Obituary - Margaret Liesfeld Charles Faulhaber

Margaret Liesfeld Charles Faulhaber, 93, of Henrico County went to be with our Lord on Sunday, August 6, 2023. She was born in Henrico County on July 8, 1930, to the late John Jacob and Katherine Burke Liesfeld. She was predeceased by her husbands, Lewis Edward “Guy” Charles and John Thomas Faulhaber, Jr; her siblings John, Carey, Earl, Mary Elizabeth, Charles and Katherine Anne, and dear friends Mildred Wright and Lorene “Lo” Claxton. She is survived by her sister, Teresa Buehren; her daughters Becky Combs (Jim), Karen Gattuso, Jackie Abernathy (Walden), and Kathy Charles (Terry Goins). She was “Mema” to her ten grandchildren, Carey (James), Charles (Amy), Gregory, Jessica (Charlie), Zachary (Annie), Teresa, Lucas, John (Leslie), Tyler, and Tibi, and her eight great-grandchildren, Jamie, Chandler, Lily, Sarah, Ollie, Will, Quinn and Christopher. She is also survived by many nieces, nephews, and dear friends.

Margaret was devoted to her faith and family. Her life’s journey was always guided by her unwavering faith as she looked to the Blessed Mother as a role model. She was a member of St. Mary’s Prayer Group and a Salesian (Society of St. Francis de Sales).

Margaret was multi-talented. She was a seamstress, having made many of her daughters’ special occasion dresses; a caregiver for her parents, Guy’s parents, and her husbands; a bus driver for St. Bridget’s School; a nurse at MCV’s Private Surgery Clinic and St. Joseph’s Home for the Aged/Little Sisters of the Poor; a cook famous for her mac n’ cheese, pound cakes, and Texas sheet cakes; a world traveler taking multiple USA cross country trips plus trips to Alaska, Hawaii, Bermuda, Caribbean, Portugal, Italy, Ireland, France, Japan, Hong Kong, and Yugoslavia; a shopper who loved Costco, the Williamsburg Pottery, the Pennsylvania outlet malls or any mall for that matter; and last, but not least, she had the gift of “gab”!

She lived in the Short Pump area for most of her life, and briefly in Florida. Mema treasured being at the “River” with her family. She loved baking, birds, butterflies, and the beaches of Buckroe, Virginia Beach, Nags Head and Siesta Key.

Visitation will be Sunday, August 13, from 2 to 4:30 p.m. at Bliley’s-Staples Mill, 8510 Staples Mill Rd., with Rosary at 4:30 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be held Monday, August 14, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church, 4491 Springfield Road, Glen Allen, VA 23060. Interment will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. The funeral will be live streamed on the regular St. Michael Facebook page – facebook.com/stmikesvillage for those who cannot attend.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to your favorite ministry at St. Michael’s, St. Ann’s Miracle Fund, 105 S. Snead St., Ashland, VA 23005, or Virginia Down Syndrome Association, 1504 Santa Rosa Rd, Rm 124, Henrico, VA 23229.