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Jeffrey P. Fick, a semiretired roofing company executive and avid golfer who worked tirelessly raising funds for cystic fibrosis, has died at 68.
- James E. “Jim” Matthews, who sold real estate for more than 50 years and championed smart growth for Towson, has died at 85.
- Martha Jane Thomas, a former Baltimore resident, writer and editor who went on to manage an Easton independent book store, died of brain cancer May 4 at her home on the Eastern Shore. She was 60 and had lived in Roland Park.
- Film and TV actor Ned Beatty, who was nominated for an Oscar for his supporting role in "Network" and appeared in a number of the most significant American films of the 1970s, has died. He was 83.
- Jean W. Toomer, first director of the Howard County Office of Human Rights, has died at 93
- Dr. Richard A. Sindler, former chief of radiology at St. Agnes Hospital, has died at 93.
- “If these walls could talk” is a phrase often heard among tourists at historic buildings. At no place in the county is this truer than the Sherman-Fisher-Shellman House at 206 E. Main St., Westminster. Built in 1807, it has ties to Westminster founder William Winchester who sold the land to Jacob Sherman in 1806. The house also played a role in the county’s slave economy, the Civil War, the temperance and women’s suffrage movements, and the introduction of the telephone. It even has a connection to Francis Scott Key.
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- Gordon Becker, who created a business that decorated scores of malls for the holidays and who was a leader on the early boards of Center Stage and Everyman theaters, died of cancer June 4 at his Towson home. He was 87.
- Martin won 554 games over 37 seasons as the Green Terror’s coach, and took her team to 15 Centennial Conference tournaments. McDaniel won four conference titles and made six NCAA Division III postseason appearances, most recently in 2015.
- Hiram S. "Steve" Dance, the celebrated Towson auctioneer who sold everything from pots and pans to multimillion-dollar mansions and estates. has died at 78.
- Rick Porter, a successful owner who campaigned such top thoroughbreds as 2011 Horse of the Year Havre de Grace and ill-fated Kentucky Derby runner-up Eight Belles, has died. He was 80.
- John D. “Jack” Moore, a retired mechanical engineer and sailing enthusiast, has died at 94.
- William G. Conner Jr., a retired marine scientist who had worked for nearly three decades at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has died at 72.
- Jeanette A. "Jean" Kuhlman, who was coordinator of language arts for Baltimore County public schools, has died at 85.
- Michael P.M. Coxe, a retired Bell Atlantic official, has died at 82.
- Barkley L. Thomas Jr., a carpenter for the Baltimore Housing Authority who spent decades volunteering with Narcotics Anonymous, has died at 58.
- Nathan Alonza Mallory, a retired Immigration and Naturalization Services officer who was born and raised in Baltimore, has died at 82.
- Lucy Adams Cardwell, a retired Maryland special assistant attorney general who worked to combat consumer fraud, died of ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, May 18 at her Inner Harbor home. She was 76.
- Allen L. Schwait, a retired lawyer and former Baltimore City Circuit Court judge, has died at 83.
- Dr. Michael J. Holliday, an otolaryngologist who spent more than four decades at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine as a member of its surgical faculty and was a founder of the Skull Base Surgery Center at Hopkins, died May 17. He was 77.
- Charles R. Boutin, a former Aberdeen mayor and City Council member, state delegate and Harford County Board of Education president, has died at 79.
- Charles R. "Bob" Mullauer, a gifted teacher who had a talent for making historical events and wars come alive for his students, has died at 70.
- Reginald A. Pinder Sr., a retired manager in the Howard County youth detention system, has died at 70.
- Dr. William Reichel, a pioneering physician in geriatrics and family medicine who maintained an interest in medical ethics, has did at 83.
- Jo-Anne D. Stough, a retired Baltimore social worker, volunteer and free spirit who enjoyed the outdoors, died May 21 at Gilchrist Center Hospice in Towson of pancreatic cancer. The longtime Remington resident was 71.
- Sharon Brackett, a gender rights advocate and member of Baltimore City Democratic State Central Committee, died in her Locust Point home Monday. She was 59.
- Idelia M. Green, who taught business education in Baltimore public schools for nearly four decades and was first lady of the Christian Community Church of God, died May 17 at her Catonsville home of endometrial/uterine cancer. She was 69.
- Loretta Inez Dates Smith, a former Baltimore City Public Schools librarian, has died at 82.
- Frances E. "Fran" Miller, a homemaker who enjoyed dancing, has died at 85.
- Sister Carol Estelle Wheeler, the longtime principal and president of Mercy High School, has died at 84.
- Janet W. Taylor, a retired Baltimore County public schools educator who was an advocate for fair housing, has died at 89.
- Jan V. Vandenberg, a Johns Hopkins University computer scientist and systems architect, has died at 48.
- Alan Getz, a retired Harford County attorney, has died at 86.
- Richard “Rip” Salmon, a retired tennis professional and teacher who introduced the game to young players, died of congestive heart failure April 15 at University of Maryland Medical Center. He was 77 and lived in Linthicum.
- Francesmarie “Fran” Ober, a former clothes designer who was an accomplished gardener, died of breast cancer April 28 at her home in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The former Hampton resident was 70.
