Gilda

On Monday, January 24, 2005 GILDA ABRAHAMS (nee Levin) beloved wife of the late Morton Abrahams; loving mother of Edward Abrahams of Philadelphia, PA, Emily Abrahams of New York, NY and Michael Abrahams of Clark, CO; adored mother-in-law of Ruth Abrahams, Louis Menand and Mary Walker; dear sister of the late Helen L. Jacobson; loving grandmother of Rachel and Max Abrahams and Lev and Joseph Menand. Services at SOL LEVINSON & BROS. INC., 8900 Reisterstown Road at Mt. Wilson Lane on Tuesday, January 25 at 3 p.m. Interment at Bnai Israel Cemetery, 3701 Southern Avenue.

Lyric Opera Baltimore is wrapping up its comfort-food season with Verdi's stirring drama of love, nastiness and misplaced loyalties, “Rigoletto.” The staging looked a little square and economical Friday night at the Modell Performing Arts Center, but it often sounded splendid; Sunday's matinee ought to be even better. In the two short years since it emerged from the ruins of the longtime Baltimore Opera Company, which folded its tent in 2009, Lyric Opera Baltimore has taken a purposely conservative path, offering standard works in mostly traditional productions.

On June 27, 2004 GILDA MYRTLE; loving sister of Robert L. Macer, Jr. Visitation at 2140 N. Fulton Ave. on Thursday from 3 to 8 P.M. THe family will receive friends in the chapel on Friday at 10 A.M. funeral at 10:30 A.M.

On January 12, 2008, DEACON JAMES H. GRAHAM, Survived by Devoted Wife, Mary O Graham, Son, James H. Graham Jr., Daughters, Gilda Graham Jones, Glenda Graham and Rev. Ann Johnson and a host of other family and friends. Friends may call the family owned WYLIE FUNERAL HOME P.A OF BALTIMORE COUNTY, 9200 Liberty Road on Friday from 4-8PM. Services Saturday Brown's Memorial Baptist Church, 3215 W. Belvedere Avenue, 10:00amWake 10:30am Funeral Entombment Following. Inquiries www.wyliefuneralhome.

On Friday, December 14, 2007, GILDA SCHWAB OF Frederick, MD, formerly of Catonsville, MD.; loving wife of William "Bill" K. Schwab; devoted mother of Joyce E. Leasure, Karole L. Horner and Georgia L. Wells; step-mother of Nancy L. Pianfetti; grandmother of Rick and Michele Leasure and Jack Horner; step-grandmother o f Jerry and Bill Koenig. She is also survived by her great-grandchildren, Matthew Horner and Tyler and Austin Koenig and many nieces and nephews. Memorial service will be held on Friday December 21, 2007, at Gary L. Kaufman Funeral Home at Meadowridge Memorial Park Inc., 7250 Washington Blvd, Elkridge, MD (exit 6 off RT. 100)

Gene Wilder, who was married to the late Gilda Radner, is setting up an annual tennis tournament to benefit "Gilda's Club," a free support group on the East Coast for cancer patients. Forming such a group was one of Radner's last wishes.

LOUIS DEFILIPPO, 91, former Baltimore barber and flea marketer, on June 30, 2006, husband of Yolanda Cozzi; brother of Emelio, John, Joe, Magdeline and the late Gilda. Burial was in National Cemetery of Alleghenies. Sollon Funeral Home, Canonsburg, PA. www.sollon.com.

The state fire marshal's newest tool greets visitors as they come through the door of the bomb squad office at Baltimore-Washington International Airport. Her name is Gilda, and her job is sniffing out explosives. The black Labrador retriever gives everyone a good once-over with her nose, but she's just being friendly: It's a social, not a professional sniff. Normally, she sniffs out explosive materials only when given a command by her handler, Deputy State Fire Marshal Steven L. Hatchett.

The tricky aspect of producing a play about a menage a trois beyond the tricky subject matter is that all three principal performers must be equally convincing to make the three-sided love story ring true.In this respect, Olney Theatre Center's production of Noel Coward's "Design for Living" is only two-thirds successful. The bristling, witty performances of Jay Russell as Otto, an artist, and Christopher Durham as Leo, a playwright, make it easy to understand what they see in each other and what Gilda, an interior decorator, sees in them.

On January 31, 2004, GILDO (Gilbert); beloved son of the late Anthony and Gilda Briglia; beloved cousin of Lydia Bennett, of Baltimore, MD and Gloria Webb, of West Yarmouth, MA. Also survived by many loving family members and friends. Friends may call at the Witzke Funeral Home of Catonsville, INc., 1630 Edmondson Avenue (1 mile west of beltway exit 14), on Monday from 6 to 9 P.M., where services will be held on Tuesday at 11 A.M. Interment in Fort Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, MD.

On Friday, December 14, 2007, GILDA SCHWAB OF Frederick, MD, formerly of Catonsville, MD.; loving wife of William "Bill" K. Schwab; devoted mother of Joyce E. Leasure, Karole L. Horner and Georgia L. Wells; step-mother of Nancy L. Pianfetti; grandmother of Rick and Michele Leasure and Jack Horner; step-grandmother o f Jerry and Bill Koenig. She is also survived by her great-grandchildren, Matthew Horner and Tyler and Austin Koenig and many nieces and nephews. Memorial service will be held on Friday December 21, 2007, at Gary L. Kaufman Funeral Home at Meadowridge Memorial Park Inc., 7250 Washington Blvd, Elkridge, MD (exit 6 off RT. 100)

It was hard for any actor to hold his own alongside Rita Hayworth, who practically invented the term "screen siren" with her sultry star turn in the 1946 film noir classic Gilda. But Glenn Ford managed to do just that, and in what was his first big-time starring role. Mr. Ford, who died Wednesday at his Beverly Hills, Calif., home at age 90, was cast as the male lead in Gilda, and surely the task must have seemed daunting for the 29-year-old actor. Hayworth was beautiful and sexy, the reigning queen of Columbia Pictures.

On July 6, 2006, ALBERT A. Survived by loving wife Sarah, daughters, Shirley Rogers Beads and Gilda Rogers Dorsey, 17 grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and a host of other family and friends. Friends may call the WYLIE FUNERAL HOME, P.A., 638 N. Gilmor Street on Tuesday from 5 to 8 P.M. Services Wednesday, Village Baptist Church, 100 S. Hilton Street, 10:30 Wake, 11 A. M Funeral, interment following. Inquiries at www.wyliefuneralhome.com or 410-462-4070.

LOUIS DEFILIPPO, 91, former Baltimore barber and flea marketer, on June 30, 2006, husband of Yolanda Cozzi; brother of Emelio, John, Joe, Magdeline and the late Gilda. Burial was in National Cemetery of Alleghenies. Sollon Funeral Home, Canonsburg, PA. www.sollon.com.

On Tuesday, July 4, ALLEN I. FREEDMAN, beloved husband of the late Gilda Freedman (nee Hiken); loving father of Dr. Mark Freedman of Florida, Steven Freedman of Reisterstown, MD, Sheri Freedman Daniller of Columbia, MD and Judy Freedman Breckon of Pikesville, MD; devoted father-in-law of Karen D. Freedman, Karen H. Freedman, Eugene Daniller and Ronald Breckon; loving grandfather of Elizabeth, Matthew and Kevin Freedman, Benjamin and Anna Freedman, Andrew,...

Slayton House Theatre in Wilde Lake Village Center will continue its Marvelous Movies and More film series with a showing of the 1946 film, Gilda, with Rita Hayworth and Glen Ford, at 3 p.m. April 30. The showing was originally scheduled for April 21. Film critic Mike Giuliano will lead a short discussion after the film. Coffee and dessert will be served. The cost is $7; $6 for senior citizens and students. Seating is limited. Tickets are available in advance at Slayton House, or they can be purchased at the door, if they are available.

On Saturday, January 21, 2006, HARRIETT MEYERS (nee Yerman); loving wife of the late Alan Meyers; dearly beloved mother of Lisa Mc Donald, of Fuquay Varino, NC and the late Seth Richard Meyers and deceased infants, Glen and Lisa Meyers; devoted mother-in-law of Scott Mc Donald; beloved sister of Robert Yerman, of Owings Mills, MD and the late Gilda Lee; devoted sister-in-law of Ellen Yerman and the late Henry Lee; loving grandmother of Kristina, Ryan...

On Friday, December 2, 2005, RICHARD MARC BELKOV, 56; beloved husband of Cindy Belkov; dear father of Jason Matthew Belkov, Jessica L. Gordon and her husband Alex and Lauren Ann Bosley; cherished brother of Larry Paul Belkov, Nancy Belkov Parker and Carol Beth Belkov; loving son of Sylvin and Annette Gilda Belkov; devoted grandfather of Everett Gordon. Memorial Services will be held on Tuesday, December 6, 2005, at 4:30 P.M. at Temple Beth Shalom, 1461 Baltimore Annapolis Blvd., Arnold, MD. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Hospice of the Chesapeake.