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On December 25, 2005, ROBERT JOHN JR., after a courageous battle against cancer, former 30 year employee of Safeway stores. Robert was born in Baltimore, Maryland on May 19, 1953 the son of the late Robert J. Sr. and Florence Schaefer. He is survived by his beloved wife Mary Peterson Schaefer, dear brother of Marge Schafer and Michael Schaefer; loving father of Nichole Groff and Michele Reinhardt; loving grandfather of Kara and John Groff and Molly and Morgan Reinhardt. Memorial contributions may be made to H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute at the University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, or to the Hernando Pasco Hospice, 12139 Majestic Blvd, Hudson, FL 34667.

On December 23, 2005 JAMES LAWRENCE MCNANEY; loving husband of Marie Catherine Mc Naney; mother of Richard Mc Naney, Pamela Mc Naney, Christina Bauman and Robert Tennyson; brother of John Mc Naney, Edward Mc Naney, Kathleen Collins, Jane Kenny, Betty Moyers and Mary Mealy and the late David Mc Naney and Ann Hulse; grandfather of Kaitlyn and Kara Mc Naney, Kenneth, Gregory, Daniel and Elizabeth Bauman, Timothy and Toni Tennyson and Debra Steveson; great...

LITITZ, Pa. -- It's not unusual for residents in small towns struck by unexpected violence to wonder how such a thing could happen in their community. But in this quiet village, tucked among the Amish dairy farms and unabashedly Christian communities of Lancaster County, residents are having an especially tough time comprehending the recent arrest of an 18-year-old suspected of killing his girlfriend's parents after an argument about her curfew. That the families of both David Ludwig, the suspect, and his 14-year-old girlfriend, Kara Borden, were people of faith, involved in their children's lives and active in a local home-schooling support network makes the Sunday morning shootings all the more incomprehensible, area residents said yesterday.

On Friday, September 9, 2005, ANNA E. (nee Gawens) DELL'ACQUA, 71; beloved wife of the late Samuel Dell'Acqua; devoted mother of Dion D. Dell'Acqua, Sr. and Denise K. Avery and her husband Glenn; grandmother of Dion D. Dell'Acqua, Jr., Kristin A. Buttke and her husband Keith and Kara B. Kingsbury; great-grandmother of Dylan A. Hill. Services and interment private. Arrangements by Peaceful Alternatives Funeral & Cremation Center, P.A.

On Saturday, July 9, 2005, HENRY (Buster) FINK; loving husband of Jeanne Fink (nee Lowenthal); beloved father of Susan F. Hackerman and Leslie J. Fink, both of Baltimore; dear father-in-law of Harold I. Hackerman; loving brother of Joan Massing, of Florida; adored grandfather of Erin Hackerman and Kara Hackerman. Funeral Services and interment private, at the convenience of the family. Please omit flowers. The family has requested all contributions to Alzheimer's Association, 1850 York Road, Suite D, Timonium, MD (21093)

On April 9, 2005 SYLVIA V. LAMBROS (nee Varlas); beloved wife of Michael J. Lambros; devoted mother of J. Mitchell Lambros and his wife Cristin and Margot Kara Lambros; loving grandmother of Matthew and Sarah Lambros; sister of Audrey Varlas. A Trisagion Service will be held at the family owned Ruck Towson Funeral Home, Inc., 1050 York Road (beltway exit 26A), on Tuesday at 7:30 P.M. Mrs. Lambros will lie in state in the Greek Orthodox Cemetery Chapel, Windsor Mill Rd., on Wednesday from 10 to 10:30 A.M. at which time a funeral service will be held.

On March 26, 2005, KARA SNYDER, devoted and beloved wife of Philip Snyder, and loving stepmother to Paul and Ronald Snyder. Kara is also survived by one Grandson. Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Friday April 1, 2005 at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens in Timonium.

On Thursday February 24, 2005, MARTHA A. KIRCKHOFF, of Woolford, formerly of Baltimore, passed away. She is survived by a daughter Wende Kirckhoff of Church Creek, two sons, Earl Kirckhoff and Forrest Kirckhoff, both of Kingsville, one granddaughter Kara Jones of Cambridge, a great granddaughter Liam Jones, a brother, John Kenneth Wenderoth of Glen Arm, and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a brother, Joseph Wenderoth. A Memorial service will be at the convenience of the fmaily.

On February 3, 2005, RAYMOND L. WELLS, of Ellicott City; beloved husband of Mary L. Wells; devoted father of David Alan, Richard Steven and Raymond Bruce Wells; loving grandfather of Christina Hernandez, Jennifer Reese, Kara Wells, Kendall Wells, Courtney Wells and Brady Wells; dear brother of William Wells. Family will receive friends Monday, 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. at Harry H. Witzke's Family Funeral Home, Inc., 4112 Old Columbia Pike, Ellicott City. A Funeral Service will be held Tuesday, 10 A.M. at First Evangelical Lutheran Church.