The Enterprise, Lexington Park, Maryland, April 21, 2004

Leona June Ryan
79, St. Leonard
  Leona June Ryan, 79, of St. Leonard and formerly of Piney Point died
April 17, 2004, at  her residence.
  Born Dec. 21, 1925, in Absecon, N.J. she was the daughter of the
late Vincent Franklin and Ida Mary Brittain Lake.  She was a graduate
of Pleasantville High School class of 1943.  Mrs. Ryan was a poet and
songwriter.  She was a member of the Ladies Bible Study Group at the
Lexington Park Baptist Church.
  She is survived by her husband, George R. Ryan of St. Leonard;
daughters, Kathy Stanley of Mechanicsville and Debra Drallmeier
of St. Leonard; a son, George R. Ryan Jr. of White Plains; five
grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren; and sisters, Doris Lord of
Linwood, N.  J., and Frances Streaker of Mechanicsville.  In addition
to her parents, she was preceded in death by siblings, Mildred Cinelli,
Vincent Lake, Calvin Lake and Leslie Lake.
  The family received friends April 20 at the Brinsfield Funeral Home
in Leonardtown.  A funeral service will be conducted today, April 21 at
2 p.m.  at the Linwood Community Church in Linwood, N. J.  Interment will
follow in the Atlantic City Cemetery in Pleasantville, N. J.
  Memorial contributions may be made to the King;s Christian Academy,
46855 South Shangri-La Drive, Suite 200, Lexington Park, MD 20653 or
Calvert Hospice, P.O. Box 838, Prince Frederick MD 20678.