Leon

On May 18, 2003, SHAUNTE LEON, beloved daughter of Alice D. Robinson and Garfield Leon. Friends may call at the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME EAST, 1101 E. North Ave., on Friday after 8 A.M., where the family will receive friends on Saturday at 11:30. Funeral Services will follow at 12 noon. See www.marchfh.com

Leon Samuel Idas, who owned a commercial used clothing business and fought the German occupation of his native Greece during World War II, died of a cerebral ailment April 12 at his home in Lauderhill, Fla. He was 87 years old and formerly lived in Bolton Hill. Born in Athens, Greece, he was the son of Samuel and Miriam Ioudas, who also used the name Gabrielides. His father was a textile merchant. "My father's early life was interrupted by the invasion of his beloved homeland, by the Germans during World War II," said his son, Samuel Idas of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. "At 16, Leon fled the Nazi-fortified city of Athens with forged documents and instructions from underground resistance leaders.

On May 10, 2004, SOLOMON, beloved brother of Albert and Sidney Leon, Sara Riberkof and the late Abraham and William Leon, Mary Rothman and Dora Gertz, beloved brother-in-law of Joan Leon and the late Morton Riberkof, beloved son of the late Joseph and Lena (nee Fine) Leon, beloved uncle of three generations of nieces and nephews. Services at SOL LEVINON BROS. INC., 8900 Reisterstown Rd., at Mt. Wilson Ln., on Wednesday, May 12, at 12 noon. Interment Beth Yehuda Anshe Kurland Congregation Cemetery, 6700 Bowleys Ln. Please omit flowers.

Leon Nelson, a retired state security officer assigned to the Department of Health and Human Services, died of cancer April 4 at Seasons Hospice in Randallstown. The Inner Harbor resident was 85. The son of John Leon Nelson and Rebecca Nelson, he was born in Sumter, S.C., and moved to Baltimore in 1935. He lived on Bradley Street in West Baltimore and attended Samuel Coleridge Taylor School. "He had to leave school in order to help support his mother," said his grandson, Kaon Nelson, a Gwynn Oak resident who was his caregiver.

Beloved husband COMMANDER ALBERT LEON, USN retired, 75, of Virginia Beach, was called home by the Lord on July 15, 2005. A celebration of Mr. Leon's life will be held 3:00 P.M., Wednesday, July 20, 2005 at Kempsville Presbyterian Church with Pastor Nate Atwood, officiating. Interment in Arlington National Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Kellum Funeral Home, Rosewood Chapel on Tuesday, July 19, 2005 from 6 to 8:30 P.M. Flowers may be sent to the funeral home or memorial donations in Albert's name may be sent to the American Heart Association.

On October 5, 2005, LEON, husband of the late Louise E. Northington. Friends may call at the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME EAST, 1101 East North Avenue on Friday after 8 A.M., where the family will receive friends on Saturday at 11:30 A.M. Funeral services will follow at 12 noon. See www.marchfh.com.

On May 4, 2003; LEON. Devoted husband of Rose Bennett. Friends may call at the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME EAST, 1101 East North Avenue on Wednesday after 3 PM, where Funeral Services will take place on Thursday at 1:30 PM. See www.marchfh.com.

On July 13, 2006, LEON Friends may call at the Family Owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME EAST, 1101 E. North Ave. on Monday after 8:00 A.M. where the family will receive friends on Tuesday at 11:00 A.M. Funeral services will follow at 11:30 A.M.

On May 31, 2005, LEON CUSHING; beloved husband of the late Hannah G. Cushing (nee Goorevitz); devoted brother of Sam Cushing of Hartford, CT; also survived by many loving nieces and nephews. Services and Interment at the Maryland Veterans Cemetery, Garrison Forest Rd on Monday, June 6 at 2:30 P.M. Please omit flowers. Arrangements by SOL LEVINSON & BROS., INC.

On August 16, 2007, LEON EVANS. Friends may call at the FAMILY OWNED MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST, INC., 4300 Wabash Avenue on Monday after 8:30 A.M., where family will receive friends on Tuesday at 6 P.M., followed by funeral service at 6:30 P.M.

The last time the Ravens met the Cincinnati Bengals, Cincinnati cornerback Leon Hall was on injured reserve, Chris Crocker was the starting strong safety, and Terence Newman and Jason Allen were earning paychecks in Texas. When the AFC North rivals open their season Monday night at M&T Bank Stadium, the Ravens will introduce themselves to a retooled Bengals secondary. Hall is back from a torn Achilles tendon that sidelined him for the final eight games of 2011, Crocker has been replaced by Taylor Mays, and Newman and Allen were signed in the offseason from the Dallas Cowboys and Houston Texans, respectively.

The 2011 college football season was a whirlwind for Towson wide receivers Leon Kinnard and Gerrard Sheppard . From their decision to leave Connecticut within days of each other in late July and return home to Baltimore, to helping the Tigers go from worst-to-first in the Colonial Athletic Association, to catching touchdown passes in a season-ending 40-38 loss to Lehigh in the opening round of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs,...

Leon Kinnard , who starred at Loyola High, has transferred to Towson from Connecticut and will join the Tigers in time for this football season, coach Rob Ambrose said in a news release Thursday night. Kinnard, who played quarterback at Loyola, was recruited to UConn by Ambrose when he was the Huskies' offensive coordinator. The 5-foot-10, 185-pound player appeared in five games at wide receiver for Connecticut last season. He completed one pass for 3 yards and gained 18 yards on four carries.

Kings of Leon have cancelled all dates of their 2011 tour because the lead singer, Caleb Followill, is suffering from "vocal issues and exhaustion. " The announcement was made Monday by tour promoter Live Nation. The band had been scheduled to perform at Jiffy Lube Live August 9 as part of the 30-city tour. Tickets bought online or by phone will be refunded automatically; others can be refunded whereever purchased. Jiffy Lube Live started offering refunds today. The US tour will not be rescheduled because of the band's international tour schedule, the statement said.

Jonathan Biss, the young pianist who makes his Carnegie Hall recital debut on Friday and will repeat the program at the slightly more modest Shriver Hall on Sunday, could easily have become a violinist. But as he tells it on the bio page of his website, "the highlight of his career as a violinist took place when he was a fetus. " A few months before his birth in Indiana in 1980, Biss writes, "he performed, prenatally, the Mozart A major Violin Concerto at Carnegie Hall, with the Cleveland Orchestra under the direction of Lorin Maazel.

A 38-year-old woman who was sent to prison last month for 15 years for defrauding friends by claiming she had terminal cancer was sentenced Tuesday to an additional six years. Dina Perouty Leone's conviction in Baltimore County in the cancer scam triggered a probation violation in four earlier cases in Carroll County, where she had been found guilty in a series of mortgage frauds and bad-check cases several years ago. In most of those cases, she was given suspended sentences, which were turned into hard time at Tuesday's hearing.

On September 8, 2005, LEON BILLUPS; beloved husband of Michelle Billups. Friends may call at the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST, INC., 4300 Wabash Avenue, on Monday after 8:30 A.M., where the family will receive friends on Wednesday 11:30, followed by funeral services at 12 noon. See www.marchfh.com

A 38-year-old Rosedale woman who falsely claimed she was dying of cancer, and who a prosecutor said "ripped off person after person" to pay for nonexistent treatments, was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison by a judge who called her a "professional thief. " Dina Perouty Leone, a former real estate agent whose license was revoked in 2007 for unrelated offenses, was ordered to pay restitution of $14,090 to two of her victims, each of whom had lost a parent to cancer before they went to Leone's aid. Leone, who had astonished investigators with her lack of remorse and combative nature when they first interviewed her last year, was contrite and tearful Thursday before the judge, and said she had found religion.