Obituaries

Marie Anne Fincham

Apr 17, 2014

Marie Anne (Marrianne) Fincham, age 58, of Westminster, MD, died Thursday, April 17, 2014, at Dove House of Carroll County Hospice in Westminster, MD.

Marrianne was born and raised in Laurel, MD and attended St. Mary's School through 8th grade before attending Atholton High School, graduating in 1973. Marriainne worked at Gino's and McDonalds after High School...

Robert G. Borst

Apr 16, 2014

Robert Borst, born November 1, 1922, longtime resident of Laurel, MD, passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by family on April 16, 2014. Robert served as a navigator-bombardier in the United States Army Air Corp during WWII. He was shot down over Holland during his 13th mission on August 15, 1944. After saving the life of the nose...

Joan Marie Hall

Apr 16, 2014

Joan Marie Hall, age 85, of Laurel, MD, died Wednesday, April 16, 2014, at Laurel Regional Hospital in Laurel, MD.

Joan was a longtime resident of Maryland City and was employed by the National Security Agency as an Executive Secretary.

Joan was born on January 20, 1929 in South Dakota to the Louis Sowles and...

Ruth Elizabeth Gavigan

Apr 14, 2014

Ruth Elizabeth Gavigan, 99, a lifelong resident of Laurel, passed away on April 14, 2014 at Howard County General Hospital in Columbia. She was born March 26, 1915 to the late William Harris and Ida Rebecca Whitehead. She was born and raised on Eleventh Street in Laurel before moving to the Howard County. She lived for her family, especially...

Michael Robert Grogan

Apr 14, 2014

Michael Robert Grogan, Sr., 65, a resident of Laurel passed away on April 14, 2014 at his home. He was born on May 20, 1948 to the late Archibald Joseph and Laura Mae Grogan in North Carolina. He graduated from High Point High School in Beltsville in 1967. He was once very active in racing Go-Karts and riding his...

Herbert Miles Richards

Apr 12, 2014

On April 12, 2014, Herbert Miles Richards, beloved husband of Mary Smoot Richards; devoted father of Ann Otten and her husband Tex and Virginia Waulters and her husband Scott; loving grandfather of Ryan McFarland, Miles Waulters and Morgan Waulters; dear brother of Sally Nurminen and the late John Miles Richards. also preceded in death by his parents, Ambassador Arthur...

Angela Weber

Apr 6, 2014

Angela Weber, a resident of Laurel for 32 years, passed away on Sunday, April 6, 2014. Mrs. Weber was born in El Salvador on November 22, 1951 to the late Rafael and Martha Vanegas. For 27 years she worked as a translator for the IRS and was a member of St. Nicholas Catholic Church. Mrs. Weber is survived by...

Alice Elizabeth Hitaffer

Apr 5, 2014

Alice Elizabeth Hitaffer, age 97, a lifelong resident of Laurel, MD, died Saturday, April 5, 2014 at her granddaughter's residence in Annapolis, MD.

She was a member of St. Mary Of The Mills Roman Catholic Church in Laurel where she was active with the Ladies of Charity.

Alice worked as a telephone operator for the...

Virginia Mae Wisner

Apr 5, 2014

Virginia Mae Wisner, 67, of Severn, MD passed away on April 5, 2014 at Baltimore Washington Medical Center in Glen Burnie. She was born on November 6, 1946 to the late Hughie Wilber and Mildred Virginia (Souder) Smith in Laurel where she resided for 46 years. She loved flowers, gardening, working in the yard, baking for the holidays, and...

Mary Lee Luber

Apr 5, 2014

Mary Lee Luber, a resident of Ellicott City, passed away on Saturday, April 5, 2014, at the Morningside House of Ellicott City senior living facility at the age of 87. She was born Mary Lee Jenkins on May 9, 1926 in Nethers Mill, Virginia and was the oldest daughter of the late Fannie Fincham. She is survived by her...

Mary Elizabeth Byrd

Apr 3, 2014

Mary Elizabeth Byrd, 66, passed away on April 3, 2014 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. She was born on December 14, 1947 to Dorothy Mae Byrd and the late Elder Earl Christian Byrd. She grew up in Glen Burnie, Maryland and attended Andover High School in Linthicum, Maryland and graduated from Wiley Bates High School in 1965...

Carolyn Hammond Montier

Mar 30, 2014

GOD SENT HER TO HEAL WITH A HEART AS BIG AS TEXAS Carolyn Beatrice Hammond Montier, M.D., was a skilled Obstetrician, Gynecologist and Psychiatrist. She combined her amazing understanding of neurology, endocrinology and the human spirit with her impenetrable faith in "God's Promise", to help an unprecedented number of people of all ages, races, religions, occupations and socioeconomic strata....

Roy Smith Cloud

Mar 28, 2014

Roy S. Cloud Jr., age 83, on March 28, 2014, at Laurel, MD, following hip surgery. Roy is the son of the late Rena and Roy S. Cloud Sr., beloved husband of Elinor M. Cloud, and devoted father of Roy Stephen Cloud. Survived by his sister Mary Lou Oertly and brother William E. Cloud (Madge) and several nieces and...

Charlotte Bennett Sherman

Mar 27, 2014

On March 27, 2014, Charlotte Bennett Sherman passed away at the Washington Hospital Center. She was 73. Charlotte is survived by her three sons, James French, Robert French and Francis French. Also survived by many other relatives and friends. A memorial service will be celebrated at the Donaldson Funeral Home Chapel, 313 Talbott Avenue, Laurel, Md. 20707 on Sunday,...

James Alfred Horne

Mar 27, 2014

On March 27, 2014, James Alfred Horne, beloved husband of the late Anna Marie Horne; loving father of James W. Horne, Sr. and his wife Cheri; dear grandfather of Wes, Billy and Timmy Horne and brother of Jean Simpkins; also survived by many other relatives and friends. The family will receive friends at the Donaldson Funeral Home, P.A., 313...

Kay Small Ward

Mar 27, 2014

On March 27, 2014 Kay Small Ward, beloved wife of the late Ural Thomas "Tom" Ward; devoted mother of Mark Ward and his wife Maggie and David Ward and his wife Kammie; dear grandmother of Alexandra Mae Ward; loving companion of Dannie Dove. Kay was born and raised in Hanover, Pennsylvania, relocating to the Washington, DC area in 1957...

Elizabeth W. Hackley

Mar 27, 2014

Elizabeth (Betty) W. Hackley, age 95 of Laurel, MD, died Thursday, March 27 after a prolonged illness. She was born Sep 3, 1918 in Monessen, PA and resided in the Laurel area since 1959. She was predeceased by her husband, Audley W. Hackley, her parents Frank and Cora Wiseman, brother Elmer Elliott, brothers Anthony, Frank (Bud) and William Wiseman,...

Melvin Dennis Williams

Mar 27, 2014

Melvin was born on June 17, 1955 and passed away on Thursday, March 27, 2014.

Melvin was a resident of Laurel, Maryland.

Memorial Service

Wednesday, April 02 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM

Donaldson Funeral Home Chapel 313 Talbott Avenue Laurel, MD

Betty J. Antilla

Mar 26, 2014

BETTY J. ANTILLA, COLONEL, Ret., passed away Wednesday, March 26, 2014 in Washington, D.C. Betty was born in 1929 at Bismarck, N.D. to Arne and Ina Antilla and grew up in the Lawrence Lake area of Itasca County, MN. A 1947 of Greenway High School and Hall of Fame retired as a Colonel from U.S. Army Nurse Corp after...

Jennina Liberty Duncan

Mar 25, 2014

On March 25, 2014, Jennina Liberty Duncan, former social studies teacher at Northwestern High School and Supervisor Human Services Specialist for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); she is the beloved wife of Paul Duncan, devoted daughter of the Late John C. and Grace Peluzzo Liberty, loving step- mother of Scott Carlson, dear sister of Louise Lynch, John C. Liberty,...