Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Roy belonged to the Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Wheaton.
Joseph George Roy, 89, of Ocean View, Del., passed away on Saturday. According to his obituary in Delmarva Now, Roy was a lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Wheaton. See the full obituary on the Delmarva Now website. Did you know Joseph George Roy? Share your memories in the comments. To submit obituaries on Wheaton Patch, send an email to Esther.French@patch.com or add an announcement.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Kahan passed away March 29.
Linda Kahan, a Silver Spring resident who retired from a top U.S. Food and Drug Administration position in 2007, passed away March 29. According to a May 1 Washington Post obituary, Kahan belonged to Congregation Har Tzeon-Agudath Achim and Kemp Mill Synagogue. Read the full obituary on the Washington Post website. To submit obituaries on Wheaton Patch, send an email to Esther.French@patch.com or add an announcement.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Manuel Enrique Diaz Gomez, who had recently moved from Wheaton to Silver Spring, was found dead Nov. 6 after his family had reported him missing on Oct. 31.
The family of Manuel Enrique Diaz Gomez will hold a viewing from 2-4 p.m. and from 7-9 p.m. on Nov. 13 at Collins Funeral Home in Silver Spring. Gomez, 37, was reported missing Oct. 31. His body was found on Sunday in Hanover and police are investigating it as a homicide. Gomez was staying with family friend Ursula Laureano in Silver Spring just before he went missing, but had been living on Easecrest Drive in Wheaton a few months earlier. Gomez’s mother and one of his brothers traveled from the Dominican Republic, his home country, for the funeral, Laureano said. Another brother came down from Montreal, Canada. Gomez’s son and ex-wife live in New Jersey. Laureano said Gomez was like a brother to her and a “hard-working, friendly person.” …
Saturday, July 9, 2011
What the Web is saying about Wheaton.
Wheaton Metro Station gets a dubious shout-out in the New York Times' story about Metro's beleaguered escalators. Furniture maker, brother of Marchone's founder dies at 92. Good Eatin' reviews Woomi Garden. Flickr User Russ Sprague captures a foggy summer morning at Brookside Gardens.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
What the rest of the Web is saying about Wheaton.
Each week, we take a look at what the Internet-at-large is saying about Wheaton. Here's what's going on this week:
Monday, April 18, 2011
The former governor will lie in state at the State House in Annapolis and in the rotunda of Baltimore City Hall.
UPDATE (8:30 a.m.)—William Donald Schaefer—Baltimore's legendary former mayor, Maryland governor and state comptroller—died Monday at around 6:30 p.m. in his bed at the Charlestown retirement community in Catonsville, according to his longtime friend Lainy M. LeBow-Sachs. "I was with him holding his hand," LeBow-Sachs told Patch. "He couldn't speak." Schaefer, 89, was released from the hospital earlier this month after a five-day stay for pneumonia and returned to Charlestown, where Maryland's 58th governor has lived for three years. LeBow-Sachs said she did not know the official cause but said it was likely multiple "organ shutdown." "There will never be another William Donald Schaefer," LeBow-Sachs said. "I think everyone will be so …
Monday, March 21, 2011
DeRose was a great speaker, leader of his classmates.
Doodley DeRose knew the college he was going to at first sight. “I remember his face,” said Timothy McNeil, his advisor and mentor in high school “He turned to me and said, ‘This is where I’m coming to school’” “You haven’t even taken the tour yet,” McNeil said, as they stepped off the bus in Petersburg, Virginia. But sure enough, Doodley DeRose attended Virginia State University the next year. Now teachers and students at Kennedy High School, DeRose’s alma mater, are dealing with the loss of the 19-year-old, killed in front of his house this past December. “His death was very difficult for me,” McNeil said. McNeil was the teacher leader of AMATE, African American Males Aiming Towards Excellence, a student group that Doodley was active in …
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11:29 am on Tuesday, March 22, 2011
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