Robert Leo Croker Sr., 54, owner of video store Robert...

Robert Leo Croker Sr., 54, owner of video store

Robert Leo Croker Sr., former owner of a Woodlawn video store, died Sunday at Carroll County General Hospital in Westminster of congestive heart failure. He was 54.

The Westminster resident was the owner of ABC Video from 1992 until retiring on a disability two years ago. Earlier, he had been a warehouse worker at Procter and Gamble and Noxell Corp. in Hunt Valley for 15 years.

Born in Staten Island, N.Y., Mr. Croker was raised in the Woodstock area of Baltimore County and graduated from Woodlawn High School.

He enjoyed camping and collecting and building model automobiles.

Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Lake View Memorial Park, 2724 Liberty Road, Sykesville.

He is survived by two sons, Robert L. Croker Jr. of Baltimore and Michael A. Croker of Hanover, Pa.; his mother, Shirley Croker of Randallstown; a brother, Ronald Croker of Ocean City; four sisters, Shirley Silverman, Lois Abbott and Linda Tergis, all of Baltimore, and Leona Bowling of Randallstown; and three grandsons.

Ruth Weller, 80, garden club member

Ruth Weller, a homemaker and garden club member, died Wednesday of cancer at Carroll County General Hospital. She was 80 and lived in Woodbine.

Born Ruth Billingslea in Baltimore, she graduated from Westminster High School in 1937. She was a 1941 graduate of Western Maryland College.

A volunteer landscaping consultant for Carroll Lutheran Village, she was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Carroll County Historical Society and the Glenwood Community Club.

She was a communicant at the Ascension Episcopal Church in Westminster.

In 1944, she married R. Norman Weller, a real estate agent, who survives her.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today at Pritts Funeral Home, 412 Washington Road, Westminster.

She is also survived by a son, C. Allen Weller of Martinsburg, W. Va.; a sister, Elizabeth B. Scott of Westminster; and two grandchildren.