Holden

On April 16, 2003, SHIRLEY E. HOLDEN (nee Unkelbach); beloved wife of the late James P. Holden, Jr.; devoted mother of Frank Holden, and his companion Debbie, Katherine Fenn and her husband Philip, Patricia Gage and her husband Wesley, and the late James P. Holden, III; sister to Mike Gossman. Also survived by a granddaughter, Samantha Fenn, and her devoted friend, Cubby. Funeral from the Connelly Funeral Home of Essex, 300 Mace Avenue, on Tuesday at 8:15 A.M., with Mass of Christian Burial at St. Clare Catholic Church at 9 A.M. Interment at Oak Lawn Cemetery.

Of the many lessons Tahj Holden learned during his time at Maryland, perhaps the most applicable one in his post-college life has been this: Always have a contingency plan. Holden, an integral member of Maryland's 2002 national championship team, finished his college career in 2003 and immediately began preparations for what he assumed would be a lengthy professional basketball career. But nearly a year later, injuries prematurely derailed those overseas hoop dreams.

JEAN HOLDEN, 76, of Ellicott City, passed away Friday, September 28, 2007, at her home. She was born December 30, 1930 in Altoona, PA. She graduated from Penn State with a B.S. in Chemistry then worked as a chemist with the Westvaco Corp. in Baltimore for 44 years (1956-2000). She was predeceased by her parents John and Isabelle Holden of Altoona, PA, her only sibling, Catherine McCluskie of North Lauderdale, FL and her only nephew Mitchell Cameron McCluskie of West Chesterfield, NH. She is survived by a loving niece, Lorraine McCluskie, of West Chesterfield, NH, two loving great-nephews, Cameron McCluskie of West Chesterfield, NH and Kyle Beard of Baltimore.

On November 17, 2009, NANCY KING HOLDEN, beloved wife of Kenneth S. Munson. Dear mother of Lisa Holden Mortimer and her husband Peter Mortimer, Katherine Holden and her husband Scott Falk and Sally Munson. Dear grandmother of Erin and Kristen Falk, Karen and Andrea Mortimer and Isabel Abad. Devoted sister of Martha Sue Hamill. A memorial service will be held Friday, December 11 at 2 P.M., at Unitarian Universalist Church in Towson, 1710 Dulaney Valley Road, Lutherville, MD, 21093. Please omit flowers, contributions may be made to Renaissance Institute of College of Notre Dame of MD, 4701 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21210.

On December 22, 2006 ADELE V. HOLDEN; beloved sister of Elroy S. Holden and Elizabeth Holden. Due notice will be given of a Memorial Service.

On June 13, 2003, MARIGRACE H. (nee Halen) of Conway, SC, beloved wife of the late Thomas Pollard Holden, Jr.; devoted mother of William P., Thomas R. and Robert P. Holden, Lynne A. Pace, Tracey Holden Saxby and the late Terrence Holden; loving sister of Gerald Halen. She is also survived by nine grandchildren. She was predeceased by siblings, the late Raymond, Robert, Richard and Frank Holden and Virginia Neubeck. A funeral service will be held at 10 A.M. Monday at the Haight Funeral Home & Chapel, 6416 Sykesville Rd., Sykesville.

On April 16, 2004, HEDWIG MARIA BEATTY-HOLDEN (nee Kraus); beloved wife of Walter C. Holden; devoted mother of six daughters and four sons; dear sister of Heinz Kraus of Germany. Also survived by 29 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren. Friends may call at the family owned Duda-Ruck Funeral Home of Dundalk, 7922 Wise Ave., on Monday & Tuesday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Mrs. Beatty-Holden will lie in state at the Seventh Baptist Church, 30 E. North Avenue, on Wednesday from 9:30 to 10 A.M. A funeral service will take place at 10 A.M. Interment Druid Ridge Cemetery.

Nancy K. Holden, a retired legal librarian and world traveler, died of cancer Nov. 17 at her East Lake Avenue home. She was 80. Nancy Somerville King was born in Garden City, N.Y., and raised in Jamestown, N.Y., and Mayville, N.Y. After graduating from Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Va., in 1951 with a bachelor's degree in psychology, Ms. Holden moved to Baltimore and worked as a laboratory assistant and secretary to the chief...

On Tuesday, November 3, 2009, BETTY M. HARRELL-HOLDEN, daughter of the late Robert W. Campbell and Annie L. Campbell. Memorial service scheduled November 9, 2009, 11:00 A.M. at the James A. Morton Funeral Home, 1701 Laurens Street, Baltimore, MD 21207.

on December 22, 2006, ADELE V. HOLDEN, cherished sister of Elroy S. Holden, Sr., and Elizabeth Marie Holden. The family will greet friends on Tuesday, January 9, 2007 at Madison Ave. Presbyterian Church, 2110 Madison Avenue, from 11:30 A.M. until 12 Noon, when a MEMORIAL SERVICE will be held.

Adele V. Holden, a retired English teacher and poet whose memoirs of her Eastern Shore childhood were published in 2000, died of cancer Friday at Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care. The Guilford resident was 87. She recalled in the book Down on the Shore: The Family and Place that Forged a Poet's Voice growing up in racially segregated 1920s and 1930s Pocomoke City, where her father was an auto mechanic and promised his children they would get a proper high school education. Her father persuaded Worcester County officials to add a 10th-grade teacher for black students and later drove his daughter 20 miles to Snow Hill High School, where she graduated in 1936.