Kaye Lynn Slimp

Kaye Lynn Slimp, from Cleveland, Ohio and long-time resident of Manassas, Virginia, passed away the afternoon of November 20th, 2020 at the age of 78. Despite the cancer she battled the last few years of her life, she remained positive and active, involved in church volunteering with kids’ ministries and funeral ministry, her hobby of home gardening, and many family activities. She was surrounded by family during her final days and was aware of her surroundings, blessing everyone with her smiles and even giving thumbs-up as loving memories, hugs and kisses were shared with her. Kaye attended Lees-McRae College, University of Maryland, and Northern Virginia Community College where she received her RN nursing degree. Kaye is also a veteran, having served 4 years during the mid-1960’s in the U.S. Airforce. Kaye’s career as a Registered Nurse included several “intermissions” while raising the 5 children, and included various local hospitals and departments of nursing in the Washington Metro area, finally retiring as a postpartum nurse from Fair Oaks Hospital in 2008. Kaye was a devout Christian and faithful member of Emmanuel Baptist Church where she enjoyed the AWANA children’s ministry, and she also served as funeral reception coordinator. Kaye enjoyed gardening, cooking, sewing, camping, travelling, and family. This year in February, Kaye and her husband Jack celebrated 50 years of marriage. To commemorate their achievement, an event was hosted with family and a few dear friends; the loving couple even returned to the destination of their honeymoon in 1970, Seven Springs in Pennsylvania. Kaye was preceded in death by her parents, Robert Balthaser & Esther Balthaser Fricke, and is survived by her loving husband, Col. Jack B. Slimp Jr.; her three sisters, Phyllis Koson, Sharen Balthaser, and Beth Ann Borowski; her five children (and their spouses), Heather Fleury, Holly Caraballo, Bryant Slimp, Mark Slimp, and Laura Hutton; and her ten grandchildren (plus two more expected in spring of 2021), and many nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held on November 24th at 2pm, at Emmanuel Baptist Church of Manassas, Virginia. Flowers or church donations may be sent to the church at 8006 Centreville Rd., Manassas VA 20111. She will be buried at a later date in Arlington Cemetery.

Kaye Lynn Slimp

July 18, 1942 - November 20, 2020