Carolyn 'Su' Allen Saunders Webb, 73

Carolyn Su Allen Saunders Webb passed away Saturday, October 15, 2016. She was born to a military family stationed in Georgia on August 4, 1943 and subsequently lived in Japan, Germany and across the United States until the family settled in Fairfax, Virginia. She married, had her only child, Anne, and spent the next few years in the new planned community of Reston, Virginia where she began her community engagement by coaching softball, leading a girl scout troop, and working with the American Cancer Society and the Fairfax Historical Society.

She is survived by her Aunt Mary Hirschi, sister and brother-in-law Sally and Richard Garrison, her daughter and son-in-law Anne and Steve Fabry, the Hirschi and Carey cousins, and the family of community advocates that meant so much to her across Virginia and the world.

A Public Remembrance is scheduled for Friday, October 28, 2016 at The Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum in Sterling, Virginia at 1:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum in her name would be a welcome tribute. The family wishes to recognize the Middleburg Humane Foundation and the Loudoun Community Cat Coalition for their assistance with the horses and cats in Ms. Webb’s care.

In addition to her many professional accomplishments and years of community service, Ms. Webb was perhaps most well known throughout the community for working to protect local open space and for helping to preserve Loudoun County’s agricultural and historical heritage.

Ms. Webb was recognized by the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors in November 2011 for “setting the vision for a variety of community groups and civic organizations, finding new ways for them to serve Loudoun County.” Friends and admirers remarked that she was not only a dedicated volunteer, but she also was passionate about motivating others to volunteer their time and efforts to improve their community.

Her legacy of community service in Loudoun County spanning more than four decades began in 1989 when she first volunteered for the Loudoun County Department of Parks and Recreation. She would go on to join the Lovettsville Community Center Advisory Board, the Lucketts Community Center Advisory Board, and the Aldie Heritage Association.

She went on to serve on the Loudoun County Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Board, where she served for two decades and assumed leadership roles, including serving as chairman. During her tenure the Board worked with the community to build support for the county bond referendums to support the purchase of Claude Moore Park, Franklin Park, and Phil Bolen Park to name a few.

Her efforts extended well beyond the borders of her beloved Loudoun County. She was appointed to the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority in 2003, serving multiple terms as its chairman starting in 2008. She helped advance the Regional Authority’s land acquisition efforts, leading to the creation of Aldie Mill Historic Park, Mt. Zion Historic Park, Gilbert’s Corner Regional Park, and White’s Ford Regional Park.

She also served on the Heritage Farm Museum Board, a group she chaired for a number of years, and helped lead the effort to add Community Garden Plots, a wildly successful initiative that allowed residents of eastern Loudoun to grow their own fruits and vegetables. She was President of the Sterling Rotary Club, on the Honorary Board for the Turning Point Suffragist Memorial, and active in the Mt. Zion Church Preservation Association, and the Blue Ridge Hospice.

In 2013, Ms. Webb was the recipient of a Loudoun Laurels Medal for her lifetime of civic leadership in the Loudoun community. The medal is awarded annually to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the common good of the community.