Funeral Home

On September 20, 2005, JOYCE PETROFF Di DOMENICO, beloved wife of the late Anthony Di Domenico, dear sister of Peter Matthews. Dear aunt of Stephanie Nastacio, Alexander and Justin Matthews. Friends may call at the family owned Mitchell-Wiedefeld Funeral Home, Inc., 6500 York Rd (at Overbrook) on Sunday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. A Trisagion Service will be held Sunday 7:30 P.M. A Funeral Service will be held Monday 10 A.M. at the funeral home. Interment Moreland Memorial Park. Please omit flowers contributions may be made to The House of Ruth, 501 E. Fayette St. Baltimore, MD 21202.

It was standing room only Thursday as family, friends and admirers of Robert Francell Chew said goodbye with a spirited and moving celebration of life ceremony for the actor known as Proposition Joe. More than 100 persons crowded into the chapel at the Calvin B. Scruggs Funeral Home in east Baltimore on a cold, snow-dusted morning. They ranged from other Baltimore actors who had won featured roles in HBO's "The Wire," like Felicia "Snoop" Pearson, to Raymond Parker, the high school music teacher who rook Chew under his wing at Patterson High, taught him to sing Italian opera and helped him get an audition that led to a four-year scholarship at Morgan State University.

On October 6, 2004, WILLIAM F. SR., of Jarrettsville, MD, formerly of Reisterstown, husband of Patricia Johnson Steger; father of Donald Steger, James Gregory Steger, Shawn Marie Trout and the late William F. Steger Jr. Services will be held Monday, October 11 at 11 A.M. from the family owned KURTZ FUNERAL HOME P.A., 1114 Baldwin Mill Rd, Jarrettsville. Entombment in Highview Memorial Gardens. Friends may call at the Funeral Home, Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. For those who desire, contributions may be made to your favorite Charity.

Daniel Simons, managing partner of Hubbard Funeral Home, and his wife Heather will pick up 30 Christmas trees in North Carolina to give to the families of deployed Maryland National Guard veterans, in honor of their service. The Maryland National Guard Teen Council will help load the trees on the recipients' vehicles Dec. 8. A visit from Santa is expected and light refreshments will be served at the Wilkens Avenue funeral home.

On July 12, 2006 HUGH ARTHUR BLAHA, of Pasadena; beloved husband of Theresa M. O'Neill; loving father of Scott R. Blaha and his wife Patricia, Timothy C. Blaha and step-father of Cathleen M. Jordan and her husband Ronald, Mary R. O'Malley and Robert O. Stachura; cherished granfather of Katie Blaha. Also survived by nieces and nephews; preceded in death by his wife Betty Mc Ginn Blaha in 1986, by his sister Helen and his brothers Howard and Henry. Relatives and friends are invited to call at the STERLING-ASHTON-SCHWAB-WITZKE FUNERAL HOME of Catonsville, Inc., 1630 Edmondson Avenue, Catonsville, MD 21228 (1 mile west of beltway exit 14)

Fager, on October 7, 2003, Doris T., of Fenwick Island, formerly of Baltimore, beloved wife of the late W. William Fager; mother of John W. Fager & Raymond W. Fager, sister of Harry Forthuber, Thelma Purcell & Ray Forthuber; 6 grandchildren, a step-grandchild & 5 great-grandchildren. Friends may call at Ullrich Funeral Home, Berlin, on Thursday from 10:00 AM to Noon, when a service will be conducted. Friends may also call at Ruck-Towson Funeral Home, 1050 York Rd. at Beltway Exit 26A, on Friday from Noon to 2:00 PM. Srvice will be conducted at 2:00 PM, prior to entombment at Moreland Memorial Park.

On April 16, 2004, MARSHALL L.; beloved husband of the late Anne L. (nee Venzke); devoted father of Elizabeth A. Scharf and her husband Ted; loving grandfather of Mary and Heather Scharf. Visiting at the E.F. Lassahn Funeral Home (Kingsville), 11750 Belair Road, on Sunday and Monday, 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Funeral Services will be held at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Kingsville, on Tuesday 10 A.M. Interment Fork Methodist Church Cemetery.

Angle, Donald H. On February 5, 2003 DONALD HUGH ANGLE, of Elkridge, beloved husband of Dorothy Angle (nee Nagengast); devoted father of Sharon M. Cotter, Donna L. Wildberger, Bryan D. Angle and Nancy S. Brown. He is also survived by nine grandchildren, three step grandchildren, and one step great-grandchild. Relatives and friends are invited to call at the GARY L. KAUFMAN FUNERAL HOME at MEADOWRIDGE MEMORIAL PARK INC., 7250 Washington Boulevard, Elkridge (exit 6 off Route 100), on Friday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M., and where funeral services will be held in the Vermillion Chapel on Saturday, February 8, at 9 A.M. Interment Crestlawn Memorial Gardens.

Daniel Simons, managing partner of Hubbard Funeral Home, and his wife Heather will pick up 30 Christmas trees in North Carolina to give to the families of deployed Maryland National Guard veterans, in honor of their service. The Maryland National Guard Teen Council will help load the trees on the recipients' vehicles Dec. 8. A visit from Santa is expected and light refreshments will be served at the Wilkens Avenue funeral home.

Little will change at a 40-year-old community cemetery in Annapolis and at the city's oldest, family-run funeral home -- though both will get cosmetic face lifts nnow that a national chain has entered the picture, company officials say.Stewart Enterprises Inc., the funeral industry's third largest company, has bought Hillcrest Memorial Gardens on Forest Drive for an undisclosed amount. The publicly traded company from New Orleans announced plans last month to purchase Hillcrest and, in a separate transaction, two larger Baltimore cemeteries.

Melvin B. Lowe Jr., a floral designer and funeral home attendant who was also a partner in a special-events and decorating company, died Sept. 27 of renal failure at his Washington home. The one-time Northeast Baltimore resident was 47. "Melvin was a tremendously gifted person and could do many things," said Carlton C. Douglas, owner of Carlton C. Douglas Funeral Services in Baltimore, where Mr. Lowe was employed. "He was a gifted artist who could arrange flowers or redesign a casket.

A Baltimore funeral home  is among those featured in an ESPN campaign from Academy-Award-winning director Errol Morris that launched today. The project, which includes 15-, 30- and 60-second trailers as well as a short documentary, looks at sports-themed funerals and fans who want to take their love of the games to the grave with them. The project is called "It's Not Crazy, It's Sports. " Morris visits the Kaczorowski Funeral Home in Dundalk where viewers get a look at an Orioles casket and hear about a Ravens-themed funeral.

Elizabeth L. "Bobbi" Phillips, who co-founded and operated a West Baltimore funeral home, died of congestive heart failure Dec. 28 at her home. She was 93. Born Elizabeth Lattimore in Baltimore and raised on Schroeder Street, she was a 1936 Frederick Douglass High School graduate. She earned a diploma at the old Cortez Peters Business School on Eutaw Place. She also attended the University of Maryland, College Park and Morgan State University. "She was a woman of amazing fortitude, natural beauty, dignity, strong character, modesty, unrelenting strength and quietness, and calmness of spirit," said Doretha "Dottie" Hector, a co-owner of the funeral business, who worked closely with her for the past 30 years and now runs the business.

This episode we start by following Kandi, NeNe, and Cynthia on their extremely boring trip to Miami. From the looks of this scene, the editors really fished for content. They chatted about the latest cast member fight between NeNe and Sheree. If you've been watching "RHOA" you know that these fights are on a heavy rotation between the cast members. While sipping on cocktails, Kandi asked if NeNe really told Sheree she was rich. NeNe replied with the best quote of the episode, "I told her I was rich.

Jeanne Ellen Foster, an accomplished needlework teacher and quilter who helped run a family funeral home, died of respiratory failure Monday at the Forest Hill Health and Rehabilitation Center. The Bel Air resident was 79. Born Jeanne Ellen Armstrong in Lancaster, Pa., she was the daughter of Albert Ledmon Armstrong, who headed the paint decorating section in the can factory that produced McCormick spice tins. She was a 1948 graduate of Manheim Township High School and Hood College, where she earned a degree in mathematics.

Imagine hundreds of mourners streaming to a large, new funeral home only to find less than three dozen parking spaces. That scenario is possible under Howard zoning laws, and two County Council members say it is time for a change. Howard's zoning regulations require 10 spaces per visitation room, plus one space per employee, but like food stores, churches and retail outlets, funeral homes are getting larger. "Things have changed in the funeral home industry," said County Councilman Greg Fox, a Fulton Republican.

THEY SAY THAT EACH generation builds upon the foundations laid by those who came before. The Haight family of Sykesville has been doing just that since 1888, both literally and figuratively for five generations.In 1888, James Randolph Weer opened a funeral home on Spout Hill Road in Sykesville and moved the business to the town's Main Street after his son, C. Harry Weer, joined him at the turn of the century. When James retired in 1932, Luther Haight began working at the funeral home and the Weer-Haight partnership was formed in 1951.

Edward James Weber, a second-generation funeral director PTC who tried to enhance the image of morticians and get families more involved in the services of loved ones, died Wednesday of diabetes at the University of Maryland Medical Center. He was 71.A lifelong Baltimore resident, Mr. Weber had been a mortician since 1952 and believed that relatives should talk and share good memories when someone dies, not just mourn their loss."He'd get the family looking at pictures and making collages," said his daughter-in-law, Kathleen A. Weber of Perry Hall.