Bliss

On June 4, 2003, ARTHUR S., beloved husband of the late Dorothy Bliss (nee Tickner); devoted father of Dorothy Redmond, Barbara Warner, and her husband Robert, and Mary McInnes and her husband Doug; and loving grandfather of Paul, Arthur, Charles, and Katherine Redmond, Lynn and Robert Warner III, Scott and Cameron McInnes. Friends may call at the Witzke Funeral Home of Catonsville, Inc., 1630 Edmondson Avenue (one mile west of beltway exit 14), on Friday from 7 to 9 P.M., where services will be held on Saturday at 10 A.M. Interment in Meadowridge Memorial Park Cemetery.

Tyler Steinhardt doesn't remember the last time he slept. Monday, maybe. When he's finally able to shut his eyes, after his world-record 24-hour lacrosse game to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project is finally over at 9 a.m., Friday, he'll have more than sheep to count. One thousand players. An estimated 5,000 spectators. Forty thousand dollars raised? Done. What about 50-, 60-, 100 thousand? And then this number: One. The first steps taken in public by Sgt. Ryan Major since he lost both legs and several fingers to an IED in Iraq.

On August 3, 2004 VIOLET A. (nee Schambs) beloved wife of the late Robert Bliss, devoted sister of the late Roseline Mc Kenzie, dear friend of Louise Duffield. A Graveside service will be held on Thursday August 5, 9:30 A.M., in Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be directed in Mrs. Bliss' name to Pickersgill Retirement Community, 615 Chestnut Ave., Towson, MD., 21204. Arrangements-Lemmon Funeral Home.

William and Kate are getting hitched soon. And if they are like most newlyweds, they need to discuss finances. Should they merge accounts? Shall Kate be added as an authorized user on William’s card? Will the Queen have veto power on purchases over 5,000 pounds? (Ok, most newlyweds don’t have to deal with a monarch.) Anyway, we’re looking to interview couples — those just married or about to be — about how they plan to handle their finances and maintain marital bliss. Please email me at eileen.ambrose@baltsun.com if you’re interested in talking.

On January 29, 2006, WILLIAM BLISS BRILL, beloved husband of the late Doris Brill (nee George), devoted father of Pamela S. Sherfey and the late William Bruce Brill, father-in-law of Carl Sherfey and Vicki Brill, loving brother of Barney Brill and Betty Reese and her husband Roby, dear grandfather of Kristen Brill, Brian Sherfey, Jennifer Wilhelm, Jason, Jeremy and Holly Brill and dearest great-grandfather of Kayla and Kyle Sherfey and Michael and April...

For now, you can call Gilbert Bliss a "Knight of Windsor." While the Freeland man isn't British royalty, he is a member of the Windsor Institute's Royal Orders, an honor society for Windsor chairmakers, and has earned his "knighthood," having completed nine difficult courses. After two more, you can call him an "Earl of Windsor." After his wife gave him a woodworking class as a 50th-birthday present, he hasn't looked back. Bliss has been making reproduction Windsor chairs for the past seven years now. Before, he had worked as a social worker and in a lumberyard.

Beverly "Becky" Lister-Bliss, an art teacher and artist who specialized in stained-glass windows for churches, died Wednesday of complications from gastric cancer at University of Maryland's Greenebaum Cancer Center. She was 54. The Freeland resident was born in Philadelphia and grew up near Media, Pa. She earned a bachelor's degree in art education from Philadelphia College of Art in 1970. Her personality led her college friends to dub her "Beckett" after playwright Samuel Beckett. "She had a flair for the dramatic," said her husband, Gilbert Bliss.

Ignorance is bliss, the saying goes.But Old Mill wrestler John Bliss says his seeming ignorance on the mats cost him nine losses lastyear, and the experience was downright unenjoyable."

City dwellers who are used to urban coffeehouses and wine bars, normally found in renovated storefronts and converted townhouses, will have a hard time relating to Bliss, the new coffee and wine bar in Riverside. (It's not in nearby Bel Air, in spite of what the Web site says.) When I say new, I mean really new. Bliss is one of the first tenants in the new Riverside shopping center. Everything about it is shiny new, from the walls of windows to the casual, contemporary furnishings to the industrial chic exposed pipes to the flat-screen TV. (Not something you expect in either a coffeehouse or wine bar.)

WACO, Texas - With Patrick Dennehy's empty locker behind him, Baylor men's basketball coach Dave Bliss yesterday again defended his staff's actions before the disappearance of the player, rejecting assertions by family members that the staff ignored threats against him. Bliss said he's convinced that police do not consider any of his current players suspects in Dennehy's disappearance. "They continue to support what they said several days ago: that there's no basketball player with our program that is considered a suspect, and I believe that," Bliss said.

Remember when a walk-in closet was considered a luxury item in a home? Now, what makes any fashion fan salivate is the idea of a closet room. Baltimore interior designer Amanda Austin says more and more homeowners are converting a room to a closet. "No one likes to dig for things; having things stashed underneath the bed," says Austin, who has created her own closet room. "I do think people are willing to have a smaller bedroom for a larger closet. ... I think everybody wishes to live in a state of convenience and bliss.

Last spring, Robert and Allison Ross charted a course for their future, signing a contract on a townhouse to be built in the Ellicott City community of Shipley's Grant. One year later, the couple has sailed smoothly from getting married to moving into their first home. Both originally from Howard County, they purchased their townhouse from Bozzuto Homes in April 2009. Three months later, they married and spent the summer biking to and from the construction site of their new home, watching it materialize a bit each day. They moved into their three-story dream home in November, just in time for Allison Ross to settle in, decorate and serve Christmas dinner to her relatives.

Watching the Roller Derby movie "Whip It" is like spending roughly two hours with a frisky group of girls in a female empowerment camp. In the young-adult source book of the same name, the heroine, Bliss Cavendar, says in her first-person narration that "for the record, the roller-derby sisterhood is the real thing, not tainted by that fake you-go-girl, Oprah vibe you get from Noxzema commercials." She states she "really knows this" because "no one actually says 'you go, girl,' " - instead they say things like "you rock the house."

On February 3, 2009, MARY AHLERS BLISS, a retired school teacher who was active in the College Club of the AAUW and as a volunteer at the Cares Food Pantry, died at the Gilchrist Center. She is survived by her husband William DeWitt Bliss, a son, Anthony De Witt Bliss, two daughters, Mary Clarke Bliss and Elizabeth Erskine Bliss, and three grandchildren, Carly Weinsheink and twins, Heather Anne and Andrew Michael Bliss. A Memorial Mass will be offered at St. Mary of the Assumption Church, 5502 York Road in Govans, at 9:30 a.m. on March 7. Memorial contributions may be made to the church, Cares Food Pantry, c/o, GETCO, 5513 York Road, Baltimore, MD 21212.

SAMBUCA FRIEND SQUASH The more casual side at Cinghiale - the enoteca - keeps getting more accessible. So get a plate of late-summer bliss - firm yellow squash enveloped in a crispy batter, pleasingly salty with just the faintest whiff of anise. Better yet, have them as an accompaniment to executive chef Julian Marucci's Roman fried chicken (R.F.C.), where the tempura-like batter seems to be suspended in air over the juicy skin beneath ($16). Eat it outside, with a glass of Frascati. Try the Sambuca Fried Squash at Cinghiale, 822 Lancaster St. 410-547-8282.

City dwellers who are used to urban coffeehouses and wine bars, normally found in renovated storefronts and converted townhouses, will have a hard time relating to Bliss, the new coffee and wine bar in Riverside. (It's not in nearby Bel Air, in spite of what the Web site says.) When I say new, I mean really new. Bliss is one of the first tenants in the new Riverside shopping center. Everything about it is shiny new, from the walls of windows to the casual, contemporary furnishings to the industrial chic exposed pipes to the flat-screen TV. (Not something you expect in either a coffeehouse or wine bar.)

In spite of the name, Harford County's Bliss Coffee and Wine Bar (1402 Handlir Drive, Riverside, 410-272-0505, live-your-bliss.com) is a full-fledged restaurant that seats 40 in the dining room, 15 in the bar and even more on the soon-to-be-opened patio. The chef is Lance Lader, who has worked various places in the area, but is currently cooking in the style of his time at Sotto Sopra. Dinner entrees run from $14.95 for a grilled vegetable pasta to $24.95 for a fillet wrapped in bacon with a black-cherry reduction.