Dana J. Lantz, 64, of Lexington Park, MD died July 20, 2009 at the home of her daughter in Woodbridge, VA, after a long, hard-fought battle with cancer. She was born December 6, 1944 in Lexington Park, MD, the daughter of Cornelia Elizabeth "Betty" Wilburn Wilson and the late Obie Wilburn. She was married to the late Allen W. Lantz.

Dana Lantz was born and raised in Lexington Park, MD, attending Frank Knox Elementary and Lexington Park Elementary Schools, and graduating from Great Mills High School in 1962. She attended Strayer University, graduating with an Associates Degree in 1964, and completing her Bachelor's Degree many years later in 1991. She was the owner of D. Lantz Income Tax Service in her home in Lexington Park since the mid-1970s with a large base of many very satisfied clients.

She is survived by her mother, Cornelia Elizabeth Leffring Wilburn Wilson, of Woodbridge, VA, brothers, Cecil Obie Wilburn of Lexington Park, MD and John Rowlyn Wilburn of Chesapeake, VA, stepson, James Allen Lantz of Stanardsville, VA, son Kenneth "Kenny" Lee Lantz, of Lexington Park, MD and daughter Jill Denise Lantz Argueta of Woodbridge, VA, three grandchildren, David Allen Lantz of Fairfax, VA, Matthew Alexander Argueta, and Katherine Elizabeth Argueta, of Woodbridge, VA.

She was preceded in death by her husband Allen Ward Lantz, her sister Betty Susan Wilburn Lincoln and a grandson Scott Owen Lantz.

Family will receive friends on Saturday, July 25, 2009 from 12:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. in the Brinsfield Funeral Home, 22955 Hollywood Road, Leonardtown, MD 20650. Interment will be private.

Memorial contributions may be made to Capital Hospice, 2900 Telestar Court, Falls Church, VA 22042.

Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD.