Cicero

On Saturday November 12, 2005 LOUIS N. CICERO, 92, of Bowie, MD, beloved husband of Lucille M. Cicero, father of Joan (Robert) Hamilton and Jeannette (Anthony) Mastromarino, he is also survived by 6 grandchildren, Christopher, Patrick and Carey Hamilton, Lisa Strother, James Jr, and Christine Davies, 5 great-grandchildren, Ashley and Alexa Hamilton, Caleigh, Lucy and Jeffrey Strother, siblings Joseph Cicero, Rose Marie Matassa and Salvatore Cicero and many other relatives and friends. Family and friends may call the Beall Funeral Home, 6512 Crain Hwy (Rt 3 South)

Joseph John Cicero Sr., former owner of Globe Poster, the Highlandtown printing company whose posters of such soul music legends as James Brown, Otis Redding and Solomon Burke are highly sought after by collectors and museums, died Tuesday of complications from diabetes at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. He was 91. Mr. Cicero was born in Baltimore and raised on Montgomery Street. After graduating from Southern High School, he worked briefly as a butcher before taking a job at Globe Poster, which was then located at 113 Hanover St. The company that specialized in printing vaudeville, movie, burlesque and carnival posters had been founded in 1929 by Norman Goldstein and Harry Shapiro during a card game in Philadelphia, and after consulting a map, the partners decided to build their printing plant in Baltimore.

Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician, by Anthony Everitt. Random House, 359 pages, $25.95 British scholar Anthony Everitt is acutely aware that thousands of books and articles have been written about the 2000-year-old Roman named Marcus Tullius Cicero. So why did Everitt choose to spend years of his life adding to the voluminous literature about the philosopher politician? Two reasons. First, Everitt says, "I believe that each generation should have a chance to see a giant figure of the past from the perspective of its own time and circumstances."

Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome Robert Harris Simon & Schuster / 310 pages / $26 The mark of a superior historical novel is not always an erudite rendering of the recorded past, but what the author imagines could have happened within the framework of the known. Put in other words, it is the "what if" factor that often makes for a compelling story, a skill that has been mastered by the British novelist Robert Harris, a onetime correspondent for the BBC and a former political columnist for the London Sunday Times and Daily Telegraph.

THE high-school flavor of the Washington news was more than the spirit could bear, so I took Rome off the shelf. Not always admirable, those Romans, but they wrote a muscular prose far more bracing than the wheezing, whining, hyper-inflated, empty-headed, tongue-twisting, death's-door English of Washington.Here is Cicero, for instance, reminding us that "lustful pleasures . . . cloud a man's judgment, obstruct his reasoning capacity and blind his intelligence."If this seems pertinent just now, it is probably because the press seems about to embark on yet another earnest-Puritan exploration of Bill Clinton's pre-presidential sex life.

Joseph A. Cicero, a former executive with Maryland and Virginia banks, has been appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer for Baltimore Bancorp and its chief subsidiary, the Bank of Baltimore.He is the latest in a series of appointments at the bank following the takeover in September by Edwin F. Hale Sr. and a group of dissident shareholders in a bitter proxy fight. Mr. Hale is the owner of trucking and shipping operations and the Baltimore Blast, an indoor soccer team.

The Al Cesky Scholarship Awards banquet annually showcases some of Harford County's finest high school seniors who rank among the best in the classroom and the athletic arena.This year's winners of $5,000 scholarships -- Laurie Cicero of Fallston High School and Alfred McAllister of Edgewood High School -- come from backgrounds that perhaps make their accomplishments more meaningful.Cicero's parents immigrated to the United States from Sicily, and Italian is the language in her home. Still, with English as almost a second language in her early school years, Cicero made the distinguished honor roll every quarter in high school, finishing with only one grade lower than an A. She attained the No. 2 rank in her class.

Frank J. Cicero, a retired housing inspector and member of the Maryland Boxing Hall of Fame, died Thursday at St. Joseph Hospital of cancer. The Baltimore native was 77.A mass of Christian burial for Mr. Cicero was being offered today at Immaculate Heart of Mary Roman Catholic Church, 8501 Loch Raven Blvd.He won the amateur featherweight boxing championship for thetri-state area of Maryland, Delaware and Virginia in 1932 and boxed professionally in Maryland for about three years. He was named to the state's boxing Hall of Fame in 1976.

Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome Robert Harris Simon & Schuster / 310 pages / $26 The mark of a superior historical novel is not always an erudite rendering of the recorded past, but what the author imagines could have happened within the framework of the known. Put in other words, it is the "what if" factor that often makes for a compelling story, a skill that has been mastered by the British novelist Robert Harris, a onetime correspondent for the BBC and a former political columnist for the London Sunday Times and Daily Telegraph.

Robby Cicero Robinson, a teacher who prepared students in Anne Arundel County for careers in business, died Wednesday of pneumonia at his home in Baltimore. He was 45.Mr. Robinson took an early retirement because of illness last year from Arundel High School, where he had taught business education for 10 years. Before that, he taught at Andover, Meade, Glen Burnie and Old Mill senior highs.He worked a total of 24 years at the four schools, teaching computer science, typing and calculating skills.

On July 8, 2006 MARY A. BALDWIN, beloved wife of the late Cicero Baldwin and lifetime friend of the late Eugene Williams departed this life after a short illness. Mary's memory will be cherished by many neighbors, relatives and friends. The family will receive visitors at the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST INC., 4300 Wabash Avenue on Wednesday after 8:30 A.M. The Homegoing Service will be held at 10:30 A.M. Thursday, July 13, 2006 at Eastern United Methodist Church, 1229 E. North Avenue, Baltimore, MD. In lieu of flowers please forward donations in her memory to Heartland Hospice of Baltimore, 4805 Benson Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21227.

On Saturday November 12, 2005 LOUIS N. CICERO, 92, of Bowie, MD, beloved husband of Lucille M. Cicero, father of Joan (Robert) Hamilton and Jeannette (Anthony) Mastromarino, he is also survived by 6 grandchildren, Christopher, Patrick and Carey Hamilton, Lisa Strother, James Jr, and Christine Davies, 5 great-grandchildren, Ashley and Alexa Hamilton, Caleigh, Lucy and Jeffrey Strother, siblings Joseph Cicero, Rose Marie Matassa and Salvatore Cicero and many other relatives and friends. Family and friends may call the Beall Funeral Home, 6512 Crain Hwy (Rt 3 South)

On October 31, 2005, CARMELLO G., also known as "Tommy", "Uncle Mello" and "Bad Luck". Beloved husband of the late Frances Saia Liberto; devoted father of Marian T. Cicero and Jo Ann Liberto Young; loving grandfather of Roman C. Young, Chiara F. Kirby and Mark D. Cicero; adored great grandfather of Declan F. Kirby. He was cared for with love and devotion by Claudia Alarcon Polo during the last year of his life. He was predeceased in death by his brothers and sisters, Joe "Timmy U", Katie, Frank "Nellie", Rosa, John "Skip" and Peter "Worm", and his parents Salvatore Liberto and Marinina Di Vincenco Liberto.

First Mariner Bancorp said yesterday that it has agreed to buy its headquarters building in Canton for $20 million from Edwin F. Hale Sr., the banking company's chairman, chief executive and largest stockholder. The sale of the building, which is expected to be completed in the first quarter, was approved unanimously by First Mariner's group of 14 independent directors, said Joseph A. Cicero, president of First Mariner. "It is a good transaction. I can't say that strong enough," Cicero said.

On December 19, 2003, JOSEPHINE A. SMITH of Bel Air, MD, beloved wife of the late Eugene F. Smith, devoted mother of Dennis E. Smith, Barbara J. Fiore and Sharon S. Waters, loving sister of Leonard Cicero and Annette Cicero. Also survived by seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. A Mass of Christian burial will be held in St. Ignatius Catholic Church, Hickory, MD, on Monday, December 22, 2003 at 10 A.M. Interment will be in Parkwood Cemetery, Baltimore, MD. Friends may call at the family owned McComas Funeral Home, P.A., Bel Air, MD on Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. Those who desire may contribute to Northern Chesapeake Hospice, 229 E. Main Street, Elkton, MD 21921.

Gladys Ann Sims, a retired educator, died of pneumonia Nov. 1 at the Mariner Health of Catonsville. The former Walbrook resident was 92. Born in Baltimore and raised on Druid Hill Avenue, she was a 1927 graduate of Frederick Douglass High School and earned a history degree from Howard University in 1931. She also studied at New York University. In 1938, she married Cicero Hill Sims, a contractor, who died in 1957. Mrs. Sims taught English and other subjects at Douglass High School, the old Harvey Johnson Junior High at Hill and Sharp streets and the old Jane Addams School at Calvert and 23rd streets before her retirement about 25 years ago. She traveled widely.

First Mariner Bancorp reached into its founder's past yesterday to find a new president and tapped former Bank of Baltimore executive Joseph L. Cicero to take the No. 2 job at the 18-month-old Baltimore community bank.At First Mariner, Cicero will be president and chief operating officer of the holding company and chief operating officer of First Mariner Bank, its main subsidiary. George Mantakos will remain president of the bank and a director of the holding company.Cicero became chief financial officer of Baltimore Bancorp, which owned the Bank of Baltimore, after Edwin F. Hale ousted the company's former management in a bitter proxy contest.

Rosario "Sol" Cicero, a Baltimore barber to an era of public officials, died Thursday of a heart ailment and pneumonia at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. He was 105. He cut hair for 70 years in the heart of the city for a clientele that included downtown businessmen and lawyers, governors and even prizefighters, until he retired in 1980. His customer roster read like a who's who of the officials at the time -- including Mayor and Gov. Theodore R. McKeldin, Rep. Edward A. Garmatz, Govs.

On November 1, 2003 GLADYSFITZGERALD, beloved wife of the late Cicero H. Sims Sr. She is survived by one daughter Anne S. Richardson, otherrelatives and friends. Memorial Services will be held on Saturday 10 a.m. at Provident Baptist Church, 1401 Pennsylvania Ave. In lieu of flowers, contributions appreciated in her memory to the Provident Baptist Church Bus Ministry.

Rosario "Sol" Cicero, a Baltimore barber to an era of public officials, died Thursday of a heart ailment and pneumonia at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. He was 105. He cut hair for 70 years in the heart of the city for a clientele that included downtown businessmen and lawyers, governors and even prizefighters, until he retired in 1980. His customer roster read like a who's who of the officials at the time -- including Mayor and Gov. Theodore R. McKeldin, Rep. Edward A. Garmatz, Govs.