Pancreatic Cancer

For the first time in 14 years, Mike Whittles was not on the sideline when Archbishop Spalding's football team took the field for the first day of practice, but junior quarterback Zach Abey surely spoke for his teammates when he said their late coach's presence remains strong. "He's definitely still with us, because every day when we're working out or when we're on the field, we can hear him in our heads just saying, 'Make every day count' and 'Never give up,' because we don't know what day is going to be our last day. We try to work hard and it gives me a big lift knowing he's still with us through everything I do," Abey said.

On July 9, 2006, from Pancreatic Cancer, ROBIN R. CAMERON (nee Richardson); surving are her husband, Keith; daughters, Amy and Lisa; brothers, Lee and Paul and mother, Connie. A Memorial Service is scheduled for 10 A.M. on August 12, at Grace Church, Elkridge. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Grace Episcopal Church or the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.

On December 30, 2004, ROBERT DUANE WALLACE, SR., of Sykesville, lost his battle with pancreatic cancer. He was the beloved husband of Barbara, devoted Dad of 5 sons and a daughter, Papa of 6 granddaughters, 2 grandsons and Uncle of two nieces. A Memorial Service will be held Thursday, 2 P.M. at Brooks Grove Retirement Village, in Sandy Spring. In lieu of flowers, donations are requested for Altholton School Expansion Phase II, 6520 Martin Rd., Columbia, MD., 21044 or the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, which can be reached at 877-272-6226.

GEORGE D. WARRINGTON, 55 Amtrak president George D. Warrington, a former Amtrak president who presided over the introduction of the national passenger railroad's high-speed service in the Northeast, died of pancreatic cancer Monday, said an NJ Transit spokeswoman. Mr. Warrington later went on to lead New Jersey Transit.

Jack Smith, 58, a retired ABC News correspondent widely remembered for a 1993 story retracing one of the bloodiest fights of the Vietnam War - a battle in which he was twice wounded as a 19-year-old infantryman - died of complications from pancreatic cancer Wednesday at a hospital in California. He joined ABC News in 1978 and later became well known as one of television's pioneers in covering the high-tech boom.

The public is invited to attend a memorial service Jan. 17 for WBAL's Ron Smith, Baltimore radio's longtime "Voice of Reason," who died of pancreatic cancer Dec. 19. The service, to be held at Goucher College's Kraushaar Auditorium, will include testimonials from WBAL-TV sports anchor Gerry Sandusky, news anchor Stan Stovall, financial analyst Jonathan Murray and political analyst Blair Lee IV. Also speaking will be WBAL Vice President and General...

North County High School student Jack Andraka was slated to be a guest of First Lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday night at the State of the Union address in Washington. Jack Andraka, of Crownsville, was invited to sit in the box with the First Lady and also Dr. Jill Biden during President Barack Obama's address at the U.S. Capitol, according to a release from the White House. In 2012 Andraka, a sophomore at North County, was awarded first place in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his discovery of a method to detect pancreatic cancer.

Homer A. Jack, 77, who once headed a United Nations disarmament agency and championed other peace and civil rights causes, died Thursday of pancreatic cancer in Swarthmore, Pa. The retired Unitarian minister helped found the National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy, which he directed from 1960 to 1984.* Harry Bellaver, 88, a character actor on television and in the theater, died of pneumonia Sunday in Nyack (N.Y.) Hospital. He was best known for his role as Sergeant Arcaro on the TV series "Naked City" from 1960 to 1964.

Richard Marius, 66, a scholar of the Reformation, novelist and speech writer who ran the Harvard Expository Writing Program for 16 years, died Nov. 5 at home in Belmont, Mass. The cause was pancreatic cancer, said his wife, Lanier Smythe.Pat McMullen, 54, a former Washington state House Majority Leader and state senator, died Friday in Mount Vernon, Wash., of cancer.Jacob Glick,73, a violist admired for his championship of new music and his performances on the Baroque viola d'amore, died Monday at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington.

David Allan Stevens, an electrical engineer and sports fan, died Sunday of pancreatic cancer at his Sykesville home. He was 43. Mr. Stevens, the son of a career naval officer and a homemaker, was born in Portsmouth, Va., and spent his early years abroad. His family later settled in Columbia, where he graduated in 1985 from Hammond High School. He earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in 1990 from Pennsylvania State University. Mr. Stevens, a professional engineer, began his career with Whitman, Requardt & Associates.