Charlestown

On July 11, 2003, ROSE HERRMANN of Charlestown Retirement Comm., beloved wife of the late Alois Herrmann. Also survived by many loving nieces, nephews and friends. Friends may call Wednesday 10 A.M. at Our Lady of the Angels Chapel with a Funeral Service following at 11 A.M. Interment Loudon Park Cemetery.

Funeral services for Louis F. Drummeter Jr., a retired Naval Research Laboratory scientist, have been scheduled for 11 a.m. April 7 at Our Lady of Angels chapel at Charlestown Retirement Community, 719 Maiden Choice Lane in Catonsville. Family visitation will be from 10:30 a.m. until 11 a.m.

More and more Marylanders are living their twilight years in style.Upscale retirement communities are growing rapidly across the nation and in Maryland, where the number has nearly doubled, to 29, since 1980.And nowhere are they more prominent than in Baltimore County, which has an even dozen, ranging in size from Glenarm's pastoral Glen Meadows, with its intimate campus of 262 residents, to granddaddy Charlestown Retirement Community in Catonsville, which opened in 1983 and has 2,500 residents.

When residents of the Charlestown Retirement Community saw the big black bird with the red bill swimming quietly among the wild ducks on their year-old pond, they could hardly believe their eyes.Some of the more enthusiastic bird-watchers among them had traveled Down Under to see Australian black swans in their native habitat, and here was one of the exotic creatures paddling in their back yard in Catonsville.The swan, nicknamed Charlestown Charlie though its sex is unknown, has no visible identification bands or markers, said Charlestown spokeswoman Elizabeth Malis.

John C. Erickson keeps a globe within easy reach of his walnut desk at the Charlestown Retirement Community in Catonsville -- a telling symbol of a man charting far-reaching personal and corporate journeys.His pioneering company, Senior Campus Living Inc., has embarked on a five-year expansion program to replicate the unique Charlestown model in Parkville and in towns up the East Coast and into the Midwest.It's an ambitious program. Each community costs roughly $250 million and there's plenty of competition from alternative kinds of housing for the elderly.

John William Mazz, 91, an accountant and veteran who served in the Army during World War II, died Tuesday of heart failure at Renaissance Gardens at Charlestown Retirement Community in Catonsville. Born in Baltimore, Mr. Mazz graduated from Polytechnic Institute in 1929. He worked as an accountant for a real estate company and as a bookkeeper for an auto club. Mr. Mazz was a member of the American Legion Post 154 for 53 years. He also was a 32nd degree Mason, said his cousin, Margaret West of Mechanicsburg, Ohio.

In Baltimore County Selections from `Nutcracker' to be performed Saturday CATONSVILLE - The concert series at Charlestown Retirement Community will present the Columbia Chamber Ballet performing selections from The Nutcracker at 3 p.m. Saturday in the auditorium. Admission is $3. Charlestown is at 719 Maiden Choice Lane. Information: 410-737-8838, Ext. 8577. Free resource pamphlet for seniors is available TOWSON - Baltimore County Senior Resources 2004, a booklet by the county Department of Aging with information on topics important to seniors and their families, is available.

On November 26, 2004, LORETTA ANNE LISIEWSKI ; wife of the late Charles W. Smith and Joseph Lisiewski; mother of Charles W. Smith and wife Carolyn and the late Leroy Smith and Howard Smith. Also survived by 7 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great grandchild. Family will receive friends at the STERLING ASHTON SCHWAB FUNERAL HOME INC., (1/2 mile west beltway exit 14), on Monday , 2 to 4 and 7 to 9. Services will be held at Our Lady of the Angels Chapel at Charlestown, on Tuesday at 10 A.M. , where family will receive friends at 9:30 A.M. Interment at St. Stanislaus Cemetery.

On March 26, 2005 HELEN ROUSHSHANNON (nee White); beloved wife of the late Hiram (Harry) Roush and the late John H. Shannon; loving mother of David Roush and the late Perry Roush; dear stepmother of John Shannon and his wife Becky Schrieber; adored mother-in-law of Jane Roush and Cora Jane Roush; cherished sister of Jack White, Ted White and Mary Gutowski. Also survived by 5 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. Friends may call at Our Lady of the Angels Chapel, Charlestown Retirement Community, 713 Maiden Choice Lane, on Monday from 10 to 11 A.M., where a Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 A.M. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Charlestown Staff Appreciation Fund, 713 Maiden Choice Lane, Catonsville, MD 21228.

On January 9, 2005, ELIZABETH (nee Paulk), beloved wife of the late Ernest J. Read Jr.; devoted mother of Sandra R. Hay and her husband Conran, Ernest J. Read III and his wife Lisa; also survived by four grandchildren. Friends may call at the Sterling-Ashton-Schwab Funeral Home Inc., 736 Edmondson Ave (1/2 mile W of Beltway exit 14) on Friday from 7 to 9 P.M. Further visitation will be held at Our Lady of the Angels Chapel, Charlestown, on Saturday from 10 to 11 A.M., at which time Services will be held.