baltimoresun.com - Obituaries

Herman J. Travers, Pearl Harbor survivor

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Postal worker survived the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and received two Bronze Stars for heroism

H erman J. Travers, a retired postal worker who survived the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor died of complications from Alzheimer's disease Tuesday.

Louise H. Muchler, church organist

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Louise H. Muchler, who was organist and choir director at Timonium United Methodist Church for more than 40 years, died Tuesday of cancer at a daughter's home in Havre de Grace. She was 89.

Doris M. Everett, secretary and WAVE

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Doris M. Everett, a retired secretary who served as a Navy WAVE during World War II and the Korean War, died Nov. 12 of breast cancer.

Kurt Glaser, psychiatry professor

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Doctor who fled the Nazis was an expert in youth psychiatry and taught at UM medical school

K urt Glaser, a retired former associate professor of pediatricsand assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine died Nov. 13.

Laurence L. O'Hara, psychologist

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Laurence L. "Larry" O'Hara, who grew up in a Baltimore orphanage, served 25 years in the Army and spent the past 19 years traveling the country with his dog and camera, died Thursday.

Walter B. Austin, public works foreman

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Walter Breeden Austin, a retired Department of Public Works foreman, died of congestive heart failure Nov. 13 at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Cedonia resident was 81.

Malcolm Sherman, Rouse Co. executive

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Former Rouse Co. executive battled blockbusting in Baltimore neighborhoods in the 1950s and 1960s

Malcolm "Mal" Sherman, a former Rouse Co. executive and real estate agent who battled blockbusting during the 1950s and 1960s, died Thursday of pneumonia.

Beth K. Currie, Baltimore County teacher

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

High school social studies teacher who went beyond the textbook left a lasting impression on her students

B eth K. Currie, a popular Lansdowne High School social studies teacher died of pneumonia Tuesday at St. Agnes Hospital. She was 78.

Carlo M. Peduto, security supervisor

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Carlo M. Peduto, a former supervisor in the Federal Protective Service and a D-Day veteran, died Sunday of heart failure at Hart Heritage, an assisted-living facility in Forest Hill. He was 91.

Ralph E. Marquiss Sr., engineer and singer

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Engineer and partner with RKK firm had many interests, including singing, flying airplanes and writing short stories

R alph Edwin Marquiss Sr., a retired consulting engineer and a professional singer, died Saturday of prostate cancer.