Lutherville

Henry George Lubke IV, who was studying winemaking and the culture of grapes in Sonoma Valley, Calif., died in his sleep Sunday at the winery where he was living. The former Lutherville resident was 21. His mother, Jean Johnson Lubke, said he had a heart condition associated with the aortic valve and that initial tests indicated he died of natural causes. Born in Daytona Beach, Fla., and raised in Lutherville, he attended Calvert School and was a 2005 graduate of Boys' Latin School, where he played football, ice hockey, lacrosse and golf.

Edmund W. Lubinski, a retired appraiser who worked for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, died of pneumonia April 10 at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. The Lutherville resident was 93. Mr. Lubinski was born in Baltimore, the son of Polish immigrants who owned and operated grocery stores on Linwood Avenue and later Elmora Avenue. Mr. Lubinski was raised near Patterson Park and graduated in 1931 from Loyola High School. He earned a bachelor's degree in liberal arts from Loyola College in 1935.

David Ransom Smith, 83, surveyor, ScoutmasterDavid Ransom Smith, a retired surveyor, died Thursday of cancer at Brightwood Center. He was 83 and lived in Lutherville.He was a surveyor for the Towson engineering firm of Thompson, Grace and Mays through the 1960s. He was subsequently employed by the U.S. Postal Service at Lutherville, where he retired in 1982.Born in Jacksonville, Fla., he was raised in Towson and graduated from Towson High School in 1933. He was a 1938 graduate of Maryland State Teachers College at Towson, where he played on championship baseball, soccer and basketball teams.

Sales of new homes fell in Washington areaWashington area new-home sales in October fell 10.57 percent compared with the same period last year, according to statistics released by the Meyers Group, a Washington firm that tracks home construction.The number of units sold in October was 1,920 compared with 2,147 last year. But the average sales price rose 6.16 percent to $227,846 from $214,635.Single-family, townhouse and condominium sales dropped by 7.6 percent, 12.47 percent and 16.6 percent, respectively.

Rosemary C. Gregory, a Lutherville homemaker and volunteer who served in the Navy during World War II, died Thursday of respiratory failure at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. She was 75.Born in Burnside, La., Rosemary Torregrossa grew up on her father's plantation. When her brother, a pilot, was killed during World War II, she joined the Navy and was assigned to administrative jobs in the Washington area. At a government office in Arlington, Va., she met Francis Gregory, a native Baltimorean.

150 years ago in The SunJan. 22: RAILROAD ACCIDENT -- On Tuesday morning last, the downward train of cars from Cumberland for Baltimore, encountered a horse on the track, throwing all the cars off but one, but fortunately injuring none of the passengers.Jan. 24: The Orphan's Home -- This is the title given by the Rev. Mr. Dolan to the Farm School which has been started, under his energetic action, a few miles from the city, to the left of the York Road. We learn that there are now fifteen boys there receiving an education, most of them orphans of those who died here last season from the ship fever.

ETOWSON -- Despite lingering doubts among several county councilmen, a bill requiring house numbers on the rear of homes facing alleys is due for a final vote at the County Council meeting Monday night.The bill is intended to make it easier for county inspectors, police and firefighters who might have to find a home from the alley, but Kevin B. Kamenetz, a Pikesville-Randallstown Democrat, and Towson Republican Douglas B. Riley, say they are doubtful about the measure.Councilman Louis L. DePazzo, a Dundalk Democrat sponsoring the measure, dismissed the objections.

Police said an 18-year-old man was charged yesterday with first-degree murder in the beating and drowning of a 41-year-old fisherman who was thrown off a Boston Street pier during a fight early Friday in Southeast Baltimore.George Barbarino, 18, of the 2700 block of Eastern Ave. was being held without bail pending a bail hearing today. Police said up to three accomplices are being sought in the killing of Thomas Edward Williams Jr. of the 3100 block of O'Donnell St.Police said the 1: 15 a.m. incident in the 3100 block of Boston St. in Canton started with an argument and escalated when a group of males beat Williams and threw him into the water.

When Walter Brown trudged down the unpaved lane to Colored School No. 24 in Lutherville in 1918, he joined generations of black children who were taught in segregated facilities.But that didn't stop the Lutherville children from learning their ABCs from teachers such as stern Miss Bea, who summoned the children by vigorously ringing a bell, or Mr. Harris, who kept his charges in line with the whack of a ruler."I got a good education," said Brown, 86, who still lives in the historically black neighborhood off West Seminary Avenue that was settled after the Civil War.Today, the historic Lutherville schoolhouse -- built in 1909 as one room and expanded to two classrooms in 1919 -- will reopen as a memorial to those early days on School Lane, with a ribbon-cutting at 11 a.m.Visitors will be able to step into a re-created classroom, complete with the original blackboard, a pot-bellied stove, a few antique desks and a number of turn-of-the-century primers.

LUTHERVILLE -- The Lutherville post office branch is opening today, ahead of schedule, in the 100 block of W. Ridgely Road near the new Metro Food Market in Lutherville Station.Lucy Smith, an independent contractor who operated the former satellite branch at Ridgely Road and Kurtz Avenue for the U.S. Postal Service for 10 years, will oversee the 940-square-foot space, which wasn't expected to open until next month.Because of a final inspection this morning, the branch will not open until 9: 30 a.m. Regular hours will be 8: 30 a.m. to 4: 30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

On October 3, 2009, STANLEY WHITNEY OLSON, passed away at his home in Sebring, Florida, of natural causes at the age of 93. Born July 13, 1916 in Somerville, MA, he was a Marine Corps veteran and a long-time resident of Baltimore and Pocomoke City, MD. He is survived by daughter Mary Ann Fry of Sebring, FL; son, Richard and wife, Sharon, of Lutherville, MD; five grand-children and six great-grandchildren. A memorial service is planned at the 1st Baptist Cemetery in Pocomoke City, MD at a future date.

Anthony J. "Tony" Iacoboni Sr., a retired underground utility and site contractor, died of cancer Oct. 29 at Anne Arundel Medical Center. The Kent Island resident was 80. Mr. Iacoboni, the son of Italian immigrant parents, was born in Baltimore and lived on 27th Street before moving to Govans. After graduating in 1948 from Calvert Hall College High School, he went to work for his father, who had established Camillo Iacoboni & Sons, an underground utility and site contracting company, in 1923.

A second teenager died Monday after being found injured on light rail tracks near the Lutherville station the previous afternoon, and Maryland Transit Administration police are still trying to determine what happened to the teens. MTA spokeswoman Cheron Wicker identified the boy who died Monday at Maryland Shock Trauma Center as Connor Peterson, 17, of the 8600 block Tower Bridge Way in Lutherville. She said Kyle Patrick Wankmiller, 17, of the same address, died Sunday. The incident occurred about 3:15 p.m. Sunday, but Wicker said it was "much too early to tell" why the two teens were lying on the southbound light rail tracks just south of the Lutherville station when they were spotted by a fare inspector on a northbound train.

On June 19, 2009, III beloved father of Joshua T. Bautz of Lutherville and Alexander W. Bautz of Lutherville; dear son of Margaret E. Liston (nee Wertzer), big brother to Deborah B. Thompson of St. Augustine, FL, Stuart L. Bautz of Islamorada, FL and Briget P. Bordino of Gastonia, NC; loving uncle of Benjamin W. Thompson, Christopher Bordino and Kimberly J. Bordino, predeceased by T. Gordon and Marie Bautz, Sr. and T. Gordon Bautz, Jr. A Memorial Service will be held at Immaculate Conception Church on Saturday, August 15 at 11:00 A.M. Inurnment Mt. Moriah Cemetery.

Arline Theofiles Memorial Talk Saturday, July 18, 2009 at 2 P.M. Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 1518 Riderwood Lutherville Drive, Lutherville, MD 21093

On Saturday February 21, 2009, Milton R. Jones The family will receive friends in the LEMMON FUNERAL HOME OF DULANEY VALLEY, INC., 10 W. Padonia Road (at York Road) Timonium, MD, on Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9PM. A funeral service will be celebrated in the funeral home on Thursday, February 26 at 11 AM. Expressions of sympathy may be directed in Mr. Jones' name to Lutherville Volunteer Fire Company, P.O. Box 232, Lutherville, MD 21094. A guest book is available at www.mem.com.

On Saturday February 21, 2009, Milton R. Jones The family will receive friends in the LEMMON FUNERAL HOME OF DULANEY VALLEY, INC., 10 W. Padonia Road (at York Road) Timonium, MD, on Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9PM. A funeral service will be celebrated in the funeral home on Thursday, February 26 at 11 AM. Expressions of sympathy may be directed in Mr. Jones' name to Lutherville Volunteer Fire Company, P.O. Box 232, Lutherville, MD 21094. A guest book is available at www.mem.com.

Beverly Jean Barranco of Lutherville, a nurse at Union Memorial Hospital and later in her husband's medical practice, died Saturday at Gilchrist Hospice Care after a brief illness. She was 72. In September, Mrs. Barranco and her husband, Dr. Frank T. Barranco, a retired orthopedic surgeon, celebrated their 50th anniversary. Jim Doran, a friend of the Barrancos for many years, described Mrs. Barranco as a quiet matriarch who was devoted to her family. She was active in the Patrons' Club at McDonogh School and the Parent Teacher Association, and loved organizing and cooking for family gatherings.

William H. Hedeman, a retired Raytheon Co. official who restored a vintage Ford station wagon, died of heart failure Aug. 28 at St. Joseph Medical Center. The Lutherville resident was 87. Mr. Hedeman was born in Baltimore and raised in Relay. He was a 1938 graduate of what was then Catonsville Junior and Senior High School. In 1941, he began his career as a clerk in the purchasing department at the Bendix Radio Corp. on East Joppa Road in Towson, and rose through the ranks to become purchasing manager for the Bendix Radio Division.

Dorwin L. McDonald, who had managed insurance company offices and was an active church member, died Tuesday from complications of Alzheimer's disease at Charlotte Hall Veterans Home. He was 81. Mr. McDonald was born and raised in Knoxville, Iowa. He served in the Navy as a clerk from 1945 to 1946. He earned a bachelor's degree in business administration in 1950 from the University of Iowa. Mr. McDonald went to work for the Traveler's Insurance Co. and managed offices in Louisville, Ky., and Seattle.