Obituaries

Sandra Rae Thorne

Oct 27, 2016

Sandra Rae Thorne, a longtime Laurel resident, passed away on Thursday, October 27, 2016 at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore.  She was 65.  She was born on March 8, 1951 in Washington, D.C. to the late Carl and Ruth Thorne.  She was a graduate of Chopticon High School in 1970.  She worked as a hair dresser and...

Karen Ann Przybyla

Oct 24, 2016

On October 24, 2016 Karen Ann Przybyla (nee Michael) passed away.  She was the loving wife of 44 years to Ed Przybyla; devoted daughter of the late Henry and Isabelle Michael; dear sister of Vickey, Barbara and Bill. Also survived by several nieces and nephews.

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Glenda S. (Rose) O'Dell

Oct 24, 2016

On October 24, 2016 Glenda S. O’Dell (nee Rose); beloved wife of 40 years to the late Wayne O’Dell; devoted mother of Teena Wajsgras, Rhonda Fields, Jerry and Travis O’Dell; loving grandmother of Nick, Michael, Jessica, Aaron, Kristyn, Jonathan, Travis Jr., Jared, Tyler and Tara; dear sister of Darlene Rose , Shirley Lucado and the late Gene and James...

Betty Rexine Booze

Oct 24, 2016

On October 24, 2016 Betty Rexine Booze passed peacefully at home while in the compassionate nursing care of Patricia Harris and Alice Carroll of Laurel.  Her devoted husband Jim was also by her side to ease the way.  Betty started a construction business with Jim in 1984, and helped manage it until a few years ago.  She was also...

Trisha Lynn Bayles

Oct 22, 2016

Trisha Lynn Bayles, a lifelong resident of Laurel, passed away unexpectedly at her home.  She was 42.  She was born on September 20, 1974 in Takoma Park.   She graduated from Takoma Academy in 1993.  She was an active life member of the Greenbelt Volunteer Fire Department where she served as trustee and become one of the first woman emergency...

Ruth S. Block

Oct 20, 2016

Ruth Shay Block passed away at her home in Laurel, Maryland on October 20, 2016, just weeks shy of her 100th birthday. Born in Croton Falls, New York on November 29, 1916 to John and Minnie Shay, she was the second oldest of nine children. She moved to Washington, DC during WWII where she met and married her husband...

Jane Stewart

Oct 20, 2016

Jane Stewart (nee Ardell), a longtime resident of Laurel, passed away peacefully on October 20, 2016 at her home at the age of 87.  She was born July 29, 1929 to the late Clarence and Sara Ardell, in Williamsport, PA.   She was as a homemaker for many years, raising her four beautiful children.  She was a devoted mother and...

Deborah A. (Licausi) Barb

Oct 19, 2016

Deborah Ann Barb (LiCausi), a long time resident of the Laurel area, died Wednesday October 19, 2016 at Fernbrook Manor assisted living home with her son Christopher, daughter Jennifer and cousin Elizabeth by her side.  After a 3.5 year battle against cancer she is finally at peace and pain free.

Deborah was a beloved mother of Christopher...

Lillian Irene Poindexter

Oct 17, 2016

Lillian Irene (Sullivan) Poindexter was born to Pascal and Irene Sullivan on November 15, 1926 in Asheville, North Carolina.  Irene, or Lil, graduated from Stevens Lee High School.  She would often sing the school’s fight song and was exceptionally proud of being an alum.  Abandoning her dream of becoming a mortician and working with her Uncle James in his...

Walter Harold Jacoby

Oct 16, 2016

Walter Harold Jacoby, a resident of Riderwood Village in Silver Spring, passed away on October 16, 2016.  He was 99.  He was born March 7, 1917 to the late Henry and Ethel Jacoby.  He grew up in East Orange, NJ and retired to Anderson, South Carolina.   He retired from the U.S. Coast Guard after 20 years and from Bell...

James Gilbert Gallemore

Oct 16, 2016

James Gilbert Gallemore, Captain, USN (Ret.), passed away peacefully on October 16, 2016 at his home in Silver Spring, MD.  Gil was born April 18, 1923 in Honolulu, to a Navy family.  He was raised in Bartow, FL, where his father took over the local newspaper and his mother was a schoolteacher.  He was active in Boy Scouts and...

Robert E. Spinks

Oct 16, 2016

Robert Eugne Spinks passed away at Howard County General Hospital in Columbia, MD on Sunday, October 16, 2016.  Robbie was born on June 11, 1959 to Frances Spinks Barry (Nelson) and the late Robert Allen Spinks.  Rob spent his entire life in Maryland, growing up in the Langley Park area and attending High Point High School.  He has been...

Stephanie Jean Mccormick

Oct 15, 2016

Stephanie Jean (Cosentino) McCormick, 73, of Lewes, Delaware after a long courageous battle went to rest in eternal peace on October 15, 2016 in Baltimore, Maryland.  Stephanie was born in Baltimore, Maryland on October 6, 1943 to Joseph E. Cosentino and Mary R. (Hudak).  She grew up in Baltimore City then moved to Ferndale. She also resided in Laurel,...

Lt. Col. Sterling M. Lewis, Jr. (U.S. Army, Ret.)

Oct 14, 2016

Sterling Lewis passed away on Friday, October 14, 2016 at his residence in Laurel, MD.  Sterling was born on August 3, 1938 in Pittsburgh, PA to the late Sterling M. Lewis and the late Louise Aston Lewis.  He attained the merit of Eagle Scout as a youth.  Growing up in Western Pennsylvania he became a life long Pittsburgh Steelers...

Anthony Joseph Marconi "Bud"

Oct 14, 2016

Anthony “Bud” Joseph Marconi of Laurel, MD passed away on October 14, 2016 in Columbia, MD. He was 85. He was born on November 4, 1930 to the late Joseph and Othelia Marconi in Altoona, PA. He graduated from Altoona High School in 1948 and was a Merchant Marine from 1948-1951. He worked as a lithographer at Haynes Lithograph...

Norma M. Mcculloh

Oct 14, 2016

Norma M. McCulloh (nee Helfenbein), a longtime resident of Laurel, passed away on October 14, 2016 at the Morningside House in Laurel.  She was 94.  She was born July 26, 1922 to the late Christian and Ellen Helfenbein in Baltimore, MD.   An accomplished artist, she worked as a homemaker for many years, raising her family.  In her free time...

Frank A. Mills, Sr.

Oct 9, 2016

Frank A. Mills, Sr. entered the heavenly kingdom of his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Sunday, October 9, 2016, with his wife and children at his bedside. Frank died from complications of a surgical procedure to address diverticulitis.

Frank was born in Bucksport, Maine, January 31, 1939, the son of Frank A. and Elizabeth M. Mills....

John S. Rampersaud

Oct 4, 2016

John Sebastian Rampersaud rose to ascension as the sun went down on the evening of October 4th, 2016 at the Washington Hospital Center where he fought and ended a gallant battle against heart disease.  A battle that lasted three years. He was 35 years old

John was born September 20th, 1981 in Palmyra Village, Guyana, South America. ...

James Russell Curran, Sr.

Oct 3, 2016

Curran, Sr., James Russell passed away on Monday, October 3, 2016 at is residence in Laurel, MD.  Mr. Curran was born on November 2, 1941 to the late Paul H. Curran, Sr. and the late Alda A. Fedline Curran.

James was was has lived his entire life in the Baltimore/Washington area; growing up in Fairland area of...

Newton W. Davis, Jr.

Oct 3, 2016

On Monday, October 3, 2016 Newton William Davis, Jr. passed away at his residence in Jessup, MD.  Mr. Davis was born on September 28, 1951 in Washington, DC to the late Newton William Davis, Sr. and Dolores (nee Burroughs) Breeden.   Mr. Davis has lived in the Jessup area for the past 28 years,  moving from the Laurel...