OBITUARIES
Diana Maria Wilkey
Feb 21, 2017
Diana Maria Santina Gishlaine was born in Liege Belgium on May 2nd, 1931 to Karl and Emilia "Mimi" Wibrin. Leige is a city along the Meuse River in Belgium's French-speaking Walloon region. Diana grew up in Belgium during a time of war and hardship. In 1947, Diana married Rafael Mirabal Borges. Diana and Rafael moved to his hometown of Caracas,...
Patricia Ann Zasadil
Feb 19, 2017
Patricia "Pat" Ann Zasadil, 73, passed away at home, February 19, 2017 at 3:33am with her family by her side, in Crofton, MarylandPat, daughter of Maj. Gen. John E. Morrison Jr. (deceased) and Flora May Haupt Morrison (deceased), was born on July 21, 1943 in Baltimore, Maryland. The oldest daughter of an Air Force family, she attended public school in...
Dreama Lee Showler
Feb 19, 2017
Dream Lee Showler died peacefully surrounded by her family on Sunday morning February 19, 2017. Dreama is survived by her loving and devoted Husband of 62 years Bill Showler of Bowie Maryland. She is survived by her children Deborah and John Carter, Brian and Laura Showler and Beth Garvey. Her grandchildren Trisha Austin, Tracie Hatfield, Kent Showler, Tara Muldoon, Chris...
Gordon Sherwood Crandall
Feb 18, 2017
Gordon S. Crandall, age 86, died on February 18, 2017 at Anne Arundel Medical Center. Linda, his wife since 1974, was holding his hand. He is also survived by his brother, William “Bill” Crandall as well as 3 nieces, grand-nieces and grand-nephews. He is preceded in death by his parents mother Ethel M. Crandall; his father Louis E. Crandall and...
Bruce Schoonover
Feb 17, 2017
On Friday, February 17, 2017, Bruce Schoonover, of Bethany Beach, Delaware, died at his daughter’s home surrounded by his family. Bruce is survived by Sharon, his wife of 52 years. He was the devoted father of Kelley and Bruce (and Kim) and the loving grandfather of Brian, Matt, Kristen, and Emily. He was born to Robert and Mae Schoonover in...
Darlene Lynn Whetzel
Feb 13, 2017
On Monday, February 13, 2017, of Crofton, MD. Loving daughter of Helen Whetzel and the late Raymond Lee Whetzel, Sr. Dear sister of Buddy (Jill), Billy (Lin), Debbie (Joe), Donna and Denise Whetzel and Diane Morris. Beloved aunt of Matthew and Devin Morris and Lauren and Colleen Whetzel. Also survived by her best friend James Glaze and a host of...
Richard A. Whitford
Feb 11, 2017
Richard Arnold Whitford, 72, of Baltimore, MD, passed away peacefully on February 11, 2017 at Hospice of the Chesapeake, Pasadena, MD. Richard, a Maryland native, was born in the Baltimore area on January 23, 1945, and spent his professional career in public service. A graduate of Loyola College in Baltimore, he completed graduate studies at Brown University in Providence, R.I.,...
Richard "Dick" F. Williams
Feb 10, 2017
On Friday, February 10, 2017, of Annapolis, MD, formerly of Temple Hills, MD. Beloved husband of the late Mary Williams; loving father of Linda Sheehan (Mike), Rita Bradbury (the late Scott) and Richard D. Williams (Joyce). Also survived by five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. All services private.
William Albert Moses, Ph.D.
Feb 10, 2017
William “Bill” Albert Moses, Ph.D., 71, of Crofton, Maryland, passed away surrounded by his family on Friday, February 10, 2017 at George Washington University Hospital. A lifelong educator, Bill retired after 47 years of teaching and administrating at the university level. He taught at Kent State University, Western Connecticut State University, Case Western Reserve and Gallaudet University. At Gallaudet he...
John Richard Simpson
Feb 10, 2017
John R. Simpson, 16th Director United States Secret Service; First U.S. President of INTERPOL John R. Simpson died peacefully at home on Maryland’s Eastern Shore of Pulmonary Fibrosis on February 10, 2017, with his family at his side. Mr. Simpson was a longtime resident of Bowie and Chestertown, Maryland. Mr. Simpson is survived by his two children; son,...
Patrick Michael Murphy
Feb 9, 2017
Patrick Michael Murphy, age 78, passed away on February 9, 2017 at Crofton Care and Rehab with family by his side. Patrick is survived by his three children and eleven grandchildren; daughter Laurel Gordon of Crofton, her husband Phil, their children Amy, her fiance Matt, P.J., his wife Maggie, Andrew, Jack; Patrick’s son Edward Murphy of Sun Prairie, WI, his...
Vail Clemence
Feb 8, 2017
Gerald “Vail” Clemence died peacefully at home on Wednesday morning February 8, 2017 at 1:48am in Bowie, Maryland surrounded by his 6 children, a granddaughter and his loving wife of 66 years, Barbara.Vail was born to Gerald Maurice and Edith (Vail) Clemence on June 30, 1931 in Brockway, New Brunswick, Canada and held joint citizenship in the United States and...
Helen Rogan Heil
Feb 8, 2017
Helen Dorothy Rogan Heil, 95, of Crofton MD passed away on February 8, 2017 after a brief illness.A Venice IL native, she was born November 14, 1921, the daughter of John Emmett Rogan and Katherine Adeline (Luepke) Rogan. She graduated from Venice High School in 1939 and the St. Mary’s Hospital School of Nursing (East St. Louis, IL) in 1943....
Harriet R. Thomas
Feb 7, 2017
Harriet Reifenrath Thomas, 85, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 7th, 2017 after a struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. Harriet was born December 9, 1931 in Crofton, Nebraska to John H. Reifenrath and Bertha Gerlach Reifenrath. Harriet graduated from St. Bonaventure High School in Columbus, Nebraska on May 29th, 1949 and went on to attend St. Elizabeth School of Nursing in...
Arthur Fillmore Burriss
Feb 6, 2017
Arthur Fillmore Burriss Sr. was born on May 21,1933 one of 4 children born to Thomas Harvey Burriss Sr. and Audith Corey Momyer-Burriss. Fill, as everyone knew him, departed quietly in his sleep on February 6, 2017 and is proceeded by his parents, his step-mother Helen Josephine Momyer-Burriss who raised him most of his life, his brother, Thomas Harvey Burriss...
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