Helen Louise Hartman: An obituary for Helen Louise Hartman on Saturday incorrectly identified her son, Francis L. Hartman of Mount Airy, as her brother.
The Sun regrets the error.
Joseph E. Machin IV, a Johns Hopkins University graduate student and an environmental engineer, died unexpectedly Monday at the Johns Hopkins Hospital at age 26. The cause was undetermined.
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The Sparks resident had been an honor student at Hereford High School, where he graduated in 1989, and graduated cum laude in 1994 from St. Mary's College with two bachelor's degrees -- in physics, and mathematics and computer science.
His family first saw his interest in the environment when he was a child on his family's Parkton farm, where he had what he called "the Machin menagerie," a hodgepodge of pets including rabbits, gerbils, cats, dogs and hamsters. His favorite was Max, a brown dachshund.
"He was a good kid and an excellent student," said his mother, Joyce Marshall Quintavalle of Sparks.
Mr. Machin, in addition to membership in the National Honor Society, played drums in high school and had been a member of Hereford's marching band and jazz band.
While at St. Mary's, he was an intern for two years with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.
He also enjoyed woodworking and refinishing furniture.
"He'd work for hours at a time," his mother said, recalling a tool chest that belonged to her father, which her son had refinished. "It was my favorite piece he worked with."
Mr. Machin expected to complete a master's degree in environmental engineering next year. He had worked for KCI Technologies Inc., a Hunt Valley engineering company, since 1995.
"He was a much-loved member of the water resource division and excelled in every project," said Terry Neimeyer, president of KCI.
Services will be at 10: 30 a.m. today at Mount Carmel United Methodist Church, 2533 Mount Carmel Road in Parkton.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by his father, Earl Machin III of Glen Rock, Pa.; his stepfather, Richard M. Quintavalle of Parkton; a sister, Tracey R. Capezio of Jarrettsville; and his fiancee, Sharon L. Larrick of Sparks.
Helen Louise Hartman, 70, Waverly Press copy editor
Helen Louise Hartman, a copy editor of medical journals at Waverly Press in Baltimore for 50 years, died at Bayview Medical Center on July 29 of renal failure. She was 70.
Mrs. Hartman was an avid sports fan and baker and a whiz at crocheting tablecloths, said her husband, Isaac Myrl Hartman.
"We had Colt season tickets for 30 years, and she didn't miss one minute of any game," he said. "And she was a great Orioles fan."
Mr. Hartman, an auto supplies salesman, recalled his wife baking dozens of Christmas cookies each year for his buyers.
She also loved to travel, and the couple visited Munich, Paris, London, Venice, Hawaii, Singapore, Hong Kong, Bangkok and Tokyo, he said.
Mrs. Hartman, born Helen Meyers, was a Baltimore native. She and her husband moved to Glen Burnie in 1966.
She also is survived by her brother, Francis L. Hartman of Mount Airy in Howard County; a brother, Charles Meyers of San Marcos, Calif.; a granddaughter, Courtnay Moore of Mount Airy; and a great-grandson, Kyle Moore, also of Mount Airy.
Services will be held at Singleton Funeral Home in Glen Burnie at 11 am. today.
Estelle H. Montgomery, 73, former Arundel resident
Estelle Herstine Montgomery, a former Anne Arundel County resident, died Monday at her home in Fort Myers, Fla. She was 73.
Mrs. Montgomery was born in Elkton and lived in Pasadena before moving to Fort Myers in 1985.
She was active in the women's auxiliaries of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion and was a member of the National Wildlife Federation.
E9 She was married to W. D. Montgomery, who is deceased.
She is survived by her sons, Robert D. Montgomery of Pasadena and William R. Montgomery of Lake Forest, Calif.; a brother, Howard Herstine of North East; and four grandchildren.
Memorial services were held yesterday at St. Raphael Episcopal Church in Fort Myers.
Contributions may be made to the National Alzheimer's Association.
Carol Brewster Sites, 83, worked for Western Auto
Carol Brewster Sites, who worked for a Cambridge auto parts store for 25 years, died of heart failure Tuesday at Memorial Hospital in Easton. She was 83.
A native of Buffalo, N.Y., Mrs. Sites was a homemaker who went to work for Western Auto in Cambridge in 1955. She worked there until 1980.
She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and Christ Episcopal Church in Cambridge.
Her husband, Douglas G. Sites Sr., died in 1975.
Memorial services were yesterday at His Lighthouse Fellowship Church in Federalsburg. She was buried at St. John's Episcopal Church cemetery in Ellicott City.
She is survived by a son, Douglas G. Sites of Seaford, Del.; a daughter, Marsha B. Boncella of Preston; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Caroline County Hospice Foundation, P.O. Box 362, Denton, Md. 21632.
Jesse Means Jr., 83, Postal Service worker
Jesse Means Jr., who worked for the U.S. Postal Service for 38 years, died of pneumonia Monday at Union Memorial Hospital. He was 83.
Born in Roanoke, Va., Mr. Means spent all but 11 years of his life in Baltimore. He graduated from Frederick Douglass High School in 1931. He then worked for 13 years at a hat store on Pennsylvania Avenue before joining the Army Air Forces in 1944.
After Mr. Means retired from the Army Air Forces as a private first ZTC class in 1946, he became a clerk for the Postal Service, where he worked until his retirement in 1984.
Mr. Means was a jazz enthusiast who belonged to the Left Bank Jazz Society and played guitar in several jazz combos throughout the Baltimore area.
Services are scheduled for Monday at March Funeral Home, 4300 Wabash Ave.
Mr. Means is survived by two daughters, Denise Blackwell and Donna Blackwell, both of Baltimore; two granddaughters; and three grandsons.
Pub Date: 8/02/97
