Ryan Michael Waple

Ryan Michael Waple was born in Falls Church on February 23, 1986 to Jock Alan Waple and Donna Mason Gray. Ryan graduated from West Springfield High School in 2004, then attended VCU and served in the US Navy. He was employed at Town & Country Pools, Inc. Our Ryan had the gift to make people laugh and smile, and this was what brought him true joy. We miss his beautiful soul, and are lucky to have had our lives touched by his. He was preceded in death by his beloved maternal grandparents, Col (Ret) Robert B. Mason and Josephine Shea Mason and his beloved paternal grandparents, Hugh L. Waple and Odie Waple. He is survived by his mother Donna Mason Gray; his father Jock Alan Waple and his stepmother Rebecca Thompson Waple; his siblings Krista Nicole Waple, Gavin Rodney Waple and Grady Landon Waple; and multiple aunts, uncles, and cousins. The family suggests that a donation be made in Ryan Michael’s honor to The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Song of Myself What do you think has become of the young and old men? And what do you think has become of the women and children? They are alive and well somewhere, The smallest sprout shows there is really no death. And goes onward and outward, nothing collapses. Walt Whitman Video tribute to Ryan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVSmw-FIsro