Jack E. Darr
Electrical engineer
Jack E. Darr, a retired electrical engineer who worked on the development of Doppler radar and other navigational aids, died Tuesday of cancer at his home in the Hampton section of Baltimore County. He was 74.
He went to work for Westinghouse Electric Corp. in Pittsburgh in 1948 and was sent to Baltimore in the early 1950s, when the company built its plant at Friendship Airport, now Baltimore-Washington International Airport.
He worked on various projects, including air route surveillance radar and airborne warning and control systems. He also participated in the development of Westinghouse's oceanic division at the Bay Bridge.
His final project involved workplace ergonomics. He retired in 1986.
Earlier, he had worked at Bethlehem Steel Corp.'s Johnstown, Pa., plant, where he was power plant foreman.
Born and reared in Shaffersville, Pa., he earned a bachelor's degree in power engineering in 1942 and a master's degree in electrical engineering in 1949, both from Pennsylvania State University.
He joined the Navy in 1944 and served as a technician at Norfolk, Va., working on radar and fire control systems for P-61 Nightfighters and fire control systems for B-29 bombers. He was discharged in 1946.
He was active with Boy Scout Troop and Cub Pack No.742 and enjoyed photography.
A Mass of Christian burial was to be offered at 10 a.m. today at Roman Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception, 114 Ware Ave., Towson.
He is survived by his wife of 47 years, the former Mary Elizabeth Wurdick; six sons, Patrick R. Darr of Annapolis, C. John Darr of Westfield, N.J., Peter F. Darr of Kingsville, and Philip M. Darr, Matthew J. Darr and Mark T. Darr, all of Baltimore; two daughters, Anne Darr of Clarksville and Clare M. White of Cub Hill; and 15 grandchildren.
Memorial donations may be made to the Hospice of Baltimore, 6701 N. Charles St., Baltimore 21204.
James F. Welsh, who began as an office boy and retired as vice chairman of the board of McCormick & Co., died Wednesday of complications of a stroke at Manor Care Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Ruxton. The Towson resident was 87.
His spent his entire 48-year career with the spice company, where he began working in the Light Street offices as an advertising department clerk in 1923. He later held positions in the accounting department -- assistant secretary-treasurer, 0' credit manager and corporate secretary.
In 1956, he was named a vice president and in 1962, he was promoted to general manager of the McCormick Division and executive vice president. He was elected vice chairman of the board in 1970 and retired a year later.
He was a member of many professional associations and a trustee of the Credit Research Foundation and a director of the Better Business Bureau.
The former Homeland resident, who studied photography with Ansel Adams while spending winters at a second home in Carmel, Calif., was a co-founder of the Baltimore Camera Club. He also was a gardener, growing flowers and strawberries.
Born and reared on Edmondson Avenue, he was educated at St. Martin's parochial school and took night courses at the Johns Hopkins University and Baltimore Business College.
A Mass of Christian burial was to be offered at 1 p.m. today in the chapel of the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, 5200 N. Charles St., Baltimore.
He is survived by his wife of 57 years, the former Gretchen Van Slyke; a son, J. Michael Welsh of Towson; and two grandchildren.
Memorial donations may be made to the Kristen Welsh Photographic Endowment, c/o Oldfields School, P.O. Box 697, Glencoe 21152.
Kathryn K. Lund, who had been a secretary and Girl Scout leader, died Jan. 28 of congestive heart failure at Bay Meadow Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Glen Burnie. She was 83.
She was a secretary at the National Geographic Society headquarters in Washington before her marriage in 1941 and was a Girl Scout leader in Silver Spring in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
She and her husband, Otto P. Lund, had also lived in Hyattsville and Laurel. He died in 1988.
The former Kathryn Kroger was a native of Washington and a graduate of the old Business High School, now Roosevelt High School.
A Mass of Christian burial was to be offered at 10 a.m. today at St. Jane Frances de Chantal Roman Catholic Church, 8499 Virginia Ave., Riviera Beach.
She is survived by two daughters, Jo Ann K. Sidotti of Pasadena and Sharon M. Bykerk of Las Vegas; a son, Brian G. Lund of Columbia; two brothers, William M. Kroger of Warrenton, Va., and James P. Kroger of Annandale, Va.; nine grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Clodine M. Kunkel
Music teacher
Clodine Mildred Kunkel, who had been a music teacher, died Tuesday at St. Joseph Medical Center of congestive heart failure. She was 85 and had been a resident of Bel Air or Parkville since 1977.
She taught piano, organ and guitar in Mishawaka, Ind., and later in Maryland.
She was born Clodine Mildred Collins in Mishawaka and married Michael S. Kunkel, a church organist who owned a music school and store. She worked with him, teaching and helping to conduct choral groups and bands. He died in 1951.
A Mass of Christian burial will be offered at 9 a.m. today at St. Ursula's Roman Catholic Church, 8801 Harford Road in Parkville.
She is survived by a daughter, Mildred Wise of Parkville; 14 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.
Donations may be made to St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Mishawaka or to St. Ursula's Church for the music program at the school.
George T. Stroup
Locomotive engineer
George T. Stroup, a retired locomotive engineer, died Tuesday of heart failure at St. Joseph Medical Center. Mr. Stroup, 77, moved to Bel Air from Hollidaysburg, Pa., after he retired in 1979 from what was by then Conrail.
He began working 38 years earlier for Pennsylvania Railroad, later Penn Central, and drove trains between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, Pa.
Born in East Freedom, Pa., Mr. Stroup was a graduate of Franklin & Marshall Academy in Lancaster, Pa., and attended Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pa.
After moving to Bel Air, he joined Trinity Lutheran Church in Joppa, where services were to be held at 10 a.m. today.
He is survived by his wife, the former Helen Hill; a daughter, Judy Johns of Bel Air; a son, George T. Stroup Jr. of Lancaster; and three grandsons.
Levin H. Fooks
Acting fire lieutenant
Yesterday's obituary of Levin H. Fooks stated incorrectly Mr. Fooks' rank in the city Fire Department. He was an acting lieutenant.
The Sun regrets the error.