Obituaries
Johanna Maria “Cookie” Sine (1947 – 2026)
Johanna Maria “Cookie” Sine, 78, of Front Royal, Virginia, passed away on Monday, February 2, 2026, with her family by her side at Lynn Care Center.
Johanna Maria “Cookie” Sine
Funeral services will be private.
Mrs. Sine was born on April 2, 1947, in Munich, Germany, to the late Charles and Gertrude Glas Westerman. She was also preceded in death by her daughter, Gertrude Anna Moore, and stepson, Jeffrey Lee Sine.
Survivors include her husband, Carlton Sine; four sons, Cosmo Barbardo, Angelo Barbardo, Charles Barbardo, and Robert Moore; stepdaughter, Cheryl Sine Jewell; brother, Charles Westerman; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.
Cookie will always be remembered for her passion for love, cooking, parties, and dancing. She will be rolling on the river.
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