Tara

On Monday, February 27, 2006, TARA OLEKSY BRENNAN, age 23, of Silver Spring, MD., formerly of South Baltimore, MD. Beloved daughter of John and Mary Frances Brennan; loving sister of Michael Shawn Headley and Cara Therese Brennan; granddaughter of Jeannette Lavigne of South Portland, ME. Relatives and Friends may call at COLLINS FUNERAL HOME, 500 University Blvd., West, Silver Spring, MD., Friday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Catherine Laboure Church, Veirs Mill & Claridge Roads, Wheaton, MD., on Saturday, March 4 at 10:30 A.M. Interment Gate of Heaven Cemetery.

On Friday February 24, 2006 ROBERT A., beloved son of Tara L. Monticelli and step-son of Frank P. Monticelli, brother of Taylor S. Monticelli, grandson of Delores Bartels, Karen Miller and Armond and Pam Monticelli. Friends may call on Tuesday from 3 to 5 P.M. at Community United Methodist Church, 8680 Ft. Smallwood Rd., Pasadena, where funeral services will be held at 7:30 P.M. Interment private. Arrangements by the Stalling Funeral Home P.A.

On February 1, 2006 GLORIA JEAN REDMOND beloved wife of Carl D. Redmond. Devoted mother of Anthony Arlen Redmond & Tara Lee Keesecker. Dear sister of Benedict De Monico, Jack, Jim, & Sam Beatty and Judy Kayden. Grandmother of Trevar & Darek Redmond & Bradley & Brandon Keesecker. Friends may call at the family owned Kirkley-Ruddick Funeral Home P.A., 421 Crain Hwy., S.E., Glen Burnie, on Thursday and Friday from 3-5 & 7-9 P.M. where Services will be held on Saturday at 11:00 A.M. Interment Cedar Hill Cemetery.

On January 16, 2006, MARGARET E. (nee Clark); beloved wife of the late Elmo E. Payne and Charles Schymansky; dear mother of Gordon E. Payne and his wife Gloria; loving grandmother of Brian M. Payne and his wife Holly, Todd A. Payne and his wife Tara, and great-grandson Nicholas. Family will receive friends at the STERLING-ASHTON-SCHWAB-WITZKE FUNERAL HOME OF CATONSVILLE INC., 1630 Edmondson Avenue, (1 Mile West of Beltway Exit 14), on Thursday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M., where services will be held on Friday at 10:30 A.M. Interment in Crestlawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery.

On January 6, 2006, TARA E. HOWARD; beloved daughter of William H. Howard and Linda P. Howard; devoted sister of Philip R. Howard and his wife Delyza. Family will receive friends Tuesday and Wednesday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. at Harry H. Witzke's Family Funeral Home, Inc., 4112 Old Columbia Pike, Ellicott City. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Thursday 11 A.M. at Church of the Resurrection, Ellicott City. Interment St. John's Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in Tara's name to Church of the Resurrection.

On December 20, 2005, TIMOTHY G. Mc QUAID, JR., beloved husband of Elinor E. Mc Quaid (nee Pollard); devoted father of Mary White and her husband Jason, Brian, Theresa and her companion Debbie Webber, Timothy and his wife Charlene, Scott and his wife Tara and Michael Mc Quaid and his wife Shelley; brother of Charlene Meade and the late Jane Donnelly. Also survived by twelve grandchildren. Friends may call at the family owned Ruck Towson Funeral Home, Inc., 1050 York Road (Beltway exit 26A)

THOMAS D. MICHAEL, M.D., of Broad Run Farm, Woodsboro, MD, died December 22, 2005 at home after a brief illness. He practiced medicine in Frederick for thirty years and retired in 1991. He is survived by his wife, Patricia Michael; five children: Christopher S. Michael, Stacey Michael-Di Franza, Tara Michael Andrews, Garth N. Michael, R. Steele Michael; and six grandchildren. Services are private. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Hospice of Frederick County, P.O. Box 1799, Frederick, MD 21702.

Linda Maglio's eyes didn't blink. Her 16-year-old daughter and promising gymnast, Tara, was about to begin her floor exercise and missing a single flip was unacceptable. "I can't breathe," she nervously admitted, as her right leg and hand shook. More than 1,300 girls from several states came to the Baltimore Convention Center this weekend to compete in the 18th annual Christmas on the Chesapeake gymnastics meet. The competition that ended yesterday was sponsored in part by Docksiders Gymnastics in Millersville.

Howard County Capt. Tara D. Nelson's police powers were restored yesterday, putting her back in charge of the department's criminal investigations after a monthlong inquiry into a domestic dispute with her husband. Late last week, Baltimore County prosecutors dropped six assault charges against Nelson after her husband, Larry Nelson, refused to testify in the case. Larry Nelson had accused his wife of trying to run him and a friend over with her Lexus and destroying his motorcycle in the mid-October incident.

People who have worked with suspended Howard County Police Capt. Tara D. Nelson over her 20 years in the department describe her as a crisp, professional but approachable leader. She would buy Christmas gifts for her staff, they say, and ask -- rather than order -- them to take assignments. Yesterday, some of those colleagues expressed shock and sadness that a weekend domestic dispute with her husband, whom she suspected of cheating, could topple a groundbreaking career that took her to the top of the Criminal Investigations Bureau.