All Obituaries

Margaret Lee McConnaughy Berg, aged 78, passed away peacefully on September 15, 2018 at the Oak Manor nursing facility (formerly Sanctuary at Holy Cross) in Silver Spring, MD.  She was born on March 29, 1940 in East Palestine, Ohio.  She is survived by her husband of 56 years, Thomas, and all four children, Martha, Steven, Matthew, and Alice.  She also leaves behind 6 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren.  A sweet, caring woman who loved all children,...

Of Beltsville, MD Passed away on September 14, 2018 surrounded by loving family.  Bob was born on February 6, 1928 in Chicago, IL.  He received his Mechanical Engineering Degree in 1950 from the University of Notre Dame.   A Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps, he started his Mechanical Engineering career at Chatelaine, Gauger & Nolan FAIA, 1953-1958; he then joined Stromberg Metal Works, Inc. in 1958 as an estimator. He purchased Stromberg in 1987 and worked as CEO...

Edston Ali Valori Kirnon, son of the late Stephen S. Kirnon and Dorothy B. Wade was born on August 3, 1951 in Montserrat, British territory. He attended public school in the Bronx, New York and later attended Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York. Edston rededicated his life to Christ and he later used his lived experience with incarceration to advocate for men and women, who have been incarcerated or impacted by the prison system. Edston was a faithful leader in The Church of Christ,...

March 19, 2001 Marisol Ramirez was born at Holy Cross Hospital and was immediately diagnosed with jejunal atresia. A condition where the small intestine is completely blocked. She was immediately rushed into surgery at the Children’s Hospital in D.C. Although the surgery fixed the blockage of the intestine, in turn it caused short gut syndrome. This syndrome kept her in the hospital until she was four months old. Even though she was treated for longer, the doctors could still not get...

Dorothy Phine Lawless also known to family and friends as "Sunny", daughter of Charles C. Wolfrey and Lovania Frances Wolfrey, passed away on Sept. 5, 2018 surrounded by family. She was a loving mother of two sons Russell A. Marsh lll and wife Sandra of Westminster Md. and Vernon Allen Marsh Sr. and wife Deanna of Monrovia Md. She was a cherished grandmother of five grandchildren, Brandi McCoy and husband Adam, Vernon Marsh ll and wife Kayla, Matthew (Tony) Marsh, Anthony Marsh and...

Margaret C. Rock, of Silver Spring, passed away on September 5, 2018. She was 85 years old.  She is predeceased by her husband of 54 years, Dr. James A. Rock.  Margaret is survived by her daughter, Cheryl Decker and husband Zach, her son Michael and wife Elizabeth (Whitlock), and her daughter, Karen Seiferth and husband William.  She also was loved very much by her seven grandchildren, Zachary, Danny (Jenn), Maggie (Charles), Caitlin (Jake), Alyssa (Dillon), William,...

Loving husband of the late Frances Shamburg and the late Chickie Shamburg; loving father of David Shamburg, Mark Sivatko, Susan J. Grisby, Lynn Hutchison, Sue Fridell, and the late Barbara Roberson, Steve Shamburg, Timmy Shamburg, and Mike Shamburg; grandfather of Jennifer Daley, Stephanie Moler, Benjamin Shamburg, Ryan Roberson, Jared Anderson, Paul Finn, Lauren Sivatko, Stephen Fridell, Jade Fridell, and Hailey Kulp; great-grandfather of Sean and Matthew...

Beloved wife of Jimmy "Toad" Surber; mother of Stephanie Buff and Michael "Mikey" Gorman, II; grandmother of Michael "Trey" Gorman, III, and Tabitha and Samantha Buff; sister of Evelyn Rhodes; best friend of Carol Wittington.

Beloved husband of Mildred; devoted father of Rebecca (David) Poole and Douglas (Margaret) Trimble; loving grandfather of Joshua and Jessica Poole, and Calvin, Anna, and Katherine Trimble; brother of Kay March, Betty Baros, Jeannie Stalcar, and Beverly Ladrini.  Gene was born in 1934 in Texas. He grew up in the steel-mill town of Pueblo, Colorado, with his parents, Herb and Lois, and his four younger sisters, Kay, Betty, Jeanne, and Beverly. As the only boy in his family, Gene was...