Caplan

On April 27, 2006, MARVIN CAPLAN, beloved husband of the late Helen North Caplan; devoted father of Thomas Caplan. A Graveside service will be held on Monday, May 1st at 1 P. M at Druid Ridge Cemetery, 7900 Park Heights Avenue in Pikesville. In lieu of flowers contributions to Johns Hopkins Children Center, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287. Arrangements by Henry W. Jenkins & Sons, 410-343-3000. ROBERT DONALD; devoted father of Barbara Rehak and her husband James, Nancy Herbert and her husband Jerry, Laura Rosendale and her husband Henry, Sharon Donald and Sheila Donald; dear brother of Margaret Poorbaugh, Jean Morin, Sheila Mc Coy, John Donald, Sr., Eileen Knotts, Bruce Donald, Sandra Hughes and the late Jemima Hambruch, George Donald, Sr. and Nancy Rozek.

On August 20, 2003, RUTH LORRAINE CAPLAN, (nee Dachslager), beloved wife of the late Aaron Caplan; loving mother of William Ronald Caplan of Baltimore, MD, and Sheri C. Marshall of Lawrenceville, GA.; devoted sister the late Gloria Silverman; adored grandmother of Lauren Marshall, Brittany Marshall and Jamie Marshall. Founding member and Class President of Edith Rosen Strauss Organization. Also survived by Matthew Marshall and Chester Silverman. Services private.

On January 4, 2004 FLORENCE M. CAPLAN (nee Marmelstein) beloved wife of the late Harry Magaziner and Lester Caplan, devoted sister of Ann Grayson and Ida Dubick, loving aunt of Sandy Gordon, Ellie Spind, Chickie Grayson, Marc Dubick and the late Helene Dubick. Services at SOL LEVINSON & BROS INC., 8900 Reisterstown Rd., at Mt. Wilson Lane, on Monday January 5 at 11 A.M. Interment Beth Tfiloh Congregation Cemetery, 5800 Windsor Mill Rd. Please omit flowers, in mourning at 2209 Shefflin Ct. (21209)

On February 15, 2003, ABRAHAM (AL); beloved husband of the late Hilda Caplan (nee Moshenberg); beloved father of Marilyn Malin and Jack Caplan, both of Baltimore, MD; beloved father-in-law of the late Ronald Hack; beloved brother of Sylvia Macklin, of Baltimore, MD and the late Anne Givner, Hyman and Isidore (Izzy) Caplan; loving grandfather of Joel and Jill Hack, Stuart and Andy Hack, Neil and Alice Malin and Amy Marohl; loving great-grandfather of Lexi and Ryan Hack, Tyler Malin; special friend of Rosalie Leace.

Helen N. Caplan, an activist who worked to save her Mount Washington neighborhood from uncontrolled development and who was a friend of President Clinton for 30 years, died Friday of cancer at Johns Hopkins Hospital. She was 81.After she married Marvin Caplan in 1932, they moved to Mount Washington, the one-time resort where Baltimoreans of the 1880s and 1890s went to escape the summer heat. In the early 1960s when development began to threaten the serene surroundings of the Northwest Baltimore neighborhood, she helped establish the Mount Washington Improvement Association.

50 Years Ago (week of Feb. 9-15, 1941):* Samuel H. Caplan and Gertrude Dorothy Klein were married Sunday, Feb. 9, at the home of the groom's mother, Rachel Caplan of Ellicott City. The wedding was attended by the immediate families of the bride and groom. Mr. Caplan was a graduate of Ellicott City High School and Johns Hopkins University.He studied medicine at the University of Maryland, but gave up his studies in 1923 to go into the dry goods business with his mother in Ellicott City. Following the wedding reception, Mr. and Mrs. Caplan took a honeymoon motor trip to Florida.

Edward Caplan, founder of a Baltimore plumbing company and a decorated World War II veteran, died of congestive heart failure Sunday at Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care. The Mount Washington resident was 83. The son of immigrant Russian parents, he was born and raised on Eden Street in East Baltimore. He attended Talmudical Academy before cutting short his education to help support his family. In his youth, he played baseball for the Brooklyn Athletic Association and always maintained that he would have been a professional player if not for injuries suffered in the war, family members said.