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Robert C. Klein, a retired insurance executive and World War II veteran who had participated in the liberation of the Landsberg concentration camp, died.

Patrick O. Prendergast, a retired electrical engineer who worked for the Navy, died of heart failure.

Audrey B. Wright, a former substitute teacher who had been a civilian code breaker during World War II, died.

February is National Heart Month, a good time to make dietary changes, reduce stress and start exercising.

Catherine Byrne Doehler, who went from a switchboard operator of a mortgage firm to being the first woman director of the Baltimore branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, has died.

Former nurse Amy Deickman saw a need for clothing for premature babies when she worked in the Neonative Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of a hospital — one that she plans to fill this holiday season.

Obituaries for Baltimore County

Public meeting on Dec. 9 at 6 p.m. to discuss Towson Circulator changed to Baltimore County Chamber of Commerce offices.

Plans for free bus service via the proposed Towson Circulator will be discussed during a community meeting on Dec. 9 in County Council chambers.

John J. O'Hare IV, a retired businessman who had owned and operated a personnel placement service, died Nov. 17 at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center of a heart attack. He was 68.

The records from Maryland's public universities, which have investigated the allegations of hazing by fraternities, sororities and athletic teams in recent years, shed new light on rituals long cloaked in secrecy and shame.

After 150 years, the aim of University of Maryland, St. Joseph Medical Center is still compassionate care. Just ask Sister Evelyn Grudza, one of five Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia, who have worked at the hospital for decades and who believe, their job is to continue the mission of the three Franciscan sisters who opened St. Joseph's German Catholic Hospital in three donated rowhouses in East Baltimore in 1864.

LifeBridge Health and Carroll Hospital Center plan to form a "strategic partnership" that would align the Westminster facility with the Baltimore-based hospital system, the organizations said Thursday.

Capitalizing on a GOP surge nationally, Maryland Republicans picked up several seats in the General Assembly where they have been the minority party for years.

Gary D. Schenker, who worked as an attorney in the Baltimore County's Office of the Public Defender for the last 11 years, died Oct. 15 at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center of a cardiac arrest. He was 61.

American Cancer Society sponsors Look Good Feel Better classes for women who are cancer patients, like Ellen Briggs of Towson. Organizers say the classes are more than tips for makeup and wigs but a "makeover for the spirit."

Kathryn Dillon Tubman, a former Baltimore Sun reporter who covered fashion and Maryland's historic homes, died of respiratory arrest Thursday at University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center. The Timonium resident was 80.

Dr. Paul A. Mullan, a retired Baltimore pediatrician who had also served in the Air Force Medical Corps, died Sunday at Stella Maris Hospice of complications from a stroke. He was 84.

Robert W. Weinhold Sr., a decorated Vietnam War Army Airborne Ranger who later worked for several financial institutions, died Monday at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center of kidney failure. He was 75.

Baltimore County authorities have identified the Towson University who died this weekend as Julia Margaret Ratnaraj.

Dr. Charles E. Shaw Jr. was an internal medicine doctor back when doctor rating websites seemed unnecessary and bedside manners were prerequisites.

State Sen. Jim Brochin of Baltimore County face a re-election challenge from Republican doctor Tim Robinson.

Albert T. "Tom" Rochfort Jr., a retired Baltimore County public school educator, died Monday at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center of an aortic aneurysm. He was 65.

Merreen E. Kelly, a former Baltimore County administrative officer who earlier had been an associate superintendent of Baltimore County public schools, died Sunday at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center of lung cancer. He was 79.

Merreen E. Kelly, a former Baltimore County administrative officer who earlier had been an associate superintendent of Baltimore County public schools, died Sunday at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center of lung cancer. He was 79.

Laurel A. Oleynick, a former X-ray technician and longtime volunteer, died Tuesday of complications of a stroke at the Veterans Administration Hospital on Loch Raven Boulevard in Northeast Baltimore. She was 82.

Stephanie Dieter, RN, of Anneslie, has been a pediatric nurse in a Towson practice for 40 years and is now seeing the children of children who were once patients. Those who work with her say she is gifted with children and families and Dieter's advice to parents is "Don't sweat the small stuff. Just love your children — let them know they are well-loved."

Sister Dorothy Mary Epple, a member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 66 years, died Tuesday of a heart attack at Assisi House in Aston, Pa. She was 86.

Popular midwife practice Kathleen Slone CNM & Associates whose partnership with Mercy Medical Center is ending because of rising malpractice costs has found a new home at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson.

Jeanne G. Clapp, a retired educator who was a founding faculty member of the Odyssey School, died Thursday of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center. She was 70.

Dr. Charles J.E. Arnold, former chief of radiology at North Arundel Hospital and more recently at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center, died Wednesday of undetermined causes at his Greenspring Valley home. He was 72.

A $37 million settlement between the former owner of St. Joseph Medical Center and hundreds of patients of cardiologist Mark G. Midei who allege they received unnecessary heart stent procedures was approved by a Baltimore City Circuit Court judge on Friday.

Ralph W. Miller, a retired mechanical engineer who was a partner in a Baltimore engineering firm, died may 8 of heart failure at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center. He was 91.

Leon Furman, a former director of sales for a machinery company and a World War II veteran, died May 3 of heart failure at St. Joseph Medical Center. He was 95.

The former owner of St. Joseph Medical Center has agreed to pay out up to $37 million to resolve allegations that cardiologist Mark G. Midei put hundreds of patients through unnecessary heart stent procedures, according to court documents.

Lawyers have reached settlements in two pending class action cases alleging that former cardiologist Mark G. Midei performed unnecessary stent procedures at St. Joseph Medical Center, according to the hospital's former owner.

Richard P. Healy, an environmental engineer whose career with the Environmental Protection Agency spanned more than three decades, died Saturday of cancer at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center. He was 61.

John Patrick Cook, a consultant in health care sales who was active in Baltimore County recreation league soccer coaching, died Friday at University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center. The Towson resident was 44.

Dr. Anatol H. "Harry" Oleynick, a retired neurologist who taught for half a century at the University of Maryland Medical School, died Feb. 19 of cancer at the Veterans Administration Hospital on Loch Raven Boulevard in Northeast Baltimore. The former longtime Timonium resident was 83.

The University of Maryland Medical System will provide management services to Union Hospital in Elkton, the latest in a series of partnerships state hospitals are forming as they prepare for changes in the health reimbursement system.

Carroll Hospital Center has begun an aggressive search for hospital partners, saying all options are open including the possibility of merging with another institution.

Franklin S. Dail Sr., a retired general Motors executive who enjoyed tennis and running, died Thursday of pneumonia at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center. He was 82.

February is American Hearth Month, and cardiac-arrest survivors are pushing for more CPR training and education statewide

Dr. Harry P. Porter, a retired Baltimore otolaryngologist who was known for both his clinical abilities and bedside manner, died Thursday of heart failure at his Timonium home. He was 96.

St. Joseph and University of Maryland affiliate on cancer care

Dr. Elmer Hoffman was part of a fading generation of general surgeons.