OBITUARIES

Feb 19, 2022

George Gazarek, 78, of Accokeek, Maryland, passed away on Saturday morning, February 19, 2022.  He was under the care of Hospice of the Chesapeake and his passing was peaceful.

George was born in Chicago, Illinois and moved to Phoenix, Arizona where he met the love of his life, Rose Gazarek.  Married for 44 years, they raised a loving son, Jonathan...

Feb 19, 2022

Kathryn Marie Ferrell Crosby of Gambrills, MD entered eternal rest February 20, 2022. She is preceded in death by her parents, Frederick, and Erma Ferrell. She is survived by her husband Donald F. Crosby, one sister Carolyn Sweeney (John), two daughters Tracy Ferrell Slattery (Jim), Maria Smallenbroek (Robert), two sons Chris Crosby (Betsy) and Michael Crosby (Lisa), one nephew John...

Feb 17, 2022

Please click here to view the live stream of the funeral service. The live stream of the funeral service for Mr. James Carroll White will begin at 11:00am on Wednesday, March 2nd.

James Carroll White, born December 27, 1934 in Brandy Station of Culpeper, Virginia to the late Leo White and Mary Frances Mack.  At a very young age, James...

Feb 17, 2022

Johanna M. Palmer passed away on the morning of February 17th, 2022. She was born on November 11th, 1934 in East Durham, New York to Daniel J. and Elizabeth H. Ahern. She grew up in the Catskill Mountains then moved to Washington D.C. where she attended St. Cecilias Catholic School. She married John Tartaglino, had five children and moved to...

Feb 17, 2022

Alfred A. Rocca

October 22, 1935 – February 17, 2022

On Thursday, February 17, 2022, Alfred Rocca – beloved father, grandfather, brother, uncle and Brother Knight, passed away peacefully at his home in Bowie, Maryland.  Fondly known to his family and friends as Al, Big Al, Friendly Al and Rock, he passed away in the home he loved where he...

Feb 15, 2022

Please click here to view the live stream of the funeral service. The live stream of the funeral service for Mr. David V. Crisp, Jr. will begin at 12:00pm on Sunday February 27th.

David Vernice Crisp, Jr., (49) of Glenarden Maryland passed away on February 15, 2022 from natural causes. He was born on June 23, 1972, to the late...

Feb 15, 2022

Please click here to view the live stream of the funeral service. The live stream of the funeral service for Mrs. Audrey Mae Murray will begin at 10:00am on Thursday, March 3rd.

 

Audrey Mae Cargill Murray was a caring mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend.  She left this world after a long two-year battle with kidney disease and cancer on...

Feb 15, 2022

Please click here to view the live stream of the funeral service. The live stream of the funeral service for Mrs. Pamela Phillips will begin at 11:00am on Saturday, February 26th.

 

      Pamela M. Phillips, “Cindy” entered the gates of Heaven, February 15th 2022 from COVID19 complications. She was surrounded by her husband and children. She was...

Feb 13, 2022

Shirley Jeffery Howard

Shirley Jeffery Howard, age 93, passed in peace on Sunday, February 13, 2022, at home in Bowie, MD.  Born in Washington, D.C. on February 18, 1928, the daughter of James Hyatt Jeffery and Gladys Norwood Jeffery, formerly of Brookland NE and Chillum, MD.

Shirley was a graduate of McKinley High School in NE Washington in 1945 when life was...

Feb 13, 2022

Tyler Alan Carter, 28, of College Park, Maryland passed away suddenly on February 13, 2022.  Tyler was born on October 11, 1993 in Laurel, MD.

Tyler was a loving son, brother, uncle, nephew, cousin & friend.   He lit up a room with his goofy laugh, confidence & sense of humor. He was the true meaning of the “Life of the...

Feb 12, 2022

Feb 11, 2022

Please click here to view the live stream of the funeral service. The live stream of the funeral service for Mr. Steven DeBoard will begin at 12:00pm on Monday, March 21st.

Steven Darrell DeBoard, age 74, of Westminster, passed away peacefully in the early hours of February 11, after a long battle against breast cancer. 

Steven was born on...

Feb 10, 2022

Melvin Maurice Marable, beloved husband, father, and grandfather departed this life on Thursday, February 10 at his home in Lanham, Maryland. He was 73 years old.

 

A lifelong learner and devoted family man, Melvin was born on October 5, 1948, in Washington, DC to the late Gus and Lessie Marable. He grew up in Trinidad, a working-class neighborhood in...

Feb 10, 2022

Nancy was born in Williamsville, New York. She graduated from Smith College in 1951 with a BA in Sociology and then completed her Master’s from Syracuse University, with additional post-graduate work completed at the University of Maryland.

She married in 1952 to John Warner Wilson Sr. (deceased). They lived in Syracuse, New York for 14 years before moving for a...

Feb 10, 2022

Robert Temple Faass, Sr., KHS, PE, beloved husband, brother, father, grandfather and great grandfather departed this life on February 10th 2022, at the age of 95.  He was born on August 6, 1926, to the late Anne and Raymond Faass.  He graduated from Washington and Lee High School, Arlington, VA in 1944, and later Princeton University in 1948, receiving his...

Feb 10, 2022

On the evening of Thursday February 10th, 2022 Thomas Kaub, 84, of Bowie, MD passed away peacefully with his loving family by his side.

Tom was born in Scranton, PA where he met the love of his life, Beverly Kaub.  Married for sixty years they raised two loving sons, Thomas Jr. and Michael, and have five grandchildren, Katlin, Kacey, Hailey,...

Feb 10, 2022

Anthi was born February 10, 1925 in Athens, Greece. She moved to the United States via ship to Ellis Island in 1955 with her husband George and their children Helen (Trantas) Karamalakos and Anthony George Trantas. After briefly living with her brother in Aberdeen, Anthi, a seamstress, and her husband George, a tailor, started their dry-cleaning business in Baltimore city...

Feb 8, 2022

Woodrow (Woody) Snelson Jr., of Crofton, Maryland passed away on February 8, 2022 at the age of 83.  Woody was born to the late Katherine Cover Snelson and Woodrow Snelson Sr. on October 24, 1938 in Elkins, West Virginia.  He graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1960 with a Bachelors of Science in Mathematics and began working for the Department of...

Feb 8, 2022

Please click here to view the live stream of the funeral service. The live stream of the funeral service for Mr. Hercules Pitts will begin at 11:00am on Friday, March 4th.

 

Please click here to view the program for the funeral service of Mr. Hercules Pitts.

It is with deep sorrow and much love that we mourn the passing...

Feb 8, 2022