David Caplan, 87, store owner, volunteer David Caplan...

David Caplan, 87, store owner, volunteer

David Caplan, former owner of an East Baltimore clothing store and a Red Cross Volunteer of the Year, died Thursday of complications after open-heart surgery at Union Memorial Hospital. He was 87.

A resident of the Bartonwood Condominiums in Mount Washington, Mr. Caplan worked for the Postal Service as a registry clerk at the main post office on Fayette Street from 1962 to 1980, when he retired.

Born into the dry goods business, he was raised above his parents' East Baltimore store. After graduating from City College in 1931, he worked in a men's store before opening Dave's Men's and Boy's Wear on East Monument Street. He closed the business in 1962.

According to his wife of 60 years, the former Jeanne Mashkes, he was a gregarious person, who spoke in a verbal shorthand.

"He'd say, `TBS' for `to be sure,' `VG' for `very good' or `OC' for `of course.' He called me JM and his daughters by their initials," said Mrs. Caplan.

Mr. Caplan was a longtime Red Cross volunteer, and he and his wife were named Red Cross Volunteers of the Year in 1999 by the American Red Cross, and both were featured on organization posters.

A Mason, he was also a member of Beth Jacob Congregation and Windands Road Synagogue Center.

Services were Sunday.

He also is survived by a son, Ellis A. Caplan of Randallstown; two daughters, Charlene "CC" Levine of Ellicott City and S.C. Farkas of Randallstown; a sister, Priscilla Demb of Pikesville; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. A son, Allan Caplan, died in 1999.

Memorial donations may be made to the American Red Cross, 4700 Mount Hope Drive, Baltimore 21215.

Carolyn G. Lonberger, 50, art therapist, volunteer

Carolyn Gaudio Lonberger, an art therapist and volunteer, died Monday of colon cancer at her Monkton home. She was 50.

Since 1982, Mrs. Lonberger had worked as an art therapist and was associated with Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.

Carolyn Gaudio was born in Niagara Falls, N.Y., where she graduated from Madonna High School in 1968.

Known as Carrie, she earned bachelor's and master's degrees in psychology and art therapy from the State University College at Buffalo in 1982. She moved to Baltimore and completed an internship at Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital.

Her professional memberships included the Maryland Art Therapy Association and the Wellness Community.

She volunteered with the PTA and at Towson Unitarian Universalist Church, where she was a member.

In 1979, she married Ron Lonberger, who survives her.

A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. tomorrow at the Towson Unitarian Universalist Church, 1710 Dulaney Valley Road.

She also is survived by two daughters, Rachel M. Lonberger and Meredith J. Lonberger, both of Monkton; her mother, Livia Wilson of Niagara Falls; a sister, Maria Gaudio Luzzi of Richmond, Va.; and a stepdaughter, Heather Lonberger of Grand Island, N.Y.

Laura McCall, 75, directed addiction counseling center

Laura McCall, who directed an addiction counseling center, died Friday of pulmonary disease at the Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care. She was 75.

For 21 years, she had resided in Coldspring New Town in Northwest Baltimore, where she was active on the condominium board.

Mrs. McCall was executive director of the Addict Referral and Counseling Center on West 25th Street in Charles Village for 26 years until she retired in 1996.

Relatives said she rescued the agency when it was threatened with closure in the 1970s. She restructured it to ensure the clinical supervision of counselors, accurate recordkeeping and the collection of treatment-outcome statistics. She instituted a policy of accepting all clients.

Through grant writing and lobbying efforts, Mrs. McCall successfully raised more than $600,000 to operate the center, and later attracted enough funds to buy the building that housed it.

She moved to Baltimore in 1964 and taught social work at University of Maryland School of Social Work. She joined the state Department of Health and Mental Hygiene as a coordinator in the Baltimore office.

Born Laura Barelli Landry in New Orleans, she was a graduate of Sophie Newcomb College there.

She earned a master's degree from Tulane University, also in New Orleans, and a doctorate in 1972 from the Catholic University of America in Washington.

Her marriage to James L. McCall Jr. ended in divorce.

A son, Evan McCall, died in 1987.

A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. March 15 at the Addict Referral and Counseling Center, 21 W. 25th St.

She is survived by a daughter, Anne McCall of Somerville, Mass.; a brother, Stuart Landry Jr. of Binghamton, N.Y.; two sisters, Cynthia Clark of Washington and Anne Landry of Alexandria, Va.; and a grandson.

Naomi Eldsburg Gladden, 91, nurse's aide, teacher

Naomi Eldsburg Cook Gladden, a retired nurse's aide and former teacher, died Sunday of a heart attack at the Baltimore home of a daughter. She was 91.