obituaries

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...

Sep 14, 2005

Angela B. Hampe, 83, of Stevensville, died of natural causes Sept. 14 at The Pines Genesis ElderCare in Easton. Born Oct. 19, 1921, in Linthicum, and reared in Baltimore, Mrs. Hampe also had lived in Severna Park. She graduated from Eastern High School in Baltimore in 1941 and attended the Peabody Conservatory. Mrs. Hampe worked as a permanent substitute in...

Sep 13, 2005

Keith Walter Miller, son of Kevin W. and Domenica Miller of Glen Burnie was stillborn on Sept. 13 at Harbor Hospital Center in Baltimore. In addition to his parents, the baby is survived by a brother, Garrett Miller of Glen Burnie; his grandparents, Santo and Yalanda Lapi of Brooklyn; and David and Jean Miller of Arnold; and his great-grandmothers, Eleanor...

Sep 11, 2005

Diane Freeman Diane Fitzgibbon Freeman, 41, of Severna Park and licensed Realtor in Anne Arundel County for 18 years, died Sept. 11 from complications of biliary duct cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Center in Towson. Born in Annapolis on Dec. 21, 1963, Mrs. Freeman graduated from St. Mary's Elementary and St. Mary's High schools. She earned her degree in business from...

Sep 8, 2005

John R. Whittaker, 79, of Millersville, died of lung cancer Sept. 8 at Glen Burnie Health and Rehabilitation Center after a five-year illness. Mr. Whittaker was born May 19, 1926, in New Jersey, where he was reared. He served in the Navy during World War II in the South Pacific and retired as a chief petty officer after 24 years...

Sep 6, 2005

Norman Dickerson Norman Clifford Dickerson, Jr., 74, of Towson, and a Severna Park resident for 25 years, died of supranuclear palsy Sept. 6 at Eden Wald Nursing after a two-year illness. Born Feb. 17, 1931, in McKinney, Texas, Mr. Dickerson was reared in the Dallas area. He attended Southern Methodist University and graduated from the University of Texas in 1958...

Sep 5, 2005

Annette Dietz O. Annette E. Dietsch Dietz, 74, a resident of Severna Park for 28 years, died Sept. 5 at her home. Born in Merrick, Long Island, N.Y., on April 24, 1931, Mrs. Dietz was the daughter of the late Carl G. and Rubye Annette Carpenter Dietsch. Through her mother's family, she was a descendant of Thomas Stone, one of...

Sep 1, 2005

Adam Z. Sidorczuk, 67, of Severna Park, died of cancer Sept. 1 at Anne Arundel Medical Center after a nine-month illness. Mr. Sidorczuk was born April 10, 1938, in Bialystok, Poland, and reared in Poland before coming to the United States at age 18, serving in the Army and becoming a U.S. citizen. He graduated from Lyceum 1 School in...

Sep 1, 2005

Jaci Fragher Jaci Christine Fragher, newborn daughter of Kristine A. and Jon Courtney Fargher of Arnold, died Sept. 1 of complications from birth at Anne Arundel Medical Center. Also surviving are three brothers, Justin, Jordan and Joseph Fargher, all at home; and grandparents, Karl and Patricia Schwabe of Arnold and Robert Fargher and Linda and Don Holter, all of Annapolis....

Aug 31, 2005

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Charles Calka

Charles A. "Charlie" Calka, 57, of Annapolis, an executive of the Chesapeake Publishing Corp. who was well-known in newspaper circles, died Aug. 31 at Anne Arundel Medical Center. The cause of death is not available. Born June 17, 1948, in Port Chester, N.Y., and the son of the...