Jeffrey P. Klose Jr.Automobile mechanicJeffrey Peter Klose...

Jeffrey P. Klose Jr.

Automobile mechanic

Jeffrey Peter Klose Jr., an automobile mechanic, died May 15 of injuries he suffered in a traffic accident on Bellona Avenue in Riderwood. The Lutherville resident was 20.

He had worked at Ruxton Mobil Service since graduating from Towson High School in 1993.

"He was a super fellow, there is no other way to describe him," said Chip Miller, a fellow mechanic at the station.

"From the time he was a youngster, he was interested in automobiles," said his father, Jeffrey P. Klose Sr., a mechanic who lives in Lutherville.

"He always had his head under the hood of a car, and as he grew up, it became obvious that his passion for cars would be his life's work. His first car, a 1971 Chevelle, was his pride and joy, and he loved working on that car."

Born and raised on Meadowvale Road in Lutherville, the younger Mr. Klose was a member of Towson United Methodist Church.

In addition to his father, he is survived by his mother, Joanne C. Klose; a sister, Jeanette C. Klose of Lutherville; his paternal grandmother, Solveig Klose of Schoharie, N.Y.; his maternal grandparents, Jack and Sarah Ruth Wiser of Timonium; several uncles and aunts; and a special friend, Julie Hammond of Towson

Memorial donations may be made to Towson United Methodist Church where services were held Thursday.

Edward S. Hutton Jr., a retired printing company executive, died Friday of complications after surgery at Carroll County General Hospital. He was 89.

Mr. Hutton followed his father into the printing business at Thomsen, Ellis, Hutton Co. in 1934. He was vice president and treasurer of the company until he left in 1955. He went on to work at French-Bray Printing Co. and retired from there in 1972.

Mr. Hutton was raised in Dickeyville and graduated from Polytechnic Institute in the early 1920s. He studied at the Johns Hopkins University, but quit to join his father in the printing business.

"He enjoyed the challenge of estimating what a job would cost," said his daughter, Nancy H. Burger of Catonsville.

He was president of the Printing Industries of Maryland Inc., a trade group, from 1951 to 1954. He also was on the board of the Graphics Arts Association.

He lived for 16 years in Catonsville and moved last month to the Fairhaven Retirement Community in Sykesville.

He was the oldest elder at Dickey Memorial Presbyterian Church.

Services were set for 3 p.m. today at the church, 5112 Wetheredsville Road, followed by a private burial.

In addition to his daughter, he is survived by four grandchildren ,, and a great-granddaughter.

Memorial donations may be made to the church.

Nathaniel K. Proctor

Morgan State professor

Nathaniel Kipling Proctor, a Morgan State University professor who founded a partnership program between Morgan and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, died of heart failure May 15 at his Baltimore home. He was 80.

Dr. Proctor retired 14 years ago from Morgan, where he had taught biology, genetics and heredity since 1951. Twenty years later, he established the Morgan-NASA program, which allows graduate students to study science and engineering at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt.

His campus contributions earned him the Morgan Heritage Award last year and the Governor's Citation in 1981.

The Baltimore native graduated from Douglass High School in 1930 and earned a bachelor of science degree four years later from what was then Morgan College. Dr. Proctor received a doctorate in biology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1951.

During the 1940s, he attained the rank of captain in the Army and fought with the 365th Infantry in Germany, France and Italy.

Dr. Proctor was a member of the Phi Eta Sigma Freshman Honor Society and Morgan State Alumni Association.

A memorial service was to be held at 6 p.m. today at the Morgan Christian Center.

Dr. Proctor is survived by his wife of 52 years, Margaret J. Proctor; and a son, William H. Proctor, both of Baltimore; and many other relatives. Mary C. Holden, a retired captain of correctional officers, died Friday at St. Joseph Medical Center of complications of cancer. The Hamilton resident was 75.

Mrs. Holden, who had lived in Gardenville for many years, was assigned to the Women's Detention Center at what then was the Baltimore City Jail. She retired in 1974 after working at the jail for nearly a dozen years.

She was born Mary C. Eagan in Baltimore and graduated from St. John's School and St. Paul's Commercial School. She was a (( member of St. John's Oldtimers of the 10th Ward and New Horizons Golden Age Club.

A Mass of Christian burial was to be offered at 9:30 a.m. today at St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church, 4414 Frankford Ave.

Her husband, Thomas F. Holden, a retired Baltimore Fire Department captain, died in 1980.

She is survived by a daughter, Joyce Meyers of Baltimore; three sons, Richard Holden of Washington, Thomas Holden of Baltimore and Steven Holden of Nassau, the Bahamas; a sister, Bernadette Bowen of Parkville; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.