obituaries
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Constance F. Potthast, a retired law firm accountant, died Wednesday from cardiac obstructive pulmonary disease at her Riderwood home. She was 87.
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Karen A Schafer, a retired Baltimore County public schools educator, died Monday from heart failure at St. Joseph Medical Center. She was 73.
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Jane B. Viele, a Harford County preservationist and gardener whose home. Mount Friendship, was featured on garden tours, has died at 97.
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Wilma A. Herman, a secretary who had worked in hospital administration, died Saturday from complications of muscular dystropy at GBMC. She was 69.
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Dr. Thomas E. Wheeler, retired Randallstown general practitioner and World War II Navy veteran, dies
Dr. Thomas E. Wheeler, a retired general practitioner and World War II Navy veteran, died Friday from heart failure at Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was 99.
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Tylden W. Streett, a sculptor who taught at the Maryland Institute College of Art, died Thursday of lymphoma at his home in Richmond, Calif. He was 96.
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John Harry Filbert III, who sold residential real estate and was the owner of the 1998 Maryland Hunt Cup winner, died Friday in Monkton, Maryland.
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Fred Mirmiran, who founded a civil engineering firm before becoming a medical philanthropist, died Thursday in Baltimore.
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Anthony 'Bubba' Green is remembered for his NFL career and his devotion to helping children.
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Douglas W. Franchot Jr., a retired lawyer, and father of Maryland Comptroller Peter W. Franchot, died Thursday morning. He was 97.
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Morris Lee Krome, the longtime Maryland State Police trooper who died on June 10 at the Carroll Hospice Dove House, was a man of many nicknames.
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John H. "Jack" Griffin, a retired CSX executive whose career spanned more than four decades, died Monday in his sleep at his Parkville home. He was 93.
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Elizabeth T. "Betty" Hopkins, a retired secretary, died Thursday from hear failure at Gilchrist Center in Towson. The Lewes, Del., resident was 88.
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Donald E. Snodderly, a veteran Baltimore County public schools educator, died Friday of heart failure at the Charlestown Retirement Community. He was 87.
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Pat Ruby, a retired professional duckpin bowler and constable, died Saturday of heart failure at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center.
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Former Maryland House Speaker Roy Clayton Mitchell Jr. died Thursday. He was 83.
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Van R. Reiner, a Bethlehem Steel Corp. executive who later became president and CEO of the Maryland Science Center, died Wednesday. He was 70.
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Louise W. Christmas, an accomplished horsewoman and trainer of thoroughbreds, died Saturday of chronic complications of a lung disease. She was 84.
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Paul R. "Rudi" Tischer, owner of 10 auto dealerships, died Sunday of heart failure at Brightview Mays Chapel Ridge in Timonium. He was 98.
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Beryl Frank, who wrote on home renovation, cooking, the history of Pikesville and many other subjects, has died at age 92.
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Terry M. Spencer died of a massive heart attack Wednesday while driving home from the gym. He was 45.
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Joseph R. Zaccardi, a retired Westinghouse Electric Corp. electrical engineer, died Tuesday from prostate cancer in Pittsburgh. He was 83.
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Robert G. Brust, a retired Baltimore County public schools psychologist, died Wednesday from cancer at his Marriottsville home. He was 76.
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Edward W. "Bill" Rothe, 68, a former radio engineer who had been the voice of the Blast, died Tuesday at Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.
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Norma E, Swope, a World War II war bride who later became an Ellicott City homemaker, died Sunday of kidney failure. She was 95.
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James Crockett, a retired real estate salesman who was a pioneering African American Baltimore Fire Board president, died Monday.
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Marsha Carow, a former social worker, publishing executive and NBC researcher who loved to travel, died May 10 of cancer.
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H. Branch Warfield, a retired social worker who was active in community theater, died Tuesday at the age of 94.
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Catherine M. "Kitty" Jones, co-owner with her husband of Jones Junction, an auto dealership, died Monday from pneumonia at her Bel Air home. She was 92
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Judge John G. Turnbull II, widely respected by fellow judges, died Tuesday from cancer at Gilchrist Center Towson. He was 75.
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Maryland punter Wade Lees is transferring to UCLA as a graduate student, he announced Thursday on Twitter.
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Carew C. Lee, who had worked in real estate sales and was a former regent of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, died Saturday from Alzheimer's disease at Symphony Manor in Roland Park. She was 87.
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Rodney H. Peterson, a retired Chessie System construction engineer and lifelong rail fan and noted railroad photographer, died Friday of liver cancer and heart failure at the Edenwald retirement community in Towson. He was 89.
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No Colts player epitomized the Colts — or the city of Baltimore — better than Gino Marchetti, the Hall of Fame defensive end who has died at age 93.
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Susan White Bowden, a popular reporter who was a mainstay of WMAR-TV during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, died Friday at her Finksburg home from complications of a fall. She was 79.
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Thomas "Tommy" Toporovich, who was the former longtime Baltimore County Council secretary and well-known Dundalk community activist, died Monday from cancer at Riverview Rehabilitation and Health Center in Essex. He was 89.
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Mary H. Lambrow, former Boys' Latin School librarian who enjoyed cooking Greek dishes, died Friday Brightview Assisted-Living in Timonium. She was 91.
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Warren F. “Boot” Boutilier, a retired banker who earlier had been in the moving business, died Thursday at Johns Hopkins Hospital of a lung rejection. The Poplar Hill resident was 72.
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George W. “Bill” Childs, former president of Childs Express Inc., a five-generation-owned-and-operated Waverly moving business, died last Wednesday of congestive heart failure at his Towson home. He was 90.
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Sheila Sachs, an attorney who handled the divorces of prominent local figures and sat on the Baltimore City School Board, died of cancer Sunday at Gilchrist Hospice Care. The Village of Cross Keys resident was 78.
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Janet Caslow, a booster for a number of Baltimore events and programs, including its ports, the Baltimore National Heritage Area Association and volunteer coordinator for the city's Recreation and Parks department, has died.
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Dr. Robert Hertzog became a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Medical Corps.
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Virginia S. Frederick, a retired registered nurse and centenarian who enjoyed spending summers at the beach, died Friday at Gilchrist Center Towson from congestive heart failure. She was 102.
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Daniel L. Carl, an electrical engineer who was a fan of professional football, died Thursday at Sinai Hospital from a severe brain injury as a result from a fall. He was 48 and a Towson resident.
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Thomas Mowlds, a Navy veteran and certified public accountant, died Saturday from heart failure at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center. The longtime Timonium resident was 79.
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The Rev. Robert E. Daly Jr., who was rector of Hamilton's Episcopal Church of the Messiah for for two decades, died Thursday of cancer at the Broadmead retirement community in Cockeysville. He was 82.
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Dr. G. Edward Reahl, who had been chief of orthopedic surgery at Mercy Medical Center for nearly three decades, died Saturday of congestive heart failure at his Guilford home. He was 87.
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Robert H. "Bo" Fowler, Jemicy School maintenance worker who enjoyed playing Santa Claus for children, died Friday from heart failure at Sinai Hospital. The Parkville resident was 66.
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Roger M. Windsor, who headed Baltimore's innovative "dollar house" homesteading program in the 1970s that rejuvenated city neighborhoods, died Wednesday at age 80.
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E. Ralph Hostetter, the former publisher and owner of the Cecil Whig and current chairman and publisher of American Farm Publications Inc., died Tuesday of heart disease at his home in North East. He was 97.
