Kane

On September 6, 2004, KATHLEEN M. KANE (nee Bailey); devoted wife of Robert M. Kane, Sr.; devoted mother of Shaun M. Kane and his wife Carey; dear stepmother of Robert M. Kane, Jr.; dear sister of Eileen Edwards, Margaret Kvarda, Joyce Nicholson, Mary Jane Bailey, and Frederick Bailey. Also survived by many nieces and nephews. Friends may call at the family owned Ruck Towson Funeral Home, Inc., 1050 York Road (beltway exit 26-A), on Wednesday and Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated in the Immaculate Conception Church on Friday at 10 a.m. Entombment Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens.

Catherine R. Kane, a Harford County government administrator who earlier had worked for the Baltimore County Department of Social Services, died Feb. 12 from colon cancer at her Bel Air home. She was 65. "She really was an important part of Social Services when I was director," said Camille B. Wheeler, who had been director of Baltimore County Social Services for 19 years before retiring in 1998. "She was hard-working and understood everything about the mission of the department.

Professional wrestlers often say that the most successful wrestling characters are ones that are an exaggerated version of the wrestler's real-life personality. Fortunately, that's not true in the case of Glenn Jacobs, who says that there are absolutely no similarities between himself and Kane, the menacing character he has portrayed in World Wrestling Entertainment for the past 13 years. "If there were, I'd probably be in jail," he said with a laugh. "It's like Anthony Hopkins and Hannibal Lecter.

"Tonight is all about Big Show and Sheamus. " General Manager Booker T dropped that line early in the broadcast of tonight's Smackdown. So the show focuses on the World Heavyweight Champion and his challenger for the upcoming pay-per-view? What a novel concept. Maybe CM Punk should move to the blue brand. I've praised WWE's treatment of Sheamus and Big Show in recent weeks, and their program continues to be well booked. The two are remaining, for the most part, physically separated.

On November 25, 2005 GEORGE WILLIAM KANE; beloved husband of Carol D. (nee D'Amico); devoted father of Brian C. Kane. All Services and Interment are private.

On December 12, 2005, WILLIAM E. KANE, beloved husband of the late Marjorie J. Kane (nee Kindrick); loving son of the late Joseph A. Kane and Antonia Garner (nee Poplovski); devoted father of Laura Newberry and her husband Roy and the late William E. Kane; loving grandfather of Matthew and Michael Newberry; dear brother of the late Joseph Kane. Catholic Prayer service will be held at the family owned Duda-Ruck Funeral Home of Dundalk Inc., 7922 Wise Avenue, on Thursday at 11 A.M. Interment Oak Lawn Cemetery.

On February 27, 2003 JOSEPH H. KANE beloved brother of Lawrence Kane, George Kane, Mary Wright and Margaret Kane. Also survived by many nieces and nephews. Funeral from the Connelly Funeral Home of Essex, 300 Mace Avenue on Tuesday at 9:15 a.m. with Mass of Christian Burial at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church at 10 a.m. Interment Oak Lawn Cemetery. Visiting hours on Sunday and Monday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Christian Wake Service Monday at 7:30 p.m.

On April 20, 2004, ADAM J. KANE; beloved husband of the late Margaret (nee Luckert), devoted brother of Albert Kane, Sr., and the late Ernest Kane; dear uncle of Albert Kane, Jr.; dear cousin of Elizabeth M. Jones. Also survived by numerous nieces and nephews. Relatives and friends will gather at the Miller-Dippel Funeral Home, 6414 Belair Road, on Thursday, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M., Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at Oak Crest Village Chapel on Friday at 10 A.M. Interment in St. Stanislaus Cemetery.

On May 12, 2008 RUTH M. KANE (nee Lauer), beloved wife of the late Warren Opfer, lost to WWII and the late Edward C. Kane, Sr. Devoted mother of Edward C. Kane, Jr. and his wife Rose and the late Steven B. Kane. Loving grandmother of Jason A. Kane and Melinda R. Kane. Dear sister of Bernice Edell, the late Alvera Muth, Virginia Opfer, Rhoda Fabiszewski, Theodore Lauer, Robert Lauer, the late John Lauer and the late Frederick Lauer. A funeral service will be held at the family owned Leonard J. Ruck Inc. Funeral Home, 5303 Harford Rd. (at Echodale)

On November 17, 2007, MARY A. KANE; beloved sister of Helen A. Kane. Friends are invited to call at the Burgee-Henss-Seitz Funeral Home Inc., 3631 Falls Road, on Monday, from 3 to 5 P.M. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at S.S. Philip and James Church, 2801 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218 on Tuesday at 10 A.M. Interment in New Cathedral Cemetery.

Anyone who thinks WWE officials don't view Daniel Bryan and Kane as key players in the company obviously didn't watch Friday night's Smackdown. The Tag Team Champions were featured on the show from top to bottom and brought some humor and light-hearted fun to the show. Many have questioned the decision to hot-shot this team to the titles ahead of other teams who were being built up, ala the Prime Time Players, but I personally applaud WWE for striking when the iron was hot. A comedy-based gimmick like the one Bryan and Kane are doing could just as easily flop as succeed, but these two have embraced the situation and created gold -- as well as bronze.

WWE Championship defenses are a rarity on Smackdown. In the promotional build to CM Punk defending the title against Kane in the main event, WWE advertised it has been four years since it last happened. That alone made tonight's Smackdown feel special. Add to that the well-hyped return of Sin Cara, and it seemed apparent WWE actually cared about getting people to watch the blue brand this week. The result of that main event, though, will be a source of consternation among wrestling fans and Internet-writing purists.

The card for next month's No Way Out pay-per-view continued to take shape after Friday night's episode of Smackdown, but recent events have parts of the show left with question marks. Alberto Del Rio defeated Randy Orton and Kane in a triple threat match to be crowned the No. 1 contender to the Sheamus' World Heavyweight Championship. But it is the other two participants in that match that are at the center of the most interesting scenarios leading into the next PPV event.

The post-WrestleMania season is beginning to come into full bloom, as new stories for the summer are beginning to develop and champions are finding new challengers - well, sort of. Five matches have been announced for the PPV itself and one for the Internet exclusive pre-show. The results of these matches will likely dictate the next three months or so of the summer. Ring Posts bloggers Arda Ocal and Adam Testa weigh in on the match card:   Pre-Show Match Zack Ryder vs. Kane Arda: I would have enjoyed this match a couple months ago, but now unfortunately, it has a home on the YouTube/Facebook pre-show.

Over steady, live drums and a subdued, twinkling melody that sounds pulled straight from 1994, Baltimore's Kane Mayfield raps with a relaxed, stream-of-consciousness flow. He mentions "retweeting some Rev. Run quote," a reference about a guy known for dropping knowledge on wax and in 140 characters or less. It seems appropriate for "Hydrants," the wonderfully confident, introspective track from "Rhymes By Kane," his four-song EP released in February. On multiple listens, "Hydrants" continues to reward listeners, either through messy-but-important ideas ("Screaming out 'Crew love!

The weeks following WrestleMania have traditionally been a time when WWE calls up talent from developmental, giving them a chance on the main roster. This year has proven to be no different, though not all of this week's debuts were superstars new to the main brands. Lord Tensai , a returning A-Train with a new gimmick, returned on Raw, while former Nexus member Skip Sheffield made his comeback on Smackdown, repackaged as Ryback . Damien Sandow , who has been talked about as a standout in WWE's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling, also made his debut, albeit in the form of a pre-recorded promo.

Downtown's Howard Street was jammed on the Saturday before Easter, and Diana Kane was busy with her new modeling agency. That was five decades ago. Back then, as a black woman, she was a pioneer: She founded a business on what was then Baltimore's principal shopping street at a time when few African-Americans could shop in the fashion houses there. Within a few years, Kane saw results. The glossy department store catalogs started showing African-American models. It was the 1960s, and their appearance was something of a first for Baltimore.

Bruce R. Kane, a retired mechanical engineer whose career in the heating, ventilation and air conditioning industry spanned more than six decades, died March 15 of complications from melanoma at his daughter's Brandywine home. The one-time Timonium resident was 88. Mr. Kane, the son of an educator and a homemaker, was born in Baltimore and raised on Sequoia Avenue in the city's Ashburton neighborhood. After graduating from Forest Park High School, he began his college studies at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. He left Cornell during World War II and enlisted in the Army Air Forces.