Obituaries

Oct 19, 2020

Timothy Francis Abell, 61, native of Brentwood, MD, passed away peacefully in his sleep on October 19, 2020. Timothy was the third born son to the late John R. (Rich) and the late Bernadette J. (Joy) Abell. Timothy is survived by his fiancee, Judith A. Chipp, siblings John R. Abell, Jr (Nancy Kimball), Lawrence P. Abell (Cindy), Julia J....

Oct 17, 2020

An obituary is not available at this time for Ojuolape B. Jones. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.

Oct 16, 2020

Everett William Harris, 92, of Silver Spring, MD went home to be with the Lord on Friday, October 16, 2020. He was born in Raleigh, NC on May 29, 1928, the second oldest of four children. He graduated from Eastern High School in Washington, D.C. and served in the Army during the Korean War. Later, Bill was a cartographer...

Oct 12, 2020

Pia Ida Cataldi, age 95, passed away peacefully on Monday October 12, 2020 in Silver Spring, MD surrounded by her family at home. She was born on November 14, 1924 in Villa Basilica, Province of Lucca, Italy. She was the youngest of 9 children.

As a young adult, she was a schoolteacher in Italy until her marriage...

Oct 11, 2020

Patsy Diane Dicker Johnson of Beltsville, MD went home to her Lord and Savior on October 11, 2020 at the age of 85 with her family by her side. Due to COID-19, a private service will be held at George Washington National Cemetery on October 17, 2020.

Patsy was born in Presque Isle, ME in March 1935....

Oct 7, 2020

An obituary is not available at this time for Jose Amadeo Ascencio Amaya. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.

Oct 3, 2020

Gracias a ti que nos educaste,

gracias a ti somos lo que somos,

gracias a ti seré una buena persona.

Te fuiste al cielo, cumpliste tu misión,

ayudaste al prójimo y al necesitado,

siempre atenta y pendiente de todos.

Fuiste una gran Hija,madre y abuela por siempre...

Oct 3, 2020

An obituary is not available at this time for Donald Warfred Childress. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.

Oct 1, 2020

Lorraine Bowlin (née Griffith) was born in 1946 in Georgetown, Guyana in South America.  She was the second of six children of John Maxwell and Eugene (Josephine) Griffith.

Lorraine immigrated to the United States in 1969 and lived in New York City (Brooklyn) for several years before moving to Maryland with her then husband.

Lorraine...

Sep 30, 2020

Rafaela Benitez se fue a la presencia de nuestro Dios el día 30 de Septiembre del año 2020 por un paro cardiaco. Nacio el 30 de Octubre del año 1940 en La Quesadilla, Departamento de La Unión, El Salvador. Hija de Ladislao Benitez y Lucia Pacas. Hermana de Concepción, Sabina, Elena, y Marta. Casada con Alfredo Antonio Flores por...

Sep 28, 2020

“The thing is” while 2020 was busy irritating just about everyone on the planet, it saved some extra nonsense for Nathan “Skip” Beers Hughes, III. Surprisingly his death was not due to the spiders living in the shed with the radioactive rocks nor was it due to the gout his mother swore he had. He was thwarted by the...

Sep 27, 2020

Patricia Mahoney Smith (89), originally of Camden, NJ and later of Hyattsville, Maryand, died on Sunday, September 27, 2020 at Hillhaven Senior Living Center. She is survived by her four daughters: Christine (Mike) Brett, Patricia (Kevin) Copley, Theresa (Aaron) Young and Margaret (Patrick) McGovern. Pat was a loving sister, and sister-in-law, in addition to being an incredible grandmother to...

Sep 17, 2020

Dave was preceded in death by his parents, William Rosenfelder, Jr. and Eileen (Golden) Rosenfelder. He is survived by three sisters, Nancy Horstkamp, Joan Josey, Eileen Keiper and six brothers, Bill, Jim, Paul, Mike, John, and Marty. He was Uncle Dave to 16 nieces and nephews and Great Uncle Dave to 21 grand nieces and nephews. Dave was blessed...

Sep 11, 2020

Melvin Henry Flora, Jr, life-long resident of Beltsville, MD, passed away peacefully at home with his wife by his side, on Friday, September 11, 2020, after a prolonged illness.  He was the husband to Johnnie B. Flora; father to Melvin H. Flora, III (Kathy), Robert Flora (Terri), Michael Flora (Lisa); step-father to Fred Brewster, Jr (April) and Keli Martin...

Sep 6, 2020

Reginald Anthony Collier, better known as “Reggie/Reg”, passed away at the age of 66 after a long battle with an illness on Sunday, September 6, 2020 at Capital Care Hospice Center in Maryland. Reginald was born on November 1, 1953, to Margaret Sampson and Reginald Anthony Collier at Freedmen’s Hospital in Washington, D.C.

He attended Phelps Vocational...

Sep 5, 2020

An obituary is not available at this time for Luis Ernesto Campos Torres. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.

Sep 2, 2020

Anne Llewellyn Meglis of Greenbelt, MD died September 2, 2020 after a brief illness. She was born April 25, 1940 in New Orleans, LA to Arthur E. and Dorothy M. Gropp. Anne spent her early childhood, from 1942 until 1950, with her parents in Montevideo, Uruguay, where her father established the first American library, the Biblioteca Artigas-Washington. Those early...

Sep 1, 2020

Gail Gardes passed away on September 1, 2020. She was the beloved wife of the late John Patrick Gardes; mother of Kevin, Greg, Brian, Tim, and Brendan Gardes and Susan Marcos; grandmother to 11 and great-grandmother to five. Gail was born in Plattsburgh, NY and raised in Arlington, VA. In her youth, she spent her summers at the Benning...

Aug 29, 2020

Alma Elizabeth "Liz" Mugge, 92, a resident of Assisted Living in the Arbor Ridge section of Riderwood Village in Silver Spring, succumbed to dementia and other maladies on Saturday, August 29, 2020. She is survived by her children Robert Mugge (Diana), John Mugge (Nan), Dr. Frances Gill, and Paul Mugge (Mai); grandchildren Eric, Julia, Robert, Richard, Evelyn, Nicholas, and...

Aug 19, 2020

An obituary is not available at this time for Nelson deJesus Medrano. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.