John R. Gray

Youth center director

John R. Gray, a former salesman and youth center director, died April 8 in his sleep at his Sykesville home. He was 60.

For the past 10 years, he was director of the Thomas O'Farrell Youth Center in Marriottsville. Earlier, he was a salesman for the Mosler Safe Co. and the American Bank Stationery Co. in Massachusetts.

He was born in Boston and reared in Baltimore. A 1952 graduate of Calvert Hall College, he earned a bachelor's degree from Loyola College in 1956. After college, he joined the Army and was discharged in 1958 with the rank of corporal.

He is survived by his wife of 33 years, the former Louise Gilner of Baltimore; three daughters, Helen M. Stewart of Italy, Barbara A. Gray of Ocean City and Roseanne C. Gray of Baltimore; a sister, Barbara Gennity of New Freedom, Pa.; and two grandsons.

Memorial donations may be made to the Thomas O'Farrell Youth Center, 7960 Henryton Road, Marriottsville 21104.

A5 A Mass of Christian burial was offered yesterday.

James H. Beverly Jr.

Retired firefighter

James H. Beverly Jr., a retired acting lieutenant in the Baltimore Fire Department, died Saturday at Union Memorial Hospital after a heart attack. He was 67 and lived on Sequoia Avenue.

He retired in 1982 after eight years in the communications division. He had joined the department in 1954 and was first assigned to Engine 14 at Hollins and Monroe streets. During this period, he was commended for rescuing a child from a fire.

The Baltimore native was a graduate of Carver Vocational-Technical High School.

He served in the Navy in the Pacific during World War II and in the Army in the Korean War.

Between the wars and then briefly before joining the Fire Department, he worked as a civilian at the Army's Baltimore Signal Depot at Fort Holabird.

He is survived by his wife, the former Dolores Ennis; a daughter, Priscilla Ledbetter; a son, Michael Beverly; and his father, James H. Beverly Sr., all of Baltimore; a brother, Louis Beverly of Columbia; four sisters, Theresa Beverly, Marion Anderson, Mary Harper and Shirley Davis, all of Baltimore; four grandchildren; and a great-grandson.

-! Services were held yesterday.

Rose R. Chenowet

Organist

Rose R. Chenoweth, who provided organ accompaniment for silent movies, died Tuesday of heart failure at Peninsula General Hospital in Salisbury. She was 94.

She had also been the organist at St. Mary's Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church in Ocean City for 30 years.

She had been a resident of Captain's Hill, near Ocean City, since retiring in 1962 from a supervisory position with the Maryland Training School where she had worked for 33 years.

She was born Rose Whitney in Hamilton in Northeast Baltimore and reared there. She was a 1918 graduate of the Institute of Notre Dame and continued her education at the Peabody Institute, where she was a student of Dr. Gustav Strube, the first conductor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and a professor of harmony and composition at the school.

She tutored students in piano and organ and was a member of the Maryland Light Opera Company and the Kaspar Piano Accordion Band that performed at the Alcazar on Cathedral Street in 1936.

She also played the organ at the Arcade Theater in Hamilton before sound pictures in the late 1920s.

"She'd take my brother to the theater and put him in a cradle and rock him while she played the organ," her daughter, Carol Alfonsi Ocean City, said.

Mrs. Chenoweth was a life master of the American Duplicate Bridge Association and taught many the intricacies of the game.

She married William L. Chenoweth, a World War I veteran, in 1923. He was in ill health most of his life because of being gassed during the war and died in 1954.

A Mass of Christian burial were to be offered at 11 a.m. today at Our Lady of Victory Roman Catholic Church, 4414 Wilkens Ave., Arbutus.

Other survivors include four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Memorial donations may be made to St. Mary's Star of the Sea

Church or Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin.

Winifred C. Aiken

Administrative secretary

Winifred C. Aiken, a retired administrative secretary, died Sunday of a heart attack at Howard County General Hospital. She was 82 and had lived in Towson for 40 years before she moved to Ellicott City several months ago.

The former Winifred Colgan retired in 1980 after working for 17 years as an administrative secretary for the Baltimore County Bureau of Mental Health. Earlier, she had worked in a similar capacity for the American Bridge Co. and Miller Bros., the Charles Street women's clothiers.

She was born and reared in Waverly and was a member of the first graduating class of Seton High School in 1930.

In 1943, she married C. Gerard Aiken Jr., an insurance agent, who died in 1968.

A Mass of Christian burial will be offered at 10 a.m. today at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Roman Catholic Church, Loch Raven Boulevard and Putty Hill Avenue, Baynesville, where she was a ** member for 40 years.

She is survived by a son, Jerry Aiken of Westminster; a daughter, Mary A. Frankos of North Laurel; and five grandchildren.

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Kevin M. Grace

Substitute teacher

Kevin McKinstry Grace, a substitute teacher in Durango, Colo., was killed during an avalanche Saturday while cross-country skiing on Engineer Mountain near Silverton, Colo. He was 37.

Mr. Grace was born in New York City and earned a bachelor's degree from Colorado University and a master's degree from Lesley College.

He is survived by his wife, the former Catherine "Padgie" Obrecht, formerly of Ruxton; a brother, Christopher Grace of Pennington, N.J.; a sister, Martha Gordon of Austin, Texas; his father, George Grace of Tucson, Ariz.; and his mother, Margaret Grace of Princeton, N.J.

Memorial donations may be made to the San Juan County Search and Rescue, P.O. Box 178, Silverton 81433; or La Plata County Search and Rescue Team, P.O. Box 1885, Durango 81302.

-! Services were held Wednesday.

Richard R. Davis

Letter carrier

Richard R. Davis, a retired postal worker, died Sunday of congestive heart failure at St. Joseph Hospital. He was 67 and lived in Parkville.

He worked as a letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service in Ednor Gardens for 25 years and retired in 1989. During retirement, he worked at Ritz Camera for several years.

"He was so well-known on his route," said Mabel Smith, a sister-in-law who lives in Parkville. "He would look out for his customers and if one of them had been sick, his wife would bake a cake for them."

Mr. Davis was born and reared in Waverly and attended Calvert Hall College before joining the Navy during World War II. After the war, he enlisted and served in the Air Force.

His wife of 31 years, the former Ethel Cromwell, died in 1992.

A memorial service was planned for 10 a.m. today at Abbott Memorial Presbyterian Church, 3426 Bank St., Baltimore.

RF Survivors include a son, Tech. Sgt. Phillip Davis who is stationed

with the Air Force in Korea; a daughter, Debra Davis of Parkville; three grandchildren; and a great-grandson.

I= Memorial donations may be made to Abbott Memorial Church.

Mary Delich Parrish

Retired waitress

Mary Delich Parrish, a retired waitress and volunteer in Carson City, Nev., diedSaturday at a hospital in Reno, Nev., of complications of Parkinson's disease. She was 84.

She was the sister of Rep. Helen Delich Bentley, the 2nd DistrictRepublican.

She was a member of several civic and fraternal organizations and was a volunteer at the state historical society, an arts center, a hospital and a nursing home.

The former Mary Delich was a native of Kimberly, Nev.

In addition to Mrs. Bentley, she is survived by two daughters, Ann McCarty and Susan Everson; and a brother, Sam Delich, all of Reno; another sister, Mele Rush of Georgetown, Calif.; eight grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

+ Services were held Tuesday.

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John R. Likens

Silversmith

John R. Likens, a silversmith and former turkey farmer, died Tuesday in his sleep of an apparent heart attack at his home in Perry Hall. He was 86.

He retired in 1971 after 47 years as a silversmith for Samuel Kirk & Sons. In the 1950s, he also raised turkeys on his Perry Hall property, selling them at retail and sometimes wholesale.

In his teens, the Baltimore native was a decorator at the Hochschild-Kohn and Co. department store.

His wife, the former Dorothy M. Coster, died last June.

A Mass of Christian burial was to be offered at 9:30 a.m. today at St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church, 8420 Belair Road, Fullerton.

Mr. Likens is survived by a daughter, Shirley Rye; two sons, John J. Likens and T. Gary Likens; seven grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. All are of Perry Hall.

Elizabeth O. Jett

Church choir director

Elizabeth O. Jett, organist and choir director at Calvary Baptist Church in Towson from 1930 until 1950, died March 29 of heart failure at a hospital in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

She was 93 and had moved from Lutherville to Myrtle Beach in 1982. She had also lived in Anneslie.

During World War II, she worked at the Bendix Radio Division plant on Joppa Road and from 1955 to 1970 as a clerk in the stationery department at Hutzler's department store in Towson.

The former Elizabeth Orem was a native of Baltimore and studied at the Peabody Conservatory of Music.

Her husband, Reese L. Jett, an accountant, died in 1982.

Services were planned for 11 a.m. today at the Dulaney Valley Mausoleum, 200 E. Padonia Road, Timonium.

She is survived by a son, retired Army Lt. Col. Richard O. Jett of Myrtle Beach; and two grandchildren.

Paul C. Zahn,

Leone F. Zahn

Catonsville couple

Paul C. Zahn, a lawyer and former purchasing agent for a meat packing firm, died Tuesday and his wife, Leone F. Zahn, died the next day.

Mr. Zahn, who was 82, died at Johns Hopkins Hospital of complications after surgery and his wife, who was 80, died Wednesday at Keswick. Relatives declined to give the cause of her death.

Mr. Zahn retired in 1969 after working for Swift & Co. since 1934. During retirement, he continued to do some legal work at his home in Catonsville.

The Hagerstown native was a graduate of the Eastern College of Commerce and, in 1943, of the associated Mount Vernon School of Law. The two schools merged into the Eastern College of Commerce and Law and he chaired its board from 1956 until 1970 when it was merged into the University of Baltimore.

He was also a former chairman of the University of Baltimore Educational Foundation.

His wife, the former Leone F. Daley was born in Lockport, Ill., and was city treasurer there from 1940 until 1963. They met while on a tour of Russia.

Both were previously married, Mr. Zahn to the former Dorothy Hynson, who died in 1972, and Mrs. Zahn to Ralph C. Mathers, who died in 1939.

Services were planned for 10 a.m. today at the Second English Lutheran Church, 5010 Briarclift Road, Baltimore, where Mrs. Zahn was secretary-treasurer and he had been a member since 1950.

They are survived by her two daughters, Ardith Shepherd of Geneva, Ill., and Marjorie Honig of Lockport; his sister, Kathleen Hershey, and his brother, Charles Zahn, both of Hagerstown; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.