Barbara Juanita Dyko
Dec 2, 2025
Barbara Juanita Dyko, 83, passed away peacefully on December 2, 2025, after a brief illness. Over the course of her long and fulfilling life, Barb was a scientist, college professor, health inspector, nurse, and beloved mom, sister, aunt, and grandma.
The oldest child of Henry and Doris (Holmes) Dyko, Barb was born on May 20,1942, and spent her childhood on a...
Maria Fernanda Cesnik
Dec 1, 2025
Maria Fernanda (Masilli) Cesnik passed away surrounded by family at her home in Pikesville, Maryland in the early hours of December 1st. For the past decade, she had fought valiantly in her battle with cancer—during which she saw her children build lives of their own, relocated to the east coast, witnessed and helped raise her granddaughter, and showed those around...
Mary "Mollie" Heist
Nov 29, 2025
Mary “Mollie” Hoary Heist, 75, of Crownsville, Maryland, passed away peacefully of lung disease at The Johns Hopkins Hospital on November 29, 2025, surrounded by family.
Born in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, Mollie grew up in Wilkes Barre and nearby Mountain Top. In an Irish Catholic family full of “Marys,” she quickly became “Molly” and, in her early teens, changed the spelling...
Saroj Hajela
Nov 28, 2025
Obituary for Saroj Hajela
Saroj Hajela (née Nigam), a woman of quiet brilliance, steadfast faith, and profound devotion to her family, passed away peacefully in Ellicott City, Maryland, on November 28, 2025, at the age of 89. Her life was one of deep purpose, sacrifice, and love—expressed not through public acclaim, but through unwavering commitment to those she held dear.
Saroj was...
Daniel Weinreich
Nov 27, 2025
Dan Weinreich was born in 1942 in wartime Clermont-Ferrand, France. He was the only child of Jeanne and Otto, proud members of the Resistance there. After World War II the small family immigrated to the United States, where Dan's French heritage continued to drive his lifelong love of good food and eventually wine - although he promptly forgot his French...
Dorothea Schmidt Sleight
Nov 25, 2025
Dorothea (“Dot”, “Dotty”) Schmidt Sleight, a cherished wife, mother, sister, daughter, grandmother, mother-in-law, and aunt, passed away peacefully on November 25, 2025, in Ellicott City, Maryland.
Born on July 2, 1943, Dot was the second of five children of Gordon and Esther Schmidt. She grew up in Richmond Heights, Ohio and graduated from Euclid High School in 1961. She continued her...
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