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Joan Claire Dudenhoeffer

02/25/1932 - 12/04/2025

BORN

02/25/1932

DIED

12/04/2025

FUNERAL HOME

Roy W. Barber Funeral Home

21525 Laytonsville Road

Laytonsville, Maryland

UPCOMING SERVICE

Visitation

Dec. 15, 2025

3:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Roy W. Barber Funeral Home

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Joan Dudenhoeffer Obituary

Joan Claire Dudenhoeffer passed away surrounded by her family on Thursday, December 4, 2025. She is preceded in death by her husband of 68 years Edwin, and survived by their seven children, Deborah (Eugene) Kessler, Deann (William) Olli, Barbara McCort, Beverly (David) Rosania, David (Sue) Dudenhoeffer, Peggy (Frank) Aparicio, and Patricia (Mark) Henricks, as well as 16 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held at Barber Funeral Home, 21525 Laytonsville Rd., Laytonsville, MD 20882 on Monday, December 15 from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 6701 Muncaster Mill Rd., Derwood, MD 20855 on Tuesday, December 16 at 11 a.m. Online condolences may be expressed at barberfhlaytonsville.com.

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Published by The Washington Post from Dec. 12 to Dec. 13, 2025.

Memorial Events
for Joan Dudenhoeffer

Dec

15

Visitation

3:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Roy W. Barber Funeral Home

21525 Laytonsville Road, Laytonsville, MD 20882

Dec

16

Funeral Mass

11:00 a.m.

St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church

6701 Muncaster Mill Rd., Derwood, MD 20855

Funeral services provided by:

Roy W. Barber Funeral Home

21525 Laytonsville Road, Laytonsville, MD 20882

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