Raphael

On Friday, November 24, 2006, EILEEN "Laine" RAPHAEL (nee Mahler); beloved wife of the late Joel Raphael; devoted mother of Brent Raphael of Tennessee, Elise Fornadley of N. Carolina and Darcy Raphael of Gaithersburg, MD; dear mother-in-law of Carla Raphael and Robert Fornadley; devoted sister of Dorothy Shulman of California; loving grandmother of Jarrod and Rebecca Raphael, Blair Whitney and Shawnee Cohn. Services at SOL LEVINSON & BROS., HOME, 8900 Reisterstown Road, at Mt. Wilson Lane on Monday, November 27, at 12 Noon.

Loyola said it will announce on Friday its choice to replace former men's basketball coach Jimmy Patsos. Villanova assistant Raphael Chillious is a finalist for the post, according to a source with knowledge of the search. Loyola assistant G.G. Smith is also a finalist, the source said. Chillious, who is originally from Olney, joined Villanova coach Jay Wright in August 2012 following three seasons at Washington. He played at Lafayette, graduating in 1996. Smith, the son of Texas Tech coach Tubby Smith and a former player at Georgia, has been with Loyola for six seasons as an assistant.

Raphael Rossetti, former general manager of the Turf Valley Country Club in Ellicott City, died Sunday of heart failure in a Wilmington, Del., hospital. He was 70.A Mass of Christian burial was being offered today for Mr. Rossetti at St. Joseph's on the Brandywine Roman Catholic Church in Greenville, Del. Services were also being held today at the Lorraine Park Mausoleum Chapel, 5608 Dogwood Road.He is survived by his wife of 45 years, the former Angela C. Giardina; a son, Raphael Gerard Rossetti of York; a daughter, Connie Rossetti Wolkowicz of Ronks, Pa.; a brother, Vincent F. Rossetti of Peachtree City, Ga.; and five grandchildren.

Bit by bit, Michael Raphael's company is digitizing the real world. Direct Dimensions, the Owings Mills firm he founded, scans items, buildings and even people and turns the results into 3-D computerized models. It has trained its equipment on everything from the presidential limousine to submarines to the Lincoln Memorial. Clients have used these digital copies for projects ranging from building renovations to special effects for films. Seeing growth potential in one of its niches, Direct Dimensions is preparing to spin off a new firm — ShapeShot — that will focus specifically on scanning people's faces.

On Saturday June 24, 2006 BURTON A. RAPHAEL, beloved husband of Shirley Raphael (nee Norcross) beloved father of Mark Raphael of Myrtle Beach, SC, and Dawn Moore of Milford, NJ, father-in-law of Larry Moore, beloved brother of Marcia Friedman, of Del Ray Beach, FL and the late Joel Raphael, Florence Paul and Seymour Raphael, beloved son of the late David and Ida Raphael, adored grandfather of Nicole, Cory and Ryan Moore. Services at SOL LEVINSON & BROS INC. 8900 Reisterstown Rd, at Mt. Wilson Lane, on Tuesday June 27 at 12 noon.

On November 14, 2003, RAPHAEL JOSEPH DIANGELO, JR.; beloved husband of Antoinette DiAngelo (nee Garbuglia); devoted father of Laura LaDana and her husband Gilbert and Betty Collevecchio and her husband Leonard; dear brother of Evelyn Scardina, Theresa Carder and Genevieve Welsh; loving grandfather of Gilbert and Anna LaDana, Joseph and Cathy LaDana, Kevin and Elizabeth LaDana, Dirk Collevecchio and Tara Dunnock; great-grandfather of six. Friends may...

Raphael Walter Skutch, a retired structural engineer and World War II veteran, died Sunday of cancer at Brighton Gardens in Towson. He was 89. Mr. Skutch was born in Baltimore and raised in Pikesville. He was a City College graduate and enlisted in the Army in 1942. Mr. Skutch served with the Army Corps of Engineers in the China-Burma-India theater and attained the rank of captain by the time of his discharge in 1946. After the war, he went to work as a structural engineer for the White Roofing Co. in Baltimore.

Dr. Raphael C. Myers Jr., a retired gynecologist, obstetrician and urogynecologist who during his 36-year career delivered more than 5,000 babies, died of a malignant brain tumor Friday at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was 67. The former longtime Ellicott City resident, who had lived in Littlestown, Pa., since last year, was born and raised in Norfolk, Va. After graduation from high school, Dr. Myers studied at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. In 1953, while he was attending the university, a close college friend died of cancer.

Art fakery has been pandemic since people first began fashioning objects of particular beauty. Greeks, Romans, Medieval and Renaissance man - they all did it. The 20th Century has offered a wild bazaar of the stuff. Even great artists indulged in it: Donatello, possibly Benvenuto Cellini. Raphael? One of the better stories relates to him.Raphael, young and poor, was in a hotel with no money to pay the bill. So he painted a stack of coins on his hotel room table cloth. The glitter of the coins on the table delayed the owner long enough to allow the starving artist to make a getaway.

A 22-year-old man was shot and killed as he waited for a bus to take him to work yesterday morning in Cross Country, a relatively low-crime area of Northwest Baltimore, police said. A gunman apparently approached Trevor Raphael Jr. about 7:10 a.m., shot him at least once in the back of the head and fled, police said. Raphael, whose mother said he had recently started working at a Jiffy Lube car center in Pikesville, was waiting for a bus in the 5900 block of Cross Country Blvd. - the same block where he lived in the Fox Glen Apartments, according to police.

MERRY MART: If you don't make it to Holiday Heap on Saturday, you have another chance this weekend to shop for clever crafties and great gifties at The Patterson, 3134 Eastern Ave., from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. You'll find everything from wall decor to soap. Admission is free. Go to creativealliance.org. CANTICLE SINGERS: The women's choir known as the Canticle Singers of Baltimore has been a welcome addition to the cultural scene for more than two decades. The ensemble's holiday concert, featuring Benjamin Britten's "A Ceremony of Carols," will be performed at 5:30 p.m. at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, 5200 N. Charles St. Tickets are $12 and $15. Call 410-374-9312.

On Thursday, friends may call Vaughn C. Greene Funeral Services (East), 4905 York Road, where the family will receive friends from 4:30-8:00 P.M. On Friday, Mr. Bacote will lie in state at Israel Baptist Church Historic Sanctuary, 1220 N. Chester Street, where the family will receive friends from 11:00-11:30 A.M. with services to follow. Inquiries to (410) 433-7500.

Raphael Langford has always been known as one of the most elegant figures on Baltimore's social scene. Even getting sidelined by a serious illness last year didn't knock the 64-year-old Mount Vernon resident off his "classic" style track, as evidenced by his air of sleek sophistication at a recent party at Baltimore's Ritz-Carlton. The semiretired chief operating officer of Unibec Inc. says he learned years ago, while working for fashion designer Halston, the importance of always looking good.

Musical time travel seems to thrill Raphael Saadiq. On his last album, 2004's overlooked Ray Ray, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter-producer went back to the blaxploitation era. The loose concept album positioned him as a funky fly guy whose songs seduced the ladies and enlightened everybody. But for the sound of The Way I See It, his new CD due out next month, Saadiq goes way back to soul's golden era, circa 1967. Everything - the eschewal of modern instruments, the high-pitched, reverberating mix of the music - recalls the urban sounds floating from transistor radios during the LBJ era. "With this record, I was going to the movies, you know," says the artist, who headlines Black Cat in Washington on Monday night.

My recent column about the importance of cover letters stirred a strong opinion from one reader. And another wanted to know what to write in a cover letter that is different from a resume. It seems further clarification is required on this topic. One reader who did not want to be identified argues that cover letters are obsolete. "Now, in most cases because of the good state of the economy, trying to find someone to apply for an open position is almost next to impossible, more so when expecting a cover letter with a resume," wrote the reader, who says he has been a hiring manager for more than 15 years.

Raphael Walter Skutch, a retired structural engineer and World War II veteran, died Sunday of cancer at Brighton Gardens in Towson. He was 89. Mr. Skutch was born in Baltimore and raised in Pikesville. He was a City College graduate and enlisted in the Army in 1942. Mr. Skutch served with the Army Corps of Engineers in the China-Burma-India theater and attained the rank of captain by the time of his discharge in 1946. After the war, he went to work as a structural engineer for the White Roofing Co. in Baltimore.

On August 10, 2003, or Randallstown, MD, devoted husband of Victoria Ortenzi, loving father of John Ortenzi and his wife Edith, Carla, Raphael and her husband Brent, brother of Katherine Maida, cherished grandfather of Kristie Luckett, Stephanie Griffin, Jarrod Raphael and Rebecca Raphael, one great-granddaughter Skyler Griffin. Relatives and friends are invited to call Loring Byers Funeral Directors Inc., 8728 Liberty Road (2 miles west of beltway exit 18-B) on Wednesday, August 13, 2003, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. A funeral mass will be held on Thursday, August 14, 2003, at 9 A. M at Holy Family Catholic Church, Randallstown.

When Michael Raphael, a Baltimore design engineer, got his first look at a prototype of an intricate, modernist sculpture commissioned by the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, he wasn't sure he could crack the mystery he'd been summoned to solve.A former engineer with defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp., Raphael had tackled his share of design brain twisters. But this one was imposing.The reason: the sculpture, "World Events," wasn't in one piece. It was to be a web of miniature human figures welded together to form the shape of a head and torso with arms embracing a sphere.

On Friday, November 24, 2006, EILEEN "Laine" RAPHAEL (nee Mahler); beloved wife of the late Joel Raphael; devoted mother of Brent Raphael of Tennessee, Elise Fornadley of N. Carolina and Darcy Raphael of Gaithersburg, MD; dear mother-in-law of Carla Raphael and Robert Fornadley; devoted sister of Dorothy Shulman of California; loving grandmother of Jarrod and Rebecca Raphael, Blair Whitney and Shawnee Cohn. Services at SOL LEVINSON & BROS., HOME, 8900 Reisterstown Road, at Mt. Wilson Lane on Monday, November 27, at 12 Noon.