Robert Lee Potterfield III of Winchester, Virginia, passed away on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at Winchester Hospital, Winchester, Virginia. He was the brother of Shirley Potterfield McDonough, owner of Loudoun Funeral Chapel in Leesburg, VA.
Born April 14, 1948, he was the son of the late Robert Lee Potterfield Jr and the late June Elizabeth Tavenner. Bob was born and raised in Leesburg, Virginia, and attended Loudoun County High School.
He began his career in funeral service with Murphy Funeral Home in Falls Church, VA. In 1972 Bob graduated from the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science. Bob and his brother-in-law, William “Bill” McDonough, opened Loudoun Funeral Chapel in Leesburg, May 1, 1978. Bob later served for twenty years as Director of Operations for Service Corporation International. He also worked as a Director at Money & King Funeral Home in Vienna, VA and as a Director at Joseph Gawler’s Funeral home in Washington, D C. The final years of his career were at Pumphrey Funeral Home in Rockville, Maryland. Working in funeral service for over forty years, Bob was a licensed director in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C.
Bob was an avid car enthusiast and enjoyed the many car shows he attended.
Bob is survived by two sons, Andrew Cushing (Kelly Kerr) Potterfield and Christopher Ayres Potterfield. He was preceded in death by his oldest son Robert Lee Potterfield IV on April 19, 2023. He is also survived by his former wife Mary Gulick Beach, his daughter-in-law Tammy Popish Potterfield, his sister Shirley Potterfield McDonough, five grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be held Saturday, March 15, 2025, at 3:00 pm at Loudoun Funeral Chapel, 158 Catoctin Circle, SE, Leesburg, VA 20175.
Interment will take place privately on a later date at Union Cemetery in Leesburg, VA.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Bob’s honor to Wounded Warrior Project, PO Box 758516, Topeka, KS 66675 or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.
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