obituaries

Oct 8, 2005

Dorothy Anderson Kibler, 87, a longtime resident of Annapolis, died of natural causes Oct. 8 at Anne Arundel Medical Center after a brief illness. Born Aug. 5, 1918, in Baltimore, and the daughter of the late Emory and Rilla Anderson, Mrs. Kibler graduated from Glen Burnie High School in 1938 and completed her college degree. Mrs. Kibler was a retired...

Oct 6, 2005

Douglas J. Hughes, 73, of Severna Park, died of natural causes Oct. 6 at Anne Arundel Medical Center after a sudden illness. Mr. Hughes was the former mayor and police commissioner of Fenwick Island, Del. He was a self-employed marketing consultant for the electronics industry. Born Jan. 19, 1932, in Utica, N.Y., he was reared in Clinton, N.Y. He also...

Oct 6, 2005

Richard Paul Page, 55, of Severna Park, died of cancer Oct. 6 at Anne Arundel Medical Center after a three-week illness. Mr. Page had worked for the past 20 years as director of transportation for the Maryland Public Service Commission. Born June 24, 1950, in Baltimore and reared in Towson, he graduated in 1972 from the University of Maryland, where...

Oct 5, 2005

Anna Marie Severn, 83, a resident of Baltimore for two years, died of Alzheimer's disease Oct. 5 at Fairfield Nursing Home in Crownsville. Born March 31, 1922, and reared in Baltimore, Mrs. Severn formerly lived in Arnold and Annapolis. She was a factory worker for International Paper, where she retired after 25 years of service. She was a member of...

Oct 4, 2005

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Thomas I. Meyer, 71, of Heritage Harbour, formerly of Severna Park, died Oct. 4 at the Spa Creek Center, Genesis ElderCare, after a lengthy illness. He had retired in 1994 due to acute degenerative osteoarthritis. Born Aug. 14, 1934, and reared in Teaneck, N.J., Mr. Meyer attended Marquette University High School...

Oct 4, 2005

Pearl Suter Dix, 90, of Westminster, died Oct. 4 of natural causes at Carroll Hospital Center in Westminster after a brief illness. Mrs. Dix was born in Baltimore on Jan. 11, 1915, and previously lived in Severna Park and Catonsville. She had worked for Rollins, Smallkin, Richards and Mackie LLC law firm. She collected items related to cats and enjoyed...

Oct 4, 2005

Charles Harrison Christie Jr., 78, a 41-year resident of Severna Park, died Oct. 4 at Severna Park Center, Genesis ElderCare Network, after a brief illness. Born Aug. 15, 1927, in Butler, Pa., the son of the late Dorothy F. and Charles H. Christie, Mr. Christie earned a degree in business administration from Drexel University in Philadelphia, where he was a...

Oct 2, 2005

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John A. Demshak, 85, died of natural causes Oct. 2 at his home in Churchton. The son of an immigrant Russian coal miner, Mr. Demshak was born Aug. 29, 1920, and reared in Mayfield, Pa. At the age of 17 after graduating from high school, he jumped on a Greyhound bus...

Sep 30, 2005

Lillie Bell Moore, 92, of Severna Park, died of heart failure Sept. 30 at Baltimore Washington Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Born July 8, 1913, in Newport News, Va., Mrs. Moore was reared in South Baltimore in Locust Point, where she managed Pete's Cafe for over 30 years. She was a member of Earleigh Heights Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary,...

Sep 28, 2005

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Sep 28, 2005

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Ted Jacobs

Ted Gilbert Jacobs, 79, of Linthicum Heights died of heart failure Sept. 28 at Union Hospital in Elkton after a brief illness.

Mr. Jacobs was born March 15, 1926, and reared in Baltimore and served in the Army during World War II. He was the retired...

Sep 27, 2005

Elma W. Nester, 88, of Severna Park, died of a stroke Sept. 27 at Baltimore Washington Medical Center in Glen Burnie after a brief illness. Born Sept. 24, 1917, in Swede-land, a suburb of Bridgeport, Pa., Mrs. Nester was the daughter of the late John R. and Emma K. Wood. She attended Upper Merion, Pa., schools and graduated in 1935....

Sep 25, 2005

Margaret Louise Decker, 76, of Severna Park, died of natural causes Sept. 25 at her home after a three-year illness. Mrs. Decker was born in Baltimore on Aug. 9, 1929, and reared in York, Pa. She also had resided in Satellite Beach, Fla. The widow of Louis Henry Decker Jr., she is survived by two sons, Karl F. Decker of...

Sep 24, 2005

Roald Neville Horton, 70, of Severna Park, died Sept. 24 of heart failure after surgery at Washington, D.C., Hospital Center. Born April 13, 1935, and reared in Windsor, Ohio, Mr. Horton previously lived in Columbus, Ohio, and Ellicott City before moving to Severna Park 27 years ago. He earned a bachelor of science degree in physics from Baldwin-Wallace College in...

Sep 23, 2005

Emory R. Kopf Jr., 69, of Arnold, died of complications due to cancer on Sept. 23 at Anne Arundel Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Mr. Kopf was born in Annapolis and raised in the Manhattan Beach community of Severna Park. He graduated from Annapolis High School and served in the Air Force. From 1961 to 1981 he was an...

Sep 20, 2005

Florence Hieber Roberts, 93, of Severna Park, died of complications of surgery Sept. 20 at Anne Arundel Medical Center. Born July 27, 1912, in Chicago, Ill. Mrs. Roberts married Richard Eversfield Roberts of Baltimore in 1935. In 1940 she moved to Riggs Avenue in Severna Park where she resided until going to Sunrise Independent Living in 2002. An avid life...

Sep 19, 2005

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Charles Earl Ramsey Sr., 70, of Winter Haven, Fla., formerly of Arnold, died Sept. 19 at the Orange Park, Fla., Medical Center of complications from cancer after a 16-month illness.

Born Jan. 17, 1935, in Virginia and raised in Baltimore, Mr. Ramsey retired as an electrician at the Crownsville Hospital Center....

Sep 16, 2005

Janice M. Gregory, 67, a resident of Arnold for 36 years, died Sept. 16 at Chesapeake Hospice House in Linthicum after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Gregory was born June 18, 1938, and reared in Baltimore. She was a homemaker who enjoyed reading and helping others. She worked at the Providence Center in Arnold, helping with disabled and mentally-challenged children. The...

Sep 16, 2005

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Richard Towle

Richard Burton Towle, 84, of Severna Park, died of cancer Sept. 16 at Genesis ElderCare Network Spa Creek Center after a two-month illness.

Mr. Towle was born Sept. 14, 1921, in Portland, Maine, where he was raised. He had also resided in Mount Holly, N.J....

Sep 15, 2005

Dorothy Yeager Dorothy Stone Yeager, 91, of Denton, died of natural causes Sept. 15 at Caroline Nursing Home in Denton after a lengthy illness. Born on Sept. 29, 1913, and raised in Baltimore, Mrs. Yeager also had lived in Crownsville. She was an accomplished artist and a supporter of various medical auxiliaries and women's organizations. She was preceded in death...