Birth date: May 20, 1957 Death date: Mar 18, 2022
Louise Bedia Paccione, 64, of Ashburn, Virginia passed away on March 18th in her home, surrounded by her loved ones. Born May 20, 1957, to the late Thomas Bedia and Jeanne Kennedy Bedia in Long Beach, New York Louise grew up enjoy Read Obituary
Mrs.Paccione was the first friendly face to welcome me to Broad Run, she had showed me the school and walked me through the halls. After not being able to attend school for years from anxiety, she was the first person to understand how hard it was for me to come to school everyday. Mrs. Paccione would keep snacks for me in her drawer because she knew I had not eaten all day at school from being anxious, she just had a way of knowing when I needed her. She would always offer for me to sit with her when I needed a break from the day, and I would always accept because she had a way of making someone's bad day, turn into a day you could make it through. Mrs. Paccione touched my heart in more ways than one. I will never forget how beautiful of a person she was, she had this light about her, lighting up every hallway she walked through.
Thank you Mrs.Paccione for making such a big impact in my life, I will never forget you.
Love,
Grace Naumann
Louise was wise, frank, supportive, caring, funny, irreverant, and so extremely generous! When Hope went off to high school, she and many of her classmates wanted to take guitar lessons with me, after having been in my guitar classes in middle school. Rather than teach them individually, Louise helped me launch the Ashburn Girls' Guitar Ensemble, AGGE. I did the teaching, Louise did all of the organizing and the business end. BRILLIANTLY. AGGE never would have happened without Louise. AGGE had a great 5-year run, playing at private parties, church services, Leesburg First Friday, concert series, vineyards...
What I cherish most about Louise is her guidance. She took me under her wing because Hope loved playing guitar, and Louise trusted me. I gave many a private lesson to Hope long into her high school years. Going to the Paccione home for Hope's lessons was always a total treat because there were dogs and food, humor and coffee, and LOVE.
Louise and I are both pet lovers -- dogs for her, cats for me. Louise was forever amused by my cat Vincent who would plant himself on the roof of her car or van whenever she came over. Louise was also so very kind the morning my cat Zoe was fading. She came to my house to drive me and Zoe to the vet for euthanasia. Only, Zoe died while Louise was on her way over. Louise sat with me while I petted Zoe. At one point I asked Louise, "Has she moved?" Louise said, "No, she hasn't." And then we drove Zoe to the vet for cremation.
Louise was a strong presence for so many of us. At Belmont Ridge MS, we knew Tuesdays would go well because Louise was volunteering in the front office and always knew what to do. I talked about AGGE above. I know, through Hope, that Louise was a supporter of manatee protection. She loved Disney! And she LOVED Titanic. When I arranged My Heart Will Go On for AGGE to play, Louise hosted a party at her house for AGGE to watch the movie. And the cake she got for us!! It had the Titanic on it.
And so, I will always remember Louise for her caring, generous, over-the-top presence. Her humor. Her outspokeness. A beautiful soul!
Love to Tom, Hope, Doug, Alex, et al.
With gratitude,
Jan
Louise was my babysitter for my entire childhood and then became my friend. I had the honor to be in her wedding to Tom as a bridesmaid.
She and I always had a great time while my parents went out to dinner on Saturday night.
I always looked forward to her Christmas card every year. Watching her children grow up and enjoying their family life. AND her dogs! I love animals and enjoyed seeing her pictures of her furry family.
She took me to Dowling College with her one weekend. I was a teenage girl and got to go to my first college dorm party. I thought I was "hot stuff" that weekend. What a cool thing to do!
Louise - I will forever cherish our special relationship and honor our friendship.
