OBITUARIES

Mar 14, 2023

Leonard Alfred Tabor was born on February 26, 1932, in Wilkesboro, North Carolina and departed this life on March 14, 2023 in Odenton, Maryland at the age of 91. Born to Sadie Juanita Blackburn and Leonard Aaron Tabor, he spent his youth between Wilkesboro, NC and Philadelphia, PA. with many summers with the Tabor family in Mocksville, NC. He graduated...

Mar 14, 2023

Naomi Ruth Finch, loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, went home to be with her dear Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on March 14, 2023 in Bowie, Maryland.  Naomi Ruth Linn was born on February 27, 1942, to James and Alta Linn in Lodi, California. Over the course of 81 years, she lived a very full life that had...

Mar 13, 2023

Mar 12, 2023

Mar 12, 2023

All services are private.

Mar 12, 2023

Charles Lilley was born on December 15, 1936, in Washington DC to the late Charles E. and Irene M. (Taylor) Lilley.  Mr. Lilley grew up in the Maryland suburbs of Washington DC.  He worked as an Electrical contractor for 50+ years and managed Lilley Electric Company with his brothers Norman & Roland.  His health started to fail slowly in...

Mar 6, 2023

Gwendolyn M. King passed away in Washington, D.C. on March 6, 2023. She was born in Washington, D.C. on January 11, 1955 to Jane Johnson and James Johnson. She attended Spingarn High School and graduated in 1973.  She received a B.A. in Elementary and Special Education at The Catholic University of America in 1977 and pursued post graduate studies in...

Mar 6, 2023

Steve Lynn Swann was born on February 28, 1956 to Alma Saul Swann Apolonio and Roy Swann.  He passed away March 6, 2023 after a hard fought battle against cancer.  He is survived by his brother Bill Swann, sister Anne Snell, brother Frederick Apolonio, niece Brittany Snell and nephews Saul Snell and Travis Swann.  He is also survived by his...

Mar 6, 2023

Carmela Murli was born on April 28, 1935, in Fiumedinisi (Messina), Sicily. She passed away on March 6, 2023.

 

Carmela emigrated from Italy to the United States with her family on February 14, 1973, and made her home in Lanham, Maryland since then.

 

She enjoyed sewing, gardening and most of all cooking for her family and friends....

Mar 6, 2023

Mar 6, 2023

Waltraud “Betty” Garland, a Bowie resident since 1979, died Monday, March 6, 2023 at home surrounded by her family. She was born on May 7, 1945 in Seeheim, Germany. Betty married in 1962 and traveled to the US and to deployments including Panama and Germany with her husband. After raising her daughters she worked for many years at Bradlees, Burlington...

Mar 5, 2023

Mar 5, 2023

Please click here to view the Live Stream of the services of Mr. Walter Walls, Jr. Streaming will begin on Saturday, March 18, 2023 at 3:00pm.

With great sorrow, we announce the passing of Walter W. Walls Jr. who entered into eternal life on March 5, 2023. He was a native New Yorker, but spent his formative years in Pottsville,...

Mar 5, 2023

Our beautiful and loving angel gained her wings on March 5, 2023.  Betty Barron was born in Alliance, Ohio, to Isaac Barron II and Clara Barron on September 14, 1944.  Betty was the second of seven children she had four sisters and two brothers.  Two of her sisters (Florence Tabb and Areta Clemons) and both of her parents preceded her...

Mar 5, 2023

Myrtle Mae (Haven) Weber (88) passed away on March 5, 2023 after enduring a lengthy illness with Diabetes, Parkinson’s disease along with Dementia. Myrtle was born September 24, 1934, to Andrew Havens and Agnes (Trail) Havens in Marion, VA.  Her friends, family, and grandchildren knew her as Mae, Mom, Grandmother, Nani, and Maw Maw.

 

Myrtle moved to Maryland with...

Mar 4, 2023

          Kathleen Anne Lyons was born on December 11, 1942, to Edwin and Anne Kolb in Chestnut Hill, PA. She died peacefully on March 4, 2023, surrounded by her children. Kathleen attended Cabrini College in 1960 and married John Peter Lyons in 1962.

          Kathleen has always been a natural caretaker. She...

Mar 4, 2023

Mary Lowry of Lanham, MD died peacefully on Saturday 3/4/23. She was the beloved wife of the late StanleyTucker, Sr. and Stafford D. Lowry, (Cookie.) Mother of Theresa Woodrum, Stanley Tucker, Debbie Tucker, Bridget Lowry and Angela McKeaver, son and laws William Woodrum and Gerald McKeaver. Sister of Catherine Fox and the late Christopher Whelehan, Jr. Also survived by 10...

Mar 3, 2023

Mar 3, 2023

We are saddened at the death of Mallory Zolyan Schmitt, loving wife of Rev. Charles (Charlie) Schmitt, daughter of Myrna and Barrie Zolyan (deceased). Mallory was recently diagnosed with stage four lung cancer and succumbed rapidly. She died March 3, 2023 at age 67.

 

Mallory grew up in Philadelphia and later moved to Cherry Hill, N.J. She earned a...

Mar 3, 2023

Marietta Mae “Mary” McElligott (née Graves), age 86, of Bowie, Maryland, passed away peacefully at home with her beloved husband by her side on Friday, March 3, 2023.   Mary was born on May 24, 1936, in Tinsley, Kentucky, to Mary LouVada “Vada” (DeBord) Graves and Lloyd Stanley Graves Sr. She was the eighth of nine children.   When she...