Obituaries

Richard Millon “Grumpy” Gould, 79, of Lexington Park, MD passed away on June 30, 2017 at Chesapeake Shores Nursing Center, surrounded by his loving family. He was born July 10, 1937 in Minneapolis, MN to the late Orville Paul Gould and Madeline Shortridge Gould. Richard proudly served in the United States Navy until his...
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Henry Lawrence Buckler, Jr., 73, of Charlotte Hall, Maryland, passed away on June 30, 2017 in Washington, D.C. surrounded by his wife and family. Henry was born on November 17, 1943 in Hughesville, Maryland to the late Henry Lawrence Buckler, Sr. and the late Margaret Grimes Buckler. He retired as a Store Manager at...
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John Baxter Owen passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 1 at his daughter’s home in Hollywood, Maryland. He was 99 years old. John was born in Monroe City, Missouri, in 1918, to the late Archibald and Effie Owen. He grew up on the family farm with his parents and his two aunts. He graduated...
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Patricia “Pat” Gladwell was born at Providence Hospital in Washington, DC on September 12, 1946. She entered Heaven’s gates on June 29, 2017. Pat graduated from Lackey High School in 1964. She received her BA from Towson University and her Master’s Degree from George Washington University. She worked as an elementary school teacher at...
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Sharon Hurd was born in Washington DC on August 20, 1942, the only child of Doris DeBow Micoly and Ruldoph M. Micoly. She was the beloved wife of R.J. “Jack” Hurd, the mother of three, and a doting grandmother of four. Raised in the idyllic neighborhood of District Heights, Sharon was a 1960 graduate...
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Walter Lewis Williams, age 86 of Edgewater, Maryland, died June 26, 2017 at the Charles County Hospice House in Waldorf, Maryland. He was born in Jacob Creek in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Walter moved to Charles County in 1955 and retired as a Pile Driver for 34 years for Local 2311. He also worked for...
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James L. Hill, Sr. (Jimmy), 78, of Chaptico, MD passed on June 28, 2017. He was born on July 24, 1938 to the late Zachery Joseph Hill and Mary Edith Hill. Jimmy is survived by his wife of 57 years, Irene Copsey Hill of Chaptico, MD whom he married on August 8, 1959 and...
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Ethel Quade Ressler was born March 7, 1944 to Ignatious and Mary Pilkerton in Mechanicsville, Maryland. Ethel grew up on the shores of Patuxent View Farm with her sisters and brothers, Harold Pilkerton, Doris Johnson, Donald “Duck” Pilkerton, and Mildred “Susie” Tippett. Ethel started working at the age 17 as a bus driver for...
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Mary Lorena Abell Tennyson 95, of Clements, MD, died June 30, 2017 in Leonardtown, MD. Born on December 8, 1921 in Leonardtown, she was the daughter of Thomas Hogan Abell and Violet Abell Bussler and Maide and Joe Thompson. She was the loving wife of the late John S. Tennyson whom she married on...
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  Cierra Marie Bijou passed away on June 26, 2017. Family and friends will unite for visitation from 9:00 am – 10:00 am on Monday, July 3, 2017. Mass of Christian Burial at 11:00 am at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 13401 Piscataway Road, Clinton, MD 20735. Interment to follow at the church cemetery.
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Cynthia Ashby-Cardwell departed this earthly life on Wednesday, June 28, 2017. Family and friends will unite on Thursday, July 6, 2017 from 10:00 am until time of service 11:00 am at Tree of Life Christian Ministries, 9109 Piscataway Rd., Clinton, MD. Interment is private.
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James Joseph Kennedy, 75, of Chesapeake Beach, MD passed on Tuesday June 27, 2017 at Anne Arundel Medical Center. Born in Providence, RI he was a son of the late Eugene and Winifred (Hudson) Kennedy. He was the beloved husband of Mary T. (Mazzullo) Kennedy. He was retired from the United States Navy where...
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Albert P. Simms, Jr., age 57, of Upper Marlboro, MD, passed away on Monday, June 26, 2017 at the Charlotte Hall Veterans Home. He was born on September 13, 1959, in Washington, DC, to Doris (Watts) and Albert P. Simms, Sr. In 1977, Albert graduated from Frederick Douglas High School in Upper Marlboro, MD....
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Dolores Catherine (Shifflette) Gibbs, 81, of Huntingtown, MD, passed away on Sunday, June 25, 2017, at her home after a brief illness. She was born in Washington, D.C. on March 1, 1936, to Agnes (Dolan) and Carl Early Shifflette, Sr. She grew up in SE Washington, DC and moved to the Oxon Hill/Fort Washington...
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Vicki M. Mumaw of St. Leonard, MD, passed away on Saturday, June 24, 2017, at home at the age of 51. She was born on February 12, 1966, in Cheverly, MD to Nancy (Martin) and John R. Mumaw. Vicki was employed as a Customer Service Representative for Comcast. She love to read magazines, listening...
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Max Eugene Clayton, 67, of Clinton, MD, passed away on Friday June 23, 2017. He was born on July 7, 1949 to Doris (Call) and Harold Clayton in Streator, IL. Max joined the United States Air Force after he graduated high school in 1969. While serving in Kunsan, South Korea, in 1976, he met...
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Ernest John Arhar of Dunkirk, MD, passed away on Friday, June 23, 2017, at the age of 89. He was born in Davis, WV, on September 7, 1927, to Frances (Mivec) and Andy Arhar. Ernest was the beloved husband of Marion (Minor) Arhar and the loving father of Mark and his wife Mary Ann,...
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Samuel Pinkney, Jr., of Brandywine, MD passed away on June 22, 2017. Samuel was born on December 6, 1940 in Mississippi to the late Samuel Pinkney and Sarah Lee Nichols. Samuel was of the Christian Faith who retired from Financing in the Banking Industry in 2002. Samuel is preceded in death also by his...
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Spearman “Pete” Roach, 94, of Issue, MD passed away on June 23, 2017 at Genesis Health Care in LaPlata, MD. Born in Washington, DC on January 24, 1923 to the late Francis DeSales Roach, Sr. and the late Jane Lancaster Roach, Pete is also preceded in death by his brothers, Edward L. Roach and...
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Barbara Jean Tayman, 71, of Waldorf, MD passed away on June 24, 2017 at the University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center in LaPlata, MD. Born on February 23, 1946 in Kissimmee, FL to the late Frank Folker and the late Jeanette Folker, Barbara is also preceded in death by her husband, Francis Tayman;...
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Patricia Jane Youmans, 74, of Mechanicsville, MD, formerly of Charles County, MD, passed away peacefully on Saturday, June 24, 2017 surrounded by loved ones. Patricia was most proud of the work she did as a Foreign Service Secretary for the United States Department of State. She loved her country and the work that she...
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Daniel Ray Tomer, 56, of Huntingtown, MD passed away suddenly on June 24, 2017. He was born on March 28, 1961, in Morgantown, WV, to David Ray and Bernice Vonnette (Sponaugle) Tomer. He graduated from West Virginia University with a BA Degree in 1985. Daniel married Leila Tabanera in Morgantown, WV, July 30, 1988,...
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Pearl Armiger Miller, 87, of Huntingtown, MD passed away June 26, 2017 at Calvert Memorial Hospital. She was born May 31, 1930 in Washington, DC to Lorin and Marigold (Umberger) Armiger. Pearl married Elmer Donn Miller in Washington in January 1950. They resided in Prince Georges County until moving to Huntingtown in 1974. She...
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Ursula Louise Hoffman of La Plata, Maryland, died on June 27, 2017 at her home. She was 81 years old. She is survived by her beloved husband Marshall Glenn Hoffman; sister-in-law Louise Wells; nephews John and Matt King; seven great nieces and nephews. Visitation on Wednesday, July 5, 2017 from 4 PM until time...
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Mary Gaetz, 98, of Mount Carmel, PA passed away peacefully Sunday, June 25, 2017 surrounded by family and friends in White Plains, Maryland. She was preceded in death by Howard W. Gaetz, husband of Mount Carmel, PA, parents Onuphrey and Teckla Hutnick of Mount Carmel, PA, brothers Joseph, Michael, Andrew, Stephen, and Paul Hutnick...
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