Luther Howerton Wolfe, 81, passed away at his home on November 24, 2021 surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Leonardtown, MD to John Michael and Emma Frances Wolfe on August 14, 1940. Luther graduated from Margaret Brent High School in 1958 and immediately went to work on the family farm. Luther...
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Tyler Patrick Springer, 28 of Hollywood, MD passed away on November 19, 2021 at home. He was born on March 19, 1993 in LaPlata, Maryland to Charity Ann (Tennison) O’Brien. Tyler spent most of his life in St. Mary’s and Charles County, MD. Employed as a Construction Foreman for Parson’s Restoration in La Plata,...
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Gerard (Jerry) Fix, 77, of Waldorf, MD, passed away peacefully at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC on Saturday, November 20, 2021. He is survived by his wife Eva Fix; children, Alexander Fix and Benjamin Fix, both of Waldorf, MD; brother Henry (Bernice) Fix; sister Nancy Popcke; sisters-in-law, Dorothy (Tony) Lopez, Dee Fix; and...
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Ronald “Ronnie” Scott Morgan, 56, of Willow Springs, NC passed away too soon on December 4th, 2021, due to a chronic medical condition. As in life, he managed his illness with strength and dignity wanting to spend as much time with his loved ones as possible. On his final day, he was surrounded by...
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Dulcie Bell Gurganus Hammett, 86, of Saint Leonard, MD, passed away on December 1, 2021 at her home. She was born on July 28, 1935 to parents Russell and Verdenda (Dennie) Gurganus. She lost her father at the tender age of five. Dulcie had a brother, Eugene Gurganus, twelve years her senior. Dulcie graduated...
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CAPT Patrick Edwin Buckley, USN, (Ret.), 59, passed away on December 1, 2021 at Johns Hopkins Medical Center in Baltimore, MD after multiple post-surgery complications. His loving family was with him at his side as he passed. Pat, Buck, or Pops, as he was known to his friends and family, was born on March...
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Kathleen Elizabeth Roth, “Kitty”, 89, of Scotland, MD, passed away on November 29, 2021 at her home. Born on September 19, 1932 in Astoria, NY, she was the daughter of the late Veronica McCabe Higgins and the late Patrick Higgins. Kathleen was the loving wife of John Roth, Sr., whom she married on June...
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Michael Wayne “Mike” Beavan, 71, of Chaptico, MD, passed away on November 27, 2021 in Leonardtown, MD. He was born on January 22, 1950 in Leonardtown, MD and was the son of the late James Benjamin Beavan and Agnes Marie Hayden Beavan. Mike was the loving husband of Patricia Ann Bowles Beavan; they were...
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Luvia Amalia Valencia Farrell, “Lou,” of Mechanicsville, Maryland, formerly of Camp Springs, Maryland, passed away peacefully on November 24, 2021, at her residence. She was born October 16, 1936, in Cubulco, Guatemala, and was the daughter of the late Victoria Garcia and Jesus Valencia. Luvia is survived by her children, Robert “Bobby” Farrell (Betsy)...
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Raymond Leo Hood, Sr., “Ray”, 87, of Leonardtown, MD, formerly of Philadelphia, PA, passed away on November 23, 2021 in Washington, DC. Born on December 23, 1933 in Philadelphia, PA,, he was the son of the late Leanora M. Hornig and the late Raymond J. Hood. Ray was the loving husband of Jeanne M....
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Norma Jane Graham was a caring wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and friend. She passed away peacefully on November 22, 2021 at 6:11 PM in Leonardtown, MD at St. Mary’s Nursing Center at the age of 87. She was born to Alberta Milburn and Harold Milburn on February 26, 1934 in Havre de Grace,...
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Eleanor Loretta “Iya” Cullison, 88, of Lexington Park, MD, formerly of Troy, NY, passed away on November 18, 2021 in Leonardtown, MD. Born on January 13, 1933 in Troy, NY, she was the daughter of the late Eleanor Loretta Hogan and John Francis Hogan. Eleanor was the loving wife of the late Charles Thebaud...
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The Ridge Volunteer Fire Department regrets to announce the passing of Life Member Joseph “JP” Ridgell. JP started with the Ridge Volunteer Fire Department on April 4, 1968 to May 5, 1986. He returned on February 2, 2007 and continued his service in the Department. During his first 18 years, he was a very...
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Michael Sheldon Cahall, 62, of Lexington Park, MD, formerly of Annapolis, MD, passed away on November 18, 2021 in Koh Samui, Thailand. He was born on Christmas Eve, 1958 to the late Richard Sewell Cahall and Mary Lorna Borsodi Cahall at the Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis, MD. He grew up in Beltsville...
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The funeral service for Chief Michael Cahall will be held at the Bay District Fire Department (BDVFD) on Friday, December 3, 2021 at 1:00 p.m.; the family will be receiving guests from 12:00 p.m., to 1:00 p.m. A funeral procession to Charles Memorial Gardens, in Leonardtown, will follow for the committal and burial. Following...
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Gregory Alan Dean, 57, of Kensington, MD died suddenly after a very brief illness on November 4, 2021. Greg was born on December 7, 1963, in Leonardtown, MD, to Franklin Wilson (Frank) Dean and Mary Gertrude (Hayden) Dean, both deceased. He grew up as part of a loving family in Hollywood, MD. He is...
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Glenda Sue King, 72, passed away at UM Charles Regional Medical Center in La Plata, Maryland on November 16, 2021. She was born in Pensacola, Florida to James Randolph Harris and Evelyn Christal Cotton on December 16, 1948. She graduated from school at Ballou High School and she went to work many different jobs...
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Dr. Susan Candace “Candy” Guyther, 71, of Leonardtown, MD passed away on November 18, 2021 at St. Mary’s Nursing Center in Leonardtown, MD with her brother David and sisters Betsy and Mary Jo at her side. Candy was born on December 6, 1949 in Leonardtown, MD to the late Oliver Robert Guyther and Elizabeth...
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Rebecca “Becky” Estelle Hallman, 73, of Waldorf Maryland, passed away on November 14, 2021 in the Hospice House of Hospice of Charles County with her loving family by her side. She was born on January 23, 1948 to James Elmer Richards, Sr. and Bernice Estelle Richards “DeMarr”. She was one (1) of seven (7)...
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David Raymond “Dave” Hicks Sr., 84, died peacefully at Hospice House in Callaway, MD surrounded by his loving family on November 13, 2021. He was born on October 31, 1937 in Staten Island, New York. He was the oldest of five children of the late Raymond and Dorothy Van Vechten Hicks. Dave entered the...
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AD1 Raymond Anthony Galgano, USN, (Ret,) 64, of Leonardtown, MD passed away peacefully on November 14, 2021 at his home. Raymond was born on July 12, 1957 in Huntington, NY to the late Daniel Anton Galgano and Victoria Marie Henle Galgano. He graduated in 1976 from Miramar High School in Miramar, FL. In 1983...
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Mary Louise Wathen, 62 of Leonardtown, MD passed away on November 11, 2021 at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital, Leonardtown. Mary was born on June 24, 1959 in Leonardtown, MD to John William Vallandingham and Hilda Lucille Morgan Vallandingham. Mary was a lifelong resident of St. Mary’s County, MD. She was blessed to be able...
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Kyle Steven Kidwell, 28, of St. Leonard, MD, passed away peacefully after a courageous battle with cancer on Monday, November 15, 2021 at his home surrounded by his devoted family. He was born on September 12, 1993 in Clinton, MD and was the loving son of Debra (Richards) Hale and William Leonard Kidwell, Jr.,...
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On Tuesday, November 16th 2021, Barbara Belinda Grooms, 62, of Hughesville, Maryland peacefully went home to join her loved ones in Heaven. She was born in Washington D.C. on April 2, 1959 to William Elias Habib and Evelyn Helene Habib Abou-Kassim. She was one (1) of four (4) daughters. After Barbara graduated from Potomac...
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Mary Evelyn Goldsborough, “Memom”, “Aunt Mini Muffin”, “Maude”, 89, of Hollywood, MD, passed away on November 13, 2021 in Leonardtown, MD. Born on May 1, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Violet Norris and the late John Walter Norris. She was the loving wife of the late James M. Goldsborough, whom she...
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