Tag: obituary
In Memoriam: William H. Outlaw, Mayor of Tenth Street
Mike Soderman moved onto the 200 block of Tenth Street NE in about 2004 and met William Outlaw right away. “He was just a...
Donna Scheeder: 1947 to 2022
“Some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon‘em,” wrote the Bard in Twelfth Night. Donna Wills Scheeder was one...
In Memorium: Robert Louis Staples
Robert “Bob” Staples, resident of Capitol Hill for forty-eight years, died on November 30, 2021, at the age of eighty-eight. Staples was a student...
EMCAC Chair Donna Scheeder Dies Peacefully at Home
Community advocate and noted librarian Donna Scheeder died in her Capitol Hill home Monday, Mar. 7, 2022. The cause of death was cancer. She...
In Memoriam: Larry Quillian
Every neighborhood needs a silent woman or man who believes in the future of the neighborhood and the future of its business community. Capitol...
In Memoriam: Judy Wood
On June 13, 2021, our community lost a beloved friend and community contributor. Judy Wood passed away after heart surgery and complications that followed.
She...
David Melendy: Broadcast Journalist
David Melendy, 71, a veteran broadcast journalist with the Associated Press, died on April 18 at the George Washington University Hospital after a long...
Nancy B. Smalley: A Rememberance
Nancy B. Smalley passed away on May 2nd, 2020. Nancy was born and raised in New Jersey as an only child. Nancy came to...
Jack Wandersee, 1934–2020
Jack was born in Rochester NY of longstanding Dutch immigrant stock. His father, a WW1 veteran, who had played the coronet in the US...