Charles Goodspeed Lord, investment banker, dies

Charles Goodspeed Lord, a retired investment banker who led the battle for reform of Maryland's tax assessment system as a one-term state delegate half a century ago, died Tuesday from a kidney infection at the Broadmead retirement community in Cockeysville.

A memorial service for the 86-year-old Mr. Lord will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow at St. David's Episcopal Church, 4700 Roland Ave.

Mr. Lord was born in Roland Park, the third and youngest child of real estate and stock broker Henry Murdoch Lord and Engalina Wilhelmina Van den Berg Lord and descended, on his father's side, from an early English settler in Massachusetts.

His childhood was spent largely in Cockeysville, where his family lived from 1907 to about 1919 at "Iona," a small farm along Shawan and Western Run roads -- now the site of an Embassy Suites hotel.

He attended the old four-room Cockeysville Public School through eighth grade, graduated from Boys' Latin School in 1923 and attended the Johns Hopkins University -- where he was elected president of the junior class -- and its old evening school, McCoy College. He also was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity.

Mr. Lord began his career in 1927, working as a quarry laborer and an early employee of Black & Decker before becoming a representative later that year of Baker, Watts & Co., stockbrokers and investment bankers.

He remained with the firm for nearly six decades -- a period interrupted only by Army service in World War II from 1942 to 1946. He was assigned to domestic intelligence and discharged with the rank of major. He was a member of the Maryland National Guard until retiring as a colonel in 1957.

A well-known member of Baltimore's financial community with long ties to Baltimore County, Mr. Lord was invited in 1938 to "sweeten up" the Democratic ticket of political chieftain H. Streett Baldwin in what was then a countywide election for six House of Delegate seats.

Mr. Lord, unwilling to compromise his integrity for the sake of political office, agreed to run -- and won election with a mere $31 in campaign expenses -- after the county pols agreed to his unusual conditions:

He would neither make nor solicit any campaign contributions, would not speak at any campaign function, would not support any legislation unless he actually favored it, and the entire ticket would back a plank on one of his major interests -- property tax assessment reform.

At the time, property assessments were controlled by county commissioners. They appointed friends or allies as assessors, who were paid a commission of $2 per $1,000 in valuation -- thus encouraging high figures. Then the county commissioners themselves decided appeals.

After getting the powerful Mr. Baldwin to back reform, Delegate Lord pushed through legislation to abolish the fee system for paying assessors and -- named to a special gubernatorial commission -- sought to take away the power of county commissioners to reduce assessments.

Many of the changes pushed by the young delegate were incorporated in the state Tax Commission, a forerunner to the state Department of Assessments and Taxation.

Mr. Lord's formal political career ended with his entry into the war effort. When he returned to civilian life, Mr. Lord focused his ,, energies more on his investment banking career -- a business in which he was proud of helping families not only with financial matters but their problems as well.

"A week doesn't go by," said his son, former Maryland Deputy Attorney Henry R. Lord, "that somebody doesn't stop me on the street and tell me how much my father helped them." He was a former board member of the Waverly Press, the Baltimore Equitable Society and American Life Insurance Co., and president in 1958 of the Bond Club of Baltimore.

He was over the years a board member of the Arthritis Foundation, Maryland Tuberculosis Association and Legal Aid Bureau; a member of the vestry at St. John's Church in Butler and St. David's in Roland Park; and a member of the Bachelor's Cotillon, Elkridge Club and 12:30 Club.

Mr. Lord's wife, the former Muriel Gallagher, whom he met through family contacts on a trip to Quebec, died in 1982 after nearly 45 years of marriage.

Survivors include two sons, Henry Robbins Lord and Charles Van den Berg Lord, both of Baltimore, and five grandchildren.

The family suggested memorial donations to the Baltimore Educational Scholarship Trust, 611 Park Ave., Baltimore 21201; or the Maryland Food Bank, 241 N. Franklintown Road, Baltimore 21223. A memorial service for Shannon Walters Smith, a nurse who served as coordinator of geropsychiatric services for Meridian Healthcare, will be held at 2 p.m. today at the Maryland Presbyterian Church, 1105 Providence Road in Towson.

Miss Smith, who was 44, died Dec. 31 at her Baltimore home of complications to diabetes.

She came to Baltimore in the early 1980s and established a program for residential care of Alzheimer's disease patients at the Meridian Nursing Center-Heritage in Dundalk.

Later, she helped to establish such programs at other centers in the chain and was co-author of "The Meridian Guide to Alzheimer's Disease."

A native of St. Louis, she was a 1969 graduate of Wellesley College and a 1975 graduate of the St. Louis School of Nursing and Allied Health Professions. She also earned a master's degree from Webster University in 1981.

The certified gerontological nurse was a member of the American Nurses Association, the executive committee of the Gerontological Division of the Maryland Nurses Association and the executive committee of the Alzheimer's Association of Central Maryland.

She is survived by her father and stepmother, Dr. Benjamin Smith and Helen Smith, both of St. Louis; a brother, Stewart A. Smith of St. Louis; a sister, Shelley A. Galphin of Raleigh, N.C.; and two grandmothers, Stella Hobbs and Marybelle Diekroeger, both of St. Louis.

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Rita C. Lumpkin

Computer clerk

A Mass of Christian burial for Rita C. Lumpkin, a retired computer clerk at St. Joseph Hospital, will be offered at 10 a.m. tomorrow at Immaculate Heart of Mary Roman Catholic Church, 8501 Loch Raven Blvd.

Mrs. Lumpkin, who was 69, died Tuesday of cancer at her home in the Glendale area.

She retired in 1989 after 24 years at the hospital, first as a clerk and receptionist in the surgery department and then as a clerk in the ambulatory surgery department. She was given a congeniality award by the hospital.

Born in Baltimore, the former Rita C. Bognanni was a graduate of Patterson Park High School. She had served on a community association board in Loch Raven Village.

Her husband, Donald R. Lumpkin, is a retired trucking company owner.

In addition to her husband, her survivors include two daughters, Sharon Powitz Espey of Bel Air and Donnyl Rita Gunschol of Tucson, Ariz.; three sisters, Angelina Rowley of Towson, Catherine Trachta of Perry Hall and Lucille Valle of Bel Air; a brother, Michael F. Bognanni of Forest Hill; and three grandchildren.

Christopher Lenat

College student

A memorial Mass for Christopher J. Lenat, a 21-year-old college student who was a native of Baltimore, will be offered at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Pius X Roman Catholic Church, 6428 York Road.

Mr. Lenat, who lived in Arlington, Va., died of cancer Dec. 10 at Arlington Hospital.

A graduate of Yorktown High School, he completed two years of study at Northern Virginia Community College and had been scheduled to enter George Mason University last fall when he became ill.

For the past six summers, he was a staff member at the Congressional Camp in Falls Church, Va. He is survived by his mother, Kathleen Nolan, and stepfather, Barry Eigen, both of Arlington; his father, David Lenat, and stepmother, Georgia Hagen, both of Raleigh, N.C.; and his grandparents, Jack Nolan, and Ralph and Virginia Lenat, all of Baltimore.

The family suggests memorial contributions to the Franciscan Center, 2212 Maryland Ave., Baltimore, or the Oncology Unit of Arlington Hospital, Arlington, Va. A Mass of Christian burial for J. Rogers Sollers, a retired agricultural chemicals salesman on the Eastern Shore, will be offered at 10 a.m. tomorrow at SS. Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church in Easton.

Mr. Sollers, who was 85 and lived in Trappe, died Tuesday of circulatory disease at Memorial Hospital of Easton.

He retired in 1988 from his own company, Sollers Agriculture Associates Inc., which he started in 1972 after his retirement from W. R. Grace & Co. Mr. Sollers started his sales career in 1938 with the Davison Chemical Co., which was absorbed later by W. R. Grace.

A native of Poplar Springs who was reared in Lusby, he was a graduate of the Calvert County High School, then attended the Johns Hopkins University, where he became a member of Beta Theta Pi, and the University of Maryland law school.

Made an honorary county agent in Maryland in 1986, he was given an award of merit in 1975 by the Delaware Agricultural Chemical Association, of which he was a member.

A horseman as a young man, he was the Maryland professional-class jousting champion in 1924 and later became interested in sailing, tending the jib for many years as a crew member of the log canoe Island Bird.

He is survived by his wife, the former Catherine Field Ridgely; a son, James Thomas England Sollers of Culp Creek, Ore.; two daughters, Deborah Ridgely Fialka of McLean, Va., and Catherine Sollers Wintermyer of Cheverly; a sister, Eleanor Sollers Ring of Hyattsville; and four grandchildren.

The family suggested memorial contributions to SS. Peter and Paul School.

Nancy McD. Harker

Retired teacher

Memorial services for Nancy McDonough Harker, a retired Baltimore County teacher, will be held at 1 p.m. today at the Burgee-Henss Funeral Home, 3631 Falls Road, and at 11 a.m. tomorrow at St. Paul's-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church in Ocean City.

Mrs. Harker, who was 73, died Dec. 17 of cancer at her home in Ocean Pines.

She moved to the Ocean City area after her retirement about six years ago. She taught in Baltimore County schools for about 11 years and earlier for about four years at St. Thomas More School.

Her husband of 30 years, George Corcoran Harker, a civil engineer, died in 1969. They had moved to the Baltimore area from Beloit, Wis.

The former Nancy McDonough was a native of Chicago who was reared in Iron River, Mich.

After moving to Ocean Pines, she was a substitute teacher in Ocean City and schools elsewhere in Worcester County. She had also been a volunteer guide at the Science Center in Baltimore and more recently at the Salisbury Zoo.

She had been active in several organizations in the Ocean City area. She also wove baskets and taught the craft to others.

She is survived by two daughters, Catherine Harker Addoms of Denver and Sara Jane Harker of Ocean Pines; three sons, George Corcoran Harker Jr. of Vallejo, Calif., Steven M. Harker of West Ocean City and Peter R. Harker of Ocean Pines; a sister, Sally McDonough Tager of North Hampton, N.H.; a brother, Mark McDonough of Iron River; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

The family suggested that memorial contributions could be made to the Coastal Hospice in Salisbury.

Morton L. Mednick

Organic chemist

Graveside services for Morton L. Mednick, a retired research organic chemist at the Edgewood Arsenal, will be held at 9:30 a.m. today at the Maryland Veterans Cemetery, 11501 Garrison Forest Road, Owings Mills.

Dr. Mednick, who was 70 and lived in Sparks, died Tuesday at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center of complications to a respiratory illness.

He retired in 1977 from the biomedical laboratory at the Army post, where he had worked since 1962.

Earlier, he worked at the U.S. Department of Agriculture laboratories in Peoria, Ill.; for Horizons Inc. in Cleveland; and for the Atlas Powder Co. in Tamaqua, Pa.

A native of Tamaqua and a 1936 graduate of Reading (Pa.) High School, he served in the Army Air Forces during World War II as a mechanic and crew chief aboard B-24 bombers based in England.

He earned a bachelor's degree at the University of Chicago in 1948 and a master's degree in 1952. He received his doctorate from Boston University in 1957.

Interested in astronomy all his life, he ground his own telescope mirrors when he was in his teens.

He had sailed a small boat in the Bush River and on the Chesapeake Bay, and served as financial officer of the Bush River Power Squadron.

Fond of classical music, he also liked to read about ancient history, archaeology and science.

He was a member of the American Chemical Society, Sigma Xi, the Audubon Society and the Smithsonian Associates.

Mr. Mednick is survived by his wife of 42 years, the former Ruth Miriam Wedge.

Marion W. Mathews

Psychoanalyst

Marion Winford Mathews, a Baltimore psychoanalyst remembered not only as warm and caring but refreshingly self-effacing, died Saturday of cancer. She was 78 years old.

Born and reared in Atlanta, she was the daughter of David Romulus Mathews and Estelle Hixson. She was a graduate of Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Ga., and the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta.

Miss Mathews performed her residency in cardiology in Boston and trained in psychiatry at the University of Cincinnati Hospital, where she also served as an attending psychiatrist.

She studied to become a psychoanalyst in Cincinnati and came to Baltimore in 1952. Initially, she was employed by the psychiatric institute at University Hospital. After she began a private practice on Chase Street in Baltimore, she continued to teach at University Hospital and at Sinai Hospital.

She was honored by the Baltimore Psychoanalytic Institute, a professional organization. Her outside interests included classical music, piano, theater and opera.

Friends remembered her as a very endearing person, modest, unassuming, extremely well respected but self-effacing.

"She was so direct and witty," said Fred Antenberg, a Columbia lawyer. "She was someone who'll be remembered fondly."

Miss Mathews leaves no direct relations but a lot of close friends in Baltimore.

Services are private. Her remains are scheduled to be cremated and returned to Atlanta.

Miss Mathews had asked that anyone seeking to express condolences make donations to the Peabody Conservatory.

Herman B. Hare

Plumber, firefighter

Services for Herman B. Hare, a Hampstead plumber who headed state, county and local volunteer firemen's organizations, will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow at the Eline Funeral Home in Hampstead.

Mr. Hare, who was 69, died Monday after a stroke at his home in Hampstead.

He was the owner of Hare Brothers, a family plumbing firm with which he had been associated for 40 years.

Born in Millers and a graduate of Manchester High School, he served in the Army during World War II.

He was a member of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars posts in Hampstead and of the fraternal Order of Eagles in Frederick.

A member of St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Hampstead, he was himself an Eagle Scout who later served as an adult leader for the Boy Scouts.

He was a life member of the Hampstead Volunteer Fire Department, which he served as chief in the 1950s and 1960s and as president for 13 years in the 1970s and 1980s.

Parliamentarian of the Maryland and the Carroll County Firemen's associations, he was a former president of both groups. He had also served as president of the Maryland and Carroll County Fire Chiefs' associations.

He is survived by his wife of 42 years, the former Jeanne Marie Gosnell; a son, Steven K. Hare Sr. of Hampstead; two daughters, Susan Lynne Martin of Manchester and Luanne Marie Lingenfelder of Hampstead; his mother, Hilda C. Hare of Manchester; two brothers, Gordon W. Hare of Manchester and Gene O. Hare of Millers.

Susan C. Colbert

Systems analyst

A Mass of Christian burial for Susan Cerveny Colbert, a retired senior systems analyst for the IBM Corp. in Washington, will be offered at 10:30 a.m. today at the Roman Catholic Church of the Little Flower in Bethesda.

Mrs. Colbert, who was 44 and lived in Chevy Chase, died Saturday of cancer at a Washington Hospital.

She first worked for IBM in 1969 but then returned to Baltimore to work for a short time for the Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. While with IBM, she helped to develop a computer system to link traffic controllers at all major airports.

After her retirement, she did consulting work and worked for the National Broadcasting Co. producing an experimental news program to be broadcast in Europe.

The former Susan Cerveny was a native of Baltimore and a graduate of Stoneleigh Elementary School, Notre Dame Preparatory School and the University of Maryland at College Park. She also did graduate work at American University.

At Maryland, she was a member of Delta Gamma Sorority and was elected to three honor societies, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi and Mortar Board.

She was also a member of the Junior League of Washington and the Kenwood Garden Club.

L Her husband, Edward T. Colbert, practices law in Washington.

In addition to her husband, her survivors include a daughter, Joan Elizabeth Colbert of Chevy Chase; a son, Edward Tuck Colbert Jr. of Chevy Chase; her parents, Ervin James and Joan West Cerveny of Towson; a sister, Joyce Strother of Baltimore; two brothers, E. Charles Cerveny of White Marsh and John X. Cerveny of Chevy Chase.

Lillian S. Bogart

Patron of arts

Lillian Smilestone Bogart, who was known for her musical interests and patronage of the arts, died of heart failure Dec. 30 at Sinai Hospital.

Mrs. Bogart, who was 81 and lived in Roland Park, was born and attended schools in Montreal. In 1930 she went to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, to work in the family business. In 1931 she moved to New York City and married Abraham Bogart, a manufacturer's representative. The couple moved to Baltimore in 1943, and Mrs. Bogart lived here for 45 of the next 48 years, residing in Los Angeles with her son, Andrew Bogart, for three years after her husband's death in 1967.

Mrs. Bogart had a lifetime interest in music. As a teen-ager, she studied the piano and violin and trained in singing. In Baltimore, she attended the Johns Hopkins University's McCoy College, where she studied art history and English literature. She was a patron of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Ford's Theater and the Mechanic.

Mrs. Bogart is survived by a daughter, Ruth Bogart-Gans of Baltimore; two sons, Dr. S. David Bogart of New York City and Andrew H. Bogart of Baltimore; and five grandchildren.

Services for Mrs. Bogart were private, but the family suggested memorial contributions could be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.

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Walter A. Snead

Retired illustrator

Services for Walter A. Snead, a retired illustrator for the Social Security Administration, will be held at noon today at the Douglas Memorial Community Church, Madison and Lafayette avenues.

Mr. Snead, who was 66 and lived on Wabash Avenue, died Sunday after an apparent heart attack while shopping.

He retired 11 years ago after doing the artwork for Social Security's publications for more than 35 years.

A native of Baltimore, he was educated at Douglass High School, Morgan State University and the Maryland Institute College of Art.

Secretary of the Forest Park Senior Center and first vice president of the West Arlington Improvement Association, he invested in several businesses, including the Liberty-Garrison Shopping Center. He also was an expert on jazz.

His wife, the former Catherine A. Perkins, died last April 24.

He is survived by a daughter, Cynthia A. Larkins of Baltimore; his mother, Florence Williams of Baltimore; five sisters, Patricia Craig of Chesapeake, Va., and Mary Banks, Marlene Hayes, Marlyn Tyson and Roseann Collins, all of Baltimore; six brothers, Warren Williams of El Paso, Texas, and George, Louis, Joseph and Michael Williams and Robert Dailey, all of Baltimore; and two grandchildren.

Gertrude S. Hawkins

Active in church groups

Services for Gertrude S. Hawkins, who was active in church groups, will be held at 8 p.m. today at the Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church, Collington Avenue and Hoffman Street.

Mrs. Hawkins, who was 95 and lived on North Carrollton Avenue, died Sunday of heart failure at University of Maryland Medical Center.

A native of T B Village in Prince George's County, she came to Baltimore in 1940 with her husband, the Rev. George A. Hawkins, an A.M.E. minister who died in 1954.

Shortly after coming here, she became active in Trinity Church, where she was a deaconess and a member of the Stewardess Board, the Missionary Society, the Busy Bees and the Pioneer Ladies.

She is survived by a daughter, Thyrkield D. Barnes; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.