Monthly Archives: September 2017

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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UPDATE: Death Investigation Underway in Mechanicsville

UPDATE: Death Investigation Underway in Mechanicsville

UPDATE – 9/24/2017 @ 10:00 a.m.: At this time the police are still investigating this as a death investigation and not a murder. 9/23/2017: On Saturday, September 23, 2017, at approximately 9:00 p.m., emergency personnel, responded to a residence on Old Horse Landing Road, in Mechanicsville, for a CPR in progress call. Witnesses at the...
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Maryland Department of Agriculture Update on Swine Influenza

Maryland Department of Agriculture Update on Swine Influenza

The Maryland State Veterinarian Dr. Michael Radebaugh yesterday inspected the pigs under quarantine at the Charles County Fairgrounds as a result of an Influenza A (H3N2 subtype) detection in swine exhibited there. “Upon further epidemiological investigation and ongoing trace backs to previous fairs and shows, the Maryland Department of Agriculture believes the swine influenza outbreak...
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Fatal Motor Vehicle Accident Involving a Calvert County Police Car Under Investigation

Fatal Motor Vehicle Accident Involving a Calvert County Police Car Under Investigation

UPDATE: Sheriff Mike Evans Posted the following information on his Facebook page. Early this morning DFC Vaughn Evans was southbound on Rt 4 in Prince Frederick when another vehicle traveling north in the southbound lane struck his patrol vehicle. DFC Evans was flown to Shock Trauma and has since been released with non-life threatening...
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Charles County Sheriff’s Officers’ Recommendations Lead to New Laws

Charles County Sheriff’s Officers’ Recommendations Lead to New Laws

Charles County Sheriff Troy D. Berry is pleased to recognize CCSO Detective Jennifer McKenzie and Sgt. Jon Burroughs for their work in this year’s legislative process, during which two legislative proposals they suggested were subsequently passed into law. One bill prohibits scrap metal dealers from paying money for cell tower batteries to unauthorized persons,...
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Heroin/Fentanyl Overdose at St. Mary’s County Detention Center Leads to Charges

Heroin/Fentanyl Overdose at St. Mary’s County Detention Center Leads to Charges

On Friday, June 9, 2017  an inmate housed in the work release section of the St. Mary’s County Detention Center was found unresponsive and transported to MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital for treatment. The investigation determined the inmate had overdosed on heroin/fentanyl which had been brought into the facility by another inmate identified as Saeed...
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Lexington Park Man Arrested for Indecent Exposure

Lexington Park Man Arrested for Indecent Exposure

On Saturday, August 26, 2017, Deputy J. Bush of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 46000 block of Chapman Drive in Lexington Park, for the report of an indecent exposure. The victim alleged Rodolfo Palacios Ramirez, 52, of Lexington Park, was banging on the her back door. She answered the door...
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Drunken Virginia Man Arrested for Loaded Shotgun on Passenger Seat of Truck

Drunken Virginia Man Arrested for Loaded Shotgun on Passenger Seat of Truck

On Thursday, July 20, 2017 Deputy Fennessey of the St. Mary’s County Sherriff’s Office responded to downtown Leonardtown for a reported traffic incident with a gun involved. Deputy Fennessey met with the victim who stated he observed a male operating a black pick-up truck, remove a shotgun from the rear of his vehicle and...
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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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