Gerald Lewis Rains
Sep 1, 2024
Gerald L. Rains, age 77, of McLean, Virginia, died September 1, 2024, at the Inova Fairfax Medical Center after a short illness. He held a master's degree in mathematics from the Michigan State University. He was a former employee of TRW, Inc. He was the son of the late Marjorie D. Rains and Edwin F. Rains. He is survived by...
Tom Squitieri
Sep 1, 2024
Tom Squitieri, an award-winning journalist whose reporting from the frontlines of overseas war zones and the back rooms of American politics was marked by a focus on the human side of any news story, and who found a calling late in life as a nationally published poet, died on Sunday, Sept.1, 2024, at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C.
His former...
Bette Eloise Clemens
Aug 29, 2024
Bette Eloise Clemens, a beloved sister, aunt, and friend, peacefully passed away on August 29 2024, in Falls Church, Virginia, after a courageous battle with cancer. Born on September 26, 1951, in Dearborn, Michigan, Bette lived a life full of learning, compassion, and quiet strength, touching the hearts of those she encountered.
Bette's education began at Marian High School in Bloomfield...
Raymond DeVeau Hagen
Aug 28, 2024
Raymond DeVeau Hagen, a narrator for 42 years at The Library of Congress’ National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, died at his home in Washington, D.C., at the age of 88 on August 28th, 2024. Over the course of his 42-year narration career, he recorded some 550 books for the “Talking Books” program, retiring in 2015. He...
Leonard Zigmond Mikutsky
Aug 26, 2024
Leonard "Len" Mikutsky, 92, a loving and devoted husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, passed peacefully on August 26, 2024 in Annapolis, MD.
After graduating from high school in his hometown of Shenandoah, PA, Len served as a blimp radio operator in Naval Airship Squadron Two. Soon after in 1954, he married the love of his life, Joan Ann Grigas. They spent...
Sheila Elizabeth Truxon
Aug 26, 2024
On Monday, August 26, 2024, passed away after a long illness. She is survived by beloved partner of 40 years, Richard Peyton, devoted brother William E. Truxon, Jr. (Natalie), nieces, nephews, cousins and a host of other relatives and friends. Sheila is preceded in death by her mother (Helen E. Truxon) and father (William E. Truxon Sr.). Memorial contributions may...
Martha Louise Andrews
Aug 25, 2024
Martha Louise Andrews, 68, passed away in the company of her family on August 25, 2024. She was born on August 1, 1956 in Parkersburg, West Virginia, the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Joyce.
Left to cherish her memory are her son, Philip (Eileen Ryan), and siblings Barbara Orlando, Mary Joyce (Steve Baldwin), Tom Joyce, and Carolyn Wall (Brian) along with...