Obituaries

Faye Elizabeth Turner

Jan 7, 2014

Faye Elizabeth (Bailey) Turner, 76, beloved wife of the late Charles Edward Turner Sr. and a Laurel Maryland resident of 44 years, slipped the bonds of this earth to be with the Lord on January 7, 2014. She was born January 9, 1937 in Little Rock, Arkansas to the late Marion Betton (Bailey) Booker also a Laurel resident who...

Carol A. Meehan

Jan 7, 2014

Carol A. Meehan, a lifelong Laurel resident passed away on January 7, 2014 at Doctor's Hospital. She was born in Laurel on April 7, 1935 to the late Russell Wassowski and Anna Rose Fairall. Mrs. Meehan was a homemaker and a loving mother to her children Cheryl Simmons, Cynthia Ammon, Rick Meehan, Russell Meehan, Robert Meehan and Stephen Meehan....

Joel Xavier Celestine

Jan 6, 2014

Joel Xavier Celestine, 18, of Laurel, MD passed away on January 6, 2014. He was born on February 20, 1995 in Brooklyn, NY to Kurt Joel and Monica Celestine. He was a recent graduate of Reservoir High School and was attending Howard Community College. He attended the Tabernacle Church in Laurel. Joel enjoyed making people laugh, he was extremely...

Gregory Lee Bergren

Jan 5, 2014

Gregory Lee Bergren, 67, passed away on January 5, 2014 at Howard County General Hospital in Columbia. He was born on September 11, 1946 to the late Gerald and Alberta Bergren in Ann Arbor, Michigan and was raised in Bay City, Michigan. He joined the U.S. Navy in 1966 where he operated Nuclear Powered Submarines and was honorably discharged...

Leslie Carol Reynolds

Jan 1, 2014

Leslie Reynolds, a lifelong Laurel resident, passed away on January 1, 2014. Ms. Reynolds was a welcoming and loving person who welcomed many people to the Old Country Buffet where she worked. She was born on May 19, 1959 to Mary Gross and the late Jackie Reynolds. In addition to her mother, she is also survived by her children...

Melvin F. Beach

Dec 30, 2013

Melvin F. Beach, 68, died peacefully in his home on December 30, 2013 with his daughters by his side. He was the devoted father of Kristen Beach and Amber Burke and her husband, Daniel. He was also a loving grandfather to Grace and Anna Burke. Melvin was a lifelong resident of Laurel and longtime employee of Percontee, Inc. (formerly...

Charlotte Marion Mills

Dec 30, 2013

Charlotte Marion (Giddings) Mills, 73, native resident of Laurel died December 30, 2013 at Lorien Nursing Home in Columbia, Maryland. She was born November 1, 1940 in Laurel, Maryland. Daughter of the late Norman and Ruth Giddings of Laurel, Maryland. Mrs. Mills was preceded in death by her husband Charles Louis Mills, Jr. She is survived by her two...

Nellie Dodson

Dec 30, 2013

Nellie Dodson, beloved wife of the late Lawrence Dodson, passed away at the Howard County General Hospital on December 30, 2013. She was born on December 23, 1935, in Kensington, Maryland, to the late Doc and Katie Riley. Mrs. Dodson was a resident of the Burtonsville and Laurel areas for 52 years, was a member of the Laurel Moose...

Lawana L. Wolcott

Dec 30, 2013

Lawana L. Wolcott, a resident of Laurel for 36 years, passed away at the Laurel Regional Hospital on Monday December 30, 2013. Ms. Wolcott was born in Richmond, VA, on March 28, 1938, to the late Earl and Mary Edwards. Ms. Wolcott is survived by her daughter Debra Ray Gibala; brother Earl M. Forrester; granddaughter Shannon Gibala; great-granddaughter Hailey...

Frances Ramona Astlin

Dec 27, 2013

Frances Astlin, age 82, of Edgewater, MD, died peacefully on December 27, 2013 with her family by her side at the Tate Hospice House in Linthicum, MD. Born to the late Frank and Maggie Strickler of Staunton, VA, Frances married and started her own family in Maryland. Frances worked for the C&P Telephone Company for more than half of...

Gerard H. Marcotte

Dec 27, 2013

Gerard H. (Jack) Marcotte, 71, died Friday, December 27, 2013, with his family by his side at his home in Hyattsville, Maryland. He was born on June 24, 1942, in Palco, Kansas, to Henry and Olive (Brin) Marcotte. He graduated from Codell High School in 1961 and from Kansas State University in 1965. He served in the United States...

Ann Lee Jackson

Dec 27, 2013

Ann Lee Jackson, 100, a resident of Laurel, MD for 56 years passed away on December 27, 2013 at Laurel Regional Hospital. She was born on September 18, 1913 to the late Stephen V. and Anna Lee in Speedwell, NJ. She was a member of St. Mary of the Mills Catholic Church and was a lifelong democrat. In addition...

Eustace R. Harper

Dec 26, 2013

Eustace R. Harper, 82, a resident of Laurel for the past 17 years passed away on December 26, 2013 at Patuxent River Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was born on November 11, 1931 to the late Stanley and Cleo Harper in St. Michael, Barbados where he spent most of his life. He attended Poly Tech Institute and worked for...

Mary Elizabeth Sherman

Dec 21, 2013

Mary, or "Liz" as she was known to friends and family, died at age 88 surrounded by family on December 21st in Edmond, Oklahoma, where she lived the two previous years with Michael and Cathleen Sherman and their children. Born February 2, 1925 in Woodstock, Virginia, to Bessie Sherman, Liz was raised in a loving family by her mother...

Stephen Garfield Smith

Dec 19, 2013

On December 19, 2013, Stephen Garfield Smith, born to the late Netty Canning and F. Elwell Smith and raised in Patterson, N.J. He graduated from Patterson High School Class of 1948. He was an Aerial Photographer for the U.S. Navy from 1948-1952 and worked for Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory as a technical illustrator from 1952 until his...

Sun Sook Kim

Dec 15, 2013

Sun was born on July 8, 1915 and passed away on Sunday, December 15, 2013.

Sun was a resident of Laurel, Maryland.

Funeral Service

December 17, 2013 10:00 AM to 10:30 AM

Donaldson Funeral Home Chapel 313 Talbott Avenue Laurel, MD Interment

December 17, 2013 11:30 AM

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Evelyn Lillie Michael

Dec 15, 2013

Evelyn Lillie Michael, age 69, of Beltsville, MD, died Sunday, December 15, 2013, at Heartlands Health Care in Adelphi, MD.

Evelyn was born in Rockville, Maryland on May 9, 1944 to the late Dock Riley and the late Katie (nee Jordon) Riley. Soon after birth Evelyn moved to Burtonsville, Maryland where she resided until 1962 when she...

Douglas L. Francisco

Dec 15, 2013

Died on December 15, 2013 at Sunrise of Columbia Assisted Living Residence with family at his side. Beloved husband of 49 years to Betsy Phelps Francisco, he is also survived by three sons: Paul (Monica), Carl (Beth), and Jeffrey, three grandchildren: Emily, Julia, and Kyle, as well as a brother, David.

Doug's career in Washington included service...

Edward Charles Haffner

Dec 14, 2013

Edward Charles Haffner, 72, a resident of Laurel for 30 years passed away on Saturday, December 14, 2013 at his residence. He was born on March 23, 1941 in Philadelphia, PA to the late William and Esther Haffner. He graduated from Olney High School in Philadelphia and Loyola University in Baltimore. He was a member of the Freestate Happy...

Gerald Albert Mauri

Dec 14, 2013

Gerald Albert Mauri, a resident of West Laurel, Maryland died peacefully at Stella Maris Inpatient Hospice on Saturday, December 14th, 2013 following a courageous battle against cancer. Jerry, as his friends and family knew him, was born January 10, 1942 in Buffalo, NY. He is survived by his wife D. Elaine Mauri, daughter Guilia Elisa Murray of North Carolina...