Kristine B. Wynn's Obituary
KRISTINE WYNN, 76, of Leesburg, VA, passed away peacefully at home on September 5, 2024, with her son by her side. Kristine lived a remarkable life. She was born on January 16, 1948, in Saigon, Vietnam. She took up water skiing as a teenager and spent many a weekend skiing the Saigon River as gunboats went up the river in the opposite direction.
As a child, Kristine learned three languages – Vietnamese, French, and English. When her father passed away suddenly, she stepped into a parental role to help raise her younger brother and sister. Once her siblings were older, she used her language skills to take a job as an interpreter at an American company operating in Vietnam – Philco Ford, which was later known as Ford Aerospace (the aerospace and defense division of Ford Motor Company). It was here that she met her husband, Jim Wynn, who was also a Philco employee and stationed in the country as a field engineer leading the installation of communications towers for the US Military.
After a long courtship, Kristine and Jim married and embarked on a world adventure following Jim from station to station. They lived in Canada, Germany, Ghana, Togo, and Benin. They traveled the world from each of these locations and embraced life as expats. After a nearly 10-year period abroad, they chose to settle in the United States and start a family.
Kristine and Jim welcomed a son and spent those first six years in Las Vegas. While there, and raising a young toddler, Kristine studied at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. She went on to work in retail banking and then eventually as an accounting clerk. The family moved to Bucks County, Pennsylvania and then eventually in 1993 relocated to Leesburg, Virginia where Kristine worked in the accounting department of Barber & Ross Co.
Kristine adapted to life in the United States quickly. She converted to Catholicism and then raised her son in the Catholic Church. She was an avid sports fan who did not miss a single one of her son’s sports events and embraced all things Loudoun County High School sports. She remained an active member in the St. John the Apostle Catholic Church and cared for her husband Jim through his prolonged illness.
Kristine is survived by her son, James Franklin Wynn II; daughter-in-law Danielle Wynn; as well as three grandchildren: Gregory, Logan, and Taylor Wynn.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated on Wednesday, September 18, 2024, at St. John the Apostle Catholic Church, 101 Oakcrest Manor Drive NE, Leesburg, VA 20176, at 10am.
Interment and eulogy will follow at St. John the Apostle Cemetery in Leesburg, VA.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association.
Please share condolences with the family at www.LoudounFuneralChapel.com.
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