John W. Asher
Worked for government
John W. Asher Jr., a retired federal government official, died July 22 from complications of a stroke at the Meridian Nursing Center-The Pines in Easton. He was 83 and had kept a home in Denton since the 1950s.
He joined the Agency for International Development in the State Department in 1963 and was a regional director in Nigeria and director in Thailand. He then was named the department's director of education for two years and retired in 1973.
Before joining the State Department, he was manager of the Choptank Electric Cooperative in Denton for five years.
From the late 1930s until the late 1950s, he worked for the Department of Agriculture, becoming director of personnel.
After he retired, he volunteered his time to start the Denton Child Development Center in 1977 and was its manager for two years. In 1980, he was elected as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention.
Born in Holcomb, Mo., he was educated at Central Missouri State Teachers College and at George Washington University.
He was on the basketball and track teams in college and also played center for his college football team. He played football professionally for the Boston Redskins, the predecessor of the Washington franchise.
In 1937, he and the former Nance Hall were married. She died in 1988.
He is survived by two sons, retired Navy Capt. John W. Asher III of Baltimore and Edward Hall Asher of Chevy Chase; a sister, Peggy Harrison of Athens, W.Va.; a brother, Philip G. Asher of Sherwood Forest; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Services were held July 26 at St. Luke's United Methodist Church in Denton.
Edward F. McCarron
Baltimore police officer
Edward F. McCarron, a retired Baltimore police officer who also played and coached sports at Calvert Hall College, died Thursday of heart failure at St. Joseph Hospital in Towson. He was 85.
Mr. McCarron's law enforcement career spanned 36 years and four district offices, where he worked as a desk sergeant, patrol lieutenant and acting captain.
He started in the Western District in 1934 and later served in the Southwestern and Northern districts. He had been working in the Southern District when he retired as a lieutenant in 1970.
"He was one of the finest," said John Donohue, a retired city police officer and a friend of Mr. McCarron for more than 20 years. "He was a good interrogator and was one of the best
public relations men I knew."
Mr. Donohue said that as acting captain, Mr. McCarron supervised more than 200 officers. He also praised his work as a homicide investigator.
Mr. McCarron attended St. Katharine School in Baltimore and was a 1929 graduate of Calvert Hall College. A star athlete, he was named to All-Maryland baseball and soccer teams while in high school.
He returned to his alma mater in the 1940s to coach junior varsity and varsity baseball.
Under his direction, Calvert Hall's junior varsity team won several Maryland Scholastic Association championships, and in 1963 the varsity team clinched the MSA baseball championship title.
The teams' successes helped earn him induction into the Calvert Hall Alumni Hall of Fame in 1985.
In later years, his grandchildren's athletic pursuits occupied much of his time. A regular spectator at their games throughout high school and college, he traveled all over the state to watch them play baseball, basketball and soccer.
He was a boxing fan and also followed the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame, the Baltimore Orioles and the Calvert Hall Cardinals.
In 1934, he and the former Emily Lehecka were married.
Mr. McCarron was a member of the Law Enforcement Association, the Baltimore City Police Benevolent Association and the Baltimore City Police Retired Association.
He also was a member of the Notre Dame Council of the Knights of Columbus, the Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick and the Old Timers Baseball Association.
He was a member of the Old Timers Baseball Hall of Fame.
A Mass of Christian burial is to be offered at 11 a.m. tomorrow at the Shrine of the Little Flower Roman Catholic Church.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by a son, Jerry McCarron, of Rodgers Forge; and five grandchildren.
John L. Schlesinger
Sun Oil Co. driver
John L. Schlesinger, a retired driver who worked 41 years for Sun Oil Co., died of heart failure at St. Agnes Hospital on July 27. He was 78.
Born and educated in Baltimore, he lived in Ferndale for more than 50 years. He moved to Glen Burnie about five years ago.
Mr. Schlesinger served in the Army during World War II and was stationed in the Philippines. He was discharged in 1946 as a staff sergeant.
He was a member of the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 40 and the Ferndale Community Club.
He enjoyed traveling and made frequent trips to Ocean City.
He is survived by his wife of 51 years, the former Dorothy Whitney of Glen Burnie; two daughters, Dottie Grady and Jean DeGrafft, both of Pasadena; and two granddaughters.
A memorial service was held Wednesday at Community United Methodist Church in the Riviera Beach section of Anne Arundel County.
The family suggested that memorial contributions could be made to the American Heart Association or the American Lung Association.
Sister Louise
Taught school
Sister Mary Louise Harrison, an Oblate Sister of Providence, died July 19 of heart failure at Our Lady of Mount Providence Convent in Catonsville. She was 86.
A native of Chicago, Sister Louise became a nun in 1929 and taught at schools in Baltimore as well as in Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Missouri and South Carolina.
Sister Louise received two degrees in education: a bachelor's degree from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and a master's degree from the Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart in Purchase, N.Y.
She is survived by four sisters, Ethel Sheen, Barbara Little, Janette Douglas and Viano Wagner. A Mass was offered July 25 at the convent chapel.
@ Margaret Catherine Ann Zimmer, who had worked as an airlines reservations clerk, died July 17 of cancer at her home in Pasadena.
Mrs. Zimmer, who was 44, had worked at the Baltimore-Washington International Airport for about two years for Northwest Airlines. Earlier, she worked about two years for America West Airlines. She had worked for USAir before moving to Pasadena 12 years ago.
The former Margaret Catherine Ann Sullivan was a native of Wyandotte, Mich., who was reared in Taylor, Mich. She was a graduate of the Henry Ford Community College in Dearborn, Mich.
She also had lived in Buffalo, N.Y., and Coraopolis, Pa.
She was a former Cub Scout den mother, a former president of the Lake Shore Elementary School Parent-Teacher Association and a former Meals on Wheels volunteer.
She also had done volunteer work for the American Cancer Society and was active in Reach To Recovery, a support group.
She is survived by her husband, Philip Blair Zimmer; two daughters, Laura Marie Zimmer and Sarah Beth Zimmer, both of Pasadena; a son, Philip Roland Zimmer of Pasadena; her mother, Elizabeth Mary Sullivan of Taylor; two sisters, Rita Powell and Ellen Ann Skiver, both of Trenton, Mich.; and two brothers, Paul R. Sullivan of Taylor and Mark E. Sullivan of Fenton, Mich.
A Mass of Christian burial was offered July 21 at St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church in Severna Park.
Vernon J. Schutz
Industrial engineer
Vernon James Schutz Sr., an industrial engineer for Armco Steel for 30 years, died Monday of cancer at Good Samaritan Hospital. He was 80.
jTC A resident of Northeast Baltimore, Mr. Schutz retired from the steel company in 1977.
The 1931 graduate of Calvert Hall College earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Baltimore and graduated from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 1939.
He was a member of the Knights of Columbus.
Mr. Schutz and the former Alethia G. DeAngelis were married in 1941.
A Mass of Christian burial was offered Friday at St. Matthew's Roman Catholic Church in Baltimore, where he had been a member 43 years.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by two sons, V. James Schutz Jr. of Marietta, Ga., and Frank J. Schutz of Linthicum; four daughters, Mary A. Holmes and Nancy M. Pugaczewski, both of Perry Hall; Susan A. Prematta of Reading, Pa.; and Jane M. Aud of Towson; a brother, Ralph Shutz of Randallstown; and 17 grandchildren.