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SHIRLEY ANN BROWNSTEIN KOLKER, born on September 13, 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, died early in the morning of Saturday, December 16, 2006, at her home at Sunrise Assisted Living in Columbia, Maryland. Shirley was the youngest of four children born to Ida Warth Brownstein and Dr. Samuel Brownstein. She is predeceased by Jerome Leonard Kolker, her husband of 59 years, her siblings Beatrice Brownstein Ringol, Alfred "Butsy" Brownstein, Edward Brownstein and her son-in-law, Cary Paul Carlson.

SHIRLEY ANN BROWNSTEIN KOLKER, born on September 13, 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, died early in the morning of Saturday, December 16, 2006, at her home at Sunrise Assisted Living in Columbia, Maryland. Shirley was the youngest of four children born to Ida Warth Brownstein and Dr. Samuel Brownstein. She is predeceased by Jerome Leonard Kolker, her husband of 59 years, her siblings Beatrice Brownstein Ringol, Alfred "Butsy" Brownstein, Edward Brownstein and her son-in-law, Cary Paul Carlson.

On Sunday, April 3, 2005, JEROME L. KOLKER; beloved husband of Shirley Ann Kolker (nee Brownstein); loving father of Mary Lou Carlson of Columbia, MD and Thomas Kolker of Austin, TX; father-in-law of Guy Clatterbaugh and Virginia Raymond; adored grandfather of Justin Carlson, Joseph Raymond Kolker, Rebecca Raymond Kolker and Louis Raymond Kolker. Services at SOL LEVINSON AND BROS INC., 8900 Reisterstown Rd. at Mt. Wilson Lane on Tuesday, April 5 at 2 P.M. Interment Har Sinai Cemetery - Garrison Forest Rd. Please omit flowers.

On Sunday, April 3, 2005, JEROME L. KOLKER; beloved husband of Shirley Ann Kolker (nee Brownstein); loving father of Mary Lou Carlson of Columbia, MD and Thomas Kolker of Austin, TX; father-in-law of Guy Clatterbaugh and Virginia Raymond; adored grandfather of Justin Carlson, Joseph Raymond Kolker, Rebecca Raymond Kolker and Louis Raymond Kolker. Services at SOL LEVINSON AND BROS INC., 8900 Reisterstown Rd. at Mt. Wilson Lane on Tuesday, April 5 at 2 P.M. Interment Har Sinai Cemetery - Garrison Forest Rd. Please omit flowers.

On Monday, April 7, 2003; MEYER WOLFE KOLKER; beloved father of Iris Gray of FL and the late Rosalind Finglass; devoted brother of Joseph Kolker of Baltimore, MD and the late Sidney, Irving, Harry, Milton, Joseph and Bessie Kolker and Jenny Ehrlich; loving grandfather of Karen Finglass, Dean Finglass and Benjamin Gray. Also survived by two loving great-grandchildren. Also survived by many generations of loving nieces and nephews. Services at Sol Levinson and Bros., Home, 8900 Reisterstown Road at Mt. Wilson Lane on Tuesday, April 8 at 1 PM. Interment Hebrew Young Mens Cemetery, Windsor Mill Road.

Rosa Jacobson Kolker, a homemaker and former social worker, died Saturday of complications from a heart attack at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center. She was 91 and had lived in Lutherville for three years.Shortly after graduating from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va., in 1927, she moved to Baltimore to work as a family case worker for the Hebrew Benevolent Society.In 1930, she married Irving Mason Kolker, a lumber executive. The couple moved to Pikesville in the early 1940s.

Fabian Homer Kolker, an international activist who brought Jews out of the former Soviet Union, died Tuesday of complications of diabetes at Sinai Hospital. He was 85 and lived in Pikesville. Long a passionate advocate of the state of Israel, he spent 30 years defending the rights of Jews in the former U.S.S.R. "He worked night and day to get people free from Russia," said Audrey Levine, a friend who lives in Baltimore County. "He did it for freedom." He first became interested in the plight of Soviet Jews in 1960 when he met with philosopher Bertrand Russell, who told him how families were being repressed in the Soviet Union.

McDonogh once again dominated the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference individual tournament. But Andy Kolker of Park didn't do too badly for himself and the Bruins.The Eagles got individual titles from Zach Myers, David Katz and Eric Ottenheimer, but Kolker became Park's first singles champion in nearly 30 years. He then ensured the Bruins wouldn't have to wait as long for another title by combining with Jon Caplis to win the doubles championship yesterday at McDonogh.

On July 2, 2003, PAUL A. FRIEDBERG; beloved husband of Bertha Friedberg (nee Levenson) and the late Dorothy Harris Friedberg; beloved father of Rachel and Robert Papkin and Beryl and Philip Sachs; devoted step-father of Richard Kolker, M.D. and Susan Kolker, James and Patricia Kolker and the late Sally Kolker and David Solkin; beloved brother of Pearl Schapiro, Mignon Salzman and the late Edith Bernstein, Irving J. Friedberg, Bertha Friedberg, Harold N....

On June 27, 2003 HELEN B. LEVIN (nee Rosenberg) beloved wife of the late Abram Levin, loving, mother of Philip Levin M.D. and Susan Kolker, loving mother-in-law of Marilyn Miller M.D. and Richard Kolker M.D., devoted sister of the late Aaron, Frances, and Herman Rosenberg. Adored grandmother of Aaron, Brian, and Daniel Levin and Andrew, David, Jonathan, and Abigail Kolker. Services at SOL LEVINSON & BROS. INC., 8900 Reisterstown Rd., at Mt. Wilson Lane, on Sunday June 29, at 1 P.M. Interment at B'nai Israel Congregation Cemetery, 3701 Southern Ave. Please omit flowers, contributions , in her memory, should be directed to the Israel Emergency Fund, c/o J. N. F., #2 Reservoir Circle, Suite 203, Baltimore, MD 21208 or The Diabetes Center at Mercy Hospital, 301 St. Paul St. ( 21202)

On Tuesday, November 2, 2004, JAMES Z. ROSS. Survived by his beloved Gloria Hack (nee Kolker); devoted father of Ellen Ross Rosenbaum, of Hobe Sound, FL, and Janet Ross Cohen, of Lebanon, NH; dear father-in-law of Milton Rosenbaum and William Cohen; devoted brother of Dr. Hilda Ross, of Gainesville, FL, Paula Finck, of Reader, WV, and Jacqueline Rosenblatt, of Big Pine Key, FL; loving grandfather of Dr. Eleise La Porta and Sherri Cohen. A memorial service will be held at the Chizuk Amuno Congregation, 8100 Stevenson Road, Baltimore, MD (21208)

On July 2, 2003, PAUL A. FRIEDBERG; beloved husband of Bertha Friedberg (nee Levenson) and the late Dorothy Harris Friedberg; beloved father of Rachel and Robert Papkin and Beryl and Philip Sachs; devoted step-father of Richard Kolker, M.D. and Susan Kolker, James and Patricia Kolker and the late Sally Kolker and David Solkin; beloved brother of Pearl Schapiro, Mignon Salzman and the late Edith Bernstein, Irving J. Friedberg, Bertha Friedberg, Harold N....

On June 27, 2003 HELEN B. LEVIN (nee Rosenberg) beloved wife of the late Abram Levin, loving, mother of Philip Levin M.D. and Susan Kolker, loving mother-in-law of Marilyn Miller M.D. and Richard Kolker M.D., devoted sister of the late Aaron, Frances, and Herman Rosenberg. Adored grandmother of Aaron, Brian, and Daniel Levin and Andrew, David, Jonathan, and Abigail Kolker. Services at SOL LEVINSON & BROS. INC., 8900 Reisterstown Rd., at Mt. Wilson Lane, on Sunday June 29, at 1 P.M. Interment at B'nai Israel Congregation Cemetery, 3701 Southern Ave. Please omit flowers, contributions , in her memory, should be directed to the Israel Emergency Fund, c/o J. N. F., #2 Reservoir Circle, Suite 203, Baltimore, MD 21208 or The Diabetes Center at Mercy Hospital, 301 St. Paul St. ( 21202)

On Monday, April 7, 2003; MEYER WOLFE KOLKER; beloved father of Iris Gray of FL and the late Rosalind Finglass; devoted brother of Joseph Kolker of Baltimore, MD and the late Sidney, Irving, Harry, Milton, Joseph and Bessie Kolker and Jenny Ehrlich; loving grandfather of Karen Finglass, Dean Finglass and Benjamin Gray. Also survived by two loving great-grandchildren. Also survived by many generations of loving nieces and nephews. Services at Sol Levinson and Bros., Home, 8900 Reisterstown Road at Mt. Wilson Lane on Tuesday, April 8 at 1 PM. Interment Hebrew Young Mens Cemetery, Windsor Mill Road.

IHAVE HEARD a lot of horror stories about drug addiction over the years, and the one Sheila Helgerson tells goes into the Top Ten of testaments to the power of heroin over a man's life. Helgerson, executive director of Earl's Place, a transitional home on East Lombard Street for men trying to move from homelessness and drug abuse to a life of normality and recovery, tells of a former client named Clayton whose right arm became so infected from years of shooting heroin that doctors had to amputate it. According to Helgerson, Clayton, who is in his 30s, had at least two failed attempts at recovery.

Fabian Homer Kolker, an international activist who brought Jews out of the former Soviet Union, died Tuesday of complications of diabetes at Sinai Hospital. He was 85 and lived in Pikesville. Long a passionate advocate of the state of Israel, he spent 30 years defending the rights of Jews in the former U.S.S.R. "He worked night and day to get people free from Russia," said Audrey Levine, a friend who lives in Baltimore County. "He did it for freedom." He first became interested in the plight of Soviet Jews in 1960 when he met with philosopher Bertrand Russell, who told him how families were being repressed in the Soviet Union.

On Tuesday, November 2, 2004, JAMES Z. ROSS. Survived by his beloved Gloria Hack (nee Kolker); devoted father of Ellen Ross Rosenbaum, of Hobe Sound, FL, and Janet Ross Cohen, of Lebanon, NH; dear father-in-law of Milton Rosenbaum and William Cohen; devoted brother of Dr. Hilda Ross, of Gainesville, FL, Paula Finck, of Reader, WV, and Jacqueline Rosenblatt, of Big Pine Key, FL; loving grandfather of Dr. Eleise La Porta and Sherri Cohen. A memorial service will be held at the Chizuk Amuno Congregation, 8100 Stevenson Road, Baltimore, MD (21208)

Morton Hack, a retired administrator at the Correctional Camp Center at Jessup, died Wednesday at Sinai Hospital after a stroke. He was 70 and had lived on Fordleigh Road.Services for Mr. Hack were being held today at the Levinson funeral establishment, 6010 Reisterstown Road.He retired last June, having worked in the office of the state Division of Correction for 25 years. He also had taught accounting.Serving in the Navy in World War II, he was an officer aboard an LST -- a tank-carrying landing ship -- that was in the first wave of the Normandy invasion.

Coach of the YearMark Potter, Archbishop Curley: Potter guided the Friars to their third straight unbeaten season and third Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association B Conference title in a row. With three-year players Chad Kardian, John Bruni and Brandon Scarfield -- all seniors -- as the driving force, Curley has lost only twice in 34 matches as a team in four years. While Potter didn't have a dominant player, he got the most out of a balanced squad that featured several multi-sport athletes whom were used to winning.