Shew

On April 4, 2004, DOROTHEA A. SHEW; devoted mother of Evelyn B. Shew and Vinson B. Shew; loving grandmother of Christopher B. Shew and Douglass B. Shew. Friends may call at the family owned Bruzdzinski Funeral Home, P.A., 1407 Old Eastern Ave., Essex, at Rt.702 (beltway exit 36) on Tuesday, from 12 noon to 1 PM. Funeral services at 1 PM. Interment Holly Hill Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed in Mrs. Shew's name to Hospice of Baltimore, 6601 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21204.

On November 14, 2004, DIANA V. CYMEK (nee Di Dominicus), beloved wife of the late Milton S. Cymek, Jr.; devoted mother of Susan Cymek, Stephanie Brewer, Albert Pritchett, Anthony Pritchett, Diana Shew, Richard Cymek, Jr., and the late Milton Cymek III; dear sister of Carl Di Dominicus, Angela Kachnowich, Helen Ancorrow, Florence Di Dominicus, Gloria Seaman, Mary Ruskiewcz, and Celeste Godman. Also survived by nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Friends may call at the family owned Bruzdzinski Funeral Home, P.A., 1407 Old Eastern Avenue, Essex, at Route 702 (beltway exit 36)

KELLY DAVID SHEW, 47, went to rejoice with the Lord, surrounded by family, Monday, October 4, 2004, in Hampton, VA. Born in Seattle, Washington, Kelly was the son of Catherine Elizabeth Choate Shew and the late Arthur Andrews Shew. He was predeceased by his father and mother-in-law Dr. Robert and La Velle Van Houten; two brothers, Greg H. Shew and Jack B. Picrsall, Jr., Kelly as a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Anne Arundel Community College. He enlisted and served his country for over twenty years in the United States Navy, achieving the rank of Warrant Officer.

KELLY DAVID SHEW, 47, went to rejoice with the Lord, surrounded by family, Monday, October 4, 2004, in Hampton, VA. Born in Seattle, Washington, Kelly was the son of Catherine Elizabeth Choate Shew and the late Arthur Andrews Shew. He was predeceased by his father and mother-in-law Dr. Robert and La Velle Van Houten; two brothers, Greg H. Shew and Jack B. Picrsall, Jr., Kelly as a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Anne Arundel Community College. He enlisted and served his country for over twenty years in the United States Navy, achieving the rank of Warrant Officer.

John W. Shew Jr., a former automobile salesman and Vietnam veteran, died of cancer Saturday at Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Washington. The Catonsville resident was 53. Born in Baltimore and raised in Catonsville, Mr. Shew attended Baltimore County public schools before enlisting in the Army. He served with the Signal Corps in Vietnam, where he was wounded in combat. He was discharged in 1969 with decorations that included the Purple Heart. He worked as an air-conditioning installer and used-car salesman before retiring on a medical disability in 1996.

A 46-year-old security guard was sentenced to 50 years in prison yesterday after he pleaded guilty in Baltimore County Circuit Court to decapitating an Essex woman a few hours after they met in a shopping center. Richard Lee Donnelly of the 6600 block of Golden Ring Road in Rosedale entered an Alford plea to a charge of first-degree murder in the death Aug. 27, 2000 of 38-year-old Rosemarie Shew. The plea means Donnelly does not admit guilt but acknowledges that the state has sufficient evidence to convict him. Assistant State's Attorney Steve Kroll told Judge John Grason Turnbull II that Donnelly admitted to the killing when he was arrested Sept.

Ruling that the problems of the living should not disturb the dead, a Howard County Circuit judge yesterday refused to allow Evelyn Shew to dig up her husband's body from his mother's cemetery plot and move it to one Shew owns.Judge James B. Dudley said Shew had not shown a pressing reason to move her husband, Harry, who has been buried for nearly five years at Elkridge's Meadowridge Memorial Park in a plot owned by Marie DeFlavis, his mother."If you buried [Harry Shew] in your back yard, you wouldn't speak to each other," Dudley said of the conflicts between Shew and DeFlavis, who sat at opposite sides of the courtroom.

A 45-year-old security guard charged with decapitating an Essex woman was indicted in the killing yesterday by a Baltimore County grand jury. Richard Lee Donnelly of the 6600 block of Golden Ring Road, Rosedale, was charged with first-degree murder and assault in the death Aug. 27 of Rosemarie Shew, 38, of the first block of Avenal Road, said Assistant State's Attorney S. Ann Brobst. Brobst said yesterday that the weapon used in the killing has not been recovered and that when Shew's body was found, her wrists had marks left by the type of flexible handcuffs Donnelly carried.

Harry Shew should remain buried in Elkridge, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals ruled yesterday, rejecting his widow's plea that he be moved to a Glen Burnie cemetery so she could be interred next to him.The decision is a blow to Evelyn Shew and a victory for Harry Shew's mother, who wanted to keep her son in his family's plot in Meadowridge Memorial Park in Elkridge, where he has been buried for more than five years.Evelyn Shew, of Severna Park, complained there was no room for her to be buried next to her husband in Meadowridge, and sued to have him buried in Glen Haven cemetery in Glen Burnie.

A bail hearing is scheduled today in Towson District Court for the 44-year-old security guard who Baltimore County police said confessed to killing an Essex woman late last month. Richard Lee Donnelly, of the 6600 block of Golden Ring Road, was charged Saturday with first- degree murder in the death of Rosemarie Shew, 38. Donnelly is being held without bail at the County Detention Center. Shew's decapitated body was found at a Reisterstown construction site. She was first reported missing after she failed to return home from a trip to the supermarket on Aug. 27. Donnelly confessed at Towson police headquarters Friday, according to charging documents.

On April 4, 2004, DOROTHEA A. SHEW; devoted mother of Evelyn B. Shew and Vinson B. Shew; loving grandmother of Christopher B. Shew and Douglass B. Shew. Friends may call at the family owned Bruzdzinski Funeral Home, P.A., 1407 Old Eastern Ave., Essex, at Rt.702 (beltway exit 36) on Tuesday, from 12 noon to 1 PM. Funeral services at 1 PM. Interment Holly Hill Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed in Mrs. Shew's name to Hospice of Baltimore, 6601 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21204.

On March 13, 2004, HENRY CHIN, devoted father of Calvin David Chin, son of Shew Wing Chin, and the late Shoo Mei Chin, brother of Linda Chin Tom and the late David Chin. Friends may call at the family owned Mitchell-Wiedefeld Funeral Home, Inc., 6500 York Road, (at Overbrook) on Saturday, March 27, from 8:30 to 11 A.M. A Funeral Service will be held at 9:30 A.M. Interment Lorraine Park Cemetery.

John W. Shew Jr., a former automobile salesman and Vietnam veteran, died of cancer Saturday at Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Washington. The Catonsville resident was 53. Born in Baltimore and raised in Catonsville, Mr. Shew attended Baltimore County public schools before enlisting in the Army. He served with the Signal Corps in Vietnam, where he was wounded in combat. He was discharged in 1969 with decorations that included the Purple Heart. He worked as an air-conditioning installer and used-car salesman before retiring on a medical disability in 1996.

A 46-year-old security guard was sentenced to 50 years in prison yesterday after he pleaded guilty in Baltimore County Circuit Court to decapitating an Essex woman a few hours after they met in a shopping center. Richard Lee Donnelly of the 6600 block of Golden Ring Road in Rosedale entered an Alford plea to a charge of first-degree murder in the death Aug. 27, 2000 of 38-year-old Rosemarie Shew. The plea means Donnelly does not admit guilt but acknowledges that the state has sufficient evidence to convict him. Assistant State's Attorney Steve Kroll told Judge John Grason Turnbull II that Donnelly admitted to the killing when he was arrested Sept.

A 45-year-old security guard charged with decapitating an Essex woman was indicted in the killing yesterday by a Baltimore County grand jury. Richard Lee Donnelly of the 6600 block of Golden Ring Road, Rosedale, was charged with first-degree murder and assault in the death Aug. 27 of Rosemarie Shew, 38, of the first block of Avenal Road, said Assistant State's Attorney S. Ann Brobst. Brobst said yesterday that the weapon used in the killing has not been recovered and that when Shew's body was found, her wrists had marks left by the type of flexible handcuffs Donnelly carried.

A bail hearing is scheduled today in Towson District Court for the 44-year-old security guard who Baltimore County police said confessed to killing an Essex woman late last month. Richard Lee Donnelly, of the 6600 block of Golden Ring Road, was charged Saturday with first- degree murder in the death of Rosemarie Shew, 38. Donnelly is being held without bail at the County Detention Center. Shew's decapitated body was found at a Reisterstown construction site. She was first reported missing after she failed to return home from a trip to the supermarket on Aug. 27. Donnelly confessed at Towson police headquarters Friday, according to charging documents.

A 44-year-old security guard was being held without bail last night on murder charges after police said he confessed to killing an Essex woman whose decapitated body was found at a Reisterstown construction site late last month. The partially clothed body of 38-year-old Rosemarie Shew - reported missing by her family after she failed to return from a Sunday-night trip to the supermarket - was found the next morning, Aug. 28. Yesterday, Baltimore County police charged Richard Lee Donnelly, who recently moved to the 6600 block of Golden Ring Road in Baltimore County, with first-degree murder in Shew's death.

Baltimore County police made an appeal to the public yesterday for information about the last hours of Rosemarie Shew's life. Shew, 38, left her home in the first block of Avenal Road in Essex Sunday evening to go grocery shopping, police said. Her decapitated body was found the next morning by workers at a construction site in Reisterstown. Investigators said yesterday they believe she might have been at one of the following stores Sunday night: the Metro Food Market at 7930 Eastern Blvd.

A 44-year-old security guard was being held without bail last night on murder charges after police said he confessed to killing an Essex woman whose decapitated body was found at a Reisterstown construction site late last month. The partially clothed body of 38-year-old Rosemarie Shew - reported missing by her family after she failed to return from a Sunday-night trip to the supermarket - was found the next morning, Aug. 28. Yesterday, Baltimore County police charged Richard Lee Donnelly, who recently moved to the 6600 block of Golden Ring Road in Baltimore County, with first-degree murder in Shew's death.