Mrs. Sondra L. Ludwig

Sondra Lee Ludwig, age 55, passed away at Duke University Medical Center on March 14, 2015, surrounded by family. The cause was complications from a stem cell transplant treating Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Born February 21, 1960 in Washington D.C. to Thomas and Margaret Joan Langenfeld, she attended the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in 1978 and graduated from the University of Maryland in 2010. On November 17, 1979, she married Jeffery Kent Ludwig. Sondra lived in a multitude of cities as a military spouse from Fort Lee, Virginia to Pusan, South Korea with Jeffery and their children. She held numerous administrative assistant positions throughout her career at Progress Index Regional Newspaper, Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Center, Southside Regional Medical Center, and Magdovitz Clinic. Sondra then worked as a teacher’s aide at Pusan American School for the kindergarten class. Finally, she worked at the Heritage Public Library in New Kent County. Sondra was a member Providence Forge Presbyterian Church. Sondra will be especially remembered for being a loving and devoted daughter, sister, wife, mother, and grandmother. Her passion in life was her family. Nothing brought her more joy in life than being a mother and grandmother. Survivors include her husband, Jeffery Kent Ludwig (New Kent, VA); their children, Jennifer Ludwig (Williamsburg, VA); Jason (Erin) Ludwig (Virginia Beach, VA); and David (Ashley) Ludwig (Mobile, AL); her grandchildren, Savannah Rae and Aubrey Lynn (Jason and Erin) and Barron Kent (David and Ashley) Ludwig; her father and mother, Thomas and Margaret Joan Langenfeld (Crofton, MD); her siblings, Kimberly Langenfeld (Eau Claire, WI) and Steven (Erin) Langenfeld (Crofton, MD); her grandmother, Mary Grace Langenfeld (New Holstein, WI); her mother-in-law, Marilyn Jane Ludwig (Stillwater, MN); her sisters-in-law, Janet Ludwig Roeller (Apple Valley, MN) and Joyce Ludwig (Jeff) LeMay (Maplewood, MN); her nephews Thomas Kent Roeller and his children Landon and Lily (Apple Valley, MN); Robert Kent (Samantha) LeMay (St. Louis Park, MN); Daniel Kent LeMay (Maplewood, MN); and her niece Piper Lynn Langenfeld and nephew Hugh Thomas Langenfeld (Crofton, MD). Sondra was preceded in death by her father-in-law, Donald Kent Ludwig. Services will be held at 2 pm on Saturday, March 21, 2015, at Vincent Funeral Home in Providence Forge, Virginia. Burial will be at Olivet Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Relatives and friends are welcome at Vincent Funeral Home, 9923 Pocahontas Trail, Providence Forge, Virginia. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, www.lls.org or to Be The Match, www.bethematch.org. Tributes may be posted at www.vincentfh.com. Thanks to our wonderful, loving, and supportive family, friends, Providence Forge Presbyterian Church, Pastor Steve Hodges, and Vincent Funeral Home who have surrounded us with love and support as we remember and honor Sondra Lee Ludwig, daughter, sister, friend, wife, mother, and grandmother.

Mrs. Sondra L. Ludwig

February 21, 1960 - March 14, 2015