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Local obituaries for the Hyattsville, Maryland area

Valerie Anne Cole

Valerie Anne Cole

Jul 28, 2025

Valerie Anne (Day) Cole of Riverdale Park, Maryland, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family on July 28th, 2025. Valerie was born December 4th, 1969 in Washington, DC to Francis Alton Day and Frances Anne (Parker) Day.

Valerie was a 1987 Graduate of Elizabeth Seton High School in Bladensburg, MD and pursued a career as a Union Service Rep with...

Bradley L. Herbert

Bradley L. Herbert

Jul 27, 2025

Bradley Lawrence Herbert was born on Sept. 12, 1952, in Riverdale, Md., and lived in College Park throughout his childhood and youth. Bradley was predeceased by his father, James (Sonny) H. Herbert, Jr., in 2002, and mother, Ruth V. Herbert, in 2020. He is survived by his brother, Doug Herbert, sister-in-law Annie Slayton Herbert, of Flagstaff, Arizona, nephews Jay and...

Barbara Jean Legg

Barbara Jean Legg

Jul 25, 2025

Barbara Jean Legg, 88 years of age from Riverdale, MD, passed away on July 25, 2025, surrounded by her loving family.

Barbara attended Northwestern High School.

She married Lawrence Legg, August 4, 1956, and remained wed until the passing of her husband on September 12, 2020.

Barbara retired from the C & P Telephone Company, after over 40 years of service. She is...

Gerald B Roper, Sr.

Gerald B Roper, Sr.

Jul 25, 2025

Gerald (Jerry) Roper, Sr, 77 of Greenbelt, Md died on July 25, 2025, at his home after years of battling colon cancer.

He was born on February 28, 1948, in Washington, DC, and was the son of John and Geraldine Roper. After joining the army and serving in the Vietnam War he resided in Prince George’s County where he worked as...

Miguel Angel Espinal-Abuelo

Miguel Angel Espinal-Abuelo

Jul 22, 2025

Miguel Ángel Espinal-Lizama, de 74 años, residente de Springdale, Maryland, falleció pacíficamente el 22 de Julio de 2025.

Nació el 29 de Septiembre de 1950 en San Miguel, El Salvador. Miguel trabajó como operador de radio en El Salvador antes de emigrar a los Estados Unidos en 1984.

Conocido cariñosamente como “Abuelo”, Miguel encontraba alegría en los placeres sencillos: pescar, estudiar la...

Winston Oswald Pierre

Winston Oswald Pierre

Jul 21, 2025

Please click here to view the Live Streaming of the Funeral Service for Mr. Winston Pierre. Streaming will begin on Saturday, July 26, 2025 at 12:00pm.

Winston Oswald Pierre, also known as “Lax”, was born on August 8th, 1950, in Trinidad and Tobago, to Irene and Eugene Pierre. He was the youngest of his other siblings, John, Phyllis, and Gertrude, who...

Diana Gobbett Clark

Diana Gobbett Clark

Jul 10, 2025

Diana Gobbett Clark, born February 21, 1957, died July 10, 2025. Married to David A. Clark. Diana was from Greenbelt, then Edgewater, then Dunkirk, Maryland. She worked for the "Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine" as Senior Financial Analyst. She is survived by her husband, David A Clark, her brother, Willian Edward Gobbett, and her aunt,...

Joan Lockhart

Joan Lockhart

Jul 8, 2025

Joan Louise (Callahan) Lockhart passed away suddenly and unexpectedly in her home in Hyattsville, MD. She will be remembered most as the devoted wife to her husband, Jimi, of 54 years and loving mother of their daughter, Becky. Joan and Jimi, nicknamed Moonbeam and Blackbeard in their younger years, started dating in July of 1968 and were married on May...

Harvey Bernard Bennett

Harvey Bernard Bennett

Jul 5, 2025

Harvey “H.B.” Bennett, a longtime resident of Riverdale Park, MD, passed away Saturday, July 5, 2025 at his home.

Son of the late William (Pop) and Rosemarie Bennett, brother of the late William E Bennett. Loving husband of Tina Kelly Bennett (Buffie), sister Juanita Fullmer of Maryland, brother Donald Bennett (Karen) of West Virginia. Uncle to numerous nieces and nephews.

Retired as...

Mike Surratt

Mike Surratt

Jul 5, 2025

Mike Surratt, 70, passed away peacefully at his home on July 5, 2025.

Mike was a full-time musician, with a career spanning 55 years as an accordionist, keyboardist, vocalist, and composer. Frequently called both an innovator and virtuoso on the accordion by his colleagues, he was far too humble to accept such lavish praise.

His driving passion was music, and he was...

Michael James Attick

Michael James Attick

Jun 30, 2025

Michael James Attick, 68, of Berwyn Heights, Maryland, passed away on Monday, June 30, 2025. He leaves behind his wife, Shirley Ann Attick, with whom he has shared 50 loving years. Devoted father to sons, Joshua Michael Attick, Matthew James Attick, and Gabrielle Alexander who he loved as a daughter. Caring grandfather to Phillip Neil and Maxinne Noel Alexander. Brother...

Richard Lee Whelton, Jr.

Richard Lee Whelton, Jr.

Jun 25, 2025

Richard Lee Whelton Jr., 64, departed this life on June 25, 2025. Born on July 20, 1960, in Washington, D.C., he was raised in University Park, Maryland, the community he proudly called home for most of his life.

Richard was a devoted father, a loyal friend, and a proud fan of all things Maryland.

He earned both his undergraduate and law degrees...

Patricia M. Hollenback

Patricia M. Hollenback

Jun 23, 2025

Patricia Myrtle Gusman Hollenback, 91 formerly of Mooresville, NC passed away peacefully on Monday June 23, 2025, surrounded by three of her daughters.

Patricia was born on February 13, 1934, in Bridgeport, Nebraska to Emery and Myrtle Gusman who have preceded her in death. Along with her parents she was preceded in death by her husband of sixty-seven years, John, her son Daniel of...