Obituaries

Stephen C. Traugott, a retired Martin Marietta Inc. aeronautical engineer whose work began with the Project Mercury missions and ended with the Space Shuttle, died July 16 at Alexandria Inova Hospital in Alexandria, Virginia, of complications from a fall. The Glen Arm resident was 93.

Dr. William D. Young, a former longtime dentist who was also a prestidigitator, tap dancer and prankster, died Wednesday at Gilchrist Center in Towson of complications from a stroke. The former Timonium resident was 94.

Francis X. Cuomo, a retired insurance agent who had multiple sclerosis, attended research meetings and participated in drug trials for MS, has died. He was 76.

Ella O’Conor volunteered at the Maryland School for the Blind and was active in many organizations including the Woman’s Club of Roland Park, Three Arts Club and the Woodland Garden Club.

Donald E. Lee held several leadership positions within the New Shiloh Baptist Church. He died in his sleep July 6 at his Pikesville home. He was 85.

Thomasine N. “Miss Natalie” Mercer was a popular and well-known figure in the Penn North neighborhood.

Julian L. “Jack” Lapides, an independent-minded former Maryland state senator who battled governors, his colleagues and automobile highway builders during his decades in office, died of cancer early Wednesday at Symphony Manor in Roland Park.

Dr. Vincent J. Fiocco Jr., a Carroll County internist who practiced for 50 years and was also a multiple instrument musician and railroad aficionado, died June 30 from complications of a fall at his Westminster home. He was 87.

Frances Boone Chittenden, a home décor entrepreneur who founded a business making custom wastepaper baskets featuring local schools and sports and later had a shop in Mount Washington, died of heart failure Sunday at Stella Maris Hospice. She was 90 and lived in Roland Park.

Martha A. Dase dedicated hundreds of hours volunteering for schools, a hospital and her church. She died of heart failure July 3 at Bonnie Blink, the Maryland Masonic home in Hunt Valley. The Timonium resident was 94.

Klausing was an animal lover who worked with horses to assist special patients and children with disabilities. She was 65.

John Albert Green Sr. was an Army veteran, an educator for Baltimore City Public Schools and helped connect impoverished neighborhoods to city services. He died of kidney disease July 3 at the University of Maryland Medical Center. The Pikesville resident was 92.

Roland S. Wolf was a retired career city firefighter who had a second business refinishing floors.

In addition to her medical career, Delores Glasgow Brown was an accomplished amateur seamstress. She died of a circulatory ailment June 25 at Northwest Hospital. The Randallstown resident was 87.

Helen M. Santoni, a retired state government worker who had a great capacity for friendship and a love of travel, died of breast cancer Monday at Gilchrist Hospice Center in Towson. The Parkville resident was 94.

Dr. Harold R. Weiss, a retired orthopedic surgeon and Navy veteran, died of septic shock on June 28 at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center.

Louise R. “Weezie” Davis was a co-founder and co-owner in the 1960s of Bee Hive Ltd., a handbag business. Their signature monogrammed Bee Hive bag was featured in Seventeen Magazine, the Talbots catalog and other national publications.

Sarah Taylor-Rogers, the first woman to head the Maryland Department of Natural Resources who later was acting director of what is now the Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology in Queenstown, died of melanoma on June 23 at her Otterbein home. She was 73.

Hugh F. Burgess Jr., a former dean of faculty and revered McDonogh School English teacher, died of heart disease July 2 at Edenwald Senior Living in Towson. He was 91 and had lived in Timonium.

Eric W. Snyder, who founded an independent insurance agency in Parkton and was an avid farmer, died from a coronary thrombosis June 26 at his Hunt Valley home. He was 61.

Lori Underwood, a Baltimore City Fire Department firefighter, paramedic and union official, died June 27 in a Carroll County motorcycle accident. She was 43 and lived in Rising Sun.

Dr. Robert G. Hennessy, a retired St. Agnes Hospital neurosurgeon who practiced for more than 45 years, died of cardiac arrest June 23 at Sinai Hospital. He lived in Lutherville.

William C. Edinger, a professor and specialist in poetry and 18th century literature who was a founder of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County’s English Honors Program, has died. He was 79.

Eva P. Higgins, a Mount Vernon resident who was a history teacher and later an advocate for Baltimore's historic preservation movement, died of respiratory failure Saturday at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Richard D. Carl Sr., a Korean War veteran and longtime Baltimore County public schools science teacher who later taught at Stevenson University, has died. He was 88.

Dorsey Yearley, a decorated World War II B-24 aircraft pilot who flew in the Pacific theater and was later a broker at the old Alex. Brown and Sons, died June 16. The former Ruxton resident was 106.

Dr. William G. Brown, a Glen Burnie dermatologist who practiced for more than 30 years and cultivated various pastimes in his leisure, died of congestive heart failure on June 14 at his Pasadena home. He was 71.

Paul B. Lukacs, a longtime Loyola University Maryland English professor whose specialty was 19th-century American literature, was also an oenophile, wine columnist and gourmand.