obituaries

Oct 13, 2020

Leaston Vernon Booker, Jr., recently of Clermont FL, passed away on October 13, 2020.

He was born to Cora (Beatty) and Leaston Booker, Sr. on October 17, 1935 in Annapolis, MD.

Leaston attended Glen Burnie High school and received his Bachelor's degree from University of Baltimore. He was stationed in Tokyo, in the military police...

Oct 12, 2020

Kathleen Elizabeth Matkins, of Arnold, passed away on October 12, 2020. She was born on September 12, 1945 to Frank and Audrey McGuire. She was raised in Baltimore before living in Arnold. She attended Southern High School in Baltimore and graduated in the class of 1963. Kathleen worked for the MVA for 33 years before retiring. She was a...

Oct 12, 2020

Audrey B. Helms Striegel (nee Tate)

Audrey passed away peacefully at her residence on Oct. 12, 2020. Born in 1926 in Baltimore, Md, she was the daughter of Atwood Barrett Tate and Della Marie Tate, the fifth of nine children. After graduating from Southern High in Baltimore, she enlisted in the Nurse Cadet Corps, completing her training...

Oct 11, 2020

Arthur Donald "Duck" Ford, 84, of Annapolis, MD, passed away on October 11th, 2020 at Hospice of the Chesapeake in Pasadena, MD.

A Celebration of Life will be held in Duck's honor at 11:00am on Friday, October 30, 2020 at Severn Covenant Church, (20 Gambrills Rd. Severn MD). with Pastor Jack Cox officiating, assisted by Pastor Tom...

Oct 11, 2020

The obituary and services are private at this time.

Oct 10, 2020

Philippe Masiée passed away on October 10, 2020. He was born in Paris, France on January 9, 1928, the oldest of four, born to Yves Masiée and Gervaise (Buissonnière) Masiée.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Shirley Masiée, his son, Douglas Masiée, and his three siblings, Annie Freyssenede, Jose Masiée, and Luc Masiée.

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Oct 7, 2020

Phyllis Lee Praley, 97, a lifelong resident of Glen Burnie, died peacefully at her home October 7 th , 2020.

Mrs. Praley was born February 3, 1923 in Mineral, Virginia. She attended the University of Maryland where she was a member of the Kappa Delta Sorority. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution....

Oct 6, 2020

The obituary and services are private at this time.

Oct 5, 2020

Born in Cork, Ireland on June 13, 1930 to Cathleen and Callaghan O'Herlihy, Hilary O'Herlihy liked to say that there was no better life than in the United States, and particularly in Maryland. He loved the medical profession he gave his life to, tennis and sugar. Known for his humor, which was sometimes startling, he used it to start...

Oct 5, 2020

Born May 14, 1926; passed away on October 5, 2020 after a brief illness caused by colon cancer. She died at home with her family by her side. Her parents were Fred and Frances McCoy.  She was raised in the city of Baltimore, Maryland, where she graduated from Western High School with honors.

In 1947 she married...

Oct 3, 2020

George Benoit, 75, of Arnold, Maryland, died October 3, 2020 at Anne Arundel Medical Center.  He was born January 20, 1945 at Charleroi-Monessen Hospital in Charleroi, Pennsylvania and grew up in nearby Dunlevy.  He was the son of the late Raymond and Rebecca Benoit.

Coming from a humble upbringing, as a young man, George worked...

Oct 3, 2020

Rose Padussis, 93, of Annapolis passed away peacefully at her home, on October 3, 2020. She was born on April 23, 1927 to Anthony and Virginia Vlassis in Lancaster, PA. Rose was raised in Lancaster as well as in Baltimore City, where she graduated from Patterson High School. Rose and her husband John owned and operated the first Dunkin...

Oct 3, 2020

Roberta Marion Shade, (nee Burgess) a resident of Severna Park for 63 years, passed away on October 3, 2020 due to natural causes at the age of 96. Roberta was born and raised during "The Depression" in South Baltimore's Locust Point just a few blocks away from Fort McHenry. After High School she worked in a fabric factory, and...

Sep 30, 2020

Margaret Mary Brown (nee Cahalane), passed away on September 30, 2020.

She was born to Margaret (nee Mahoney) and Dennis Cahalane on August 8, 1944 in Boston, MA, where she was also raised.

Margaret married her loving husband of 54 years, Thomas L. Brown, on September 17, 1966. They moved to Brockton, MA and later,...

Sep 29, 2020

Robert Earl Jones, 83 of Severna Park, Maryland died on September 29, 2020. He was born in Hancock County, Illinois. and attended Western Illinois and Northwestern University. He is survived by his wife Norma and two sons Kent (Mia) of West River, Maryland, Michael of Severna Park, Maryland and two grandchildren, Vigs of Germantown, Md. and Ryan of Chicago,...

Sep 29, 2020

Flossie Taylor Randall "Flo", age 85, of Arnold, died on Tuesday September 29th, after a short but brave battle with pancreatic cancer.  She was the devoted wife, of just days short of fifty years, to the late Robert T. Randall "Bob" and mother to Raymond T. Randall (wife Teresa) and Russell T. Randall.  She was the grandmother to Ryan,...

Sep 28, 2020

Jean Alice Case, age 71, passed away peacefully, Monday, September 28, 2020, in the company of family. Jean was born and raised in Baltimore, MD and married Charles "Duke" Case in March 1979.

Through the marriage, Jean became the step-mother to two daughters and eventually the grandmother to five granddaughters. She loved spending time with family, often...

Sep 27, 2020

Maryann Evans Carrigan, 83, died September 27 at Gilcrest Center hospice in Columbia, Maryland, shortly after suffering a severe stroke.

Maryann was born October 29, 1936 in Alexandria, Virginia. She was the only child of John W. and Irene Gooley. Maryann grew up in the Washington, D.C. area, moving from McLean to Bethesda to the District. As...

Sep 27, 2020

The obituary and services are private at this time.

Sep 27, 2020

Beverly Hoffmann Latall, 84, of Pasadena passed away on September 27, 2020 at Baltimore Washington Medical Center. She was born on April 5, 1936 to Franklin and Florence Hoffman in Tigerton, Wisconsin. Before residing in Maryland, Beverly previous resided in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She worked as a church preschool teacher, as well as an...