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Paul Krause

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Funeral Services for Paul Krause Set for This Week

Lt. Col. was killed in car accident on his way home

Services for the late retired Lt. Col. Paul Krause, 54, who died in a car accident March 14th, are set for Friday and Saturday. His family, including widow "Suki" and daughters Christina, Cheryl and Shaina, will receive friends Friday from 6-8 p.m. at Fairfax Memorial Funeral Home, 9902 Braddock Road, in Fairfax. The funeral service is scheduled for Saturday from 2-4 p.m. at Church of the Nativity of Our Lord, 6400 Nativity Lane in Burke. Krause will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Operation Starfish, c/o Church of the Nativity of Our Lord. Jim McDaniel, the director of Operation Starfish, said that the Krause family are …

Thursday, March 17, 2011

A Life Remembered: Fairfax Station's Paul Krause, Father of Three, Retired Army Colonel

Dad, 54, was driving home for dinner when a car hit his car, sending him into oncoming traffic

Paul Krause, a retired army colonel who was killed in a Route 1 car accident on Monday, was a father of three, on his way home for dinner when he lost his life. He had celebrated his 54th birthday on March 5th. Police say a drunk driver, in the country illegally and driving on a suspended license, crashed into Krause's car, sending it into oncoming traffic on Route 1. Krause left behind a family who is mourning the loss of a husband and father: Widow Kwon Suk Krouse, aka "Suki," and three daughters: Christina, 24, Cheryl, 20, and Shaina, 18 as well as family dog, Coco, a miniature pinscher. Christina is a graduate of George Mason University and Shaina and Cheryl are currently students there. All three girls are world-class athletes who …

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Fatal Crash Involved Driver Previously Arrested for Drunk Driving

Sanchez-Ramos was driving on suspended license

WARNING: The pictures and video may be disturbing to some viewers. Viewer discretion is advised. Patch has obtained harrowing pictures and video of Monday's fatal crash on Route 1. The pictures show Fairfax County Fire and Rescue arriving moments after the incident and extricating victims from their vehicles. Police say Carlos Sanchez-Ramos was driving while intoxicated on Route 1 northbound Monday during rush hour when he struck a car driven by Paul Krause. Krause's car subsequently struck a Mercedes which was traveling in the southbound lane injuring the two occupants of that vehicle. Krause, of Fairfax Station, was killed. In the car with Sanchez-Ramos was another male and a three-year old boy. Sanchez-Ramos fled the accident site with …

anna etters

10:27 am on Friday, March 18, 2011

Why was this man still here, after being deported? If he'd been in an accident previously, and already lost his license to drive, I'd like to know this;, why did he have one in the first place, if he was here illegally? Is it The Commonwealth's policy to let people who are not citizens, nor those with the so called 'green-card', to have an operators license? I know that to obtain one, we must …   more ›

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Fairfax Station Man Killed in Route 1 Crash; 3 Year-Old Involved Safe

Springfield man apprehended on multiple charges, including manslaughter

Update 2:15 a.m. Wednesday Media outlets are reporting that the man charged in the crash, Carlos Sanchez-Ramos, was in the country illegally. Sanchez-Ramos was deported in 2004 to his native Honduras but, according to a spokeswoman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, he had re-entered illegally in the interim. Sanchez-Ramos had also been arrested previously for drunken driving. Update: 1:15 p.m. Tuesday The crash yesterday which closed Route 1 for approximately four hours killed 54 year-old Paul Krause of Fairfax Station. According to Fairfax County police, Krause was driving his Ford Fusion in the northbound lane of Route 1 at approximately 5:20 p.m. when it was struck by a 1994 Honda traveling in the same direction. The collision …

Kevin O'Rourke

10:03 am on Sunday, March 27, 2011

Revoked license? How in the hell do you get a license to have it revoked if you're frickin' illegal? The country needs to wake up to this problem. I'll go on to say; litter has increased immensely everywhere in Fairfax,( my neighbor, also illegal, used to just let his trash fall out of his truck, till I set him strait on that ), thefts ( cars, home invasions, construction sites, tools out of …   more ›

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