Four Children

A woman was killed and four children and a man were injured Saturday when two vehicles collided at an intersection in Largo, said Prince George's County police.Police said Adediwura Odu- tayo-Okanlawon, 38, of Bowie was driving a 1987 Mitsubishi van south on Harry S. Truman Drive about 6: 30 p.m. when it collided with a 1999 Pontiac Grand Am traveling west on Prince Place.The van overturned and Odutayo-Okanlawon, who suffered extensive injuries, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

Larry and Fran Rawl, of Bel Air, celebrated their 54th wedding anniversary in the Bahamas. They are blessed with four children and six grandchildren.

Amrut Shirodkar is the kind of proud parent who has memorized the date. His wife, Saroj, is preparing to bake the perfect cake. And their relatives and friends are counting on getting together once again to celebrate. When it comes to graduations, they've had plenty of practice. Seldom has a year gone by in the past two decades without the Shirodkars looking forward to a graduation ceremony. The Indian immigrant couple instilled such a drive to succeed in their four children that all have gone on from high school to earn bachelor's and then graduate degrees from the University of Maryland.

Maryland has confirmed its first cases of seasonal influenza, state health officials announced Friday, several months earlier than last season. Four children in the Baltimore region have laboratory-confirmed cases. One was hospitalized, but all are doing well, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene said. Three were type A (H3N2) influenza, while one had type B influenza. The first seasonal case of last season was confirmed in December 2011. "Flu is here earlier this year than last year, and we are seeing two different flu strains," said Frances Phillips, DHMH deputy secretary of Public Health Services.

Larry and Fran Rawl, of Bel Air, celebrated their 54th wedding anniversary in the Bahamas. They are blessed with four children and six grandchildren.

In loving memory of ALFRED A. LUCARELLI, SR., who passed away on June 26, 2007. From his wife, his four children, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. We love you and miss you.

On Friday March 19, 2004CATHERINE (Demmitt) COXE, age 49, died at home in Millville, NJ. She grew up in Ellicott City, MD. She is survived by her husband Robert, four children and six siblings, Paul, Thomas, Richard, Michael And Christopher Demmitt and Joan Escol. Arrangements by Barbetti Funeral Home.

HENRY K. DAVIS, SR., 87, peacefully passed away Sunday morning, Sept 25, 2005. He was the beloved father of four children, had 10 grandchildren, eight great-grand children, numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins and a host of close friends. A Memorial Service will be held for him at Trinity AME Church in Ridgely, MD. on 3 Oct. at 11:00.

On Friday, November 26, 2004, ROBERT C. LEMMON, SR.; retired Baltimore City Firefighter. Survived by four children, Linda, Kathy, David and the late Robert, Jr.; also survived by 17 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Wake Service Sunday, December 5 at 306 Church Road, Reisterstown, 1 to 5 P.M., family and friends invited.

On October 20, 2007, KENNY RAY HARMON, born February 9, 1972; survived by mother Francis Oppel; father Howell B. Harmon, Sr., fiancee Cindy Ryan; four children, Katlyn, Mackenzie, Mary, Rodney; brother, sister, aunts and uncles. Private viewing. No flowers please. Monetary donations send to Cindy Ryan, 9729 Matson Road, Baltimore, MD 21229.

A little more than a week ago, little children filled the yard of the Northeast Baltimore home with playthings and laughter. Neighbors of the Denwood Avenue rowhouse recalled happy, friendly and smiling kids under the eye of an ever-watchful grandmother. Now their bikes and toys lie in a charred heap by the concrete front porch. Debris fills the yard from the deadly fire that claimed the lives of four children and the woman the Worrell family called Mama Nancy. Family members and an estimated 1,000 mourners paid final tribute Thursday to Nancy Worrell, the 55-year-old at the heart of a family that included her husband of 27 years, 14 children, 60 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Seeking to end a spate of playground disputes that authorities said escalated well past a typical fracas, Baltimore police officers went into an elementary school this week and took four children out in handcuffs. But news of three 9-year-old girls and an 8-year-old boy shackled Thursday afternoon inside Morrell Park Elementary School — and then held for nearly 12 hours in a juvenile detention center nicknamed "Baby Booking"— has riled relatives and raised questions about whether the arrests were proper under state law. "There was no need to handcuff children," Michael Vogel, the grandfather of one of the girls who was arrested, said Friday.

Mary H. Henry, a great-granddaughter of slaves who earned a degree in pharmacy and later became a homemaker, died of a cardiac arrest Aug. 6 at a son's Ashburton home. She was 101. Mrs. Henry quietly observed her birthday on June 3, family members said. "She didn't want a party or anything. She was never one for much fanfare," said a son, Dr. Irving J. Henry, a retired Baltimore dentist. "I went over to my brother's house, fixed dinner, and the three of us sat there eating, laughing and telling jokes."

In loving memory of ALFRED A. LUCARELLI, SR., who passed away on June 26, 2007. From his wife, his four children, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. We love you and miss you.

Wearing a head brace, Daniel Griffin Jr. stood in front of friends and relatives filling a Northeast Baltimore church yesterday to remember his wife, Bethany, and four children and stepchildren killed in an Ohio highway collision that police say was caused by a drunken driver. "I still don't know to this day how I'm here, how Beau's here, how Sydney's here," said Griffin, of Parkville, referring to the two children who survived the Dec. 30 crash, in which he was injured. "I just want to thank all of you for all of your support.

Five members of a Baltimore County family - including an 8-week-old girl - were killed on an Ohio highway after a 24-year-old man, driving his pickup truck the wrong way, struck their minivan head-on, police said yesterday. The driver, whose pickup ripped off the passenger side of the vehicle carrying the family, had a blood-alcohol level of 0.25 percent, police said, more than three times Ohio's legal limit of 0.08. He was charged yesterday with five counts of aggravated vehicular homicide.

They were young and full of plans.Channel Dorsey was eager to start pre-kindergarten; her sister, 7-year-old Keisha Dorsey, was ready to break the boys' hearts. Their cousin, 8-year-old Darian Hough, wanted to learn how to swim and his younger sister, Jasmine Little, was set to go to kindergarten.Those plans will never be fulfilled. All four children were killed yesterday when a car veered off the road and plowed into them at a Woodlawn bus stop."Why does God let some children grow up, but not these?"

Wearing a head brace, Daniel Griffin Jr. stood in front of friends and relatives filling a Northeast Baltimore church yesterday to remember his wife, Bethany, and four children and stepchildren killed in an Ohio highway collision that police say was caused by a drunken driver. "I still don't know to this day how I'm here, how Beau's here, how Sydney's here," said Griffin, of Parkville, referring to the two children who survived the Dec. 30 crash, in which he was injured. "I just want to thank all of you for all of your support.

When Peter and Jill Feuerstein sit around the dinner table with their teenage children, Betsy and Ben, it's not unusual for them to have an animated discussion about a remote village in China, India or Zimbabwe. But unlike many people in their hometown of Larchmont, N.Y., the Feuersteins have a personal connection with these places. In June 2002, they embarked on a yearlong journey around the world with their two kids, then ages 14 and 11, in tow. "The result is that all of these places matter to us now," Peter Feuerstein said.

On October 20, 2007, KENNY RAY HARMON, born February 9, 1972; survived by mother Francis Oppel; father Howell B. Harmon, Sr., fiancee Cindy Ryan; four children, Katlyn, Mackenzie, Mary, Rodney; brother, sister, aunts and uncles. Private viewing. No flowers please. Monetary donations send to Cindy Ryan, 9729 Matson Road, Baltimore, MD 21229.