Leonard George Getschel III, a gemologist and Smyth Jewelers executive who managed its Ellicott City store, ended his life Oct. 19. The Lutherville resident was 37.
Obituaries
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Rebecca H. Lowery, who was director of finance and administration for the Johns Hopkins University's Department of Development and Alumni Relations, was killed Oct. 22 when a tree fell on her car while she was driving. She was 52.
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Dr. Thomas J. Kenny, a retired University of Maryland School of Medicine pediatric psychologist who was an expert in children's behavioral problems, died of pneumonia Oct. 19 at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. The Ruxton resident was 82.
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Elizabeth B. "Bettie" Delaplaine, former director of special events for the Frederick News-Post newspaper and a community activist and patron of the arts, died Thursday at Frederick Memorial Hospital of complications from a blood infection and a kidney disorder.
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Timothy O. Pierce Sr., a swimming coach and retired English teacher at Loyola Blakefield, where he headed its middle school, died of cancer Oct. 16 at Gilchrist Hospice Care. The resident of the Hampton section of Towson was 71.
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Theresa Anderson, a retired downtown Hutzler's luncheonette worker, died of a hemorrhage Oct. 20 at St. Agnes Hospital. The Catonsville resident was 95.
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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.
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Luther J. Perry Jr., a retired state assessor and civil rights activist, died Oct. 11 at his Hunting Ridge home of cancer. He was 69.
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Claire Marie Wagonhurst, a Notre Dame Preparatory School senior who had plans to study interior design, died of melanoma Oct. 16 at her Lutherville home. She was 17.
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Leon B. Speights, founder of Leon's Pig Pen, where businessmen, judges and doctors rubbed shoulders with blue-collar workers, the homeless and welfare recipients, all dining on smoked ribs, minced pork sandwiches and fried chicken, died Oct. 14 at his North Bentalou Street home of...
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Capt. Levin F. "Buddy" Harrison III, the legendary Chesapeake Bay charter boat captain and owner of Harrison's Chesapeake House who called himself the "Boss Hogg of Tilghman island," died Wednesday at the University of Maryland Medical Center of cancer. He was 80.
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Timothy R. Wright, a retired Bethlehem Steel Corp. supervisor and Army veteran, died Oct. 5 at his Lochearn home of undetermined causes. He was 96.
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Sol Hirsch, a former National Weather Service forecaster whose career spanned three decades and in retirement became active in his community and synagogue, died Oct. 5 at his Pikesville home of complications from heart disease. He was 91.
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June Wing, a political, social and environmental activist who participated in the effort that stopped Interstate 95 from being built through several Southeast Baltimore communities, died of respiratory failure Tuesday at her Guilford home.
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Kathleen M. Anderson, a retired Giant grocery store clerical worker who enjoyed visiting beaches, died of cancer Tuesday at her Arnold home. She was 54.
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Betty G. Bertaux, a composer and music educator who was the founder of the Children's Chorus of Maryland that grew to become a prototype for community children's choruses, died Oct. 10 at her home in Naples, Fla., of pancreatic cancer. She was 76.
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Seymour "Sy" Sussman, the former longtime president of the Northwest Loan Co., a Pennsylvania Avenue pawnshop, died Sunday at the North Oaks retirement community near Owings Mills of complications from dementia. He was 87.
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Lucille M. "Doonie" Brooks, a former longtime city public schools music teacher and a renowned church organist and choir director, died Oct. 9 at her daughter's Catonsville home of congestive heart failure. She was 102.
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Howard G. "Sonny" Willey Sr., a retired postal worker and Army veteran, died Friday at Anne Arundel Medical Center of heart failure. He was 81.
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Alberico F. Lamasa, who participated in the D-Day landing in France on June 6, 1944, and later owned several Baltimore bars, died Thursday at Manor Care Towson of complications from pneumonia. He was 93.
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Patricia B. "Pat" Tatar, a former Bank of Baltimore official, died of complications from pneumonia Sept. 24 at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. The Towson resident was 83.
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Dr. Norman R. Freeman Jr., a retired internist who had cared for Baltimore Colts players for two decades, died Friday at the Blakehurst retirement community in Towson of complications from a fall. He was 97.
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