Edgemere

On January 15, 2005, REV. FREDERICK B. BENNETT; beloved husband of Jean L. (nee Mullaney) and the late Mary J. Bennett; devoted father of Carolyn J. Konarski, Mary E. Hensley, Roger K. Bennett, Sandra K. Heller, Jeffrey L. Bennett, Denise M. Alderman, Brenda S. Curlee and the late Bernard L. Bennett; step-father of Charlene K. Marks and Brenda L. Comer. Also survived by seventeen grandchildren, four great grandchildren and many loving family members. Visiting at the Connelly Funeral Home of Essex, 300 Mace Avenue, Tuesday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Funeral Services at the Edgemere Church of God, 7417 Ellen Avenue, Edgemere, MD 21219 on Wednesday 11 A.M. Interment Holly Hill Cemetery.

A fire last night aboard the Danish freighter Adrian Maersk, which was undergoing repairs at the Sparrows Point shipyard, is being investigated by county fire officials and shipyard police.The fire reportedly broke out about 10 p.m. while the ship was in dry-dock at the north ship yard near Warehouse Road and workmen were either removing paint or painting a section of the ship.The cause of the fire and the extent of damage was not available.Reports that two workmen were made ill by paint fumes carried by the smoke and heat could not be confirmed.

On August 12, 2007, AUDREY ELEANOR (nee Krouse); loving wife of the late Charles O. Weinreich (Deputy Chief of Baltimore County Fire Dept., Ret.) loving mother of Linda L. Mueller and the late Dolores E. Weinreich; cherished grandmother of Vincent and Jeffrey McCall, Tania Cline and Louis Mueller and dear great-grandmother of Daniel, Charlie, Sara, Kelsey, Andrew and Claudia. Funeral Service will be held at the family owned Duda-Ruck Funeral Home of Dundalk Inc., 7922 Wise Avenue, Thursday, 11 A.M. Interment Oaklawn Cemetery.

On August 6, 2003, KENNETH M. HALL SR., beloved husband of Goldie G. (nee Smith), devoted father of Kenneth M. Hall Jr., and his wife Linda, and the late John D. Hall Sr., dear brother of Shirley Diehl and Jack Edwards. Also survived by five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren, and many other relatives and friends. Funeral Services will be held at the family owned Duda-Ruck Funeral Home of Dundalk, Inc., 7922 Wise Avenue, on Saturday at 10 A.M. Interment Holly Hill Memorial Gardens.

On May 21, 2005, WARDELL; beloved father of Steven R. Weddington, Jeniece Nelson, Vicki Hathaway and Timothy A. Weddington. Also survived by five grandchildren; one sister, Emmer Rich; two brothers, Arthur Weddington and Nathaniel Covington and a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives. Friends may visit on Tuesday 3 to 8 P.M. at Shiloh Baptist Church of Edgemere. On Wednesday the family will receive friends 10 to 10:30 followed by services. Interment Arbutus Memorial Park.

Congress' full-throated adulation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was an embarrassment and made me fret for the future of our nation ("Congress lauds Israeli leader", May 25). Bloody and expensive foreign misadventures stemming from our uncritical support of an ethno-religious state bent on expansion and control are bound to follow. John G. Bailey, Edgemere

George H. Ament, a retired steel worker and a lifelong sports fan who coached youngsters on area football fields and baseball diamonds, died of a heart attack May 17 at his Edgemere home. He was 94.An original Baltimore Colts season-ticket holder, he never missed a home game -- he also attending the team's 1958 sudden-death championship in New York -- and could be found in the stands at baseball, basketball and hockey games.Mr. Ament also was a fixture at Sparrows Point High School games.

On May 3, 2009, DARRELL A. MERRITT. On Friday, friends may call Vaughn C. Greene Funeral Services (East), 4905 York Road, where the family will receive friends from 4 to 8 PM. On Saturday, Mr. Merritt will lie in state at Shiloh Baptist Church of Edgemere, 2500 Sycamore Avenue, where the family will receive friends from 10:30 to 11 AM with services to follow. Inquiries to (410)433-7500.

Baltimore West side Man, 40, swallows bag of drugs, dies A 40-year-old man who was being pursued by police suffocated after swallowing a bag of drugs Friday afternoon, a police spokesman said. Officers were attempting to arrest Darryl Jackson in the 500 block of N. Payson St. when he fled on foot, said Detective Donny Moses, a police spokesman. Officers said they observed Jackson, who lived in the same block, place a plastic bag in his mouth. He ran a little further before collapsing, Moses said.

Karen Francis Alchin, 54, known as 'Bible study lady'Karen Francis Alchin, known as the "Bible study lady" to many people in Baltimore County's Edgemere and Dundalk communities because of her devout religious beliefs, died Sunday of cancer at Franklin Square Hospital. She was 54.1995 PHOTO She was ordained a minister for the Jehovah's Witnesses in 1984, led Bible classes in her community and frequently carried on long conversations about God with friends. A native of Allegany County, she moved to the Baltimore area as a child and graduated from Southern High School in 1960.