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Victor Carver Travers

Posted 6/16/10

Victor Carver Travers, 86 DUMFRIES, Va. - Victor Carver Travers, age 86, passed away Saturday, June 12, 2010, at Inova Fairfax Hospital. He leaves behind his wife, Justine Vickers Travers. He is …

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Victor Carver Travers

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Victor Carver Travers, 86 DUMFRIES, Va. - Victor Carver Travers, age 86, passed away Saturday, June 12, 2010, at Inova Fairfax Hospital. He leaves behind his wife, Justine Vickers Travers. He is survived by his children, Vicki (Travers) McDowell, wife of Denver McDowell, Jr. of Harrisburg, Pa., C. David Travers, husband to Vikki McGuire of Melbourne, Fla., and Dolores (Travers) Stoll, wife of Alfredo Stoll of Corpus Christi, Texas. He also leaves behind four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Lillian (Dunn) and Victor Carlton Travers; sister Ann (Travers) Creighton; and daughter-in-law, Diane (Barbara) Travers. Victor served in the US Navy as a tail gunner and bombardier during World War II. He received the Purple Heart. He was also a recipient of the Bronze Star, Air Medal and the EAME Ribbon. He was employed by the Maryland State Police at the Salisbury Station, a special agent for the Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms Agency, the Federal Sky Marshal Program and was the Head of Civilian Security at NASA Goddard Space Center. He was a 32rd Degree Mason and Past Master of Centennial Lodge # 174 in Upper Marlboro, Md., a member of Kena Shriners in Alexandria, Va., member of the American Legion and Tall Cedars of Lebanon. He was active in the Order of the Eastern Star of Washington DC and Job's Daughters of Maryland. He was also a member of the Scottish and York Rite organizations. He lived in Dumfries, Va., for the past 19 years and prior to that lived in Oxon Hill, Md. He was born on Dec. 16, 1923, in Cambridge, Md., prior to moving to Salisbury, Md., to work for the MD State police. In lieu of flowers the family requests donation be made to the Shriners Childrens Hospital. Family received friends on Thursday, June 17, 2010, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Miller Funeral Home, 3200 Golansky Blvd., Woodbridge, Va. Services will be held today, June 18, 2010, at 11 a.m. in the Miller Funeral Home Chapel. Interment to follow at Quantico National Cemetery.

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