Helga Christel Ursula Wiepke (nee Wurch), 78, Mechanicsville, Maryland, USA, passed away January 1, 2017, at the Hospice House of St. Mary’s, Callaway, Maryland, after a long battle with multiple Myeloma and complications thereof. She was born to Friedrich and Frieda Wurch on January 10, 1938 near Holkewiese, Pomerania (Prussia, Germany). As a child...
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Josephine Eva Rhode, age 96 of Lusby, MD, adventured peacefully on her final journey on New Year’s Eve, December 31, 2016, at Calvert Memorial Hospital in Prince Frederick, MD. Born March 10, 1920, in Highland Park, MI, the daughter of the late Mary & George Rahall. Jo is survived by her son Ronald Rhode...
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Retired Air Force Lt. Colonel George C. Turpyn, 93, died in his sleep at Asbury Retirement Community on January 3, 2017. Col Turpyn was born in Rochester, New York, February 22, 1923. He graduated from John Marshall High School in 1939, worked for a land surveyor, IBM and Eastman Kodak Company until entering the...
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John Thomas Kennedy III, 86, of Tall Timbers, MD, passed away December 30, 2016 at his daughter’s home in Burke, VA, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Washington, D.C. on December 22, 1930 to the late John Thomas Kennedy Jr. and Rachel Elizabeth Fry Kennedy. John proudly served 4 years in...
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On December 28, 2016, at Georgetown University Hospital, in the early hours of the morning, God knelt beside Eldridge at an altar in prayer, wiped his tears and took away his despair. God gently whispered, “Come follow me, my child, high places we will go.” Eldridge Eugene Shade, affectionately known as AL, was born...
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Monica Lynnet Smith, 33, of Great Mills, MD passed away on December 28, 2016 at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown, MD, surrounded by her loving family. Born October 1, 1983 in Baltimore, MD, she is the daughter of Evelyn Rassa Summerlin of Great Mills, MD and the late Matthew Smith. Monica earned her...
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William Arthur Folger, Sr. (Bill), 82, of Mechanicsville, MD passed away on December 28, 2016 at Charlotte Hall Veteran’s Home, Charlotte Hall, MD. Born on June 20, 1934 in Washington, DC, Bill was the only child of the late Stanley Arthur Folger and Jewel Bryan Folger. He joined the U.S. Marine Corp on July...
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Joyce Anne King Raffo, 69, of North Myrtle Beach, SC passed away on December 27, 2016 in Myrtle Beach, SC. Born on January 14, 1947 in Washington, DC, she was the daughter of the late Vivian Hazel Bagwell Zimmerman and the late Percy Elwood King. Joyce was born and raised in Washington, DC and...
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Jessalyn “Lynn” Bellamy Swann, 59, of Leonardtown, MD passed away on December 27, 2016 at University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical, LaPlata, MD. Born on July 26, 1957 in Kingsport, Tennessee, she was the daughter of the late Jesse Bellamy and the late Jewell Webb Bellamy. Prior to her retirement, Lynn worked for the...
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Mary Rosalie Norris of Hollywood, MD passed away on December 29, 2016 in Leonardtown, MD. Born on August 31, 1910 in Morganza MD, she was the daughter of the late Mary Lillian Abell Johnson and Benjamin Clarence Johnson. Mary was the loving wife of the late Frederick Abell Norris, Jr, whom she married in...
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JoAnn Steele Barthelme,87, of Hollywood, MD departed this life on December 29, 2016 after 87 years. JoAnn Was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas on May 10, 1929, the fourth of five children of her now deceased parents Frank and Agnes (Webkes) Steele. She received her formative education from Annunciation Academy and Pine Bluff High...
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Carole Lee LaRoche, 74, of Mechanicsville, MD formerly from Pasadena, MD passed away surrounded by her loving family on December 28, 2016 in Mechanicsville, MD. Born on April 2, 1942 in Pasadena, MD, she was the daughter of the late Annette and Ernest Huber. Carole was the loving wife of Peter LaRoche whom she...
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Mary Helen Nelson, 85, of Charlotte Hall, MD passed away on December 27, 2016 in Charlotte Hall, MD. Born on November 3, 1931 in Mechanicsville, MD, she was the daughter of the late Mary Elsie Buckler Wood and Louis Webster Wood. Mary was the loving wife of 41 yrs to the late Lawrence Elmer...
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