obituaries

Sep 20, 2004

Jean Mackenzie Bell, 82, a resident of Severna Park since 1976, died Sept. 20 at the Se- verna Park Center, Genesis Eldercare Network, after a series of strokes. Mrs. Bell was born Sept. 15, 1922, and reared in Pelham, N.Y., as well as New Rochelle, N.Y., where she graduated from high school in 1941. She then attended the Katharine Gibbs...

Sep 15, 2004

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Ann Chapin

Ann Vasile Chapin, 76, of Annapolis, died of cancer Sept. 15 at Chesapeake Hospice House in Linthicum.

Mrs. Chapin was born May 3, 1928, in Farrell, Pa., where she graduated from high school in 1946. She moved to the Westview area of Baltimore County in 1958 and Cape...

Sep 12, 2004

George Charles Grant, 72, died of cancer Sept. 12 at his home in Severna Park after a three-week illness. Born Jan. 10, 1932, in Fort William, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, Mr. Grant previously lived in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, from 1969 to 1972, and lived in Severna Park for the past 32 years. A graduate of Thunder Bay Collegian High...

Sep 10, 2004

Richard Alan Gillespie, 64, of Severna Park, a businessman and community volunteer, died of cancer Sept. 10 at home. Born Nov. 9, 1939, in El Centro, Calif., and reared in Tucson, Ariz., Mr. Gillespie, who was affectionately known as "Whale," attended Southwestern Academy in San Marino, Calif., and Tucson High School. He earned a bachelor of arts degree from the...

Sep 9, 2004

Frank H. Lafferty, 83, of Arnold, a dedicated volunteer at Severna Park High School, died Sept. 9 at Anne Arundel Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Mr. Lafferty was born and reared in Dover, Del. He served in the Army Air Corps from 1943 to 1946, stationed in England and Portugal. He then studied at George Washington University and in...

Sep 8, 2004

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Clara Louisa Olson Gilliam, 92, a resident of Arnold since May 2003, and formerly of Annapolis, died Sept. 8 at FutureCare Chesapeake after an 18-month illness.

Born and reared in Philadelphia, she had lived in Toms River, N.J.

She enjoyed dancing, playing cards, gardening and collecting donkey figurines....

Sep 6, 2004

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Sep 4, 2004

Verna Lillian Rejent Shearin, 88, a resident of Arnold since 1986 and recently of Sunrise Senior Community in Severna Park, died of natural causes Sept. 4 at FutureCare Chesapeake in Arnold after a brief illness. Born Jan. 1, 1916, in Buffington, Pa., Mrs. Shearin was a military wife who accompanied her husband on Army tours of duty to Hampton, Va.,...

Sep 1, 2004

Edward James Mick III, 50, of Severna Park, died of cancer Sept. 1 at his home after a lengthy illness. Born in Baltimore, Mr. Mick was a longtime resident of Severna Park. He graduated from Severna Park High School. where he was president of the Key Club, and from Mount St. Mary's College in Emmitsburg. He worked as a sales...

Sep 1, 2004

Kathryn A. Barnsley, 83, a resident of Annapolis for 53 years, died Sept. 1 at Anne Arundel Medical Center after a long illness. Ms. Barnsley was born March 22, 1921, in Baltimore. She was a graduate of Forest Park High School and the former Western Maryland College, now McDaniel College, and had been a physical education teacher for the Baltimore...

Aug 30, 2004

Mary Zvolenik Snyder, 90, of Arnold, died of natural causes Aug. 30 at her home. Born May 11, 1914, in Swoyerville, Pa., Mrs. Snyder also resided in Chester, Pa., Claymont, Del. and Catonsville. A homemaker, she enjoyed cooking, crocheting, crossword puzzles, watercolor painting and playing Scrabble. At age 85 she learned to knit at the Arnold Senior Center. Her husband,...

Aug 29, 2004

Mildred Elizabeth Rund, 84, of Severna Park, died of natural causes Aug. 29 at Sunrise Assisted Living in Severna Park. Born Jan. 25, 1920, and raised in Baltimore, Mrs. Rund worked as a financial statistician from 1940 to 1976 for Western Electric in Dundalk. She was past treasurer of St. Martin's-in-the-Field Episcopal Church and a member of the Daughters of...

Aug 29, 2004

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Irwin Gover Courtney, 83, a 41-year resident of St. Margarets in Annapolis, died of heart failure Aug. 29 at home.

Mr. Courtney was born April 12, 1921, in Baltimore, where he was reared and attended high school.

He served in the Navy during World War II aboard...

Aug 28, 2004

Charles A. "Chuck" Zebrowski, 31, of Boynton Beach, Fla., died Aug. 28 of complications after surgery at Bethesda Hospital in Boynton Beach. Born Nov. 26, 1972, in Baltimore and formerly of Arnold, Mr. Zebrowski had lived in Florida for nine years. He graduated from St. John the Evangelist School in Severna Park and in 1990 from Archbishop Spalding High School...

Aug 28, 2004

Louis J. Saia, 90, of Annapolis, died of heart failure Aug. 28 at Anne Arundel Medical Center after a brief illness. Mr. Saia was born Feb. 6, 1914, and reared in Baltimore. He was co-founder and operator of American Plate and Dial Co., a defense industry contractor. Among his interests were his family, softball, bowling and attending horse races. Surviving...

Aug 27, 2004

Maudie Sue Dean Barham, 71, of Severna Park, died of brain cancer Aug. 27 at home after a six-month illness.

Born March 15, 1933, in Dean, Ark., the daughter of the late James Alexander and Beadie Elma Penny Dean, Mrs. Barham graduated from Delaplaine High School in 1950, where she was an excellent student and athlete, and...

Aug 16, 2004

Rose Marie Cathcart Rose Marie Lednum Cathcart, 91, of Severna Park, died of natural causes Aug. 16 at home after a brief illness. Mrs. Cathcart was born Feb. 18, 1913, in Bozman in Talbot County and graduated from St. Michaels High School. She was a member of Severna Park United Methodist Church. Her hobbies were sewing and raising violets. Surviving...

Aug 15, 2004

Marie Hernan Marie Elizabeth Hernan, 74, of Abingdon in Harford County and formerly of Anne Arundel County, died Aug. 15 of cancer at the home of her daughter in Abingdon. Born and raised in Youngstown, Ohio, Mrs. Hernan had lived in Crofton, Crownsville and Annapolis until moving to Abingdon in 1998. She attended nursing school in Gadsden, Ala., and worked...

Aug 13, 2004

Bernice "Bee" Purcell Crane, 90, of Severna Park, a retired teacher who was the founder of Woods Memorial Child Development Center, died of a stroke Aug. 13 at Future Care-Chesapeake in Arnold. Mrs. Crane was born Sept. 19, 1913, in Evansville, Ill., the third of seven children of the late Guy M. Purcell Sr. and Marie Wolfe Purcell. She graduated...

Aug 13, 2004

Johnny Clifford McDonald, 80, of Severna Park, died of natural causes Aug. 13 at Anne Arundel Medical Center. Mr. McDonald was born March 30, 1924, in Harrisburg, N.C., where he was reared. He served in the Navy from 1943 to 1946 in the Philippines. He worked as crane operator and foreman in the maintenance shop at the Maryland Port Authority,...