Richards

On October 2, 2005, HOMER T. RICHARDS beloved husband of Vanessa F. Richards (nee Scott), devoted father of Homer T. Richards, II, step father of Dennis and Brian Clasing, loving son of the late Homer J., and Christine Richards, dear brother of Bill, Ray, Boyd and Chrisie Richards and Vicky Bowen. Also survived five grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Graveside service will be held at Holly Hill Memorial Gardens on Wednesday at 11 A.M. Visiting hours at the Connelly Funeral Home of Essex, 300 Mace Avenue on Tuesday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Interment Holly Hill Memorial Gardens.

All of us mourn the loss of Richard E. Hug, who had a profound impact on the civic and political life of our community (May 7). I thought it might be useful to single out the incredible impact that Dick had on the formative years of the University of Maryland Medical System beginning in 1984 and continuing to this day. In our privatization process beginning in 1984, Dick was a key member of the first board of directors and, equally important to...

On December 23, 2005 WILSON ALONZO RICHARDS; beloved husband of the late Enedia Marie (nee Garcia) Richards; devoted father of Ralph G. Richards and his wife Lorraine M. Richards; loving brother of Mildred Becraft, Margaret Allis, Mable Doll and Ruth Kruckow; dear grandfather of Maria C. Richards, Matilda E. Campo and Lance T. Richards. Also survived by many great grandchildren. Friends may call at the CVACH/ROSEDALE FUNERAL HOME, 1211 Chesaco Avenue on Wednesday 7 to 9 P.M. Funeral Service Thursday 11 A.M. at the funeral home.

Richard E. "Dick" Hug, a prominent businessman and prolific fundraiser for Republican candidates, died Saturday. He was 78. Mr. Hug was the finance chairman for three Maryland gubernatorial campaigns - Ellen R. Sauerbrey in 1998 and Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. in 2002 and 2006 - becoming known as the $6 million man after he raised that amount for Mrs. Sauerbrey's unsuccessful attempt to unseat Gov. Parris N. Glendening. He belonged to numerous civic boards and associations, including the University System of Maryland Board of Regents, and he served a stint as chairman of the Maryland Chamber of Commerce.

Suddenly on January 16, 2004, ENEIDA M. RICHARDS (nee Garcia); beloved wife of Wilson A. Richards devoted mother of Ralph G. Richards. Also survived by her sister, Mercedes Gosselin and many other devoted relatives in Puerto Rico. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the National Parkinsons Foundation, Inc., 1501 N. W. 9th Avenue Bob Hope Road, Miami, FL 33136-1494. Funeral Services private. Arrangements by Cvach-Rosedale Funeral Home.

On October 15, 2004, GEORGE J. RICHARDS, MD; beloved husband of Helen I. Richards (nee Stakem); loving father of George M. and Stephen P. Richards and Marjorie J. Salata; dear brother of Harry Richards. Also Survived by five grandchildren. Friends may call at the family owned Ruck Towson Funeral Home, Inc., 1050 York Road (beltway exit 26A) Tuesday, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated Wednesday, 10 A.M. at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen. Interment private.

Richard F. Ober, a retired lawyer and insurance company executive who enjoyed sailing the Chesapeake Bay, died April 13 from vascular disease at the Blakehurst retirement community in Towson. He was 98. The son of a lawyer and a homemaker, Richard Francis Ober was born in Baltimore and raised on St. George's Road in Roland Park. After graduating from Gilman School in 1933, he earned a bachelor's degree in 1937 from Princeton University and his law degree in 1939 from Harvard Law School.

The newest alderman on the Annapolis City Council will be downtown resident and activist Joe Budge. The Annapolis Democratic Central Committee selected Budge on Tuesday night to replace former Alderman Richard Israel, who resigned earlier this month. Budge is a retiree and a 10-year resident of Annapolis who has frequently appeared before the City Council representing the Ward One Residents Asscociation. Budge earned votes from five of the nine members of the central committee.

The only time Daquein McNeil has ever set foot in the state of Minnesota was for an AAU tournament in suburban Minneapolis one year ago. Outside of a trip to the Mall of America, the 6-foot-3, 190-pound combo guard says he doesn't remember much about visiting the North Star State. But despite his lack of familiarity with Minnesota, McNeil is “really excited” to spend the next four years of his life there. The East Baltimore native and Vermont Academy senior committed to the Golden Gophers on Wednesday, becoming the first commitment of the Richard Pitino era. “It feels really good,” McNeil said.

Dr. Richard R. Rubin, a Johns Hopkins psychologist who counseled children and adults on how to cope with the emotional effects of diabetes, died of complications from prostate cancer March 25 at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Monkton resident was 69. Born in Lima, Peru, he was the son of Goldie Rubin and Morton Rubin, a scientist who worked in meteorology in South America, Antarctica and South Africa. He lived with his parents in Pretoria, South Africa, and was a 1961 graduate of Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda.

Richard Oare, an attorney who successfully defended the the mayor of York, Pa., on a decades-old murder charge dating to a 1969 race riot, died of prostate cancer March 26 at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The White Hall resident was 68. Born John Richard Oare Jr. in Baltimore and raised in Baynesville on Hillendale Road, he was the son of a builder who constructed homes in northern Baltimore County. His mother was a homemaker. He attended Immaculate Conception School and was a 1962 graduate of Towson Catholic High School, where he played baseball and was named to an All Metro baseball team.

The handsome young man sitting in the pink parlor chair radiates restlessness, a disdain for social conventions and undeniable self-satisfaction. The impatience in Richard Caton Woodville's "Self-Portrait with Flowered Wallpaper" can be detected in the wide-thrust knees of the artist born to a wealthy and prominent Baltimore family, and in his hastily buttoned and pointedly shabby jacket. His ego can be gleaned from the care he lavished on painting his face. Woodville imbued his visage with the high, broad forehead and aquiline nose that were thought in that age to signify a lofty mind and an aristocratic, resolute temperament.

On Friday, "Top Chef All-Stars" winner Richard Blais joins Henry Hong and John Shields on the 1 p.m. hour of Midday with Dan Rodricks (WYPR, 88.1) to discuss recipes and cooking tips that help home chefs step up their game in the kitchen. Blais is the author of "Try This at Home: Recipes From My Head to Your Plate," which has been lavished with praise-filled blurbs from the likes of Andrew Zimmern ("Richard has created a book that I wish I had written - a book that will inspire not only professionals to look at food technique and flavor in a different way, but that any casual cook can work out of each and every day. ")

A Baltimore Circuit Court judge sentenced Richard Charles to 65 years in prison Wednesday for a string of sexual assaults on his girlfriend's young daughter. The attacks started when the girl was seven years old and continued until she was nine, according to the State's Attorney's Office. The girl came forward in April 2011 and Charles, 45, was convicted of second degree rape and three counts of sexual abuse of a minor last December. "This was a depraved, unconscionable act of repeated violence and the basest kind of violation of a child's vulnerability," Baltimore State's Attorney Gregg L. Bernstein said in a statement.