Willard

On October 23, 2006, WILLARD KING of Brooklyn, MD; devoted husband of Martha Pumphrey King and loving brother to three sisters and one brother. The family will receive visitors at the family owned Singleton Funeral Home, 1 Second Avenue, SW (at Crain Highway), Glen Burnie on Thursday from 6-9 P.M. The funeral ceremony will be held on Friday at 11 A.M. in funeral home chapel. Interment Glen Haven Memorial Park. For further information please visit www.singletonfuneralhome.com

A Baltimore police sergeant who claimed he was never treated for post-traumatic stress disorder after he fatally shot a man in 2005 has settled a lawsuit against the city, in a deal that allows him to retire with his pension, according to court documents and his attorney. Under terms of the settlement, Richard A. Willard, 45, dropped the federal suit and a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; the Police Department canceled an administrative hearing that could have led to his termination.

On May 15, 2005 JOHN GEORGE; beloved husband of Jacquline G. (nee Roberts); devoted father of Pamela Melton and John V. Willard; dear grandfather of Katie Lighty, Amanda Kauffman, Jennifer, Jacob and Emily Willard; great grandfather of Tatiana Kauffman; brother of Virginia Pearce, Florence Klein, Raymond and Charles Willard, Sandy Day and the late Harry Willard. Visiting at the Lassahn Funeral Home, Inc., 7401 Belair Road, (Overlea) on Wednesday and Thursday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Michael the Arc Angel Church, Friday 10 A.M..

A Baltimore police sergeant who says he shot and killed a young man in 2005 is suing the agency, saying it refused to help him with his post traumatic stress disorder. The sergeant, Richard A. Willard, is not on active duty. He owns the gourmet grill cheese food truck parks in various parts of the city. City officials declined to comment on the suit, citing policy of not addressing pending litigation. Willard, who has been an officer since 1992, says in the suit that he shot the man to protect fellow officers, but "nevertheless felt regret for killing the young man, despite the justified and even necessary nature of his action.

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.

On April 30, 2005, WILLARD R. LEONARD, beloved husband of Helen; loving father of Willard, Jr., Mary, Jo Ann, Marguerite and Jamie; cherished grandfather of nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Relatives and friends may call at the family owned AMBROSE FUNERAL HOME OF LANDSDOWNE, 2719 Hammonds Ferry Road, on Monday, from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M., where a service will be held that evening. Interment private.

On July 28, 2005, DOLORES ANGELINE (nee Colbert), loving wife of the late William John Willard Sr., dear mother of Donna De Fontes, Melvin Carmine, William John Willard Jr. and the late Kathleen Carmine. Dear sister of Katherine Brenner. Grandmother of Elizabeth Angeline Willard and Kenny De Fontes III. A Funeral Service will be held at the family owned Ruck Towson Funeral Home Inc., 1050 York Rd (Beltway ext 26-A) on Monday at 11 A.M. Entombment Parkwood Cemetery. Friends may call on Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. Please omit flowers.

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.

On February 17, 2004 WILLARD H. of Glen Burnie, beloved father of Willard Wagner Jr. and Thomas Wagner Sr.; dear brother of Robert Wagner and Jay Wagner Jr; loving grandfather of Thomas Wagner Jr. The family will receive friends at the family owned and operated Mc CULLY-POLYNIAK FUNERAL HOME P.A., 237 E. Patapsco Ave (Brooklyn) on Thursday and Friday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M., where Service will be held on Saturday at 10 A.M. Interment Cedar Hill Cemetery.

On Saturday April 22, 2006 FRANCES C. (nee Covahey) WILLARD. Frances retired from Black & Decker with 41 years of service. She was the beloved wife of the late Myron L. "Les" Willard, dear sister of Robert E. Covahey and his wife Carol, Sarah J. Skipper and her husband Francis and the late Thomas L. Covahey and his widow Vera E. Hoover, also survived by many nieces and nephews. Services and interment private . Those who desire may make memorial donations to the Humane Society of Baltimore County, 1601 Nicodemus Rd., Reistertown, MD 21136.

Edith S. Willard, former owner of the ETC. Shop in downtown Annapolis, died July 30 of leukemia at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The Hereford resident was 86. Edith Stockton Mays was born in Baltimore and raised on her family's farm in Hereford. She was a 1942 graduate of Sparks High School. Mrs. Willard earned a bachelor's degree in English in 1946 from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where she was also a member of Phi Beta Kappa. After graduation, she moved to Baltimore and worked as an advertising copywriter for the Read Drug and Chemical Co., until taking a job in 1952 at the U.S. Embassy in London as an executive assistant with Voice of America.

Construction magnate Willard Hackerman has offered to finance and build an 18,500-seat arena in downtown Baltimore, civic leaders say, freeing taxpayers from having to foot the bill and significantly increasing the chances that plans for a $900 million convention center expansion and arena will become a reality. News of Hackerman's offer was made public Wednesday at the annual meeting of the Greater Baltimore Committee, a private business group that has been exploring ways to build an arena that would be combined with an expanded convention center to bolster the city's tourism business and add life to Baltimore's Inner Harbor.

James Willard Davis, a retired Carroll County lawyer who had worked with the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights in the 1960s, died Friday of heart failure at his Westminster home. He was 83. Mr. Davis, whose father was superintendent of schools for Talbot County and whose mother was a homemaker, was born in Baltimore and raised in Easton. After graduating from Loyola High School when he was 16, Mr. Davis attended Loyola College for two years before entering the Jesuit order in 1944.

Harold Meyers Willard, a retired newspaper editor who had worked for The Washington Post and The Evening Sun, died from complications of diabetes Dec. 24 at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The longtime Hereford resident was 82. Mr. Willard, the son of a banker and a homemaker, was born and raised in Belvidere, Ill. After graduating from Belvidere High School in 1945, he entered Michigan State University. Drafted into the Army, he served for a year in the Quartermaster Corps in the Aleutian Islands.

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.