Julia P. Hall, 90, D.C. restaurateur Julia P. Hall, a...

July 26, 2001

Julia P. Hall, 90, D.C. restaurateur

Julia P. Hall, a retired restaurateur, died Monday of heart failure at Anne Arundel Medical Center. She was 90 and had lived in Riviera Beach for the past 45 years.

Until she retired in 1966, she owned and operated Hall's Restaurant, a Washington seafood house at Seventh and K streets Southwest, and later at Second and V streets Southwest, with her husband, Frank C. Hall, whom she married in 1940. He died in 1950.

"It was a place where all the Washington politicians came," said her sister Eleanor Fraser, who lives in Riviera Beach. "She greeted Richard Nixon and Lyndon Johnson and was friendly with the actress Joan Blondell."

Born in Sharon, Pa., Julia Pinti was raised in the Patterson Park section of East Baltimore. She attended public schools.

In the 1930s, she was an accountant at Hutzler's department store at Howard and Clay streets.

A Mass of Christian burial will be offered at 10 a.m. today at St. Jane Frances de Chantal Roman Catholic Church, 8499 Virginia Ave., Riviera Beach, where she was a member.

She is also survived by two other sisters, Helen Oliphant of Fenwick Island, Del., and Florence Pinti of Arnold; and nieces and nephews.

William W. White Jr., 85, Baltimore insurance agent

William Winchester White Jr., a former Baltimore insurance agent, died Friday of heart failure at his daughter's Catonsville home. He was 85.

Mr. White, formerly of Guilford and Cape May, N.J., retired in 1978 from Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co. of Newark, N.J., where he had been an insurance agent for many years. He worked for the company in Baltimore for several years before he moved to New Jersey.

He was born and raised on Lawyers Hill near Elkridge and was a 1934 graduate of Boys' Latin School of Maryland. He attended the Johns Hopkins University and served in the Army during World War II.

He was a member of L'Hirondelle Club, where he helped establish the inter-club tennis league.

He was a communicant of Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in Baltimore, where services were held Tuesday.

Mr. White is survived by his wife of 61 years, the former Mary A. Lohrfink; a son, William Winchester White III of Jacksonville, N.C.; two daughters, Rebecca W. Kelly of Catonsville and Mary W. Gatchell of Baltimore; nine grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.

Julia Bruce Dobbin, 81, community volunteer

Julia Bruce Dobbin, a community volunteer, died Sunday of cancer at Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care in Towson. The Owings Mills resident was 81.

She was a volunteer at Johns Hopkins Hospital, the Irvine Natural Science Center, Paul's Place Soup Kitchen and Beans and Bread Soup Kitchen.

Born Julia Morris Bruce in the Howard County community of Belmont, she was a graduate of the Foxcroft School in Middleburg, Va.

During World War II, she worked for the American Hammered Piston Ring Co.

In 1942, she married Tilton Dobbin, former president of Maryland National Bank. He survives her.

Funeral services were held yesterday at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, where she was a volunteer and communicant.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by two sons, Bob Dobbin of Danville, Calif., and Doug Dobbin of Queenstown; three daughters, Meg Greeley of Evergreen, Colo., Buff Barnes of Wayne, Pa., and Fran Thayer of Lancaster, Pa.; a sister, Rosalie Culver of Boulder, Colo.; and 16 grandchildren.

Delores Harried, 54, elementary school teacher

Delores Harried, an elementary school teacher, died Saturday of cancer at her Pikesville home. She was 54.

In her 32 years with the Baltimore public school system, she taught elementary classes at Tench Tilghman, Arlington, Pimlico and Sinclair Lane schools.

Born in Baltimore, Delores Richburg was reared in East Baltimore. She was a 1964 graduate of Dunbar High School, where she was class salutatorian. She earned a bachelor's degree in 1968 from Morgan State University and a master's degree from the Johns Hopkins University.

She was a member of the Ron Brown Memorial Christian Chapel in Woodlawn.

In 1973, she married Gary S. Harried, a retired occupational therapist, who survives her.

Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m. today at March Funeral Home, 4300 Wabash Ave.

Mrs. Harried is also survived by two sons, Damon and Ian Harried, both of Baltimore; two daughters, Nigel and Lois Harried, both of Baltimore; a stepdaughter, Bouviette Pennington of Beltsville; her parents, Lonzer and Charlena Richburg of Baltimore; two brothers, Charles Richburg of Baltimore and Tyrone Richburg of Randallstown; four sisters, Peggy Ann Richburg, Maxine Ridgely and Shirley Richburg, all of Baltimore, and Glenda Johnson of Randallstown; and a grandson.

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