OBITUARIES

Nov 29, 2019

Nov 29, 2019

On Friday, November 29, 2019 Thelma D. Kidwell, surrounded by her loving family, passed away peacefully at the age of 73 after fighting a courageous battle with Multiple Myeloma for Eight years.

Thelma was one of 8 children born November 9, 1946 in Washington, DC to Charles and Vera Naylor. She grew up in DC until she moved in 1971...

Nov 27, 2019

Nov 26, 2019

All services are pending

Nov 26, 2019

All services as pending

Nov 26, 2019

Claire Pauline Scalise of Bowie died November 26, 2019, surrounded by her loving family. She was 88. Born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, the youngest of 17 children, she moved to Washington, D.C. in 1950.

Claire met her future husband, Gene, while working as a meat wrapper for Giant Food. Their first date was to a Washington Senators baseball game. They married...

Nov 25, 2019

Minnie France Haynes Goodman was the eighth of nine children born to Walter David and Nannie Wade Haynes on April 14, 1923 in West Virginia. After a valiant battle with Alzheimer’s disease, Minnie answered the call from our heavenly father on November 25, 2019 at the age of 96.

Minnie preferred to be called Minte or Haynes, her maiden name. ...

Nov 24, 2019

Nov 24, 2019

Francisco "Paco" Frances Ortiz, age 81 of Bowie, MD passed away on November 24, 2019 in Largo, MD. Paco was born and raised in El Salvador by his mother, Lucia Anaya. Years later, Paco and his wife would immigrate to Los Angeles, California in 1969, and would bring their children to the Washington, D.C. area to begin a new life during...

Nov 24, 2019

Gregory worked as a­­n elevator mechanic for 53 years. He truly believed it to be his calling.  He loved his union brothers and sisters and found great joy in teaching upcoming mechanics the trade.  He always looked forward to work and even laughed about the routine Saturday night calls to the University of Maryland to assist with broken elevators by...

Nov 23, 2019

Ingeborg F. Salinger, a longtime resident of Laurel, Maryland, died November 23, 2019 at Morningside House of Laurel. She was born in Berlin, Germany, on October 24, 1927. After working for the U.S. Office of Military Government in post-world war II occupied Germany, she moved to the United States as an Army wife and was a dressmaker and custom tailor....

Nov 22, 2019

With profound sadness we announce the passing of June, our loving and devoted mother and friend, November 22, 2019. Born June 14, 1932 in Washington, DC. Daughter of Lethia (Peggy) Olivia and Stanley Joseph Burdette. 

Predeceased by her devoted husband Robert G. Powell of 64 years, June is survived by five sons and three daughters:  Stan Powell (Patricia) of...

Nov 20, 2019

Richard Joseph Woods, age 92, passed away peacefully on November 20, 2019. Born 1926 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late John R. Woods and LaVerne M. Flick. 

He was the loving husband of 59 years to Ann Marie Woods, who predeceased him in April 2019. He was the dear brother of 4 siblings, the father...

Nov 20, 2019

Wallace Lee Bell, II  “Boomer”   

On November 20, 2019, Boomer passed away at home in Gambrills.   He leaves behind his wife Jennifer and children Mitchell Lee and Ruby Elizabeth.  He also leaves his loving mother, Ruth Anne and his siblings Jody Davis, Allen Bell, and Glenn Davis along with his nieces Deanna Stotler and Emily Dudley and his grandnephew...

Nov 20, 2019

Leo Russell Cummins, Jr. of Murrells Inlet, SC, passed away suddenly on November 20, 2019, in Bowie, MD, at the age of 60 years old. He was surrounded by his loving family.

Leo was born in Baltimore City, MD on December 22, 1958 to Leo R Cummins, Sr. and Geraldine A Durmer. He was the oldest of five children.

After...

Nov 19, 2019

Nov 19, 2019

George C. Conrad (91)

November 19, 2019; of Lanham, MD. Brother of the late Clare Smith (Pete) and Bruce Conrad; survived by sister-in-law Doris Conrad, nieces Kathleen Gobbett, Susan Gunyon (Steve), Janet Conrad and nephew Stephen Conrad; Also survived by 5 grandnephews and grandnieces and 6 great-grandnephews and great-grandnieces. A native of the Washington DC Metropolitan area he retired from...

Nov 18, 2019

Nov 18, 2019

Audelia Barrera Herrera, nació el 25 de septiembre de 1947 en Santa Ana El Salvador en un pequeño pueblo llamado Cantón Primavera. Siendo de una familia humilde comenzó una vida de trabajo a la temprana edad de 6 años y dejó a sus padres a la edad de 11 años para trabajar en servicio en diferente casas, lo que también...

Nov 16, 2019

Mother Ruby Louise (Stiles) Scott, 87, went home to be with The Lord on Saturday, November 16, 2019, in Upper Marlboro, Maryland after a brief illness. A longtime resident of Lorain, Ohio, she and her husband Vassie Scott, Sr. raised seven children in the Clearview School District.

She delighted in crocheting colorful ponchos, gloves, hats, scarves, afghans, and backpacks...