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Elvira Elizabeth "Bette" Kennedy, a World War II veteran who with her husband co-founded Dawn's Office Supply, died Friday of a heart attack at Emeritus of Towson on North Charles Street. The longtime Mount Washington resident was 89. The daughter of a barnstormer and truck driver and an educator, Elvira Elizabeth Lance was born and raised in Oneonta, N.Y., where she graduated in 1942 from Oneonta High School. She enlisted in the Navy in 1943, and was working as a pharmacist's mate at a naval hospital in Northern California when she met her future husband, Thomas J. Kennedy Jr., a Marine who was recuperating after losing his sight when he was blinded by a Japanese booby trap at Bougainville in the Solomon Islands.

On Feb. 8, 2013, Laurel lost Jill Mooty to cancer. Jill had been president of the Baltimore-Washington Corridor Chamber of Commerce, was on the board of the Revere Bank, and was the owner of Jill Mooty and Associates, P.A., a local accounting business of decades that previously had an office on Compton Avenue and, up until the beginning of January, had an office near the hospital. She did the taxes for my business for the past 25 years and she is...

Selma D. Streett, who with her husband developed Anne Arundel County's Chartwell community, died Oct. 8 of heart failure at Gilchrist Hospice in Towson. She was 98. The daughter of a businessman and a homemaker, Selma Demmitt was born in rural Carroll County and spent her early years on a family farm in New Windsor until moving to Baltimore in 1927. After graduating in 1931 from Forest Park High School, she worked as a cashier in the Hutzler's Tea Room. She was married in 1948 to Charles Albert Merritt, a builder turned developer.

Elvira Elizabeth "Bette" Kennedy, a World War II veteran who with her husband co-founded Dawn's Office Supply, died Friday of a heart attack at Emeritus of Towson on North Charles Street. The longtime Mount Washington resident was 89. The daughter of a barnstormer and truck driver and an educator, Elvira Elizabeth Lance was born and raised in Oneonta, N.Y., where she graduated in 1942 from Oneonta High School. She enlisted in the Navy in 1943, and was working as a pharmacist's mate at a naval hospital in Northern California when she met her future husband, Thomas J. Kennedy Jr., a Marine who was recuperating after losing his sight when he was blinded by a Japanese booby trap at Bougainville in the Solomon Islands.

Annette C. Goodell, a certified tax consultant who was vice president of Broad Spectrum Optics LLC, died Feb. 2 of colon cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The longtime Original Northwood resident was 73. The daughter of educators, the former Annette Carla Giovanna Schirokauer was born near Florence, Italy, in 1938. With the outbreak of World War II, she came to the U.S. with her mother and brother. They later settled in Baltimore, and it wasn't until after the war that her father was able to join his family.

Margaret K. "Maggie" Clark, a retired businesswoman and former longtime Stoneleigh resident, died Aug. 15 of cancer at Roland Park Place. She was 95. The daughter of a furniture salesman and a homemaker, Margaret Krause was born in Baltimore and raised on Woodbourne Avenue in Govans. She was a 1934 graduate of Eastern High School. In 1941, she married Robert Carroll Clark. During the 1940s and 1950s, she was district manager for Beauty Counselors, a national cosmetics firm.

Lucille L. Anton, a homemaker and retired businesswoman who had owned and operated a Pikesville seafood business, died March 17 of heart failure at Keswick Multi-Care Center. She was 92. The daughter of a Fells Point bar owner and a homemaker, the former Lucille Brandt was born in Baltimore and raised on Darley Avenue. She attended parochial school and Eastern High School. In the 1930s, Mrs. Anton worked in sales at Log Cabin Candy and during World War II was a riveter at the old Glenn L. Martin Co. plant in Middle River.

On Feb. 8, 2013, Laurel lost Jill Mooty to cancer. Jill had been president of the Baltimore-Washington Corridor Chamber of Commerce, was on the board of the Revere Bank, and was the owner of Jill Mooty and Associates, P.A., a local accounting business of decades that previously had an office on Compton Avenue and, up until the beginning of January, had an office near the hospital. She did the taxes for my business for the past 25 years and she is...

Alice Belle Dickson, former owner of a Lutherville candy and ice cream parlor, died July 31 in her sleep while visiting a granddaughter in Claremont, Calif. She was 81. Alice Belle Cupp, the daughter of a Bethlehem steelworker and a homemaker, was born in Baltimore and raised in Dundalk. She was a 1946 graduate of Eastern High School. In 1946, she married Vernon L. Dickson, a mechanical engineer, and moved to Lutherville, where she raised her family. He died in 1989. Mrs. Dickson had worked as a secretary for a detective agency before opening the Sugar Plum Tree, a Gay '90s-themed candy and ice cream parlor at York and Ridgely roads in Lutherville.

Janice C. Beck, an advertising sales representative and grammarian who enjoyed word games, died Sept. 9 of a bladder infection and pneumonia at Brighton Gardens of Columbia, a senior-living facility. The former Mount Washington resident was 92. Janice Gold was born and raised in Springfield, Ohio, where she graduated in 1937 from Springfield High School. She came to Baltimore to attend Goucher College. In 1941, she married Raymond Crone, who was the owner of the Parisian Hosiery Co. The couple divorced in 1963.

Margaret K. "Maggie" Clark, a retired businesswoman and former longtime Stoneleigh resident, died Aug. 15 of cancer at Roland Park Place. She was 95. The daughter of a furniture salesman and a homemaker, Margaret Krause was born in Baltimore and raised on Woodbourne Avenue in Govans. She was a 1934 graduate of Eastern High School. In 1941, she married Robert Carroll Clark. During the 1940s and 1950s, she was district manager for Beauty Counselors, a national cosmetics firm.

Deirdre Diane "Dee" Huddles, a master gardener who was co-founder of a gardening services company, was killed Wednesday in an automobile accident near Butler. The Glyndon resident was 69. Baltimore County police reported that Ms. Huddles was driving north on Falls Road near Butler about 9 p.m. when her 2009 Subaru Forester was involved in an accident with a truck, which caused her car to overturn. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The accident remains under investigation by county police.

Mildred Attman, who was a co-founder with her husband of the Acme Paper & Supply Co. and later became a homemaker, died Thursday of heart failure at Sinai Hospital. The longtime Pikesville resident was 88. The daughter of a successful businessman and a homemaker, Mildred Cohen was born and raised in Essex, where her father owned a grocery store, bowling alley and the New Essex Theater. Her family lived above the theater. "Mom reminisced wistfully about falling to sleep as she could hear the music from the golden age of cinema below her," a son, Gary L. Attman of Pikesville, said in a eulogy for his mother.

Sally B. Willse, former treasurer of a Riderwood interior decorating firm and a volunteer, died Dec. 24 of complications from dementia at the Symphony Manor assisted-living facility in Roland Park. The longtime Ruxton resident was 89. The daughter of the founder and president of Barton Gillet Co. and a homemaker, Sally Barton was born in Baltimore and raised in Ruxton. She attended Bryn Mawr School and Ashley Hall in Charleston, S.C., and in 1940 graduated from Stuart Hall School in Staunton, Va. She was married in 1943 to R. Gerard Willse Jr. and settled in Ruxton, where she raised her four children.