OBITUARIES

Ruth Noecker

Ruth Noecker

Jan 3, 2013

Ruth E. Noecker was born February 7, 1920 in Dubois, PA. She grew up in the heart of the depression, and while her father worked for the railroad, life at home was never dull with four brothers and four sisters. In high school Ruth met William S. Noecker. After a courtship that involved him sneaking peanut butter and marshmallow crackers...

Nannie R. Goodloe

Nannie R. Goodloe

Jan 2, 2013

Nannie R. Goodloe of Bowie, MD, passed away at home on Wednesday, January, 2, 2013. Wife of the late Robert D. Goodloe; mother of Harriet L. Ford (deceased) and Charlotte G. Byrom. Also survived by granddaughters Stephanie E. Embrey and Courtney M. Capece; and great-grandsons Michael A. Williams, II and Mason D. Capece; and other extended family. Viewing at 10:00...

Rev. James S. Betz

Rev. James S. Betz

Jan 2, 2013

Rev. James S. Betz Born December 30, 1938, died January 2, 2013 after a brief illness. Father Betz was a DC native, a graduate of Archbishop Carroll High School, and served in the S.S. Navy aboard aircraft carrier U.S. Intrepid. Father Betz entered the priesthood after a career in the construction industry, mostly with the Vobe Construction Co. Father Betz...

Robert Gochnour

Robert Gochnour

Dec 31, 2012

Robert G. Gochnour, 42, of Edgewater, MD died at home December 31, 2012. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Lucy and Clay Alderman; Uncle Paul Carey and Larry Vollmer step father. Survived by his wife, Wendy Gochnour; daughter, Fallon, mother, Stella Vollmer; and brother, Bill Gochnour (Katie and nieces Tiffany and Heather). The family will receive friends at...

Patricia A. Puleo

Patricia A. Puleo

Dec 29, 2012

Puleo, Patricia Ann, of Bowie, MD, age 60, died courageously at home on December 29, 2012 with her family by her side after battling cancer for over 15 years. Daughter of the late John and Claire Ponoski of Landover Hills, MD, born on August 7, 1952 in Washington, D.C. Faithful wife of 35 years to Richard Puleo, loving mother to...

Margaret King Petruzzo

Margaret King Petruzzo

Dec 29, 2012

Margaret King Petruzzo, 69, of Bowie, MD, cherished wife, mother, and grandmother went to her eternal life on December 29, 2012. Margaret was born and raised in Roanoke, VA. After graduating from nursing school at the University of Virginia, Margaret was an officer in the U.S. Navy at the Naval Hospital in Charleston, SC, and later as a nurse at...

Joseph Conte

Joseph Conte

Dec 29, 2012

Joe(Guiseppe)was born in Canebrake West Virginia in 1916. The son of Italian immigrant parents Donato and Filomena, he and his sisters Armida and Rosina, and brother Luigi lived in the small town of War, West Virginia. When he was about 8 years old the family returned to their homeland, San Sebastiano, Italy. There he began to work as a carpenters...

Pedro Antonio Tejada Doradea

Pedro Antonio Tejada Doradea

Dec 28, 2012

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John David Wade, Sr.

John David Wade, Sr.

Dec 28, 2012

John David Wade was born on September 3, 1935 in Alliance, Ohio to David Giarth Wade and his wife Alice Catherine. He had two, much older, brothers, Richard (Dick) and James (Jimmy) who doted on their new baby brother. The family relocated to Washington D.C. when John was very young. The house in which he grew up and the surrounding...

William Roy Prentice

William Roy Prentice

Dec 27, 2012

Roy was born on April 16, 1935, in Sandusky, Ohio. His parents were Lois and Willis Prentice, both in their teens at the time. They lived with his maternal grandparents affectionately known as Om and Op. Roy was their first born. In the years to come he was joined by a sister, Nancy, and brothers John and David. Roy graduated...

Joseph John Krivak

Joseph John Krivak

Dec 25, 2012

Joseph John Krivak - beloved husband, father, teacher and coach - passed away peacefully on December 25, 2012, surrounded by family at his home in Bowie, MD. Joe, the son of previously deceased John and Helen Krivak, was 77 years old. Originally from Central City, PA, Joe was born on March 20, 1935, and became an outstanding 3 sport athlete...

Kenneth G. Gustavson

Kenneth G. Gustavson

Dec 24, 2012

Ken was born in Brooklyn, New York on October 30, 1931. His parents had each emigrated from Sweden when they were teenagers, but did not meet and marry until many years later. He was raised in Brooklyn, and later in Long Island, NY, where he graduated from high school. When he was young, he and his parents, George and Edith...

Mary Jo Katalinch

Mary Jo Katalinch

Dec 23, 2012

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Iris M. Love

Iris M. Love

Dec 22, 2012

Love, Iris Marrero Iris departed this life and passed into God's care on December 22, 2012. She was born October 27, 1933 in San Juan, Puerto Rico - the daughter of Sofio Marrero and Lucia Marrero Cortez. Iris married Joseph M. Love on April 18, 1954 in the Presbyterian Church of Aquadilla, Puerto Rico, as he was then in the...

Paul F. Cahill

Paul F. Cahill

Dec 21, 2012

After a long battle with cancer, on Friday, December 21, 2012, Paul Francis Cahill, Sr. of Upper Marlboro, MD, peacefully passed away at Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital Center in Clinton, MD. He was born on December 26, 1921, to Paul Cahill and Florence Behm, both of whom preceded him in death. He had 2 sisters, Catherine Donnelley, Halifax, MA and...

Carl L. Walch

Carl L. Walch

Dec 17, 2012

Carl L. Walch, 79, of Bowie, died December 17 from complications of pneumonia. Born on February 12, 1933, in Gambrills, Mr. Walch graduated from Arundel High School. He began working as a machinist at the Navy Yard in Washington, DC but that was interrupted by the Korean War. He served in the United States Marine Corp assigned to Clarksville Base...

Judith Bell-Hall

Judith Bell-Hall

Dec 17, 2012

Judy was born November 8, 1959. Daughter of Wallace and Ruth Ann Bell, Sister of Jody Davis; Wallace Lee Bell II (Boomer) and James Allen (Allen) Bell. Loving Aunt of Deanna and Emily Davis; Mitchell and Ruby Bell. Graduated from Arundel High School in 1977. Judy resided in Hyattsville MD, Gambrills MD, Crofton MD, Churchton MD and Barclay MD. ~...

Barbara E. Tayman

Barbara E. Tayman

Dec 17, 2012

On Monday, December 17, 2012, of Upper Marlboro, MD. Beloved mother of Marty Tayman and his wife Juanita, and Bobbi duCellier and her husband Jerry; loving grandmother of Rachel, Amanda, and Kelley; sister of Dixie, Carol, and the late Lewis. A Memorial Service will be held at First Lutheran Church, 6300 Southern Maryland Blvd., Huntingtown, MD 20639. If desired, contributions...

George R. Perreault

George R. Perreault

Dec 17, 2012

My father was born humbly and lived simply. He accepted God's will without question or complaint. He gave everything that he had and that he was to his family. He taught his son's what it means to be a man through his words and through the way he lived his life. He loved his God, his country, and his family...

Adam H. Johnson, Jr.

Adam H. Johnson, Jr.

Dec 16, 2012

Johnson, Jr., Adam H., of Crofton, MD, died on Sunday, December 16, 2012 at Howard County General Hospital. He was born in 1935 in Malone, TX. He served in the U.S. Air Force. Beloved husband of the late Frieda Johnson; father of Peter J. Johnson of Crofton, MD and Stephen M. Johnson of Mt. Airy, MD; and survived by 2...