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Harry H. Witzke's Family Funeral Home Inc.

Posted event

October 9, 2025

Oct

Memorial Mass

10:30 a.m.

The Church of the Resurrection Chapel

3175 Paulskirk Drive, Ellicott City, MD 21042

Harry H. Witzke's Family Funeral Home Inc.

Posted an obituary

October 9, 2025

John Cookson Obituary

On the evening of October 9, 2025, John Phillipe Cookson of Woodstock, MD passed away peacefully at the age of 85. John was born in Peekskill, NY to Irene and Edmund Cookson in January 1940. After serving in the Navy in Vietnam, he earned his... Read John Cookson's Obituary