Mortuary

GAUTIER, Miss. -- First, it was drive-in theaters. Then came fast food.But the newest drive-in has some residents shaking their heads. A drive-in funeral home.Coastal Mortuary, under construction in Gautier, is the first funeral home of its type on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. It is scheduled to open Sept. 1.Mourners will be able to pull up to a drive-in window -- much like a bank -- lean out of their car window, and push a button to select from one of two dead people. The person they select, lying in a room in the back of the building, will be shown on a color video monitor.

Nobody asked me, but ... do we really need to redevelop Owings Mills Mall into a retail "town center"? How about we just decide that the whole thing was a big mistake, knock it down, tear up all that pavement and turn the area into a park, with exotic things like trees and grass and deer and stuff? How about doing a facelift along Reisterstown Road instead, supporting the small businesses that are already there and encouraging new ones? Anyone for a charrette on this? • People who opposed the Baltimore Grand Prix keep sending me I-told-you-so cards.

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. - Like most military bases, Dover sends its wide-eyed young troops on their missions and welcomes them home as heroes. But it is Dover's unique and grim mission that distinguishes it from the typical base, because in every major American conflict since the Vietnam War, the dead have come home to Dover. In America's latest conflict, the remains of 189 victims from the Sept. 11 attack on the Pentagon were identified there, and then prepared to be sent to their families.

On September 5, 2009, Leonard J. Winkler, Sr. A Prayer Service is scheduled for 11am Thursday at J.J. Hartenstein Mortuary Inc. 24 Second St. New Freedom, PA. Burial will be in St. John the Baptist Cemetery, New Freedom, PA. Friends may call at the Mortuary on Wednesday from 6 to 9 P.M., and Thursday from 10-11 A.M.

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. - The fallen soldier's journey back home to the United States always passes through here, the nation's largest military mortuary. The building where bodies are prepared for burial is brand new, state of the art, but much else is as it's been for years: the body quietly ushered from the jungles of Vietnam, the streets of Baghdad, Iraq, or the mountains of Afghanistan, stopping first at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany, and then onto a cargo plane to Dover. Since 1955, the base has received the remains of nearly 52,000 military members and civilians.

Now comes the gruesome, painstaking and respectful task of identifying the dead. Though crews are still searching for survivors, the focus in New Orleans and across Hurricane Katrina's path is turning to the regimented work of finding, recovering and identifying bodies. Federal disaster officials have already dispatched two complete mobile mortuaries to Louisiana and Mississippi. One has been established in Biloxi, Miss.; the other is operating in a warehouse in St. Gabriel, La. Called DMORTs, for Disaster Mortuary Teams, they include a full complement of professionals and highly specialized equipment for processing, identifying and preparing the remains of disaster victims for burial.

Pelham Harrison Schmidt, Arrangements were handled by Apache Junction Mortuary.

On April 19, WALTER R. STREVIG; husband of Kathleen E. (Chalk) Strevig; father of daughter Terry M., sons Thomas C. and Stephen A. Strevig. Also survived by four grandchildren. Viewing Thursday, April 22, from 6 to 8 PM, at J.J. Hartenstein Mortuary, 19 S. Main St., Stewartstown, PA. Funeral services Friday, April 23, 11 AM, at the mortuary. Interment immediately following in St. Jacobs (Stone) Cemetery, Glenville, PA.

On June 6, 2004, LOUISE S. TITTER (nee Smith) of Parkton, MD, wife of the late Russell P. Titter. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, June 9 at J.J. Hartenstein Mortuary, Inc. 24 Second St. New Freedom, PA. Interment in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Freeland, MD. Friends may call at the mortuary from 10-11 a.m. on Wednesday.

On September 5, 2009, Leonard J. Winkler, Sr. A Prayer Service is scheduled for 11am Thursday at J.J. Hartenstein Mortuary Inc. 24 Second St. New Freedom, PA. Burial will be in St. John the Baptist Cemetery, New Freedom, PA. Friends may call at the Mortuary on Wednesday from 6 to 9 P.M., and Thursday from 10-11 A.M.

Pelham Harrison Schmidt, Arrangements were handled by Apache Junction Mortuary.

Nicole Ann Lohrmann, A funeral service will begin at 12 P.M. Thursday, September 11, 2008 at J.J. Hartenstein Mortuary, Inc., 19 S. Main St., Stewartstown, PA. Interment will be in Stewartstown Cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary on Wednesday, September 10 from 7 to 9 P.M. and Thursday from 10 to 12 P.M.

On June 16, 2008, JOHN H. "Johnny" SKIPPER, JR., 51, of New Freedom, PA, formerly of Maryland Line. Husband of Crystal A. (Propst) Skipper. Son of Betty L. (Calp) Skipper and the late John H. Skipper, Sr. Brother of Kathy L. Smedley-Karoll, K. Joanne Martin, and Blaine J. Skipper. Also survived by many nieces and nephews. A funeral service will begin at 10 am Friday, at J.J. Hartenstein Mortuary, Inc., 24 Second St., New Freedom, PA. Interment in St. Abraham's Cemetery, Beckleysville. Friends may call at the mortuary on Thursday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 pm. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made J.J. Hartenstein Mortuary, Inc., PO Box 96, New Freedom, PA 17349.

On March 14, 2008, ROBERT B. "Bob" HAMMOND, of Parkton, MD. Husband of Patricia A. Hammond, son of the late Harry and Berkley Hammond, father of nine, grandfather of eleven, great grandfather of four. Funeral Service will be held on Thursday, March 20 at 11 am from J.J. Hartenstein Mortuary, Inc., 24 Second St., New Freedom, PA. Friends may call the mortuary on Wednesday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 pm. Memorial contributions may be made to Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care, 6601 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21204.

William C. Gonce, a retired funeral director who established the mortuary science program at Catonsville Community College, died Sept. 11 of complications from a liver transplant at Gil- christ Center for Hospice Care. The Rosedale resident was 62. Mr. Gonce was born in Baltimore and raised in Northwood. He was a 1963 graduate of Calvert Hall College High School and earned a bachelor's degree in history from Mount St. Mary's College in Emmitsburg.

On August 31, 2007, E. WAYNE STURGILL, 54, of White Hall. Husband of Patricia A. (Miller) Sturgill. Funeral service will be held at 11 AM, Wednesday, September 5 from J.J. Hartenstein Mortuary, Inc., 24 Second Street, New Freedom, PA. Burial in Wiseburg Cemetery, White Hall, MD. Friends may call at the mortuary on Tuesday, September 4 from 6 to 8 PM.

On August 31, 2007, E. WAYNE STURGILL, 54, of White Hall. Husband of Patricia A. (Miller) Sturgill. Funeral service will be held at 11 AM, Wednesday, September 5 from J.J. Hartenstein Mortuary, Inc., 24 Second Street, New Freedom, PA. Burial in Wiseburg Cemetery, White Hall, MD. Friends may call at the mortuary on Tuesday, September 4 from 6 to 8 PM.

On January 12, 2005 C. WALTER TURNBAUGH, 87 of Stewartstown, PA, formally of Parkton, MD. Husband of E. Gertrude (nee Stiffler) Turnbaugh. Funeral Service at 11 A.M., Saturday at the J.J. Hartenstein Mortuary, Inc., 24 Second St., New Freedom, PA. Viewings from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M., Friday at the Mortuary. Interment in Pine Grove Cemetery, Parkton, MD.

On March 23, 2007, CAROLYN P. (Pirrone) HARNEY, 80, of Stewartstown, PA, formerly of Baltimore. Wife of Thomas F. Harney, Sr., whom she married March 25, 1950; mother of Thomas F. Harney, Jr. and his wife Janet, Carol Lynn Albanese and her husband James, Timothy A. Harney and his wife Janine, and Kathleen M. Merani and her husband Mark. Also surviving are ten grandchildren, three great grandchildren, and one sister, Almerinda Cudd. Carolyn graduated from the Institute of Notre Dame in 1944 and Towson University in 1949.