On March 20, 2016, Melissa Margaret East (nee Duker) passed away. She was the beloved significant other of Leroy J. Schmidt; devoted mother of Susan L. Tucker, and Samantha K. Shade and her husband Scott; loving grandmother of Andrew, Jessica, and Ryan Tucker, and Natalie and Julia Shade; cherished great-grandmother of Austin Tucker and Dominic Broadwater; dear sister of Cynthia Tyler and the late Lance Duker.
Relatives and friends are invited to call at Schimunek Funeral Home of Bel Air 610 W. MacPhail Rd, Bel Air, MD 21014 for a Receiving of Friends from 10-11am on Saturday March 26th. A Memorial service will follow at 11am. Interment private. In lieu of flowers donations may be made on Melissa’s name to the Senator Bob Hooper House 2007 Klein Plaza Drive, Forest Hill, MD 21050 or the Kaufman Cancer Center at UCMC 500 Upper Chesapeake Drive, Bel Air, MD 21014. Online tributes may be left for the family at www.schimunekfuneralhomes.com