Theodore G. Bickel Jr., 74, farmer, veteran...

Theodore G. Bickel Jr., 74, farmer, veteran, fisherman

Theodore George Bickel Jr., a retired Perry Hall farmer, died Tuesday of cancer at his sister's home in Spring Grove, Pa. He was 74 and lived in the Worcester County community of Girdletree.

Until last year, he raised hay and apples on a family-owned farm on Cowenton Avenue in Perry Hall.

Born in Baltimore, he was a graduate of Kenwood High School in Essex. As a young man, he worked at Bethlehem Steel Corp.'s Sparrows Point plant and Bendix Corp. in Towson.

Mr. Bickel was an Army Air Corps pilot in the Pacific during World War II.

An avid fisherman, he also took courses in taxidermy, and stuffed owls and hawks.

Funeral services were held yesterday. He is survived by a sister, Dorothy E. Ray of Spring Grove, Pa.; a niece; and two nephews.

Paul Frederick Fox, 82, upholstery business owner

Paul Frederick Fox, former owner of a Northeast Baltimore upholstery business, died Monday of pneumonia at St. Josephs Medical Center. He was 82 and lived in Parkville.

As owner of Clifton Upholstering Co., a company his father founded in 1915, he covered furniture for a large client list that included the state of Maryland, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Bethlehem Steel and Mercy Medical Center. He sold the business, on Harford Road near Montebello Terrace, in 1979.

Active in Northeast Baltimore politics, he played host to the annual Third District Democratic Club's crab feast at his family's Riviera Beach summer home.

In a partnership, he owned several race horses -- among them Black Humor and Harrington -- and followed their careers at local tracks.

He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Loyal Order of Moose, the Baltimore City Fire Dept. Auxiliary, the Oldtimers Baseball Association, the Towson Senior Rebels, the American Legion and the Woodholme Tuesdays Seniors Club.

Funeral services were held Thursday at Evans Funeral Chapel.

He is survived by his wife of 44 years, the former Clementine Vernon; four sons, P. Frederick Fox of Glen Burnie, Ronald N. Fox of West Chester, Pa., Jeremiah J. Fox of Carney and Michael V. Fox of Parkville; a daughter, Mary Fox Dozier of Carney; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Charles F. Koppisch, 88, engineer at Grumman

Charles Frederick Koppisch, a retired engineer, died Wednesday of complications from a fall at St. Agnes HealthCare. He was 88 and lived in Catonsville.

He retired in 1979 from Grumman Aircraft Corp. after 20 years as an engineer. While employed there, he was a project engineer on the first lunar-landing module. He had earlier worked at the Glenn L. Martin plant in Middle River.

Born in Hegesville, W. Va., and raised in Baltimore, he attended Polytechnic Institute.

He was a member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers and enjoyed building model airplanes and making stained-glass windows.

In 1935, he married Virginia Herschfeld, who died in 1977. In 1979, he wed Grace Buschers, who survives him.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. today at First Lutheran Church of Towson, 40 E. Burke Ave., where he was a member.

He also is survived by three daughters, Barbara Griffin of Syracuse, N. Y., Judy Seyfarth of Tempe, Ariz., and Dianne Hricko of Philadelphia; a brother, Claude Koppisch of Ocean City; a stepson, John Buschers of Baltimore; a stepdaughter, Barbara Packard of Timonium; nine grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.

Dr. Ewan B. Chambers, 83, Baltimore obstetrician

Dr. Ewan Buchanan Chambers, a retired Baltimore obstetrician and former assistant emergency room director, died Monday of pneumonia at Union Memorial Hospital. He was 83 and lived at Elkridge Apartments in North Baltimore.

The former longtime resident of the Woodbrook section of Baltimore County, who practiced obstetrics from 1946 until closing his office on St. Paul Street in 1975, delivered more than 3,000 babies during his nearly 30-year career, family members said.

After retiring, Dr. Chambers began a second career as assistant director of the Union Memorial Hospital emergency room, a position he held until retiring again in 1983.

Born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Dr. Chambers was the son of a physician later killed in a railroad wreck. He and his mother moved to Santa Monica, Calif., where he graduated from Catalina Academy.

He earned his bachelor's degree from the Johns Hopkins University in 1939 and his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 1943. During World War II, he was an Army battalion surgeon and served with the 6th Corps in France.

After the war, Dr. Chambers completed his internship at Johns Hopkins Hospital and a residency at Union Memorial Hospital.

He was a member of the St. Andrews Society and the Elkridge Country Club, and a former member of the Bachelors Cotillon.

A philatelist, Dr. Chambers also enjoyed gardening and visiting England.

He was a communicant of St. John Episcopal Church in Glyndon, where services were held Friday.