Obituaries

Stephen A. Thomas

Sep 17, 2022

Stephen Alan Thomas passed away at his home in Highland, MD on September 17, 2022, at the age of 74.

Steve was born June 16, 1948 in Washington D.C. to Robert W. Thomas and Emily W. (Smith) Thomas. Steve was the youngest of three boys and is preceded in death by his parents and his two brothers....

Dr. Richard Alfred Farrell, Sr

Sep 16, 2022

Richard (Dick) Alfred Farrell, Sr.

April 22, 1939 – September 16, 2022

Family man, scientist, and golfer Dr. Richard (Dick) Alfred Farrell, Sr.’s light does not end with his death.  Dick died on September 16, 2022 at the age of 83 after a courageous 20-year battle with cancer, surrounded by loved ones who continue his...

Deborah Chapman

Sep 15, 2022

Deborah Schneider Chapman, age 68, of Laurel, MD, passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 15, 2022, after a year-long struggle with glioblastoma brain cancer. She was born June 5, 1954, in Richmond Hill, Queens, NY to Richard Schneider and Miriam Marin. She graduated from Richmond Hill High School in 1972 and in 1976 earned a B.S degree from Queens...

Rudolph S Smole

Sep 12, 2022

Rudolph “Rudy” S. Smole

1927-2022

With greatest love and adoration, we say goodbye to our Father, Grandfather, Brother, and Friend, Rudolph “Rudy” S. Smole.

Rudy passed away on September 12, 2022 while he fondly watched for birds and deer from the patio, at his loving community home, Brookdale Senior Living, in Olney, MD....

Betty Lou C. Anderson

Sep 11, 2022

It is with great sadness that the family of Betty Lou Clarice Anderson announce her passing on Sunday, September 11, 2022 at the age of 93 years.  Betty Lou will be lovingly remembered and greatly missed by her children, Donald Anderson (Martha), Susan Cinotti (John) and Sally Linzau (Haryl).  Betty Lou was a devoted grandmother to five grandchildren who...

Eleanor P. Prozeller

Sep 10, 2022

On Saturday September 10 Eleanor Prozeller (79) of Columbia, MD passed away in the University of Maryland hospital in Baltimore. She was born in 1942 in Baltimore to Sterling and Catherine Wise.

Eleanor retired in 1970 as a full-time elementary school teacher to raise her family. When her children were older she returned to the classroom as...

Nancy L. Kornick

Sep 8, 2022

On September 8, 2022, Nancy L. Kornick, 84 of Mount. Airy, Maryland passed away peacefully in her sleep.

She was born on May 4, 1938, to Frank and Mildred Walker of Fulton, Maryland. As a child she regularly attended Sunday School at Emmanuel Methodist Church in Laurel, Maryland, becoming a full-time member as an adult.  She was...

Fancheng Meng

Sep 6, 2022

我们亲爱的丈夫、父亲、外公,孟凡成，于2022年9月6日晚7点在美国马里兰州病逝，享年79岁。

孟凡成于1943年1月16日出生在湖北省鄂州市蒲团乡孟黄村。少年时先后就读于新民街高级小学、鄂城一中。1963年，考入中南矿冶学院；大学毕业后，与同窗恋人吴萍来到江西成家立业，育有两个女儿。1968年任江西有色冶炼加工厂担任技术员，1978年调入江西省冶金厅，后担任中国有色金属进出口总公司江西公司副总经理、江钨集团副总工程师直至退休。

孟凡成的一生担当实干、忠厚善良、勤奋朴实、乐于助人。攻读岁月，他勤奋好学，成绩优异，是十里八乡青少年学习的楷模；工作当中，他精通业务，忠于职守，是同事眼中运筹帷幄的领导，为江西的有色金属事业贡献了毕生的心血。作为长子，他孝顺父母，尽其所能关爱弟弟妹妹；作为丈夫，他与妻子恩爱一生共度金婚；作为父亲、外公，他慈爱有加，关怀每个儿孙的成长。退休后，他保持农民本色，种菜、钓鱼，享受天伦之乐。病痛中，他坚强乐观，患胰腺癌后仍奇迹般有质量地生活了六年。

残酷的病魔带走了我们最爱的丈夫、父亲、外公，带走了我们的主心骨、顶梁柱。但您留给我们的家风与爱，将是我们永远传承、永远守护的最美好的精神家园。我们永远爱您！请安息！

遗体告别仪式现择定于2022年9月11日，周日下午美东时间2点至3点于Donaldson Funeral Home of Clarksville, P.A., 12540 Clarksville Pike (Rte. 108) Clarksville, Maryland 21029 举行。

妻:吴萍

大女儿:孟鹰  女婿:郑志山  外孙女:梦梦  外孙女婿:大海

二女儿:孟亚  外孙:酷酷,笑笑,圈圈

2022年9月6日

Katherine P. Wujcik

Sep 5, 2022

On September 5, 2022, Katherine Pettus Wujcik age 50, of Columbia, MD, passed away from complications of cancer.  Katherine was born in Morristown, NJ, and is the daughter of Thruston W. Pettus and Susan Fouke Pettus and older sister to Thruston W. Pettus, Jr.

Katherine, an animal lover, would lay out food and watch all the animals...

Richard "Rick" P. Miller

Sep 5, 2022

On September 5, 2022, Richard Patrick Miller, 66, of Clarksville, MD, passed away after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in 1956, he was the son of Edward and Shirley Miller.

Rick graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University as a certified aircraft mechanic. He retired from the Federal Aviation Administration in 2021. Prior to his career with the...

George Dennis Johnson

Sep 5, 2022

Dennis Johnson of Colesville, MD died peacefully on September 5, 2022, surrounded by his family. Dennis was born December 27, 1940, in Washington, DC, and raised by his parents the late George Otis and Evelyn Jeannette Norris Johnson in Seat Pleasant, MD.

Before graduating from the University of Maryland, 1968 (history), Dennis served in a U.S. Army...

Sang Joon Han

Sep 4, 2022

Sang Joon Han (age 65) of Laurel, MD, passed away on September 4, 2022. He was born in Seoul, Korea on February 12, 1957, the only son among four daughters to Un Sung Han and Young Suk Joung.

In 1983, he immigrated to America, and in November of 1989, he married his wife, Ellen. They have two...

Sarah M O'Leary

Aug 31, 2022

Sarah Manning O’Leary, 91, died on Wednesday, August 31, 2022 at Vantage House in Columbia, Maryland, her home since 2013, from complications following a stroke.

She was born on August 18, 1931 to Helen Schofield Manning and James Edward Manning in Hudson, Massachusetts. In 1953, she married William Patrick O’Leary, who preceded her in death in 2008....

Arthur Allen Carter

Aug 28, 2022

On August 28, 2022, Arthur A. Carter, 62, of Fulton, Maryland, passed away. He was born in 1960 to James and Marjorie Carter in Detroit, Michigan. Arthur graduated from Michigan State University in 1984 with a degree in electrical engineering. He worked for both the Department of Defense and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, retiring in 2019. Some of...

Joyce Ann Mccall

Aug 21, 2022

On August 21, 2022, Joyce Ann McCall, 89, of New Carrollton, MD, passed away peacefully in her sleep. She was born in 1932 to Samuel and Daisy McCarius in Flint, Michigan. She was predeceased by her siblings Richard, Phillip, George and Louise McCarius. She was retired from the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD. Joyce was a connoisseur...

Evelyn Mary Kelly Dunn

Aug 20, 2022

Evelyn Mary Kelly Dunn, 99 years old, of Fort Myers, Florida, peacefully passed away on August 20, 2022, surrounded by her loving family. Evelyn was born on May 13, 1923 to Edward and Bridget Kelly in Montreal, Canada. She moved to the USA in 1945 and married John (Jack) E. Dunn in Washington, D.C., June 18, 1947. Together they...

Lillian Tucker Thomas

Aug 20, 2022

LILLIAN INEZ TUCKER THOMAS, 76, of New York, New York, daughter of the late Dorothy Inez Penn Tucker and the late Frank Tucker, wife of the late Daniel (Chief) Thomas, transitioned on Saturday, August 20, 2022.  She was born in Montclair, New Jersey and later moved to New York City where she spent many years living in a trendy...

Rudolph V. Biordi

Aug 19, 2022

Rudolph Valentino Biordi

Commander, US Navy - retired

Rudolph Valentino Biordi, WWII veteran, age 99, passed away August 19, 2022, at his home in Fulton, Maryland.

Rudy, son of Italian immigrants Frank and Irma Biordi, was born on April 24, 1923, in Ellwood City, PA, a small steel town in Western PA. Most...

Howard Elmer Fleming

Aug 14, 2022

Howard Elmer Fleming, 100, passed away at Howard County General Hospital, Columbia, Maryland on August 14, 2022 from Covid-19.

Howard was born in Fairmont, WV on August 12, 1922, to the late Fred and Bessie Fleming. He was the second of three children. He is survived by son Stanley (wife Gail) Fleming of Ellicott City, MD, and...

Charles A. Taciak

Aug 11, 2022

Charles Alexander Taciak of Lee Center, New York, died Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at his son’s home in Dayton, Maryland, where he had been residing for the last four and half years. He was born in Berwick, Pennsylvania, on September 19, 1918. In the early 1920s his family relocated to a farm in Lee Center, New York which he...