All Obituaries

At just 64 years young, Jody Culmone has left our world and a massive void in our hearts. Born in New Jersey to the late Jockey Joe and Rosemarie “Cookie” Culmone,  Jody moved to Maryland and built a beautiful home and family. She graduated from The University of Maryland and was a devoted AOPi sorority sister. Jody is survived by her incredibly grateful children, Anthony Harvey (his girlfriend Raisa Magro) and Margaret Prus; her adoring grandson Cyrus; her loving...

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Eleanor Bancroft Warburton suffered a major stroke in November and after a short hospital stay passed away at home on December 6, 2022. Eleanor was born in Takoma Park, Maryland on September 17, 1934, and resided there until marrying Donald Leroy Warburton on September 5, 1954. After a few years, they relocated to Highland in Howard County, Maryland. Raising four children, two German Shepherd dogs, a Belgian Tervuran, multiple Siamese and assorted domestic cats, canaries and fish...

    Margaret Louise Schaefer, a resident of Odenton, MD, passed away on Tuesday, December 6, 2022 at the Regency Park Nursing Home in Gambrills, MD. She was 99. Margaret was born on August 8, 1923 in Abingdon, VA and was the daughter of Peyton Wampler and Mary (nee Haley) Wampler. Margaret is survived by 3 loving children, Edward Redmond, Brenda Swann and Melody Lynch; three beloved sisters, Mary Schepers, Melissa Leadbeter, and Millie Hamby; 12 grandchildren, 13 great...

Nina Ethel Dewberry Of Ellicott City, Maryland passed away on December 5, 2022. Nina died peacefully at her home with her loving husband of 58 years by her side. Nina was born on July 15, 1945 in Morehead City, NC. As a military child, she moved often in her childhood. At the young age of 16 she found the love of her life Jim Dewberry at Seacrest High School in Boca Raton, Florida. Jim fondly recalls that they met when she tripped him as he was getting off the bus one morning and Nina...

Betty Grasso passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 29, 2022. She was born on June 21, 1932, the daughter of John Anthony Grasso and Florence Heinemann Grasso.  She worked for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers for 25 years until retiring in 1987.  Betty is survived by her sister Amelia Shannon, granddaughters Lorie Ann and Tanya Ashley, great grandchildren Aeon, Julius, Meadow and Madison.  She was preceded in death by her son Alan,...

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Cathy Harvey passed away peacefully with her family by her side on December 2, 2022 at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.  Cathy was born on July 31, 1960 to Edward and Irene Izumi in Washington, DC.  Cathy and her family made their home in Maryland City.  Upon graduation from Meade High School in 1978, Cathy went to work for Montgomery Ward in Laurel, Maryland.  It was there that Cathy met her love and future husband, Calvin Harvey, the City’s current Fleet...

On December 1, 2022, Lincoln J. Pitts II of Columbia passed away at the age of 65.  Born in Washington, D.C., he lived in the Columbia area since 1993. Prior to that he had lived in Iowa.  Fueled by his love of music, in his younger days he had his own radio show. He obtained his master’s degree and was a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.  He then worked as a Director for 24 years at Alco.  His job often took him throughout the Maryland, Delaware and...

  Jatin Raojibhai Patel, a resident of Germantown, MD, passed away on Thursday, December 1, 2022 at his home surrounded by loved ones. He was 63 years old.  Jatin was born on July 19, 1959 in Gujarat, India and was the son of Raojibhai and Kamalaben Patel of Vidyanagar, India. Jatin was a proud father, immigrant, husband, and grandfather. An engineer by profession, he instilled the values and mentality of hard work, dedication to family, and education in his children. From a...