Obituaries: Helen Virginia Poyner, 89, Formerly of Hyattsville

Gasch’s Funeral Home

4739 Baltimore Ave., Hyattsville

• Thelma Salanda Righter of Baltimore died May 1. She was 99.
• Helen Virginia Poyner of Myrtle Beach, formerly of Hyattsville died April 29. She was 89.

Donald V. Borgwardt Funeral Home

4400 Powder Mill Rd., Beltsville

• Carol Benjamin: Service was held at Faith Baptist Church, 12700 Claxton Drive, Laurel, Maryland 20708 on Saturday, April 27th at 11:00 AM. Interment Maryland National Memorial Park.
• Erwin Catlin: Family will receive friends and relatives at Forcey Bible Church, 2130 East Randolph Road, Silver Spring, MD 20904 on Saturday, May 11th from 10:00 AM until the time of service at 12:00 PM. Interment private.
• Melvin Gesenhues: Family will receive friends and relatives on Sunday, May 5th from 1:00 PM until 4:00 PM at the Funeral Home where the services will be held on Monday, May 6th at 10:00 AM. Interment Bethel Cemetery Madonna, MD.

Donaldson Funeral Home

313 Talbott Avenue, Route 198 West, Laurel

• Buenaventura “Yoyot” Alvero, Jr. of Laurel died April 29. He was 63.
• Jaswant Kaur Arneja of Silver Spring died April 29. She was 78.
• Kenneth R. Ricketts of Laurel died April 28. He was 69.
• Rasammah Thillairajah of Bethesda died April 28. She was 79.

Maryland National Memorial

13300 Baltimore Ave., Laurel

• Carol Benjamin died April 18. She was 62.
• Ali A. Rizvi died April 26.
• Mary W. Pringle died April 21. She was nearly 84.

Robert E. Evans Funeral Home

16000 Annapolis Rd., Bowie

• Charles Hoover Kienast of Lanham died May 1.
• Paula Terese Popovich of Bowie died April 26. She was 92.

George Washington Cemetery

9500 Riggs Road, Adelphi

• Frances Emden died April 30.
• Mildred Klotz died April 30.
• Irving Eisenberg died April 29.
• Helen S. Porter died April 29.
• Emelia Aina Thompson-Gomez died April 15. She was 67.