Bonaventure

On July 30, 2005, OLIVE M. BONAVENTURE (nee Fischer); beloved wife of the late Frank C. Bonaventure; devoted mother of Frank C. Bonaventure, Jr.; adoptive mother of Roger Gray; dear grandmother of Frank C. Bonaventure, III and Jennifer Marie Bonaventure; dear grandmother of Lucas Lockard and Jody Bonaventure. A Funeral Service will be held at the family owned Ruck Towson Funeral Home, Inc., 1050 York Road (beltway exit 26A), on Wednesday at 9:30 A.M. Interment Meadowridge Memorial Park.

— The Notre Dame women's basketball team sent a quick message to its wannabe Cinderella opponent in Sunday's NCAA tournament game at PNC Arena: Glass slippers are for fairy tales, not for the Sweet 16. The top-seeded Irish bullied their way through ball screens on defense, holding St.Bonaventure's leading scorer without a point and leaving the rest of the Bonnies — including their coach, Jim Crowley — hopeless in a 79-35 victory. The win sent Notre Dame (33-3) into Tuesday's regional final against second-seeded Maryland (31-4)

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. -- St. Bonaventure piled up a 15-point lead in the first half, withstood a Morgan State rally, then pulled away to a 94-77 victory last night.Kenrick Hamilton scored a career-high 27 for St. Bonaventure (2-4), making 10 of 15 shots from the field. Jason Brower hit only three of 12, but two of them were three-pointers, and he grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds.Morgan State (0-5) actually made one more field goal -- and had two more three-point goals -- but had no answer for St. Bonaventure's success at the foul line.

Loyola's Justin Drummond scored a career-high 26 points, two coming on a tip-in that cut host St. Bonaventure's lead to six with 4:06 remaining, but the Bonnies held off the Greyhounds men's basketball team for a 76-66 nonconference win Sunday afternoon, ending Loyola's eight-game winning streak. Drummond scored 15 points in the second half as Loyola (8-2) came back from a 43-28 halftime deficit. He made 10 of 19 shots, including two 3-pointers, and all four of his free throws to eclipse his previous career best of 22, set last December at Georgetown.

On February 16, 2004 BONAVENTURE E. beloved husband of the late Bernice L.von Paris (nee Cheezum) and Paula Peach (nee du Breuil); devoted father of the late Bernice Jones; dear brother of Margaret W. Muller of Westminster, MD, Anna T. Wachter of Westminster, MD, Joseph H. von Paris of Woodlawn, MD, George H. von Paris of Ellicott City, MD, Eligius von Paris of Cockeysville, MD and the late Marie M. Feeney, Genevieve W. Wachter, William G. von Paris; dear...

Coach Don DeVoe said it was the biggest win he has had in his two years as Navy's basketball coach.Mids' sophomore Jim Hamilton said his 24-footer with three seconds left was the biggest shot of his life.Result: Navy was able to fight off a determined St. Bonaventure comeback and upset the visitors from Olean, N.Y., 73-70.Navy took a 5-2 lead 28 seconds into the game and never again trailed.The Mids led by as many as 14 early in the second half, but the Bonnies charged back.With 1:34 left, St. Bonaventure's David Vanterpool made two free throws to tie the score at 70.With the final seconds ticking away, Navy freshman Scott Holden was controlling the ball under heavy defensive pressure, looking for someone to pass to, and began falling to the floor.

Tom O'Connor is the new leader at St. Bonaventure, where the last good big man on campus was Bob Lanier.O'Connor was the Loyola basketball coach for the 1974-75 and 1975-76 seasons, then was the athletic director for 10 years, a span that included the Greyhounds' move to Division I. His six years as the Santa Clara AD included national successes in both men's and women's soccer and basketball, and now he faces a bigger challenge as the new boss at St....

Bonaventure E. von Paris, a retired moving and storage company executive whose career with B. Von Paris & Sons and its successor company, Von Paris Enterprises, spanned more than 70 years, died in his sleep Monday at Charlestown Retirement Community in Catonsville. He was 91, and a former resident of Kingsville. "His career with the company went from the era of horse-drawn wagons to modern-day air-ride moving vans," said a nephew, Arthur G. Feeney, president of Von Paris Enterprises. "He loved the business because he was born into it and it was his family's heritage."

When Northwestern's 31-game winning streak was stopped by Duke a little more than a week ago, it left just one team in Division I women's lacrosse with an undefeated record - St. Bonaventure. Yesterday, the Bonnies' dream season continued. Nicole Motondo and Katelyn Faas each scored four goals as host St. Bonaventure (12-0, 3-0 Atlantic 10 Conference) upset No. 9 Richmond, 12-10. With the win, the Bonnies took sole possession of first place in the conference and extended the nation's longest winning streak to 13 games.

Navy has made a nasty habit this season of playing catch-up, and yesterday the Midshipmen simply ran out of comebacks in bowing to St. Bonaventure in overtime, 68-64, before 1,708 at Alumni Hall in Annapolis.The Mids (4-4) overcame a 37-22 deficit in the second half to tie it at the end of regulation, 59-59. But the Bonnies (4-3) limited Navy to two points in the first 4 1/2 minutes of overtime to finally secure the victory.By the time Jim Hamilton hit a three-pointer with 34 seconds left, the Bonnies, supported by some 500 alumni who were meeting in Annapolis, had built a 67-61 lead.

My wife and I live in Abingdon and visited Savannah, Ga., in June. On our way to the airport to return home, we stopped to visit Bonaventure Cemetery, made famous in John Berendt's book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. The cemetery is bordered by the Wilmington River. As we walked away from the river and headed back to the cemetery entrance, I turned to look back. The majestic oak trees covered with hanging Spanish moss and the dappled shadows on the ground made an image that captured our impressions of Savannah and the South.

When Northwestern's 31-game winning streak was stopped by Duke a little more than a week ago, it left just one team in Division I women's lacrosse with an undefeated record - St. Bonaventure. Yesterday, the Bonnies' dream season continued. Nicole Motondo and Katelyn Faas each scored four goals as host St. Bonaventure (12-0, 3-0 Atlantic 10 Conference) upset No. 9 Richmond, 12-10. With the win, the Bonnies took sole possession of first place in the conference and extended the nation's longest winning streak to 13 games.

On Tuesday, January 24, 2006, SHIRLEY MARY (nee Scully), beloved wife of George M. Frock, devoted mother of Joanna Simmons, Georgeanna Carroll and her husband Lee and Barbara Brandjes and her husband Michael, sister of Robert Scully and Brother Bonaventure Scully, C.F.X., loving grandmother of Kelly, Bill, Christian, Patrick, Tom, Gretchen, Bridgette, Braegan and Angela. Also survived by eight grandchildren. Friends may call at St. Charles Borromeo Roman Catholic Church, 101 Church La., Pikesville Saturday 11 to 12 noon.

On July 30, 2005, OLIVE M. BONAVENTURE (nee Fischer); beloved wife of the late Frank C. Bonaventure; devoted mother of Frank C. Bonaventure, Jr.; adoptive mother of Roger Gray; dear grandmother of Frank C. Bonaventure, III and Jennifer Marie Bonaventure; dear grandmother of Lucas Lockard and Jody Bonaventure. A Funeral Service will be held at the family owned Ruck Towson Funeral Home, Inc., 1050 York Road (beltway exit 26A), on Wednesday at 9:30 A.M. Interment Meadowridge Memorial Park.

Craig King admits that playing collegiate baseball in upstate New York for St. Bonaventure University in April isn't exactly an ideal situation. "It's cold here and it's not like playing in Baltimore," said the junior second baseman from Cardinal Gibbons. "But I think warm weather all the time and it helps me a lot." It doesn't hurt either that his home runs are up over last year (three compared with two last season) and his batting average has climbed to .348 over .336 last season. The three homers tie him for the team lead, he is third in batting average, third in slugging percentage (.545)

On February 16, 2004 BONAVENTURE E. beloved husband of the late Bernice L.von Paris (nee Cheezum) and Paula Peach (nee du Breuil); devoted father of the late Bernice Jones; dear brother of Margaret W. Muller of Westminster, MD, Anna T. Wachter of Westminster, MD, Joseph H. von Paris of Woodlawn, MD, George H. von Paris of Ellicott City, MD, Eligius von Paris of Cockeysville, MD and the late Marie M. Feeney, Genevieve W. Wachter, William G. von Paris; dear...

Former St. Bonaventure athletic director Gothard Lane defended his reputation one day after he resigned his position, the latest fallout from an academic scandal in the men's basketball program. "It's not a thing you want to put on your mantelpiece, but that's why I want to put my story out there," Lane said last night, ending a two-month silence since the controversy erupted and the team cut its season short. Lane and coach Jan van Breda Kolff were both ousted on Thursday. Earlier, the board of trustees had obtained the resignation of Dr. Robert J. Wickenheiser after an inquiry found that he pushed for a player's eligibility without the NCAA's required associate degree or its equivalent.

The end of St. Bonaventure's men's basketball season also could damage the careers of two administrators with local ties who went to the Olean, N.Y., campus from Maryland. Robert J. Wickenheiser resigned under pressure earlier this week as St. Bonaventure's president, the same post he held at Mount St. Mary's for 16 years. Athletic director Gothard Lane, who had been an assistant athletic director at Maryland for three decades before going to St. Bonaventure in 1999, was placed on administrative leave.

Bonaventure E. von Paris, a retired moving and storage company executive whose career with B. Von Paris & Sons and its successor company, Von Paris Enterprises, spanned more than 70 years, died in his sleep Monday at Charlestown Retirement Community in Catonsville. He was 91, and a former resident of Kingsville. "His career with the company went from the era of horse-drawn wagons to modern-day air-ride moving vans," said a nephew, Arthur G. Feeney, president of Von Paris Enterprises. "He loved the business because he was born into it and it was his family's heritage."

Guard Alli Spence scored 19 points and forward Chrissy Fisher added nine points and 12 rebounds yesterday as the Maryland women's basketball team won for the fifth time in six games, 65-57, over host St. Bonaventure. The Terrapins dominated in rebounds, 31-18, and hit 10 three-pointers, including seven in the first half on their way to a 13-point halftime lead. Spence took 10 shots, all three-pointers, and hit six of them. Towson 60, Army 51: The Tigers erased a 14-point deficit in the final 12:36 to hand visiting Army its first loss of the season.