Sister M. Edwin O'Connell, 95, S.S.N.D. teacher
Sister Mary Edwin O'Connell, S.S.N.D., a retired teacher, died of heart failure Saturday at Villa Assumpta, the motherhouse of the School Sisters of Notre Dame. She was 95.
Beginning in 1937, Sister Edwin taught at parochial schools in Baltimore, including the Cathedral School and Notre Dame Preparatory School; Roxbury, Mass.; and Glen Cove, N.Y. She retired in 1973.
Born in New York City, she entered the School Sisters of Notre Dame in 1920. Later, she earned a bachelor of science degree in education from the College of Notre Dame of Maryland.
A Mass of Christian burial will be offered at 10 a.m. today at Villa Assumpta, 6401 N. Charles St.
Survivors include several nieces and nephews.
Mary D. Fulton, 79, owned antiques shop in Bel Air
Mary D. Fulton, a retired appraiser who had owned antiques shops, died Wednesday of cancer at her Bel Air residence. She was 79.
From the late 1970s until 1994, she was a licensed antiques and estate appraiser. In the 1970s, she and a partner, Jean Graybeal, operated Boxwood Antiques on Main Street in Bel Air. Earlier, she operated Fulton's Antiques from her home on Conowingo Road.
The former Mary Dunlap was born in Delta, Pa., and graduated from Eaton-Barnett Business College in Baltimore.
In 1943, she married James Fulton, who died in January.
A memorial service for Mr. and Mrs. Fulton will be held at 2 p.m. June 6 at Slateville Presbyterian Church in Delta.
She is survived by a son, Mitchell G. Fulton of Naples, Italy; two nephews; and a niece.
Leon E. Higgins, 80, insurance agent
Leon E. Higgins, a retired insurance agent and a founder of Northeast Baptist Church in Baltimore, died Wednesday of a coronary at his Kingsville home. He was 80.
He joined State Farm Insurance Companies' Northeast Baltimore office in 1957 and retired in 1983. Earlier, he had owned a grocery store in West Baltimore.
He was born in Harlan County, Ky., and graduated from high school there. He served in the Navy during World War II.
Services were held Saturday at Northeast Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife of 59 years, the former Ruby B. Moore; two sons, Jerrel Higgins of Parkville and Thomas Higgins of Glen Burnie; a brother, David Higgins of Tampa, Fla.; a sister, Betty Bruce of Mount Vernon, Ky.; seven grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Sister M. Kyran Flaherty, 79, S.S.N.D. educator
Sister Mary Kyran Flaherty, S.S.N.D., a retired educator, died Wednesday of complications from an infection at St. Joseph Medical Center. She was 79.
Sister Kyran, who taught at St. Pius X parochial school in Rodgers Forge from 1970 until 1978, lived at Villa Assumpta, the order's motherhouse in Baltimore. After 1978, she was a part-time instructor, tutor and bookkeeper at the school until she retired last year. Earlier, she taught at parochial schools in Massachusetts, South Carolina and Washington.
Born Katherine Flaherty in Baltimore, she graduated from the Institute of Notre Dame and entered the School Sisters of Notre Dame in 1939. Later, she earned a teaching certificate at the Normal Teaching Training School at Villa Assumpta.
A Mass of Christian burial was offered Saturday.
Sister Kyran is survived by two brothers, James Flaherty andJohn Flaherty, both of Baltimore; and many nieces and nephews.
Memorial service
Augusta Tucker Townsend, 94, will be honored at 11 a.m. Thursday at Episcopal Cathedral Church of the Incarnation, East University Parkway and St. Paul Street. Mrs. Townsend brought national attention to the Johns Hopkins Medical School with the 1939 best-selling novel "Miss Susie Slagle's." The former Baltimore resident died Friday of heart failure at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital in Gaithersburg.
Pub Date: 3/09/99