Edna Jean DeFilippi Of Reston Dies

RESTON, VA — Edna Jean DeFilippi, 85, of Reston died on June 8, at Reston Hospital from cardiac shock.

Services are yet to be scheduled but will be at St. John Neumann Catholic Church on Lawyers Road in Reston. Jean will laid to rest beside her husband and grandson at Chestnut Grove Cemetery in Herndon.

Jean was born in Charleston, West Virginia, to Evelyn Henry Knight and William Hubert Knight on April 1, 1934, and was the youngest of seven children. She earned a bachelors degree in education and became a school teacher in Cleveland, Ohio, where she met her husband through his sister.

Jean married Robert Joseph DeFilippi in June 1958 and started a family but continued to work part-time at Hunters Woods Elementary school in Reston.

An avid gardener, Jean loved nature and was involved with numerous charities, including Save the Children, which was very important to her.

Jean is survived by her children Robert, Donna and Debra and her grandchildren Dana, Carly, Jimmy, Dennielle and Troy as well as many loved nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her parents, siblings, husband and grandson Joey. The family wishes to extend their gratitude to her long-term friend and neighbor Sally Baughman.

"Jean was the kindest, most compassionate soul we've ever known and will be greatly missed but is now at peace, home with her lord as she was a good Catholic," the family said.