All Obituaries

Mr. Eduardo Ribas of Silver Spring, MD, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 29, 2019, at the age of 79, with his loving family by his side.  He was born on November 2, 1939, in Havana, Cuba.  He is survived by his loving and devoted wife of 56 years, Martha Ribas and their children, Eddie (Patti), Anthony (Kristine), Martha (Mark) Bruno and Lisa (Chris) Santos.  He is also survived by his loving grandchildren, Nick, Elizabeth, Stephen, Alexandra, Patrick, Domenic,...

Rev. John Paul Debicki, son of Roman and Jadwiga, was born on June 2, 1938 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia where his father was the Polish Ambassador. He grew up in South Africa, Cuba and Washington, D.C. where he graduated from Archbishop Carroll High School. He studied at Harvard University and graduated from Washington University, St. Louis, Mo. in 1959. After studying in Rome for several years, he was ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic Prelature Opus Dei on March 19, 1964.  He...

William Richard Gigax, also known as Dick, spent most of his career as a librarian at the Library of Congress Congressional Research Service. He rose to Assistant Chief of his division and then to Acting Chief for 3 years before retiring in 1993. He held subsequent positions at Arlington County Public Library and George Mason University Library. Earlier he was an economist with naval logistics and with the Dept. of Justice Antitrust Division.  Richard (parentage Hausman-Dawson and...

Charles Patrick Higgins of Kensington, MD on Monday, January 21, 2019. Beloved husband of Margaret Ruth Higgins; father of Marie Priest, John (Peggy), the late Patrick (Denise), JoAnne (Steve) Porter, Michael (Sandy), Mary Kay (Doug) Shepard, Irene (John) Francis and David (Diane) Higgins; grandfather of 19 and great-grandfather of 14. Visitation will be at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, 9705 Summit Avenue, Kensington, MD on Thursday, January 31, 2019 from 6:00 until 8:00 pm, and Friday,...

James Francis Laddbush, 69, of Hyattsville, Maryland, died Friday January 18, 2019.  Mr. Laddbush was born July 5, 1949 in the District of Columbia, and was the son of the late Frank Edward Laddbush and Mary Elizabeth Malloy Laddbush. He was preceded in death by his parents and his older brother Frank Edward Laddbush III. He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Kathleen Whetzell Laddbush of Hyattsville, Maryland; daughter Kerry Ann Laddbush Sefton (Scott) of Denton, Maryland; son Ryan...

Margarita Roque, of Silver Spring, Maryland, on Monday, January 21, 2019.  She is survived by her mother, Margarita Rodriguez and sister, Maria Victoria Roque. *At 7:30 pm the decision was made to change the church to St. Catherine Labouré, where adequate parking will be available: Visitation will be at 11:00 am until 12:00 noon on Thursday, January 24, 2019 at St. Catherine Labouré Catholic Church, 11801 Claridge Road, Wheaton, Maryland 20902 where Mass of Christian...

Frank Dominguez died the morning of December 10 surrounded by family at his daughter’s home in Rockville, MD. Born October 4, 1931 in El Paso, Texas, he was the son of the late Jose A. Dominguez and Maria (Sanchez) Dominguez. The oldest of two sons, Frank graduated from Bowie High School (El Paso) in 1950. Frank enlisted in the Air Force where he would have qualified for pilot school if not for, as he discovered, a serious need for corrective eyewear. Since a strong prescription is not...

Faithe "Dene" Halsey,of Charles Town, WV, passed away from congested heart failure on December 19, 2018.  Born June 12, 1950, formally a longtime resident of Silver Spring, MD and waitress of the Corner Pub. Proceeded in death by her husband Daniel Halsey, son William Whetzel, brother Bueford and sister Brenda Sprouse.  Survived by her son Ronald Whetzel, Jr. and wife Ruth, grandson Ronald Whetzel, III; also by her brother Lyle and wife Florence, sister Debra,...

On December 21, 2018, God called Lillian Gilbert home. God called her beloved husband, Bill, one week later. Lillian was born March 30, 1935 in Midland, MD. She graduated from Beall High School in Frostburg in 1953. After graduation, she moved to Gaithersburg and began working in the Personnel Office of the Montgomery County Government. It was there that she met Bill. It all started at an elevator.  She asked, “So Mr. Gilbert, who do you think is going to win the World...

On December 28, 2018, God called Bill Gilbert home. God called his beloved wife, Lillian, one week earlier. Bill was born on April 9, 1931, in Washington, D.C., to Raymond and Marguerite Gilbert. He was one of seven children. He grew up in Nativity parish and attended school there through the eighth grade before graduating from Coolidge High School. After he was befriended by Washington Post columnist Shirley Povich, Bill was hired as a copy boy at the newspaper when he was 16. He went on...