Edna Heather MacFarlane Plancon

Edna Heather MacFarlane Plancon SUNRISE – July 18, 1937 SUNSET – May 20, 2023 PLANCON, Edna Heather MacFarlane, age 85, of Woodbridge, VA, has passed. Edna was the middle child of seven girls born to Duncan and Emily MacFarlane of Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada. She worked for the Algoma Steel Corporation LTD. in Sault Ste Marie, after leaving high school. She met and married Staff Sargent Paul A Plancon on June 8, 1960. Sgt. Plancon later became a Chief Warrant Officer. While working for an insurance agency in El Paso, Texas, Edna was a member of the Professional Women’s organization. The family were members of the United States Army for 22 years. During that time, they were stationed in Fort Riley, Kansas, Fort Bliss, Texas, Taipei, Taiwan, Tien Mou, Taiwan, Fort Rucker, Alabama, Spangdahlem, Germany, and Darmstadt, Germany, before returning to the United States where they were stationed at the Hoffman building in Alexandria, Virginia. Edna started her federal government career working as the Command Secretary for the 547th Engineer Battalion at Kelly Barracks in Darmstadt, Germany. At this time, she received her top-secret clearance. During the Battalion’s annual inspection of the installation, she received an exceptional rating for her performance as Command Secretary. After returning to the United States, she worked for the Civilian Personnel Office on Fort Belvoir, before transferring to MERADCOM, on Fort Belvoir, Virginia, as an accounting technician. She then transferred to the Corps of Engineers, in Alexandria, Virginia. Edna went back to school and received the credits to become an accountant. She worked for the Corps of Engineers for 21 years, before transferring to the Garrison at Fort Belvoir, as a Management Accountant. She retired from the Federal Government at the Garrison at Fort Belvoir in 2007 after 30 years of service. Upon retiring, Edna received the Meritorious Civilian Service Award, which is the highest award any civilian working for the Federal Government can receive. She was a member of the American society of military comptrollers. Edna was a lifetime member (having served 44 years) of the Beta Tau Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha International, a woman’s service organization, that supports local, state, and national charities. The number one charity being St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. She joined this organization in May of 1997. For the past 13 years, Edna worked as an associate for the Walmart Store in Dumfries Virginia. Edna is survived by sisters, Lillian (Mel) Hurley and Shirley MacFarlane, as well as many nieces and nephews, all of whom still reside in Canada. She is preceded in death by her parents, Duncan and Emily MacFarlane, and sisters, Catherine (Les) Porter, Nancy (Fred) Morrison, Donna (Don) Meany and Mary Lynne (Gordon) McCulloch. She was the beloved mother of Duncan (Kerry) Plancon, Patricia Plancon, and Heather (Wes) Barth. Edna was the grandmother (title of Nana) of Jenny (Benjamin) Tyler, Nicholas Kazaklis, Rhiannon and Sydney Barth, and Sara Hardin. She was also a great grandmother to Aurelia and Caoimhe Tyler. Edna has been a member of the Cokesbury United Methodist Church since 2011, and a member of the Helping Hands Church Group. Services will be held Friday, June 23, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. at Cokesbury United Methodist Church, 14806 Blackburn Road, Woodbridge, VA 22191.

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Edna Heather MacFarlane Plancon

May 20, 2023