OBITUARIES

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

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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

Oct 27, 2018

Fred Wesley Hoffman, born February 4, 1949, passed away surrounded by his family on October 27, 2018. 

He was born in Cumberland, MD to Wilfred and Ruth Hoffman, the eldest of four. He graduated from James Madison High School in 1967. He worked as a truck driver for 43 years before retiring.

Fred enjoyed watching old westerns and he loved...

Oct 25, 2018

Charles R. Garner "Buck"

February 20, 1931 - October 25, 2018 

It is with great sadness that the family of Charles R. Garner "Buck" announces his passing after a brief illness. Buck passed away at home surrounded by loved ones on October 25th 2018, at the age of 87. Buck will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 64...

Oct 25, 2018

Alice Eileen Wolford(McGuire) born May 30th 1946 of Bowie, MD passed away surrounded by family on October 25, 2018. Alice is the daughter of the late Mary Jane and Thomas McGuire; Sister of the late Ann, Thomas, and Mike Mcguire. She is survived by sisters Chris Carpenter, Sally Rosenberger, and Mary Jane Daniels. Loving mother of Jennifer Turner and Pamela...

Oct 25, 2018

Barbara McKeown, age 88, of Timonium, MD, passed away peacefully on Thursday October 25, 2018.  She was born in Richmond, VA. Beloved wife of Bill McKeown. Loving mother of Barbara Feeser and her fiancé Charles “Trip” Cahn. Dear sister of Bland Shaughnessy and his wife Janice and the late Bill and Edwin Shaughnessy. Also, survived by a host of loving...

Oct 24, 2018

Michael Eric Sears born on May 16, 1954 passed away at age 64 on Wednesday, October 24, 2018, in Capital Heights, MD.   Beloved father of Marcus Sears and grandfather of Chloe Jackson. Survived by Troy Sears, Barbara Sears, Jacquie Coles Robbi Gregg, one stepbrother, two stepsisters, two nephews and one niece.  Family will receive friends at Faith Assembly of Christ,...

Oct 24, 2018

Eugene George Leclerc passed away on October 24, 2018 in the University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center in Glen Burnie, Maryland. He is survived by his beloved wife and best friend of thirty years, Brenda Eldridge Leclerc and his loving grandson, Andrew, who both shared his deep love of sports and life. He is also survived by his daughters Janeen and Danielle;...