Freeland

On February 19, 2005, HENRY U. FREDERICK, JR., beloved husband of Marylin S. Frederick (nee Freeland); devoted father of Henry U. Frederick III and Susan D. Belcher; loving son of Lena L. Frederick and the late Henry U. Frederick, Sr.; son-in-law of Geneva Budny; dear brother of Charles B. Frederick and Anita E. Keller; brother-in-law of Steven R. and Daniel C. Freeland; lovning grandfather of Henry U. Frederick IV and Melynda S. Belcher. A funeral service will be held at the Connelly Funeral Home of Essex, 300 Mace Ave., on Thursday, 11 A.M. Visiting hours on Wednesday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Interment Oak Lawn Cemetery.

On November 19, 2004, REBECCAEVELYN (nee Vance); beloved wife of the late Robert Troy Freeland; devoted mother of Rebecca J. Bright; dear sister of Donna Valentine and Alice Burns; loving grandmother of Nadine Micichi and dear aunt of Rose Palmer. Funeral Service will be held at the family owned Duda-Ruck Funeral of Dundalk, Inc., 7922 Wise Avenue on Monday at 9 A.M. Interment Holly Hill Memorial Gardens. Friends may call on Sunday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M.

On November 14, 2004, WALTER S. FREELAND, loving husband of Doris Freeland. Friends may call at the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST, INC., 4300 Wabash Avenue, on Thursday after 8:30 A.M, where the family will receive friends on Friday at 11:30 A.M., with services to follow at 12 P.M. See www.marchfh.com

DOROTHY A. KIRBY, 84, of Camp Hill, PA, and formerly of Baltimore, passed away Saturday, August 14, 2004, at Holy Spirit Hospital. She was a retired tailor for Pioneer Garmet Co., Baltimore, MD. She was a member of the Church of the Good Shepherd Camp Hill and its caring group. She was the widow of Calvin L. Kirby Jr. Survived by her son Calvin L. III of Camp hill, her daughter Sharon and her husband Bernard Rish of Freeland, PA, two grandchildren, Bernard Rish III and Mary Rish of Freeland, PA. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 10:30 A.M. Friday from her church.

On May 29, 2004, MARGARET ALLEN BOARD, 94 years old; beloved wife of the late Clifford Freeland Board; cherished mother of Clifford Allen Board, Margaret Isabelle Obert, Nancy Lee Swartwout and the late Warren Freeland Board; loving grandmother of Margaret Obert Berish, 1st Lt. Arthur David Swartwout and Jill Anne Swartwout; devoted great-grandmother of Kathryn and Lauren Berish. Relatives and friends are invited to attend a Memorial Service at Old Otterbein United Methodist Church, Sharp & Conway Sts., Baltimore on Friday, June 4, 2004 at 11 A.M. In lieu of flowers, memorials in her name to the Maryland SPCA, or the American Cancer Society.

In Baltimore County GBMC takes steps to control outbreak of bacterial illness TOWSON -- Greater Baltimore Medical Center has implemented measures to handle gastrointestinal bacteria illnesses contracted by eight patients in one of the hospital's rehabilitation units, a GBMC spokesman said yesterday. Five cases of C. difficile, the bacteria recognized as the major cause of infectious diarrhea occurring in hospitalized patients, were diagnosed last week, prompting GBMC to contact the county health department, hospital officials said.

Chester N. "Bill" Spicer, founder and owner of a Freeland auto repair and parts business, died of a stroke Monday at York Hospital in York, Pa. He was 82. The Freeland native attended Baltimore County public schools until leaving to help support his family after the death of his father. As a youth, he showed an aptitude for fixing automobiles and rebuilding engines. After World War II service with an Army artillery unit in the Philippines, Luzon and Guadalcanal, Mr. Spicer established Spicer Motors and B&M Auto Parts on Middletown Road in 1946.

On February 16, 2004 CHESTER N. "BILL" SPICER, of Freeland, MD, beloved husband of Mary Ellen Spicer (nee Walter); father of W. Scott Spicer; grandfather of Jessica Spicer and brother of Samuel S., Robert L. and Norman Spicer. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday at the J.J. Hartenstein Mortuary Inc., 24 Second St., New Freedom, PA The Funeral Service will be at 11 a.m. Friday February 20, at Mason Dixon Baptist Church, 713 Campbell Rd., New Freedom, PA. Burial in Middletown Cemetery, Freeland, MD.

On Thursday, January 15, 2004, MARILYN KAY FREELAND, in Frederick, MD. She is survived by her beloved husband of 50 years, John and her loving children: sons, John Richard, Jr. and wife Christy, of Gaithersburg, MD, D. David and wife Jeanette, of Frederick, MD and her daughter Sandra, of West Palm Beach, FL and ten grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Mildred Naomi Ogle and Maurice Elmer Miller. A native of Baltimore, MD and graduate of Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD and Montgomery College, Rockville, MD. She practiced nursing for 20 years.

WHAT'S the purpose of a bridge? To carry a load and move traffic? Or to carry the eye and move the spirit? And a road - is speed the only limit worth enforcing? These are not burning environmental questions of our age, but they should be. Faster than we are losing water and air quality - and more irreversibly - we are losing beauty and character from our landscapes. It was a visit to the one-lane bridge on Dunk Freeland Road in northern Baltimore County that triggered this loss-of-bucolia jag. You come upon it, shaded by big, old red maples and black walnuts, as you descend a long, gentle curve to the riffled course of Little Deer Creek, meandering east toward the Susquehanna River.