Obituaries

Doris Jeanne Smith, 81

Doris Jeanne Smith, 81

Doris Jeanne Smith, 81, of Chesapeake Beach passed away September 23, 2017 at the Burnett-Calvert Hospice House. She was born November 17, 1935 in Plymouth, MA to Joseph Urban and Bertha Bernadette (Boulais) Roy. Doris was raised in Rhode Island and attended Catholic boarding schools. She married Bernard L. Smith, Sr. on November 22,...
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Linda Darlene (Thomas) Betts, 67

Linda Darlene (Thomas) Betts, 67, of Waldorf, MD died Wednesday, September 20, 2017 at Fairfax Inova Hospital. Daughter of the late Rodrick E. Thomas and Annabelle Thomas, Linda was born in Spangler, Pa and raised in Bradbury Heights, Md. She was a graduate of Suitland High School and had completed some coursework from the...
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Pauline O’Neill Tilley, 90

Pauline O’Neill Tilley, 90

Pauline O’Neill Tilley, 90, of Lothian passed away September 14, 2017 at her home surrounded by family. She was born November 15, 1926 in Floyd County, VA to Vander Bilt and Elizabeth (Shelton) Cox. The family moved to Calvert County and Pauline graduated from Calvert High School in 1945. After graduating, Pauline worked at...
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Joan Marie Cituk, 67

Joan Marie Cituk, 67

Joan Marie Cituk, 67, of Hollywood, MD passed away September 21, 2017 at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown, MD. She was born March 14, 1950 in Pittston, PA to the late Vincent and Dorothy Kolmansberger. Joan loved going to country music concerts, spending time in her pool, and had a love for playing...
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Dolores Ann Jackson, 73

Dolores Ann Jackson, 73

Dolores Ann Jackson, age 73 of White Plains, Maryland, died September 22, 2017 at Chesapeake Shores Nursing Home in Lexington Park, Maryland. Dolores was a retired Accountant with 33 years of service with Heller Electric in Brandywine, Maryland. She was the daughter of George W. Petty and Ethel Suthard Petty. Friends received on Friday,...
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Roy Eldon Clark, 87

Roy Eldon Clark, 87

Roy Eldon Clark of Accokeek, Maryland, died on September 19, 2017 at BridgePoint Hospital National Harbor in Washington, DC. He was 87 years old. Born July 31, 1930 in Pender County, North Carolina, he was the son of the late Fannie Mae Wells Clark and the late Alec Clark. Mr. Clark was a carpenter...
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Jean F. Laxsus, 71

Jean F. Laxsus, 71, of Lexington Park, MD, passed away on September 20, 2017 in Washington Adventist Hospital, Takoma Park, MD. Born August 14, 1946 in Philadelphia, PA, she was the daughter of the late Ida M. Pritchard Hyneman and Thomas H. Hyneman. She was the loving wife of Thomas H. Laxsus, whom she...
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Charles Vincent Long, Sr., 85

Charles Vincent Long, Sr., 85

Charles Vincent Long, Sr., 85 of Lexington Park, MD departed this life and met his first Angels on September 22, 2017, surrounded by love ones at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital. Born in Leonardtown, MD on August 28, 1932, he was the seventh of nine children born to the late Willard Biscoe Long, Sr. and...
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Stella K. Vones, 94

Stella K. Vones, 94

Stella K. Vones, 94 of Leonardtown, MD formerly of Newark, Delaware, passed away on September 20, 2017 in Leonardtown, MD. Born August 27, 1923 in Newark, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Mary Pawagakis Koronakos and Peter Koronakos. Stella is survived by her daughter Debbie (Bill) Okoniewski of California, MD, sibling; Terry...
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Mary Madeline “Sis” (Carter) Davis, 85

Mary Madeline “Sis” Davis, 85 of Clements, MD, passed away peacefully at her home on September 22, 2017, surrounded by her loving family. Madeline was born on December 31, 1931 in Bushwood, MD to the late Francis C. Carter and Mary Green Carter. Madeline was always a dedicated, hard worker. As a young girl,...
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Donna Jean Conner

Donna Jean Conner

Peacefully on Wednesday, September 20, 2017, Donna Jean Conner passed away in Washington, DC. Family and friends will unite on Saturday, September 23, 2017 from 10:00 a.m. until time of memorial service at 11:00 a.m. at Briscoe-Tonic Funeral Home, 2294 Old Washington Rd., Waldorf, MD 20601.
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Judith Gwendolyn Cato, 78

Judith Gwendolyn Cato, 78

Judith Gwendolyn Cato, of White Plains, MD passed into eternal life on September 13, 2017 at the age of 78. Born in Youngstown, OH to Dolly Jean Harris and Charles Fairfax Mitchell. Beloved wife of Elias Franklin Cato, Sr.; loving mother of Elias Franklin Cato, Jr. pf White Plains, MD and Harriet Camille Pinkerton...
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Geoffrey Stewart Venables, 68

Geoffrey Stewart Venables, 68

Geoffrey Stewart Venables of Alexandria, VA, passed away on Monday, September 18, 2017, at the age of 68. He was born on March 9, 1949, in Jersey City, NJ, to Alice V. (Pearson) and Rupert G. Venables. Geoffrey was a veteran of the United States Army during the Vietnam era. He was involved in...
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Sallie Money

Sallie Money

Sallie Money, a long-time resident of the Maryland area, died Monday the 18th of September at La Plata Hospital. Born in 1927 in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina., Sallie was the eldest of four siblings and was always close to her two brothers and little sister. Her childhood was also strongly influenced by her father’s...
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Anna C. Scott

Anna C. Scott

Anna C. Scott died on Sunday September 17, 2017 in LaPlata, MD. She was born in New York and resided in Maryland for the majority of her life. . Married to William A. Scott for 66 years before his death in 2006. Predeceased by her brother Robert Hair as well as her sister Susan...
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Irene Alice Spalding, 91

Irene Alice Spalding, 91

Irene Alice Spalding, 91, of LaPlata, MD passed on Tuesday, September 19, 2017 at the Hospice House of Charles County. Irene was born on December 10, 1925 in Butte, MI to the late Harriett and Lee Hill, moving to Seattle, WA at the age of six months. She was the 7th of 11 children....
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Laurie Katheryn Sanchez, 35

Laurie Katheryn Sanchez, 35

Laurie Katheryn Sanchez, 35, of La Plata, MD passed away on Sunday, September 17, 2017 at University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center. Laurie was born in Silver Spring, Maryland and grew up in La Plata, Maryland. She attended Archbishop Neale Elementary School and St. Mary’s Ryken High School. She had a bachelor’s degree...
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Jerry G. Benzing, 74

Jerry G. Benzing, 74

Jerry G. Benzing, 74 of Waldorf, Md passed on September 17th, 2017. Jerry was born on December 18th 1942 in Germany to the late Rosa Hill who passed at the age of 103 April 9th, 2016. Jerry is survived by his loving wife Sue Benzing of 26 years. His daughters Diane Benzing Williams, Jenny...
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Mary Janet Weiss, 93

Mary Janet Weiss, 93

Mary Janet Weiss, 93, of Prince Frederick, MD passed away September 17, 2017 at her residence surrounded by family. She was born January 3, 1924 in St. Clair, PA to Raymond and Mary (Devine) Rubright. She married Joseph Peter Weiss in 1956 in St. Clair and the couple moved to College Park, MD. Mary...
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Jeanne R. Kahler

Jeanne R. Kahler

Jeanne R. Kahler died September 18, 2017 in Washington, DC. She was born on April 22, 1931 in Germantown PA (outside of Philadelphia, PA). Jeanne was the daughter of the late Elton D. Grafly and the late Elizabeth W. (Grafly) Decker from Glenside and Pottstown, PA. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...
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Richard Lewis Taylor

Richard Lewis Taylor

Richard Lewis Taylor, son of the late Earl Taylor and Cassie Jackson, was born on June 18, 1937 in Newton, Kansas. He spent a majority of his life in Los Angeles, California but lived in many places, such as Utah and Virginia, until he settled in Maryland. Richard attended Kansas Public Schools and upon...
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Darlene Teresa Morris, 67

Darlene Teresa Morris, 67

Darlene Teresa Morris, 67 of Leonardtown, MD passed away on September 16, 2017 at her residence. Born July 17, 1950 in Leonardtown, MD, she was the daughter of the late Mary Elizabeth Cheseldine Farrell and Sylvester Aloysius Farrell. Darlene was the loving wife of Charles Linberg Morris, Jr., whom she married on December 20,...
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James “Bert” Bertram Bean, 63

James “Bert” Bertram Bean, 63

James “Bert” Bertram Bean, 63 of Great Mills, MD passed away on September 17, 2017 in Callaway, MD. Born December 18, 1953 in Leonardtown, MD, he was the son of the late Henrietta M. Johnson Bean and William Benjamin Bean. Bert is survived by his daughter, Paula Bean Beetler of Fruitland, MD, Fiancé Judy...
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Ruby Mary Goddard, 105

Ruby Mary Goddard, of Piney Point, MD, born May 10, 1912 passed away on Monday, September 18, 2017 Remarkably, at age 105, there were six living generations. She was preceded in death by her husband Joseph B. (Joe) Goddard, daughter’s Mary Jean Robrecht and Patricia Uncle. She is survived by sons Joseph E. (Tom)...
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Charles Warren Gardiner, 92

Charles Warren Gardiner, 92

Charles Warren Gardiner, 92, of Hughesville, MD, passed away surrounded by his family at Calvert Memorial Hospital, Prince Frederick, MD on September 20, 2017. He was born in Aquasco, MD on November 30, 1924, the son of the late Francis Archie Gardiner and the late Ella Mae Greenwell Gardiner. On August 26, 1950, Charles...
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