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Leonora Harris Smith
Feb 27, 2005
Leonora Harris Smith, 89, of Annapolis, died of a stroke Feb. 27 at Ginger Cove Health Center. Born Nov. 4, 1915, and raised in Baltimore, Mrs. Smith graduated from Western High School when it was an all-girls' school. She graduated from Maryland Institute College of Art School of Interior Design. She worked as a senior designer at Gomprecht & Benesck...
Marie F Grieser
Feb 26, 2005
Margaret Marie Grieser, 81, of Severna Park, died of natural causes Feb. 26 at Anne Arundel Medical Center. Born Aug. 13, 1923, in Baltimore and raised in Aquasco, Mrs. Grieser formerly lived in Annapolis. She moved to her daughter's home in Severna Park in 2004. A homemaker, she enjoyed travel and playing bridge. In August 1942 she was married to...
Ethel G Codd
Feb 23, 2005
Ethel G. "Jerry" Codd, 90, of Severna Park, died of natural causes Feb. 23 at Sunrise Assisted Living in Severna Park. Mrs. Codd was born Sept. 19, 1914, in Baltimore and was raised on a farm in Howard County. She married John E. Codd Sr., who is now deceased, and came to Severna Park in the early 1930s. A homemaker...
William Richard Deorazio
Feb 23, 2005
William Richard DeOrazio, 68, of Arnold, died of natural causes Feb. 23 at the Spa Creek Center, Genesis Eldercare Network, after a lengthy illness. Born Jan. 6, 1937, and reared in Schenectady, N.Y., Mr. DeOrazio served in the Navy from 1955 to 1959. He worked as a computer engineer for IBM for 25 years until retiring. Previously a resident of...
Peggy Drake
Feb 23, 2005
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On February 23, 2005, MARGUERITE K. "PEGGY" DRAKE of Severna Park, MD. Beloved wife of the late Calvin R. Drake; devoted mother of Sharon M. Padgett and Stephen M. Drake; loving grandmother of Shelley Linehan, Brian Drake and Rebecca Constantine; dear great-grandmother of Michael, Matthew, McLean, Caroline, Jacob, Aidan and Cole;...
Leo A O'Dea Jr
Feb 21, 2005
Leo A. O'Dea Jr., 73, of Baltimore, died of heart failure Feb. 21 at Anne Arundel Medical Center. Mr. O'Dea was born March 8, 1931, and reared in Baltimore and served in the Air Force in 1948. He owned his own sheet metal company, Chesapeake-Dolphin Corp., and worked as a sheet metal mechanic for 40 years in the Baltimore-Washington area....
Madeline R. Herlth
Feb 19, 2005
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Madeline Rose Herlth, 81, of Annapolis, died of natural causes Feb. 19 at Sunrise Assisted Living in Annapolis after a lengthy illness.
Mrs. Herlth was born Dec. 26, 1923, and raised in Baltimore. A homemaker, she lived in Annapolis for 43 years, and enjoyed crocheting, cooking, arts and crafts and spending time...
Florence E. Roberts
Feb 16, 2005
Florence E. Roberts, 83, of Severna Park, died of natural causes Feb. 16 at North Arundel Hospital after a brief illness. Born Feb. 13, 1922, and reared in Moscow, Pa., Mrs. Roberts was the owner and operator of Hooks Shelter Deck Bar from 1955 to 1965. Among her interests were sewing, crocheting, knitting, gardening and creating stained glass and ceramic...
Edward Steinberg
Feb 14, 2005
Edward "Ned" Steinberg, 83, of Annapolis, a retired association executive, died of Alzheimer's disease Feb. 14 at Sunrise Assisted Living in Annapolis. Mr. Steinberg was born Feb. 1, 1922, in Washington, D.C. He graduated from the University of Maryland in 1943 with a degree in marketing and sales management and was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. He was also...
Robert Paul Clinton
Feb 14, 2005
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Robert Clinton
Robert Paul Clinton, 76, of Arnold, died of natural causes Feb. 14 at Anne Arundel Medical Center.
Born March 4, 1928, and raised in Cambridge, Mass., Mr. Clinton graduated from Tufts University in Medford, Mass., in 1951. He served in the Navy from 1946 to 1948.
...Margaret V. Ellis
Feb 13, 2005
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Margaret Veronica Ellis, 89, of Millersville, died of a heart attack Feb. 13 at North Arundel Hospital. Mrs. Ellis was born in Gary, Ind., on June 17, 1915. She was married to William H. Ellis who died in 1976. She retired from Chrysler Corp. in Michigan. She lived in Roseville, Mich.,...
Sadie Lee Ewell
Feb 11, 2005
Sadie Lee Ewell, 87, of Severna Park, died of natural causes Feb. 11 at the Severna Park Center, Genesis ElderCare Network. Mrs. Ewell was born April 26, 1917, graduated from Forest Park High School in Baltimore and attended Johns Hopkins University. She moved to Rugby Hall in the 1950s and the Round Bay area of Severna Park in 1965. In...
Paul A Mauro
Feb 11, 2005
Visitation is Sunday 2-4 & 7-9, also Monday 7-9. Services will be at St. John Evangelist Church in Severna Park Tuesday at 10am. Burial will be at the Maryland Veterans Cemetery in Crownsville. Ilof, Memorial Donations may be made to : Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation 51 Locust Ave suite 201 New Canaan CT 06840. A full Obituary will appear soon.
Ruth Marshall Moore
Feb 8, 2005
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Ruth Marshall Moore, 78, a resident of Severna Park since 1960, died of cancer Feb. 8 at home.
Born Oct. 2, 1926, in Baltimore, Mrs. Moore graduated from Annapolis High School in 1944. She taught kindergarten at Jones Elementary School and Woods School in Severna Park.
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Frances A. Bauer
Feb 8, 2005
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Frances Anne Bauer, 57, of Arnold, died Feb. 8 at her home. The cause of death is not available.
Mrs. Bauer was born Aug. 24, 1947, in Jersey City, N.J., the daughter of Frank J. Wojcicki of Catonsville and the late Joanna Wojcicki.
She attended Severna Park High School and graduated...
Catherine Louise Paquette
Feb 7, 2005
Catherine Louise Paquette, 96, of Arnold, died of natural causes Feb. 7 at Future Care-Chesapeake in Arnold. Born Nov. 27, 1908, and raised in Massachusetts, Mrs. Paquette taught in a one-room schoolhouse in Sun Cook, N.H. Then she married Phillippe Arthur Paquette, who died July 9, 1959. She taught third grade at the Immaculate Conception Catholic School from 1963 to...
Jeffrey A Oakes
Feb 7, 2005
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Jeffrey A. Oakes, 32, a resident of Severna Park since 1984, died Feb. 7 at a private residence in Brooklyn Park.
Born Aug. 19, 1972, in Homestead, Fla., and the son of Ronald and Christine Gervais Oakes of Severna Park, Mr. Oakes graduated from Severna Park High School in 1990.
...M. Jeannette Simpson
Feb 4, 2005
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Jeannette Simpson
Marion Jeannette Simpson, 76, of Millersville, died of heart failure Feb. 4 at North Arundel Hospital after surgery six weeks ago.
The daughter of the late John M. and Marion Collier O'Hara, Mrs. Simpson was born in Winchester, Mass., on Nov. 18, 1928, the birthday she proudly...
Josephine Mary Mclewee
Feb 2, 2005
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Josephine Mary McLewee, 78, of Severna Park and formerly of Amherst, N.H., from 1990 to 2002, died of cancer Feb. 2 at home after a two-year illness.
Mrs. McLewee was born July 24, 1926, and reared in Baltimore, where she attended St. Stanislaus Catholic School.
She retired from the...
Theresa E. Ditzel
Feb 2, 2005
Theresa Ditzel Theresa E. Ditzel, 84, of Severna Park, died of natural causes Feb. 2 at Anne Arundel Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Born March 15, 1920, in Baltimore and reared in Leonardtown, Mrs. Ditzel was the last surviving sibling of nine children and an avid swimmer and homemaker. She was a member of the Friendship Club and a...
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