Charles M. Lynn, 69, design supervisor, teacher
Charles M. Lynn, a retired woodworking instructor with State Youth Industries and a former Maryland Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. supervisor, died Wednesday of cancer at Mercy Medical Center. The Lutherville resident was 69.
Mr. Lynn, who was known as Mack, was a supervisor in the design department of Maryland Shipbuilding and Drydock from 1951 until the South Baltimore shipyard closed in 1984 and he retired. From 1988 until retiring a second time, in 1995, he instructed prisoners in furniture-making at the Maryland House of Correction in Jessup.
Mr. Lynn was born, raised and graduated from high school in Greenville, S.C. He moved to Baltimore in the late 1940s and attended Catonsville Community College.
He enjoyed gardening.
A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. tomorrow at Havenwood Presbyterian Church, where he was a member. The church is at 100 E. Ridgely Road, Lutherville.
He is survived by his wife of six years, the former Jane Richmond; two brothers, James Lynn of Greenville and Daniel Lynn of Travelers Rest, S.C.; a sister, Marie Lynn Dyer of Anderson, S.C.; a stepson, Stuart Bowers of Baltimore; two stepdaughters, Julie Bowers Minch of Lutherville and Elizabeth Bowers-Klaine of Valparaiso, Fla.; and five step-grandchildren.
Miriam R. Paisley, 79, poet and rights activist Miriam R. Paisley, poet, writer and peace activist, died Tuesday of heart failure at Union Memorial Hospital. She was 79 and lived in Lakeside-Ednor Gardens.
For almost 55 years, Mrs. Paisley was an activist for peace, disarmament and human rights, beginning during World War II, when she worked with the National Service Board for Religious Objectors in Washington.
She was a member of the Fellowship of Reconciliation and the War Resisters League and was honored for 50 years of activity in the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.
For years, she participated in protest marches and prayer vigils in Washington, civil rights marches and sit-ins, and was active in the movements for integration and women's rights.
Since 1949, she had been an active member of Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church, where she was instrumental in directing the activities of the Sunday Evening Club.
Mrs. Paisley was a member of the Maryland Poetry Society and the New York Poetry Forum, and she wrote "Urban Twilight," "Sugar and Spice" and "Two Poets." Since 1981, she had led a poetry class for the League of the Handicapped.
The former Miriam Jungblut was born and reared in East Baltimore and graduated in 1935 from Eastern High School. Her 1943 marriage to Herbert H. Bounds ended in divorce. In 1949, she married John C. Paisley, an activist and city worker, who died in 1995.
She held secretarial positions at the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore Department of Education and Emmanuel Episcopal Church before retiring several years ago.
A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow at Leonard J. Ruck Funeral Home, 5305 Harford Road.
She is survived by a son, Ronald W. Bounds of Princeton, N.J.; and a sister, Margaret E. Eiler of Dundalk.
F. Marie Hughes, 77, homemaker, tour organizer F. Marie Hughes, a homemaker who also organized bus tours, died Tuesday of cancer at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. She was 77.
Mrs. Hughes, a longtime Rosedale resident, worked during the 1970s helping Tuerkes, a leather goods store, open branches throughout the area. In recent years, she organized and planned bus tours of the United States and Canada for friends and relatives.
The former F. Marie Kane was born in Fairfield, Pa., and reared in Highlandtown, where she attended city schools. She was married in 1942 to Vernon T. Hughes Sr.
She was a member of the Golden Age Club of Rosedale, Victory Villa Senior Center, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6506 Ladies Auxiliary and the Grandmothers Club of Rossville No. 1.
She was a communicant of St. Clement Mary Hofbauer Roman Catholic Church in Rosedale, where a Mass of Christian burial was offered yesterday.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by a son, Vernon T. Hughes Jr. of Rosedale; two daughters, Faith Matthews of Port Deposit and Kathy Diefenbach of White Marsh; four brothers, John Kane of Dundalk, Richard Kane and Thomas Kane, both of Rosedale, and Jack Kane of Hamilton; a sister, June Lewis of Rosedale; and two grandchildren.
Bruce Frederick Smith, 47, contracting firm co-owner
Bruce Frederick Smith, a co-owner of a Baltimore contracting firm who enjoyed woodworking, died Thursday of cancer at his home in the Murray Hill section of Baltimore County. He was 47.
As a boy, Mr. Smith worked for Gordon L. Smith & Sons, a general contracting firm founded by his father more than 40 years ago.
His professional memberships included Associated General Contractors and the Building Congress & Exchange.
Born and reared in Baltimore, Mr. Smith was a 1969 graduate of Loyola High School and earned his bachelor's degree in 1973 from Loyola College. He was married that year to Judith Culp.
An accomplished self-taught cabinetmaker, Mr. Smith made much of the furniture for his home and enjoyed working on projects in his garage workshop.
"He was a good family man and teacher who enjoyed traveling to the Caribbean," said his daughter, Meagan Smith, a student at Salisbury State University.
He was a communicant of the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, 5300 N. Charles St., where a memorial Mass will be offered at 10 a.m. tomorrow.
In addition to his wife and daughter, Mr. Smith is survived by a son, Michael C. Smith of Murray Hill; two brothers, Gordon L. Smith Jr. of Phoenix, Baltimore County, and John C. Smith of Westminster; two sisters, Diana Smith Mister of Virginia Beach, Va., and Nancy Smith Bopst of Timonium; and 11 nieces and nephews.
Memorial donations may be made to the Bruce F. Smith Scholarship Fund, c/o Loyola High School, 500 Chestnut Ave., Towson 21204.