Madelynn Taylor Wallace passed away unexpectedly on April 16, 2023, at the age of 10. Born to John Wallace and Wendy Hurlburt on April 25, 2012, Madelynn was always happy as a baby. When she was 4, she immediately became obsessed with electronics. Some of Madelynn’s favorite activities were being on her iPhone or...
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Reverend George Albert Wilkinson, Jr, J.D., 89, of Avenue, MD passed away on April 16, 2023 at home. He was born on September 9, 1933, in Washington, D.C. to the late George Albert Wilkinson, Sr. and Lillian (Hayden) Wilkinson in Washington, D.C. He was married to his high school sweetheart, Mary Anne Reilly, for...
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Christine Marie Abresch, 56, of Charlotte Hall, MD, passed away on April 7, 2023 in Washington, DC. Chris was born on January 12, 1967 in Washington, DC, to Thomas Edward Booth and Judith Ann Karczewski. She graduated from high school and attended college. After graduation from college, she became an X-Ray Technician, having worked...
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Florence “Flo” Kolwey Jett, 78, formerly of Owings, MD, passed away on April 6, 2023 in Leonardtown, MD. Born on May 14, 1944, in Preston, Cuba, her parents were the late Herman G. Kolwey and Florence Gapp Kolwey. In 1947, the family returned to the United States. She studied nursing and earned her Master’s...
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Robert Milroy Schwier, 78, of Hughesville, MD, passed away on April 14, 2023 in Hughesville, MD. Born in Leonardtown, MD on July 13, 1944, he was the only child of the late Leroy Schwier and Mildred Bailey Schwier. After high school graduation, he attended St. Mary’s College of Maryland where he graduated and then...
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Frances Hall Jones, 72, of Mechanicsville, MD passed away peacefully on April 18, 2023, surrounded by her loving family. Frances was born along with her brother Frank, on January 27, 1951, to William Anthony (Sam) Hall and Cleo Audrice Goines in LaPlata, MD. After graduating from Frederick Douglass High School, Frances had three children:...
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Thomas Leon Tucker, Sr., 78, of Faulkner, MD, peacefully passed away after a lengthy illness on April 17, 2023, surrounded by family. On August 3, 1944, Thomas was born to Elbert and Amy (Dean) Tucker on the family farm in Bristol, MD. He married Mary Alice Baker of Baltimore, on August 6, 1966, and...
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Belinda “Boo Boo” Marie Crehan, 51, of Charlotte Hall, MD, passed away peacefully on April 19, 2023 from glioblastoma brain cancer. On September 25, 1971, Belinda was born to the late Donald Swann and Wanda Everett in Washington, DC. Belinda worked as a records technician at the Charles County Sheriff’s Office for 17 years....
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Douglas Allan Grantell, 81, of Mechanicsville, MD, passed away on April 11, 2023, in Leonardtown, MD. He was born on March 26, 1942, in Washington, DC to the late Harry Grantell and the late Elizabeth Hendricks Grantell. Doug graduated from Suitland High School followed by a lifelong career as a Sheet Metal Worker from which he retired in...
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William Page Ogden of Western Shores Estates, Port Republic, Maryland passed away peacefully in his sleep at the Charlotte Hall Veterans Home on 04.02.2023 Page was born on December 2, 1938 to the late William and Gladys (Hance) Ogden. He was born, raised and lived in Calvert County all his life, except for the...
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Margaret Young, formerly of Prince Frederick, MD passed away peacefully at the Hermitage in Solomons, MD on April 2, 2023. She was born on June 13, 1927 to G. Oliver and Lucy Bowen of Port Republic, MD. Margaret was a 1944 graduate of Calvert High School. Upon graduation, she went to live and work...
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Dean Thomas Walker, 44, passed away April 2,2023. He was born January 23, 1979 in Washington,DC to Glenn Allen and Deborah Rose (Cleaver) Walker. Dean grew up in Calvert County and graduated from Northern High School. He was a cancer survivor as a small child and had a love of sports. As an adult,...
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Roy Blair Hokrein, 66, of Lusby, MD passed away on April 2, 2023 in Baltimore, MD. Born August 21, 1956 in Coatesville, PA, he was the son of the late Roy Vance Hokrein and Betty (Quick) Hokrein. Roy graduated from North Pocono High School, Scranton, PA in 1975. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in...
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Janet W. Walker, 78, of Prince Frederick, Maryland, passed away on March 31, 2023 after a brief illness. She was the daughter of the late John Wright, Jr. and Marjorie A. Williams. She was preceded in death by her husband of 25 years, Hinton C. Walker; and a sister, Lynne Starkweather. She is survived...
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Ernest “Ernie” Younger, 76, passed away on March 30, 2023. Born August 24, 1946 in Prince Frederick, Maryland, Ernie was the fourth child born to Richard Zachariah Younger, Sr. and Mildred Ellen Joy Younger. Ernie grew up in Solomons and Dowell before moving across the creek to his parent’s final home in Olivet. Ernie...
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Rosemarie Robinson, 74, of Dunkirk passed away March 30, 2023. She was born September 22, 1948 in Annapolis to Walter C. and Leanna (Estep) Jenkins. Rosemarie graduated from Calvert High School and married James Leroy Robinson, Sr. on April 15, 1968. They lived in Lothian before settling in Dunkirk, where they raised their family....
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A gentle soul with a fierce light. A devoted son to his late parents Howard and Becky who NEVER gave up on him and loved him back to health. A cherished brother to Helen (David), Jimmy (Sarah), and his late brother-in-law Jim who learned resilience, gratitude and compassion from him. A proud uncle to...
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Scheral Elaine Dey, 74, of Dunkirk passed away March 29, 2023. She was born September 21, 1948 in Atlas Township, MI to James Roy and Ruth Elizabeth (Bauer) Welch. Scheral was raised in Michigan and moved to LaPlata, MD when she was 16 years old. She worked as a waitress at Pirate’s Cove and...
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Zane Smawley, 86, died March 26, 2023 at his daughter’s home in Huntingtown, MD. He was born July 23, 1936 in Casar, Cleveland County, North Carolina to Dewitt Talmadge and Cola Lee Allen Smawley. He was educated in Cleveland County, NC and Washington, DC public schools, and married Rebecca Adaline Bowman October 28, 1994....
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John “Sonny” Douglas Browning, 73 of Lusby, MD passed away on April 2, 2023 at Solomons Nursing Center. He was born on June 19, 1949 in Leonardtown, MD to the late Douglas Browning and Agnes Elizabeth Mattingly. Sonny was a lifelong resident of St. Mary’s County, Maryland. He attended Little Flower Elementary School and...
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Toni Lee (Bellere) Long was born on July 10, 1953 in Washington D.C. to the late Louis Bellere and Mary Alice Bowles. They they lived in Accokeek, Maryland and later moved to Hollywood, Florida in the mid 50’s. Her family then moved to Leonardtown, Maryland in 1965, where Toni attended and graduated Chopticon High...
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Joseph “Puggy” Michael Joy, 78 of Ridge, MD. passed away on March 31, 2023 at his home. He was born on July 9, 1944 in Leonardtown, MD to the late Michael Love Joy and Mary Magdalen (Gatton) Joy. Puggy was a lifelong resident of St. Mary’s County, MD. He attended St. Michael’s School in...
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Karen Marie Beall, 52, of Fairfield, PA, formerly of Mechanicsville, MD, passed away on Sunday, April 9, 2023. Karen was born July 8, 1970 to Ray and Gloria Rothgeb of New Egypt, New Jersey. Karen met and married the love of her life, Dave Beall Jr. Karen graduated from Allentown High School in 1988....
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Alan Michael Reinburg, 34 years old of Mechanicsville, MD, passed away unexpectedly on April 5, 2023. Alan was born on April 1, 1989, in Leonardtown, MD to Mary Ann Reinburg and Norman “Al” Guy III. Alan was employed as a landscaping foreman for 10 years at DSR Enterprises in Mechanicsville, MD. When Alan wasn’t...
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Rose Marie Longmire, 71 of Leonardtown, MD passed away on March 31, 2023, in Fairfax, VA. She was born on June 27, 1951, in Evanston, IL to the late Fred Fuller and Mildred Miles. Rose grew up in Evanston, Illinois. In 1969, she graduated from Evanston Township High School. Upon graduation she attended Northern...
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