Obituaries

John Roemer, a teacher and former head of the American Civil Liberties Union in Maryland, has died at 82.

The Very Rev. Van H. Gardner, dean of the Episcopal Cathedral of the Incarnation for more than two decades, has died at 74.

Dr. Samuel L. Myers Sr., former president of Bowie State University, has died at 101

Edward J. "Joe" Haviland, a wood sculptor known for large rough-hewn pieces he carved with a chainsaw from logs he found in the woods, has died at 68.

Nell W. Stanley, who taught at several area private girls schools, has died at 77.

Guy T. Hollyday, an environmentalist and author of a history of his Stone Hill neighborhood, has died at 92

Dr. Robert B. Welch, an internationally renowned ophthalmologist who had been co-director of the Wilmer Retina Service at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, died of pneumonia Jan. 5. The Annapolis native and former longtime Roland Park resident was 93.

Robert E. “Bob” Almon, a retired FBI special agent who later established the law enforcement program at Wor-Wic Community College, died Jan. 3 in his sleep at his Salisbury home. The former Parkville-Carney resident was 95.

Robert Rogers Cassilly Jr., the patriarch of his Harford County family who served in World War II and the Vietnam War, died Jan. 4 of old-age complications at his Bel Air home. He was 95.

Barbara A. O'Malley, mother of the former governor of Maryland and aide to Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, has died at 93.

Dr. Robert H. Heptinstall, retired head of the Johns Hopkins Department of Pathology and a kidney disease expert, has died at 100.

Guinevere L. Redd, who worked for nearly 40 years with the Redd Funeral Services, has died at 87.

Thomas J. Tallent, a retired Sykesville postmaster who enjoyed singing songs from the 1940s and 1950s, has died at 91.

“Since childhood, my art has been something that has given me purpose, a sense of self and a connection with something deeper and unexplainable in life,” Peck said. “Whether it is painting, drawing, crafting or teaching art, I feel most fulfilled when I am involved with the act of creating. I believe we are all meant to create in some way. To bring something into being from nothing is an amazing process to me.

George F. Goebel, a magician who owned the A.T. Jones theatrical costume firm, has died at 88.

Virginia P. "Ginny" Siems, a homemaker active at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, has died at 92.

Andrew “Andy” Bauer, who worked for nearly five decades at Lockheed Martin and its predecessor companies and during World War II served as a machinist aboard a dock landing craft in the Pacific theater, died Dec. 28 of heart disease. He was 98.

Mary Wanamaker “Minnie” Watriss, a painter, gardener and equestrian, died of a stroke Dec. 18 at Sinai Hospital. She was 89 and lived in Butler in Baltimore County and in coastal Maine.

Crystal Hardy-Flowers, who founded the Little Flowers Early Childhood and Development Center in Sandtown-Winchester, has died of complications of COVID-19 at 55.

William Robert “Bob” Flickinger, 88, of Taneytown, who served three terms as the city’s mayor, died Jan. 1 at Lorien Taneytown from pneumonia brought on by complications of COVID-19. Flickinger had a dedicated history of public service to his family and the Taneytown community, say those who knew him.

John F.X. O'Brien, a former Maryland state delegate and state personnel secretary, has died at 84.