Obituaries

Thanh Pham

THANH PHAM, 76, of Laurel, MD., was born in Hue, Vietnam in 1942.  He was the eldest child of Xung Pham and Lai Phan.  He passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by family, after a brief battle with cancer.  Thanh was the devoted husband of Phi-Hai, beloved father of Thuy (Adam) and Doan (Chris), cherished grandfather of Caleb and...

David Richardson Mckusick

David Richardson McKusick, Ph.D., beloved husband of Pamela Rabbitt McKusick, died on March 16, 2019, in Columbia, MD.  He was a long-time resident of Columbia, where he lived with his wife and their rescued Airedale Terriers.

Dr. McKusick was born in Dover, N.H., the son of Gertrude and Eugene Lawrence McKusick.  He received his undergraduate degree from...

Isabel Drain

On October 25, 2018,  Isabel Drain, the beloved wife of the late Martin F. Drain for 62 years, peacefully passed away at the age of 95 years.

Isabel joined the Navy as a Wave during WWII, marched in FDR’s funeral and was a charter member of the Women in Military Service for America Memorial.  She has touched...