Falk

• Married to Janice; the couple has three sons and two grandchildren • Became Howard County Youth Hockey Club coach, 1988 • Served on th HCYHC Board of Directors, 1992-2006; treasurer, 1992-2006; president and treasurer, 1998-2002 • HCYHC team manager, travel coordinator and club registrar • Oversaw Eastern Regional Silver Stick Tournament, which draws more than 60 teams to the area each Thanksgiving • Oversaw funding...

• Married to Janice; the couple has three sons and two grandchildren • Became Howard County Youth Hockey Club coach, 1988 • Served on th HCYHC Board of Directors, 1992-2006; treasurer, 1992-2006; president and treasurer, 1998-2002 • HCYHC team manager, travel coordinator and club registrar • Oversaw Eastern Regional Silver Stick Tournament, which draws more than 60 teams to the area each Thanksgiving • Oversaw funding...

On November 7, 2007, LILLIAN FALK (nee Wolonouski); beloved wife of William Falk; devoted mother of John Falk; dear sister of Mary Ann Stash and Alice Spotts. Also survived by many nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends at the family owned Ruck Towson Funeral Home, Inc., 1050 York Road (beltway exit 26) on Sunday from 4 to 7 P.M. A memorial mass will be celebrated in the Church of the Nativity on Monday at 10 A.M.

Peter Falk had a fine career on the stage and in feature films. His crazed comic performance in "The In-Laws" alone would guarantee a major appreciation from film critics and scholars. But it is his network television work in the 1970s as a modest, sly, stub-of-a-cigar-smoking detective in a well-worn wreck of a trench coat for which he will be fondly remembered and celebrated for years to come. Falk, who died at his Beverly Hills home Thursday at age 83, gave life to a fictional detective named Lt. Columbo who was and is one of the only American crime solving characters who can rival the best in British detective fiction.

On Thursday, December 18, 2008, ELLIOTT G. FALK. Beloved husband of Esther (Kristman) Falk. Loving father of David A. (Michele) Falk of East Brunswick, NJ and Joshua M. Falk of Pittsburgh. Brother of Birdie (Sylvan) Hack of Baltimore, MD, Hannah (Rolf) Burke of Chevy Chase, MD, Felix (Pearl) Falk of Jerusalem, Israel and the late Miriam Biderman. Contributions may be made to the charity of your choice.

On Saturday, February 7, 2004, JEROME L. FALK; beloved father of Betty Jontiff, of Owings Mills, MD, Susanne Falk, of Baltimore, MD and Joseph Falk, of Reisterstown, MD; dear father-in-law of Mark Jontiff; adored brother of the late Dr. Melvin D. Falk and Thelma Hackett; loving grandfather of Dena, Paula and Jamie-Lee Jontiff and Daniel and Jonathan Falk; longtime friend of Shirley Falk. Services at SOL LEVINSON & BROS., INC., 8900 Reisterstown Road at Mt. Wilson Lane, on Monday, February 9, at 11 A.M. Interment at Greater Baltimore Lodge Cemetery, 6700 Bowley Lane.

On January 26, 2004, DR. MELVIN D. FALK, beloved husband of Jeanette E. Falk (nee Rothstein); loving father of Dr. Resa Lynn Johnson, of Weaverville, NC, Beth Linda Berman, of Lutherville, MD, and Dr. Stewart J. Falk, of Owings Mills, MD; dear father-in-law of Ellen Falk and Dr. Jim Johnson; adored brother of Jerome Falk and the late Thelma Regina Hackett; loving grandfather of Tara A., David A. and Arik M. Johnson, and Elina R. and Jessica E. Berman, and...

On January 21, 2009, IRENE C. FALK (nee Guice); beloved wife of the late Pastmaster Paul C. Falk of Howard Lodge #101; loving mother of Paul R. Falk and wife Lynn C., Lee C. Falk and wife Norma J.; cherished grand- mother of nine; great-grandmother of 20; and great-great-grandmother of three. Also survived by numerous family members, friends, nieces and nephews. Family members and friends may call at the family owned AMBROSE FUNERAL HOME, INC., 1328 Sulphur Spring Road, Arbutus, MD, 21227 on Sunday, 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m., where a Funeral Service will be held on Monday beginning at 9:30 a.m. Interment Meadowridge Memorial Park.

A circuit judge yesterday sentenced 23-year-old Christopher Falk, a self- styled graffiti artist who left his "signature" all over Columbia, to 60 days in jail.Sang W. Oh, the county prosecutor who tried the case in Ellicott City, had asked that Falk receive a three-year sentence and 500 hours of community service and restitution.Instead, Judge Raymond J. Kane Jr. sentenced Falk to two months in the Howard County Detention Center.Falk -- whose "SPC" signature marred scores of buildings throughout Columbia before his arrest last year -- will not be required to perform community service or pay restitution.

On Wednesday, April 16, 2003, MIRIAM WALLACE (nee Sussman) loving wife of the late Joseph E. Wallace, devoted sister of Shirley Falk and the late Stanley Sussman, loving aunt of Lynette Berman, Steven Sussman, Betty Jontiff, Susanne Falk and Joseph Falk, special friend to Sandra and Sherman Levy and their family. Also survived by many great nieces, nephews and cousins. Funeral services were held at SOL LEVINSON & BROS. INC., on Wednesday, April 16. Interment Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol Cemetery.

On January 21, 2009, IRENE C. FALK (nee Guice); beloved wife of the late Pastmaster Paul C. Falk of Howard Lodge #101; loving mother of Paul R. Falk and wife Lynn C., Lee C. Falk and wife Norma J.; cherished grand- mother of nine; great-grandmother of 20; and great-great-grandmother of three. Also survived by numerous family members, friends, nieces and nephews. Family members and friends may call at the family owned AMBROSE FUNERAL HOME, INC., 1328 Sulphur Spring Road, Arbutus, MD, 21227 on Sunday, 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m., where a Funeral Service will be held on Monday beginning at 9:30 a.m. Interment Meadowridge Memorial Park.

On Thursday, December 18, 2008, ELLIOTT G. FALK. Beloved husband of Esther (Kristman) Falk. Loving father of David A. (Michele) Falk of East Brunswick, NJ and Joshua M. Falk of Pittsburgh. Brother of Birdie (Sylvan) Hack of Baltimore, MD, Hannah (Rolf) Burke of Chevy Chase, MD, Felix (Pearl) Falk of Jerusalem, Israel and the late Miriam Biderman. Contributions may be made to the charity of your choice.

On November 7, 2007, LILLIAN FALK (nee Wolonouski); beloved wife of William Falk; devoted mother of John Falk; dear sister of Mary Ann Stash and Alice Spotts. Also survived by many nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends at the family owned Ruck Towson Funeral Home, Inc., 1050 York Road (beltway exit 26) on Sunday from 4 to 7 P.M. A memorial mass will be celebrated in the Church of the Nativity on Monday at 10 A.M.

Peter Falk is listed as one of the co-stars of Next, the ESP/time travel flick starring Nicolas Cage as a guy who can see two minutes into his own future. But really, the filmmakers shouldn't have bothered. Sure, Falk, 79, shows up for one scene, playing formula role No. 27b in the Hollywood handbook: the irascible old codger to Cage's brash, adventurous hotshot. But Falk barely registers (he's onscreen only a couple minutes), and the part is absolutely inconsequential. Chances are Falk's part was bigger in the original script but was trimmed for reasons we may never know.

THE PRISONER Of GUANTNAMO Dan Fesperman Alfred A. Knopf / 336 pages / $24 The problem with writing a novel whose story is ripped from the headlines is that the headlines keep coming after the novel is published. Obsolescence sets in. But Dan Fesperman knows something about headlines: As a reporter for The Sun he's been responsible for quite a few of them. And he knows something about novels: He's one of the best writers of intelligent thrillers based on contemporary events working today.

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On Wednesday, October 5, 2005, ROBYN JANOFF of Baltimore, MD, beloved mother of Erin Janoff; dear daughter of Irvin Falk and the late Bernice Falk and step-daughter of Harriett Sagel-Falk; loving sister of Sharon Friedlander and sister-in-law of Richard Friedlander; devoted aunt of Brad and Tracy Friedlander; dear niece of Leah Rosin. Graveside Funeral Services will be held today, Friday, October 7, 11 A.M. at Arlington Cemetery - Chizuk Amuno Congregation, N. Rogers Avenue, Baltimore, MD. Family will be receiving friends, Sunday, starting 12 noon, (Minyan Services, 7 P.M.)

WASHINGTON - Every parent is familiar with "motherese," the slow, high-pitched, singsong tone that mothers all over the world use to talk to their babies. You might suppose that this manner of speaking is just a simplified, degenerate form of grown-up language. To the contrary, some scientists think motherese might lie at the root of human language - long ago when our primitive ancestors came down from trees and started to walk on two legs. Dean Falk, the head of the anthropology department at Florida State University in Tallahassee, calls it the "putting the baby down hypothesis."