All Obituaries

Marie Natoli, age 85, of Gambrills, MD, passed away November 11, 2019. She was born in Bassett, Virginia, to the late William Albert and Mary A. Foley. Marie enjoyed gardening and crocheting. In her early years, she was an avid bowler. Beloved wife of the late Anthony F. Natoli; loving mother of Carolyn Railey (George), Catherine Slepitza (Mark), Janet Daves (Fred), Sarah Bowers, Anthony Natoli, Jr. (Tonya), Rosemary Schulte (Scott), Theresa Puher (Paul), Gina Skinner (Gerard), and the late...

Son of the late William L. and Mary Lee Mortfeld; Brother of Mary E. Williams, Brenda L. Cherba, M. Hannah Gaffigan and the late Susan M. Mortfeld; Devoted companion of Diana Grimley; also survived by several nieces and nephews.

Emma Jane Busbey Ditman born on November 13th, 1933  at home on her parents’ Laurel, MD farm.  She died peacefully on November 8, 2019 with family around her. Emma was the beloved wife of Joseph McGill Ditman(deceased) and mother to Mary Rebecca Xenos, Ellen Ruth Richmond-Hearty, Liana Louise Shrader, Joseph McGill Lewis Ditman, John William Ditman, James Andrew Ditman, Paul Frances Ditman (deceased), Jane Marie Goode and Charles Thomas Ditman. as well as grandmother to...

Corinne Marie Schweiss, 85, a resident of Laurel, MD, passed away peacefully on Thursday, November 7, 2019 at Brighton Gardens Assisted Living in Columbia, MD. She was born on December 31, 1933 in St. Louis, Missouri, to the late Antoinette Marie Martin and Herman Lafayette Martin. Corinne graduated from Notre Dame High School and attended Webster University. Profoundly creative and artistic, Corinne enjoyed playing piano, drawing, painting, calligraphy and crocheting.  Her mother...

husband of Jacqui; father of Micheal, Greg, Alun and Hugh; son of the late Norman Walpole and Evelyn Smith; brother of David, Mark, Rachel, Andrew and Jonathan; also survived by several nieces, nephews, grand nieces and grand nephews.

John Henry West, Jr of New York City, New York, passed away on Tuesday, November 5th 2019. He was born in Harlem hospital in New York City to John Henry West Senior and Estelle Fields on July 6, 1933. Mr. West had a long and accomplished Military career. He enlisted in the United States Airforce in June 1951 shortly before his 18th birthday. He served in combat during the Korean War (1951-1953) and later worked in the Pentagon as a cryptographer. He was honorably discharged from the Air...

Dr. Lawrence A. Schmid, a Doctor of Theoretical Physics, of Greenbelt, MD, passed away peacefully, on November 4, 2019 at the age of 91. Lawrence was born in Philadelphia, PA to Walter and Mildred (Lawrence) Schmid and was the third of four children.  Dr. Schmid graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, and went on to earn his Doctorate at Princeton University. Lawrence taught at Michigan State for a short time before joining NASA at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt. ...

Helen F.Leavitt, 92, of Silver Spring, MD, passed away on Monday, November 4, 2019. She was born in Washington, DC to Joseph Fraser and Helen (Manley) Fraser in 1927. She graduated from Coolidge High School in Washington, DC with the Class of 1945. Following secretarial school she worked for the National Council of Churches and the US Air Force's Office of Special Investigations until marrying her husband, William, in 1958. She then became a homemaker and raised their two children. She...

Beloved wife of Rick Del Tufo; mother of Wayne (Anne) Del Tufo, Lisa (Paul) Johnson, Daniel Del Tufo and Todd (the late Michelle) Del Tufo; grandmother of Alexa (Kevin) Hornik, J.T. Del Tufo, Todd Jon Del Tufo Jr., David Johnson, Casey Johnson, Nathan Del Tufo and Maci Del Tufo; sister of Sandy (Sid) Gritz, and the late Nita and Al Schindler.