OBITUARIES

Nov 12, 2018

On Monday, November 12, 2018, of Crofton, MD. Beloved wife of Lloyd Hathaway, who predeceased her in 2015, loving mother to Stephen Hathaway and Jeffrey Hathaway (Paula); sister of Marian Ekers and Elvira Lake (both predeceased her), grandmother of Meghan, Michael and Joanna. The family would like to extend their thanks and appreciation to the health care providers that cared...

Nov 11, 2018

Barbara was born to Arthur and Rose Williams on November 23, 1929 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

She loved holding conversations with people, music (Ella Fitzgerald was her favorite artist), singing, dancing, cooking, eating (the original Foodie), and discussing the Bible.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Arthur Sr. and Rose, her siblings: Elizabeth (Hector) Johnson, Vera Williams,...

Nov 10, 2018

On Saturday, November 10, 2018, Damon P. Nelson passed away at the age of 46. Damon was born in Long Beach, California and grew up in Tulare. Damon graduated from Tulare Union High School, Tulare, CA and attended the College of the Sequoias, San Joaquin Valley, CA before enlisting in the US Air Force.

In the Air Force he served...

Nov 10, 2018

Charles T. Cusack "Tom" of Odenton, MD, passed away on Saturday November 10, 2018. Loving father of Thomas Cusack. Dear brother of Jack Cusack, Dale Facchina, David Cusack, Timothy Cusack and Robert Cusack.  Also survived by thirteen nieces and nephews. Tom was predeceased in death by his parents Ann and John Cusack. 

Tom was a retired member of the IBEW...

Nov 10, 2018

Walter Robert Fatzinger, Jr., resident of Bradenton, FL and longtime resident of Davidsonville, MD passed away on Saturday, November 10, 2018. Beloved husband of Helen Consolvo Fatzinger. He is survived by his sister, Judith Ann Fatzinger, his three children: Walter R. Fatzinger, III, Christine Fatzinger Long and Eric A. Fatzinger. He is also survived by 17 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.Walter...

Nov 9, 2018

Gary Leon Cook, 63, of Bowie, MD passed away suddenly from an undiagnosed heart condition on Friday, November 9, 2018.

He was born January 29, 1955 in Hagerstown, MD to the late Edith and Howell Cook, Sr. He is survived by his wife of 28 years, Catherine Cook, and two children, Maya and Jabari Cook. He was also one of...

Nov 9, 2018

Eileen Sutherland (Lyn) McKenna, long time resident of Bowie, MD, died peacefully on November 9, 2018 at her Riderwood Village apartment, age 95. Eileen moved to Riderwood in 2013 with her husband, John E. (Jack) McKenna, who passed away in 2015. Born in Brooklyn, NY, Eileen was a graduate of Bishop McDonnell HS and St Joseph’s College for Women. Her...

Nov 9, 2018

           Marcy Woolridge Rindone, age 56, of Crofton Maryland, left us on November 9, 2018 after a six and a half year battle with metastatic breast cancer. Marcy fought this painful disease bravely and with a smile until her passing at Hospice of the Chesapeake in Pasadena Maryland. Marcy never let the progression of the disease stop her from being...

Nov 8, 2018

No Services

Nov 6, 2018

Eileen Purcell, 73, of Crofton, MD, passed away on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.

Eileen was born in Shamokin, PA to Miriam and Nicholas Yarema on April 9, 1945.  She moved to the Washington area in 1964 and settled in Maryland in 1969 where she started her career working as a Secretary for the Pentagon and then moving over to the Comptroller...

Nov 4, 2018

All services are private

Nov 4, 2018

Born in Abington, PA, Kathleen (Kay) was the eldest of the late Francis Gillespie and Catherine McMaster Gillespie.  She is preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Uko, and siblings Michael (Carol) Gillespie and Francis (Jean) Gillespie.  She is survived by her son Thomas (Mary Ann), granddaughter Kathleen (Daniel), twin sisters Mary (Ed) Cormier and Evangeline Gillespie, brother...

Nov 1, 2018

All services are pending

Nov 1, 2018

Karin M. McCabe of Bowie, MD, after a one-year battle with esophageal cancer, passed away peacefully in her Bowie home on Thursday, November 1, 2018. She was 78 years old and was a native of Oregrund, Sweden where she was born to Alexius and Elly Pettersson on March 9, 1940. Her life can be summarized as being kind and good,...

Oct 29, 2018

Julia Olga McElhaney Jackson was the third child born through the union of the late John Wesley McElhaney and the late Nancy Alberta Coffee McElhaney, in Eastman, Georgia on December 3, 1934.

After graduating from Monitor Senior High School in 1952, Julia worked for a short time on the family farm. That summer, she learned that farm work was rough...

Oct 29, 2018

On October 29, 2018, Esther Borges Alford ended her battle with Lewy-Body Dementia after several long years. She was born on September 29, 1949 in Puerto Rico to parents Margarita Rodriguez-Borges and Marcial Borges-Ocasio.

Esther moved to New York at 2 years old and spent her formative years in Brooklyn. She has two sisters Isabel Gomez and Eda Trinidad and...

Oct 28, 2018

Judith Misek Schneider, age 73, of Crofton, MD, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, October 28, 2018.  She was born in Berwyn, IL, to William and Marian Misek.  Judy is survived by her husband, Kenneth Schneider and daughter, Donna Schneider.  Her brother, David Misek, predeceased her.  She enjoyed teaching, being a flight attendant for Pan American Airways, reading, and volunteering at...

Oct 28, 2018

Raymond “Ray” Luther Rhine, age 91, of Silver Spring, MD, passed away peacefully on Sunday morning, October 28, 2018 at Riderwood Village. Born February 10, 1927 in Baltimore MD, he was the son of the late Luther and Hattie Rhine.

Ray was a respected lawyer for the Federal Trade Commission for 30 years. After his retirement, he served as a...

Oct 28, 2018

Patricia Anne Straub , age 78, of Fort Washington, Maryland, passed away on Sunday, October 28, 2018. She was married for 50 years to Thomas Edward Straub, Sr. who predeceased her in 2013. Patricia is survived by her children: son Thomas Edward Straub, Jr., daughter Sheryl Anne West and husband Stephen, daughter Sharon Anne Leinemann and husband Mark, and grandchildren Aeron West and Alexis, Theodor...

Oct 28, 2018