Fram

On February 22, 2003, HILDA FRAM (nee Kramer); loving mother of Les Fram of Berkeley, CA and Rodney Schlaffman of Philadelphia, PA; devoted sister of Mildred Cohan and the late Irving Kramer, Jerry Kramer and Sylvia Shaffer; adored grandmother of Stuart Schlaffman and Robbi Zeper. Services and Interment, Tuesday, February 25 at 3 P.M. at the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Cemetery Berrymans Lane. Please omit flowers. Contributions to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, 200 E. Joppa Road, Towson, MD (21204)

Adolph "Upkie" Fram, the former owner of a Baltimore monument company who became a nationally recognized expert on automobile tire safety and the perils of hydroplaning, died of heart failure Jan. 19 at Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care. The longtime Pikesville resident was 91. Mr. Fram was born in Baltimore, the son of Lithuanian immigrant parents, and raised near Patterson Park. He dropped out of City College and, at 19, established the Barre Monument Co. in the 1600 block of E. Baltimore St. "Our father owned the Maryland Granite Co. on Fairmount Avenue, and he was very supportive of my brother starting his own company, which really represented competition for him," said Mr. Fram's sister, Faye Cohen of Bethesda.

On Thursday, January 19, 2006, ADOLPH J. "UPKIE" FRAM,; beloved father of Les Fram of Baltimore, MD and Rodney Schlaffman of Elkins Park, PA; father in-law of Larry Greenberg; beloved brother of Faye Cohen of Bethesda, MD and Manny Fram of Delray Beach, FL and the late Edith Silbert, Sara Helman and Frances Sherr; adored grandfather of Stuart and Erika Schlaffman, Robbi and Richard Zeper; beloved great-grandfather of Alli, Mia, Demi, Tya, Aydan and Cary....

On January 21, 2006 JUDITH "Judie" (nee Brothers) beloved wife of Gerald "Jerry" Cohen, loving mother of Lynn Fram, Mindi Leikin, Amy Nusbaum and Sherri Venick, devoted mother-in-law of Jeffrey Fram, Robert Leikin, Bruce Nusbaum and Jeffrey Venick, loving grandmother of Matthew, Lauren, Jesse, Coley, Sasha, Ethan, Zachary, Jennifer, Jill, Kori and Adam. Services at SOL LEVINSON & BROS INC., 8900 Reisterstown Rd., at Mt. Wilson Lane, on Sunday January 22 at 2 P.M. Interment Oheb Shalom Memorial Park, Berrymans Lane.

Adolph "Upkie" Fram, the former owner of a Baltimore monument company who became a nationally recognized expert on automobile tire safety and the perils of hydroplaning, died of heart failure Jan. 19 at Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care. The longtime Pikesville resident was 91. Mr. Fram was born in Baltimore, the son of Lithuanian immigrant parents, and raised near Patterson Park. He dropped out of City College and, at 19, established the Barre Monument Co. in the 1600 block of E. Baltimore St. "Our father owned the Maryland Granite Co. on Fairmount Avenue, and he was very supportive of my brother starting his own company, which really represented competition for him," said Mr. Fram's sister, Faye Cohen of Bethesda.

On Wednesday, July 14, FRANCES F. SHERR (nee Fram), beloved wife of Robert Sherr, loving mother of Jane Sherr and Ellen Sherr both of Baltimore, MD, loving sister of Manuel Fram, Adolph Fram, Faye Cohen and the late Sara Helman and Edith Silbert Funeral services and Interment will be held on Friday, July 16 at 2:30 P.M. at Hebrew Friendship Cemetery, 3600 E. Baltimore St. Please omit flowers. Memorial contributions in her memory may be directed to the Alzheimers Association, 1850 York Rd. (suite D)

A Randallstown man who said a murder-for-hire plot by his wife and her lover left him a nervous wreck lost his claim against the other man for monetary damages yesterday in Baltimore County Circuit Court.The jury deliberated about three hours before rejecting Louis A. Lolli's claim against Manuel S. Fram, a Pikesville businessman. Mr. Lolli, 56, of the 3700 block of Trent Road sued claiming conspiracy and intentional infliction of emotional distress.Last week, he testified that he couldn't stop thinking about the plot, in which he was to have been killed and thrown into the trunk of car, which was then to have been crushed.

A Randallstown woman who had tried to arrange her husband's murder went free this week after pleading guilty in the conspiracy. Her sentence came five months after the man she persuaded to help her was sentenced to 18 months in prison."

On DECEMBER 13, 2003, JOHN DUNCAN, JR., of Arbutus, MD. He is survived by his loving children, Linda and Ronald Haught, Janet Humphrey and Deborah Wischewsky; his sisters, JoAnn Fram, Virginia Ferguson; his brother, Claude Duncan. He is also survived by many loving relatives. Although he will be especially missed by his nephew, John Fram, Jr. He is preceded in death by his mother and father, John Sr. and Agnes Duncan; his sister, Margaret Freal and his brother, James Duncan. Services will be held by BRADLEY ASHTON MATTHEWS FUNERAL HOME at Garrison Forest Cemetery, on December 23 at 11 A.M.

When Louis A. Lolli learned that his wife and her longtime lover had conspired to have him killed and crushed in the trunk of his car, he turned into a shell of his outgoing self."

On Thursday, January 19, 2006, ADOLPH J. "UPKIE" FRAM,; beloved father of Les Fram of Baltimore, MD and Rodney Schlaffman of Elkins Park, PA; father in-law of Larry Greenberg; beloved brother of Faye Cohen of Bethesda, MD and Manny Fram of Delray Beach, FL and the late Edith Silbert, Sara Helman and Frances Sherr; adored grandfather of Stuart and Erika Schlaffman, Robbi and Richard Zeper; beloved great-grandfather of Alli, Mia, Demi, Tya, Aydan and Cary....

On Wednesday, July 14, FRANCES F. SHERR (nee Fram), beloved wife of Robert Sherr, loving mother of Jane Sherr and Ellen Sherr both of Baltimore, MD, loving sister of Manuel Fram, Adolph Fram, Faye Cohen and the late Sara Helman and Edith Silbert Funeral services and Interment will be held on Friday, July 16 at 2:30 P.M. at Hebrew Friendship Cemetery, 3600 E. Baltimore St. Please omit flowers. Memorial contributions in her memory may be directed to the Alzheimers Association, 1850 York Rd. (suite D)

On DECEMBER 13, 2003, JOHN DUNCAN, JR., of Arbutus, MD. He is survived by his loving children, Linda and Ronald Haught, Janet Humphrey and Deborah Wischewsky; his sisters, JoAnn Fram, Virginia Ferguson; his brother, Claude Duncan. He is also survived by many loving relatives. Although he will be especially missed by his nephew, John Fram, Jr. He is preceded in death by his mother and father, John Sr. and Agnes Duncan; his sister, Margaret Freal and his brother, James Duncan. Services will be held by BRADLEY ASHTON MATTHEWS FUNERAL HOME at Garrison Forest Cemetery, on December 23 at 11 A.M.

No matter how old you are, fishnet stockings have probably made at least one appearance in your life, if not your wardrobe. In the 1950s, fishnets were for sultry pinup girls like Bettie Page. In the 1960s, fishnets in the form of pantyhose went Carnaby Street mod. Worn in the punk world with micro-minis, they took on a more sinister cast in the '70s. In the '80s, women pulled on fishnets to dance to Madonna's Like a Virgin. More recently, fishnets became a staple among the Goth and Industrial subcultures.

On February 22, 2003, HILDA FRAM (nee Kramer); loving mother of Les Fram of Berkeley, CA and Rodney Schlaffman of Philadelphia, PA; devoted sister of Mildred Cohan and the late Irving Kramer, Jerry Kramer and Sylvia Shaffer; adored grandmother of Stuart Schlaffman and Robbi Zeper. Services and Interment, Tuesday, February 25 at 3 P.M. at the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Cemetery Berrymans Lane. Please omit flowers. Contributions to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, 200 E. Joppa Road, Towson, MD (21204)

EVEN BEFORE he calmly studied the chocolate body paint and sniffed the Kama Sutra Gift Tin without blushing and fingered the Italian chemise while asking "Is this a Cosabella?" I knew we were dealing with a unique individual. Most men grow pale at the thought of shopping for lingerie for their wives or girlfriends. Most men enter a lingerie store with fear in their eyes and a thin sheen of perspiration on their foreheads as they traverse this forbidding land of bras and panties, nighties and camisoles, bustiers and garter belts.

On January 21, 2006 JUDITH "Judie" (nee Brothers) beloved wife of Gerald "Jerry" Cohen, loving mother of Lynn Fram, Mindi Leikin, Amy Nusbaum and Sherri Venick, devoted mother-in-law of Jeffrey Fram, Robert Leikin, Bruce Nusbaum and Jeffrey Venick, loving grandmother of Matthew, Lauren, Jesse, Coley, Sasha, Ethan, Zachary, Jennifer, Jill, Kori and Adam. Services at SOL LEVINSON & BROS INC., 8900 Reisterstown Rd., at Mt. Wilson Lane, on Sunday January 22 at 2 P.M. Interment Oheb Shalom Memorial Park, Berrymans Lane.

A Randallstown accountant said yesterday that a plot by his wife and her lover to have him killed left him a chain-smoking, sweating wreck who suffered nightmares, headaches and stomach problems.Louis A. Lolli, testifying in a Baltimore County Circuit Court trial in which he is seeking millions from his wife's former lover, described a marriage that included wife-swapping and violence. Yet, Mr. Lolli, 56, said he was never unfaithful."I have always been faithful to my wife," he told David Freishtat, an attorney defending Pikesville businessman Manuel S. Fram, 60."

Do you have e-mail overload? Is your mailbox overflowing with joke files, chain letters, random musings, political treatises or knee-jerk petitions? Do you get lost in your in box, searching desperately for that urgent memo from your boss and all you can find is a Dr. Seuss-style poem about Zippergate or a recycled rumor, long since proven false, about designer Tommy Hilfiger?If you answered yes to any of the above questions, you're not alone. You're receiving what what I call spam from friends, or fram, for short.

WELL, IT LOOKS like it is up to me to rescue the U.S. economy. As if I don't have enough to do.Along with the rest of middle America's stock market novices, I have been watching my itty-bitty mutual funds evaporate over these weeks of international monetary yo-yoing. In July, I was as rich as Mrs. Gotrocks. Today, I am as poor as a church mouse.This is only "on paper," of course. Which means that it doesn't really matter. I can't help but wonder if they will let my husband and I retire "on paper," or if they will allow our children to go through college "on paper."