Adelaide

On November 10, 2006, E. ADELAIDE WEHRENBERG of Severna Park, MD, beloved wife of the late William M. Wehrenberg, devoted daughter of the late Howard C. Douglas and Mary L. Douglas, loving mother of William M. Wehrenberg Jr, and Linda E. Banister, dear sister of Mary Lou Babbington, Naomi Serwatka and Alson C. Douglas, devoted grandmother of Melanie Humphrey, Michelle McCarthy, Erin Clark, Thomas Clark and 4 great grandchildren. Also survived by Phyllis Wehrenberg, Art Banister, Leonard Wehrenberg, Fred Serwatka and Florine Douglas.

Adelaide C. Rackemann, a former librarian who was also a poet, conservationist, horticulturist, bird watcher and a freelance writer, died Sunday at Maryland Shock Trauma Center after suffering a fall at her Bare Hills home. She was 86. Adelaide Hardcastle Crawley, the daughter of a lawyer and a homemaker, was born in New York City and raised in Port Washington, N.Y. After graduating from Port Washington High School in 1941, she earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Wellesley College in 1945.

DOROTHY ADELAIDE THOMSON, age 91, of Williamsburg, VA., passed away Friday June 6, 2003. She is survived by her sister Mary Louise Walbeck and her husband William S., also her niece Anita Edmonds. Service arrangements private.

On November 17, 2004 WALTER T. GARDNER of Glen Burnie, MD. Beloved husband of Adelaide Gardner (nee Kelly) and devoted father of Adelaide Kruemmel, Joan Yeager and Sharon Borkmann. Also survived by eight grandchildren, thirteen great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. Friends may call at the family owned Kirkley-Ruddick Funeral Home P.A., 421 Crain Hwy., S.E., Glen Burnie on Friday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Prayers will be held on Saturday at 11:00 A.M. Interment in Glen Haven Memorial Park.

SOON AFTER I moved to Washington in 1975, among the first people I met, and immediately liked, was a charming and exceedingly bright woman named Adelaide Eisenmann from Panama. It soon turned out that Adelaide was far more than the retired social worker, plus committed Democratic Party activist, that she seemed."There has got to be democracy in Panama," she would say emphatically to carefully chosen interlocutors. "Since 1903, all patriotic Panamanians have desired a new canal treaty, but today's first concern is restoration of democracy and human rights."

Adelaide Habel writes from Pikesville: "Can you tell me the best Web site for identifying planets that I see in the Baltimore night sky?" Yes, space cadets, you can see actual planets from Baltimore with only your eyeballs. Currently, Venus gleams in the west after sunset. Saturn's up there, too, and Jupiter rises low in the southeast by midnight. My favorite guide is www.heavens-above.com. Enter your location, and you'll find many cool features, including a "whole sky chart" that puts planets on an interactive star map.

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba - David Hicks, a 29-year-old Australian whose father describes him as an adventurer who's gotten himself in and out of jams all his life, has become the second prisoner at the U.S. prison camp here to be formally charged with war crimes. Hicks, a Muslim convert, was accused yesterday of being an al-Qaida trainee who fought against U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan, where he was captured. "Mr. David Hicks, how do you plead?" asked Col. Peter Brownback III. "Sir, to all charges, not guilty," the 5-foot-3-inch one-time cowboy said before breathing a huge sigh and cracking his only public smile of the day. Hicks' appearance was in sharp contrast to the appearance Tuesday of the first person to face a U.S. war crimes trial since World War II when Yemen's Salim Hamdan smiled broadly in the courtroom.

LONDON -- American-born jazz singer Adelaide Hall, who shared the stage with Duke Ellington and other jazz stars, died in London yesterday at the age of 92, a hospital spokesman said.Born in New York, she was the daughter of a music professor and first performed on stage at 14. Her credits include appearing in the London stage premiere of "Kiss me Kate" as well as Ellington's "Chocolate Kiddies" with Josephine Baker.

On March 31, 2006, ADELAIDE E. ZAJAC; beloved wife of Felix E. Zajac; loving mother of Felix E. Zajac, III and his wife Joyce, Gloria Lang and her husband John; cherished grandmother of Jeffrey Zajac, Susan Zajac, Jessica Lang, David Lang; great-granddaughter, Hannah Zajac; dear sister of Vincent J. Dellorto and the late Edith Guercio. Friends may call at the family owned Evans Chapel of Memories - Parkville, on Tuesday 7 to 9 and Wednesday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. A Funeral Liturgy will be held Thursday 10:30 A.M. at St. Isaac Jogues.

On January 1, 2004, ADELAIDE E. ( nee LINTHICUM) BOBBYE LOTTERER; dear wife of the late Herman E., beloved mother of Dolores E. Valentine and the late Herman G. Linthicum, devoted grandmother of six grand, thirteen great grand, and five great, great grandchildren. The family will receive friends at FINK FUNERAL HOME, P.A., 426 Crain Highway SW (at 5th Avenue) on Monday from 3-5 and 7-9 PM where services will be held on Tuesday at 11 AM. Internment Mt. Olivet Cemetery.