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Gala Stern, a retired University of Maryland, Baltimore County professor of languages and French and Russian literature who spent World War II fleeing the Nazis, died May 17
- John Phillips “Jack” Moore Jr., a retired Xerox executive who later taught business at Towson University, died of an infection May 14 at his Village of Cross Keys home. He was 88.
- Loretta D. Rutkowski, a retired insurance company customer representative who chronicled the history of Perry Hall through generations of residents, died May 21 of complications from a knee infection at Morningside House of Satyr Hill. The Perry Hall resident was 85.
- Dr. Alfred Kronthal, a retired ophthalmologist and family patriarch, died of cardiac arrest May 16 at Union Memorial Hospital. The North Baltimore resident was 86.
- Robert L. “Bob” Willoughby, a pioneering Kodak-trained color photo processor, who later worked for District Photo, died May 2.
- Carl E. Greeley, who began as a meat cutter and went on to own and operate the Geresbeck stores where he became the “shrimp king,” died of pneumonia May 17 at his home in Fallston. He was 92.
- Mary Martha Costello, a former supervisor in the Child Protective Services Division of the Baltimore Department of Social Services, died of heart failure April 19 at the Barrington at High Oaks, an assisted living home in Richmond, Virginia. She was 82 and had lived in Towson and in Harford County.
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- Dr. Simeon G. “Moan” Margolis, a retired leading endocrinologist, professor and medical columnist, died of cardiovascular disease Monday at Roland Park Place. The former longtime Cedarcroft resident was 91.
- David S. Wilson, owner of Southern Automatic Transmission Service and competitive athlete, died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis on May 6 at his Frederick home. The former Woodbine resident was 60.
- Sidney Kramer, a businessman and political figure who won election in 1986 to become the third person to serve as Montgomery County executive, died May 16 at his home in Rockville, Md.
- Helen M. “Candy” Byrnes, who encouraged students to become readers while she ran the Roland Park Country School bookstore and was an intrepid family entertainer, died of pulmonary complications May 11 at her Cedarcroft home. She was 77.
- Henry W. “Harry” Loock Jr., a veteran and retired candy company executive, died May 2. The longtime Timonium resident was 94.
- V. Jill Hurlbrink, a retired Catholic Charities social worker who appeared on 1960s television game shows, died of dementia complications May 10 at Springwell Senior Living in Mount Washington. The Towson resident was 83.
- Carolyn C. Boykin, a retired registered nurse clinician and operating room nurse, who was also an avid golfer, Chesapeake Bay sailor, and gardener, died of natural causes May 8 at her longtime Ruxton home. She was 92.
- Samuel Rosenberg “Sam” Schnydman, a retired financial adviser and insurance agent, died of Parkinson’s disease complications May 8 at St. Agnes Hospital. The Locust Point resident was 81.
- Francis J. Meagher, a retired attorney and partner in a general practice law firm, died of dementia complications May 3 at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium. He was 94 and lived in Homeland for many years.
- Dr. Gerald A. “Jerry” Glowacki, a retired obstetrician and gynecologist who had been the chair of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center, died of multiple myeloma Friday at the Broadmead Retirement Community. The former longtime Glen Arm resident was 85.
- Arnold C. Rifkin, a Korean War veteran and pioneering WJZ-TV engineer who late in life had a second career as a chef, died May 4 of complications from dementia May 4 at his Pikesville home. He was 93.
- Denise Francine “Fran” Boyd Andrews, whose ultimately triumphant battle with drug addiction was chronicled in the Emmy Award-winning HBO miniseries “The Corner” died May 3 in her Parkville home after a brief illness. She was 65.
- Millicent R. Tyler, a former model who later owned and operated a small interior design and upholstery business and was an avid world traveler, died of cancer April 26 at her Guilford home. She was 88.
- Takeyia S. “Precious” Fraling, who overcame her own addiction and later worked on Glenwood Life Counseling Center in Govans, died of respiratory failure April 28 at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center.
- Longtime Baltimore television personality James Uhrin, known to Fox 45 viewers as “Traffic Jam Jimmy,” has died, the station confirmed Saturday night. He was 65.
- Dr. Wilhelmina Paglinauan, a retired internist who practiced in the Golden Ring section of Baltimore County and was one of the leaders in Baltimore’s Filipino medical community, died of cancer complications May 4 at her Timonium home. She was 80.
- Karen J. Kruger, a leading national legal authority on police discipline and public safety, died from complications of multiple myeloma April 21 at her Towson home. She was 64.
- James L. Grem, a retired McCormick & Company, Inc. executive and indefatigable golfer who aced three holes-in-one, died of an apparent heart attack April 28 at his Timonium home. He was several days short of his 92nd birthday.
- Vivian C. “Millie” Bailey, a World War II veteran who served in the Army as unit commander of an all-female detachment who later worked for the Social Security Administration and became a Howard County community activist, died of a stroke Sunday. She was 104.
- Norman Mineta, an Edgewater resident who broke racial barriers for Asian Americans serving in high-profile government posts and ordered commercial flights grounded after the 9/11 terror attacks as the nation’s federal transportation secretary, died Tuesday. He was 90.
- Joan Cardwell Martin, an early Jemicy School faculty member and a voracious reader, died April 16 after surgery for a broken hip at Sinai Hospital. She was 88.
- Jean Schell Bonta, the former director of Ashland Preschool Center, died of heart failure April 26 at her home in Phoenix in Baltimore County. She was 82.
- Carl “Sonny” Zigler, a retired Baltimore Sun mailroom worker and a decorated Vietnam War veteran, died in his sleep Tuesday at his Finksburg home. He was 79.
- Dr. Kenrad E. Nelson, a retired Bloomberg School of Public Health professor who was an infectious disease specialist, died of bone marrow failure April 21 at Sinai Hospital. He was 89 and lived in Mount Washington.
- Dr. Morton M. Mower, a pioneering cardiologist and co-inventor of the automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator, died of cancer Monday at Porter Adventist Hospital in Denver. The former Guilford resident was 89.
- Charles L. “Chuck” Marks, a retired American City Indemnity Co. executive who also worked in real estate sales, died of cancer last Friday at Gilchrist Center in Towson. The Perry Hall resident was 85.
- Ellen W. Halle, a pioneering sex therapist who had many friendships, died of Alzheimer’s disease April 21 at the Brightwood Retirement Community in Lutherville. The former Roland Park resident was 95.
- Herbert “Tripp” Burgunder III, a real estate attorney who believed that legal documents should be written in clear language, died in his sleep of an apparent heart attack April 19 at his Owings Mills home. He was 53.
