Kalas Funeral Home & Crematory

On Sunday, August 11, 2013; the beloved husband of Rosemond Weaver Reid; father of Charles Ray (Joyce) Reid III and Alexandra Reid; grandfather of Jim (Tosha) Herbert, Shannon (Danny) Dement, Charles Ray (Lauren) Reid, IV and Chelsea (Keith) Montague; Great-grandfather of Dustin, Amelia, Isaac and Scarlett. He is also survived by 1 sister and 2 brothers. Services and interment will be private per his request. The family requests that memorial donations may be made in his memory to the Meherrin Nation Tribal Office, P.O. Box 274, Ahoskie, NC 27910. Please leave your thoughts and memories by signing the guestbook located below.

"Bow Jr."
 
On Saturday, August 10, 2013; the beloved husband of Goldie Christine Bowman; father of the late Andrea Bowman; brother of John Bowman. He is also survived by numerous nieces, nephews, great-nieces and nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends. Relatives and friends are invited to Andrew's Life Celebration on Friday, August 16, 2013 from 10am until Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 11am at St. Columba Catholic Church, 7800 Livingston Rd., Oxon Hill, MD. Interment Resurrection Cemetery.

Elizabeth Wheeler Shoemaker, age 93, a resident of Annapolis for thirty-three years and previously of College Park, died on Friday, August 9 at Ginger Cove Health Center. Born in Masonville, NJ on June 3, 1920 to the late Harold J. and Letitia M. Wheeler, Elizabeth volunteered for twenty five years as a transportation coordinator for the Prince George’s Chapter of the American Red Cross. A member of Calvary United Methodist Church and the Navy Women’s Golf Association, she enjoyed gardening, golfing, bowling, floral arranging and reading. Elizabeth was preceded in death by her husband, V. Bertram Shoemaker on June 5, 2012. They were married on April 3, 1943. She is survived by her son, Robert B. (Nancy) Shoemaker of Annapolis, Lynn S. (Donald) Ogburn of Davidsonville and Betsy (Bill) Zimmerman of Riva; five grandsons, Michael Ogburn of Crownsville, Kevin Ogburn of Frederick, William Zimmerman of Edgewater, Patrick Shoemaker of Annapolis and Kurt Zimmerman of Riva; three granddaughters, Lynn Wimmer of Finksburg, Melanie McElhenny of Crofton and Kate Shoemaker of Los Angeles, CA, she is also survived by fourteen great-grandchildren.
 A memorial service will be held at 11:00AM on Saturday, August 17 at Friendship Hall at Ginger Cove, 4000 River Crescent Dr., Annapolis, MD 21401. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to the Ginger Cove Foundation, at the above address or Calvary United Methodist Church, 301 Rowe Blvd., Annapolis, MD 21401. An online guestbook is available by accessing the link above.

Julian Glenwood “Glenn” Gibbs passed away peacefully on August 9 at Mandrin Inpatient Care Center with family by his side. Glenn was born on November 4, 1927 in Washington D.C. He served in the U.S. Army from 1945 through 1947, stationed for one year in Korea. Glenn attended George Washington University, where he was a member of the TKE fraternity, and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1955. He worked as a geographer and analyst with the CIA for 31 years, retiring in 1983. 
Glenn was a member of St. Anne’s Church, where he served as evening prayer leader, lector, and chalicist. He served on the Anne Arundel County Board of Appeals, the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra Board of Directors, and the Annapolis Neck Peninsula Federation. He was a founding member of the Wednesday Republican Breakfast Club in Annapolis. Glenn served on the Gingerville Community Association Board of Directors, volunteered at the BWI welcome desk, and assisted at the food pantry at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Edgewater. 
He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Anne “Penny” Prendergast Gibbs; sons Richard and his wife Laurie, and Mike and his wife Hope; and daughters Peggy and her husband Shane, Anne, and Katie and her husband Bob; he had 6 grandchildren. Glenn was predeceased by his parents, Julian Gibbs, Sr. and Dorothy Sanborn Gibbs, and brothers, Richard and William. 
Friends will be received at the George P. Kalas Funeral Home, 2973 Solomons Island Road, Edgewater on Tuesday, August 13, from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. A memorial service will be held at St. Anne’s Episcopal Church on Church Circle in Annapolis on Wednesday, August 14 at 10:30 a.m. Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers, donations in Glenn’s memory may be made to St. Anne’s Church, 199 Duke of Gloucester Street, Annapolis, MD 21401, or The Hospice of the Chesapeake, 90 Ritchie Hwy., Pasadena, MD 21122. An online guestbook is available by accessing the link at the top of this page.

Friends are invited to Hortense's Life Celebration from 12:00PM until her funeral service begins at 1:00PM on Sunday, August 18 at the George P. Kalas Funeral Home, 2973 Solomons Island Rd., Edgewater, MD. Interment will be at 3:00 PM on Monday, August 19 at Maryland Veterans Cemetery in Cheltenham, MD.
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Friends are invited to Antonina's Life Celebration from 12:00 PM until her funeral service begins at 1:00 PM on Tuesday, August 13 at the George P. Kalas Funeral Home, 2973 Solomons Island Rd., Edgewater, MD. Interment Lakemont Memorial Gardens in Davidsonville, MD.

On Aug 8, 2013, Beloved Scalabrinian Priest of 64 years, survived by sisters Teresa Dal Balcon of Italy and Sr. Lina Antonia, a Combonian missionary in Egypt and sister-in-law, Gina of Italy. Visitation will be Tuesday, August 13 from 6-8 pm at the Villa Rosa Chapel, 3800 Lottsford Vista Road, Mitchellville, MD. Funeral mass will be held on Wednesday, August 14, 2013 at 10 am at the Villa Rosa Chapel. Interment will take place on Thursday, August 15 at 12 noon at Calvary Cemetery, Woodside NY. Memorial donations may be made in Father's name to Villa Rosa Nursing Home. Please leave your thoughts and memories by signing the guestbook located below.
 
Below is a more detailed biography of Father Dal Balcon;
 


Fr. Anthony Dal Balcon was ordained a priest of the Missionaries of St. Charles (Scalabrinians) in Italy and came to the United States in 1949. He served as an assistant pastor in New York City for eight years; then spent seven years as a free lance missionary in California ministering to many Italian communities in that region. In 1964 Fr. Anthony was appointed Pastor of Our Lady of Pompeii in New York City and Vicar Provincial of the Missionaries of St. Charles (Eastern Province). During this period he experienced the plight of many elderly people, living alone, helpless and neglected. Fr. Anthony assisted them both spiritually and financially. This work prepared him for his next job: Villa Rosa Nursing Home. 

Villa Rosa Home was the dream of Fr. Nicholas De Carlo, founder of Holy Rosary Church in Washington, DC, who purchased the property which he named after his mother, Rosa. Unfortunately, Fr. De Carlo passed away in 1961 before achieving his dream. In 1965, the groundbreaking ceremony for the nursing home was held and the cornerstone laid the following year. But shortly afterwards, due to unexpected problems, construction was halted, and the property lay untouched for several months until the Archdiocese of Washington transferred ownership and responsibility of the building to the Scalabrini Fathers. The Scalabrinians appointed Fr. Dal Balcon to take charge of the property and the unfinished structure. The first two wings, chapel and auditorium were built in 1966. The Scalabrini Fathers were given the responsibility of operating Villa Rosa in 1967, with Fr. Anthony Dal Balcon as Administrator. In 1978, two additional wings were built and Villa Rosa became a model for other institutions. 

From practically the beginning, the role of overseeing the home has rested in the hands of Fr. Dal Balcon. For forty years, starting from humble and difficult beginnings, Villa Rosa has continued to provide quality care to elderly residents from the metropolitan area. Although the beginnings were difficult, especially because of the lack of funds, Fr. Anthony was a good captain of the ship. The Sisters and the dedicated staff created a wholesome community environment for the residents. 

In 1990 Fr. Anthony was transferred to Montreal (Canada) and appointed Pastor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church where he worked for over ten years. He returned to Villa Rosa in 2002 and a few months later became Executive Director of the Home, a position he kept until March 2007 when he retired. He remained at the Home always ready to help and to entertain. We are proud that he was a longtime Lido Civic Club member. Rest in peace.

On Thursday, August 8, 2013; Loving father of Jeanettia (Terry) Holman, Odella (Walter) Higgins, Ramsey Edmonds and Odell N. Edmonds, II.; brother of Thelma Bates and Barbara Wilkins;Grandfather of Ashley Higgins, Michelle Jeffers, Quentin Higgins, Terrence Holman, Joseph Holman and Troy Higgins. He is also survived by a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends. Relatives and friends are invited to Odell's Life Celebration on Wednesday, August 14 from 11am until 1pm at the GEORGE P. KALAS FUNERAL HOME, 6160 Oxon Hill, Rd., Oxon Hill, MD. Interment will be private. Please leave your thoughts and memories by signing the guestbook located above.

Steven William Oxman, 63, of Annapolis, Maryland passed away peacefully at home with his family by his side on Thursday, August 8, 2013. He was the beloved husband of Judith Rachel Oxman for 40 years. Born in Boston on December 6, 1949, he was the loving son of Natalie Weinstein Oxman and Robert Oxman. He was the devoted father of Charles Michael Muise, Philip Charles Oxman, and Warren Lucas Oxman, and grandfather of Allan Muise. Steve leaves behind two sisters and their husbands, Marilyn and Bruce LaBossiere and Mindy and Timothy Renfro.Steve will be missed by his aunt, Mildred Altman,his cousins, Nancy Klemens and Richard Blacher, his nephews Jonathan and Michael LaBossiere, Matthew Wentzell, Dylan and Evan Turner, and Zachary Davis. He will be missed by daughter-in-laws Tracey Muise and Tricia Oxman, by Katie Toffolo, fiancée of his son Warren, by his mother-in-law Blossom Irene Kislin and his brother-in-law Robert Ian Kislin. Steve was pre-deceased by his father-in-law Benjamin Kislin and his sister-in-law Laura Ellen Davis.
 
Steve graduated from Natick High School in 1967. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in 1975 from the University ofMaryland University College in Germany. Steve earned a Master’s degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1982 and another Master’s degree from Troy University in 1984. Steve served in the United States Air Force from 1971 to 1975 and he will be buried with full military honors in San Antonio, Texas.
 
At the time of his passing, Steve was working for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy as an Operations Research Analyst, specializing in Cost Analysis for Major Acquisition Information Systems Programs. Prior to this position, Steve was the owner and president of OXKO Corporation, an information systems software development company which he founded in 1985.
 
Friends and family are invited to attend a memorial service and viewing for Steve at the George P. Kalas Funeral Home, 2973 Solomons Island Road, Edgewater, MD, on Friday, August 9th, at 2:00pm or attend a viewing on Sunday, August 11th, from 2:00pm-5:00pm.
 
Memorial donations in Steve’s name may be made to the cancer research facility of your choice.
 
Happy flying Steve – blue skies and tailwinds.

Sager A. Williams, 94, died peacefully in his Annapolis home on August 7, 2013. Sager, or “Will” to many of his earlier friends, was born on December 26, 1918 in Bellwood, Pennsylvania. Sager grew up in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, one of 10 children of the late Milton and Kathryn McHugh Williams. As the Great Depression settled over the nation, Milton was killed in a railroad accident, but with the older children pitching in and help from other family and friends, Kathryn was able to raise her 10 children to adulthood. Sager graduated from Chambersburg High School in 1937. As the United States was being drawn closer to World War II, Sager enlisted in the United States Army in September 1940. He was honorably discharged at the end of the war in 1945.
 
Sager met and married the late Virginia (Ginny) Kiser Williams in 1948. They had two sons, Sager, Jr., now of Annapolis, and James Michael, now of Shady Side. Sager and Ginny celebrated their 60th anniversary a month before Ginny’s death in October 2008. After selling a business he started, and graduating from the University of Maryland with a BA degree, Sager began teaching in junior and senior high schools in Prince George’s County, retiring in 1984. While teaching, Sager coached a variety of sports, from football and basketball to tennis and golf. In 1966, he coached Fredrick Douglas High School, Upper Marlboro, to a boy’s state championship in basketball. Sager himself was a gifted athlete, a champion weightlifter in his 20s, and an avid tennis player all his life. He was still playing tennis when he celebrated his 94th birthday in December 2012. Sager enjoyed many other outdoor activities, including cross-country skiing, camping and boating, as well as water skiing from the Rhode River home he shared with Ginny for 50 years.
 
Sager is survived by his two sons, his sister Doris Jean Walders of Oakdale, CT and his sister-in-law, Betty Kiser Vogt of Vero Beach, FL, as well as many loving nieces and nephews.
 
Sager’s sons will host a life celebration for friends and family at a later date.
 
Sager’s family asks that those who would like to make a memorial contribution in his name please do so at the Hospice of the Chesapeake, www.hospicechesapeake.org.

On Saturday, August 10, 2013; the beloved husband of Karen Gibson. Relatives and friends are invited to Eddie's Life Celebration on Saturday, August 24, 2013 from 2 to 4pm at the GEORGE P. KALAS FUNERAL HOME, 6160 Oxon Hill Rd., Oxon Hill, MD. A Graveside Service with military honors will be held at Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at 3pm. Please meet at the administration building no later then 2:30pm with one's own transportation.

Arrangements are pending for Courtney Curl of Chespeake Beach who died suddenly on August 7. This site will be updated when information becomes available. In the meantime, please feel free to sign Courtney's online guestbook by accessing the link above.

Donna Marie Hummer, age 69, a resident of Annapolis for more than fifty years, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, August 6 at her home. Born on February 14, 1944 in Washington, D.C., Donna graduated from Northwestern High School in Hyattsville. She was an oral surgeon assistant for more than twenty years and she owned and operated Hummer Pottery for more than forty years, during which time she attained the status of Master Potter. Donna was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church and the Pottery Guild of Annapolis. She was an avid Redskin’s fan and in her spare time she enjoyed sailing, especially racing Hobie Cats with Fleet 54 in Annapolis. She also enjoyed kayaking, gardening and Tai Chi, but most of all Donna loved to spend time with her family. She was preceded in death by her father, Thomas A. Bligh and her sister, Debra Braunstein. Donna is survived by her husband, Paul Hummer; two sons, Wes Hummer and his wife, Susan and Dave Hummer and his wife Gina all of Annapolis; her mother, Rita Lucile Bligh of Silver Spring; grandchildren, Leah Marie, David, Benjamin and Alyssa Hummer and Kayla Hooper, and her dog, Abbey. Family and friends are invited to Donna’s Life Celebration from 2:00 to 5:00 pm on Saturday, August 10 at the George P. Kalas Funeral Home, 2973 Solomons Island Rd., Edgewater. Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Anne Arundel Medical Center Foundation, Breast Center, 2001 Medical Pkwy., Annapolis, MD 21401 (give.aahs.org).

John R. Pahr,a fifty four year resident of Annapolis, died on Tuesday, August 6 at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis. Born on April 17, 1921 in Baltimore to the late Daisy M. and Frank C. Pahr, John attended St. Ambrose School, Mt. St. Joseph College, the University of Baltimore and the University of Indiana where he earned a degree in business management. On December 8, 1941 he enlisted in the U.S. Navy as a Petty Officer and served in various posts in the U.S. and the South Pacific. His last assignment was submarine duty. After the war, John was a comptroller with a local Ford dealership. He was recruited by the Ford Motor Co. and held several executive positions in the D.C. office. He was a sales and planning analyst, new car manager and a truck and field manager throughout West Virginia, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Maryland. A lifelong swimming and boating enthusiast, John was the youngest South Atlantic Boys Freestyle champion and once swam with Tarzan, Johnny Weismuller. He was still sailing at age 91. At Christmas he delivered baskets of food to the needy for the St. Vincent de Paul Society and the Elks. He was a member of the Coast Guard Auxillary and participated in their operations on the bay. He was also a member of the Hillsmere Improvement Association, the Annapolis Elks Lodge and was a former member of the Fleet Reserve Club. John is survived by his wife of seventy two years, Betty Ann Pahr of Annapolis and his daughter, Anne Pahr Minifie of Washington, MA. A Memorial Mass will be offered at 10:30 am on Wednesday, August 21 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 109 Duke of Gloucester St., Annapolis, MD. Interment private.

Dr. John Loyd Allen, 82 of Annapolis, MD suffered an intracerebral hemorrhage and passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving wife and family on August 5, 2013 at Anne Arundel Medical Center. John was an energetic, active and engaged man who lived life to the fullest until the very end. John excelled at everything he did. He was an avid sailor and boater, who enthusiastically encouraged his children and grandchildren to take the helm. He was most at home on the Chesapeake Bay and the Florida Keys. He and Linda made several trips to Florida via the Intracoastal Waterway and north to Canada on their Grand Banks trawler “Sunrise” and in later years spent winters in Marathon, FL. He and Linda had just returned from a cruise to the southern bay with their friends from the Chesapeake Bay Grand Banks Owners Association and a family reunion in the Shenandoah Valley. 
Dr. Allen was a prominent figure in the military radar systems during his more than forty years of professional life. Born and raised in Estherville, IA, John served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. Educated under the GI bill, he was an honors graduate of the Engineering Science Program at Penn State. He earned his masters and doctorate degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and was a member of Tau Beta Pi, the national engineering honorary society. Dr. Allen was a recognized national authority on modern radar systems and was a major contributor to the formulation of President Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative. Prior to becoming a consultant to the government and many aerospace companies in 1981, he served as Deputy Director of Defense Research and Engineering in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, President of General Research Corporation (GRC International), Associate Director of Research of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and in several leadership positions in the Radar Measurements Division of M.I.T.’s Lincoln Laboratory. He was a past member of the U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board and a consultant to numerous activities of the Defense Science Board. Dr. Allen was the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from both the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Air Force. 
John married the former Dorothy Hooper (deceased) of Mobile, AL in 1952. In 1991 he married the former Linda Ripley Gross of Midland, MI and they made their home in Annapolis, MD. John is survived by his loving wife Linda Allen and his four children with Dorothy: Jacqueline LaPiana (Joseph) of Toms Brook, VA and Pompano Beach, FL; Linda Anne Allen (Ron Bass) of Arlington, VA; David Allen (Lisa) of Montpelier, VA; Stephen Bruce Allen (Stephanie) of Virginia Beach, VA; and his stepdaughter Kristin Gross (John Nicewick) of Chicago, IL. He leaves behind twelve grandchildren: Marisa and Alex LaPiana, Allison Reece (Bryan), Kathleen Jacoby (Steve), Deborah Ehlers (John), Julia Schoelwer, Kali and Courtney McMurray, Charlotte and Austin Allen, Henry and Gunnar Nicewick, and four great grandchildren.
 On Sunday August 11, 2013 the family will greet friends from 3 to 4pm with a Celebration of his Life Memory Service beginning at 4pm at the George P. Kalas Funeral Home, 2973 Solomons Island Rd., Edgewater, MD 21037. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of the Chesapeake, 90 Ritchie Hwy., Pasadena, MD 21122.

Grace Perrone, a resident of Edgewater, died Sunday, August 4, at Anne Arundel Medical Center.

Friends are invited to Grace's Life Celebration from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, August 7 at the George P. Kalas Funeral Home, 2973 Solomons Island Road, Edgewater, MD. A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 9 a.m. on Thursday, August 8, at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, 515 Loch Haven Road, Edgewater, MD. Interment immediately following the Mass at the Maryland Veterans Cemetery in Crownsville.

An online guestbook is available by accessing the link above.

Of Annapolis, MD, died peacefully at home and surrounded by his loving family on August 3, 2013. Mr. Karpis was born on December 31, 1923, the youngest child of Alexander and Matilda Karpis, immigrants from Lithuania. He was baptized on February 23, 1924 and attended St. Casimir and Southeast Catholic High in Philadelphia with his three brothers, Alexander, George and Edward, all predeceased.
 
He was a Technician 3rd Grade Company B 1709 Signal Service Battalion in the US Army and arrived in France on D-day +3 in a plane with over a dozen Colonels. A Sergeant driving a jeep pulled up, called his name, put his gear in the jeep and drove him away leaving the officers wondering who the only enlisted passenger on the plane was. During the Battle of the Bulge his unit became attached to General Patton's Third Army. After the war he went to Villanova University where he received a Bachelors of Mechanical Engineering. Mr. Karpis worked for a number of companies including Westinghouse where he met his future wife, Ms. Victoria Zdun.
 
They were married in Chester, PA at St. Hedwig's Church on October 17, 1954. During their marriage they lived in Philadelphia, Detroit, Bel Air, MD, Newark DE, Belmont Shore and Huntington Beach, CA and Edgewater, MD. His loving wife went to the Lord on February 8, 2006. 

He was employed by Martin Marietta in Baltimore where he worked on projects for the Mercury and Gemini space programs. His time at Boeing Vertol in Ridley Park, PA was spent on helicopters and heavy rail transportation. Moving west to California in the employ of Northrop he spent considerable time “in the desert”. He was finally able to tell his family he was working on the B2 bomber after the bomber program went public. Throughout his career he authored a number of patents. He served his country with honor and kept it's secrets. He was a devoted husband and loving father.
 
Mr. Karpis is survived by two daughters, Susan Robinson and her husband Monty and Carol McGee; one son, Alexander Karpis and his wife Judy; Grandchildren, Victoria McGee, PV2 Casey McGee, US Army, Madison McGee, Cody McGee, Alexander McKinley Karpis and 2LT John Addison Karpis, US Air Force.
 

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Tuesday, August 6 at 10:30AM at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Annapolis. Interment will follow in Maryland Veterans Cemetery, Crownsville. An online guestbook is available by clicking the 'sign guestbook' link to the left.

Betty M. Moore, 92, of Herndon, VA. former long time resident of Temple Hills, MD, passed away on August 3, 2013 at the Heritage Hall Nursing Home in 
Leesburg, VA.
 
Betty was born on September 14, 1920 in Washington DC to Samuel B. and Mytrle R. Bagnam. She lived at 912 D Street, SW with her three sisters the late Lorraine (Haske), Helen (Werner) and Ilah (Parker) until she was married on February 26, 1944 to Charles W. Moore. Their marriage lasted 61 years until Charles passed away on October 15, 2005.
 
She retired from the Bureau of Mines, U.S. Dept. of Interior in 1975 after 30 years of service.
 
She is survived by her son, Wesley C. (Eileen) Moore, granddaughters Brigid Elizabeth (Sharam) Tayebi and Kathleen Alana (Christian) Malpeli along with six great-grandchildren.
 
Relatives and friends are invited to Betty's Life Celebration on Wednesday, August 7, 2013 from 11am until time of services at 12 Noon at the GEORGE P. KALAS FUNERAL HOME, 6160 Oxon Hill Rd., Oxon Hill, MD. Entombment at Washington National Cemetery. 

In lieu of flowers, Betty requested that donations be made to the Humane Society of Washington, DC and to the Fisher House Foundation. Please leave your thoughts and memories by signing the guestbook located to your left.

On Saturday, August 3, 2013,Gabe passed into the open arms of his loving Jesus. Loving husband of Luckie Fleri; brother of Nancy Fleri; Uncle of Lisa (Rob) Redden, Michael (Laura) Wiener and Nicole (Matthew) Jackson. Relatives and friends are invited to Gabe's Life Celebration on Wednesday, August 7 from 6-8pm at the GEORGE P. KALAS FUNERAL HOME, 6160 Oxon Hill Rd., Oxon Hill, MD. where services will be held on Thursday, August 8 at 11am. Interment will follow at Resurrection Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to Moose Lodge 1856, 15103 Marlboro Pike, Upper Marlboro, MD. 20772. Please leave your thoughts and memories by signing the guestbook located above.

Gabriel Salvatore Fleri was born in Washington, D.C. March 24, 1942 to Joseph and Annie Fleri. He is survived by his sister Nancy. He attended Saint Teresa's Grade School, Anacostia High School, and Chamberlin Vocational school where he learned to be a barber. 
He was so very proud of his Sicilian/Italian heritage, his Christian belief's, and the wonderful friendships he made in his lifetime. In Gabe's words, "the greatest place to grow up in, South East, and the greatest friends a guy could ever have"!

Anyone who knew Gabe, knew he was a wonderful cook! He also enjoyed photography, and gardening. He and his wife Luckie had a loving relationship for over 42 years. He adored his niece's, nephew's, great nieces, great nephews, and their spouses (Lisa, Rob, Nicki, Matt, Robbie, Rachel, Peyton, Brady, Mike and Laura) and many of his friends children who he was endearingly known as Uncle Gabe as well. 

He was loved, and will be missed more than words can say. He is now in the loving arms of his savior, Jesus Christ in Heaven.

On Thursday, August 1, 2013. The beloved husband of Melody A. Tippett; devoted father of Chris (Leslie) Tippett and the late Keith Tippett; son of Barbara Jean Tippett; brother of Joseph "Jay" and Janice M. Tippett, Jody A. Franklin and the late Mary "Joy" Gerkens; grandfather of Ella and Logan Tippett; brother-in-law of John P. Nolan and family, also survived by his loving nieces and nephews. Friends are invited to Jerry's Life Celebration at the GEORGE P. KALAS FUNERAL HOME, 2973 Solomons Island Rd., Edgewater, MD on Wednesday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9pm. A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered on Thursday, August 8 at 11am at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, 515 Loch Haven Rd., Edgewater, MD. Interment Lakemont Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the MedStar Heart Institute at the Washington Hospital Center, 110 Irving Street, NW, Ste. 1001, Washington, DC 20010. Online guestbook available by clicking the 'sign guestbook' link above.

Tony left our world peacefully on Thursday, August 1, 2013, having lived a meaningful and up to the last moment a cheerful life, secured in the knowledge that he has more than fulfilled his obligations towards his family and society. The beloved husband of Veronica Tri; father of Robert (Maureen) and Michael (Thuy) Tri and Annette (Cary) Corder; brother of Le Nguyet Do, Le Phu, Le Duc Quy and Le Thi Thu Ha. He is also survived by four grandchildren. Friends may call at KALAS FUNERAL HOME, 6160 Oxon Hill Rd., Oxon Hill, MD on Sunday, August 4 from 2 to 4pm. Mass of Christian Burial will be offered on Monday, August 5 at 11am at St. Columba Catholic Church, 7800 Livingston Rd., Oxon Hill, MD. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to St. Columba Church.

Obituaries

Charles Reid

Andrew Bowman

Elizabeth Shoemaker

Glenn Gibbs

Hortense Adams

Antonina Rondini

Anthony c.s.

Odell Edmonds

William Hyde

Steven Oxman

Natalia Gomez

Sager Williams

Eddie Gibson

Courtney Curl

Donna Hummer

John Pahr

Josephine Kerbel

John Allen

Grace Perrone

John Karpis

Betty Moore

Gabriel Fleri

Gerard Tippett

Le Tri