Butcher

On August 29, 2005, LEON BUTCHER, 77, formerly of White Hall, Maryland, passed away in Florida. He is survived by his wife, Jessie Ann Butcher of Boynton Beach, Florida; his children, Diane Fanning of New Braunfels, Texas, Jasmine Sharp of Tucson, Arizona, and Richard Butcher of Lake Worth, Florida; and his four grandchildren, Elizabeth Nichols of Dallas, Texas, Jessica Butcher of Baltimore, Maryland, and Melanie and Shawn Butcher of Lake Worth, Florida....

Amy and Spike Gjerde, the team behind Woodberry Kitchen, have signed a lease to open a butcher shop-restaurant space at 2600 North Howard Street, the Remington project being developed by Seawall Development. Spike Gjerde said the Remington location would be an extension of the intensive butchering program at Woodberry Kitchen run by George Marsh, a partner with the Gjerdes in the yet-to-be-named project. "We love what's happening in Remington, and we're amped to hopefully be part of a growing community," Gjerde said.

Amy and Spike Gjerde, the team behind Woodberry Kitchen, have signed a lease to open a butcher shop-restaurant space at 2600 North Howard Street, the Remington project being developed by Seawall Development. Spike Gjerde said the Remington location would be an extension of the intensive butchering program at Woodberry Kitchen run by George Marsh, a partner with the Gjerdes in the yet-to-be-named project. "We love what's happening in Remington, and we're amped to hopefully be part of a growing community," Gjerde said.

Letter writer John Franchy ("More restrictive gun laws are not the answer," Dec. 20) misrepresents certain statements by the Founders and certain historical facts. The assertions he makes can be found in tea party talking points disseminated over the previous week. He paraphrases Benjamin Franklin, "They who give up essential liberty to (purchase) a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. " Mr. Franklin was not commenting on the balance between government powers and individual liberty.

On December 27, 2006, ROBERT C. BUTCHER; beloved husband of Mildred L. Butcher (nee Kelch); loving father of Sandra L. Mooney, Deborah G. Butcher, Kenneth W. Butcher and Brian L. Butcher; cherished grandfather of Jason Butcher, Joshua Butcher and Margeaux Bull; dear brother of Bonnie Meadowcroft. Relatives and friends may call at the family owned AMBROSE FUNERAL HOME, INC., 1328 Sulphur Spring Road, Arbutus, on Thursday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M., where a service will be held on Friday at the funeral hour of 11:30 A.M. Interment to follow at Loudon Park Cemetery.

On Tuesday, October 12, 2004, STERLING R. BUTCHER SR., loving father of five. Also survived by many loving friends and family. Memorial service will be held 11 A. M on Monday, October 18, at Estep Funeral Home, 1300 Eutaw Place. Interment Loudon Park Cemetery.

On November 15, 2007, SANDRA K. BUTCHER (nee Springer) beloved wife of Kenneth W. Butcher, devoted daughter of Glenn and JoAnn Springer and the late Gail Wolsch Springer, dear sister of Stephen Springer, Kimberly Lewis and her husband Kenneth and Tim Sauter and loving mother of Jason Butcher; cherished granddaughter of Mildred Day. Relatives and friends may call at the family owned AMBROSE FUNERAL HOME INC., 1328 Sulphur Spring Road, Arbutus on Monday from...

GAYLE LEWIS BUTCHER NICHOLS, age 72 of Redding, CT., died on January 2, 2004. Beloved by husband Foster, chidren Foster, Jr., of Baltimore, MD., Nancy of Dover, MA., and Bill of Greenwich, Ct., seven grandchildren ages 5 to 15, Ted, Libby, Nick, Andy, Ryan, Olivia and Mary. Arrangements by Roberts Mitchell Funeral Home, Medfield, MA. Donations may be sent to the Salvation Army, 700 W. Brompton Avenue, Chicago, IL., 60657-1831.

REV. J. RUSSELL BUTCHER, 90, of 16505 Virginia Avenue, Williamsport, MD, passed away, Tuesday, September 21, 2004, at the Homewood Retirement Center, Williamsport, MD. Born Friday, February 27, 1914, in Scranton, Pennsylvania, he was the son of of the late Harvey J. Butcher and the late Sue Russell Butcher. He was a graduate of Lafayette College and Princeton Theological Seminary where he received his master's degree in Biblical Study. He served churches in New Cumberland, WV, Jarrettsville, MD, Hagerstown, MD, and Frederick, MD and numerous interim positions following his retirement, including being chaplain at Fahrney Keedy Home.

On June 25, 2005, BARBARA BUTCHER "BOBBY" (age 63), Prince George's County School Teacher for 38 years died at the Gilchrist Hospice in Baltimore, of natural causes related to pancreatic cancer. She is survived by her husband of 43 years, Alexander Martin Gear of Columbia, MD; sons and daughters in-law, Daniel Melville and K-Lynn Gear of Monroe, VA and John Martin and Mary Gear of Lansing, MI; brother Noll Butcher of Columbia, Ohio and five grandchildren. Mrs. Gear taught at Montpelier Elementary School and Buck Lodge Middle School, where she touched thousands of lives.

On Twitter the Library of Congress has retweeted this morsel from the WorldDigitalLibrary: "Battle of #Antietam was #OnThisDay in 1862. 23,000 killed. ... " The Libraryof Congress should know better. The butcher's bill* for Antietam, the 23,000, is the number of casualties . The number of dead, Union and Confederate combined, in the bloodiest day in U.S. military history, was 3,650; wounded, over 17,000; missing or captured, nearly 1,800.    *The mordant nineteenth-century term, often attributed to Admiral Lord Nelson, for the human costs of a battle.   

I am sorry that Marta H. Mossburg and her family are leaving Butchers Hill in search of better schools for their kindergartner ("Bye-bye, Baltimore; we'll miss you, but it was time to go," July 18). Parents, before you leave Southeast Baltimore take a look at the innovative school in your own backyard! Archbishop Borders Catholic School is a dual-language, pre-K-to-8th grade school, moving in August to the Sacred Heart parish campus at Foster and Conkling streets. For less than $5,000 tuition per year, Ms. Mossburg's child could have joined the new model of Spanish-English immersion in a loving, orderly and enriching environment.

I think we've all heard and said plenty about the challenge that Jacksonville Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew will pose for the Ravens this week, but it's just impossible to ignore this gem from Ravens defensive coordinator Chuck Pagano during his weekly talk with the media. "You put on the tape, and this guy is like a rolling ball of butcher knives," Pagano said. "He's scary. He runs over linebackers, he knocks guys out, he puts people to sleep. We got to do a great job as always of setting the edge and not giving him the outside.

Sometimes, it's just the littlest of things that can bring people together. In this case it's a kitten, a little furry thing that's charmed an entire Baltimore neighborhood. No one's sure exactly when the kitten came into their lives. She was just there one day, perched in a window on Lombard Street. She was a tiny thing then, a black and white cutie. If someone would tap on the window -- and they always did -- she'd follow the finger with a pink paw pad. If she was feeling frisky she'd try to pounce on it -- not realizing a pane of glass was holding her back.

Charles Samuel "Sam" Poole Sr., a Carroll County butcher whose Sam's Deer Processing in Finksburg has been a destination for lucky hunters for decades, died Saturday from complications after heart surgery at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. The longtime Louisville, Carroll County, resident was 65. The son of a butcher and a homemaker, Mr. Poole was born in Gaithersburg and raised in Sykesville. He attended Sykesville High School. Mr. Poole began his butchering career when he was 16, working at small grocery stores and butcher shops.

Before Barry Glassman could begin his garden, he first had to find the ground. His row house had been an apartment building and the yard next door a dump for the residents' refuse for 20 years. In 1996, he bought the property and began the transformation. The first step, says Glassman who is retired from the banking and investment business, was to remove the trash — 40 contractor-size bags of it. He had no set plan in the beginning. "I knew enough to go out and rent the biggest Rototiller I could find," he says.

Most people take a day off work to spend a little time with the family, hit the beach or a local park, or try to get a few errands done. Zeb Atkinson of Gambrills decided to stop in at a local business, spend nine hours slicing and sawing, and pay the proprietor more than $200 for the privilege. "It was like heaven," he says of the "vacation" day he took in April. "There wasn't a moment that wasn't interesting. " Atkinson, a 43-year-old amateur chef and food buff, believes he got the better of the bargain.