KITTY HAWK — Mary Geraldine Sabean Turner, 96, passed away peacefully in her home on October 24, 2024, surrounded by her immediate family and beloved pets.
Born on December 1, 1927, in Weymouth Mills, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada to Celeste Comeau Sabean and Elias Benjamin Sabean, she was the third daughter of twelve children.
Geraldine completed nursing school in Canada before coming to Chanute Airforce Base in Champaign County, Illinois, to work as a nurse during the Korean War. There she met and was subsequently employed as an au-pair by a family with whom she moved to the Middleburg, Virginia area.
She met Charles Green Turner, Jr. at a function at the Fauquier Springs Country Club near Warrenton, Virginia. They were married on April 25, 1958, and made their first home together on Cork Street, in Winchester, Virginia, before ultimately settling in The Plains.
Geraldine was very active in her community and particularly in her church life at Grace Episcopal Church, The Plains, where she headed the women’s group, sang in the choir, served on the altar guild, and chaired the Piedmont Regional Art Show for many years. She served as President of the Warrenton Antiquarian Society and was active in several local garden clubs.
She is survived by her daughter Lisa, son Charles, three siblings, three grandchildren, one great-grandchild, and numerous nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations in her memory to Hospice of the Piedmont at hopva.org/donate. Expressions of sympathy may be shared with the family at www.gallopfuneralservices.com.
