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Sister Margaret "Peggy" Keegan, librarian and teacher

By Jacques Kelly , The Baltimore Sun — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:02:47 GMT

She had taught at St. Matthew's School and worked at Loyola-Notre Dame Library

Sister Margaret Mary "Peggy" Keegan, a retired librarian who also taught at St. Matthew's School in Northeast Baltimore, died of respiratory failure June 14 at her order's Maria Health Care Center in the Woodbrook section of Baltimore County. She was 81.

Richard E. Hook III, businessman

By Frederick N. Rasmussen, The Baltimore Sun — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:40:00 GMT

He had been president of Lincoln Sales and had been a real estate broker

Richard E. Hook III, a retired sales executive and real estate broker, died Sunday from heart failure at his summer residence in Sherwood Forest. He was 95.

Alexander A. Kamantauskas, computer network engineer

By Frederick N. Rasmussen, The Baltimore Sun — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:25:49 GMT

He was also a Civil War buff

Alexander A. Kamantauskas, a computer network engineer and Civil War buff who enjoyed giving highly detailed battlefield tours to family and friends, died May 15 of cancer at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was 45.

Marian J. Wallace, businesswoman

By Frederick N. Rasmussen, The Baltimore Sun — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:31:00 GMT

She had held positions, including president, of her husband's companies

Marian J. Wallace, a retired businesswoman and former registered nurse, died Friday of Parkinson's disease at the Blakehurst retirement community in Towson. She was 92.

Sister Marie Vincent Brothers, artist and teacher

By Eileen Ambrose , The Baltimore Sun — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:52:54 GMT

Also an occasional movie extra, she spent nearly 30 years at Notre Dame of Maryland University

Sister Marie Vincent Brothers, a member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame who spent nearly three decades as a teacher and graphics designer at Notre Dame of Maryland University and was once described as one of the "swingingest" nuns, died June 8 at Maria Health Care Center in Baltimore County of lymphoma. She was 86.

Joseph E. Emerson, attorney

By Frederick N. Rasmussen, The Baltimore Sun — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:30:20 GMT

He had been deputy county attorney for Frederick and maintained a private practice in Baltimore

Joseph E. Emerson, a lawyer who was the former deputy county attorney for Frederick County, died Wednesday from cancer at his Frederick home. He was 77.

Peggy M. Boellner, homemaker

By Frederick N. Rasmussen, The Baltimore Sun — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:40:10 GMT

Longtime Timonium resident enjoyed cooking and hosting dinner parties for family and friends

Peggy M. Boellner, a homemaker who enjoyed cooking and entertaining family and friends, died June 7 of complications from a fall at her Timonium home. She was 83.

John S. "Bud" Linz, engineer

By Frederick N. Rasmussen, The Baltimore Sun — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:31:40 GMT

He worked as a logistical engineer at Martin Marietta Corp. and the Westinghouse Aerospace Division

John S. "Bud" Linz, a retired engineer and World War II veteran, died Wednesday of pneumonia at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. He was 90.

Dr. Henry V. "Harry" Chase

By Frederick N. Rasmussen, The Baltimore Sun — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:03:07 GMT

Internist had been a founding partner of a Frederick medical association

Dr. Henry V. "Harry" Chase, a retired internist who served in the Navy during World War II and the Korean War, died June 9 of complications from Alzheimer's disease at Somerford Place, a Frederick assisted-living facility. He was 90.

Homer E. Favor, civil rights activist

By Jacques Kelly , The Baltimore Sun — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:54:00 GMT

Retired Morgan University economist was early civil rights activist who addressed urban economic disparities

Dr. Homer Eli Favor, a retired Morgan State University economist who was an original member of the civil rights activist group whose members called themselves the "Goon Squad," died of heart disease Saturday at the Baltimore-Washington Medical Center.

Barbara Piper, Hopkins employee

By Jacques Kelly , The Baltimore Sun — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:15:08 GMT

She was assistant to the dean of Hopkins' medical illustration department and a friend to the homeless

Barbara "Babs" Piper, a former administrative assistant at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, died Wednesday of complications from acute bipolar disorder at her Rodgers Forge home. She was 63.

Mary E. Mormann, homemaker

By Frederick N. Rasmussen, The Baltimore Sun — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:29:43 GMT

She had worked in her husband's antiques business

Mary E. Mormann, a homemaker who worked in her husband's antiques business, died Sunday of complications from heart disease and diabetes at St. Joachim House in Southwest Baltimore. She was 88.

Ann H. Sisson, owned Federal Hill restaurant

By Frederick N. Rasmussen, The Baltimore Sun — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:24:00 GMT

Sisson's Restaurant and Pub became the state's first brew pub

Ann H. Sisson, who established with her husband a popular Federal Hill restaurant and bar that later became the state's first brew pub, died June 4 from complications of dementia at Keswick Multi-Care Center. She was 89.

Steven M. Smith, respiratory therapist

By Frederick N. Rasmussen, The Baltimore Sun — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:45:09 GMT

He had worked at numerous area hospitals

Steven M. Smith, a respiratory therapist and outdoorsman, died Saturday from cancer at the Golden Living Center in Westminster. He was 56.

Mildred Kern, U.N. worker

By Jacques Kelly , The Baltimore Sun — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 22:38:59 GMT

Statistician excelled in sewing and was a savvy follower of the stock market

Mildred Kern, an original resident of the North Oaks Retirement Community who had worked overseas for the United Nations, died of heart disease Sunday at her home. She was six days short of turning 105.

Brian T. Dale, guidance counselor

By Frederick N. Rasmussen, The Baltimore Sun — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 22:35:02 GMT

He had worked in city schools

Brian T. Dale, a retired Baltimore public school educator, died Friday from lung disease at his Ridgely's Delight home. He was 65.

Herbert B. Groh, 92, led a mariner's life from Baltimore

By Chris Kaltenbach , The Baltimore Sun — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 23:20:00 GMT

Harbor pilot and tugboat captain helped preservation of Liberty ship John W. Brown

Herbert B. Groh, whose life as a mariner spanned the gamut from running errands on the city docks of the 1930s to work as a harbor pilot and tugboat captain, and who helped rescue and rehabilitate the Liberty ship-turned-floating-museum John W. Brown, died June 6 after a heart attack at the Catonsville Commons nursing home. He was 92.

Edward Weiss

By Jacques Kelly , The Baltimore Sun — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 03:22:56 GMT

Retired marketing executive worked at Life-Like Products and played saxophone in the Powerhouse Band

Edward Henry Weiss, a retired marketing executive who put the name Wacky Noodle on a children's flotation device used in swimming pools, died of a stroke Monday at the University of Maryland Medical Center. The Timonium resident was 74.

Dr. Martin Helrich

By Frederick N. Rasmussen, The Baltimore Sun — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:55:00 GMT

Anesthesiologist had also been executive director of the Foundation for Anesthesiology Education and Research

Dr. Martin Helrich, a pioneering anesthesiologist who had headed the department of anesthesiology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, died Sunday of complications from heart disease at his Pikesville home.

Janet Garrity

By Jacques Kelly , The Baltimore Sun — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 20:08:00 GMT

Retired social worker believed in education and enrolled as an undergraduate at age 47

Janet Virginia Garrity, who enrolled in college at age 47 and went on to earn a master's degree in social work, died of heart disease Tuesday at Brightview Assisted Living in Towson. She was 81 and lived in Salisbury.

Jacqueline Spare, nurse

By Jacques Kelly , The Baltimore Sun — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 19:21:00 GMT

Jacqueline Ann Spare, a registered nurse who worked for many years at Bon Secours Hospital, died of bone cancer May 28 at the Joseph Richey Hospice. The Columbia resident was 65.

Joseph S. Eubanks

By Frederick N. Rasmussen, The Baltimore Sun — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Bass-baritone was well known for being an inspiration for young African-American artists

Joseph S. Eubanks, a noted bass-baritone and Morgan State University music professor who performed with the first American company of "Porgy and Bess," which toured the world in the 1950s, died May 16 of renal failure at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson.

Walter Budko

By Jacques Kelly , The Baltimore Sun — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 21:45:00 GMT

Insurance salesman played for the old Baltimore Bullets and was Columbia University Hall of Fame member

Walter Budko, a retired insurance sales agent who was a first-round draft choice of the old Baltimore Bullets basketball team, where he played for three seasons, died of cancer May 25 at Stella Maris Hospice. The Timonium resident was 87.

Terry O. Downer, claims adjuster

By Frederick N. Rasmussen, The Baltimore Sun — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 21:39:00 GMT

Terry O. Downer, an insurance company claims adjuster and world traveler, died Saturday from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center.

Thomas E. 'Jud' Judkins, businessman

By Frederick N. Rasmussen, The Baltimore Sun — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Thomas E. "Jud" Judkins, a retired Baltimore businessman and veteran, died Thursday of complications from an infection at Stella Maris Hospice. The Timonium resident was 86.