Darrah

On February 1, 2008, DANIEL B. DARRAH of Glen Burnie; beloved husband of 25 years to Angela Darrah; loving father of Mark Darrah and his wife Lisa, Jude Darrah and Adam Darrah; dear grandfather of Luke and Madison Darrah. The family will receive visitors at the Singleton Funeral and Cremations Services, 1 2nd Avenue, S.W. (Crain Hwy) Glen Burnie, from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m on Tuesday and 3 to 5 and 7 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday. A Funeral Mass will be held on Wednesday, at 8 p.m. in the Funeral Home Chapel.

On February 1, 2008, DANIEL B. DARRAH of Glen Burnie; beloved husband of 25 years to Angela Darrah; loving father of Mark Darrah and his wife Lisa, Jude Darrah and Adam Darrah; dear grandfather of Luke and Madison Darrah. The family will receive visitors at the Singleton Funeral and Cremations Services, 1 2nd Avenue, S.W. (Crain Hwy) Glen Burnie, from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m on Tuesday and 3 to 5 and 7 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday. A Funeral Mass will be held on Wednesday, at 8 p.m. in the Funeral Home Chapel.

On October 1, 2005, DONALD D. DARRAH, SR.; beloved husband of Nancy K. Darrah (nee Kimberly); loving father of Donald David Darrah, Jr., Katharine D. Craig and Richard Leonard Darrah. Also survived by four grandchildren. The family will receive friends in the LEMMON FUNERAL HOME OF DULANEY VALLEY, INC., 10 W. Padonia Road (at York Road), Timonium-Cockeysville, on Tuesday, 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Interment private. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be directed in Mr. Darrah's name to Meals on Wheels of Central Maryland, Inc., 515 S. Haven Street, Baltimore, MD 21224 or Friends of the Towson Library, 320 York Road, Towson, MD 21204.

The marriage of Miss Kristen Kimberly Friz, daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Dale L. Craig, granddaughter of Nancy Darrah and the late Donald Darrah, to Mr. Nathan Scott Drescher, son of Mr. and Mrs. Adam J. Drescher, took place on October 21, 2006 at St. John's Lutheran Church, Sweet Air. The Reverend John Seltzer officiated. The bride was escorted by her stepfather and given in marriage by her parents. Stacey Forbes was the matron of honor. Bridesmaids were Pamela Craig, cousin of the bride, Nicole Stockett, Nikki Snyder, and Gwenn Crupi.

Donald David Darrah Sr., a retired mechanic and volunteer, died of vascular disease Saturday at Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care. The Timonium resident was 81. Mr. Darrah was born in Baltimore and raised on Cottage Avenue. He attended Forest Park High School and graduated in 1933 from Franklin Day School at the old downtown YMCA. During the 1930s, Mr. Darrah sold coal and wood ranges and later was an expediter for Bartlett-Hayward Co. before joining the Navy in 1942. He served in the Pacific as chief petty officer aboard the aircraft carrier USS Santee.

Richard Arthur Darrah, a retired fund-raiser and longtime volunteer with the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Maryland who acquired an extensive collection of first-class memorial stamps, died Wednesday of a rare form of skin cancer at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium. He was 69. Mr. Darrah had lived in Hamilton for the past 26 years. He was named volunteer of the year by the ACLU Foundation of Maryland in 1997, at which time he was praised for his work as an adviser to the executive director and director of planned giving.

On November 22, 2005, RICHARD J., beloved husband of Margaret Sienkiewicz, dear father of Donna Lee Darrah and James E. Sienkiewicz, Sr., father-in-law of Robert Darrah and Heather Sienkiewicz, grandfather of Christopher and his wife Amanda, and Marc Darrah and James E. Sienkiewicz, Jr., great-grandfather of Christopher Darrah, Jr. Prayers at Kaczorowski Funeral Home, P.A., 1201 Dundalk Avenue on Saturday at 10 A.M. Interment Holy Rosary Cemetery....

On Monday, January 24, 2005, CAROL ANNE "Cat" TOMISON, age 55, of Silver Beach, VA. A native of London, England, beloved daughter of Irene Lawson Tomison and the late Charles Tomison of West York, England. Loving mother of Julie Mc Manus of Yorkshire, England, Mark Darrah and wife Lisa of Centreville, MD., Jude Darrah of Glen Burnie, MD. and Adam Darrah of Baltimore, MD. Sister of Elaine Margaret Tomison of England and Michael John Tomison of England. She is also survived by six grandchildren.

In Baltimore CityDarrah drops from mayoral race, endorses O'MalleyDemocratic mayoral candidate Richard A. Darrah said yesterday he has withdrawn from the race and is supporting City Councilman Martin O'Malley's bid to become the city's 47th mayor.Darrah said O'Malley "fully grasps the range of problems facing Baltimore" and his candidacy has gained credibility because of strong support from such state lawmakers as Del. Howard P. "Pete" Rawlings and Sen. Barbara A. Hoffman.Although Darrah is not actively running for mayor, it is too late to remove his name from the Sept.

The moon played hide-and-seek above the eerie shadows cast by drifting clouds. Black Aggie's eyes, deep-set under her cowl, glowed hot and red; her spectral hand beckoned the cowering figures. Most fled, screaming. But others, more daring, remained -- and died in her icy embrace.Or so legend has it.Chains rattled and shrieks rent the air on the wooded hilltop near Reisterstown. A shadowy figure swayed in the moonlight. John Berry, hanged for murder in 1752 and left to rot, was bemoaning his fate.

On November 22, 2005, RICHARD J., beloved husband of Margaret Sienkiewicz, dear father of Donna Lee Darrah and James E. Sienkiewicz, Sr., father-in-law of Robert Darrah and Heather Sienkiewicz, grandfather of Christopher and his wife Amanda, and Marc Darrah and James E. Sienkiewicz, Jr., great-grandfather of Christopher Darrah, Jr. Prayers at Kaczorowski Funeral Home, P.A., 1201 Dundalk Avenue on Saturday at 10 A.M. Interment Holy Rosary Cemetery....

Donald David Darrah Sr., a retired mechanic and volunteer, died of vascular disease Saturday at Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care. The Timonium resident was 81. Mr. Darrah was born in Baltimore and raised on Cottage Avenue. He attended Forest Park High School and graduated in 1933 from Franklin Day School at the old downtown YMCA. During the 1930s, Mr. Darrah sold coal and wood ranges and later was an expediter for Bartlett-Hayward Co. before joining the Navy in 1942. He served in the Pacific as chief petty officer aboard the aircraft carrier USS Santee.

On October 1, 2005, DONALD D. DARRAH, SR.; beloved husband of Nancy K. Darrah (nee Kimberly); loving father of Donald David Darrah, Jr., Katharine D. Craig and Richard Leonard Darrah. Also survived by four grandchildren. The family will receive friends in the LEMMON FUNERAL HOME OF DULANEY VALLEY, INC., 10 W. Padonia Road (at York Road), Timonium-Cockeysville, on Tuesday, 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Interment private. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be directed in Mr. Darrah's name to Meals on Wheels of Central Maryland, Inc., 515 S. Haven Street, Baltimore, MD 21224 or Friends of the Towson Library, 320 York Road, Towson, MD 21204.

On Monday, January 24, 2005, CAROL ANNE "Cat" TOMISON, age 55, of Silver Beach, VA. A native of London, England, beloved daughter of Irene Lawson Tomison and the late Charles Tomison of West York, England. Loving mother of Julie Mc Manus of Yorkshire, England, Mark Darrah and wife Lisa of Centreville, MD., Jude Darrah of Glen Burnie, MD. and Adam Darrah of Baltimore, MD. Sister of Elaine Margaret Tomison of England and Michael John Tomison of England. She is also survived by six grandchildren.

Richard Arthur Darrah, a retired fund-raiser and longtime volunteer with the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Maryland who acquired an extensive collection of first-class memorial stamps, died Wednesday of a rare form of skin cancer at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium. He was 69. Mr. Darrah had lived in Hamilton for the past 26 years. He was named volunteer of the year by the ACLU Foundation of Maryland in 1997, at which time he was praised for his work as an adviser to the executive director and director of planned giving.

In Baltimore CityDarrah drops from mayoral race, endorses O'MalleyDemocratic mayoral candidate Richard A. Darrah said yesterday he has withdrawn from the race and is supporting City Councilman Martin O'Malley's bid to become the city's 47th mayor.Darrah said O'Malley "fully grasps the range of problems facing Baltimore" and his candidacy has gained credibility because of strong support from such state lawmakers as Del. Howard P. "Pete" Rawlings and Sen. Barbara A. Hoffman.Although Darrah is not actively running for mayor, it is too late to remove his name from the Sept.

The marriage of Miss Kristen Kimberly Friz, daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Dale L. Craig, granddaughter of Nancy Darrah and the late Donald Darrah, to Mr. Nathan Scott Drescher, son of Mr. and Mrs. Adam J. Drescher, took place on October 21, 2006 at St. John's Lutheran Church, Sweet Air. The Reverend John Seltzer officiated. The bride was escorted by her stepfather and given in marriage by her parents. Stacey Forbes was the matron of honor. Bridesmaids were Pamela Craig, cousin of the bride, Nicole Stockett, Nikki Snyder, and Gwenn Crupi.

CAITLIN O'Connell draws on her mother's shared memories of life on Nebraska farm land to give dimension to her character of Alexandra Bergson in "O Pioneers!" currently at Center Stage.The play, a drama with music adapted by Darrah Cloud with music by Kim D. Sherman, recounts Willa Cather's novel about a young Swedish immigrant who inherits her father's failing Nebraska farm and becomes the head of the family. Through great physical hardships and at the sacrifice of her dreams, Alexandra wrenches a prosperous life from the dusty earth of the prairie.

The moon played hide-and-seek above the eerie shadows cast by drifting clouds. Black Aggie's eyes, deep-set under her cowl, glowed hot and red; her spectral hand beckoned the cowering figures. Most fled, screaming. But others, more daring, remained -- and died in her icy embrace.Or so legend has it.Chains rattled and shrieks rent the air on the wooded hilltop near Reisterstown. A shadowy figure swayed in the moonlight. John Berry, hanged for murder in 1752 and left to rot, was bemoaning his fate.