Snodgrass

On July 14, 2003, MARY E. (nee Ford); loving wife of the late John R. Snodgrass, Sr.; devoted mother of John R. Snodgrass, Jr. and wife Elizabeth, Jeanne Marie Snodgrass, James M. Snodgrass and wife Kimberly, Joseph E. Snodgrass and wife Geraldine and Mary Elaine Friedman and husband Jeffrey. Also survived by grandchildren, Paul J. and John R. Snodgrass III, Jennifer A., Emily A. and Claire E. Snodgrass, Victoria R. Snodgrass, David J., John S. and Adam M. Friedman; dear sister of Pauline Ann Thornton, Patricia M. Lindblade and William L. Ford, Jr. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated today, July 16, 11 A.M. at St. Augustine's Church in Elkridge.

Patty Snodgrass had qualified to run in her first New York City Marathon three years ago, but injuries derailed the retired U.S. Treasury Department employee from fulfilling that dream. She was going to use what is essentially a rain check from the New York Road Runners Club to enter this year's event, which was scheduled to be held last Sunday. Snodgrass and her husband, Don, left their Annapolis home for New York a few days before the race, only to be among the tens of thousands of runners to find their plans changed dramatically by the cyclone Sandy.

On August 24, 2004, A. EDWARD SNODGRASS, JR., of Bel Air, MD, beloved husband of Georgia R. Snodgrass; devoted father of Lisa Snodgrass, Laura Snodgrass Pohlenz, and her husband Scott, Barbara Thomison Magness, Carol Thomison Sissom, and her husband Billy; loving brother of James B. Snodgrass, and his wife Donna; and uncle of Ryan and Robbie Snodgrass. Also survived by five grandchildren, Alex Magness, Tara Sissom, Connor Sissom, Lily Pohlenz, and Mary Pohlenz. Services will be held in the family owned Mc Comas Funeral Home, P.A., Abingdon, MD, on Saturday, August 28, 2004, at 11 a.m. Interment services will be private.

Louise V. Snodgrass, a former mayor of Middletown, Frederick County, who later served several terms in the House of Delegates, died Thursday from breast cancer at her Dover, Del., home. She was 66. Mrs. Snodgrass' mother, Mary Frances Kramer, 91, who lived in Parkville, died six hours earlier Thursday at the Cromwell Center, a Towson nursing home, family members said. Louise Virginia Kramer was born in Baltimore and raised in Parkville. After graduating from Maryvale Preparatory School in Brooklandville in 1960, she attended nursing school.

On April 17, 2003, M. REBECCASNODGRASS (nee Smith), of Bel Air, MD; beloved wife of the late Alvin E. Snodgrass, Sr.; devoted mother of A. Edward Snodgrass, Jr. and his wife Gloria, James B. Snodgrass and his wife Donna. Also survived by six grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. A service will be held at the family owned McComas Funeral Home, P.A., Abingdon, MD, Monday, April 21, 2003, at 11:00 A.M. Interment will be in Mountain Christian Church Cemetery, Joppa, MD. Friends may call at the funeral home in Abingdon, on Saturday, from 3 to 7 P.M. Those who desire may make contributions to Harford County Historical Society, P.O. Box 366, Bel Air, MD 21014 or Mountain Christian Church, 1824 Mountain Rd., Joppa, MD 21085.

Louise V. Snodgrass, a former mayor of Middletown, Frederick County, who later served several terms in the House of Delegates, died Thursday from breast cancer at her Dover, Del., home. She was 66. Mrs. Snodgrass' mother, Mary Frances Kramer, 91, who lived in Parkville, died six hours earlier Thursday at the Cromwell Center, a Towson nursing home, family members said. Louise Virginia Kramer was born in Baltimore and raised in Parkville. After graduating from Maryvale Preparatory School in Brooklandville in 1960, she attended nursing school.

Mary E. Snodgrass, a longtime Elkridge resident and neighborhood activist who founded a program that preserved the wartime experiences of area veterans, died of cancer Monday at her home. She was 71. Mrs. Snodgrass was born Mary E. Ford in Baltimore and raised in West Arlington. She graduated from Catholic High School and earned a degree in nursing in 1953 from St. Agnes Hospital School of Nursing. She began working as a nurse in 1953 at Bartgis Brothers Co. of Illchester, now Simkin Industries, manufacturers of paper products.

A. Edward Snodgrass, a longtime administrator at Aberdeen Proving Ground who loved history and established a real estate sales company, died of a stroke Tuesday in Bel Air, where he had lived most of his life. He was 64. Mr. Snodgrass grew up on a farm near Bel Air and graduated from Bel Air High School in 1957. He attended Harford Community College and Georgia Institute of Technology. He worked for more than three decades at Aberdeen Proving Ground, managing procurement before his retirement 10 years ago as chief of the research and development division in contracting at the Army research facility.

Gladys Benson Snodgrass, a descendant of one of Maryland's earliest families and former regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution, died Friday of heart failure at her Roland Park Place retirement home. She was 100. She was a strong supporter of the restoration of Benson-Hammond House, a home built by one of her ancestors. It was the last remaining farmstead on what became the grounds of Baltimore-Washington International Airport. The house is now the home of the Anne Arundel County Historical Society.

From a distance, the painting looks like somebody's version of hell. Brushstrokes of deep red and yellow cover the canvas and seem to flicker like flames. But looking more closely, I realize that the dabs and dashes of paint actually are small figures. There may be thousands of them: tiny men, women and children, their bodies painted with frenetic intensity in red, yellow, purple, blue and black oils until they fill 128 square feet of canvas. Some of the figures are nude; some are wearing clothing so carefully rendered that wrinkles in the fabric can be seen.

MARTIN ORTIZ, 89 Higher education pioneer for Hispanics Martin Ortiz, who inspired thousands of Hispanic students to reach for college and earn degrees as the founding director of Whittier College's Center of Mexican American Affairs, died Jan. 12 at an assisted living facility in Whittier, Calif., according to Alex Tenorio, a longtime friend. He had suffered from Parkinson's disease and was diagnosed with pneumonia. Soft-spoken but tenacious, Mr. Ortiz was an institution on the campus in Whittier, southeast of downtown Los Angeles, who was affectionately known as El Jefe (the Boss)

Harford County has purchased 70 acres that will allow it to double the output from its largest water-treatment plant. The county spent $2 million for the three parcels adjacent to the Abingdon Water Treatment Plant on Abingdon Road. Design plans call for a 20 million-gallon daily capacity, twice the current capacity. The property offers enough space to house additional equipment that could process as much as 40 million gallons daily. The centrally located plant "will handle our needs now and well into the foreseeable future," County Executive David R. Craig said in a news release distributed Friday.

There's a sweet tale about a political appointee at the State Department who loses interest in political life as she falls in love with a man and his 135-acre llama farm in Harford County. It appeared in Vegetarian Times, a likely venue since the magazine celebrates chucking it all for the simple life (provided your definition of the simple life includes a solar-paneled backpack that "converts the sun's rays into energy that can be used to charge cell phones, cameras, PDAs and iPods when you're on the go."

On December 2, 2005, DAVID J. DISALVATORE; beloved son of Margaret Snodgrass of W. VA, formerly from Baltimore. He is survived by sisters Lisa, Susan and Joan and a host of other relatives and friends. Interment private.

A. Edward Snodgrass, a longtime administrator at Aberdeen Proving Ground who loved history and established a real estate sales company, died of a stroke Tuesday in Bel Air, where he had lived most of his life. He was 64. Mr. Snodgrass grew up on a farm near Bel Air and graduated from Bel Air High School in 1957. He attended Harford Community College and Georgia Institute of Technology. He worked for more than three decades at Aberdeen Proving Ground, managing procurement before his retirement 10 years ago as chief of the research and development division in contracting at the Army research facility.

On August 24, 2004, A. EDWARD SNODGRASS, JR., of Bel Air, MD, beloved husband of Georgia R. Snodgrass; devoted father of Lisa Snodgrass, Laura Snodgrass Pohlenz, and her husband Scott, Barbara Thomison Magness, Carol Thomison Sissom, and her husband Billy; loving brother of James B. Snodgrass, and his wife Donna; and uncle of Ryan and Robbie Snodgrass. Also survived by five grandchildren, Alex Magness, Tara Sissom, Connor Sissom, Lily Pohlenz, and Mary Pohlenz. Services will be held in the family owned Mc Comas Funeral Home, P.A., Abingdon, MD, on Saturday, August 28, 2004, at 11 a.m. Interment services will be private.

On December 2, 2005, DAVID J. DISALVATORE; beloved son of Margaret Snodgrass of W. VA, formerly from Baltimore. He is survived by sisters Lisa, Susan and Joan and a host of other relatives and friends. Interment private.

Mary E. Snodgrass, a longtime Elkridge resident and neighborhood activist who founded a program that preserved the wartime experiences of area veterans, died of cancer Monday at her home. She was 71. Mrs. Snodgrass was born Mary E. Ford in Baltimore and raised in West Arlington. She graduated from Catholic High School and earned a degree in nursing in 1953 from St. Agnes Hospital School of Nursing. She began working as a nurse in 1953 at Bartgis Brothers Co. of Illchester, now Simkin Industries, manufacturers of paper products.