Elizabeth Grove Huffman

April 4, 1927 - May 29, 2013

Elizabeth Grove Huffman, 86, of Winchester, formerly of Middletown, died Wednesday, May 29, 2013 in Winchester Medical Center. She was born April 4, 1927 in Frederick County, VA the daughter of Stanley H. and Anna Lakenan Grove. She married Winston David Huffman August 21, 1944 in Baltimore, MD. Mr. Huffman died August 2, 2012. Mrs. Huffman had been a school bus driver for eighteen years with the Frederick County School System. She was a member of the Primitive Baptist Church, the Middletown Home Demonstration Club, the Belle Grove Garden Club, a leader with the Middletown 4-H Club and a lifetime member of the Middletown Fire Company’s Auxiliary. Surviving are two daughters, Kitty Huffman LeMarr and her husband John D. of Winchester and Rebecca Huffman Rickard and her husband Larry E. of Stephens City; a son, David Eugene Huffman of Winchester; two brothers, Richard Grove of Madison County, VA and Eugene Grove of Winchester; eight grandchildren; thirteen great-grandchildren; one great-great grandchild and a dear family friend, Janet Medvez. A son, Stephen B. Huffman and a brother, Stanley Grove, Jr. are both deceased. A funeral service will be Monday, June 3. 2013, at 11:00 a.m. in Phelps Funeral Chapel, 311 Hope Drive, Winchester with Brother Gary Utz officiating. Burial will follow in Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Middletown. Casketbearers will be Jason LeMarr, John LeMarr, Gene Rickard, Dwain Hahn, Bryan Hahn and Brandon Huffman. An honorary casketbearer will be Arin Hahn. Friends will be received on Monday, June 3, 2013; from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. in the funeral chapel. Memorials may be made to Blue Ridge Hospice, 333 W. Cork Street, Winchester, VA 22601 or to Frederick County Esther Boyd Animal Shelter, 161 Ft. Collier Road, Winchester, VA 22603. www.phelpsfunerals.com