Obituaries
Local obituaries for Laurel and surrounding areas.
Karl D. Brendle
Dec 24, 2014
Mr. Karl Brendle, age 60, passed away on December 24, 2014 at the Laurel Regional Hospital in Laurel, MD. He was a native of the Palmyra/Hershey area in Pennsylvania.
Karl is survived by his sister, Joyce Brendle, wife of Dahl Krow, also from the Palmyra/Hershey area in Pennsylvania.
Karl earned his...
Ralph Stroud, Jr.
Dec 24, 2014
Ralph J “Jay” Stroud, Jr.
April 19, 1943 – December 24, 2014
Ralph “Jay” Stroud, age 71, passed away on December 24, 2014. He was born in Arizona and moved to College Park, MD as a young boy and grew up there. He graduated from High Point High School and then attended the Milwaukee School...
Otto William Thiele
Dec 15, 2014
Mr. Otto William Thiele passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Monday, December 15, 2014 in Laurel, Maryland at the age 87. Otto was born on July 5, 1927 in Austin Texas to Dena and Otto F. Thiele.
Otto is survived by his beloved wife of 56 years, Elizabeth (Betty) Thiele, sister Dorothy Thiele, four...
Willene Diana Keenum
Dec 12, 2014
Willene Diana Keenum passed away on December 12, 2014 at the Dove House Hospice in Westminster,
MD. She was born in Warm Springs, Arkansas on March 18, 1916. Her parents were Rufus Stubblefield and Kate (Conn) Stubblefield. Willene was married to U.S. Army Lt. Col. John Carroll Keenum (Ret.) (deceased). Willene attended Arkansas College. She became a...
David Irwin Brand
Nov 29, 2014
David Irwin Brand, 72, a resident of Laurel passed away on November 29, 2014 at Patuxent River Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was born on August 19, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from Erasmus Hall High School in New York in 1960, then earned his Ph.D from Brooklyn College, The City University of New York. David retired...
George William Peterson
Nov 28, 2014
George William Peterson, 72, passed away on November 28, 2014 at his residence in Laurel. He was born on September 15, 1942 in Washington, D.C. to the late George W. and Grace Peterson. He served in the U.S. Army and in Vietnam. He retired from NSWC in 2002 and later returned to work as a contractor. He enjoyed working...
Robert Lee Shillingburg
Nov 28, 2014
Robert Lee Shillingburg, age 68, passed away on Friday, November 28, 2014 at Patuxent River Health and Rehabilitation Center in Laurel, MD. Robert was born on May 16, 1946 to the late James Henry Shillingburg and Dorothy Mae (nee Busick) Shillingburg Kerr. Robert was raised in Savage, MD and attended Savage Elementary School, Waterloo Junior High School and graduated...
Joseph S. Casula
Nov 28, 2014
Retired County Circuit Court Judge Joseph S. Casula, described by colleagues as a brilliant and well-respected judge in Prince George's County, died Friday November 28,2014 from complications of diabetes. He was 80. Judge Casula presided over many cases, some controversial, including the 1988 case of Jane Bolding, an ICU nurse charged with the murders of three patients at Prince...
Myroslav Hnatyshyn
Nov 27, 2014
Myroslav Hnatyshyn, 92, of Laurel, Maryland passed peacefully into Eternal life with his loving family beside him on November 27, 2014. Visitation will be on Thursday, December 4 at 4 p.m. to be followed by a Parastas at 5 p.m. at Donaldson Funeral Home, 313 Talbott Avenue, Laurel, Maryland. The Pohoron (funeral) will be at 11 a.m. on Friday,...
Hsin-Yu Chia
Nov 24, 2014
Hsin-Yu was born on November 8, 1921 and passed away on Monday, November 24, 2014.
Hsin-Yu was a resident of Silver Spring, Maryland.
William H. "Butch" Maxwell Maxwell
Nov 23, 2014
William H. "Butch" Maxwell, III passed away at the Howard County General Hospital on Sunday, November 23, 2014. He was born in Washington, D.C., on December 8, 1942, to the late William H. and Amelia Maxwell, II. Mr. Maxwell worked as a commercial property engineer and also served in the United States Air Force. Butch is survived by his...
John Kenneth Peck
Nov 21, 2014
John Kenneth Peck, age 85, of Laurel, MD, died Friday, November 21, 2014, at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital in Rockville, Maryland
Mr. Peck was born on June 15, 1929 in Parkersburg, West Virginia to the late Amos Peck and the late Okley Marie (nee Bonnett) Peck.
He is survived by his wife of 60 years,...
Shirley L Jones
Nov 19, 2014
After a long illness Shirley passed peacefully on Nov. 19, 2014 at home in Columbia, Maryland. She was born in Hartford, Connecticut on July 8, 1923 to the late Clarence and Anna Hillman. Shirley retired after 20 years of service from Macy's, formerly the Hecht Co. She was a long time parishioner of St. Mary of the Mill's Catholic...
Donald Paul Cole
Nov 17, 2014
Donald P. Cole, 53, of Laurel, MD, passed away November 17, 2014 at John Hopkins Hospital. He was born April 30, 1961 in Greensburg, PA. The son of Donald and Magdalene (Honeychuck) Cole of Scottdale, PA. He received a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from The University of Pittsburgh (1983) and received his Masters in Technical Management from Johns Hopkins...
Doris M. Ritter
Nov 15, 2014
Doris Marian (nee Scaggs) Ritter, age 84, of the Scaggsville area of Laurel, MD, died Saturday, November 15, 2014, at Gilchrist Hospice Care - Howard County in Columbia, MD.
Doris was born on October 21, 1930 to the late Melvin Scaggs and the late Myrtle (nee Connell) Scaggs. She spent her entire life in the Scaggsville area....
Susan Lynn Buckholdt
Nov 10, 2014
Lynn Buckholdt, 58, of laurel, Maryland passed away unexpectedly in her home on the morning of Monday November 10th, 2014. Lynn was born November 6, 1956 at Garfield Hospital location in Washington, D.C., a daughter of the late Nancy J. Capps and Robert "Bob" Bainer. She was preceded in death by them along with her step father William "Bill"...
Robert M. Parish
Nov 8, 2014
Robert M. Parish, beloved father and grandfather, passed away on November 8, 2014. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on September 24, 1928, to the late James and Katherine Parish. Bob graduated from The English High School, America's oldest high school, in Boston in 1946 and then earned a Bachelor of Science degree, in history and government, from Boston...
Esmat Anvari
Nov 7, 2014
Mrs. Esmet Anvari passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family on Friday, Nov. 7, 2014. She was preceded in death by her husband Mohammad Hussien Anvari in 2012. She is survived by her sons Mohammad Reza, Masoud, and Mansoor, her grandchildren, and many other relatives and friends who will miss her very much.
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