Thu Huynh (Age 80)
On Wednesday, February 28, 2018, of Silver Spring, MD. Relatives and friends may call at Collins Funeral Home, 500 University Boulevard West, Silver Spring, MD, (Valet Parking), Friday, March 2, 2018, from 2 to 4 PM and 7 to 9PM and on Saturday, March 3, 2018 from 2 to 4 PM. Funeral Service at Collins Funeral Home on Sunday, March 4, 2018 at 9 AM. Interment Parklawn Memorial Park.to follow.
MARICELA ARIAS
On Friday, February 23, 2018, of Silver Spring, MD. Beloved mother of Cristina Portillo, Brian Portillo and Josue Portillo; grandmother of Christian Mejia, Sofia Mejia and Joshua Mercado; sister of Mario Luna, Oscar Bonilla, Patrica Arias, Zulema Arias, Salvador Arias, Matilde Arias and Jennifer Arias; Beloved daughter of Maria del Carmen Cortez and Salvador Arias. Also survived by many loving family members and friends. Relatives and friends may call at St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church,7501 Adelphi Rd, Hyattsville, MD 20783, Thursday, March 1, 2018, from 5 to 11 pm. Where Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on March 2, at 10 am. Interment Gate of Heaven Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to family of Maricela Arias
Adelina D. Estacion (age 92)
Adelina Estacion, recently of Silver Spring, MD passed peacefully in her home at the age of 92 on the 23rd of February 2018. She was born in 1925 in Dumaguete, The Philippines to Mariana (nee Arrieta) and Castor Dominguez (both deceased). During what she called the “Japanese Occupation” (WWII), she hid in the mountains with the guerrillas until the end of the war. Shortly after the War, she left the Philippines to work in the newly established Philippine Consulate in Chicago from 1948 until 1953. She used the opportunity to get her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Business Administration from Northwestern University. She would ultimately obtain her CPA in both the Philippines and the United States. She returned to the Philippines after graduation to work as a professor of Accounting at the University of the East in Manila where she met and married her husband of nearly 58 years, Teodoro Estacion.
In 1963 they moved to the United States where Teodoro had obtained a position at the University of Texas at Austin. After that assignment was complete, they moved to New York City and had two daughters, Maria Lourdes Estacion and Christine Geraldine Estacion. Soon after their birth, they returned to the Philippines for a few years where both she and her husband were once again professors of Accounting at the University of the East before permanently moving to the United States in 1970, settling back in New York City.
She worked as a bookkeeper and then obtained a position as a tax auditor with the State of New York soon after obtaining her US citizenship. She would work as an auditor for 20 years before retiring in 1999. In her free time she loved to sew and would make most of her own clothing and her children’s clothing. She also loved orchids and cultivated many of them. A strong believer in volunteer service, she served as the volunteer accountant of St Bartholomew’s Roman Catholic Church’s Sunday School Program and also as a Spanish translator.
In 2007, she and her husband moved to Silver Spring, Maryland after living in Elmhurst, Queens for 35 years.
She is survived by her husband Teodoro Estacion, daughter Christine Estacion of Laurel, MD, daughter Maria Estacion and husband Douglas Abraham of Ellicott City, MD, her niece Marie Dominguez Duhamel of Harlingen TX and numerous family members scattered throughout the United States and the world.
Funeral Mass will be 10am on March 10th at Our Lady of the Angels Chapel on the grounds of Charlestown Retirement Community in Catonsville, Maryland. Donations may be made in lieu of flowers to the American Heart Association.
John Gregory Retzbach (Age 54)
On Saturday, February 24, 2018, of Conowingo, MD, originally of Adelphi, MD. Beloved father of Marcus Pollard, Sr.; grandfather of Mikaia, Marcus, Jr., and Malia Pollard, and Jay Minnifield; son of Rosalie Ann and William J. Retzbach, Jr.; brother of Michael A. Retzbach, Julie A. Pohutsky, Paul C. Retzbach, and Lisa M. Kaintoch; uncle of Brian and Steven Retzbach, J.D. and Mark Pohutsky, Meghan, Matthew, and Christopher Retzbach, Sophie and Olivia Kaintoch; great-uncle of Brooks Retzbach. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Camillus Church, 1600 St. Camillus Drive, Silver Spring, MD, on Thursday, March 1, at 11 a.m. Interment at Maryland Veterans Cemetery Columbarium, Crownsville, MD on Friday, March 2 at 10 a.m. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Conowingo Veterans Center, 775 Ragan Rd, Conowingo, MD 21918.
DOROTHY FRANCES GUARINO (Age 93)
On Sunday, February 25, 2018, of Washington, DC. Beloved wife of the late Charles Guarino; mother of Philip Guarino; sister of Claire Polcharczyk and the late Helen Emde, Rita Shea, Christopher Colbert, Marie Gorham, James Colbert, and Eileen Lawn. Relatives and friends may call at Collins Funeral Home, 500 University Boulevard West, Silver Spring, MD, (Valet Parking), Thursday, March 1, from 7 to 9 p.m.; where the Funeral Service will be held on Friday, March 2, at 9 a.m. Interment Gate of Heaven Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to National Cancer Institute, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892
SUSAN MARIE KROPP (Age 66)
Beloved wife of the late Lawrence Joseph Kropp; mother of Jennifer (Nick) Agrusti, Michelle (Shane) Allen, and Michael (Karli) Kropp; grandmother of Joe, Andrew, Brody, Kylie and Kensington; sister of Michael Brand, Steven Brand, Mariann Miller, and Thomas Brand. Relatives and friends may call at Collins Funeral Home, 500 University Boulevard West, Silver Spring, MD, 20901 (Valet Parking), on Sunday, March 4, from 2 to 4 pm. Mass of Christian Burial at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, 4795 Ilchester Road, Ellicott City, MD, on Monday, March 5, 2018 at 11 am. Interment Private. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 1800 M Street, NW, Suite 750,Washington, DC 20036.
HAZEL V. PUMPHREY
On Thursday, February 22, 2018, of Silver Spring, MD. Beloved mother of Howard, Wayne, James and David Pumphrey, Sharon Marbley and Lisa Powell. Also survived by a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, a great-great-grandchild and other family members. Relatives and friends may call at Peoples Community Baptist Church, 31 Norwood Road, Silver Spring, MD, Monday, March 5, 2018 from 10 to 11 a.m., where a Celebration of Life Service will be held at 11 a.m. Interment to follow at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
Margaret Louise Dilley
Margaret Louise Dilley, 93, of Frederick, MD passed away peacefully on February 22, 2018. A life goal to reach age 93, she made it! Born to Hildegard and John A. Moyer on December 14, 1924, she grew up in Altoona, PA, moved to Washington, DC in 1939, graduating in 1942 from Anacostia High. In 1948, she married Richard W. Dilley, her beloved husband of 49 years.
Margaret worked at Verizon for 30 years, entering as an accountant, then promoted to Executive Secretary for the final 20 years. Her meticulous organization skills were a wonderful blessing truly unmatched – if she owned it, it was labeled! A vibrant member of Verizon’s Pioneers Club Activities Committee, she organized their luncheons, day trips, and the entertainment twice a month to local nursing homes. Through age 88, she continued collecting items from local businesses to distribute to the “elderly.” Many 20 years her junior, the irony always pleased her!
She loved stamp collecting, genealogy, needlepoint and sewing, nearly all her clothes handmade. She was proud to be part of Our Lady of Good Council Women’s group which created the “Virgin Mary with Jesus” needlepoint which hangs at the church in Vienna, Va.
Besides her parents and husband, the sisters and brothers preceding her were Edna Moyer, Mary Moyer, Hilda Trumble, James Moyer and Thomas Moyer. She is survived by two sisters, Helen LeCato and Rita Blasie & husband Bill, along with her son, Richard J. Dilley & wife Debbie, and three granddaughters: Melinda Eldin, Carolyn Reid & husband Garrett, and Janette Case & husband Marvin.
A Catholic service will be held at 1 pm on Tuesday, February 27, 2018 at the Collins Funeral Home, 500 University Blvd. West, Silver Spring, MD. The viewing will precede the service from 12 – 12:50 pm. Interment will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery, 4111 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suitland, MD.
WILLIAM S. KRAFTHOFER (Age 78)
On Sunday, February 18, 2018, of Silver Spring, MD. Beloved brother of Charles W. (Kathy) and Edward B. Krafthofer and the late George F. Krafthofer; uncle of Michael, Matthew, Justin Krafthofer and the late Shaun Krafthofer; great-uncle of Aiden Richard, Zoey Ann and Madison Anne Krafthofer. Relatives and friends may call at St. Stephen Lutheran Church, 11612 New Hampshire Ave, Silver Spring, MD, on Saturday, February 24 from 9:30 to 11 a.m., where funeral service will follow at 11 a.m. Interment Fort Lincoln Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Stephen Lutheran Church.
Phillip E. Reed (Age 63)
On Sunday, February 18, 2018, of Takoma Park, MD. Beloved husband of Tina Koustenis; brother of Kathy (Dan) Crooks, and Trissy (Bill) Knox; uncle of JC Crooks, Justin Clark, and Amanda Clark; great-uncle of Gabe, Zoey, and Killian. Relatives and friends may call at Collins Funeral Home, 500 University Boulevard West, Silver Spring, MD, (Valet Parking), on Sunday, February 25, from 2 to 4 p.m. Interment Private.
Kathleen M. Lane (Age 89)
On Tuesday, February 20, 2018, of Rockville, MD, originally of the Town of Brosna, County Kerry, IRELAND. Beloved sister of Eily Carroll, and the late Norah Reidy, Michael Lane, and Tess Hennessy; also survived by numerous nieces and nephews. Memorial Mass at St. Catherine Laboure Church, Veirs Mill & Claridge Roads, Wheaton, MD, on Tuesday, February 27 at 11 a.m. Private Interment Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
James E. Davis, Sr. (Age 87)
On Tuesday, February 20, 2018, of Silver Spring, MD. Beloved husband of Bernice Davis; father of Cheryl D. Jordan and James E. Davis, Jr.. Relatives and friends may call at Collins Funeral Home, 500 University Boulevard West, Silver Spring, MD, Friday, March 2, 2018, from 10 to 11 am where Funeral Service will be held at 11 am. Interment George Washington Cemetery.
DOROTHY E. BRADLEY SHENOS
On Sunday, February 18, 2018, of Silver Spring, MD. A choir member of Northwood Presbyterian Church; beloved wife of the late John P. Shenos; sister-in-law of Deloras Jackson. Also survived by several nieces and nephews. Relatives and friends may call at Collins Funeral Home, 500 University Boulevard West, Silver Spring, MD, on Wednesday, March 7, beginning at 10 a.m. where service will be held at 11 a.m. Interment Maryland Veteran’s Cemetery – Cheltenham. Memorial contributions may be made to the Pulmonary Hypertension Association, 801 Roeder Rd, Suite 1000, Silver Spring, MD 20901.
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