Obituaries
Brenda Jean Chrisman (1953 – 2025)
Brenda Jean Chrisman, 73, of Front Royal, Virginia, passed away on Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Blue Ridge Hospice Inpatient Care Center.
Brenda Jean Chrisman
A funeral service will be held on Thursday, March 12, at 1:00 p.m. at Maddox Funeral Home with Pastor John Kenney officiating. Interment will follow in Beahm’s Chapel Cemetery in Luray.
Brenda was born February 19, 1953, in Washington, Virginia, the daughter of the late James and Emily Jenkins Fincham.
She retired from the Front Royal Moose Lodge.
Surviving is her loving and devoted husband, Ronnie Chrisman; two sons, Wayne Foster and wife Betsy of Stanley and Greg Foster of Stanley; daughter, Missy Pullen of Luray; step-son, Rodney Chrisman of Front Royal; one sister, Mary McFarland of Sperryville; three granddaughters, Ashley and Emily Foster of Stanley and Rebecca Spencer of Stanley; two grandsons, Wayne Foster Jr. and Nick Foster of Stanley; and three great-grandchildren, Oliver Spencer, Amara Simmons, and Wyatt Foster.
Pallbearers will be Jim Cerretani, Jason Marsh, Wayne Foster Jr., Darrell Kite, Keith Jenkins, and Joey Kibler.
The family will receive friends on Thursday, March 12, from 12-1 p.m. at the funeral home.
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