Mother Of Two

On December 25, 2005, RUTH ADELL MAXWELL, devoted mother of two sons. Friends may call at the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST, INC., 4300 Wabash Avenue on Friday after 8:30 A.M. where the family will receive friends on Saturday at 9:30 A.M. followed by funeral service at 10 A.M. See www.marchfh.com

On August 15, 2005, SARA W. OSTROM, a resident of Annapolis, Md., beloved wife of Gene Ostrom, loving mother of two daughters; Susan Ostrom-Ives of Derwood, MD and Kristen Thaxter of New Windsor, MD. Also survived by her two brothers Thomas A. Willingham of Charleston, SC and Jack Willingham of Cottondale, AL. Loving grandmother of four grandsons and one granddaughter Visitation will be held on Thursday, August 18 from 5 to 7 P.M. Services will be held...

On July 4, 2005, MARY. Beloved mother of two sons, Stephen and Deacon William Wilks; one daughter, Isamae Bowie and two sisters, Agnes Smith and Ella Logue. Friends may call at the Wylie Funeral Home, P.A., 638 N. Gilmor Street, on Friday, 6 to 8 P.M. Family will receive friends on Saturday, 10:30 A.M. Funeral 11 A.M. at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, 2201 Garrison Blvd. Inquiries at www.wyliefuneralhome.com

On June 24, 2005, PAULINE A. ODINKEMELU, loving mother of two sons, and six daughters. Also survived by 11 grandchildren. The Funeral Service will be held at the Family Cemetery, Awo-Idemili, Nigeria on July 8, 2005.

For someone not accustomed to having things handed to her on a silver platter, Nicole Clarke has had an exceptional year. After four years of hard work at Western High, Baltimore's elite public school for girls, Clarke was offered admission at some of the nation's most prestigious universities: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, MIT and Johns Hopkins. The colleges paid for her to visit their campuses and dangled promises of full scholarships. Eventually, the 17-year-old math and science whiz settled on Princeton, won over by its leafy campus and chemical engineering department.

On January 22, 2005, ERNASCHIROKAUER, age 99, of Cockeysville, loving mother of two children, cherished grandmother of five, and great-grandmother of eight. A memorial service will be at a later date. In lieu of flowers, please make donations in Mrs. Schirokauer's name to Bryn Mawr School, Melrose Avenue, Baltimore, MD.

BOSTON - I'm not supposed to like Desperate Housewives. It's either post-feminist or pre-feminist. It's too racy or too retro. It's either an example of the backlash or a product of the cultural collapse. The show's steaminess has the American Family Association railing against its sex in the suburbs. Its locker room promo on Monday Night Football has the FCC in wardrobe malfunction mode. So sue me. This show had me from hello. It wasn't the mystery or the lingerie. It was Lynette. In the very first episode, the woman who left her high-powered job to be overwhelmed by four kids ran into a coiffed and manicured former co-worker who asked how she likes her new life.

Anne Gahan Lucido has one thing to say about death: There is no such thing, at least as a finality. Whatever death is, its gloom hasn't rubbed off on her. Quite the opposite: Since she arrived at New Cathedral Cemetery to record the plats and keep the books nearly 35 years ago, she has cheered the place up. Certainly she has made people who visit New Cathedral feel better about it. "You made a very emotion-filled event much more comfortable," wrote a...

On July 12, 2004, PURLEEN EDITH MICK, of Baltimore, MD, beloved wife of the late Robert Mick, Sr., devoted mother of two sons, loving grandmother of two. Also survived by two stepdaughters Victoria Elizabeth and Dawn Marie Mc Clelland and two step-grandchildren. Friends may call LOUDON PARK FUNERAL HOME, 3620 Wilkens Ave., Baltimore, MD, on Thursday, July 15, from 6 to 8 P.M., where a Funeral Service will be held on Friday, July 16, at 1 P.M. Interment will be in Loudon Park Cemetery.