Jacques Kelly

Dr. John Gearhart, a pioneering scientist who worked in stem cell research, has died at age 77.

Baltimore's brief strawberry season was the occasion for a distinctively heavy, rich and sinful strawberry shortcake.

Dr. Gershon Efron, a retired Sinai Hospital chief of surgery, died of an infection June 8 at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Stevenson resident was 91.

Lois Gibbons, a waitress-turned-baker who created a Baltimore dessert phenomenon, Mrs. Posé’s cheesecake, died of complications of a blood clot June 24 at The Palms in Sebring, Florida. The former Baldwin resident was 93.

Betsey Heuisler, an artist and teacher, has died at 75.

In 40 years at the Maryland Historical Society, Francis O'Neill has tracked Baltimore's residents through their streets.

Kirk Gaddy, an advocate for education in East Baltimore and incoming principal of St. Frances Academy, has died at 55.

Richard Arthur Slaven, a retired Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab scientist, died of pneumonia June 7 at the Fairhaven Retirement Community in Sykesville. The former Pikesville resident was 87.

Dr. Shirley Basfield Dunlap, a theatrical director who taught at Morgan State University, died of heart failure June 15 at her Northwest Baltimore home. She was 67.

Ellen Williams, the former Conservation Division secretary for the Walters Art Museum.has died at 93.

Charles Street’s Woman’s Industrial Exchange will now be owned and operated by another non-profit, the Marian House. The Marian House assists women in transition and should be a worthy use for the venerable corner rowhouse.

Kathryn Connor, a former teacher and official of Baltimore City’s Eating Together program for the elderly, died of coronavirus complications at the Broadmead Retirement Community on June 4. She was 84.

Myrtle Lorraine Scott Johnson died of coronavirus June 10 at Anne Arundel Medical Center. She was 89 and lived in Annapolis.

Robert Allen Kinsley, who founded Kinsley Construction and went on to become a philanthropist, died of cancer Wednesday in York, Pennsylvania. He was 79 and also lived much of the year in Monkton.

Cab Calloway rose from Baltimore to fame; preserving his house would honor one of our own.

Cecilia Januszkiewicz, a retired attorney, state budget official and Columbia activist, has died at 70.

Mariano “Mario” Cuba, retired BGE meter reader who had worked an ice delivery route and was a decorated Korean War veteran, died of a fall at his Carney home May 26. He was 88.

Eric M. Lowery, a leader of the effort to erect a statue of Frederick Douglass on the Talbot County Courthouse, has died of complications of cancer and pneumonia. He was 71.

Clement W. “Clem” Gavenas, a retired teacher at the Catonsville Center for Alternative Studies and enthusiastic outdoorsman, died of cancer April 18. He was 81.

Jane Kroh Satterfield, who founded a physical therapy business to assist children with special needs, has died at 78.

The 400 block of Howard Street is an indicator of the sluggish but continuing revival of the old shopping district.

Virginia Peddicord, a retired legal secretary and active Howard County volunteer, has died at 97.

Charles L. Wagandt II, who led the restoration of Oella, has died at 95.

The Rev. Peter L. Haynes, a retired Baltimore County Church of the Brethren pastor who composed music for worship, died of bone cancer May 6 at his Glen Arm home. He was 64.

Lawrence Kaufman, a retired attorney who worked in tax and estate planning and was a longtime community volunteer, has died at 89.

In the Baltimore of the 1950s, the approach of summer brought on a set of ritual seasonal changes.

Stanley E. Sugarman a real estate business owner who helped African Americans buy homes in Baltimore in the 1950s, has died.

Dr. Laurie Zabin, the founding director of the Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins University, has died at 94.

When Maryland’s Bay Bridge opened July 30, 1952, a motorist could have reached the Eastern Shore faster by driving around the Chesapeake Bay and stopping for lunch. The speeches droned on for hours.

Anthony Edwin Balcerzak Sr., a retired Veterans Administration pharmacist, died of cancer April 30 at his Timonium He was 84.

Joseph R.B.Tubman, a retired investment counselor, has died of the coronavirus at age 91.

Baltimore's Fells Point, one of its oldest neighborhoods, is seeing the result of years of improvements.

Charles David Ward, a strong advocate for disability rights for four decades, has died at age 73.

Rosalie Connor, an Oakenshawe neighborhood activist, has died at age 90.

Lara Wallace Hough, a seventh grader who sought to become a lawyer or teacher, has died of leukemia at age 13.

His son, Gary E. Johnson Jr., said his father had fallen and undergone hip surgery and contracted the coronavirus while recuperating.

F. Carvel Payne, former director of the Maryland Department of Legislative Reference, died of cancer Sunday at his Decatur, Georgia, home. The former Severna Park resident was 77.

Michael F. Baptist, a retired Baltimore City Police Department sergeant who was active in his church, died of the coronavirus April 19 at Northwest Hospital Center. The Windsor Mill resident was 71.

The allure of grocery shopping outdoors after weeks of navigating confined spaces has people flocking to area farmer’s markets, where business has been brisk.

Maurice Philborn “Bud” Johnson, a retired Westinghouse electrical engineer who worked in the early years of Baltimore television broadcasting, died in his sleep April 8 at his Severna Park home.

Demolition of a section of the Lexington Market illustrates how Baltimore's tastes and customs have changed over the years.

Angela Christman, a Loyola University Maryland theology professor, has died at age 62.

Robert Edwin "Ed" Novak Sr., a retired Baltimore City College coach who was later McDonogh School’s athletic director, died of heart failure April 18 at the Glen Meadows Retirement Community in Glen Arm.

R. Dennis German, a retired Baltimore City Board of Zoning Appeals member, has died at age 80.

Dislodged by high winds, the cross atop St. Mary Star of the Sea Church will be restored with its beacon light.

The Rev. Francis X. Moan, a former Loyola Blakefield administrator, has died of the coronavirus at age 93.

Cynthia Green "Cindy" Warren, a former People's Counsel lawyer and lifelong lover of learning, has died at age 61.

Calloway, whose family home on Druid Hill Avenue has been threatened by demolition, burst out as a Baltimore star while still a Douglass student.

Patricia Joy (Wight) Dugger, a retired Coast Guard civilian worker, died of complications of pneumonia April 17 at St. Agnes Hospital.

Dorothy Tamburrino, a retired teacher and postal worker, has died at age 88.