Olga Ann Price

Olga A. Price, 90, died on March 23, 2023, at her home in Arlington, Virginia, after a prolonged battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. Born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania to Michael and Anna (Patak) Sopcisak, she was preceded in death by her husband, Charles E. Price, and her four siblings: Bill, Carl, John, and Dorothy Sopcisak. She is survived by her two children, Charles E. (Catie) Price II of Chantilly, Virginia and Cindy (John) Price Enroughty-Davis of Richmond, Virginia; seven grandchildren: Erin, Danny, Molly, and Kelly Price, and Allie (David) Enroughty Mauser, Price (Cabot) Enroughty, and Garrett (Quinn) Enroughty; and two great grandchildren, Jane and William Enroughty.

Olga was born and raised in a small, working-class, town in western Pennsylvania filled with immigrants. Her grandparents left Eastern Europe in search of a better life. While they physically left the “old country,” they brought their Slavic culture and traditions with them. Olga was the youngest of five children and the only one born in a hospital. She grew up in a close and loving family, where life revolved around hard work, family, and the church.

In the mid-1950s, after graduating from high school and working for several years at a local manufacturing company, Olga and her sister moved to Washington D.C. in search of excitement and adventure. Olga found both. On her first day in town, she met her future husband, a soon-to-be Special Agent of the FBI. They married several years later, had two children, and were together until his death in 1994. Olga was the strong and steady center that held her family together through the constant changes and challenges that came from eight FBI-related moves. “We’ll work with it” was her constant refrain as she navigated the family through buying and selling homes, changing schools, saying goodbye to friends, making new friends, and learning the way around many new towns. Olga handled the constant changes without complaint. In the mid 1980s, after decades of moving, she and her husband “dropped anchor” in Arlington, Virginia. She enjoyed her home and life there until her death.

Olga was thoughtful and always put others before herself. She was hard working, dependable, generous with both her time and money, and always insisted on doing “the right thing.” Olga loved to laugh, had a wonderful sense of humor, and never took herself too seriously. Her sense of humor and love of sweets, particularly chocolate croissants, key lime pie, Snickers, and Mounds bars, lasted until her final day. She was intellectually curious, loved reading history and biographies, and kept a framed picture of Abraham Lincoln (“our greatest president”) on her living room coffee table. Her frequent admonitions to “turn the lights off” and her life-long aversion to long phone calls (even after you stopped paying extra for long distance) were reminders that she grew up in the Great Depression. While frugal when spending money on herself, Olga was ridiculously generous when it came to her children and grandchildren. There was literally nothing she wouldn’t do for them. With the birth of her grandchildren, Olga became known as “Bubbie” or “Bub” (Slavic for grandmother). She loved, loved, loved her grandchildren, and she used her husband’s life insurance proceeds to pre-pay college tuition for each of them. They could do no wrong in her eyes, and she reveled in spoiling them (“that’s my job”). Bubbie took her job very, very seriously.

Olga was a huge fan of the Washington Capitals, and a larger-than-life-sized Fathead wall sticker of Alex Ovechkin has adorned the mirrored wall in her formal dining room for the better part of two decades. Olga was a long-time parishioner of St. Agnes Catholic Church, and she arrived at least a half-hour before every mass to chat with her “church friends.” In her final days, as she drifted in and out of consciousness, she continued to say her prayers.

The family extends a special thank you to the wonderful caregivers who provided such loving and compassionate care to Olga during the final years of her life. There is a special place in heaven for each of you.

The family will receive friends at a visitation on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Demaine Fairfax Funeral Home, 10565 Main St, Fairfax, Virginia 22030. A funeral mass celebrating Olga’s life will be held on Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at 11:30 a.m. at St. Agnes Catholic Church, 1910 N Randolph St, Arlington, Virginia 22207.