Registered Nurse

Stacy M. Danko, a retired registered nurse who was also a longtime cystic fibrosis survivor and a spokeswoman for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, died Friday of complications from the chronic disease at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The North Baltimore resident was 44. "Stacy's life was defined by her courage in dealing with the challenges of cystic fibrosis. She represented hope and optimism and the fact that hope sometimes is truly the best medicine," Dr. Robert J. Beall, president and chief executive officer of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, said yesterday.

Helen L. Stewart, a registered nurse and retired educator, died Wednesday of heart failure at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air. The longtime Forest Hill resident was 70. Helen Lewis was born and raised in Kitchener, Ontario. She earned a degree in 1956 from the St. Francis School of Nursing in Pittsburgh. In 1975, she earned a master's degree in adult education from the Johns Hopkins University. The next year, she married Frank M. Stewart, a civil engineer at the Aberdeen Proving Ground.

Helen K. Sinnott, a retired registered nurse and former Lutherville resident, died of respiratory failure Monday at the Edenwald retirement community in Towson. She was 89. Born and raised in Cumberland, Helen Kabosky was a 1938 graduate of the former Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in Baltimore and worked at the former U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Wyman Park. For many years, Mrs. Sinnott taught the pre-nursing program at Mercy and worked as a private-duty nurse while raising her family.

Dorothy W. Gamble, a registered nurse and former head of the old Lutheran Hospital School of Nursing, died of cancer Thursday at the Kline Hospice House in Mount Airy. The longtime Brunswick resident was 84. The former Dorothy Wheatley was born in Baltimore and raised on Glenolden Avenue. She was a 1940 graduate of Western High School and graduated in 1943 from the West Baltimore General Hospital School of Nursing, which later became the Lutheran Hospital School of Nursing. She earned a bachelor's degree in 1949 from the University of Rochester, and a master's degree in nursing from the University of Maryland.

Dr. James R. Ralph, 66, practiced adult psychiatry Dr. James R. Ralph, a psychiatrist, died in his sleep Friday at his home in Baltimore. He was 66.The Baltimore native graduated from Dunbar High School in 1951 and from then-Morgan State College. He was trained as a doctor at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn., served an internship at the old Baltimore City Hospitals and completed his residency at the Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital.From 1971 to 1978, he was chief of the Center for Studies of Minority Group Mental Health at the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda.

Roxanne Marie Schuncke was a compassionate nurse and a warm-hearted mother whose relationship with former boyfriend William Jack Stewart was certain to end badly, her friends often told her.Saturday night, it did.Baltimore County police said Stewart, 43, who had a long history of trouble with the law, forced his way into the red-brick rowhouse in the 7400 block of Manchester Road where he and Schuncke had previously lived together.He stabbed her to death as she screamed and pleaded with him and neighbors called police.

Ruth Guthrie Brown, a retired registered nurse and educator, died Monday from complications of Alzheimer's disease at Charlestown Retirement Community. She was 87.Mrs. Brown, who formerly resided in the Ambassador Apartments in Tuscany-Canterbury and earlier had been a longtime Gittings Avenue resident, had lived at the Catonsville retirement community since 1993.In a varied career that took her from a remote one-room schoolhouse in Kentucky where she was a teacher, to Johns Hopkins Hospital where she nursed the sick, Mrs. Brown fulfilled the suggestion of a country doctor who thought she'd make a good nurse.

Jacqueline L. Kolscher, 68, registered nurseJacqueline LaJune Kolscher, a retired registered nurse, died Wednesday of a heart attack at Sinai Hospital. She was 68 and lived in Hunt Valley.Born Jacqueline Malone in Wichita, Kan., she moved to Baltimore after she graduated from the Philadelphia School of Nursing in 1952. She worked at the South Baltimore General Hospital, now Harbor Hospital Center, in the 1950s and resumed nursing in the 1980s at Sinai Hospital. She retired five years ago.She played golf at the Hunt Valley Country Club and enjoyed games of contract bridge.

Ruth LaVerne Livengood, 72, registered nurseRuth LaVerne Livengood, a retired registered nurse, died Friday of undetermined causes at her Catonsville home. She was 72.Until her retirement 10 years ago, she was a nurse at the Kennedy-Krieger Institute of the Johns Hopkins Hospital and Spring Grove Hospital Center.Born in Cumberland, the former Ruth LaVerne Roby was a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Nursing.In 1944, she married Donald M. Livengood, who died in 1995.She had been a member of St. Mark Roman Catholic Church in Catonsville and the Catonsville Soroptimist Club.

Herman Lee Lane, 72, waiter at racetracksHerman Lee Lane, a retired clubhouse waiter at local racetracks, died Sunday of a heart attack at his Reservoir Hill home. He was 72.Mr. Lane was an employee of track caterer Harry M. Stevens and worked the annual racing circuit in Maryland -- Pimlico, Bowie, Laurel, Marlboro, Hagerstown and Havre de Grace -- and Delaware and New Jersey.He also worked in building maintenance and retired about 10 years ago.The Army veteran served during the Korean War and was wounded twice.

Anna C. Cotterino, a retired registered nurse and former longtime Cockeysville resident, died Sunday of complications from Alzheimer's disease at Corsica Hills Center in Centreville. She was 87. Anna Catherine Eberly, the daughter of a coal miner and an elevator operator, was born and raised in Frostburg. After graduating in 1940 from Beall High School in Frostburg, she earned her nursing degree. She began her nursing career in the 1940s at Sacred Heart Hospital in Cumberland, and then moved to upstate New York, where she continued nursing.

Beatrice K. Tracey, a retired registered nurse who enjoyed attending yard sales, died of pancreatic cancer Thursday at her Rodgers Forge home. She was 77. Beatrice Mary Kijewski, the daughter of a milkman and a homemaker, was born in Philadelphia and raised near Fairmount Park. She was a 1949 graduate of Hallahan Catholic Girls High School and earned her nursing degree in 1952 from St. Joseph's Hospital School of Nursing in Philadelphia. Mrs. Tracey worked as a nurse at the Philadelphia Children's Youth Study Center, which cared for troubled, abused and abandoned children.

Marialou Anobas doesn't use the word "lucky" to describe herself because, as she sees it, surviving a hotel bombing and winning the lottery in the same lifetime requires more than just good fortune. Instead, the registered nurse will simply say somebody has a plan for her life, and the winding road that led her from her native Philippines, to Saudi Arabia, to Kuwait, to the United States, to winning $250,000 in Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing becomes more fulfilling every day. Anobas was one number away from claiming the $60 million jackpot.

Linda L. Cosby, a retired registered nurse who owned and operated a Baltimore County case management company, died June 9 of pneumonia at Anne Arundel Medical Center. The Arnold resident was 66. Linda Lee Cosby was born in Southhampton on Long Island, N.Y., and raised in Towson. After graduating from Towson Catholic High School in 1960, she earned a bachelor's degree in nursing from Catholic University of America in 1964. She also did graduate studies in community nursing at the University of California at Los Angeles in the mid-1970s.

Dorothy C. Davis, a retired registered nurse whose career spanned more than 30 years, died Friday of pneumonia at St. Agnes Hospital. She was 56 and lived in Towson. Dorothy C. Davis was born in Baltimore and raised on Dixie Drive in Towson's Southland Hills neighborhood. After graduating from Towson High School in 1970, she earned her licensed practical nursing degree from Union Memorial Hospital's Johnson School of Nursing, She later became a registered nurse and worked at Sinai Hospital, Union Memorial Hospital and Greater Baltimore Medical Center.

* Debbie Fleischman, a member of the Howard County General Hospital care team for 19 years, has been appointed director of the hospital's clinical education. She will be responsible for patient and staff education, quality improvement initiatives and grant and policy development, as well as community/business partnerships. Fleischmann is formerly the administrative director of Emergency Services. She holds a bachelor's degree in nursing from the University of Maryland and a master's degree in public administration from the University of Baltimore.

Stacy M. Danko, a retired registered nurse who was also a longtime cystic fibrosis survivor and a spokeswoman for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, died Friday of complications from the chronic disease at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The North Baltimore resident was 44. "Stacy's life was defined by her courage in dealing with the challenges of cystic fibrosis. She represented hope and optimism and the fact that hope sometimes is truly the best medicine," Dr. Robert J. Beall, president and chief executive officer of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, said yesterday.

Pamela A. Hengemihle, a registered nurse who owned and operated a nursing consulting business, died of multiple organ failure Nov. 30 at Franklin Square Hospital Center. She was 48. She was born in Baltimore and raised in Essex. She was a 1977 graduate of Eastern Vocational Technical High School. She was a graduate of the South Baltimore General Hospital School of Nursing, where she became a licensed practical nurse. She attended what was then Salisbury State University and earned a bachelor's degree in nursing in 1984 from the University of Maryland School of Nursing.

Ruth C. Kammer, a retired registered nurse and world traveler, died of complications from Alzheimer's disease Nov. 23 at the Edenwald retirement community in Towson. She was 92. Ruth Clemmens was born in Baltimore and raised near Patterson Park. She was a 1934 graduate of Seton High School and earned her nursing degree from the St. Joseph Hospital School of Nursing. While working as a nurse at the old St. Joseph Hospital on Caroline Street, she met and fell in love with William Henry Kammer Jr., a resident physician.

Frances Virginia Dentry, a retired registered nurse and family historian, died of cancer Nov. 20 at her Towson home. She was 88. Born Frances Virginia Bortner in Baltimore and raised on a family farm in White Hall, she was a 1937 Sparks High School graduate. She then earned a nursing degree from the St. Joseph's Hospital School of Nursing. She raised her family - six sons and two daughters - in a large Victorian home in Corbett in northern Baltimore County. In the mid-1960s, she resumed nursing and initially worked at the Masonic Home of Maryland.