Frank Trapasso, 76, Baltimore police officer Frank...

Frank Trapasso, 76, Baltimore police officer

Frank Trapasso, a retired Baltimore City police officer, died Friday from complications of a stroke at the home of a son-in-law in Pasadena. He was 76.

Mr. Trapasso worked as a bus driver for the Baltimore Transit Co. for several years before joining the police force in 1953.

He was assigned for 15 years as a patrolman at the Southern District before being named in 1968 firearms instructor at the department's Education and Training Division. He retired in 1978.

After retiring, he moved to Lindside, W.Va., and was deputy sheriff in Union, W.Va., from 1978 to 1980. He later returned to live in Pasadena.

Born in Dan, W.Va., he was raised in Oak Hill, W. Va., where he graduated from high school in 1942. During World War II, he served as an infantryman with the 42nd Division in Europe. He was discharged with the rank of private in 1945.

He was married in 1949 to Dorothy Fallon, who survives him.

An outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting and fishing, Mr. Trapasso was a member of the Stoney Creek Rod and Gun Club. He also participated in competitive pistol shooting.

Services were private.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Kathleen Uebersax of Pasadena and Mary Warren of Elliottsburg, Pa.; a brother, Robert Trapaso; a sister, Lillian Miller of Charles Town, W.Va.; and four grandchildren.

Cedric Herman Grant, 34, cleaning service employee

Cedric Herman Grant, a cleaning service maintenance worker, died Friday of liver disease at the University of Maryland Medical Center. He was 34 and lived in Park Heights in Northwest Baltimore.

An employee of the At Once Cleaning Service, he had earlier been a maintenance worker at the Park Charles apartment house in Charles Center and at Caldor department stores.

Born in Baltimore and raised in Park Heights, he was a graduate of Pimlico Junior High and Northwestern High School.

Services for Mr. Grant will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow at Harlem Park Community Baptist Church, 614 N. Gilmor St.

He is survived by a son, Antrell Smith; a daughter, Cedeya Grant; his mother, Doris Diggs; and two sisters, Deborah Davis and Terreal Grant. All are of Baltimore.

Grahame D. Allison, 83, sales representative

Grahame D. Allison, a retired sales representative with a White Marsh moving and storage company, died Thursday from complications of a stroke at Esther's Place for Assisted Living in Hamilton. He was 83 and was a longtime Parkville resident.

Mr. Allison retired in 1994 from Alexander's Moving and Storage Co., an Atlas Van Lines agent, where he had worked in sales for 15 years. Earlier, he had worked for many years as a relocation specialist for Baltimore.

Born in Witt, Ill., Mr. Allison was raised in Pennsylvania and in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he graduated from high school. During World War II, he served with the 3rd Infantry Regiment as a rifleman in Europe. He was discharged in 1946 with the rank of sergeant.

He was an active member of American Legion Post No. 183 in Parkville.

Mr. Allison enjoyed playing bingo at Overlea Hall and playing gin rummy.

A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Nov. 18 at Evans Funeral Home, 8800 Harford Road, Baltimore.

He is survived by his wife of 52 years, the former Mary Brown; a daughter, Beth Allison Meinl of Ellicott City; and two grandchildren.

Edythe Sanders, 86, stenographer, homemaker

Edythe Sanders, a homemaker and longtime Highlandtown resident, died Sunday of a stroke at Heritage Center Genesis Eldercare in Dundalk. She was 86.

A former stenographer, Mrs. Sanders enjoyed spending time with her family.

Born Edythe Weinberg, she was raised in New York City and graduated from public schools.

She worked as a stenographer for several attorneys in New York before her marriage in 1950 to Cyrus F. Sanders, who survives her.

Mrs. Sanders, a former Catonsville resident, moved to Highlandtown more than 20 years ago.

Plans for services were incomplete yesterday.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by two daughters, Rose Mary Duke of Baltimore and Karen Lynn Sanders of Missoula, Mont.

Elizabeth Gilchrest, 82, congressman's mother

Elizabeth "Betty" J. Eggleston Gilchrest, a retired executive secretary and mother of Rep. Wayne T. Gilchrest, died Sunday of cardiac arrest at Genesis Eldercare in Westfield, N.J. She was 82.

Mrs. Gilchrest, who was a resident of Rahway, N.J., for 58 years, was born and raised in Washington.

Mr. Gilchrest of Kennedyville represents Maryland's 1st District.

Services for Mrs. Gilchrest will be held tomorrow in Rahway.

In addition to her son, she is survived by her husband of 58 years, Arthur A. Gilchrest; five other sons, Clifford A. Gilchrest of Millboro, Va., A. Allen Gilchrest of Rahway, Jeffrey E. Gilchrest of Beech Mountain, N.C., Richard J. Gilchrest of Toms River, N.J., and David R. Gilchrest of Eastham, Mass.; two sisters, Joan Leonard of Rahway and Eleanor Scheuch of Bloomfield, N. J.; 13 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

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