Sonja

On August 7, 2005 SONJA Y. BROWN. Family and friends may call at the family owned Howell Funeral Home, 4600 Liberty Heights Ave. on Thursday from 3 to 7 p.m. Family will receive friends on Friday at the Park Lane Baptist Church, 3606 Mohawk Avenue (at Liberty Heights Ave.). Family Hour 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Services to follow.

"Holy crap. What was I thinking when I decided to take this on?" That's what Sonja Sohn said last week shortly after I joined her at a coffee shop. Fortunately, she wasn't having second thoughts about our interview but wondering how to handle a mishap with a printer that might hamper the promotion of a volunteer event she was planning now that the battery on her laptop was dead. Her phone soon followed suit. Ms. Sohn is better known to some as Shakima Greggs, a detective from the HBO series "The Wire," a five-season indictment of America's war on drugs that examined poverty, political corruption and structural racism from the back alley to the penthouse in minute detail and made Baltimore more infamous than it already was. If "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey" had been set in an American city, they could hardly have been more dramatic.

On February 2, 2005 SONJA GROB BUCKLEY, M.D.; beloved wife of the late Dr. John J. Buckley; beloved mother of the late Sonja Mary Buckley; beloved sister of Annemarie Grob Kohler and her husband Alfred, of Zurich, Switzerland; beloved sister-in-law of Dr. Mary Imelda Buckley of Cincinnati, OH. A Memorial Service will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, February 19 at Roland Park Place, 830 W. 40th St., Baltimore, MD 21211, with reception for residents, staff...

There were too many parties in this week's episode of"The Real Housewives of New York City,"which meant too many opportunities for catfights to break out. But before we can get into the drama at the parties, we must backtrack to the various moments that caused future confrontations. The day had finally arrived where Sonja was going to shoot the pictures for her toaster oven box. It was clear from the start that Heather and her associates had a completely different vision for the brand that Sonja did. So, to appease her stubbornness, Heather and James agreed to shoot both their concept and Ramona's.

Dr. Sonja Buckley, a retired scientific investigator whose pivotal research in tissue culture helped identify the deadly Lasso virus, died of a stroke Wednesday at Roland Park Place. She was 86. Born in Zurich, Switzerland, the former Sonja Grob earned her medical degree at the University of Zurich and worked in microbiology. While a student, she met her future husband, Dr. John J. Buckley, a pathologist. They married in 1941. The couple came to the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 1947, and she worked in the department of microbiology with the late Dr. Thomas B. Turner, with whom she maintained a lifelong professional friendship and to whom she dedicated her two books.

On September 22, 2006, WILLIAM F. HOOKINGS; beloved father of Sonja and Santiago Rodriguez; beloved grandfather of Fleming and Aranza and Sonja Rodriguez. A Memorial Service to be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care of Baltimore, 6501 N. Charles Street., Baltimore, MD. 21204 in honor of William Hookings.

On September 16, 2004, CORA SONJA JEROW, devoted wife of Lawrence W. Jerow, loving mother of Lamar W. and Sonja L. Jerow and the late Lawrence W. Jerow II. Also survived by two stepchildren, Mary and Gregory Jerow, eight grandchildren, one brother, Allan Mc Kay, one sister, Allean, Bell, four sisters-in-law, five brothers-in-law, and a host of other relatives and friends. Visitation at 2140 N. Fulton Avenue on Wednesday 2 to 8 P.M. The family will receive friends in the chapel on Thursday at 10:30 A.M. Funeral at 11 A.M.

Well, Bravo jumped right into the drama on this week's episode of "The Real Housewives of New York City. " For some reason Sonja thought it would be a good idea to invite Ramona to her business meeting with Heather and James, the logo designer. The whole meeting was a disaster since Ramona kept interrupting and influencing Sonja on the design. Also, Ramona picked up her phone, causing the whole meeting to stop.  However, Ramona thinks that the meeting isn't going well because Heather is intimidated that she is also a successful businesswoman.

Hundreds of well-heeled Baltimoreans turned out for the "Steps to the Cure Inaugural Ball," where mannequin legs sprouted on the bar and on tables throughout the room, each outrageously decorated and up for auction. A trellis trimmed with shoes graced one wall; guests could pick a pair to take home. The evening's highlight was a fashion show moderated by a celebrity guest - Project Runway winner Christian Siriano. The evening was the brainchild of local plastic surgeon Dr. Larry Lickstein and his wife, Lori Lickstein, who have lived in Baltimore just two years.

Orchard, by Larry Watson. Random House. 256 pages. $24.95. If there exists a literary equivalent to the artist's play of light on a canvas, then Larry Watson has mastered it. Author of the best-selling Montana, 1948, Watson deftly uses light to inform his subjects in this story of grief, betrayal and jealousy. Set against the backdrop of the rugged, rural towns of Door County, Wis., in the 1950s, every scene of Orchard is painted with deliberate, vivid strokes of radiance: the soft glow of the moon, the intense whites of a horse's eyes, sun so hot it burns the blue out of a cloudless sky. The story centers on Ned Weaver, an artist made famous for his paintings of resplendent landscapes.

Hundreds of well-heeled Baltimoreans turned out for the "Steps to the Cure Inaugural Ball," where mannequin legs sprouted on the bar and on tables throughout the room, each outrageously decorated and up for auction. A trellis trimmed with shoes graced one wall; guests could pick a pair to take home. The evening's highlight was a fashion show moderated by a celebrity guest - Project Runway winner Christian Siriano. The evening was the brainchild of local plastic surgeon Dr. Larry Lickstein and his wife, Lori Lickstein, who have lived in Baltimore just two years.

On January 25, 2008, SONJA Y. MORTON; beloved wife of Bernard L. Morton, Jr. On Thursday, friends may call at VAUGHN C. GREENE FUNERAL SERVICES (RANDALLSTOWN),8728 Liberty Road, from 4 to 8 P.M. On Friday, Mrs. Morton will lie instate at Union Bethel AME, 8615 Church Lane, where the family will receive friends from 10 to 10:30 A.M., with services to follow. Inquiries to (410) 655-0015.

Dr. Aideh Wu Kobler, a retired Baltimore hospital pathologist who fled Communist China as a young medical school graduate, died of complications from stomach cancer May 15 at Howard County General Hospital. The Columbia resident was 85. Born and raised in Nanjing, China, she attended an English boarding school where she became known as Edith. When she was a child, she was struck by a car. She developed an infection that forced the amputation of her right leg. She later learned to walk with a prosthetic.