obituaries

Thomas Saunders was the former head of the city's rumor control office and led tours of African-American sites throughout the city.

Gary Huddles, who served four terms in the Baltimore County Council and was once viewed as candidate for statewide political office, died of Alzheimer’s disease Wednesday at Arden Court in Pikesville. He was 78.

She worked in the community affairs section of WBAL Radio for decades and was a ballroom dancer

Baltimore-area developer and property manager David Hillman, chairman and CEO of Southern Management Corp., died Dec. 27, according to officials with the company.

Shirley Elizabeth Flowers Phillips, founder of Phillips Seafood, died Christmas morning at age 95.

Bendix and Westinghouse worker did microscope work for space projects

Visitation for Jim R. Forrester, a Fells Point musician and body piercing artist who died Monday in a city shooting, will be held from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday at Lilly & Zeiler Funeral Home, 1901 Eastern Ave. Internment on Saturday will be private.

Patricia O. Skinner, a former registered nurse and homemaker who enjoyed sailing, died Friday from complications from an infection at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. She was 79.

Robert G. Wilmers, the longtime chairman and chief executive officer who drove M&T Bank Corp.'s growth from a small local bank into one of the nation's biggest financial institutions, died unexpectedly late Saturday night.

Thurston R. "Bud"Adams Jr., longtime president of Belair Road Supply Co. who enjoyed golfing and playing tennis, died Monday from dermatomyositis, an autoimmune disorder, at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was 73.

Stewart J. Greenebaum, the Baltimore-based developer who with his wife, Marlene, endowed the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, died Sunday from complications from a stroke at Sinai Hospital.

Jeanne F. Blair, a saleswoman and opera singer who performed with the old Baltimore Civic Opera Co., died Dec. 6 from lung cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care. She was 89.

Simeon Booker, a trailblazing journalist and the first full-time African-American reporter at The Washington Post, has died at the age of 99.

Louise "Pete" Clarke, the owner of a popular antique stores in Great Falls, died in her sleep Wednesday.

Mary A. Cunningham, a longtime Ednor Gardens resident and singer, died Saturday from colorectal cancer at Burnett Calvert Hospice House in Prince Frederick. She was 75.

Jack Luskin, co-founder of former Baltimore-based appliance and electronics retailer Luskin's, died Friday.

Andrew C. "Andy" Helms, a popular Washington College economics professor whose somewhat quirky behavior delighted his students and friends, died Nov. 12 from undetermined causes at his Crumpton home. He was 44.

Dr. Edward W. "Ned" Hopkins, a retired Baltimore pediatrician and Army veteran, died Nov. 22 in his sleep at his Cockeysville home. He was 92.

Harold C. "Chuck" Donofrio Jr., former chief executive officer of Carton Donofrio Partners Inc. who was an avid birdwatcher, died at Arden Courts in Riderwood. He was 62.

Jean B. Tullai, who was a familiar face on the St. Paul's School campus for decades, died Wednesday from bone cancer at her Lutherville home. she was 87.

Joseph G. Chamberlin, a former Catholic Relief Services manager, mediator, and Baltimore writer, died Saturday of cancer at Gilchirst Hospice Care in Towson. The Hamilton resident was 71.

David G. Mock, a retired First National Bank executive who was an active Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church on Park Avenue member, died Saturday from heart failure at Sinai Hospital. The Poplar Hill resident was 92.

Fenton L. Martin Jr., former partner in the Baltimore law firm of Whiteford, Taylor & Preston whose legal expertise was in business and financial law, died Wednesday from complications of a stroke at the University of Maryland Shore Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Chestertown.

John H. "Jack" Ehrhardt III, a retired salesman and coach, died

Linda J. Stewart, a T. Rowe Price senior administrative assistant and accomplished musician, died Saturday from pancreatic cancer at her Harper House home in Cross Keys. She was 59.

Lane K. Berk, a civil rights and social justice activist and a supporter of the arts who won a legal battle to keep a 10-foot-tall orange pylon that spelled B-A-L-T-I-M-O-R-E on the roof of her Federal Hill home, died Tuesday of heart failure. She was 89.

Marjorie C. "Marge" Strasburger, a former nursery school educator who later became "Cookie the Clown," died Oct. 15 from heart failure at the John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek, Calif. The former longtime Northwest Baltimore resident was 97.

Dean Pappas, an anti-war and civil rights activist who assisted in the planning of the 1968 Catonsville Nine draft board raid, died Saturday from pancreatic cancer at his Mount Washington home. He was 78.

Russell E. Gingras, former chief of staff at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, in Laurel, where he worked for 44 years, died Oct. 29, after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 71.

Edwin B. jarrett Jr., a retired insurance executive who was an accomplished woodworker, died Oct. 27 from pancreatic cancer at the Blakehurst Retirement Community in Towson. He was 86.

William H. Pfeifer Jr., veteran Baltimore County public schools educator, died Oct. 19 from complications of Parkinson disease at his Parkville home. He was 85.

Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Broderick, an artist and former president of Historic Glyndon Inc., died Saturday in her sleep at her Glyndon home. She was 95.

Victor J. Makovitchm a retired Carroll county public schools educator, died Wednesday from cancer at Bonnie Blink, the Maryland Masonic Home in Hunt Valley. He was 89.

Charles B. Elder Sr., a prisoner of war who spent 60 years trying to obtain the Purple Heart he earned in Korea, died Tuesday from respiratory failure at Gilchrist Hospice Care. He was 90.

ohn F. Hannaway, a retired baltimore lawyer and former public defender, died Tuesday from cancer at Greater baltimore Medical Center. He was 66.

Dr. Emile R. Mohler III, a professor of medicine and former Ellicott City resident, died from Lou Gehrig's disease. He was 56.

Greg Novik, founder of Greg's Bagels, died Wednesday of pancreatic cancer at his Cheswolde home. He was 71.

Betty Jarratt, a former psychiatric liaison at the John Hopkins Hospoital, died Thursday from respiratoryfailure at The Cedars in Portland, Maine. She was 94.

Frances C. petereson, a homemaker and volunteer, died Sept. 25 from complications from dementia at the Broadmead retirement community. She was 99.

Charles B. Sullivan, 77, an educator and coach whose career at Polytechnic Institutue spanned 37 years, died Sept. 18 at St. Rose Dominican Hospitan Hospital in Las Vegas from a fall.

Boyse F. Mosley, a media-savvy retired Baltimore city public schools principal who criticized his superiors while stressing academics and safe classrooms, died of heart failure Oct. 2

Beulah J. "Bea" Porter, a homemaker and former public schools baker, died Friday from complications of dementia at her Aberdeen home. She was 92.

Kimla C. Wilkins-Johnson, a lawyer, died Aug. 28 from breast cancer at Gilchrist Hospice. She was 56.

Stephen M. Bailey, a longtime survivor of Duchene muscualr dystrophy who designed personal greeting cards, died from the disease Tuesday at his Perry hall home. He was 51.

John J. Bagliani Jr., former owner of Radio Electric Services Co. of Baltimore, died Monday from complications of Alzheimer's disease at Stella Maris Hospice. He was 85.

Carroll County Orphans' Court Chief Judge Dorothy Utz died Sunday, Oct. 1 at the age of 90.

Marie J. Clasing, a homemaker and volunteer, died Tues from cardio obstructive pulmonary disease, at the Maryland Masonic home. She was 94.

John W. Bereska, former principal of Hereford high School, died Friday from prostate cancer at his Cockeysville home. He was 66.

Howard L. "Buddy" Donovan Jr., longtime owner of Donovan's Lounge in Sparrows Point whose motto eas the "coldest draft in town," died Monday. 25.

Barbara F. Steinke, who owned and operated a real estate management firm, died Sunday from lung cancer at her Canton home. She was 74.