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Champion Irish Dancer, Tech Engineer Sarah Deighan Of Columbia Dies At 33
"Saving the world, one user and system at a time."
According to her LinkedIn profile, that was 33-year-old Sarah Deighan's mission.
The Columbia, MD resident had been working as a user experience engineer in technology, having graduated from UMD Baltimore and Michigan State University.
Deighan's mission was cut short, though, as she died after a brief illness on Oct. 28, 2023 at Johns Hopkins Medical Center, surrounded by her loved ones, her obituary reads.
A champion Irish dancer, Sarah was born in San Jose, CA and met her husband, John Sparagowski, while studying at …
Bethesda's Kayla Clayton Dies, 31
Kayla Clayton, a New Jersey native who relocated to the Washington DC area, died on Oct. 10 at 31 years old.
A cause of death was not listed, however, her obituary on the Lawson Funeral Home website notes that Kayla "fought a good fight."
Kayla Felice Clayton, who was raised in Long Branch where she was a high school cheerleader, went on to attend Virginia State University, where she graduated with her bachelor's in psychology, according to her LinkedIn profile.
Kayla's obituary says she received a full scholarship to a study abroad program in Boswana, Africa, where she performed res…
DC Man Killed By Gunman In Maryland Shared Stories Of Hope After Turning Life Around
Friends and family are mourning the loss of Deangelo Moore, a father and entrepreneur who was gunned down in Prince George's County after making painstaking efforts to turn his life around after some trouble with the law.
Early on Wednesday, Oct. 3, police say that District resident Moore, 32, and Derrick Graham, 41, were shot in what his family described as "a senseless act of violence" in Oxon Hill.
Graham was pronounced dead at the scene, while Moore was rushed to an area hospital with critical injuries, where he stayed for days until he was taken off of life support on Saturday, Oct. …