Thelma R. Johnson
Kentucky native
Graveside services for Thelma R. Johnson, who lived in the Baltimore area for many years, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Woodland Cemetery in Delhi, N.Y.
Mrs. Johnson, who was 84, moved to Pittsburgh in 1983 and died at a hospital there April 21 after an apparent heart attack.
Her first husband, Samuel M. Thomson, served as president of the Baltimore Bank for Co-operatives before his death in 1958. Her second husband, retired Navy Capt. Richard F. Johnson, who participated in the formation of NATO, died in 1979.
The former Thelma Riggs was a native of Kentucky.
After moving to Baltimore in the 1930s, she belonged to the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, did volunteer work at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, and was a member of Planned Parenthood.
She is survived by a daughter, Isabel Thomson Meisler of Pittsburgh; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Rt. Rev. Allen Miller
Retired Easton bishop
Services for the Right Rev. Allen J. Miller, retired Episcopal bishop of Easton, will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow at the Trinity Cathedral in Easton.
The current bishop, the Right Rev. Elliott L. Sorge, will preside over the service for Bishop Miller, who died April 24 after collapsing at his home in Naples, Fla. He was 90.
He became the fifth bishop of Easton in 1949 and retired in 1967. After moving to Naples, he assisted the bishop of central Florida for a time and, more recently, visited hospitals and engaged in group prayer and meditation.
Before becoming bishop of Easton, he was rector of the Church of the Messiah in Baltimore for five years.
Earlier, he served churches in Trinity, N.Y., and Bridgehampton, N.Y., and St. Thomas' Church in Washington, to which President Franklin D. Roosevelt had belonged.
Born in Jersey City, N.J., he was a 1924 honors graduate of Johnson Bible College in Kimberlin Heights, Tenn., and a 1930 graduate of Yale Divinity School. He also attended Oxford University and earned a doctorate with honors at Edinburgh University. In 1951, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of the South.
His wife, the former Etta M. Piper, died in 1989.
He is survived by a niece, Mrs. William Schaeffer of Diamond Bar, Calif.
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Edward W. Adams
Freight salesman
Edward W. Adams, a retired freight salesman and formestreetcar conductor, died April 17 after a long illness. He was 73.
Mr. Adams was born on a tobacco farm in Drayden, St. Mary's County. He moved to Baltimore in 1939, working as a streetcar motorman and conductor for the now-defunct United Railway Co., and he was a charter member and shop steward for Division 1300 of the Amalgamated Transit Union.
He later became a supervisor for the Baltimore Transit Co.
Mr. Adams is survived by his wife of 50 years, the former E. Melba Anderson; one daughter, Mary E. Hall of Hampshire, England; four sons, Edward E., Robert W., Glenn F. and Mark J. Adams, all of Baltimore; five grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
Charles S. Ridgely
Seminary janitor
A Mass of Christian burial for Charles S. Ridgely, a retired janitor who worked at the old St. Charles College, will be offered at 10:30 a.m. today at St. Peter Claver Roman Catholic Church, 1546 N. Fremont Ave.
Mr. Ridgely, who was 92, died after a short illness Saturday at St. Martin's Home of the Little Sisters of the Poor, located next to the old college.
He retired about 30 years ago after working at the college, a minor seminary, for 16 years. Before working at the seminary, he was a helper on Jacobs Transfer trucks.
The Baltimore native was fond of visiting the Lexington Market.
His wife, the former Clara Thomas, died in 1971.
He is survived by four sons, Edward E. Ridgely of Pikesville, Wendell A. Ridgely of Baltimore, and Vernon C. and Melvin T. Ridgely, both of Eldersburg; four daughters, Ernestine Blackwell Randallstown, Doris Williams of Riverside, Calif., Doretha Blackwell of Woodlawn and Wahseeola Pajardo of Baltimore; 30 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren.
Leland A. Strassner
Insurance agent
Leland A. Strassner, a Baltimore native who was a retired insurance agent, died April 13 at a hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., after a stroke.
Mr. Strassner, 82, retired in 1978 when he closed the Strassner Insurance Agency of Florida, which he founded when he moved to Fort Lauderdale in 1966.
In that year, he resigned as a general agent and board member of the Chesapeake Life Insurance Co., where he had worked since 1960.
He graduated from City College and the Johns Hopkins University.
He is survived by his wife, the former Claire Rhein; two sisters, Mary Alson and Flora Grau, and two grandsons, Richard L. Strassner Jr. and David L. Strassner, all of Baltimore; three granddaughters; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Services for Hugh H. Jones III, a retired accountant, will be held at 10 a.m. today at the Heritage Church of God, 8146 Quarterfield Road.
Mr. Jones, who was 80, died Monday after collapsing at his home on New Jersey Avenue in Glen Burnie.
He retired in 1977 after working for more than 20 years for the University of Maryland at College Park. A certified public accountant, he earlier worked for the accounting firm that is now known as Ernst and Young.
Born in Baltimore, Mr. Jones was a graduate of the City College and the Baltimore College of Commerce.
Mr. Jones served in the Navy during World War II.
He is survived by his wife, the former D. Virginia Cheek; two daughters, Susan D. Shreve and Deborah K. Bombard, both of Pasadena; two sons, Richard E. Jones and Hugh H. Jones IV, both of Baltimore; a stepson, Robert N. Jones of Rochester, N.Y.; 17 grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter.
The family suggested that donations could be made to a memorial fund at the Heritage Church of God.
Delores G. Young
Teacher in Baltimore
Delores G. Young, a retired Baltimore teacher, died of chronic kidney disease April 6 at Union Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Young, who was 69 and lived on Rosedale Street, retired in 1982 as a kindergarten teacher at the Harriet Tubman Elementary School. She had started her teaching career in 1951.
The former Delores Greene was born in Portsmouth, Va., and reared in Baltimore. In 1941, she married William Bryson Young, now a retired postal worker.
She was a member of the Baltimore chapter of the Continental Societies, a service organization that helps children, and belonged to the Ten Friends, a social group.
In addition to her husband, survivors include two daughters, Linda Young Fassett and Denise Young Chappell, both of Baltimore; a sister, Dorothea Greene Clark of Baltimore; and four grandchildren.
Teresa M. Burriss
School secretary
Services for Teresa Montesano Burriss, a retired secretary for the Baltimore County school system, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the First Baptist Church of Los Gatos, Calif.
Mrs. Burriss, who was 80, died Monday at a nursing home in Mountain View, Calif., after a short illness.
A native of West New York, N.J., she moved to Towson in 1953 and was a secretary at school headquarters until she retired and moved to Los Gatos in 1975.
She is survived by a son, Richard Scott Burriss of Los Gatos; two brothers, Fabiano Montesano of West New York and Gaetano Montesano of Picayune, Miss.; a sister, Ida Limprecht of Whiting, N.J.; and a granddaughter.