Richard Warren Cockrill

RICHARD WARREN COCKRILL, 80, CENTREVILLE VIRGINIA, PASSED AWAY ON OCTOBER 15, 2025, FAIRFAX HOSPITAL. RICHARD WARREN COCKRILL WAS BORN IN LOUDON COUNTY, RYAN VIRGINIA, APRIL 25, 1945. TO WARREN GARFIELD COCKRILL AND CATHERINE ANNE HOLSINGER. RICHARD ATTENDED FAIRFAX HIGH SCHOOL AND JOINED THE UNITED STATES ARMY, AUGUST 7TH 1963 AT THE AGE OF 18. DURING RICHARDS YEARS OF SERVICE, HE PROUDLY WORKED ON THE REDSTONE AND PERSHING MISSILE SYSTEMS. THE UNITED STATES ARMY’S FIRST MEDIUM RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILE AND NUCLEAR DETTERENT WHICH LEAD HIM TO GERMANY WHERE HE MET HIS BELOVED ERIKA HILLEBRAND, WIFE OF 50 YEARS. RICHARD WAS A COMBAT VETERAN OF THE VIETNAM WAR. SERVING IN THE 7TH INFANTRY DIVISION, BATTERY B 7TH BATTALION 16TH FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT, FORT LEWIS WASHINGTON. UPON RICHARD’S HONORABLE DISCHARGE FROM THE UNITED STATES ARMY, HE WOULD ENTER HIS 55 YEAR ASSOCIATION/CAREER WITH THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HEAT AND FROST INSULATORS AND ALLIED WORKERS LOCAL 24 (UNION PROUD). ATTAINING JOURNEYMAN STATUS AFTER COMPLETION OF HIS 4-YEAR APPRENTICESHIP. RISING THROUGH THE RANKS TO BECOME A SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER/ESTIMATOR, CULMINATING IN OWNERSHIP OF A & R MECHANICAL INSULATION INC. RICHARD WAS KNOWN THROUGHOUT HIS YEARS OF SERVICE AND HIS TIME IN BUSINESS AS AN HONORABLE, FAIR MAN, WHO NEVER RUSHED TO JUDGEMENT. RICHARD IS SURVIVED BY HIS THREE CHILDREN, MARION PERRY, HEIDI SCHENKER AND JOSEFF COCKRILL. SON IN LAW JEFF SCHENKER, DAUGHTER IN LAW EMILIE WOOLARD. GRAND CHILDREN ERIKA, WARREN, NOLAN, SAVANAH, JOSEPHINE, AND ISABELLE. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN BRIANNA AND CHRISTOPHER. SISTER SALLY FURROW, HIS NEPHEWS ROBERT ROSNER, THOMAS ROSNER, ERIC HALL, ROBERT HALL, RICHARD HALL, RYAN COCKRILL, NIECE PAM HARDMAN. AUNT LINDA COCKRELL, EXTENDED FAMILY, COUNTLESS COUSINS, GREAT NIECES, GREAT NEPHEWS, BELOVED FRIENDS, BUSINESS ASSOCIATES AND HUNDREDS OF YOUTH WHO IMPACTED HIS LIFE DURING HIS 40 YEAR COACHING CAREER. RICHARD WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS BELOVED ERIKA, WIFE OF 50 YEARS. HIS FATHER WARREN, MOTHER CATHERINE, SISTER MARY HALL, BROTHER RALPH COCKRILL, SON IN LAW BRIAN PERRY AND HIS GREAT NIECE HAILEY HARDMAN. FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT PIERCE FUNERAL HOME, 9609 CENTER STREET MANASSAS, VIRGINIA 20110 ON SATURDAY OCTOBER 25, 2025. RECEIVING AND VISITATION 3:00PM – 4:00PM, SERVICE 4:00PM – 5:00PM WITH RECEPTION TO FOLLOW, ON-SITE IN FELLOWSHIP HALL. INTERNMENT WILL FOLLOW AT QUANTICO NATIONAL CEMETARY TUESDAY OCTOBER 28, 2025, AT 11:30AM, ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS THE FAMILY REQUESTS DONATIONS BE MADE TO ONES CHARITY OF CHOICE IN RICHARD’S MEMORY.

Richard Warren Cockrill

April 25, 1945 - October 15, 2025