obituaries

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,...

Aug 6, 2004

Kathryn B. DeMatteis, 81, of Annapolis, died of Alzheimer's Disease Aug. 6 at Future Care Chesapeake in Arnold after a seven-year illness. Mrs. DeMatteis was born Oct. 30, 1922, in Penn Yan, N.Y., where she was reared. She worked as a secretary for General Dynamics from 1975 to 1980 and the City of Rochester, N.Y. from 1980 to 1984. A...

Aug 5, 2004

Esther Lucille Stubberfield, 89, of Severna Park, died Aug. 5 at Community Hospice House in Merrimack, N.H., after a brief illness. The daughter of the late Will and Jessie Kinch Myrtle Halnon, Mrs. Stubberfield was born Aug. 13, 1914, in Platteville, Wis., and reared in Vincennes, Ind., and Kalamazoo, Mich. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1935 from Western Michigan...

Aug 2, 2004

Anthony Cates Services were held this morning at New Covenant Church in Arnold for Anthony James Cates, son of Clifton and Rebecca Harrington Cates of Annapolis, who was stillborn Aug. 2 at Anne Arundel Medical Center. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his sister, Julia Rose Cates of the home; his grandparents, Rosa and Richard Fuller and...

Jul 30, 2004

James M. Fritts, 53, a resident of Annapolis and formerly of Davison, Mich., died of a heart attack July 30 at Anne Arundel Medical Center. Born April 23, 1951, and reared in Detroit, Mich., Mr. Fritts was the son of Ruby Randall of Michigan and Wesley Fritts of California. He served in the Army during the Vietnam War and worked...

Jul 28, 2004

Shirley Louise Baker, 67, of Pasadena, died July 28 at Anne Arundel Medical Center. Mrs. Baker was born June 27, 1937. She was reared in Baltimore and lived in Pasadena for 36 years. She worked for the former Chesapeake and Ohio and Seaboard Coast Line railroads and then CSX as a secretary until retiring in July 1992. Family oriented, she...

Jul 28, 2004

Robert L. Landers Jr., 58, a resident of Whitney Landing in Severna Park, died July 28 at home after a sudden illness. Born Dec. 30, 1945, in Denver, Mr. Landers earned a bachelor of science degree from the University of Maryland in College Park and served in the Army. Mr. Landers worked for the University of Maryland and Gallaudet College...

Jul 24, 2004

Warren Daywalt Warren Thomas Daywalt, 52, of Pasadena, died of a brain tumor July 24 at his home. Mr. Daywalt was born Sept. 13, 1951, in Annapolis, the son of Warren and Amy Daywalt of Annapolis. He was a firefighter with the Anne Arundel County Fire Department for 27 years and several more as a wildland firefighter and forestry tech....

Jul 20, 2004

Richard Lester Tubman, 84, of Annapolis and a retired builder, died July 20 at Anne Arundel Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Born in Baltimore, Mr. Tubman graduated in 1936 from Catonsville High School. In 1943 he enlisted in the Army and served in the Counter Intelligence Corps until 1946 when he was discharged as a sergeant. He then studied...

Jul 19, 2004

Mary Reuding Lester, 84, a resident of Severna Park for 50 years, died July 19 at Sunrise Assisted Living in Annapolis after a brief illness. Mrs. Lester was born in Baltimore on Jan. 5, 1920, and graduated from Eastern High School. She was a member of the Eastern High School Alumnae Association. She owned race horses that raced at Laurel,...