Perry Point

When the Veterans Affairs Medical Center at Perry Point flipped the switch on the new closed-circuit cameras in the multidenominational chapel, many of the volunteers who helped raise the $9,317 for the system thought the center's bedridden patients would be able to watch religious services in their rooms. That was in November 2000. But most of the patients on the campus still can't see what's going on in the chapel without walking down there on their own. The cable system at the 364-acre center is too old to carry the signal from the chapel to Perry Point's origination station.

The Perryville town commissioners do their town a service by standing firm on the issue of whether the town will end up being financially responsible for a road that becomes a major truck access route for the Perry Point VA Medical Center. The federal veterans installation has been in place at Perry Point for decades, and truck access has long been a problem. As the years go by, trucks get bigger, but the space under the railroad bridges in Perryville doesn't grow. It's trucks that bring in the substantial loads of supplies needed at Perry Point, and for a number of years getting trucks under bridges and onto the facility has been a growing problem.

PERRY POINT - The paint is peeling on the square columns outside the 80-bed nursing home at the Perry Point VA Medical Center. The building is in better shape inside, but while the peach and sea foam-green walls are cheerier, they hide flaws, too: uneven heating and cooling systems, poor floor designs and wires and pipes that keep maintenance engineers hopping. The building's slow deterioration comes as no surprise: Built in 1924, the two-story nursing home is older than many of the patients it houses.

The VA Maryland Health Care System will open an annex next spring in the former world headquarters of Catholic Relief Services in Baltimore to help keep up with an increase in its patient population, fueled largely by a new generation of veterans returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Health system officials said the eight-level building on West Fayette Street in downtown Baltimore will be renovated starting later this summer or early fall and will contain a mix of outpatient services for veterans and administrative offices for the health system.

PERRY POINT -- The paint is peeling on the square columns outside the 80-bed nursing home at the Perry Point Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The building is in better shape inside, but while the peach and sea foam-green walls are cheerier, they hide flaws, too: uneven heating and cooling systems, poor floor designs and wires and pipes that keep maintenance engineers hopping. The building's slow deterioration comes as no surprise: Built in 1924, the two-story nursing home is older than many of the patients it houses.

PERRYVILLE - Perry Point seems worlds away from Baghdad. But ask Bob Patterson, an engineer technician at the Perry Point VA Medical Center and a Vietnam War veteran, and he will tell you otherwise. For him and others who fought in wars past, the battle remains. And the nation's latest conflict with Iraq is bringing the memories back. Patterson was 18 years old when he left his home in Delaware for the jungles of Vietnam. It was 1967. For 12 months, he fought alongside fellow soldiers of the 1st Air Cavalry Division.

Veterans Affairs officials are considering leasing part of the 364-acre Perry Point medical campus to private users to generate funds for renovation and maintenance at the aging facility, administrators said yesterday. But Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, a Maryland Democrat who held a fact-finding hearing at the facility yesterday, said that the concept was a bad one and that the campus should not be leased out to the private sector. Officials who made the announcement at the hearing stressed that although the idea was included in the recent draft of a VA study, any private leasing is still in the concept phase and might not make it into practice.

PERRY POINT -- The paint is peeling on the square columns outside the 80-bed nursing home at the Perry Point VA Medical Center. The building is in better shape inside, but while the peach and sea foam-green walls are cheerier, they hide flaws, too: uneven heating and cooling systems, poor floor designs and wires and pipes that keep maintenance engineers hopping. The building's slow deterioration comes as no surprise: Built in 1924, the two-story nursing home is older than many of the patients it houses.

PORT DEPOSIT -- The family of Ronald Wilson Brown, a Cecil County man fatally shot Monday in an incident involving a Harford County sheriff's deputy, has set up a fund to collect money for his funeral. The case is under investigation.Donations can be made to the Ronald Brown Memorial Fund, in care of John Spriggs, Perry Point Federal Credit Union, P.O. Box 5, Perry Point 21902.Pub Date: 9/05/97

On July 24, 2004, ALONZO ALLENMc CORMICK, of Edgewood, MD, devoted father of Ralph Mc Cormick, James Mc Cormick, Richard Mc Cormick, Alan Mc Cormick, Robert Mc Cormick, Shirley Ann Brammer and Juanita Bartenfelder. Also survived by ten grandchildren. A Memorial Service will be held at the family owned Mc Comas Funeral Home, P.A., Abingdon, MD, on Thursday at 3 P.M. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 to 3 P. M on Thursday. Those who desire may contribute to Perry Point Veterans Hospital, 1167 Avenue D, Perry Point, MD, 21902, Attn: All Purpose Acct.

On April 14, 2009, Vernon G. Yeager Services will be held at the family owned McComas Funeral Home, P.A, Abingdon, MD on Saturday, April 18, 2009 at 10 A.M. Interment will be in Gardens of Faith Cemetery, Baltimore, MD. Friends may call at the funeral home in Abingdon on Friday, April 17, 2009 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. Those who desire may contribute to Perry Point VAMC, PP 135 VS, Perry Point, MD 21902 Member: 23B Memory tributes may be sent to the...

Dr. Frank J. Ayd Jr., a Baltimore psychiatrist who pioneered the field of psychopharmacology when he began treating schizophrenics with Thorazine in the early 1950s, died in his sleep Monday at Lorien Mays Chapel Health Care Center. He was 87. At a time when the psychiatric establishment rejected the notion that mental illness was rooted in biology, Dr. Ayd championed the use of medications to adjust brain chemistry and, in so doing, relieve a patient's suffering. "He was a biological psychiatrist, one of the important kinds of people who in spite of - and against - the establishment had the guts to stand up and really do things," said Dr. Thomas Ban, an emeritus professor of psychiatry at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn.

On the morning of February 2nd, 2007, ELMER MOSLEY, JR., of Havre de Grace, Maryland died a very "wealthy" man. True wealth is never fairly measured by the amount of money and material possessions one accumulates in their lifetime. No, wealth is measured by focusing on three factors: family; the quality of one's friendships; most importantly, the good deeds that one has done in their lifetime. Using that standard of measurement Elmer Mosley Jr. was a billionaire. Elmer Mosley's "rags to riches" story began January 25, 1935 in Milford, Delaware when he was born to the late Elmer Mosley Sr. and Hazel Carney.

WILLIAM "Bill" FRANCIS RISCH, Jr., 42, of Aberdeen, MD, deceased April 14, 2007. Born May 17, 1964, at Leonardtown, St. Mary's County, MD. Living son of Bernice Shimizu and stepson of the late George T. Shimizu, his interest were cooking, wildlife, art and especially music, his education was Good Shepherd Church School, Perryville, MD, and St. John of Arc School, Aberdeen, John Carroll of Bel Air, MD, Aberdeen High School, graduated June 1982, Harford Community...

On August 7, 2005, ROBERT C. BATEMAN, SR., beloved husband of Patricia A. Bateman (nee Thuman); devoted father of Robert Bateman, Jr., Amy Bateman-Glorioso, James Bateman and Elizabeth Bateman; loving grandfather of Andrew, Sarah, Rebekah and Rachel Bateman, Tim and Ella Glorioso, Emma Bateman and Veronica Stevenson; dear brother of Henry Webster, John L. Bateman and Carolyn Bateman. Relatives and friends are invited to call at the Schimunek Funeral Home Inc., 9705 Belair Rd. (Perry Hall)

On March 18, 2005, JOHN JOSEPH BON, beloved husband of Patricia Bon; devoted father of Victoria B. Sills, John J. Bon, Joseph M. Bon, Daniel J. Bon, David R. Bon; cherished grandfather of seven and great grandfather of two; dear brother of Frank and Marty Bon, Mary Ann Phipps and Teresa Quatman. There will be a Memorial Service Wednesday, March 30, 2005 at 9:30 AM in St. Joseph's Catholic Church Chapel - Fullerton. Inurnment will be in the Church cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to VA Maryland Health Care System, Perry Point Medical Center, Perry Point, MD 21902 or to the American Lung Association, 1840 York Rd., Timonium, MD 21093.

On April 14, 2009, Vernon G. Yeager Services will be held at the family owned McComas Funeral Home, P.A, Abingdon, MD on Saturday, April 18, 2009 at 10 A.M. Interment will be in Gardens of Faith Cemetery, Baltimore, MD. Friends may call at the funeral home in Abingdon on Friday, April 17, 2009 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. Those who desire may contribute to Perry Point VAMC, PP 135 VS, Perry Point, MD 21902 Member: 23B Memory tributes may be sent to the...

ROLAND GILBERT WAGNER, 54, of Baltimore, MD, died Wednesday, February 18, 2004 at the V.A. Maryland Health Care System, Perry Point, MD. Graveside Services are scheduled for Thursday, February 26, 2004, 1 P.M., at Garrison Forest Cemetery, Owings Mills, MD.

PERRY POINT - A Vietnam War hero's odyssey continues at a Perryville veterans hospital as family members appeal a decision by doctors to move the paralyzed Bel Air man to a nursing home facility. Dennis Storm, a former Marine captain whose medical evacuation from Indonesia to Maryland captured the state's attention during the past year, will remain at Perry Point Veterans Affairs Medical Center pending the appeal. According to family members and medical records, issues related to a bedsore on his lower back also contributed to the delay.

From Vietnam battlefields to his bed at Perry Point, Dennis Storm's life has been marked by heroic and harrowing tales. In Vietnam, the Marine rescued men from a burning helicopter and enemy fire. He earned a half-dozen medals, including two Purple Hearts and a Silver Star during his two tours. His civilian life was no quieter. In September last year, the contractor suffered a stroke in Jakarta, Indonesia, and endured a fungal infection, pneumonia and a 20-hour flight to New York. In an emotional homecoming, Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. authorized a state helicopter to airlift Storm from Brooklyn, N.Y., to Baltimore.