Obituaries - Baltimore Sun

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Ronald William ‘Ron’ Byrd, commercial artist and fan of 1960s muscle cars, dies

Ronald William “Ron” Byrd, a commercial artist who was a fan of 1960s muscle cars, died Feb. 21 at his Sparks home. He was 77.

Sandra B. ‘Sandy’ Stewart, political activist, entrepreneur and government worker, dies

Sandra B. “Sandy” Stewart, who wore many hats as a political activist, entrepreneur and government worker, died Feb. 11 at the Gilchrist Center Baltimore. She was 84.

Joseph N. Karey, former attorney, Baltimore County Board of Elections secretary and Oriole Advocates president, dies

Joseph N. Karey, a former attorney, secretary of the Baltimore County Board of Elections and president of the Oriole Advocates, has died. He was 90.

February 28, 2023

Jean Somervell Moore, longtime Baltimore County resident, working mother and renovator of old homes, dies

Jean Somervell Moore, who worked a wealth of jobs while being a mom, died Feb. 16 in Towson. She was 94.

February 27, 2023

Norman R. Vogel, WJZ-TV photographer whose sunrises became a fixture of its morning news show, dies

Norman R. Vogel, a veteran WJZ-TV photographer, died Feb. 18 from complications of dementia at Lighthouse Senior Living at Hopkins Creek in Essex. He was 84.

February 26, 2023

Robert M. Fleming, MBNA executive who once worked at Pan Am and sassily celebrated St. Patrick’s Day, dies

Robert M. Fleming, a retired MBNA executive who loved celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, died Feb. 10 of sepsis at Mercy Ridge, a retirement community in Lutherville. He was 85.

February 25, 2023

Charles ‘Charlie’ Thomas, member of doo-wop group the Drifters whose sound recalled a bygone era, dies

Charles “Charlie” Thomas, a member of the 1950s Drifters soul vocal group, died of cancer Jan. 31 at his Bowie home. He was 85.

February 24, 2023

Elizabeth C. ‘Betty’ Wells, Emmy Award-winning courtroom artist whose work was published in The Sun, dies

Elizabeth C. “Betty” Wells, an Emmy Award-winning courtroom artist whose work was published in The Sun, died Feb. 14 of complications from COVID-19.

February 23, 2023

Baltimore native Paul Anthony Kohlhepp, retired ophthalmologist, avid sailor and well-traveled golfer, dies

Dr. Paul Anthony Kohlhepp, a ophthalmologist and well-traveled golfer, died Feb. 10. The North Baltimore resident was 86.

February 22, 2023

Frances R. ‘Nanny’ Bell, former Baltimore County Public Schools teacher whose career spanned four decades, dies

Frances R. “Nanny” Bell, a career Baltimore County Public Schools educator whose career spanned four decades, died at her Rodgers Forge home Friday. She was 93.

February 21, 2023

Marshall ‘Eddie’ Conway, Baltimore Black Panther member who insisted he was wrongfully convicted, dies

Marshall “Eddie” Conway, a Baltimore Black Panther party member who served nearly 44 years in prison for a crime he insisted he did not commit, died Monday. He was 76.

February 20, 2023

Rosemary Kathryn DeVincentis, whose Baltimore store dressed generations of children, dies

Rosemary Kathryn DeVincentis, whose Pied Piper Children’s Wear dressed generations of Baltimoreans, has died. She was 94.

February 20, 2023

Richard Belzer, stand-up comic who played a Baltimore detective in ‘Homicide,’ dies at 78

Richard Belzer, the longtime stand-up comedian who became one of TV’s most indelible detectives in “Homicide: Life on the Street,” set in Baltimore, has died. He was 78.

February 19, 2023

William R. Smanko, aeronautical engineer and vice president at Westinghouse Electric, dies

William R. Smanko, an aeronautical engineer and vice president at Westinghouse Electric Corp. died Feb. 8 from dysphagia at the Blakehurst retirement community in Towson. He was 94.

February 18, 2023

Walter Paul Naef Jr., retired tugboat firm executive and Army scuba diver, dies

Walter Paul Naef Jr., a retired tugboat firm executive and scuba diver, died Feb. 10. The former Bel Air resident, who also lived in Parkville, was 80.

February 17, 2023

John Veitch, trainer of Alydar, runner-up in 1978 Triple Crown’s Derby, Preakness and Belmont, dies

John Veitch, who trained Alydar to narrow losses in all three Triple Crown races against rival Affirmed in 1978 during a Hall of Fame career, has died. He was 77.

February 16, 2023

Baltimore native Carolyn E. Fugett, community activist and mother of Reginald F. Lewis, dies

Carolyn E. Fugett, mother of six children, including noted entrepreneur Reginald F. Lewis, and one "of Baltimore’s great unsung heroines," has died. She was 97.

February 16, 2023

Lois Ann Bailey, retired executive assistant at the Maryland Department of Public Safety, dies

Lois Ann Bailey, the retired executive assistant to the secretary of the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, has died. She was 66.

February 15, 2023

Virginia L. ‘Dinny’ Stuelpnagel, volunteer at Sheppard Pratt and National Aquarium in Baltimore, dies

Virginia L. “Dinny” Stuelpnagel, a longtime volunteer who was also an active church member, died Feb. 7 at Gilchrist Hospice Center in Towson. The former Homeland resident was 89.

February 14, 2023

Baltimore native Donald F. Krach, life insurance salesman and member of the Army Reserve, dies

Donald F. Krach, who had a combined 35-year career in the life-insurance industry and Army Reserve, has died. He was 87.

February 13, 2023

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