obituaries

Feb 1, 2005

Abraham L. Lorica, 89, of Glen Burnie, died Feb. 1 at North Arundel Hospital of complications of pneumonia after a brief illness. Born March 16, 1915, and raised in the Philippines, Mr. Lorica worked as the manager of a taxi cab service in the Philippines. He fought in the Philippine military aside U.S. forces during World War II in the...

Jan 29, 2005

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June Radler, 68, of Severna Park, died of natural causes Jan. 29 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.

Born Oct. 23, 1936, and reared in London, England, Mrs. Radler was a homemaker. She enjoyed photography, the beach and the family's home in Rehoboth Beach, Del., ice skating and cooking.

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Jan 28, 2005

Visitation is Saturday 7-9 & Sunday 2-4 & 7-9. Services Monday @ 11:30 am at our Funeral Home. Visitation will also be at John F Givnish Funeral Home in Philadelphia P.A. on Tuesday from 2-4 & 7-9 with a service at 3:00 pm. Internment will be private.

Jan 28, 2005

Charles Francis Gardner, 64, of Severn and formerly of Severna Park, died of an asthma attack Jan. 28 at North Arundel Hospital. Born April 10, 1940, and reared in Baltimore, Mr. Gardner served in the Navy from 1958 to 1960. He worked for the Anne Arundel County Board of Education in maintenance. He also worked for Head Ski in Timonium...

Jan 28, 2005

Norman Wesley Boston Sr., 66, a resident of Severna Park since 1970 and formerly of Baltimore, died of kidney failure Jan. 28 at North Arundel Hospital after a lengthy illness. Born and reared in Baltimore, Mr. Boston was owner and operator of Norman W. Boston Painting in Severna Park, where he worked as painting contractor for 45 years before retiring...

Jan 27, 2005

William Frances Madden, 79, a resident of Severna Park for more than 30 years, died of cancer Jan. 27 at North Arundel Hospital after a brief illness. Mr. Madden was born Nov. 20, 1925, and reared in Philadelphia, Pa. He entered the Army in 1943, served during World War II in France and worked with demolition explosives. Following the military...

Jan 24, 2005

Richard John Fisher, 60, died of cancer Jan. 24 at his home in Millersville. Born in Baltimore, Mr. Fisher spent a brief time of his childhood in Texas and then moved back to the Baltimore area. He was an independent contractor. For more than 40 years he provided a dry cleaning pick-up and delivery service, which covered communities in Anne...

Jan 24, 2005

Fred Louis Seymore, 77, of Odenton, died of cancer Jan. 24 at North Arundel Hospital after a brief illness. Born and raised in Big Stone Gap, Va., Mr. Seymore previously resided in Ocala, Fla., and was retired from the Mason-Dixon Trucking Co. He served in the Army during World War II. An avid reader, he also enjoyed baseball. Surviving are...

Jan 23, 2005

Margo E. Capra McLaughlin, 59, of Severna Park, who was a corporate executive in information systems, died of cancer Jan. 23 at her home. Born April 11, 1945, and reared in Port Washington, N.Y., Mrs. McLaughlin attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, the Parsons School of Design and the Cornell University School of Hotel and Restaurant Administration. Subsequently she...

Jan 22, 2005

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Retired Army Col. John Z. Lada, 87, of Annapolis and previously a longtime resident of Huntingtown in Calvert County, died of natural causes Jan. 22 at Somerford Assisted Living in Annapolis.

Born Nov. 8, 1917, in Augusta, Maine, Col. Lada was reared in New Britain, Conn., where he lived for 30...

Jan 22, 2005

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Marvin D. Aasen, 75, a 45-year resident of Severna Park, died of cancer Jan. 22 at his home.

Born in Velva, N.D., Mr. Aasen was a 1947 graduate of Minot High School. He received a degree in electrical engineering in 1953 from the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. In 1973,...

Jan 20, 2005

John Minor John Parker Minor, 86, of Arnold, died Jan. 20 at Future Care-Chesapeake of complications of diabetes after a lengthy illness. Mr. Minor was born Feb. 9, 1918, in Norfolk, Va., graduated from Maury High School in 1936 and served in the Navy during World War II in the Pacific theater of operations. He was a salesman and box...

Jan 19, 2005

Virginia Aubrey Virginia Rose Aubrey, 88, of Millersville, died of natural causes Jan. 19 at her home after a brief illness. Born Sept. 27, 1916, and raised in Pittsburgh, Pa., Mrs. Aubrey formerly lived in Georgetown in Washington, D.C., from 1945 to 1990 and at Leisure World in Silver Spring from 1990 to 2004. In 2004 she moved to her...

Jan 18, 2005

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Mary Padusi

Mary Padusi, 74, died of kidney failure Jan. 18 at her home in Severna Park.

Born Mary Cordis on Dec. 31, 1930, in McKeesport, Pa., Mrs. Padusi graduated from McKeesport High School in 1949. She previously lived in Baltimore and Glen Burnie.

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Jan 17, 2005

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Veronica Blaser

Veronica "Ronnie" Blaser, 83, of Annapolis, died of natural causes Jan. 17 at Anne Arundel Medical Center after a long illness.

The former Veronica Green was born Aug. 30, 1921, and raised in The Bronx, N.Y. Previously of Wheaton, she retired from the Montgomery County school system where...

Jan 16, 2005

Mary Jane Walsh, 63, died Jan. 16 at her home in St. Margarets following a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Born Mary Jane Morris on Aug. 29, 1941, in Waterbury, Conn., Mrs. Walsh graduated from St. Mary's Hospital School of Nursing in Waterbury and earned a bachelor's degree in nursing from Boston College. She was a nurse in the Washington,...

Jan 13, 2005

Funeral services and burial were held Jan. 16 in Brooklin Cemetery, Brooklin, Maine, for Neil Garrett Johnson, 25, a three-year resident of Severna Park and formerly of Ellicott City, who died of cancer Jan. 13 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore after a lengthy illness. Born March 23, 1979, in Garden Grove, Calif., the son of Craig Lione and Katherine...

Jan 11, 2005

Robert Taylor Robert Millard Taylor Jr., 55, a resident of Arnold for 27 years and formerly of Glen Burnie, died of sepis Jan. 11 at home after a months-long illness. The son of Robert M. Taylor Sr. of Westminster and the late Betty Taylor, who died in November 2004, Mr. Taylor was born Jan. 26, 1949, in Bronx, N.Y., and...

Jan 10, 2005

Patricia Kloes Patricia Kloes, 60, of Severna Park, died of cancer Jan. 10 at her home after a lengthy illness. Miss Kloes was born May 10, 1945, in Highlandtown in Baltimore and raised in Loch Raven in Baltimore County. She was a 1963 graduate of Parkville High School, where she played basketball on a team that was undefeated for three...

Jan 9, 2005

Aletris R. Roland, 93, of Arnold, died of natural causes Jan. 9 at the Severna Park Center, Genesis ElderCare Network. Born May 24, 1911, in Baltimore, Mrs. Roland was raised in the Whitehall area on a farm. She worked as an executive secretary at Westinghouse until retiring in 1975. Her interests included watching television and needlework, especially cross stitch and...