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On January 29, 2007, WILLARD F. CHAFFMAN. Friends may call at the FAMILY OWNED MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST, INC., 430 Wabash Avenue on Thursday 6 to 8 P.M. Graveside service will be held Friday 10 A.M. at Moreland Memorial Park.

On January 29, 2007 WILLARD F. CHAFFMAN. Friends may call at the FAMILY OWNED MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST, INC., 4300 Wabash Avenue on Thursday 6 to 8 P.M. Graveside service will be held Friday 10 A.M. at Moreland Memorial Park.

Wanda E. Parker, 49, credit analyst for FordWanda E. Parker, a retired Ford Motor Co. credit analyst, died of cancer Dec. 13 at Good Samaritan Hospital. She was 49 and lived in Parkville.She worked for Ford for 27 years, most recently in White Marsh.Born Wanda E. Brooks in Baltimore, she graduated from Western High School in 1968 and attended Baltimore City Community College.She married Ronald X. Laws in 1975. He was killed in 1976 in a car accident.In 1980, she married John J. Parker, a retired Baltimore police sergeant, who survives her.Mrs.

BAYAMON, Puerto Rico -- Is Vonteego Cummings the nation's most unappreciated college basketball player? Pittsburgh coach Ralph Willard thinks so."This kid is one of the five best guards in America," Willard said after yesterday's 68-56 win over No. 4 Kentucky. "He's one of the best one [point] or two [shooting] guards in America. At the end of the season, the NBA will prove that with its draft. He can play two positions at the next level. He can play three for us. He just hasn't gotten his due because of what has happened to us."

Willard Barr, 90, former mayor of Fort Worth, Texas, died Sunday of a stroke in Fort Worth. Mr. Barr, father of Mayor Kenneth Barr, was elected to the City Council in 1963 and served a single term as mayor from 1965 to 1967.Harley Flack, 55, president of Wright State University since 1994, died of cancer Sunday in Dayton, Ohio.Mary Cunningham Hoard, 95, former board chairman of W. D. Hoard and Sons Co., a publishing firm, from 1972 to 1992, died Saturday in Whitewater, Wis.Athelstan F. Spilhaus, 86, the first U.S. ambassador to the United Nations' scientific organization, a geophysicist and inventor of a device for measuring deep ocean temperatures, died Monday in Washington.

The Hackerman House, where the Walters Art Gallery displays its Asian collection, reopens today after a four-day hiatus.The planned months-long closing of the house, which Walters officials blamed on city budget cuts, was averted thanks to rapid response to a fund-raising plea, and a special gift from Mr. and Mrs. Willard Hackerman, the original donors of the Mount Vernon mansion.The Walters has received about $30,000, including the Hackerman gift, since Monday after making an emergency appeal at the end of last week.

Daniel Willard, the legendary Baltimore and Ohio Railroad president who served from 1910 until 1941, wouldn't have been at all surprised by the current proposed merger of Conrail with Norfolk Southern Corp. and CSX (which is partly composed of his beloved B&O). In fact, he envisioned and was an advocate of such railroad consolidation, dating back to the 1920s."He saw a consolidation of the railroads of the nation into four main lines as the solution to the problems of the industry, and from the late 1920s until his death he was continually in consultation with President Hoover, President Roosevelt, the Interstate Commerce Commission, committees of Congress and various officials in order to promote this merger," reported The Sun after his death in 1942.

Had a fish been chosen as the national emblem instead of a big bird, George Reiger contends, we'd all be venerating the striped bass. (Would not Marylanders have defied any such statute, still calling them rockfish?) Stripers range the coasts, adapt to rivers, taste great.Reiger, an editor at Field & Stream and the author of many books on angling, used to teach at the Naval Academy; one of the many good stories in "The Striped Bass Chronicles: The Saga of America's Great Game Fish" (Lyons & Burford, 192 pages, $22.95)

Sophomore Rebecca Shapiro had a lot of work ahead of her entering this year's basketball season.After playing a supporting role a year ago in helping Park win the AIS A Division championship, Shapiro would be assuming control of the offense in filling the Bruins' biggest void -- point guard.However, it was a situation Shapiro was prepared for."I was ready to become the point guard because the team needed me there and it was a chance to improve upon my overall skill," said Shapiro.As Park's only proven scorer and returnee among its starting five, Shapiro has had an effect on her team (7-7, 2-2)

Sophomore Rebecca Shapiro had a lot of work ahead of her entering this year's basketball season.After playing a supporting role a year ago in helping Park win the AIS A Division championship, Shapiro would be assuming control of the offense in filling the Bruins' biggest void -- point guard.However, it was a situation Shapiro was prepared for."I was ready to become the point guard because the team needed me there and it was a chance to improve upon my overall skill," said Shapiro.As Park's only proven scorer and returnee among its starting five, Shapiro has had an effect on her team (7-7, 2-2)

On April 26, 2009 SAMUEL WILLARD JONES beloved husband of Helen Jones. He is also survived by a host of other relatives and friends. Friends may visit the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST, INC., 4300 Wabash Avenue on Thursday after 1 p.m. where the family will receive friends on Friday at 1:30 p.m.

On March 6,2009, PEARL E. KADE. Survived by two sons; Russell Willard (Pat), Donneil Kade (Renee), one daughter; Rosalind Smith, three grandchildren, one great-grandchild and a host of other family and friends. Family will receive friends at the family owned WYLIE FUNERAL HOME of BALTIMORE COUNTY, 9200 Liberty Road Friday from 6-8 P.M. Services will be held Saturday in the above mentioned funeral home, 10:30A.M. wake 11:00A.M. funeral. Interment Following. Inquires www.wyliefh.com

The Nathan and Mary Hackerman Lodge #2664, B'nai B'rith, regrets the passing of our Member DORIS PATZ and sister-in-law of members Willard and Lillian Hackerman. We extend sincere sympathy to the family.

On December 6, 2008 WILLIAM "BILL" F. WILLARD, SR. of Baltimore, MD beloved husband of Marie Ann Willard; devoted father of William Willard, Jr. and wife Karen, Michael Willard and wife M.J., Robert Willard and wife Penny, Ruth Brady and husband Michael, Donna Thomas and husband Dean and Michele Capizzi; loving brother of Irvin "Butch" Willard. Also survived by 12 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Services will be held at the family owned McComas Funeral Home, P.A. in Abingdon, MD on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 11 a.m. Friends may call at the funeral home in Abingdon on Tuesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Those who desire may contribute to American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 572, Bel Air, MD 21014.

WILLARD "GENE" WAREHIME, JR. died on July 21, 2008, beloved husband of Glena "Joann" (nee Bailey) Warehime; devoted father of Julie Goins and Allen Wayne Warehime; dear grandfather of Nicholas Albi and Alexis Goins; dear son of the late Willard E. Warehime, Sr. and Helen Warehime; dear brother of Claire Miller, Olivia "Libby" Perine and Annette Tirabassi and the late Wayne Warehime. Also survived by loving brothers-in-law, son-in-law, nieces and nephews, family and friends. Per his wishes, his body has been donated to The State Anatomy Board.

Willard Sweetser, 105, oldest Academy alumus Willard Sweetser, a retired Navy rear admiral who was the U.S. Naval Academy's oldest living alumnus, died Friday at the Veterans' Home in Paris, Maine. He was 105. Admiral Sweetser served aboard the gunboat USS Panay, which was attacked in 1937 by the Japanese while at anchor in the Yangtze River in China. He went on to command the destroyers USS Lardner and USS Hickox in the Pacific. His awards included the Silver Star and two Bronze Stars.

Suddenly on September 3, 2007, TIMOTHY L. BRADY of Street, MD. Loving father of Bryan P. Brady and Timothy Adam Brady. Devoted son of Willard Ray Brady, Sr., and Sarah Virginia Carpenter Brady. Brother of Willard Ray Brady, Jr., Troy Ellis Brady, Christina A. Brady Magiske, Deorah E. Brady Cochran and M. Annette Brady McGready. A service will be held in the family owned McComas Funeral Home, P.A., Abingdon, MD, on Saturday, September 8, 2007, at 10 A.M. Interment will be in Darlington Cemetery, Darlington, MD. Friends may call at the funeral home in Abingdon on Friday from 2-4 and 7-9 P.M. Those who desire may contribute to the American Diabetes Association, 800 Wyman Park Drive, Suite 110, Baltimore, MD, 21211.

On June 19, 2007, WALTER; cherished by Jackie Yates, Linda F. Martin and Sheila Keebaugh; dear father of Terri Talley, John Manning, Linda Martin-McClure, Tammy, Betty, Dave and Kim Martin; brother of Charles and Willard Martin. Also survived by seven grandchildren and one great- grandson. Friends may call at the GONCE FUNERAL SERVICE P.A., 4001 Ritchie Highway, on Thursday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 PM and Friday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 8 PM at which time services will be held. Interment Private.

On April 5, 2007, WILLARD J. HAYES; beloved husband of the late Ernestine Hayes. Willard is also survived by seven children, Margaret, Kathy, Willard, Jr., Reginald, Sherell, James and Danny; 12 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren; five daughters in-law; one sister and a host of other relatives and friends. Friends may call at the Oak Street AME Church, 123 W. 24th St, on Friday, April 13, at 10 A.M. until 7 P.M. Family will receive friends on Saturday, at 10 to 11 A.M. , at which time services will be held.

On February 19, 2007 MRS. WILLARD BIAS, loving mother of Joyce Fitzgerald and Clarice Wheatley. She is also survived by 3 sisters Ethel Greene, Burmahdeen Forest and Juanita Kyles, 2 grandchildren, 5 great-grands and a host of relatives and friends. Memorial Services will be held on Saturday at the family owned March Funeral Home West, 4300 Wabash Ave. 11:30am.