Corkran

On November 12, 2007 MARGARET CORKRAN (nee Truszkowski), devoted wife of the late Raymond Corkran, beloved mother of Raymond Corkran, Jr. and his wife Phyllis and Jo Ann and Lois Corkran, loving grandmother of Raymond Corkran III and Harry Ray and Alec Ezratty. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church, 1704 Eastern Ave. on Friday at 11 A.M. Visiting hours Thursday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. at Connelly Funeral Home of Essex, 300 Mace Ave. Interment at Sacred Heart of Jesus Cemetery.

Students at Corkran Middle School in Anne Arundel County had quite the exercise routine Tuesday. They ran agility drills on their school field with Baltimore Ravens center Matt Birk. They stretched with Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo. They high-fived Gov. Martin O'Malley. And they heard repeatedly from some of their sports heroes that they should get out from in front of the computer and TV and get some exercise. Shannon Thomas, an eighth-grade student, bounced excitedly as she watched her classmates run and jump.

On February 22, 2005, MICHAEL FRANCIS CORKRAN, beloved husband of Daria Corkran (nee Hudak); devoted father of Lisa and Mary Corkran and Michael Konarski; dear brother of Connor L. Corkran, Jr., Timothy and Anne Brown and the late Noel Corkran and Patricia Staub; loving grandfather of Benjamin, Cheslea and Lauren. Also survived by many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews. Relatives and friends may gather at Bradley-Ashton-Matthews Funeral Home, Inc., 2134 Willow Spring Road, Baltimore, MD 21222 on Thursday and Friday, 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M., where funeral service will be held Saturday, 10 A.M. Interment St. Andrew Russian Orthodox Cemetery.

Shane Severe, an incoming sixth-grader at Corkran Middle School, had the usual misgivings of a new student when classes started Monday. How would he find the right classroom and read his schedule? Would he be able to make new friends? Whom could he ask for help? "I was really nervous because I thought I wouldn't understand anything," Shane said. But after orientation with his eighth-grade mentors, he felt relief. "I know they're going to help me out when I need help," Shane said. The Anne Arundel County School System starts sixth-graders a day before their older middle school classmates so they can get used to their new environs, but Corkran is one of the few that offers its students a mentoring program similar to those offered in high schools.

On Monday, July 25, 2005, WILLIAM H. CORKRAN JR., of Trappe, MD, beloved husband of Lucile Pierce Corkran, devoted father of Beverly Corkran Edgell and her husband, W.B. Edgell, Sharon Lynn Corkran and Kimberly Carol Corkran. Also survived by three grandchildren, Michael Colin Edgell and his wife, Jennifer Nicosia Edgell, Trevor Barlett Newcomb and his wife Lee Lynch Newcomb, and Tenley Baker Newcomb; and two great-grandchildren, Gardner Pierce Edgell and William Baker Newcomb. A memorial service will be held on Thursday, August 4, 2005, at 12 noon at St. Mark's United Methodist Church, 100 Peachblossom Road, Easton, MD. Memorial donations may be made to a charity of your choice or the Nantucket Historical Association.

On February 20, 2004 DAVID C. CORKRAN, SR.; loving father of David and his wife Niki, Jeffrey and his wife Cindy and Scott Corkran and his wife Valerie; one sister Anita Rosetti; cherished grandfather of Alicia and Mike Schwartzbeck, Shane and Jessica Cress, Joshua Corkran, Laura Beth Corkran, Riley James and Wesley Scott Corkran. Relatives and friends are invited to call Loring Byers Funeral Directors, Inc., 8728 Liberty Road (2 miles west of beltway exit 18B), on Monday, February 23, 2004 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. Funeral Services will be held at the funeral home on Tuesday, February 24, 2004 at 10 A.M. Interment to follow at Parkwood Cemetery.

A team of Corkran Middle School students who took first place at a regional Odyssey of the Mind competition are looking for a repeat performance at the state finals Saturday in Catonsville.Odyssey of the Mind, an annual competition designed to teach children how to think creatively and solve problems, is open to students from kindergarten through college. Middle school students had to pick from a list of five problems.Corkran's students chose "The Mail Must Go Through" and designed a working, all-wood mail sorter.

Instead of building a controversial $3.1 million bypass near Corkran Middle School in Glen Burnie, the county should reroute traffic by making part of Thelma Avenue and Old Stage Road one way, a task force has advised County Executive Robert R. Neall.The county has put on hold a 20-year-old plan Mr. Neall had dusted off to build the bypass starting in 1996. However, with many Brookfield-area residents livid and the county facing a budget crunch, Mr. Neall in February named about a dozen community residents to a panel to re-examine the area's traffic problems and possible solutions.

Democrat Rich Corkran hopes his idealism and energy will put him in the Maryland State Senate, but the numbers in South Carroll's District 9 could tell another story. Just over half of the registered Carroll County voters in District 9 are Republicans; about one-third are Democrats. Republicans also outnumber Democrats on the Howard County side of the state Senate district. "I'm optimistic, otherwise I would have dropped out," said Corkran, a 59-year-old high school teacher from Ellicott City.

Grover C. "Peanut" Corkran III of Preston, who died alone on the water Sunday afternoon as a violent thunderstorm moved through Dorchester County, had been an avid boater for more than 10 years."

Even after hearing about the long hours, low pay and emotional highs and lows of being a school board member, Faenita Dilworth was not discouraged. The Columbia resident, whose children are in high school and college, still plans to run. "I just looked at the complexion and diversity of the board, and thought I had something to offer," she said. Dilworth and more than 20 others, including former state Del. Neil F. Quinter, heard about the responsibilities and realities of school board membership during a two-hour-plus workshop Tuesday run by Diane Mikulis, the school board chairman, and board member Sandra H. French.

On November 12, 2007 MARGARET CORKRAN (nee Truszkowski), devoted wife of the late Raymond Corkran, beloved mother of Raymond Corkran, Jr. and his wife Phyllis and Jo Ann and Lois Corkran, loving grandmother of Raymond Corkran III and Harry Ray and Alec Ezratty. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church, 1704 Eastern Ave. on Friday at 11 A.M. Visiting hours Thursday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. at Connelly Funeral Home of Essex, 300 Mace Ave. Interment at Sacred Heart of Jesus Cemetery.

JOHN "Jack" H. NUSSLE, Sr., age 57 of Joppa, MD, died on July 14, 2007, at St. Joseph Medical Center, Towson, MD. Beloved son of Pearl Marie Hoxter Nussle and the late William Henry Nussle. Mr. Nussle is survived by his wife of 35 years, Frances Harrington Nussle of Joppa, MD; a son, John H. Nussle Jr., of Joppa, MD; two daughters, Tracey J. Corkran and her husband, Matthew of Joppa, MD, and Bridget C. Nussle of Bel Air, MD; and one grandson, Matthew W. Corkran, Jr., of Joppa, MD. Friends may call at the McComas Funeral Home, P.A., Abingdon, MD, on Wednesday, July 18, 2007 from 3-5 and 7-9 P.M. Services will be held at St. Mark Catholic Church, Fallston, MD, on Thursday, July 19, 2007 at 10 A.M., with Rev. Edward B. Hemler officiating.

Two pairs of Anne Arundel County middle schools are planning to combine classes for students learning English to meet the needs of a growing population of immigrants. In what school officials are calling the county's first "clusters" for students in the English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) program, Marley Middle students in Glen Burnie could be bused across town to Corkran Middle as early as this fall to take the classes together. Fort Meade's MacArthur Middle School would take in students from nearby Meade Middle School.

Democrat Rich Corkran hopes his idealism and energy will put him in the Maryland State Senate, but the numbers in South Carroll's District 9 could tell another story. Just over half of the registered Carroll County voters in District 9 are Republicans; about one-third are Democrats. Republicans also outnumber Democrats on the Howard County side of the state Senate district. "I'm optimistic, otherwise I would have dropped out," said Corkran, a 59-year-old high school teacher from Ellicott City.

Democrats Rich Corkran and David Osmundson hope their idealism and energy will put them in the Maryland General Assembly, but the numbers in District 9 could tell another story. Republicans outnumber Democrats in District 9, which shares a portion of the state Senate district with Carroll County. Corkran is running for state Senate, and Osmundson is eyeing a seat in the House of Delegates. "I'm optimistic, otherwise I would have dropped out," said Corkran, a 59-year-old high school teacher from Ellicott City.

On August 10, 2003 PATRICIA ANN (nee Corkran) STAUB beloved mother of Michael and Yvette Staub of Pembroke Pines, FL, Sherri Lynn Schoppert of Baltimore and Nancy Patricia Jewell of Newport Richey, FL; devoted grandmother of Heather Lynn and Erik Glenn Hornback, Kevin D. Jewell and the late Paul M. Hornback; loving aunt of special niece Annie C. Brown; loving step-grandmother of Dava and Danielle Hankerson; dear sister of Tim and Virginia Corkran of...

Some residents of County Council District B, which encompasses the Fallston area, might find themselves shifted into new voting districtscome election time in 1994.That's just one of the proposed changes a five-member Harford County Redistricting Commission is considering as it tries to ensure equal population representation in the six County Council districts."The main thing voters should care about is that their vote should have the same weight as someone else's vote," said commission member Glenn A. Brown.

On July 2, 2006, CHARLENE SCHUMCHYK (nee Hackett). Beloved wife of the late Michael Joseph Schumchyk; devoted mother of C. Diane Levin and her husband Sheldon, Michael Ann Kahoe and her husband William and Kimberly Ann Corkran; mother-in-law of Milton Corkran; loving grandmother of Jennifer Corkran, Lexi Levin and Christopher Brown. Friends may call at the CVACH/ROSEDALE FUNERAL HOME, 1211 Chesaco Avenue, on Wednesday, 3 to 5 and 7 to 9pm. Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated Thursday, 9:30am, St. Clement Catholic Church.

On September 26, 2005, ELSIE LEE LAWYER (nee Corkran) beloved wife of the late Charles F. Lawyer; mother of Barbara A. Williams, Charles C., John E., James P., and Thomas M. Lawyer, Mary L. Whitson, Joyce M. Mazur, William P. and Joseph M. Lawyer; also survived by 22 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandson, and one nephew Donald Corkran. Friends may call at ELINE FUNERAL HOME, 11824 Reisterstown Road (at Franklin Blvd.) on Wednesday 7 to 9 P.M. and Thursday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Prayer Vigil on Thursday 3:30 P.M. Mass of Christian Burial on Friday at 10 A.M. at Sacred Heart Church, Glyndon, 65 Sacred Heart Lane, Glyndon, MD, 21071.