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The Rev. John Anthony Delclos, a retired Roman Catholic priest known for his emotional preaching style, died of cancer Sunday at his Northwood home. He was 67. Born in Baltimore and raised on Bartlett Avenue, he attended St. Ann's parochial school. He was a 1957 graduate of Loyola High School and earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Loyola College. He joined the old Maryland National Bank and became its commercial credit department manager, but after six years decided on a career change.

THE LATE Rev. Carl W. Folkemer, former pastor of St. John Lutheran Church, Linthicum, will be honored at a Faith of Our Founders commemoration and reception at 7 p.m. Nov. 5. The event will take place at Our Shepherd Lutheran Church, 400 Benfield Road, Severna Park.Folkemer arrived in Linthicum in 1942 to serve as pastor of St. John, then a mission church. He spent the next 23 years leading its growth into one of the most active and respected congregations of the Delaware-Maryland Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

The Rev. Harold Whetstone, 79, pastor, missionaryThe Rev. Harold Vink Whetstone, a retired Lutheran pastor and missionary, died of a stroke Friday at Augsburg Lutheran Home in Lochearn. He was 79.In June, he stepped down as vice pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church on Hollins Ferry Road, a post he had held since 1975.He moved to Baltimore in 1960 as pastor of St. Andrew's Lutheran Church in Hillendale and served there 14 years.From 1974 to 1991, he was chaplain at John Deaton Medical Center in the Inner Harbor.

The Rev. Robert A. Reed, a retired priest who served inner-city parishes in Baltimore for more than 40 years, died Saturday of a heart attack at the parish house of St. Benedict Roman Catholic Church in West Baltimore. He was 83."Clear thought and strong commitment certainly were hallmarks of Bob Reed's ministry," said Monsignor W. Francis Malooly, communications director for the Archdiocese of Baltimore.Father Reed had been associate pastor of St. Dominic Roman Catholic Church in Hamilton for nine years at the time of his formal retirement in 1985 but pursued an active retirement.

Monsignor Joseph Paul Bradley, a Roman Catholic priest who helped nurture the growth of two suburban parishes, died Thursday of kidney failure at Stella Maris Hospice. He was 87 and lived in North Baltimore.As the pastor of St. John's parish in Hydes for 26 years, he served the northeast section of Baltimore County and Fallston in Harford County. He built St. John's from a small country chapel into a large suburban church and ran St. Mark's in Fallston as a mission until it gained independent status.

THE ST. JOHN Nursery School's 30th and busiest year ends today with a 30th-anniversary reunion party on the parking lot of St. John Lutheran Church on Maple Avenue in Linthicum.Approximately 400 people, including students from the past five years and their accompanying adults, are expected to attend.Organizers are planning accordion music by Adeline Bradshaw and parachute games with Eadie Leach. They have gathered pictures of early classes and created a 30th-anniversary souvenir button. Sundaes and brownies will be available, as will flags for participants to wave.

Dressed in his red cassock and white surplice, John J. Sharp, a World War I veteran, was a familiar figure at St. Ignatius Roman Catholic Church on North Calvert Street, where he was an altar server and sexton for more than 70 years.Mr. Sharp, a diminutive, bespectacled man with a shock of white hair and a peppery personality, died in his sleep Friday at Genesis Eldercare in Catonsville. He was 102.The indefatigable Mr. Sharp, who lived in the 900 block of N. Calvert St. until he moved to the nursing home two months ago, never let weather get in the way of his duties at St. Ignatius.

The friends and family of Monsignor Anthony L. Sauerwein will gather tomorrow morning at St. Louis Roman Catholic Church in Clarksville to remember the devout, kind, warm and funny priest that he was.And the retired pastor of St. Louis wouldn't have liked it a bit.Monsignor Sauerwein, who died at age 74 early Sunday after collapsing outside his room at Long Crandon, a residence for elderly priests in Timonium, often said he did not want flowery eulogies."

A Roman Catholic priest has been removed from his West Baltimore parish after admitting he sexually abused a minor in a relationship more than 20 years ago, the Archdiocese of Baltimore said yesterday.The Rev. Maurice J. Blackwell, 52, who had been pastor of St. Edward Roman Catholic Church at Poplar Grove Street and Prospect Avenue since 1979, has been put on a leave of absence from his ministry, according to a statement released by the archdiocese.The sex abuse allegation surfaced six weeks ago when someone who knows the victim approached the Baltimore archdiocese, said Raymond Kempisty, an archdiocesan spokesman.

A headline yesterday identified the new pastor of St. Leo the Great Roman Catholic Church as Italian. In fact, he is a native of Brooklyn, N.Y.The Sun regrets the errors.The new pastor of St. Leo the Great Roman Catholic Church in Baltimore's Little Italy is the Rev. Michael Louis Salerno. Just call him Father Mike.The 51-year-old priest of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate replaces the late pastor, the Rev. Oreste "Rusty" Pandola, who died Jan. 17 after suffering a heart attack in a local restaurant.

Monsignor Myles J. McGowan, the oldest priest in the Archdiocese of Baltimore and pastor of St. Ursula's Roman Catholic Church in Parkville for more than two decades, died Saturday of a stroke at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium. He was 96. "He was thoroughly a priest and was the patriarch of the archdiocese. He was well-regarded and loved by priests both young and old," said Bishop William C. Newman, a friend of 55 years. "He had a practical common sense that he was noted for. He was willing to move forward with the church, and it must have been difficult for him after Vatican II, but he did it," Bishop Newman said.

The Archdiocese of Baltimore has removed the pastor of a Cumberland church as it investigates allegations that he sexually abused a minor in the 1970s, the archdiocese announced Sunday. Monsignor Thomas Bevan, pastor of St. Patrick Church since 1997, has denied the allegations, according to the archdiocese. Representatives of the archdiocese met with parishioners and staff at St. Patrick on Sunday to inform them of the allegations and to answer questions, according to the archdiocese.

The Rev. Kevin Walter Brooksbank, an associate pastor at a Loch Raven Village Roman Catholic parish, died of a viral infection and kidney failure Sunday at St. Joseph Medical Center. He was 35. Born in Baltimore and raised in Cockeysville, he attended Warren Elementary School and was a 1990 Dulaney High School graduate, where he played soccer and was active in dramatics. He earned a degree in computer science at Frostburg State University, where he also played soccer and was twice awarded the Gilbert Gray Memorial Award for "exceptional work ethic on the field, an outstanding attitude toward his teammates, and a determined overall desire to play to the best of his abilities and have fun while doing it."

The Rev. Wayne George Funk, the pastor of a Roman Catholic church in Frederick who had earlier served in the Northwood section of Northeast Baltimore, died of cancer Saturday at Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was 70. Born in Baltimore and raised in Hamilton, he attended St. Dominic's Parochial School and at the end of eighth-grade entered the seminary at the old St. Charles College in Catonsville. He completed four years of high school and two years of college there. According to his biography, in the fall of 1957 he was assigned to the Pontifical North American College in Rome, where he received a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1959 and a licentiate in sacred theology in 1963, both degrees granted by the Pontifical Gregorian University.

The Rev. John Anthony Delclos, a retired Roman Catholic priest known for his emotional preaching style, died of cancer Sunday at his Northwood home. He was 67. Born in Baltimore and raised on Bartlett Avenue, he attended St. Ann's parochial school. He was a 1957 graduate of Loyola High School and earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Loyola College. He joined the old Maryland National Bank and became its commercial credit department manager, but after six years decided on a career change.

St Mary's Catholic Church welcomes new pastor St. Mary's Catholic Church of Annapolis last week welcomed a new pastor, the Rev. John Kingsbury. Kingsbury most recently served as rector of Notre Dame Retreat House in Canandaigua, N.Y. The Boston native holds a Doctor of Ministry from Catholic University and is marking 25 years as a priest. He previously served as a priest at churches in New York state and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Kingsbury succeeds the Rev. Denis Sweeny, who will be the superior and prefect of students at the Redemptorist House of Formation, Holy Redeemer College, in Washington.

On August 28, 2004, ELIZABETH ELLEN (nee Carter) age 97 1/2; devoted mother of George E. Milbert; dear mother-in-law of Bonnie Milbert; devoted grandmother of Tyson Milbert and his wife Tracey and April Young; devoted great-grandmother of Nathaniel, Brandon and Ashton. Also survived by other loving relatives and friends. Elizabeth is preceded in death by her husband, Edward Milbert and her brothers, John and Robert Carter. Announcement will be made for a Memorial Service at a later date.

Monsignor John Reinsfelder, who served two South Baltimore Roman Catholic parishes after heading a Frostburg church for nearly a quarter-century, died Wednesday at St. Joseph Medical Center of an infection and complications from a fall he suffered in April. He was 84. Born in Baltimore and raised in Highlandtown, he attended Sacred Heart of Jesus Parochial School before graduating from Calvert Hall College High School in 1942. He earned a degree from Loyola College and completed his theological training at St. Mary's Seminary in Roland Park.

The Rev. Edward T. Sargus, a popular priest whose career spanned more than 60 years, died of cancer Aug. 19 at Hollywood Medical Center in Hollywood, Fla. He was 91. Father Sargus was born in Newark, Ohio, and raised in the Allegany County town of Westernport. He began studying for the priesthood in 1931 at St. Charles College in Catonsville, and earned a bachelor's degree from St. Mary's Seminary on Paca Street in 1935. He earned a degree in theology from the St. Mary's Seminary and University School of Theology and Ecumenical Institute in Roland Park in 1939, the year he was ordained into the priesthood.

On Saturday February 7, 2004 REV. BONIFACE (FRANCIS) C. RUZICH, O. SS.T., 78, a priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity (Trinitarians) and Pastor of St. James R.C. Church in Trenton since 1984, of complications relating to a major heart attack. A native of Johnston City, IL, Fr. Boniface was born on August 6, 1025 to Anthony Ruzich and Angeline Vidas. He entered the Trinitarians on September 6, 1948, professed hi Solemn Vows on January 1, 1955 and was ordained to the Priesthood on June 6, 1959.