Jonathan Berkowitz

Fitness trainer

Services for Jonathan A. Berkowitz, a fitness trainer who never recovered from auto accident injuries suffered about 14 months ago, will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Leroy M. and Russell C. Witzke Funeral Home, 5555 Twin Knolls Road in Columbia.

Mr. Berkowitz died Friday at Deaton Hospital and Medical Center in Baltimore as a result of head injuries received in the accident in Baltimore Oct. 7, 1990. He was 24.

He had been a patient in four hospitals since the accident and was at Deaton since July.

Mr. Berkowitz earned a bachelor's degree in business from Frostburg State University in 1989 and was taking classes in physical fitness and working as a trainer at a Towson spa when the accident occurred.

He was a 1985 graduate of Centennial High School, where he played lacrosse. At Frostburg, he belonged to a sports fraternity and played lacrosse and rugby. Since age 5, he played ice hockey.

Mr. Berkowitz was born in Silver Spring, then moved with his family to Philadelphia. Twelve years later, the family moved to Columbia.

Mr. Berkowitz is survived by his parents, Anne and David Berkowitz, and a sister, Rachel Berkowitz, all of Columbia; and his grandmother, Gladys Berkowitz of Metuchen, N.J.

The family suggested memorial contributions to the Nancy Cruzan Foundation, 217 Cass St., Cartersville, Mo. 64835. Services for Marcus M. Botsaris, who was retired as owner of several businesses in Essex where he was active in the community, will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, 520 S. Ponca St.

Mr. Botsaris, who was 64, died Sunday after a heart attack at his home on Stemmers Run Road in Essex.

He retired about 12 years ago from his main business by closing the Thunderbird Drive-In, which he started in the early 1950s.

For several more years he operated Michael's Restaurant and the Eastern Texaco Station and continued until his death to be active as an investor in real estate.

A former president of the Essex-Middle River Chamber of Commerce, he was also a former vice president of the Baltimore County Board of Education, on which he served from 1972 until 1984.

Born in Farrell, Pa., and reared in Sharon, Pa., where he graduated from high school, he served in the Army during World War II.

He attended what is now Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania and later took courses at the Essex Community College.

He is survived by his wife, the former Edith Thuman; a son, Michael Botsaris of Baltimore; two brothers, Michael and Jimmy Pangalis, and a sister, Dimitria Tsambikos, all of of Essex.

Brenda A. H. Sagee

Bank teller, model, actor

Brenda Ann Harris Sagee of Long Island City, N.Y., a former model who grew up in Baltimore, died Nov. 3 of cancer. She was 46.

She graduated from South Point High School and Temple Business School in Baltimore. She was formerly employed as head teller at Provident Savings Bank in Sparrows Point and later by Commercial Credit in Baltimore.

She was active for a number of years at New Shiloh Baptist Church in Turners Station.

Mrs. Sagee moved to New York in 1975 to work as a professional model and appeared in the movies "Arthur," "Fort Apache, the Bronx" and others.

She is survived by her husband, Nathaniel Sagee; two daughters, Lisa Roy of Denver and Liel Sagee of New York; three sons, Stephen Smith Jr. of Denver; Brendon Smith of Turners Station and Skyel Sagee of New York; her mother, Drexel F. Harris; a sister, Evernia Bendahmane of Denver; three brothers, Muhammad A. Ali of Greensboro, Wayne Harris of Turners Station and Michael C. Harris of Denver; and three grandchildren.

Services were held Nov. 8 in Turners Station.

Joseph C. Koontz

Civil engineer

Services for Joseph C. Koontz, a civil engineer who was vice president for engineering of Rodgers and Associates in Rockville, will be held tomorrow and Saturday.

At 11 a.m. tomorrow, services for Mr. Koontz, who was 49 and lived in Woodbine, will be held at St. John's Evangelical Church in Bedford, Pa.

A memorial service for Mr. Koontz, who died Saturday of cancer at a hospital in Washington, will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Olin L.Molesworth Funeral Home in Damascus.

He had been associated with the Rodgers planning firm since 1988.

From 1971 until 1987, he had been associated with Kidde Consultants Inc., rising from project engineer to division chief.

From 1966 until 1971, he was a project engineer for the J. E. Greiner Co. in Baltimore.

Born in Cumberland, he attended Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., before his 1966 graduation from the West Virginia Institute of Technology with a civil engineering degree. He was registered as a professional engineer in Maryland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia and was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Mr. Koontz is survived by his wife, the former Judith Kuhn; a daughter, Susannah E. Koontz of Woodbine; a son, Howard F. J. Koontz of Woodbine; his mother, Inez Siegler Koontz of Bedford; a sister, Clara Ann Bratton of Lansing, Mich.; and a brother, Gene C. Koontz of Harrisburg, Pa.

The family suggested memorial contributions to the University of Maryland Cancer Center.

John M. Frantz Sr.

Black & Decker foreman

Services for John Marion Frantz Sr., a retired departmental foreman for the Black & Decker Manufacturing Co., will be held at 9:30 a.m. today at the Ruck Towson Funeral Home, 1050 York Road.

Mr. Frantz, who was 67, died Saturday after a heart attack at his home on Lakespring Way in Cockeysville.

He retired in 1983 after 37 years with the power tool company.

Born in Warren, he was educated in public schools and received his high school diploma as an adult.

He served in the U.S. Army Air Forces in North Africa and Europe during World War II.

He is survived by his wife, the former Helen M. Levacy; two daughters, Barbara A. Fahey of Phoenix and Patricia L. Frantz of Cockeysville; four sons, John M. Frantz Jr. of Baltimore, Douglas E. Frantz of Reisterstown, Ronald Dean Frantz of Woodbine and Steven R. Frantz of Perry Hall; two brothers, Henry G. Frantz of Cockeysville and Thomas C. Frantz of Hanover, Pa.; a sister, Ima Magovac of Cleveland; and six grandchildren.

Lauretta E. Walker

Caterer was 60

A Mass of Christian burial for Lauretta E. Walker, who operated Gorsuch Caterers with her husband for more than 30 years, will be offered at 11 a.m. tomorrow at Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church, 1512 Druid Hill Ave.

Mrs. Walker, who was 60, died Saturday of cancer at her home on Loch Raven Boulevard.

For many years, she operated a submarine shop at the catering business in the 1500 block of Gorsuch Avenue and became known as Ms. Pudnie to residents of the community.

Born in Baltimore, the former Lauretta E. Mason had worked as a cook at L'Hirondelle Club, a Bickford's Restaurant and elsewhere before she and her husband went into business themselves.

She is survived by her husband, Eldridge Milton Walker Sr.; a daughter, Gwendolyn Riley; a son, Eldridge Milton Walker Jr.; two brothers, Donald R. Gill and Marcel Williams; and four grandsons. All are of Baltimore. Harold K. Wolfson, a real estate consultant and former owner of the Carvel Hall hotel in Annapolis, died Nov. 6 at the Johns Hopkins Hospital of complications from a coronary bypass operation. He was 75.

Mr. Wolfson, who lived in Manhattan, was born and schooled in New York. He was a 1937 graduate of the Johns Hopkins University.

After serving in the U.S. Army Intelligence Corps and taking part in the invasion of Normandy during World War II, he founded the Craig Hotel Corp. in 1950. The chain's properties included Carvel Hall.

Since 1980, Mr. Wolfson had served as the lay member of the New York State Board of Chiropractic. One of his three sons, Wayne Wolfson of Winter Park, Fla., is a chiropractor.

Mr. Wolfson's wife, the former Lynn Goldstein, died in 1989.

He is survived by a brother, Walter Wolfson of Merrick, N.Y.; two sons in addition to Wayne, Neil Wolfson of Baltimore and Craig Wolfson of San Francisco; a daughter, Dale Reiff of Chicago; and a granddaughter.

Dr. Marvin L. Dixon

Pediatrician was 38

A memorial service for Dr. Marvin L. Dixon, a pediatrician who did research in gastrointestinal disease, will be held at 7 p.m. today at St.Martin's Roman Catholic Church, Fulton Avenue and Fayette Street.

Dr. Dixon, who was 38, died Thursday at his home in Oakland, Calif., of pneumonia as a complication of AIDS.

He practiced at the Oakland General Hospital and did research at the Kaiser Institute after moving to California in 1984.

Born in Baltimore, he was a 1971 graduate of the Polytechnic Institute who continued his education on a National Maritime Union Scholarship. He was a 1975 graduate of Harvard College and a 1979 graduate of the Harvard University medical school.

From 1979 until 1984, Dr. Dixon held a Robert Woods Johnson fellowship for research. During that period, he completed an internship and residency at Duke University and did further studies at Massachusetts General Hospital.

He is survived by his parents, James and Alice Dixon of Catonsville; a companion, David Uzell of Oakland; five brothers, Keith Dixon of Alexandria, Va., Warren Dixon of Boston, and Michael, Thomas and Jeffrey Dixon, all of Baltimore; four sisters, Johanne Hickson of New York City; Karen Dixon of Augusta, Ga., and Wanda and Teresa Dixon, both of Baltimore.

The family suggested memorial contributions to AIDS organizations.

J. Royston Green

Liquor salesman

A memorial service for J. Royston Green, a retired salesman for a liquor distributor, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Mays Chapel United Methodist Church, Jenifer and Mays Chapel roads in Timonium.

Mr. Green, who was 77 and lived in Timonium, died Nov. 14 at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center of a respiratory illness.

He retired in 1979 from McCarthy-Hicks Inc., the distributor, and had earlier worked as an automobile salesman.

A native of Towson and the son of Dr. J. Royston Green and Mary Chew Grason Green, he was a graduate of Towson High School.

He is survived by his wife, the former Susan Stillion; a stepdaughter, Cynthia Walder of Cockeysville; a stepson, Thomas Benjamin of Lima, Ohio; a sister, Frances S. Green of Towson; and four grandchildren.

Alice H. Beard

Free-lance writer

A memorial service for Alice H. Beard, a native of Baltimore and a free-lance writer for newspapers and magazines, will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Faith Presbyterian Church in Clearwater, Fla.

Mrs. Beard, who moved to Clearwater in the early 1940s, died Nov. 24 of pneumonia at a hospital there. She was 71.

The former Alice H. Warner was a graduate of Baltimore's Friends School and what is now Towson State University.

Her husband, Stuart M. Beard, died in 1970. She is survived by a daughter, Anne Stuart Beard of Clearwater.