OBITUARIES

Jan 22, 2019

Daniel Charles Tressler, also known as Dan or Danny, 68, of Severn, Maryland passed away on January 22, 2019. He was born in Bellefonte, PA on November 18, 1950. Dan graduated from high school in 1968. Dan moved to Richmond, Virginia in 1978 where he worked in the apartment management/appliance repair industry. Dan stayed in Richmond where he raised his...

Jan 21, 2019

Joseph Presgraves, age 69, left this world for Heaven on Monday January 21, 2019 at the Washington, DC, VA Medical Center after a yearlong battle with cancer.

Mr. Presgraves is survived by his wife, Peggy, two children: Amy Presgraves and Joseph Presgraves both of Dunkirk Maryland, and five grandchildren.

Joseph joined the Marine Corp in 1967 and served in Vietnam...

Jan 20, 2019

On January 20, 2019, Balogun William Johnson-Williams, aka. Dr. Dynamite, Masokoloko, of Bowie, Maryland, departed this life to be with the Lord. He was 74 years old. Balogun is survived by his wife Agnes Aina Johnson-Williams of 42 years, son, Mr. Oshoku William Johnson-Williams, daughters Mrs. Wilhemina Michaela Mason, and Mrs. Willietta Ola Grant. Sons-in-Law; Mr. Clifford Femi Mason and...

Jan 20, 2019

Marjorie Frances O’Connor, 96, passed away on January 20, 2019 at the Genesis Rehabilitation Center in Gambrills, Maryland, after being hospitalized for a small stroke,

Born Marjorie Frances Platt in Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, April 19, 1922, she was the third daughter of Charles and Frances Sanker Platt.   Her sisters Bernice Platt Burns, and Ruth Platt Buck proceeded her in death in...

Jan 19, 2019

 All services are private. 

Jan 19, 2019

Carmi Quentin Sturgill, 92, died Saturday, January 19, 2019, at his home in Bowie following an extended illness.

Mr. Sturgill is survived by his wife of 65 years, Carole Ann (Braun) Sturgill; his son Douglas Sturgill of Bowie; his son Robert Sturgill and his wife Linda of Bowie; his granddaughter Alicia Gaiser of Sterling, Virginia; and two great-grandsons, August and...

Jan 15, 2019

No Services planned

Jan 14, 2019

All services are private

Jan 13, 2019

Willard Lamont Reid was born on September 24, 1931 in Eureka, North Carolina (Wayne County) to Milton Curtis Reid and Nora Artis Reid. Willard, fondly known as “Will,” was the 7th child. He was a long-time member of St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church in Washington, D.C. where his family was raised. 

Willard was preceded in death by his parents,...

Jan 13, 2019

Mary Lou Billings, 83, passed away on January 13, 2019 at her home in Bowie, Maryland after a long battle with cancer.

Born Mary Lou Cowley in Putnam County, West Virginia, she was the first daughter of Stanford and Mary Cowley. After graduating from Sherman High School in 1953 she worked to put herself through college. She graduated from the...

Jan 12, 2019

All services are pending

Jan 12, 2019

 

VINCENT JOHNS

Passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 12, 2019.  Vincent Johns was born on June 16, 1935, in Baltimore, Maryland, to James Edward Johns and Julia Hopkins Johns.  He was the oldest of seven children and attended schools in Baltimore.  He served in the U.S. Marine Corp until his honorable discharge in 1957.

Vincent earned a Bachelor...

Jan 11, 2019

Jan 9, 2019

No Services Planned

Jan 8, 2019

Ellen R. Westbrook, 89, passed away on January 8 at Baltimore Washington Medical Center in Glen Burnie, Maryland, after being hospitalized for pneumonia on New Year’s Day.

Born Ellen Karla Rasmussen in Seattle, Washington, Ellen was the fourth of five daughters whose parents, Thorvald and Karla, immigrated to the U.S. from Denmark in 1922. From an early age she loved...

Jan 8, 2019

Kent V.C. Winterson of Bowie, MD passed away on January 8, 2019 at the age of 79 from Parkinson's disease while in hospice. Born June 29, 1939 in Linthicum, MD, to George ("Van") and Roberta ("Bobbie") Winterson, he graduated from Brooklyn Park High School in 1957. He joined the Air Force in 1960 where he did basic training at Lackland...

Jan 7, 2019

On Monday, January 7, 2019, Ruth Duncan passed away peacefully with her husband at her side.  She joins her parents, Charles and Ruth Wagner, and her first husband, Neal Crowley, in eternal and peaceful rest.  Ruth is survived by her devoted husband, Bill.  She is also survived by her sister, Mary Epping, brother-in-law, Bill Epping, brother, Tom Wagner, sister-in-law, Priscilla...

Jan 7, 2019

Russell Dewey Powell passed away peacefully on January 7, 2019 at the age of 90. He was born on February 15, 1928 in Blackstone, Virginia to the late Thomas L. Powell and Pearl Bridgeman. Russ was one of six siblings. He was drafted into the army and stationed in Aberdeen, MD. During his time there, he was assigned to work...

Jan 6, 2019

Chief Master Sergeant Kenneth B. Cottingham, USAF, Retired

Chief Cottingham grew up in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and entered the United States Air Force in September 1981 serving a number of tours of duty to include HQ AFPC – Randolph, AFB, TX, 36th FW, Bitburg AB, Germany, the Office of the Secretary of Defense - Pentagon, Washington, DC, Joint Staff Operations (J-3),...

Jan 6, 2019

James (Jim) Franklin Lambert, Jr., 76, passed away Sunday, 6 January 2019. He was born 25 December 1942 to Margaret Rose (nee D'Antonio) and James F. Lambert, Sr.  

He is the beloved husband of Cecilia Ann Lambert (nee Radomski), father of James Franklin Lambert, III; brother-in-law Helen Kalis and her husband Jay Kalis and the late Mary Margaret Smith,.  He...