Woodworking

Dr. David A. Oursler, 73, cardiologist, woodworker Dr. David A. Oursler, a retired cardiologist, died Monday of complications from diabetes at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. The St. Michaels resident was 73. Born in Baltimore and raised in the Montebello section of Northeast Baltimore, he graduated from City College in 1948. He graduated from the Johns Hopkins University in 1952 and from the University of Maryland Medical School in 1955. He later served his residency at the University of Virginia.

Thomas Y. Ingram, a Maryland state trooper known for the 1991 capture of a Canadian fugitive wanted for shooting a Toronto police officer and shooting at two Maryland troopers, died Dec. 30 of cancer at Heritage Harbor Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was 69. A trooper for 30 years until his retirement in 1992, he received several commendations and served for a decade on the security force that protected Govs. Marvin Mandel and Harry R. Hughes. But he became known for an arrest he made while off duty.

WOODWORKING projects can be fun, even when a complex project is duplicated 90 times. Steve Shepler, instructor of manufacturing and construction at North Carroll High School, felt his students would enjoy the challenge of mass-producing detailed wooden model trucks. In the past two years, Shep- ler's advanced wood manufacturing students have handcrafted a model truck that serves as a toy bank. Past models look like the delivery trucks of local companies TBM Hardware and D&M Transmissions, which have donated to the project to offset costs.

William K. Garrison Sr., a retired cabinetmaker and apartment maintenance worker, died of cancer Wednesday at the Baltimore Veterans Affairs Rehabilitation & Extended Care Center. He was 76, and lived in the city's Medfield neighborhood. Born in Baltimore and raised in Medfield, Mr. Garrison attended city public schools. His work at the old Franklin Balmar Co. was interrupted by service with the Navy in China at the end of World War II and later during the Korean War. He returned to the company and became a woodworker, making aircraft skin parts and rising to the post of general manager.

John Michael Steven Yost, a machine-parts salesman and an accomplished woodworker, died of cancer Monday at his Rodgers Forge home. He was 44. Mr. Yost was diagnosed with CUPS - Cancer of Unknown Primary Source - about a year ago, family members said. "John fought for a year after having been diagnosed with CUPS," said a sister, Deborah E. Tewey of Wiltondale. "This type of cancer affects less than 5 percent of all cancer patients, and the source of his cancer was never found." Born in Baltimore and raised in Towson, Mr. Yost was a 1977 graduate of Towson High School.

WHEN DO-it-yourself renovators find the house of their dreams, they almost always mention as one of its strong points, "And it has most of the original woodwork!" This is such a big deal because woodwork is one of the major distinctions between old homes and new ones. However elaborate, roomy and over-fenestrated they are, modern houses tend to have little interior trim. So people who love old houses usually love the old touches that come with them -- or ought to come with them, if they haven't been torn out or disfigured in the name of modernity.

Otho James Haynie, a retired American Totalisator Co. engineer and accomplished woodworker, died of pneumonia Oct. 8 at St. Joseph Medical Center. He was 90. Mr. Haynie was born in Baltimore and raised in Mount Washington. He was a 1936 graduate of Polytechnic Institute and earned bachelor's degrees in mechanical and electrical engineering from the Johns Hopkins University. During World War II, he served as a lieutenant with an Army Air Forces rescue squadron in Europe. His decorations included the Bronze Star, family members said.

Lee Mace Willey, a retired electrician and woodworker, died of cancer Sunday at Westminster Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was 70 and lived in Granite. Mr. Willey was born and raised in Dundalk, and was a graduate of Dundalk High School. He served as an Army cook in Korea from 1953 to 1956. He worked for more than 40 years as an electrician at the Sparrows Point plant of Bethlehem Steel Corp., retiring in 1997. Mr. Willey enjoyed making furniture and carving miniature scenes featuring buildings, interiors and people inspired by the Old West.

Henry C. Shade Sr., 68, mechanic, woodworker Henry C. Shade Sr., a retired automobile mechanic and woodworker, died of a heart attack Thursday at Northwest Hospital Center in Randallstown. He was 68 and lived in Granite. Born in Baltimore and raised in Locust Point, Mr. Shade graduated from Southern High School. He began his career as a mechanic in the 1950s working for Jerry's Chevrolet, first in Govans and later after the dealership relocated to East Joppa Road in Towson. In 1978, he purchased Wagner's Service Center on Liberty Road in Randallstown, which he operated until retiring in 1997.

Rosaline Britcher was never quite comfortable again in Baltimore after a student at Lombard Junior High School beat her up when she taught math there in 1978.But things were peaceful in Stewartstown, Pa., where Mrs. Britcher lived with her family in a house she designed, and she made a new life for herself selling fire engines and all the gear that goes with fighting fires.Mrs. Britcher died of kidney cancer Friday at her home. She was 52."She was one of these people who could visualize something and know all the materials she needed to put it together and make something beautiful," said Francis H. Britcher, her husband and a captain in the Baltimore Fire Department.