obituaries

Oct 18, 2004

Reagan Noele Parrish, five-week-old daughter of Lori Austin Parrish and Jim P. Parrish Jr. of Severn, died Oct. 18 at Anne Arundel Medical Center. The cause of death was not available. Reagan was born Sept. 14 in Annapolis. In addition to her parents, she is survived by her sister, Caitlin Parrish of the home; and her grandparents, Mary Ellen O'Connell...

Oct 18, 2004

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Elisa Kronz

Elisa A. Kronz, 41, of Annapolis, died of multiple sclerosis Oct. 18 at Future Care-Chesapeake after a 14-year illness.

Mrs. Kronz was born June 14, 1964, in Newark, N.J., and raised in Boiceville, N.Y. She earned a bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic institute in 1985. From...

Oct 16, 2004

Virginia L. Snyder Cunningham, 98, a resident of Severna Park since 2001, died of heart failure Oct. 16 at Sunrise Assisted Living in Severna Park after a brief illness. Mrs. Cunningham was born May 31, 1906, in Mobley in Wetzel County, W.Va. She was the widow of William E. Cunningham, whom she married in 1918 at Trinity Episcopal Church in...

Oct 9, 2004

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Oct 9, 2004

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Oct 8, 2004

Charles William Bangert, Jr., born January 13, 1952, passed away the morning of October 8, 2004. The immediate cause of death was a heart attack, related to a diagnosed ALS medical condition. Charlie has been a resident of Olde Severna Park since 1977. Charlie was the son of Charles W. Bangert, Sr., and Bettie Kaiser Bangert, both recently decesed. He...

Oct 4, 2004

William "Bill" Gerson, 65, of Annapolis, a longtime mathematics professor at Prince George's Community College in Largo, died Oct. 4 from complications of multiple myeloma at Anne Arundel Medical Center. Born Dec. 27, 1939, in Manhattan, N.Y., Mr. Gerson received his bachelor of science degree in engineering from Cooper Union College and a master of arts degree in physics from...

Sep 28, 2004

Elsie Monk Elsie Bright Monk, 95, a 27-year resident of Cape St. Claire, died of heart failure Sept. 28 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Baltimore after a two-year illness. Born April 15, 1909, in Keyser, W.Va., Mrs. Monk graduated from Potomac State College in 1929, where she played on the basketball team and was the oldest surviving alumna. She also...

Sep 28, 2004

Patricia Kalis-Larkin Patricia Kalis-Larkin, 83, of Arnold, died of cancer Sept. 28 at Anne Arundel Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Kalis-Larkin was born Aug. 11, 1921, and reared in Baltimore and lived in Arnold since 1954. In 1947 she was married to Frank J. Kalis who died in 1991. In 1994 she married John R. Larkin. She graduated...

Sep 25, 2004

William H. McLean, 85, of Arnold, died of natural causes Sept. 25 at the Carroll Hospital Center in Westminster. Mr. McLean was born Oct. 8, 1918, in Thomas, W.Va., and reared in Cumberland. He worked for 34 years for the government in civilian personnel at Fort George G. Meade before retiring in 1974. During World War II he was an...

Sep 23, 2004

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Ronald Joseph Musco, 51, a longtime resident of Glen Burnie, died of lung cancer Sept. 23 at the home of his daughter, Stefanie Elizabeth Musco DiBenedetto of Arnold, after a brief illness. Born Dec. 31, 1952, and reared in Baltimore, Mr. Musco was the son of the late Joseph Ronald Musco...

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...