OBITUARIES
A tribute to a life truly lived.
Thomas F. Good
Jan 4, 2025
Thomas Francis Good passed away peacefully surrounded by loving family in Baltimore, MD on Jan 4, 2025. He is preceded in death by his parents, George and Agnes Good, his wife, Virginia Metford Good, and his sister, Margaret (Good) Updyke. He is survived by his sister, Virginia (Good) and Richard Woodhouse (Baltimore, MD), his children…
Barbara Ann Baker
Jan 3, 2025
On January 3, 2025 Barbara Ann Baker; cherished daughter of the late Mary A. and Charles C. Baker Sr.; loving sister of Mary E. Teluk, David L. Baker, Sr. and Charles C. Baker, Jr. Also survived by many nieces and nephews, great nieces and great nephews. Friends may visit at the family-owned Duda-Ruck Funeral Home…
Leon "Shane" Evans
Jan 3, 2025
Leon Shane Evans, 56, of Towson, MD, passed away on January 3, 2025, surrounded by loved ones, following complications from a 14-hour cardiac surgery on Christmas Day. Born in Easton, MD, Shane was the cherished son of Nicki Dixon Somers-Bashor of Marion Station, MD, and the late Leon Welch Evans of Crisfield, MD. Shane graduated…
Agnes Marie Muffoletto
Jan 2, 2025
On January 2, 2025, Agnes Marie Muffoletto (nee Keelan) passed away peacefully at her home in Baltimore, MD. She is the beloved wife of the late Jerome "Bob" Muffoletto; devoted mother of Joanne Brunsman and her husband Christopher and Catherine Gestido and her husband Ed; loving grandmother of Nick Gestido and his wife Cory, Mollie…
Myra Betty Welsh
Dec 31, 2024
Myra Betty Welsh, devoted wife of the late Melvin Welsh and loving mother of Christine, Theresa, Michael, James and Robert died peacefully on December 31st at her Cockeysville home in the presence of three of her five children, Theresa, Michael and Robert. Myra, born December 25, 1927, had just turned 97 on Christmas Day. Myra…
Joseph T. Chadwick, Jr.
Dec 30, 2024
Joseph T. Chadwick, Jr., 76, husband, father, brother and grandfather, of Cockeysville, MD, passed away peacefully at his home on December 30, 2024 after battling head and neck cancer. He was born December 10, 1948 in Boston, Massachusetts. Joe was a graduate of Washington and Lee University class of 1969 and University of Maryland Law…
Joseph Kenneth Conwell
Dec 30, 2024
Joseph Kenneth Conwell, longtime resident of Phoenix, MD, late of Joppa, MD, passed away peacefully of the complications of old age on December 30, 2024 at the age of 92 and moved to his new home through Jesus in heaven. Born on Christmas Day, 1932, in Pittsburgh, PA, Ken lived a long and fulfilling life.…
Edward Higgs
Dec 30, 2024
On December 30, 2024, Edward Lee Higgs, beloved husband of Linda J. (nee Murphy), devoted father of Michael E. Higgs and Laura A. Starck and her husband Jonathan, cherished grandfather of Lucas and Ryder Starck, loving brother of Douglas Higgs and his wife Jeannette, Mary Przybyla and the late Jeannie Austin. Also survived by many…
Claudenia Carmen Burgemeister
Dec 29, 2024
Claudenia Carmen Burgemeister, of Timonium, MD, passed away peacefully on December 29, 2024, at the age of 94. Born on the 4th of July, 1930, on Maryland's Eastern Shore, Claudenia lived a long and fulfilling life devoted to her family, career, and community. She was predeceased by her beloved husband G. Wayne Burgemeister, and her parents,…
Diane L. Hetherington
Dec 29, 2024
On December 29, 2024 Diane L. Hetherington (nee Ralph) beloved wife of the late William S. Hetherington; devoted mother of Sue Kump and her husband Chuck, Scott Hetherington and his wife Judy; loving grandmother of Sean Kump, Taylor and Olivia Hetherington; dear sister of Zoe Randolph; sister-in -law of Susan Hetherington. Diane was a avid…
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