T. J. Barlow Sr., former teacher, headmaster
A memorial service for Thomas Jefferson Barlow Sr., who had been a teacher, assistant headmaster, headmaster and board member at Washington-area private schools, will be held at 3 p.m. today in the chapel of St. Alban's School in Washington.
Mr. Barlow, 85, died Feb. 24 after a heart attack while on a vacation trip in Venice, Italy.
He lived in Chevy Chase for many years.
He began his teaching career in 1930 at the McKenzie School in Monroe, N.Y., and also taught in the mid-1940s at the New Canaan Country Day School in Connecticut. He taught at St. Alban's School from the early 1930s until 1944.
In the late 1940s, he became assistant headmaster of the Longfellow School for Boys in Bethesda, a post he held until the school became part of Sidwell Friends School in the early 1960s.
He then became headmaster of the McLean School for Boys in Washington, remaining there until he retired in 1965.
Following his retirement, he served in 1966 and 1967 as interim headmaster of the Glenelg Country School and remained a member of its board for 25 years.
A native of Barlow, Ky., he was a 1930 graduate of the University of Virginia.
From 1938 until 1965 he operated Camp Kinloch for Boys on Lake Champlain in Charlotte, Vt.
Mr. Barlow is survived by his wife, the former Lee Maddox; two sons, Thomas Barlow III of Paducah, Ky., and Will Barlow of Denver; a daughter, Henrietta Fridholm of Grosse Pointe, Mich.; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
The family suggested memorial contributions to the Barlow Speaking Contest at the Glenelg Country School or to the St. Alban's Faculty Club.
Robert W. Norris
Retired social worker
A memorial service for Robert Walter Norris, a retired social worker, will be held at 1 p.m. tomorrow at the Milford Mill United Methodist Church, 915 Milford Mill Road.
Mr. Norris, who lived on Mindale Circle in the Rockland area, died Wednesday of cancer at age 66 at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
He retired in 1990 after 10 years on the staff of the Patuxent Institution.
When he moved to the Baltimore area in 1971, he first served as an assistant professor at the University of Maryland School of Social Work and Community Planning. He also maintained a private practice as a family and marriage counselor for many years.
Earlier, he had been executive director of Planned Parenthood groups in Delaware and in Houston and a Red Cross worker in North Dakota and in St. Paul, Minn.
A native of St. Paul, he was a 1949 graduate of Macalester College there and earned a master's degree in social work at the University of Nebraska.
He served in the Army in the 101st Airborne Division in Europe during World War II.
A licensed certified social worker in Maryland, he was a charter member of the National Association of Social Workers, and a member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Counselors.
He is survived by his wife, the former Virginia Froeling; two sons, Thomas L. Norris of Miami, Fla., and Kenneth R. Norris of Hampstead; two daughters, Nancy S. Smith of Baltimore and Carol M. Caplan of Danville, Va.; his mother, Margaret W. Norris ++ of St. Paul; a brother, Paul N. Norris of St. Paul and a sister, Audrae Gruber, of Onamia, Minn.; and three grandchildren.
The family suggested memorial contributions to the American Cancer Society, the American Lung Association or the Memorial Fund of the Milford Mill United Methodist Church.
Hollis C. Ward
Social Security official
Services for Hollis C. Ward, a retired supervisor with the
Social Security Administration, will be held at 8:30 p.m. tomorrow at Sharon Baptist Church, Presstman and Stricker streets.
He died Sunday at Liberty Medical Center of complications of diabetes. He was 65.
The Howard Park Avenue resident retired in 1981 from Social Security. From 1970 to 1979, while on leave from Social Security, he worked in Washington in the Fair Labor Practices Department of the American Federation of Government Employees.
Born in Baltimore, he was a February 1944 graduate of Douglass High School and served in the Army in the Philippines during World War II.
As a deacon at Sharon Baptist Church, he was active in the Deacons' Conference of Baltimore and the Laymen's League of the United Missionary Baptist Convention. He was a volunteer at the Baptist Aged Home.
He was a member of the Howard Park Civic Association and the National Association of Retired Federal Employees.
Mr. Ward was a former president of the Parent Teacher Association at the Bentalou Elementary School and a former adult leader in the Boy Scouts.
He is survived by his wife of nearly 40 years, the former Mary Lann; two daughters, Lela Ward Oliver of Los Angeles and Theara J. Ward of New York City; four brothers, Robert and Anthony Ward, both of Baltimore, Samuel Ward of Los Angeles (( and Albert Ward of Hampton, Va.; and two grandchildren.
The family suggested memorial contributions to the educational programs at Sharon Baptist Church.
James E. Peterson
Interior designer
Services James E. Peterson, an interior designer and executive vice president of Rita St. Clair Associates, died early yesterday at his home in the Winthrop House Condominium of complications of a stroke.
Mr. Peterson, who was 63, joined the Rita St. Clair firm in 1975 as an associate designer. He earlier had worked for the H. Chambers Co. and the Gomprecht and Benesch furniture company.
While his work included interior design for corporate offices, restaurants, yachts and a private airplane, he specialized in residential design, which he said should reflect the personality of the owner rather than the designer.
He was a member of the American Institute of Interior Designers.
Born in Clarksburg, W.Va., he was a 1950 graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art and served in the Army in Panama during the Korean War.
He is survived by his longtime companion, Harvey L. Evans of Baltimore; his uncle, Harry B. Gloss of Bridgeport, W.Va.; and his aunt, Flora Bennett of Hinton, W. Va.
Arrangements for a memorial service were incomplete. It was suggested that memorial contributions could be made to the Health Education Resources Organization or to the Joseph Richey Hospice.
Lorraine M. Goble
Worked in insurance
A Mass of Christian burial for Lorraine M. Goble, who worked for insurance companies in the Baltimore area, will be offered at 9 a.m. today at St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church in New Freedom, Pa.
Mrs. Goble, who moved from the Northwood area to New Freedom in 1978, died Wednesday of cancer at her home. She was 53.
For 10 years, she was an insurance administrator with William C. Garrett and Associates in Towson. She earlier had worked in Baltimore for the Pennsylvania Farmers and Casualty Co.
The former Lorraine Mikulski was born in Mount Carmel, Pa., and raised in Baltimore. She was educated in parochial schools.
She is survived by her husband, Bobbie J. Goble; two sons, Robert J. Goble of Shrewsbury and Jeffrey Scott Goble of San Diego; a daughter, Tammy M. Anderson of Stewartstown, Pa.; a brother, Leonard Mikulski of Baltimore; four sisters, Claire Cotterill and Eleanor Thomas, both of Baltimore, and Genevieve Twardowski and Dorothy Mikulski, both of Severn; and four grandchildren.
Mary Jane Ford
Research chemist
A memorial service for Mary Jane Ford, who had been a research chemist in Baltimore, will be held at 11 a.m. today at the First Community Church in Columbus, Ohio.
Mrs. Ford, who was 67, died Tuesday of leukemia and complications of the illness at a hospital in Columbus, where she had lived since 1961.
Before moving to Ohio, she worked in the Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics at the Johns Hopkins University Medical School and at what is now the Gerontology Research Center of the National Institute on Aging at the Francis Scott Key Medical Center.
A native of Norfolk, Va., the former Mary Jane Haskins was reared in Baltimore. She was a graduate of Forest Park High School.
She attended Goucher College, where she was a member of the Delta Gamma sorority, before earning her bachelor's degree in chemistry at the University of Virginia.
A former member of the General Mordecai Gist Chapter in Baltimore and later a member of the Ann Simpson Davis Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Columbus, she was also active in the United Daughters of the Confederacy in Columbus. She was president of the Dixie Chapter.
She is survived by her husband, Lewis Howard Ford; and a son, Howard Guy Ford, also of Columbus.
Ellen Hasslinger
Garden club member
A Mass of Christian burial for Ellen R. Hasslinger, a gardener who specialized in orchids, begonias, ferns and miniature roses, will be offered at 9:30 a.m. today at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, 101 Church Lane in Texas.
Mrs. Hasslinger, who was 62 and lived on Jodyway in Timonium, died Wednesday at Greater Baltimore Medical Center after a heart attack.
A member of the Lutherville Garden Club and a former member of the Chesapeake Rose Society, she grew miniature roses outdoors and raised the other plants in her greenhouse.
She also was a collector of doll house furnishings and a member of the Maryland Miniatures Unlimited Club.
The former Ellen Cosgrove was born in Baltimore and was a graduate of the Catholic High School.
She is survived by her husband of 42 years, John M. E. Hasslinger; three sons, John M. E. Hasslinger Jr. of Ellicott City, Gregory F. Hasslinger of Towson and Dr. Brian J. Hasslinger of Frostburg; a daughter, Mary Ellen McLaughlin of Towson; and five grandchildren.