obituaries

Mar 20, 2014

Nancy Irene Caraker (nee Zimmerman), 76, a resident of Glen Burnie, died on March 20, 2014 at Baltimore Washington Medical Center in Glen Burnie.

She was born on September 18, 1937 in Donaldson, PA and graduated from Oley High School in Fleetwood, PA.

Nancy was employed with an insurance company and Bell Telephone Company in...

Mar 20, 2014

Jean C. Adams passed away peacefully at home with her family during the night on March 20, 2014. Jean was 76 years of age and born in Rock Hill, South Carolina on the 2nd of September 1937 to the late William and Myrtle Carpenter.   Jean is survived by her beloved husband, James H. Adams and their 4 sons of...

Mar 18, 2014

Scott Robert Johnston, 54, a resident of Pasadena, died suddenly on March 18.

He was born on September 3, 1959 in Peoria Heights, IL, where he was raised, and graduated from Bradley University, and received a Bachelor of Science in Engineering.

Scott worked for over 30 years as an electrical engineer for the Department of...

Mar 18, 2014

Elizabeth Joyce Cowdery (nee Turner) passed away peacefully March 18 In Silver Spring Maryland.

She was born in Denver, Colorado, on September 20, 1929 to the late George Fredrick Turner and Bertha Anne Norman Turner and grew up with sister Barbara Turner Coogan. Joyce was a sweet, loving mother of eight children and devoted wife to Bob,...

Mar 13, 2014

Joseph (Joe) Michael Garvey, Jr., age 77, died peacefully at home on March 13, 2014.

Born in Baltimore in 1936 to Joseph and Ruth Garvey, he graduated from Mt. St. Joseph's High School where he was a noted orator and debate team member. Joe met his sweetheart, Maria Noel Reinecke, at a CYO dance in Catonsville and...

Mar 13, 2014

Ludwig J. Schomig, 93, died on March 13 of natural causes. He resided at Heartlands in Severna Park for two years and was previously of Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan where he lived for over 50 years.

Born February 5, 1921, Lud immigrated from Germany with his parents at the age of seven. He enlisted in the Army...

Mar 9, 2014

Janice Helene Euerle (nee Pojakene), 75, an 11 yr resident of Severna Park, died on March 9, 2014 at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore.

She was born on June 8, 1938 in Derby, CT, was raised in Connecticut, and attended the University of Connecticut.

Janice is survived by her husband of 56 years,...

Mar 9, 2014

Ralph W. Clarke, Jr., 78, of Severna Park passed away on Sunday, March 9th peacefully at home. Clarke was born to Ralph, Sr. & Thelma Fisher Clarke in Baltimore, MD on May 6, 1935. Clarke was a retired longshoreman of 38 years on the Baltimore waterfront and a veteran. Clarke is survived by his wife of 35 years, Frances B....

Mar 8, 2014

Former Jacksonville, Fl. Resident Duncan McKay Holt, 89, died March 8, 2014, at his home in Severna Park, Md. Mr. Holt was born June 10, 1924, in Nashville, Tn. to Albert Campbell Holt and Mary Ackerly Holt. He was the 5th of 6 children. He graduated from Robert E. Lee High School and enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corp...

Mar 8, 2014

Peter Leyden III, 87, died of natural causes on March 8, 2014, at his home in Annapolis, Maryland. Born in Laconia, New Hampshire, on August 28, 1926, he spent his childhood in Flushing, New York, before attending Mount Hermon School in Massachusetts, where he was president of his class, captain of the football team as well as a diver...

Mar 7, 2014

Wayne L. Farmer, 85, a resident of Arnold, died on March 7, 2014, in Annapolis. He was born on May 29, 1929 in Missouri and moved to Arnold in 1966; Wayne served in the Army during the Korean War. He worked for the U.S Naval Academy where he retired in 1966 and was a member of the Masons. He is...

Mar 6, 2014

Francis "Mac" C. McLaughlin, USN, Ret, 92, a longtime resident of Arnold, died peacefully at his home on March 6, 2014. Mac was born to his parents, Clifford and Margaret McLaughlin on December 17, 1921 in Portland, Maine, and spent his early childhood in Hollis Center, Maine. He served in the U.S. Navy during WW II, as well as, in...

Mar 4, 2014

Bill was the beloved husband of Kimberly B. Gust (nee Bell), loving father of Katharine B. Gust (Baltimore, MD) and grandfather of Clementine M. and Penelope K. Quaerna, loving father of Susannah Gust Holmberg (Salt Lake City, UT) and her husband Todd P. Holmberg, and grandfather of Wyatt B. and Annabelle Holmberg, loving brother of Cathy M. Gust (Westlake Village,...

Mar 3, 2014

Pamela Miles Klopp went to her rest peacefully on March 3, 2014 in Severna Park, Maryland after a fierce, six-month battle with a brain tumor. Born on March 8, 1942 in Syracuse, New York, she was the oldest daughter of the late Herman R. and Alice Fairbanks Miles. She was a graduate of Ilion (N.Y.) High School, attended Elmira College,...

Mar 2, 2014

Clegg, Virginia Ann Morrison passed away March 2, 2014. Born to Louis A. and Hazel Newman Morrison on January 25, 1929 in Dalton, GA, she graduated from Dalton High School and attended a branch of the University of Georgia, majoring in journalism. A gifted writer, she was a published writer in her teens and honed her skills working at her...

Feb 28, 2014

Mary Ann Canby, 73, a resident of Severna Park, Maryland for forty three years, died peacefully at her home on February 28, 2014 She was born on November 26, 1940 in Baltimore, raised in Baltimore and had resided in Glen Burnie, prior to moving to Severna Park. After working many years in accounting, Mary returned home fulltime as a loving...

Feb 27, 2014

Kee, Beatrice, 93, of Severna Park, Maryland died peacefully surrounded by her family on February 27, 2014. Born October 28, 1920 and raised in Baltimore. She married George H. Kee, Jr. in 1950, lived in Virginia, California and Ohio, returning to Severna Park in 1970. She enjoyed singing with the Sweet Adelines, country line dancing, swimming, playing golf, a member...

Feb 23, 2014

Dorothy V. Lowman, wife of Judge Donald M. Lowman, died in her sleep after a long illness. They were married for 63 years. The daughter of Alexander and Virginia Sosnowski, she was born in Baltimore and raised in Anne Arundel County. She was 87 years of age. They had two children, Donald Dale Lowman and the late Aubrey Lee Lowman....

Feb 23, 2014

Ruth Ellen (Foster) Phillips (formerly Siemer), born December 1, 1929 in Baltimore; passed peacefully late Sunday evening February 23, 2014. Ruth is survived by her daughter-in-law Sheila Siemer; Daughters Carol Baines and Susan Morrison; Sons Kenneth Phillips and Steven Phillips. Ruth has nine grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. A Private service will be held at a later date in Arlington...

Feb 21, 2014

All services will be private.