Dawn Sarver

Dawn Grant Sarver took God's hand on Sunday, March 22, 2009 surrounded by her loving family and friends. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Hugh & Nan Nelson, and Leslie & Viola Rogerson all of Hampden, Maine. Dawn was born on March 2, 1963 in Springfield, Massachusetts. Throughout her life, Dawn lived in Fairbanks, Alaska, Long Island and Horseheads, New York, Spangdahlem Air Force Base, Germany and finally in Richmond, Virginia which she made her home. She graduated from Manchester High School in 1981, and completed her Master of Science in Nursing from Virginia Commonwealth University. Dawn practiced as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, and as a partner in Advanced Family Practice in Midlothian, Virginia. She was passionate and dedicated to her family, friends, pets, and her profession. Her unique ability to care for and bring people together leaves an amazing legacy. Dawn is survived by her devoted and loving husband, Barry W. Sarver; an extraordinary daughter, Brittany Dawn Sarver; her parents, George E. and Barbara A. Grant; brothers, Douglas (Musky) Grant and his wife, Rhonda; and David M. Grant and his wife, Andrea; her father and mother-in-law, William E. and Mary W. Sarver; sister-in-law, Cathy Sarver Martin and her husband, Jeff; nieces and nephews, Dean Grant, Denyse Southard, DeAngela Grant, Ryan Osterbind, and Kaitlyn Grant; as well as numerous great nieces and nephews, cousins, aunts and uncles. A Celebration of Dawn's Life will be held at 3:00 p.m. Friday, March 27, 2009 in Colonial Heights Baptist Church, 17201 Jefferson Davis Highway with the Reverend David L. Engleman officiating. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Angels for Amber at www.cff.org/Great_Strides/dsp_DonationPage.cfm?walkid=6108&idUser=122174 or Chesterfield Baptist Church, 16520 Hull Street, Moseley, Virginia 23120. Arrangements by the Colonial Heights Chapel of the E. Alvin Small Funeral Homes & Crematory, 2033 Boulevard.