obituaries

Dec 9, 2004

Esther Marie Showe, 90, of Arnold, died of a stroke Dec. 9 at Johns Hopkins Hospital after a three-day illness. Mrs. Showe was born Aug. 2, 1914, in Clay Center, Kansas, where she graduated from Clay Center High School in 1928 and the Research General Hospital in 1936 as a registered nurse. She worked as a private duty nurse in...

Dec 8, 2004

Dr. William F. Martin Jr., 75, a resident of Annapolis since 1959, died of heart failure Dec. 8 at home after a brief illness. Dr. Martin was born July 27, 1929, and reared in Baltimore. He graduated from Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, the University of Maryland College Park and in 1955 from the University of Maryland Dental School. He served in...

Dec 8, 2004

Arthur H. Bloche, 84, of Annapolis, died of natural causes Dec. 8 at Genesis ElderCare Network, Severna Park Center. Mr. Bloche was born Nov. 20, 1920, and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., and previously lived in West Nyack, N.Y. He served as a sergeant in the Army Air Corps as a tail gunner during World War II, flying bombing raids on...

Dec 5, 2004

Mary Long Funk, 84, a resident of an assisted living facility in Arnold for the past 10 years and formerly of Arbutus in Baltimore County, died of natural causes Dec. 5 at her home. Mrs. Funk was born Nov. 21, 1921, in Harrisburg, Pa., and graduated from Catonsville High School. She was a homemaker who enjoyed painting landscapes and still...

Dec 2, 2004

John Charles Windsor, 60, of Severna Park, died suddenly Dec. 2 at home. Born April 11, 1944, in Annapolis and reared in Pasadena, Mr. Windsor served in the Navy from 1961 to 1964. He worked as foreman in the construction business. Among his interests were fishing, woodworking and vegetable gardening. Surviving are his son, John Charles Windsor Jr. of Severna...

Nov 29, 2004

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Services for Quintin Winfred Weaver, 81, a 49-year resident of Severna Park, will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow at Woods Memorial Presbyterian Church in Severna Park.

Visitation will be from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 tonight at Barranco and Sons Severna Park Funeral Home, 495 Ritchie...

Nov 28, 2004

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Carl Hester

L. Carl Hester, 73, of Severna Park, died of cancer Nov. 28 at North Arundel Hospital after a brief illness.

Born March 30, 1931, and reared in Bladen County, N.C., Mr. Hester served as a staff sergeant in the Air Force during the Korean War....

Nov 25, 2004

Helen Humbird Offutt Johnson, 92, a resident of Severna Park since 1960 and formerly of Cumberland, died of pneumonia Nov. 25 at Anne Arundel Medical Center after a brief illness. Born June 8, 1912, in Oakland, the daughter of the late William R. and Mary Eleanor Humbird Offutt, Mrs. Johnson was educated in the Garrett County public school system and...

Nov 25, 2004

Katheryn Sutton Katheryn L. Sutton, 90, of Chesapeake Beach, died of Alzheimer's disease Nov. 25 at Sunrise Assisted Living in Severna Park. Born March 3, 1914, and raised in Sac City, Iowa, Mrs. Sutton lived in several small towns in Iowa, and then in Ames, Iowa, Fridley, Minn., and Greenville, N.C. She graduated from Morningside College in Iowa and held...

Nov 25, 2004

Visitation is 2-4 & 7-9 on Monday.  Services are at St. Johns Severna Park.  Internment is at the Maryland Veterans Cemetery in Crownsville.

Nov 23, 2004

Kenneth L. Torjussen, 88, of Arnold, died of natural causes Nov. 23 at Anne Arundel Medical Center after a brief illness. Mr. Torjussen was born Jan. 5, 1916, and raised in Norway. He lived in Brooklyn, N.Y., for 28 years and then in Ramsey, N.J., for 22 years before moving to Arnold 26 years ago. He was a captain for...

Nov 22, 2004

Wilma Kathleen Maisel, 84, of Annapolis, died of Parkinson's disease Nov. 22 at Ginger Cove Health Center. Born Jan. 31, 1920, in Reading, Pa., Mrs. Maisel was reared in Columbia, Pa., and lived in Annapolis and then Edgewater from 1986 to 1997 before moving to Ginger Cove. Mrs. Maisel was a homemaker and member of the Order of the Eastern...

Nov 21, 2004

Gabriel Johnathan Cates, infant son of Jessica and Elijah Cates of Glen Burnie, died shortly after birth Nov. 21 at Anne Arundel Medical Center. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his brother, Dominic Elijah Cates of the home; his grandparents, Cindy Ann Goode of Denton and Paul Stanley Rozmarynowski of Crownsville; and his great-grandparents, Mickey Lotz of...

Nov 19, 2004

Ilse Wilson, 92, of Severna Park, died of natural causes Nov. 19 at Anne Arundel Medical Center. Mrs. Wilson was born in Leipzig, Germany, and was raised in Berlin, Germany. She lived in Lanham for 30 years before moving to Severna Park with her daughter, Monica Wilson Brown, and has lived there since 1998. She worked as a woman's clothing...

Nov 19, 2004

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Margaret N. "Peggy" Bray, 76, of Annapolis, died of complications following surgery Nov. 19 at Anne Arundel Medical Center.

Born Jan. 2, 1928, in Baltimore, Mrs. Bray graduated from Centreville High School and Washington College in Chestertown.

Mrs. Bray worked as a physical therapy assistant and was...

Nov 18, 2004

Karen Ann Heaphy, 48, of Severna Park, died of natural causes Nov. 18 at Anne Arundel Medical Center after a brief illness. Born March 26, 1956, in Baltimore and reared in Severna Park, Mrs. Heaphy had worked in a dental office as a receptionist. Among her interests were reading, watching old movies and growing houseplants. She was the sister of...

Nov 17, 2004

Joanne L. Lee, 62, of Severn, died of cancer Nov. 17 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore after a two-year illness. Born Feb. 2, 1942, and raised in Baltimore, Mrs. Lee lived in Severn for the past 36 years. She attended nursing school at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, graduating in 1963. She received her bachelor of science degree from the...

Nov 16, 2004

M. Fredericka Hixon, 94, of Arnold and a longtime resident of Hagerstown, died of natural causes Nov. 16 at FutureCare Chesapeake in Arnold after a five-year illness.

Born Sept. 12, 1910, in Hagerstown, Mrs. Hixon also had lived in Washington, D.C. A homemaker, she was active in the Hagerstown Women's Club.

Among her interests were...

Nov 13, 2004

Glenville Richards Glenville R. Richards Sr., 70, a resident of Severna Park for 30 years, died of natural causes Nov. 13 at North Arundel Hospital after a lengthy illness. Mr. Richards was born June 1, 1934, and reared in Cornwallis, W.Va. He worked as a truck driver for 40 years for GPX and various other trucking companies before retiring. Subsequently,...

Nov 12, 2004

Mary Swanner Mary E. Swanner, 75, of Baltimore and formerly of Glen Burnie, died of natural causes Nov. 12 at Crofton Convalescent Center after a lengthy illness. Born July 2, 1929, and reared in Baltimore, Miss Swanner attended Woods Adult Daycare in Millersville. Surviving are two sisters, Helen Sevec of Severna Park and Katherine D'Annunzio of Rotonda, Fla.; and two...