Churchville

On June 12, 2004, RENEE LYNN GROVE (nee O'Connell). Family will receive friends at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, 1645 Churchville Road, Bel Air, MD (21015), on Wednesday at 7 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the church.

On February 2, 2006, BERNARD J. ANDREWS III, of Edgewood, MD. He is survived by loving wife Kimberly; adored father of Kara and Kaitlyn. Son of Colleen Woodward; brother of Brendon; step-mother Sharon Andrews, and his grandmothers. Friends may call at 6:30 p.m. at the Oak Grove Baptist Church 2106 Churchville Rd. Bel Air, MD.

In Anne Arundel Man shot leaving bus returning from trip to Atlantic City PAROLE - Police were searching for a gunman in a shooting early yesterday that wounded an Annapolis man returning from a bus trip. Eric Woodlin, 29, of the first block of Bunche St. was confronted by a gunman shortly after 1 a.m. in the parking lot of Parole Plaza on Solomon's Island Road, Anne Arundel County police said. Woodlin, who was returning from Atlantic City, N.J., was shot several times in the right side shortly after he got off a tour bus, police said.

"Pictures of the Past ... Lest we Forget," an exhibit of paintings, pastels, photography, pen-and-ink drawings, poetry and song highlighting Harford County heritage, opened this month at Rockfield Manor in Bel Air and will remain on display through Sept. 22. The exhibit, a collaboration between the Harford Artists Association and the Rockfield Foundation, features the work of more than 28 county artists. The show comprises about 80 paintings and photographs focusing on the theme of presenting scenes of historic Harford: old mills, schools, churches and rural scenes, ranging across the county from Jarrettsville to Joppatowne, and from Bel Air to Havre de Grace.

Col. Samuel "Sam" Carter Ramsdell, age 90, of Lancaster, PA, formerly of Churchville, MD, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 22, 2007, at Willow Valley Retirement Communities. Sam was born in Philadelphia, PA, to Gardner Carter Ramsdell and Florence Palmer Ramsdell. Before joining the Army, Sam worked in the family insurance business of Ramsdell and Ramsdell, and entered the banking industry as an accountant. Colonel Ramsdell was an Army veteran of World War II, was called back to active service and stationed in Germany for 3 years.

When: Thursday through Sunday. Where: Bulle Rock, Havre de Grace. Who: A field of 150 players, including defending champion Suzann Pettersen of Norway, No. 1 Lorena Ochoa, three-time champion and Hall of Famer Annika Sorenstam, and former champions and Hall of Famers Karrie Webb and Se Ri Pak. Purse: $2 million, with $300,000 going to the champion. Tickets: Season badge (all sessions), $65; one-day pass today and tomorrow (pro-ams, practice rounds), $20; Thursday and Friday, $22; Saturday and Sunday, $25. Parking: Ripken Stadium, 73 Long Drive, Aberdeen (I-95 exit 85)

Dorothy Overmiller Harkins, who taught in Harford County public schools for 19 years between 1954 and 1976 and later owned an antique store, died of congestive heart failure April 10 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. The Churchville resident was 91. Born in Athol, Kan., and raised in Tulsa, Okla., she met Charles Edward Harkins while attending Oklahoma State University. The couple married in 1935 and moved to Maryland, where Mr. Harkins taught science at Annapolis High School. The couple later moved to a house on Gordon Street next to Bel Air High School, where Mr. Harkins served as principal for most of the 1940s.

JAMES HERBERT SIELING, JR. of Fallston, died suddenly on August 14th at Union Hospital in Elkton. He was 70. Born May 9, 1935, Mr. Sieling is survived by his wife, Lois Ann Sieling and five children, James Herbert Sieling, III, Joseph Christian Sieling, Ruth Darlene Sieling, Katherine Mary Mitchell and Michael Eugene Kilduff, seven Grandchildren and one great-grandchild. A memorial service will be held on Friday, August 19th at 10:30 A.M. at Mt. Zion Methodist Church located at 1643 Churchville Road Bel Air, Maryland, 21015.