William Trow "Bill" McLaren, Jr., 60, of Lexington Park, MD died December 26, 2006 in St. Mary's Hospital, Leonardtown, MD.

Born November 19, 1946 in Washington, DC, he was the son of Doris Virginia Kent McLaren and the late William Trow McLaren, Sr. In 1964, Bill graduated from Great Mills High School, Great Mills, MD. He was a member of the Lexington Park Baptist Church and a former member of the Lexington Park Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad.

He is survived by his mother, his longtime companion, Flo Schmidt, of Lexington Park, MD, four step-children, Sandra Otto and her husband John of Lexington Park, MD, Raymond Schmidt and his wife Ronda, Randy Schmidt and his wife Ginny, and Tony Schmidt, all of Geneva, OH, sister, Marleen McDaniel and her husband, Jack of Byron, GA, ten grandchildren, a niece, Kara Mattingly, three nephews, William Thomas McLaren, Michael Kent McLaren, and Robby Katzberg, and one great- nephew, John Thomas Mattingly. Bill is preceded in death by his father and his sister Sheila McLaren Katzberg.

A Visitation will be held on Friday, December 29, 2006 from 10-11:00 a.m. in the Lexington Park Baptist Church, Lexington Park, MD with the Funeral Service at 11:00 a.m. Pastor Mark Garrett will officiate. Interment will follow in Charles Memorial Gardens, Leonardtown, MD.

Memorial contributions may be made to American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 1131, Fairfax, VA 22038-1131.

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