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Survivors include her husband of 53 years, Justin Baum of Bethesda, and a son, Robert Baum of Bethesda.

-- Matt Schudel

Marian Page SellmanChurch Member

Marian E. Page Simon Sellman, 86, a longtime member of Scripture Cathedral Church in Washington, died Aug. 15 of cardiac arrest at the Manor Care nursing center in Silver Spring. She lived in Bladensburg.

Mrs. Sellman was born in Washington and attended Armstrong High School. She raised nine children and spent more than 10 years as a single mother after her first husband, Roland Lincoln Simon, died in 1966.

Three of her children preceded her in death. Ronald Simon died in 1981, Diane Simon White died in 1987 and Ronald "Rodie" Simon Jr. died in 1998.

Survivors include her husband of 30 years, Joseph Sellman of Bladensburg; six children from her first marriage, Vincent "Bootsey" Simon of Bladensburg, Norman Simon of Deltona, Fla., James Simon of Washington, Gloria "Jean" Simon Knight of Upper Marlboro, Joyce Simon Leftwich of Montgomery, Ala., and Shirley Simon Gross of Gaithersburg; 37 grandchildren; 85 great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren.

-- Matt Schudel

William E. Ten EyckAir Force Officer, Artist

William Emmet Ten Eyck, 61, a retired Air Force major who later worked as an intelligence analyst and launched a part-time career as an artist, died Sept. 10 of cancer at his home in Great Falls.


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