Archive for January, 2020

E. Lorraine (DeLarco) Heller

E. Lorraine Heller, age 88, of Hagerstown, MD, formerly of Frederick MD, passed away on January 5, 2020. Born June 10, 1931 in Bethesda, MD, she was the daughter of the late John J. and Gladys L. (Lucas) DeLarco. Beloved wife of 54 years of the late Bruce A. Heller; mother of Steril S. Fox, Jr., Gladys L. Fox Mowles (Gary), Bruce F. Heller (Cindy), and M. Wane Heller (Brenda); grandmother of Jimmy, Chris, Laura and Brett; sister of the late Eleene, Jacqueline, Patty, Penny and John, Jr. Also survived by three great-grandchildren, three great-great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Relatives and friends may call at Collins Funeral Home, 500 University Boulevard West, Silver Spring, MD, Saturday, January, 11, 2020 from 12 to 1 p.m., where a Funeral Service will be held at 1 p.m. Interment Arlington National Cemetery at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Washington County, 747 Northern Avenue, Hagerstown, MD 21742.

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BETTY JEAN WEDLER (Age 93)

On Thursday, January 2, 2020, of Olney, MD. Beloved wife of the late Arthur J. Wedler; mother of David Wedler (Connie), Joyce Wedler, Diane Wedler (John Hill) and the late Carol Anne Wedler; grandmother of David A. Wedler, Heather Wedler Carr, Robert Dean, Jr., Carolyn Elizabeth Dean. Also survived by 6 great grandchildren. Relatives and friends may call at  Collins Funeral Home, 500 University Boulevard West, Silver Spring, MD, (Valet Parking), Saturday, January 11, from 2 to 4 p.m. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery at a later date. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to a cancer organization of your choice.

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MARTHA YOVINA MARTINEZ (Age 42)

On Saturday, January 4, 2020, of Takoma Park, MD. Beloved wife of Edgar Martinez; daughter of Martha De La Rosa; mother of Hersain and Asmel Martinez; sister of Hersian A. Jimenez. Relatives and friends may call at Collins Funeral Home, 500 University Boulevard West, Silver Spring, MD, (Valet Parking), on Tuesday, January 7, from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 pm and on Wednesday, January 8 from 10 to 11 am, where Funeral Service will follow at 11 am. Interment private.

Mac Michael McGrady (Age 66)

On Friday, January 3, 2020, of Laurel, MD. Only son of the late John and Daisy McGrady; brother of Patricia (the late Joe) McGrady-Finneran and Barbara (Terence) Foley; uncle of John (Stacey), Robert (Lauren), and Patrick (Charlotte) Foley; great-uncle of Luke and Emily Foley. Also survived by his beloved cockatiel “Cinnaman”. Mac was a bon vivant, a raconteur, a travel junkie, who loved music, fine food, and the Spanish language. Services and Interment private.

“Always late, but always worth waiting for.”

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George Jefferson Hawthorn (Age 82)

On Thursday, January 2, 2020, of Silver Spring, MD.  He is survived by his nephew, Charles Singleton of Baltimore, stepson, James Janssen of Sliver Spring and step daughter, Joan Janssen of Silver Spring.

There will be a short Graveside Service at Glen Haven Memorial Park, 709 Ritchie Highway, Glen Burnie, MD, on Thursday, January 9, 2020 at 11:30 AM.  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to your favorite charity in his name.

BOBBY RAY ADCOCK

Bobby Ray Adcock Colonel U.S. Army Retired was born December 20th 1934 in Bastrop Louisiana and passed away December 24th 2019. Colonial Adcock graduated from Norteast Louisiana State University, Monroe Louisiana in 1957. He received a master’s degree in science from the University of Rochester, Rochester New York in 1963. After serving a distinguished 28 year military career in the U.S. Army, he retired in 1985. During his military career Colonel Adcock and family served two tours of duty in Germany, numerous assignments in the Washington D.C. area, including Walter Reed Army Institute of Research and as director of Armed Forced Radiology Research Institute, Bethesda Navy Medical Center. He served one year in the Marshal Islands on a clean up project on Enewetak atoll. After retirement he worked twenty years at Manufacturing Science Corporation in Oak Ridge Tennessee, retiring in 2004.

He is survived by his wife of 64 years Carldene Pope Adcock; daughter Emily Kyle Haje and her husband Chuck of Silver Spring Maryland; son Jeffrey Turner Adcock and his wife Tracy of Clarksburg Maryland. His grandchildren Christopher Chad Adcock and Angela Christine Adcock of Stafford Virginia; Emily Joy Cline and Ashley Nicole Cline of Silver Spring Maryland; Heather Leigh Adcock, Kaitlyn Kristine Adcock and James Michael Adcock of Clarksburg Maryland; four great granddaughters: DeNera Chase, Amaya Aheart, Rilynn Cline and Aubrey Adams. He is pre-deceased by his eldest son, Kevin Pope Adcock, by his parents and his brothers, James Thomas Adcock, Herschel Calvin Adcock and Harry Olanda Adcock.

Internment at Arlington National Cemetery with Full Honors at later date

Joseph Burns Orrison

Joseph Burns Orrison of Silver Spring, MD, passed away peacefully at home on December 18, 2019 at age 100.  Beloved husband of Catherine Orrison; and the late Betty Orrison. Father of Richard Orrison (John Wise), Sandra Lake (Philip Lake), and Teresa Beal (Challen Riggs).  He is also survived by his nieces Patricia, Margaret, Kathryn, and Carole and many close relations and friends. A World War II veteran, who was at the invasion of Normandy, and Federal civil servant for 40 years, he loved baseball, his second home in Florida, and family gatherings. Memorial Service at Inter-Faith Chapel, 3680 South Leisure World Blvd, Silver Spring, MD, on Saturday, February 1, 2020  at 2:00.  Interment at a later date. In lieu of flowers, Memorial contributions may be made to Montgomery Hospice at 1355 Piccard Drive, Suite 100, Rockville, MD  20850 or ASPCA.

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Jeanne C. Pitts (Age 80)

On Tuesday, December 31, 2019, of Rockville, MD. Beloved daughter of the late Birdie C. and Joseph A. Pitts, Sr.; sister of Robert W. Pitts and Joseph A. Pitts, Jr. Also survived by several nieces and nephews. Relatives and friends may call at Collins Funeral Home, 500 University Boulevard West, Silver Spring, MD, on Tuesday, January 7, beginning at 10 a.m. where funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Interment Gate of Heaven Cemetery.

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John Gamble Womack, Jr.

John Gamble Womack, Jr., passed away December 11, 2019, from complications due to Alzheimer’s.

Born December 23, 1942, the first of two sons to John and Ardelia Womack, John grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas, attending Central High during desegregation in 1957 and graduating in 1960.  John went on to attend Harvard on a General Motors scholarship and then law school at U Penn.  Upon graduation, John worked in Camden, New Jersey, for a period of time before joining the federal government at the Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (DOT/NHTSA) in 1969.

As Assistant Chief Counsel – and often Acting Chief Counsel – for NHTSA, he was instrumental in supporting legislation and drafting regulations addressing the design and use of child safety seats; seatbelt design, safety, and enforcement; highway speed limits; roll-over crash protection; jersey wall barriers; increasing the drinking age to 21; airbag development and implementation; and mandatory center-mounted brake lights on all passenger vehicles.  During the late 1980s, John took a sabbatical from NHTSA to work for Senator Ed Markey, continuing and expanding his public service work in additional directions.

John was a vestry member, and Junior and Senior Warden, of St. Columba’s Episcopal Church multiple times, singing in their choir and volunteering with the Loaves and Fishes community at St. Stephen’s and the Incarnation, earning the 1989 Lay Person of the Year Award.  After retiring and moving to Pawleys Island, South Carolina, John volunteered at Habitat for Humanity of Georgetown County, became a member of the Midway Fire Rescue as a volunteer ambulance driver, and served as Junior Warden at Holy Cross Faith Memorial Church.

He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Susan Womack; his brother, Dr. James P. Womack (Anne Copeland), of Boston, Massachusetts; three children – Kristi Lowe (Casey) of Alexandria, Virginia; Jay Womack (Lyn) of Silver Spring, Maryland; and Allie Hoover (Josh) of West Bloomfield, Michigan; and five grandchildren.

Services for John will take place at St. Columba’s Episcopal Church, 4201 Albemarle St NW, Washington, DC  on Saturday, January 18, 2020 at 11 a.m.  In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests that gifts be made to either the Alzheimer’s Association or Habitat for Humanity, Georgetown County, PO Box 2411 Georgetown, SC 29442.

Gerard Frank Greco

Gerard Frank Greco of North Bethesda MD died on December 31, 2019. He was born on September 3, 1931 to Charles and Fannie DePaola Greco of Glasco, NY. Gerard graduated from Christian Brothers Academy in Troy, NY; he received a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from The Citadel and a master’s degree in Civil Engineering from Purdue University. Following completion of his degrees he served in the Army both in active duty and in the reserves, retiring as a Colonel. He served as senior project manager at the Engineer Studies Center, US Army. On October 22, 1977 he married Kathleen Galligan. They established their home in North Bethesda MD and continued their careers in Washington DC. After his retirement, he was self-employed as a home inspector.

Gerard is survived by his immediate family, Carmen Cruz-Méndez and Mauricio Gutierrez at home. He is further survived by three brothers-in-law John W Galligan Sr., Vincent C Galligan Sr., and James P Galligan and his wife Ellen, all of Forestburgh, NY; sixteen nieces and nephews; grandnieces and grandnephews. He was predeceased by his wife Kathleen Galligan Greco in 2008. He was also predeceased by his parents, his sisters Marion Greco and Virginia Abernethy, and his brother Charles Greco.

Visitation will be held on Thursday, January 2, 2020 at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church at 917 Montrose Road Rockville MD, 20852 from 6-8 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, January 3, 2020 at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church at 1:00 p.m. A graveside service and burial will be at Saint Mary’s Cemetery in Port Jervis, NY on Saturday, January 4, 2020.

In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests that you make a donation to the charity of your choice.

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