Our beloved father, John Richard Boyd, peacefully passed away on April 10, 2024, at his home in Valley Lee, Maryland surrounded by his loving family. He was 85. John lived a full life. After graduating from Hoke Smith High School in 1957, he married his high school sweetheart, Mary Lee Forsyth. He enlisted in...
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David Patrick Ross, 47, of Swan Point, MD, passed away on April 9, 2024, at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. He was born on March 12, 1977, in Washington, D.C. to Thomas J. Ross Sr. and Linda Ruth Ross (Revo). After graduating from LaPlata High School, David attended Coastal Carolina University, where he pursued his...
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Donald LeRoy Ladd, 84, of Mechanicsville, MD, passed away peacefully on April 12, 2024. Born October 15, 1939, in Blair, Nebraska to Renard and Ethel Ladd. In 1957, he met his future wife Rita in Washington, DC. Donald and Rita were later married on October 22, 1958, and were blessed with three children, Donald...
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Harold (Hal) Borodin, 84, of Hughesville, MD, passed away on April 7, 2024 at home. Born on March 16, 1940, to the late Simon Shevinsky and the late Mollie Goldberg. After graduating from high school, Hal subsequently enlisted in the U.S. Army. Hal spent the better part of his life in sales, which was...
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James Eugene Thorne, 89 of Port Republic (formerly of Charlotte Hall), MD, passed away at home with his family by his side on April 6, 2024. He was born on March 23, 1935, in Meadows, MD to the late Richard Russell Thorne and the late Margaret (Randall) Thorne. James, fondly known as “Sid” to...
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Barbara Ann Chapman of Leonardtown, MD passed away on April 14, 2024, her 76th birthday, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on April 14, 1948, to the late John Matthew Cooper and the Late Margaret Anita Bayne Cooper. Barbara’s career as a hairdresser began in Newport News, VA and continued upon her...
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John Kenton (Ken) Green Sr, of Lexington Park, MD, passed away peacefully in his sleep on April 7th, 2024 with his loving family nearby. Ken was born on March 8th, 1933, in Domestic, IN to the late John Leland Green and Mildred Lucille (Stookey) Green. Ken and his wife moved to Southern Maryland in...
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Joaquim “Jack” Henriques Matos of Waldorf, MD, passed away on April 11, 2024, at home. Joaquim was born on February 19, 1965 to Joaquim Gabriel Matos and Amelia Henriques Matos in Waterbury, Connecticut. He cherished endless fond memories of time spent with his many cousins growing up in Connecticut. As a young man, he...
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The Officers and Members of the LVFD regrets to announce the passing of our past member John A. Candela. Jack served the department for over seventeen years as an active member. During that time, he served as Treasurer for a number of years. He was a faithful member always working at the annual carnival...
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Chris Miller, a son, a brother, an uncle, a friend, and so many other things, has been taken from us too soon. Words cannot express what this loss means to us or how we are feeling here. Please keep the Miller family, Royce, Linda, Jason, and Ashley, along with the rest of us here...
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The Prince Frederick Volunteer Fire Department regrets to announce the passing of member Ray “Bomber” Nieves. Born in December of 1942. Ray was a pioneer in the fire service for all of Washington Metropolitan area. In fact, Ray was hired by Hyattsville, MD in 1964 as a firefighter, after serving in the Navy on...
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Valerie Lynn “Val” Douglas, 63 of Lusby, MD, and formerly of Clinton, MD, passed away suddenly on April 6, 2024 in Prince Frederick, MD. She was born on April 3, 1961 in Washington, DC to Carol Brown and the late David L. Smith. She was the loving wife to Dannie Douglas whom she married...
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Ernest Laverne Rowell, “Ernie”, 94, of Prince Frederick, Maryland passed away on April 6, 2024 at his home. He was born on April 10 1929 in Horry County SC to the late Charlie L. and Annie Janie Rowell. He grew up on the farmlands of SC where his father taught him a strong work...
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Stuart Coleman Marshall, a lifelong resident of Deale, passed away on April 2, 2024. He was born in Cheverly, MD on April 26, 1959, the second child of Gene and Doris Greenwell Marshall. He attended Deale Elementary School and graduated from Southern Senior High School in 1977. Stuart began his lifelong career as a...
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Joseph Gilbert Kirby “Cheesie”, 74, a lifelong resident of Calvert County passed away April 2, 2024. He was born August 15, 1949 in Prince Frederick to Joseph Sidney and Louise (Greene) Kirby. Cheesie grew up in the county and graduated from Calvert High School. He joined the United States Navy on October 15, 1969...
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Mary Evelyn Hayes, 103, of Dunkirk and formerly of Forestville passed away April 2, 2024. She was born August 10, 1920, in Friendship to Thomas H. and Eva (Armiger) Tucker. Mary was raised on the family farm in Friendship. She married James Hayes in 1949 and they lived in Wayson’s Corner for a short...
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Barbara “Grammie” Palakanis, 86, of Cobb Island, MD passed on March 31st, 2024, after a long and gallant battle with kidney disease.She was born on January 18,1938 in Scranton, Pennsylvania and grew up in Dickson City with her parents, Anthony and Mary (Kolback) Sadowski. After her mother passed away at a young age, she...
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Daniel John Caton of Lusby, MD died on March 31, 2024 at 86 years old. Dan was preceded in death by his wife of 55 years, Nancy Hathaway Caton, his brother, Wayne Caton, and his parents, Ida Fiocchi Caton and John Caton. He is survived by his children, Stephen A. Caton and his wife,...
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Mark Steven Irving, 64, of Chesapeake Beach, Maryland, passed away on March 29, 2024, at his home. Mark was born on November 17, 1959 in Washington, D.C. to Claude Rucker and Genevieve Hope (Compton) Irving. Mark grew up in Riverton, West Virginia, and graduated from Circleville High School class of 1979. He served as...
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Michael Jeffrey Hickman, 32, passed away on April 2, 2024 in LaPlata, Maryland. Born on April 3, 1991 in Fargo, North Dakota, he was the loving son of Jeffrey and Cathy Hickman of Palm Harbor, Florida. After spending his childhood in West Fargo, North Dakota and Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, Michael moved with his family...
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Rebecca Lynn Avery, 48, passed away on April 1, 2024. Born in Marlow Heights, MD on September 22, 1975. She is the daughter of Glenn Michael Parks and Karen Lynn Parks. Rebecca worked as an assistant manager for the family automotive business. She was blessed with one daughter, Sophia who was the highlight of...
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Born September 27, 1951 – Passed April 1, 2024 He was the son to the late Hazel and Walter Petriw; brother to Barbra Ballew and the late Sharon Williamson; spouse to Jean DeMar; father to Mike R. DeMar, Robert W. Oyaski, Melissa L. Young (Oyaski); grandfather to William Burgess, William Oyaski, Robert Oyaski, Nicole...
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Floyd Daniel “Buddy” Owens passed away peacefully on April 2, 2024, at his home in Leonardtown, Maryland, at the age of 81, with his loving family and pastors at his side after an honorable and long battle with cancer. Buddy lived a life full of adventures, a career of service to our nation, and...
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James Edward Walls, Jr. passed away peacefully at home on March 26, 2024, in the presence of loved ones. Jim was born in Frankfurt, Germany to the late James Walls, Sr. and Irmgard Walls. He is survived by his loving wife of 53 years, Sandra Walls; son, Adam Walls, daughters, Jennifer Borror and Juliana...
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Dwight Robert Husk, aged 71, from Mechanicsville, MD, passed away at his home on April 1, 2024. He was born on October 8, 1952, to Oral O’Neil and Edith Pearl (Keys) Husk in Prince George’s County, MD. A 1970 graduate of Central High School in Capitol Heights, MD, he began his career in law...
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