Obituaries

Mar 1, 2020

Addison “Tim” Lankester of Clarendon, Jamaica, and most recently of Laurel, Maryland, USA, passed away peacefully on March 1, 2020.

Tim was born on December 13, 1942, in London, England. He moved to Jamaica with his parents, Geoff and Kathleen, when he was 3 years old. He spent his formative school years in Jamaica at deCarteret Prep...

Feb 28, 2020

Frances Jean Griffin, 82, of Laurel Maryland, passed away on Friday, February 28, 2020.  She was born in 1937 to Frank and Nicolina Gigliotti in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Mrs. Griffin is survived by her devoted husband of 57 years, Donald; her loving son, Mark and his wife Jill; her sister, Theresa; also, two grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren, as...

Feb 28, 2020

Shirley Marie Toleman Disney, was born on April 29, 1923, passed away at her home in Adamstown, Maryland on February 28, 2020.

She was born in Baltimore, MD to Ira Joseph Toleman and Blanche Tolley. She grew up in Ocran (White Stone), VA, on the Chesapeake Bay, with three sisters and a brother, where her father was...

Feb 24, 2020

Lillian Mae Knight, 85, passed away at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, MD on Monday, February 24, 2020.

Ms. Knight was born in 1934 in Queens, NY, from where she relocated and settled in Silver Spring, MD for over 50 years.  During that time, she met and married her husband, Eugene Knight, with whom she raised...

Feb 20, 2020

Dwight Marshall Snyder, loving husband of the late Lois S. Snyder, passed away on February 20, 2020. Dwight was born in Martinsburg, West Virginia, to Dwight and May Snyder. Dwight had been married to his high school sweetheart, Lois, for 65 years. Mr. Snyder was a veteran of the U. S. Navy and retired, after 45 years, from his...

Feb 19, 2020

Paige A. See, Jr. 85 of Laurel, MD passed away February 19th 2020.  He was born in 1934 to Paige A. See, Sr. & Emma M. See (Hutter) in Pennsylvania.

He is a veteran of the U.S. Army and Maryland National Guard.  After the military, Paige retired from Clark, Finefrock & Sackett as a licensed Land Surveyor....

Feb 18, 2020

Ruth May Crotts, age 92, passed away in Debary, FL on Tuesday, February 18, 2020.

Born December 19, 1927 in Cleveland, Ohio, Daughter of John Ross Mitchell and Ethel May Moore Mitchell.  For approximately 60 years she lived in the Burtonsville/Laurel Maryland area. She spent the last 5 years of her life visiting with her daughter in...

Feb 17, 2020

Shirley Venable, 70, of Laurel passed away on Monday, February 17, 2020.

She was born in 1950 to Clifton and Myrtle Norris in Washington, DC.

She is survived by her husband, Robert Bruce Venable, sister Margaret Hylton, brother Clifton Norris, children Tracy Chandler (Tony), Seth Doyle (Laura), David Venable (Ashley), daughter in law Doris Doyle...

Feb 14, 2020

John “Jack” Edward Tyler, Jr, 55, passed away peacefully at his residence in Millsboro, DE.  Jack was born in Washington, DC on July 4, 1964.  He was a thoughtful, loving man and a generous man to his children; John Edward Tyler, III (Jackson) and Shyanne Tyler; his partner, Teresa Zeitler of Millsboro, DE; parents John and Faye (Gaines) Tyler...

Feb 13, 2020

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Feb 13, 2020

John W. Simons passed away peacefully at his home in Westminster, Maryland on Thursday, February 13, 2020.  John was the son of Margaret and Homer Simons.  Born on February 3, 1935.  John attended Saint Mildreds High School and married Mary Lenore Ahlquist on March 29, 1958.  John served in the U.S. Navy in the early 1950’s that included two...

Feb 13, 2020

Cheryl Ann Bodden, daughter of Robert and Dorothy McKeen, was born on December 16, 1958 in Washington D.C.  Cheryl, a true angel on earth, enjoyed a full and wonderful life, selflessly loving and giving to family, friends and anyone in need.  She lived a life dedicated to Jesus Christ, spreading his message and good will to everyone who touched...

Feb 11, 2020

Joel Jolly Duvall, age 74, passed away in Inwood, West Virginia on Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Born April 23, 1945 in Riverdale, Maryland, Son of Carleton and Marjorie (Jolly) Duvall.  He lived in Millersville, and worked Independent Distributing for Little Debbie Snack Cakes until retiring in 2005. Joel was a member of the Ravens Roost 18.

Feb 11, 2020

Judith Kay Kuntz, 1941 - 2020

Judi  was born at home in Angola, Indiana on a warm 13th of July 1941, a Sunday.  She is the second of four daughters born to Henry Edgar “Eddie” Kling and Olive Bernyce (Shadoan) Kling. She met John when her School in Scott Center, Indiana merged with Fremont Consolidated schools in...

Feb 10, 2020

William Aumen Van Daniker, known as Bill or just “B,” was born on September 18, 1955 in Baltimore, Maryland to Parmella and William A. Van Daniker, Sr. As a child, the family moved to Laurel, Md, where he remained for the rest of his life. Bill loved many things in life, especially books, politics and music; passions that he...

Feb 10, 2020

Ronnie Keith Mullins, 68 of Laurel passed away on Monday, February 10, 2020.

He was born October 3, 1951 to Kenneth Mullins and Betty (Stanley) Seigle in Pikeville, Kentucky.

Ronnie was a member of the United States Navy.

He retired from Giant Food, where he worked as a Meat Cutter for over 30...

Feb 9, 2020

Elmer Harding went to be with the Lord on February 9, 2020.  He was 89 years old.  Elmer was predeceased by his wife Dorothy, his parents, his brother Vernon and his sister Doris Sturiale.  Mr. Harding is survived by four sisters; Grace Browning, Irma Harding, Daisy Cruz and Joan Harding; also a sister-in-law, Joyce and her husband Leonard Bookhultz;...

Feb 7, 2020

Alan Neal Sellner, 31 of Laurel passed away on February 7th, 2020.

He was born in 1988 to Michael Sellner and Barbara Sellner in Silver Spring.

Alan had various hobbies which included: playing Dungeons and Dragons, tasting various types of Whiskey, camping, reading comic books-especially Batman, creating his own comic book ideas/illustrations, collecting comic book...

Feb 5, 2020

Robert Eugene Downey, 82 of Columbia, Maryland passed away February 5, 2020.

He was born on May 20th 1937 in Madison, Wisconsin to Gene Downey and Mildred Martin Downey.  He retired from the Department of Defense with 38 years of service including time with the United States Navy and the National Security Agency in 1993. During these...

Feb 1, 2020

Kevin James Huffman, age 66, passed peacefully around 5:45am Saturday, February 1st, with his family by his side, after a valiant three and a half year battle with Pancreatic Cancer.

Kevin had a passion for sports - not only as a player, but coach, fan and spectator. He played football and basketball during his time at DeMatha...