July 21, 1956 - December 28, 2023

"We are stardust, we are golden and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden."

Leslie Ann Shipp departed this life at Mary Washington Hospital , in Fredericksburg, VA, on December 28, 2023. She was 67 years old. Leslie was born in Baltimore, Maryland.

She worked in the medical field in northern Virginia, and Washington, DC, for 35 years. During her career she worked for such renowned physicians including Dr. Arthur Frank, Dr. Luther W Gray, Jr., and Dr. Robert Ludewig. Her time spent caring for patients was her life's work. She was a kind and compassionate healthcare professional that took great pride in her career.

Leslie was a loving and devoted family member, and friend. Her loyalty was like no other. Like her Father, and siblings, Leslie had an extraordinary sense of humor. She also had an innate sense of beauty with a particular interest in music and the arts. As an adult, she was never without a beloved cat to love and nurture. Her greatest love of all things was "Joni Mitchell" that was well known to all of her family and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Walter Mathias Shipp, and Margaret Bernice Shipp; and her sister, Christina Meredith Sheffield.

Leslie is survived by her sister, Victoria Marlene Paulson; her brother, Fredric James Shipp (Myra Scott Shipp); her nieces, Colleen Meredith Boxwell. and Margaret Sheffield Ford (Benjamin C. Ford); her brother-in-law, Walter Jervis Sheffield; numerous cousins; and her dear friend, Scott Severson.

A short celebration of her life will be held at Fairfax Memorial Park, 9902 Braddock Road, Fairfax, VA, on Saturday, May 18, 2024, at 1:00 PM at Mausoleum #2. Click here to view a map of the cemetery.