Seward

On July 12, 2004, CHARLES MILTON SEWARD, beloved husband of the late Evelyn Ruth Seward (nee Bortner), devoted father of Barbara S. Pohl and her husband Louis, Marlene S. Muddiman and her husband Don, Linda S. White and her husband Bob, Lillie B. Di Battista and her husband Nick and Milton D. Seward and his wife Gail. Also survived by 18 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and one great, great-grandchild. Friends are invited to call at the Burgee-Henss-Seitz Funeral Home, Inc., 3631 Falls Rd., on Wednesday and Thursday, from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Funeral Services on Friday at 11 A.M. Interment in Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens.

On July 6, 2004, JOHN GEORGE MERRILL, SR.; beloved husband of Peggy L. Merrill (nee Heath); devoted father of Cyndi L. Michael, John "Buddy" G. Merrill, Jr., Michael Anthony Merrill, Brent Joseph Merrill, Christopher Dale Merrill and Eric Duane Merrill; loving grandfather of Jamie L. Seward (Yates), Tammy M. Lockner, Kristi M. Balius (Merrill), Sean M. Merrill, Kaitlyn M. Merrill, Kurtis K. Merrill, Evan M. Merrill, Gregory J. Merrill, Christopher S. Merrill, Jason D. Merrill and Joshua D. Merrill; great-grandfather of Courtney L. Merson, Amanda A. Morome, Sydney L. Seward, Jace A. Seward, Emilie H. Balius and Kayla M. Gaydosh.

On March 13, 2003, MATTIE B., beloved aunt of Bernice Paylor. Visitation at the Calvin B. Scruggs Funeral Home, 1412 East Preston Street, on Wednesday, March 19, from 2 to 7 P.M. Family will receive friends on Thursday at Faith Baptist Church, 833 North Bond Street, from 11 to 11:30 A.M., at which time the funeral service will begin. Interment Baltimore Cemetery.

Harry Kurtz Seward, who sold wholesale groceries and was a World War II veteran, died Sept. 25 of congestive heart failure at Ivy Hall Nursing Home in Middle River. He was 89 and had lived in Overlea for nearly 50 years. Before his retirement, he was a sales representative for Clarke & Leaman, Hamilton Street food brokers. He began working as a supervisor for the Becker Pretzel Co. Born in Baltimore and raised in the Union Square neighborhood, he attended City College. During World War II he was an Army corporal in an engineering company stationed in England.

When small, start-up technology companies were doing all they could to hire and retain employees, business was good for Intraforce. Now that companies are downsizing and looking for ways to cut costs, business is better. The Columbia-based human resources outsourcing company had its best year in 2001, President Darren Seward said. It merged with Rockville-based ProLease, revenue grew to $142 million and it won awards from Inc. Magazine and Deloitte & Touche. With four offices across the country, Intraforce has plans to open another in New York, but it soon will be leaving Columbia behind, moving its headquarters to Lansdowne next month, Seward said.

SCHENECTADY. N.Y. - As a student at Union College, William Henry Seward was hardly a star pupil. Not at first, anyway. During his sophomore year here his grades were only average. His fellow students made fun of him for wearing out-of-date and shabby suits. And in 1820, he was fined $15 for missing church (almost as much as the $20 yearly tuition). But it was not for his three years at the college that Seward is known. The secretary of state under President Abraham Lincoln is most famous for buying Alaska from Russia (derided at the time as "Seward's folly")

LIBERAL, Kan. - Acres of wheat fields, herds of cows and three kids from Baltimore. What's wrong with that picture? Jamal Brown, Dontaz Dean and Mike Jones are from Baltimore and are playing basketball at Seward County Community College in Liberal, a town of 18,000 in southwest Kansas. The trio is playing a big part in the success of Seward, which completed the first half of its season 13-1. Brown and Dean are starters, and Jones comes off the bench. It started with Brown, who came to Seward last year.

The sky is a deep, cold, crystalline blue. Off to port, the desolate North Pacific stretches endlessly into the distance. To starboard, the howling wind sweeps down a mammoth wall of ice, a thousand tiny needles stinging already reddened cheeks and ears, the bone-deep chill exaggerated by the speed of the excursion boat. As you see your breath condensing in the cool air, as you feel the icy salt spray in your face, you have to keep telling yourself that this really is August, and back home in the Lower 48, the heat is unbearable and much of the land is parched.

Sigmond S. Seward, former owner of a Baltimore florist business who became known for making Christmas bows at Watson's Garden Center, died of cancer Thursday at his Cockeysville home. He was 82.Mr. Seward, who was known as Siggie, began working in the floral business as a youngster when he was forced to leave school to help support his Highlandtown family.In 1935, he established his business in a stall at the old North Avenue Market. He later expanded Seward Brothers Florists to include shops on Liberty Heights Avenue and in the Thirty-Nine Hundred North Charles Apartments.