{"id":2199,"date":"2017-01-09T05:42:27","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T10:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1gf.f8a.myftpupload.com\/?p=2199"},"modified":"2017-01-11T12:21:46","modified_gmt":"2017-01-11T17:21:46","slug":"senator-chuck-colgan-viewing-and-funeral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manassascitydemocrats.org\/?p=2199","title":{"rendered":"Senator Chuck Colgan Visitation and Funeral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manassascitydemocrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Senator-Colgan-Photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2200 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/manassascitydemocrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Senator-Colgan-Photo-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"senator-colgan-photo\" width=\"336\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manassascitydemocrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Senator-Colgan-Photo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/manassascitydemocrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Senator-Colgan-Photo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manassascitydemocrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Senator-Colgan-Photo.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We are sad to report that Charles J (Chuck) Colgan, our legendary former Virginia State Senator (D, SD-29), passed away on January 3 at age 90.\u00a0\u00a0 As the longest-serving state senator in Virginia history (1976-2015), rising to become chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee and president pro tempore of the Senate, Chuck Colgan was instrumental in funding many critical education and transportation investments in Prince William County and greater Manassas that have shaped our community&#8217;s development and vitality.<\/p>\n<p>A World War II veteran, aviator, and airplane mechanic, Chuck also founded and operated two significant aviation businesses at Manassas Airport, Colgan Airways (1965-1985) and Colgan Air (1990-2007).\u00a0 Chuck&#8217;s soft-spoken modesty and his cordial and pragmatic problem-solving nature made him both effective and universally admired.<\/p>\n<p>As announced in Senator Colgan&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.piercefh.com\/obituaries\/Charles-Colgan\/\" target=\"_blank\">obituary<\/a><\/strong>, <strong>visitation<\/strong> will occur on <strong>Monday, January 9, 2017<\/strong> from <strong>1-4 pm and 6-9 pm<\/strong> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/All+Saints+Catholic+Church\/@38.7535995,-77.4886804,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89b65c6c35754077:0x6195c76bff2168c4!8m2!3d38.7535953!4d-77.4864917\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>All Saints Catholic Church 9300 Stonewall Road, Manassas<\/strong><\/a>, where Senator Colgan served as an usher for 50 years. <strong>Mass of Christian Burial<\/strong> will be celebrated at <strong>All Saints Catholic Church<\/strong> on <strong>Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at 10:30 AM,<\/strong> followed by interment in Stonewall Memory Gardens. Arrangements by Pierce Funeral Home in Manassas.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about Senator Colgan&#8217;s remarkable legacy at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidenova.com\/headlines\/funeral-arrangements-announced-for-sen-colgan\/article_34cfa9a6-d359-11e6-af21-67d2882eb0fe.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>InsideNoVa.com.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Update<\/strong>: read a news report of the funeral at <a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.insidenova.com\/lifestyles\/sen-charles-colgan-remembered-as-a-virginia-gentleman\/article_506ff9b4-d78b-11e6-891f-371e1c51906b.html#utm_source=insidenova.com&amp;utm_campaign=%2Fnewsletters%2Finsidenova-top-stories%2F&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=headline\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>InsideNoVa.com<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are sad to report that Charles J (Chuck) Colgan, our legendary former Virginia State Senator (D, SD-29), passed away on January 3 at age 90.\u00a0\u00a0 As the longest-serving state senator in Virginia history (1976-2015), rising to become chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee and president pro tempore of the Senate, Chuck Colgan was instrumental in funding many critical education and transportation investments in Prince William County and greater&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[131],"tags":[132],"class_list":["post-2199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chuck-colgan","tag-chuck-colgan"],"a3_pvc":{"activated":false,"total_views":0,"today_views":0},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manassascitydemocrats.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manassascitydemocrats.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manassascitydemocrats.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manassascitydemocrats.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manassascitydemocrats.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2199"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/manassascitydemocrats.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2237,"href":"https:\/\/manassascitydemocrats.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2199\/revisions\/2237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manassascitydemocrats.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manassascitydemocrats.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manassascitydemocrats.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}