Bentley

On April 12, 2006, NATHALIE, loving wife of the late Bentley Newcomb. Dear sister of William Ammann. Beloved mother of Ray (Marie) Newcomb, Thomas Newcomb and Judith (Jeff) Carrigan. Devoted grandmother of 10 and great-grandmother of seven. Friends and family are invited to attend visitation Friday, April 14, 2006 from 2 to 4 P.M. and 6 to 8 P.M. at Fleck Funeral Home, 7601 Old Sandy Spring Road, Laurel, where services will also be held Saturday, April 5, 2006 at 12:00 P.M. Interment at Ivy Hill Cemetery to follow.

Suddenly on February 23, 2006 JOSEPH P. GUMMER, beloved husband of Connie Gummer, devoted father of Natalie Rose and Joseph Bentley Gummer, dear brother of Elizabeth Happel, Anthony and John Gummer. He is also survived by many nieces and nephews. Visitation at the Kaczorowski Funeral Home, P.A., 1201 Dundalk Avenue, on Tuesday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Funeral service on Wednesday at 12 noon. Interment Sacred Heart of Mary Cemetery.

Rocella Cappuccio, a homemaker who enjoyed entertaining, died Friday at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium of complications from a stroke. She was 84. Born and raised Rocella Bentley in Firebrick, Ky., she was a graduate of McKell High School. She moved to Baltimore with her mother in the late 1940s, and married Dr. Joseph P. Cappuccio, a Baltimore dentist, in 1957. Dr. Cappuccio, now retired, is a former president of the American Dental Association. For more than 40 years, Mrs. Cappuccio, who was recalled as a "gracious hostess" by her sister-in-law, former Rep. Helen Delich Bentley, lived with her husband on North Charles Street.

On August 20, 2005, WILLIAM L. "Billy" HERBERT, of Freeland, MD; son of the late John W. and Roberta A. M. (Wilson) Herbert. The funeral service will be held at 10:30 A.M., Thursday, August 25, at the J. J. Hartenstein Mortuary, Inc., 24 Second Street, New Freedom, PA. Burial in Stablers United Methodist Cemetery, Parkton, with military rites by American Legion Post #256. Viewings from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Wednesday, with 7 P.M. masonic rites by Charity Lodge #134. Memorial contributions to Bentley Springs United Methodist Church, 419 Bentley Road, Parkton, MD 21120.

Former Maryland Rep. Helen Delich Bentley and public and private maritime officials urged the state House of Delegates yesterday to reject a bill that would give the port of Baltimore greater autonomy in favor of a slower approach to changing oversight of the facility. Bentley told the House Environmental Matters Committee that she has been advocating for a more independent, business-like port for a half-century but believes that can be accomplished without moving it from under the authority of the state Department of Transportation, which the bill would do. "Something needs to be done," Bentley said.

Breaking publicly with Transportation Secretary Robert L. Flanagan, former Rep. Helen Delich Bentley told state senators yesterday that the port of Baltimore should be run as an autonomous agency reporting directly to the governor. Bentley, a staunch advocate of the port for more than 50 years, said the Maryland Port Administration has needs that often are not aligned with those of the state Department of Transportation. Saying her age has given her the freedom to speak her mind, the 81-year-old Republican urged the lawmakers to separate the two agencies.

On February 13, 2005, ANN BOGGS TAYLOR BENTLEY of Bowie, MD. Loving mother of Chad Bentley; beloved daughter of Madalene Taylor; devoted sister of Carolyn Wheaton, Richard and Robert Taylor; grandmother of Sarah and Shannon Bentley. Family will receive friends at BEALL FUNERAL HOME, 6512 NW Crain Hwy. (Rte 3 South), Bowie, MD on Thursday, February 17, 2005 from 6 to 7 P.M. where memorial service will begin at 7 P.M.

In 2004, the port of Baltimore bought a pair of cranes so it could stack tractor-trailer-size metal containers. It built sheds to stow away ton upon ton of paper. And it agreed to move its cruise ship terminal from one berth in Dundalk to a less crowded one in South Locust Point. The waterfront musical chairs is likely to continue in 2005 as consumers demand more products from overseas, from clothes to high-tech equipment to food. Already, the port is looking for new spaces for the growing number of tractors going out of the port and the automobiles coming in. But the harbor has become attractive to more than the boots and flannel crowd.

Albert J. Dennis, a one-time newspaper reporter and political aide whose true love was performing magic, died Thursday at Charlotte Hall Veterans Home in St. Mary's County of complications from Parkinson's disease. He was 78. Born and raised in East Baltimore, Mr. Dennis quit high school to devote himself to magic. He became acquainted with the art when a magician visited his grandfather, who for many years had been a circus performer. The magician taught the young Mr. Dennis several tricks and piqued his interest in magic.