All Obituaries

 On November 20. 2020, Mary Ann R. Murphey Age 80 of Highland, MD passed away due to complications from atypical Parkinson’s disease.  She was born in 1940 to George Reinhardt and Helen Smythe Reinhardt in St Louis, MO. Mary Ann was a member of St Louis Church in Clarksville, MD and a member of the Divine Mercy prayer group. She retired from teaching in 1980 to concentrate on her family.  She enjoyed all manner of painting using oils, acrylics, pastels and watercolor...

After a brief illness, loving mother, grandmother, sister and aunt, Madeline Virginia Cholwek, 93, of Ashton passed away on Friday November 20 at Brooke Grove Rehabilitation Center in Sandy Spring.  Madeline was born on  January 8, 1927 in Bunker Hill, West Virginia.  She was one of 13 children of the late Harold and the late Grace Stickel.  She was predeceased by her husband John of 54 years. Madeline was a mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and primarily a homemaker but...

William “Bill” Quinn, an analyst at the National Security Agency, passed away of natural causes on November 20th. He was 67. Bill was born in Ft. Ord, CA, but grew up in Laurel, Maryland. He graduated from Laurel High School and earned his bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University of Maryland. He completed his PhD in economics from Princeton on a full fellowship from the National Science Foundation. He spent six years as an assistant professor of economics at...

Full obituary to be posted shortly   A private Memorial Mass will be held at St. Joseph's Catholic Church on Monday, November 23rd at 11:00 AM and can be viewed via Livestream on the church webpage at https://www.stjosephodenton.org/          

Carl Eric Lincoln, the Son of Joyce Saunders and Joseph Lincoln, was born June 5, 1940, in Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies. He  was one of five siblings. In 1967 he emigrated to the United States of America to advance his education. He attended Howard University, in the District of Columbia and obtained his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics. Subsequently, he achieved a Masters of Arts in Public Personnel Administration from New York University. Upon his graduation from Howard...

  On Monday, November 16, 2020, surrounded by his family, the Lord took Lawrence H. McCleery by the hand and peacefully led him home. A Christian who faithfully followed Jesus Christ. Larry was born on February 7, 1937 in Washington, D.C., and was the son of the late Everett and Loretta McCleery. After graduating high school, Larry went on to receive his bachelor’s degree from Benjamin Franklin University. He was drafted into the US Army, served his country and was honorably...

It is with the most profound sadness and heaviest of hearts that we announce that Michael Joseph Ross, Sr., of Edgewater, Maryland passed away Monday, November 16, 2020, at the age of 68.  Michael is survived by his wife of 27 years, Amy Ross, nee Derr, and his 3 children, Michael Joseph, Jr. (age 25), Cameron (age 23), and Kristin (age 18).  Also surviving him are his sister, Margaret Tracey of Alexandria, Virginia, and her 3 children, Eric, Caroline, and Adam. ...

Shelley Denise Booker Boston, 69, of Hanover, Maryland passed away on Saturday, November 14th, 2020 in Columbia, Maryland. On February 21st, 1951 in Winona, West Virginia, Shelley Denise was born to Robert Henry Booker and Beatrice Marion (née Holston). Their small family of four, which also included a younger daughter, Sharon Diane, resided in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – a result of a migration northward of the West Virginian coal miners. Shelley’s early years were...

William R. Davis, 68 of Laurel passed away on November 13, 2020 after a long illness resulting from a stroke. He was born October 10, 1952 to Harry Allen Davis and Mary Holowchak Davis in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Bill was a member of The First United Methodist Church of Laurel. He was a boy scout and played little league baseball in his younger days. He also enjoyed fishing and golf. Bill attended McDonough School in Baltimore for a few years before graduating from Laurel High School in...

Carolyn Hazel (Wade) Spohr, 81, born January 26, 1939 in Meadville, Pennsylvania, passed away peacefully at home in Gambrills, Maryland, on Friday, November 13, 2020 with her husband, John, and her daughter, Cheryl, by her side after a courageous battle with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. Carolyn is survived by her loving husband of 60 years, John E. Spohr; her two daughters, Lynn Lee (Rik) of Keedysville, MD and Cheryl Spohr of Gambrills, MD; four grandchildren; Cyndi Dosey (Kevin) of...