Drummond, Christa Creter

Christa Drummond, 79, of Blacksburg, died Saturday, June 12, 2010 at Montgomery Regional Hospital. She was born in Dreieichenhain, Germany on May 7, 1931 to the late Fritz and Elisabet Creter. Christa founded the first Montessori school in Blacksburg in 1976, located in the Northside Presbyterian Church. In 1982, with the support of parents, she relocated the school into the newly constructed Montessori Childrens House on Tall Oaks Drive. Christa retired from full-time teaching in 1993; however, she continued to teach German at the school on a part-time basis for the next 15 years. Christa’s warm smile and gentle graces will be deeply missed but remembered by all. She is survived by her husband, Charles W. Drummond, of Blacksburg; daughter and son-in-law, Betsy and Bob Rhodes, of Greensboro, N.C.; sons and daughter-in-law, Fred and Tricia Drummond, of Burke, Va., Father Alexander Drummond, of Great Falls, Va.; grandchildren, Christopher, Annemarie, Kate, Kim; great-grandchildren, Katelyn, William; sisters, Elizabeth Hooten, Gertraut Klose, Annamarie Toma. A Memorial Mass will be conducted Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at 11 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church with Father Remi Sojka and Father Alexander Drummond officiating. Interment will be in the Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. at a later date. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Blacksburg Volunteer Rescue Squad, 200 Progress Street, NE, Blacksburg, VA 24060. The family will receive friends immediately following the service at the church. Arrangements by McCoy Funeral Home, Blacksburg.