Baltimore Polytechnic Institute

On December 3, 2006, NANCY ELLEN FORGIONE of Baltimore, MD, beloved wife of A. Michael Hill and devoted mother of Albert M., and Owen F. Hill, dear daughter of Philomena Cedrone Forgione and the late Alfred Forgione, loving sister of Donald P. Forgione and his wife Denise of Baltimore, MD., Julie A. Forgione and her husband, John McCormack of New York, NY and James T. Forgione and his partner Daniel J. Bender of San Francisco, CA. Friends may call at...

Frank L. Cizek, retired general supervisor of rate applications for Baltimore Gas & Electric Co., died Sunday at Good Samaritan Hospital of complications from a stroke. He was 85 and lived on Glenmore Avenue.A mass of Christian burial for Mr. Cizek was being offered today at St. Dominic's Roman Catholic Church, Harford Road and Gibbons Avenue.He retired 20 years ago after heading the preparation of applications to the Public Service Commission for new rates in the Rate Research Department.

Peer pressure and gun violence will be among the topics discussed on "Brother-to-Brother: A Town Meeting," to air on WJZ-TV tomorrow at 7 p.m.The panel discussion will be moderated by WJZ news anchors Al Sanders and Denise Koch, with guest panelists Nathan McCall, journalist and author of "Makes Me Wanna Holler: A Young Black Man in America"; Damion Quaye, a senior at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Senior High School; Dr. Rosetta Stith, principal of...

On April 16, 2005, CARROLL EMMITT LOEWER, JR.; former husband of Marilyn D. Loewer; dear father of David Loewer and Carroll Loewer, III; loving grandfather of Christopher Loewer. Friends may call at the family owned Ruck Towson Funeral Home, Inc., 1050 York Road (beltway exit 26A), on Tuesday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M, where a Funeral Service will be held Wednesday, 9 A.M. Interment Parkwood Cemetery. Carroll Loewer was born in Baltimore, MD on May 28, 1927. He attended Baltimore Polytechnic Institute until drafted in August 1945 to serve in the US Army for the support of WWII.

A Mass of Christian burial will be held for William L. Shaffer, a retired iron worker, at 10 a.m. today at St. Thomas More Roman Catholic Church, 6804 McClean Blvd.Mr. Shaffer died of heart failure Tuesday in his Parkville home. He was 54.He grew up in the Hamilton area after his arrival from Manheim, W.Va., as an infant. He was educated in Baltimore public schools and graduated from Baltimore Polytechnic Institute in 1955. In January of that year, he married the former Dolores C. Bova.In 1964, he became an iron worker for the Iron Workers Union Local 16 in Baltimore.

A memorial service for James Merrill Russell, a retired oil company executive and photographic salesman, will be held at 2 p.m. today at Trinity Episcopal Church, 120 Allegheny Ave., Towson.Mr. Russell, who was 87 and lived on Hastings Road in Wiltondale, died Saturday at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center of complications from injuries suffered in an automobile accident near his home Oct. 29.He retired nearly 30 years ago from what was then the Esso Corp. -- now Exxon -- after working for many years at Esso's old Standard Oil Co. refinery in Canton.

Kaiser Haider, a University of Baltimore student, recently won a $1,000 award from the Mid-Atlantic Treasury Management Association for his essay "The Effect of the Banking Crisis on Corporate Cash Management." Mr. Haider, a native of Bangladesh, is a Merrick School of Business finance major.*Four Goucher College seniors have been elected to the college's Phi Beta Kappa Chapter: Lois Elliott, Nora Gause, Barbara Karczeski and Rebecca Kline.*Sara Klein, daughter of Dr. Howard and Debbie Klein of Baltimore, has been named a Max Stern Scholar at Yeshiva University in New York City.

The Red BaronThe Red Baron Biplanes will barnstorm the Carroll County Regional Airport in Westminster today and tomorrow. The red and white, smoke-trailing, super Stearman planes are original open-air cockpit types and will be available for tours. Visitors will also be able to chat with the pilots and sample some free Red Baron frozen pizza.The fly-in will benefit the Children's Cancer Foundation. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5: 30 p.m. Admission is free. Bring new and gently read books Saturday to the parking lots of Baltimore Polytechnic Institute and Western High School at Coldspring Lane and Falls Road.

Retired Army Lt. Col. Paul E. Waters, who taught at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute for 11 years, died Friday of emphysema at Baltimore County General Hospital. He was 72 and lived on Stevenswood Road in Randallstown.A mass of Christian burial for Colonel Waters was being offered today at Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church, Liberty Heights Avenue and Edgewood Road.He retired from the Army in 1968 after a career that included graduation from Officer Candidate School and service in Europe during World War II and in the Korean and Vietnam wars.

Claymore C. Sieck, 94, a founder of the wholesale florist business that bears his name, died Sunday at the Meridian Nursing Center, Long Green.Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Mitchell-Wiedefeld funeral establishment, 6500 York Road.Mr. Sieck, who lived in Homeland for many years, retired about 15 years ago as a partner with members of his family in the company that he and another partner started in 1918.The company, now at Chase Street and the Fallsway, started at St. Paul and Centre streets and was in the 600 block of N. Calvert St. for many years.