eona LaMar Thrift (nee Padgett),
On Saturday December 20 in Huntingtown, MD, a native Washingtonian, the beloved wife of the late Barzilla S. Thrift, loving mother of Ray A. (the late Linda)Thrift and Dianne (Roland) Sanner, also survived by 8 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great – granddaughter. Friends are invited to Leona's Life Celebration on Friday from 2-4 & 7-9 P.M. at the GEORGE P. KALAS FUNERAL HOME, 2973 Solomons Island Rd., Edgewater, MD, where funeral services will be held on Saturday December 27, 2008 at 10 A.M. Interment Cedar Hill Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Calvert Hospice, P.O. Box 838 Prince Frederick, MD 20678.