Thomas Caracuzzo
Real estate lawyer
Thomas J. Caracuzzo, who continued to practice real estate law after he retired as vice president of the old Title Guarantee Co., died Friday of an apparent heart attack in his sleep at his North Baltimore home. He was 80.
He retired in 1980 after many years with the title company on St. Paul Street downtown.
He was a well-known figure in real estate title law, not only to the lawyers he trained for his company, but to many other attorneys who stopped by his desk in the main lobby of the company's headquarters to seek advice.
After he retired, he became counsel to the Towson law firm of Coady and Farley and continued to work on real estate title law for banks and other clients.
L He had been a member of the Maryland bar for about 50 years.
Born in Central Falls, R.I., and reared in Cranston, R.I., he was a graduate of Brown University and the Columbia University Law School. He served in the Army Air Forces in the Pacific during World War II.
He was a charter member of the Hunt Valley Golf Club.
A Mass of Christian burial was to offered at 10 a.m. today at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, 5200 N. Charles St.
His wife of 51 years, the former Mary Vessella, died in 1992. He is survived by two sons, Thomas J. Caracuzzo Jr. of Secaucus, N.J., and Terrance Caracuzzo of Dallas; three sisters, Gertrude Garzilli and Helen Caracuzzo, both of Cranston, and Marie Friedel of Warwick, R.I.; two granddaughters and a great-grandson.
John A. Prematta, a retired Baltimore mail carrier, died Friday of an apparent heart attack near his home in Elysburg, Pa. He was 65 and had moved there from Pasadena about six years ago.
He retired in 1985 from the Waverly Branch of the U.S. Postal Service after 33 years. He was a member of the National Association of Letter Carriers.
The Baltimore native, who was reared in Dundalk, had served in the Army as a young man. He had coached young men's amateur baseball teams in the 1970s.
A Mass of Christian burial was to be offered at 11:30 a.m. today at St. Jane Frances de Chantal Roman Catholic Church, 8499 Virginia Ave., Riviera Beach.
He is survived by his wife, the former Marie A. Flaig; two sons, Joseph Harold of Kearneysville, W.Va., and Thomas Harold of Severna Park; four daughters, Donna Grice of Roanoke, Va., Toni Basile of Carney, Mary Myers of Pasadena and Jo Ann Caudill of Owings Mills; four sisters, Helen Speranzella, Margaret Cichetti and Julie Dawgert, all of Dundalk, and Mary Neutz of Pasadena; 11 grandchildren; and a great-grandson.
Paul D. Adelsberger
Accountant
Paul D. Adelsberger, a retired accountant, died Friday of cancer at his home in Kingsville, where he had recently moved. His death occurred the day before his 62nd birthday.
He retired in 1989 as general accounting manager for Noxell Corp., where he began his career in the shipping department when he was 16.
Reared in Hampden, he was a 1950 graduate of City College and earned an accounting degree at the University of Baltimore.
The longtime Hamilton resident was active in the Masons as a member of Mount Nebo Lodge No. 229. He was also a member of Bethesda United Methodist Church, of which he had been treasurer.
Services were set for 9:30 a.m. today at Schimunek Funeral Home, 9705 Belair Road, Perry Hall, with interment in Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens.
His wife, the former Marilyn J. Willis, whom he married in 1952, died in January.
Survivors include a son, Steven D. Adelsberger of Hamilton; two daughters, Paula Adelsberger Simon of Sparks and Karen L. Brown of Street; four brothers, Leslie Adelsberger, Richard Adelsberger, Eugene Adelsberger and Edward Adelsberger, and two sisters, Margaret Hood and Dorothy Adelsberger, all of Baltimore; and two grandchildren.
Memorial donations may be made to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, 162 Prince George St., Annapolis 20701.
Dr. J.D. McGovern Sr.
Clinical psychologist
Joseph D. McGovern Sr., a clinical psychologist, died Thursday after an apparent heart attack in his sleep at his Bethesda home. He was 71.
Dr. McGovern maintained a pri- vate practice at his home for 40 years, until his death. He had retired in 1983 after many years with the Central Intelligence Agency.
He was a member of the American and Maryland psychological associations.
Fond of sailing, he had a summer home in Sherwood Forest and was a member of the Severn River Association.
The Philadelphia native graduated from St. Joseph's University there and earned master's and doctorate's degrees in psychology at the Catholic University. He did his clinical training at the Perry Point Veterans' Hospital.
During World War II, he was a naval officer and was editor in chief of the Pacific edition of Navy News.
A Mass of Christian burial was to be offered at 11 a.m. today at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Washington.
He is survived by his wife of 47 years, the former Elizabeth McGowan; two sons, Michael Joseph McGovern of Baltimore and Joseph Daniel McGovern Jr. of Sherwood Forest; two daughters, Maureen Ann McGovern of Evanston, Ill., and Elizabeth McGovern Colandro of Baton Rouge, La.; and six grandchildren.