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Rita Vick, 60
Rita Maria
Vick, 60, of Lusby,
MD, formerly
of Silver Spring,
MD passed away
on Dec. 9, 2011 at
Calvert Memorial
Hospital, Prince
Frederick, MD.
She was born
on May 6, 1951 in
Cheverly, MD to
the late Armondo
and Frances Pietraskiewicz.
Rita is survived by her husband Rudy
Vick; daughter Joyce Sacks of Calvert County;
son, Danny Vick of Illinois and her granddaughter
Keston Sacks.
The family received friends on Thursday,
December 15, 2011 at 10:30 AM until the
time of the service celebrating her life at 11:30
AM., Father John Howanstine officiated. Interment
followed in Solomons United Methodist
Church Cemetery, Solomons, MD.
Should friend’s desire contributions may
be made in her memory to St. Leonard Volunteer
Fire and Rescue Squad, 200 Calvert Beach
Road, Saint Leonard, MD 20685. Arrangements
by the Rausch Funeral Home, P. A.,
Lusby, MD. rauschfuneralhomes.com.
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son of the late Paul A. LaMarr and Mary
(Monroe) LaMarr.
Charles was a United States Marine
Corp. Master Sergeant, serving for twenty
four years. After retiring from the USMC
in 1968 at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station,
he worked for 22 years as a manual
writer for Lockheed Martin. Charles was
the first volunteer for the Maryland State Police,
Leonardtown, MD, serving over 10,000
hours. He was a member of the Hollywood
Moose Lodge, Chapter 2173 and the VFW
in California, MD. Charles was married to
Rosalie Anderson on February 8, 2003 in Issue,
MD.
Charles is survived by his wife, Rosalie,
his children, Thomas Gauchat (Lin)
of Solomons, MD, Michele Zito of Helena,
AL, and Donald LaMarr of (Joan) of Santa
Clarita, CA, his stepchildren, Joseph L. Anderson
(Kim) of Hollywood, MD, Michelle
Richards (Scott) of Hollywood, MD, Mary
McLean (Michael) of Waldorf, MD and
George C. Anderson (Beth Poor) of Leonardtown,
MD, 17 grandchildren, 23 great
grandchildren and 7 great-great grandchildren.
In addition to his parents, Charles was
preceded in death by his wife Rosemary
(Elliott) LaMarr in 2001, his children, Mary
Perkins and John Gauchat and his brother,
Paul LaMarr.
The family received friends for Charles’
Life Celebration on Wednesday, December
21, 2011 from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m.
at St. George Catholic Church, 19199 St.
George’s Church Road, Valley Lee, MD
20692. A Mass of Christian Burial was
celebrated by Monsignor Karl A. Chimiak.
Interment will be private.
Serving as pallbearers were members
of the Maryland State Police. Serving as
honorary pallbearers were two of Charles’
sons and six grandsons.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions
may be made to the Hollywood Volunteer
Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 79, Hollywood,
MD 20636.
Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral
Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD. www.brinsfieldfuneral.com.
Wesley Mandell, 84
W e s l e y
Corbin Mandell,
USN Retired, of
Upper Marlboro,
MD passed
away peacefully
after a brief illness
on December
8, 2011, at
age 84. Wes was
born on July 9,
1927, in El Paso,
Texas, to the late
Darwin and Louise Mandell.
He grew up on a farm with his three
younger brothers in the Mesilla Valley area
of eastern New Mexico and enlisted in the
U.S. Navy on December 7, 1944. He served
his country for 30 years, retiring as an E9
Master Chief Petty Officer. Most of his
Navy career was spent in the engine room
of nuclear propulsion submarines. Following
his naval retirement, he worked another
20 years at the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power
Plant. Never one to sit still and always
someone who needed a purpose, his second
retirement was followed by numerous part
time jobs including serving as a bailiff in
the Prince George’s County Court House
in Upper Marlboro for many years until he
“officially” retired last year. As a resident
of Upper Marlboro for 56 years, he enjoyed
serving his community and his church, Trinity
Episcopal. He was proud to be a member
of the Fleet Reserve in Annapolis; the
American Legion; the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks in Deale; the
Moose Lodge in Upper Marlboro; the
FOP Lodge 89; and the Masonic Centennial
Lodge in Upper Marlboro. He
was truly one of a kind and he will be
dearly missed.
He was preceded in death by his
wife, Mildred Buck Sherbert Mandell,
and by his brothers Darwin “Junior”
and Paul Mandell.
He is survived by his brother Harold
Mandell of San Antonio, Texas;
two daughters Donna Hyatt of Richmond,
VA, and Ann Marie Smith and
her husband Pierre Laprade Smith of
Chesapeake Beach, MD; and his son
Melvin D. Sherbert and his wife Janet
Distad Sherbert of Dunkirk, MD. He
is also survived by his grandchildren
Marleigh and Jared Smith and Doug,
Greg, and Russell Sherbert; six greatgrandchildren;
one great-great-granddaughter;
and numerous nieces and
nephews.
The family received friends on
Friday, Dec. 16, 2011 at Rausch Funeral
Home, 8325 Mt. Harmony Lane,
Owings, MD from 7:00 – 9:00 P.M.
The interment will be privately held at
a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorial
contributions may be made in his
memory to Trinity Episcopal Church,
P. O. Box 187, Upper Marlboro, MD
20773 or to a charity of your choice.