner for the Internal Revenue Service from the early 1940's through the late 1960's. During this time she resided in the Washington D.C. area. Miss Jarboe eventually returned to her hometown in the late 1980's and took up residence at the Cedar Lane Apartments. A very kind and pious Christian lady, she enjoyed visiting with friends and relatives, as well as attending church religiously. Her favorite passions were genealogy, history, classical literature, and poetry. She also enjoyed good meals and stimulating conversation, even during the waning months of her life while she resided at the nursing center. In addition to her brothers and sisters Miss Jarboe is survived by many loving nieces, nephews and cousins.

The family will receive friends on Tuesday, February 27, 2007 from 5:00 – 8:00 PM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, where Prayers will be said at 7:00 PM. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Wednesday, February 28, 2007 at 10:00 AM in St. Aloysius Catholic Church with Fr. John Dakis officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be: Francis Neal Tippett, John Leonard Jarboe, Jr., John Leonard Jarboe III, Alfred Mattingly and Frank Fearns. Honorary Pallbearer will be: John L. Jarboe, Sr.

Arrangements provided by the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A.