Memorial Held for Georgia Shallcross

A memorial was held Sept. 21 at the George Town Club for Georgia Shallcross, who died suddenly at her home in Marshall, Va., on Aug. 25. Well known around Washington, especially in Georgetown, where she lived with her family for 22 years, Shallcross wrote for many years for the Georgetowner.

Family and friends gathered from different parts and times of her life, sharing intimate, emotional tributes. The lunch was organized by John Arundel of Washington Life Magazine and his wife, Christine. Also attending was Georgetowner publisher Sonya Bernhardt, who met Shallcross in 1992, and gave a heartfelt eulogy.

Shallcross is survived by her parents Barbara and John Dimitri Copanos, her brother John Capanos, and two children from her marriage to Jim Shallcross, James Halsey Shallcross, 19, and Marina Kirk Shallcross, 15. She was 51.

Born on Oct. 9, 1962, Shallcross grew up in Baltimore and attended the Garrison Forest School, later earning degrees at Hollins College and George Washington University. She also studied at the Sorbonne and was a fellow at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, where she met her husband Jim Shallcross. They moved to Georgetown and had two children. Upon their divorce, Jim Shallcross moved to Connecticut, and Georgia Shallcross moved to Middleburg, Va., with her daughter Marina.