obituaries

Apr 26, 2005

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George Dewey Lohrig Jr., 76, of Severna Park, died of emphysema April 26 at home.

Born Aug. 27, 1928, in Baltimore, Mr. Lohrig was reared in Ilchester and was a former resident of Parkville. He was the owner of Kelly's Deli and Butcher Shop on Joppa Road in Baltimore.

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Apr 25, 2005

Betty B. Ratliff, 80, of Ferndale, died of natural causes April 25 at Fairfield Nursing Home in Crownsville. Born July 17, 1924, and reared in Annapolis, Mrs. Ratliff lived in Ferndale most of her life. She worked at Westinghouse Corp. on the assembly line her retirement in 1979. She was very active with Boy Scouts of America. Her husband, Linkous...

Apr 22, 2005

Richard Odell Haffer, 70, a longtime resident of Severna Park, died of heart failure April 22 at home after a two-week illness. Mr. Haffer was born April 8, 1935, and reared in Morrell Park in Baltimore and graduated from Baltimore Polytechnic Institute in 1954. He served in the Army for two years. He retired in 1997 from CSX Corp. after...

Apr 21, 2005

Lillian Maddens Lillian Sue Maddens, 76, of Millersville, died of complications from Alzheimer's disease April 21 at North Arundel Hospital after a lengthy illness. Born Aug. 26, 1928, in Bedford, Va., Mrs. Maddens was reared in Lynchburg, Va. A homemaker, she also worked for the Holiday Inn as banquet manager for 26 years. She belonged to the Glen Burnie Moose...

Apr 19, 2005

Philip John Welms, 55, a resident of Annapolis for 13 years, died of sepsis April 19 at Anne Arundel Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Frankfurt, Germany and reared in Maryland, Mr. Welms graduated from Glen Burnie High School. He worked as a software technician at Magellan Health Services. Among his interests were fishing, music and Baltimore Ravens...

Apr 19, 2005

Private services are planned for Andrew Henry Doyle, 70, of Glen Burnie, who died of a heart attack April 19 while fishing on the Chesapeake Bay. Mr. Doyle was born Dec. 3, 1934, and raised in Annapolis. He worked as an electrician before retiring about 10 years ago. He enjoyed fishing. Surviving are four children, Joseph A., Susan, Janet and...

Apr 19, 2005

Thomas A. Brown Sr., 78, of Severna Park, died of cancer April 19 at his home. Mr. Brown was born March 11, 1927, and reared in Ventnor, N.J. He moved to Severna Park in the 1950s. He graduated from Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa., in 1948. A custom home builder for 57 years, he started his own business...

Apr 17, 2005

Services will be private.

Apr 15, 2005

There will be a Memorial Service at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Owings Mills Maryland on Wednesday April 20th at 11:00am. A full Obituary will appear soon.

Apr 14, 2005

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Anita Bauer

Anita Marie Bauer, 86, a resident of Severna Park since 1979, died of natural causes April 14 at Riderwood Village in Silver Spring after a brief illness.

Born May 18, 1918, in the Bronx, N.Y., where she was reared, Mrs. Bauer lived in Washington, D.C., for 38 years...

Apr 13, 2005

Correction from original obituary: Note that Services will be held at Trinity United Methodist Church

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Ernest Rorapaugh Fowler, 70, of Annapolis, died of complications of cancer April 13 at Chesapeake Hospice House in Linthicum after a two-year illness.

Mr. Fowler was born March...

Apr 12, 2005

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Margaret Bertha Berk Reid, 84, a resident of Severna Park since 1941 and formerly of Chesco Park in Baltimore County, died of cancer April 12 at home.

Mrs. Reid was born Aug. 7, 1920, in Baltimore County. She was co-owner and operator of H.M. Reid & Sons, a paving business which...

Apr 11, 2005

Dolores Joan "Dolly" Sherwood, 59, a special education teacher for 37 years and head of the special education department at Old Mill High School for almost 30 years, died of cancer April 11 at her home in Severna Park. Mrs. Sherwood was born July 2, 1945, in St. Louis, Mo., and was raised in Maryland where her family relocated in...

Apr 9, 2005

Marion Leslie Sampson, 86, of Millersville, died April 9 at Heartlands at Severna Park. Mrs. Sampson was born Aug. 4, 1918, and reared in Washington, D.C., where she graduated from the former District of Columbia Teacher's College in 1938. She worked as teacher in Washington, D.C., as a substitute teacher in Maryland and for H&R Block for 20 years. Among...

Apr 8, 2005

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Harold Martin Connolly Jr., 71, of Annapolis, died of cancer April 8 at the Chesapeake Hospice House in Linthicum.

Known as "Harry," Mr. Connolly worked at the National Security Agency as a chief cryptologist from 1963 to 1993 when he retired.

For 10 years he served as treasurer of Woods Memorial...

Apr 8, 2005

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Alice B. Aversa, 84, of Arnold, died April 8 at the Severna Park Center, Genesis ElderCare Network, after a lengthy illness related to Alzheimer's disease.

Born Aug. 16, 1920, and reared in Baltimore, Mrs. Aversa worked at Glenn L. Martin, building airplanes as many women did for the war effort...

Apr 2, 2005

Grace F. Gaffney, 71, of Severna Park, died of natural causes April 2 at her home. Mrs. Gaffney was born July 20, 1933, and raised in Baltimore. She graduated from Eastern High School in Baltimore and retired from the State of Maryland as a data processing trainer. Mrs. Gaffney was the organist and choir director for St. Martin's-in-the-Field and St....

Apr 2, 2005

Robert G. Weaver, 82, of Arnold, died April 2 at Anne Arundel Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Born Nov. 3, 1922, in Baltimore, Mr. Weaver grew up in Severna Park. He graduated from Baltimore City College high school and studied accounting at the University of Baltimore. He was retired from Avis Co. where he had been a manager. He...

Apr 1, 2005

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Wilbur Finn

Wilbur H. "Bud" Finn, 81, of Annapolis, died of natural causes April 1 at The Arbor, Bay Woods' health care center, after a lengthy illness.

Born April 18, 1923, and reared in Baltimore, Mr. Finn was a resident of Kent Island for 30 years prior to moving to...

Mar 31, 2005

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Mavis O'Brien Ferguson, a resident of Severna Park since 1996, died March 31 at her daughter's home in Severna Park. She was 104.

Mrs. Ferguson was born July 4, 1900, in Florence, Kan., the daughter of the late Ed and Lillian O'Brien. She graduated from the University of Kansas...