Roman Catholic Church

On Friday, April 23, 2004, BERNARD LOUIS ENDLICH, of Sykesville; beloved husband of Elizabeth E. Endlich (nee Fisher); devoted father of Michael and wife Suzanne Endlich, Mary Beth and husband Michael Kepler; dearest brother of Thelma Brophy; loving grandfather of Emily and Mitchell Kepler, Troy Clements and great-grandson Trenton Clements. Also survived by numerous nieces and nephews. Friends may call Tuesday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. at BURRIER-QUEEN FUNERAL DIRECTORS, P.A., 1212 W. Old Liberty Road, Winfield, MD 21784, where a Christian Wake Service will be held at 7:30 P.M. A Mass of Christian Burial will be said on Wednesday, April 28, 2004, 10 A.M. at St. Johns Roman Catholic Church, 43 Monroe Street, Westminster, MD 21157.

On January 20, 2007 MARY O. PARKER devoted mother of Patricia A. Holmes, Mary Margaret Dorsey-Williams, Grace Thornton and Ray Anthony "Tony" Parker. 12 grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends. Friends may call at the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST, INC., 4300 Wabash Avenue on Friday from 4 P.M. to 7 P.M. The family will receive friends at the St. Veronicas Roman Catholic Church, 806 Cherry Hill Road on Saturday at 11:00 A.M. at which time Memorial Service will begin.

On December 27, 2005, MICHAEL VINCENT O'MALLEY of Millersville, MD., beloved husband of Mary Frances O'Malley. Loving father of Marigan O'Malley Posada and her husband Luis Posada and Mary Elizabeth O'Malley. Devoted grandfather of Paz Michael Posado. Dear brother of Peter F. O'Malley and sister Eleanor O'Malley. Also survived by many nieces and nephews. Friends may call on Thursday from 4 to 8 P.M., at the Hardesty Funeral Home, P.A., 851 Annapolis Road, Gambrills, MD. Funeral Mass will be held at 11 A.M. on Friday December 30, 2005, in Our Lady of the Fields Roman Catholic Church, 1070 Cecil Ave., Millersville, MD., 21108.

On March 7, 2004 CECELIA M. BENESCH (nee Pope) beloved wife of the late Joseph; loving mother of Joseph Benesch and his wife Patricia, Edward Benesch and his wife Joyce, Stanley Benesch and his wife Patricia, Catherine Benesch and the late Margaret M. Benesch; cherished grandmother of nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; dear sister of Eleanor Trittle, Gertrude Mallon and Paul Pope. Relatives and friends may call at the family owned AMBROSE FUNERAL HOME OF LANSDOWNE, 2719 Hammonds Ferry Road, on Wednesday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday at St. Clement's I Roman Catholic Church, at the funeral hour of 10 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Clement's I Roman Catholic Church, 2900 Washington Avenue, Lansdowne, MD 21227.

On August 24, 2003, RICARDO RANADA ABLAZA of Millersville, devoted husband of Benita R. Ablaza, beloved father of Rose Ablaza Hilderbrandt and husband John, loving brother of Ernesto R. Ablaza, Josefina A. Termulo and Felicidad A. Gonzales. Dear grandfather of Matthew S.A., Allison T.A. and Andrew T.A. Hilderbrandt. The family will receive visitors at the Singleton Funeral Home, P.A., 1 Second Ave. S.W. (at Crain Highway) Glen Burnie from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. on Thursday. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Bernadette Roman Catholic Church on Friday at 10 A.M. Interment Crestlawn Memorial Gardens.

Services for Ada J. Ziehl, a native of Baltimore, will be held at 10 a.m. today at the Moss-Feaster Funeral Home in Clearwater, Fla.Mrs. Ziehl, who was 89 and moved from Baltimore to Clearwater in 1972, died Tuesday at her home after an apparent heart attack.The former Ada J. Bull graduated from Eastern High School and did secretarial work for the Morgan Millwork Co. before her marriage in 1924.Her husband, John N. Ziehl Sr., a retired payroll clerk for the Eastern Stainless Steel Co., died in 1980.

Linda Ann Lutz, a retired Baltimore police department secretary, died of breast and brain cancer Sunday at Grant Memorial Hospital in Petersburg, W.Va. She was 42. She moved to Maysville, W.Va., last year from Rosedale. Born Linda Ann Gallaher in Miami, she was raised in Riviera Beach and attended St. Jane Frances de Chantal Parochial School before graduating in 1978 from Northeast High School. She studied shorthand and secretarial skills at Strayer's Business College. She was a secretary for what was then the city Department of Transit and Traffic, and then for the Police Department where she retired in 1990.

On April 23, 2004, JOSEPH T., SR., youngest son of the late Annunciata and former Mayor Thomas J. D'Alesandro, Jr. and devoted father of Joseph T. D'Alesandro, Jr.; dear brother of former Mayor Thomas J. D'Alesandro, III, Franklin, Nicholas, the Honorable Nancy D'Alesandro Pelosi and the late Hector. And he will be sadly missed by devoted relatives including 15 nieces and nephews and many grand-nieces and grand-nephews. Funeral services will be held at the family owned JOSEPH N. ZANNINO JR FUNERAL HOME, 263 S. Conkling Street (at Gough)

Cardinal John Baptist Wu, 77, head of Hong Kong's Catholic Diocese, who led the church through the sensitive transition from British to Chinese rule, died yesterday of bone marrow cancer. Born in mainland China, he was ordained in 1952 and named a bishop in 1975. He was appointed in 1988 as the first cardinal in Hong Kong, where the Roman Catholic Church has 347,000 followers.

On October 31, 2003 ALBERT L.; husband of Susan C. Day. Friends may call at the FAMILY OWNED MARCH FUNERAL HOME EAST, 1101 East North Avenue on Thursday after 8 A.M. The family will receive friends at St. Ann's Roman Catholic Church, Greenmount Ave. and 22nd St. on Friday at 10:30 A.M. Funeral Service will follow at 11 A.M. See www.marchfh.com