NEWS
May 16, 2004
On May 13, 2004, FLORENCE E. (nee Reckline), beloved wife of the late Bentley Adcock, devoted mother of Betty C. Pyfer, Rose A. Adcock and James B. Adcock, dear sister of Lill Woodward. Also survived by 10 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren, three great, great-grandchildren. Mrs. Adcock is preceded in death by nine brothers and sisters and one granddaughter Kimberly. Relatives and friends are invited to call at the family owned Mc CULLY-POLKYNIAK FUNERAL HOME, P.A., 3204 Mountain Rd., (Pasadena)
NEWS
By Debra Taylor Young and Debra Taylor Young,SPECIAL TO THE SUN | January 15, 2002
ON A SUNNY day in August 2000, Kathleen Adcock, author and Sykesville resident, lost her youngest sister, Maureen Rose (Fiore) Brothers, 45, to cancer. The cancer had been diagnosed 10 weeks before her death. Brothers' death followed eight years of misdiagnoses and an unnoticed family predisposition to colorectal cancer Her grieving extended family spent the final weeks of her life struggling to help her fight the disease, comfort her and themselves, and ultimately deal with the grief of losing someone so dear, according to Adcock.
NEWS
October 7, 2005
On October 1, 2005, PATRICIA ANN COMMO (nee Justice), beloved wife of Thomas A. Commo. Loving mother of Barbara Gibson, Sherry Wetzel, James Adcock, Jr., and David Adcock. Dear sister of John Justice, Sharon Grimm and the late James Justice. Cherished grandmother of seven and great-grandmother of three. A Memorial Service will be held Saturday 10 A.M. at the family owned Slack Funeral Home, P.A., 3871 Old Columbia Pike, Ellicott City. Interment private.
NEWS
July 26, 2004
On July 24, 2004 LILLIAN VERA WHITESELL, beloved wife of Milton P. Whitesell, devoted mother of David A. Whitesell and Carolyn E. Zylka, loving grandmother of David Whitesell Jr., dear sister of Shirley Buckner, Hazel Barton, Mildred Whitesell, Jerry Adcock and the late Doris Mae Cartrette and Hilda Mae Adcock. Funeral from Gonce Funeral Service P.A., 4001 Ritchie Hwy, on Wednesday , please call for time. Interment In Cedar Hill Cemetery. Family requests friends call on Tuesday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M.
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By Phil Greenfield and Phil Greenfield,SPECIAL TO THE SUN | March 30, 2000
The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Columbia will present the second event in its 1999-2000 season this weekend. Pianist Michael Adcock, a Virginia native who is a member of the Theory and Chamber Music faculties at Baltimore's Peabody Institute, will perform works by Bach, Granados, Mompou, Villa-Lobos and Liszt, beginning at 8 p.m. Saturday. Adcock, a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory and a student of Leon Fleisher and Ellen Mack at Peabody, was the winner of the Lili Boulanger Memorial Award in 1998 and made his Carnegie Recital Hall debut that year.
NEWS
August 12, 2000
Nancy Jean Adcock, 56, homemaker, cosmetologist Nancy Jean Adcock, a homemaker and former longtime Baltimore Highlands resident, died Sunday of cancer at Sacred Heart Hospital in Cumberland. She was 56. Mrs. Adcock, who had lived in Keyser, W.Va., since 1990, had been a homemaker and earlier was a cosmetologist. Nancy Jean Brewer was born in Baltimore Highlands and graduated from Catonsville High School. She enjoyed dancing to 1950s music and performing in dance competitions. Mrs. Adcock was a member of Ladies Auxiliary of American Legion Post 195 in Keyser and the Roman Catholic Church of the Assumption.