Vollmer

A patio can be as simple as a few slabs of stone to keep the lawn furniture from sinking into the ground, or it can be as elaborate as an outdoor living room, complete with lighting, coffee tables and stand-alone fireplace.It can be made of cement, slate, brick, stone, or even gravel (although it is hard on bare feet). While a patio often abuts the house, you can construct a hard surface almost anywhere - for better use of a secluded glade, to support an arbor for shaded outdoor dining, or for a single chair to escape all that quality time with the family.

Sometimes Deborah A. Vollmer takes her campaign out to Metro stops; other times she knocks on doors. Sometimes, she puts on her "Impeach Bush & Cheney" T-shirt and walks the streets of Bethesda, striking up conversations with whoever stops to comment. Wherever she goes, the message is the same: The war in Iraq is illegal, immoral and shameful. She is running for Congress to bring the troops home. Vollmer is one of four challengers seeking to wrest Maryland's 8th District seat from Democratic two-term U.S. Rep. Chris Van Hollen.

On July 21, 2003, EUNICE LAURA (nee Brichetto); beloved wife of the late Clifford A. Vollmer; devoted mother of Richard C. Vollmer and Darlene E. Stansbury; loving grandmother of Christopher, Jason and Amber Stansbury and Richard II and Michele Vollmer; great-grandmother of Adam and Tiffany Stansbury and Jordan Vollmer. Mrs. Vollmer was preceded in death by her parents, Norman and Louise Brichetto and her brother Norman Brichetto. A Catholic Prayer Service will be held at the family owned Duda-Ruck Funeral Home of Dundalk, Inc., 7922 Wise Avenue, on Thursday, at 10 A.M. Interment Gardens of Faith Cemetery.

On February 14, 2005, JOHN FRANCIS WICKHAM SR.; beloved husband of Ruth Vollmer Wickham; devoted father of Patricia Warrington, Nancy Kelbaugh, Elizabeth Jane Coakley, Donald J. Wickham, Dorothy A. Wickham, Mary Frances Dolbashian, Michael O. Wickham and the late John F. Wickham Jr. Also survived by 19 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great grandchildren. Friends may call at the family owned Mitchell-Wiedefeld Funeral Home, Inc., 6500 York Road (at Overbrook), on Thursday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. A Funeral Mass will be offered Friday 10 A.M. at St. Mary's Church (Govans)

John Carroll students receive thespian honorsJohn Carroll students were recently recognized with several awards and honors at the Maryland Thespian Festival.Seniors Larry Noto, Michelle Kanotz and Brian Vollmer, and the John Carroll Theatre group received several awards and honors, which recognized excellent work and talent of young thespians across Maryland.Larry Noto, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Noto of Bel Air, was one of six recipients of a Maryland State Thespian scholarship. More than 80 students auditioned for this award.

On December 5, 2004, SUSAN CARROLL FRICK von MAUR, devoted mother of Denison Frick von Maur, Winslow Vollmer von Maur and Genevieve Ussher von Maur. Dear sister of Louise Frick Randolph and Catherine Frick Beyer. Loving aunt of Catherine Randall, Carroll Randall Harris, George Randolph and Leslie Randolph Cadby A Memorial Service will be held at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 232 St. Thomas La., Owings Mills on Monday, December 13, at 11:30 A.M. Interment private. In lieu of flowers contributions to the Baltimore Museum of Art, 10 Art Museum Drive, Baltimore, 21218.

In a corner of Sakae Vollmer's kitchen, on a short wooden cabinet, is a small scoop of rice in a tiny metal bowl alongside a plastic cup of tea. It is an offering of food for the spirit of Debra Akiko Lauer, who died a year ago this month.Vollmer, Lauer and Teruko Dub -- all natives of Japan and wives of U.S. servicemen -- had been close friends who drifted apart. They were reunited when county police and Hospice of the Chesapeake officials needed a translator because they feared that Lauer, who had cancer, was being swindled.

A new building on the Morgan State University campus could bring a hotel to Northeast Baltimore that would be a learning facility for students in the school's hospitality management program.The $30 million structure would include classrooms for hospitality management students, a conference center and a 60- to 100-room hotel. Students in the program would get practical experience by working in the conference center and hotel, according to university officials.Ray Vollmer, the school's assistant vice president for finance and management, said Morgan will ask the state to finance the academic portion of the building but will look for other funds for the hotel and conference center.

Dr. F. J. VollmerPhysicianDr. Frederick J. Vollmer, a retired physician whose October 1945 marriage was the first American wedding to take place in Occupied Japan, died Wednesday of a heart attack at St. Agnes Hospital. He was 83.The former Homeland resident had lived at the Charlestown Retirement Community since 1989.Dr. Vollmer maintained a general practice on York Road and Lake Avenue from 1945 until he retired in 1984. He had also been on the staff of Mercy Medical Center and St. Joseph Medical Center, and was the staff physician for the School Sisters of Notre Dame and the old St. Vincent's Orphanage on York Road.

Margaret H. VollmerNurse, homemakerMargaret Helen Kennedy Vollmer, a retired nurse and homemaker, died Monday of breast cancer at her home at Charlestown Retirement Community. She was 83.Her 1945 marriage to Dr. Frederick J. Vollmer, a Baltimore physician, was the first American wedding to take place in Occupied Japan. Dr. Vollmer died last week.Both were members of the Army's 42nd General Hospital Unit when they met on a troopship en route to their duty station in Australia. At war's end, Mrs. Vollmer was discharged with the rank of lieutenant.

On December 5, 2004, SUSAN CARROLL FRICK von MAUR, devoted mother of Denison Frick von Maur, Winslow Vollmer von Maur and Genevieve Ussher von Maur. Dear sister of Louise Frick Randolph and Catherine Frick Beyer. Loving aunt of Catherine Randall, Carroll Randall Harris, George Randolph and Leslie Randolph Cadby A Memorial Service will be held at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 232 St. Thomas La., Owings Mills on Monday, December 13, at 11:30 A.M. Interment private. In lieu of flowers contributions to the Baltimore Museum of Art, 10 Art Museum Drive, Baltimore, 21218.

On July 21, 2003, EUNICE LAURA (nee Brichetto); beloved wife of the late Clifford A. Vollmer; devoted mother of Richard C. Vollmer and Darlene E. Stansbury; loving grandmother of Christopher, Jason and Amber Stansbury and Richard II and Michele Vollmer; great-grandmother of Adam and Tiffany Stansbury and Jordan Vollmer. Mrs. Vollmer was preceded in death by her parents, Norman and Louise Brichetto and her brother Norman Brichetto. A Catholic Prayer Service will be held at the family owned Duda-Ruck Funeral Home of Dundalk, Inc., 7922 Wise Avenue, on Thursday, at 10 A.M. Interment Gardens of Faith Cemetery.

Mark. K. Shriver, who lost the 8th District congressional primary despite once leading in polls, endorsed yesterday the winner, state Sen. Christopher Van Hollen Jr., campaigned with him, and wrote him a $1,000 check. Shriver, 38, officially endorsed Van Hollen, 43, at a news conference held in a Prince George's County classroom used for after-school care. An instructional sign on the cinderblock wall urges pupils to "Use Kind Words" and "Help When You Can." And that's precisely what Shriver did. He spoke kind words about Van Hollen and offered to help when he could - politically, that is. His endorsement is more than symbolic because Shriver captured 34,471 votes (41 percent)

WHEN THE Maryland General Assembly begins its 2002 session tomorrow, a second front will open in the battle between two rivals in the wide-open race for a Montgomery County congressional seat. Sen. Christopher Van Hollen Jr. and Del. Mark K. Shriver, the two legislators in the race for the 8th District Democratic nomination, are putting their names on a flurry of high-profile bills they hope will resonate with Montgomery voters. Each hopes to oust Republican Rep. Constance A. Morella. Van Hollen jumped out to an early start, filing eight bills before the session's start.

A new building on the Morgan State University campus could bring a hotel to Northeast Baltimore that would be a learning facility for students in the school's hospitality management program.The $30 million structure would include classrooms for hospitality management students, a conference center and a 60- to 100-room hotel. Students in the program would get practical experience by working in the conference center and hotel, according to university officials.Ray Vollmer, the school's assistant vice president for finance and management, said Morgan will ask the state to finance the academic portion of the building but will look for other funds for the hotel and conference center.

A patio can be as simple as a few slabs of stone to keep the lawn furniture from sinking into the ground, or it can be as elaborate as an outdoor living room, complete with lighting, coffee tables and stand-alone fireplace.It can be made of cement, slate, brick, stone, or even gravel (although it is hard on bare feet). While a patio often abuts the house, you can construct a hard surface almost anywhere - for better use of a secluded glade, to support an arbor for shaded outdoor dining, or for a single chair to escape all that quality time with the family.

On February 14, 2005, JOHN FRANCIS WICKHAM SR.; beloved husband of Ruth Vollmer Wickham; devoted father of Patricia Warrington, Nancy Kelbaugh, Elizabeth Jane Coakley, Donald J. Wickham, Dorothy A. Wickham, Mary Frances Dolbashian, Michael O. Wickham and the late John F. Wickham Jr. Also survived by 19 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great grandchildren. Friends may call at the family owned Mitchell-Wiedefeld Funeral Home, Inc., 6500 York Road (at Overbrook), on Thursday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. A Funeral Mass will be offered Friday 10 A.M. at St. Mary's Church (Govans)

Sometimes Deborah A. Vollmer takes her campaign out to Metro stops; other times she knocks on doors. Sometimes, she puts on her "Impeach Bush & Cheney" T-shirt and walks the streets of Bethesda, striking up conversations with whoever stops to comment. Wherever she goes, the message is the same: The war in Iraq is illegal, immoral and shameful. She is running for Congress to bring the troops home. Vollmer is one of four challengers seeking to wrest Maryland's 8th District seat from Democratic two-term U.S. Rep. Chris Van Hollen.

Many moods of grayWhat did Carl Sandberg write about fog coming on little cat feet? So also comes this season's signature hue: Gray. More often subtle than splashy, gray nonetheless is the chameleon of colors. It can be banker-solid or mysterious. Dull or shimmery.Grays this spring are seen in silky sweater sets, pantsuits and evening dresses designed by Donna Karan, Calvin Klein and Versace. And Estee Lauder has created "Amazing Greys," colors for lips, nails and eyes, ranging from $5 to $27.50 and inspired by the green-blue-grays of the ocean.

In a corner of Sakae Vollmer's kitchen, on a short wooden cabinet, is a small scoop of rice in a tiny metal bowl alongside a plastic cup of tea. It is an offering of food for the spirit of Debra Akiko Lauer, who died a year ago this month.Vollmer, Lauer and Teruko Dub -- all natives of Japan and wives of U.S. servicemen -- had been close friends who drifted apart. They were reunited when county police and Hospice of the Chesapeake officials needed a translator because they feared that Lauer, who had cancer, was being swindled.