All Obituaries

On August 14, 2018, Margaret K. Graf (nee Steele), formerly of New Canaan, CT., beloved wife of the late Edwin J. Graf Jr.; devoted mother of Margaret Labesky and her husband Tony, Susan Fennell and her husband David, Marybeth Graf-Brohawn, Michael Graf and his wife Sandy, Katie O'Brien, and the late Edwin J. Graf III; loving grandmother of twenty-one grandchildren, and cherished great-grandmother of nineteen great-grandchildren.  Margaret was an avid gardener, and a savvy...

On August 8, 2018, Lillian Violet Krasnansky, nee DiMaggio, 94, loving wife of the late Robert Krasnansky, Sr, devoted mother of Robert (Theresa Lochte), Mark (Maria Bayer), David (Margaret Flynn), Jean Thompson (Paul), Keith (Delia), and Brian (Amelia); predeceased by sisters Carmella Schmitz, Rose Marie Greiner, and Elizabeth Wilhelm; and survived by 18 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Visitation will be 3-5 and 7-9 on Friday, August 10 at the Candle Light Funeral Home, 1835...

It is with great sadness that we announce that Clara M.  Wollering (Bookholtz) passed away on Wednesday, July 18th at the age of 94. She was the beloved wife of the late John I. Wollering Jr.; devoted mother of Mary L. Lewis, and Carol W. Lahner and her husband Mark W. Lahner; cherished grandmother of Amanda M. Lahner, and Megan K. Lahner; loving great-grandmother of Payton Stillions, Madelynn Stillions, and Liam M. Muehlberger.  She is also survived by many other loving family...

On July 24, 2018 Robert C. Hedrich, Sr.; Life Companion of the late Mary C. Stevens; Brother of the late Dorothy Haines; Beloved father of Anne Marie Waltemeyer, Christian George Hedrich II, and Robert Carl Hedrich, Jr.; Cherished step-father of Virginia MacLamore, Sherry Selby, Debra Mowry, Cindy Iames, Vicky Humm, Susan Shiflett, and the late Nicholas Stevens and Allan Iames; Respected father-in-law of Jim MacLamore, David Shiflett, Debbie Hedrich, Melanie Santiago- Hedrich, Leslie...

Dorothy Lappe

On July 24, 2018, after a long struggle with Parkinson’s Disease, Ethel Ann Arnold was welcomed by the Lord to forever watch over her family and loved ones. She was born July 12, 1930 to John and Nellie Richardson. She grew up in South Baltimore with her sister June and cousin Rosemary Hirschman. On January 27, 1952 she married Bill Arnold and had a happy, love filled marriage until his death in 1988. She is survived by her sister June Lewandowski, daughter and son-in-law, Lisa and...

Lydia passed peacefully from this life the morning of July 23rd after a gradual decline in health.  She was surrounded and supported by her loving family during the last days of her life. Lydia was born in Baltimore, MD, to Romolo and Carolina (Baldi) Briglia on July 25, 1916.   Lydia lived for her entire life in Baltimore where she raised her three daughters and a son. Lydia is survived four children: Carole M. Barney and her partner Michael Cataneo, Gloria E. Avara,...

Enid Elaine Spicer (nee Fritz) was born on January 23, 1927. She was the youngest of the four children of Emil and Elsie Fritz. Enid had two sisters, Hildegard and Ruth, and a brother Daniel. They were raised on Bentalou Street in the Walbrook area of West Baltimore. Enid completed the eleventh grade from Western High School and shortly thereafter began working for C&P Telephone as a switchboard operator. After a time there, she worked for the Social Security Administration as a...

Walter Hughes, Jr. died peacefully in his sleep Friday morning July 13th; the beloved husband of the late Carol (Conklin) Hughes, devoted father to Barbara Hughes Shippy of Arden, DE, the late Cynthia Hughes of Boca Raton, FL & Deborah Hughes Anderson of Catonsville, MD & her husband Donald; loving grandfather of John Scott, Andrea Cutler & Riley Shippy. Walter was born September 26th, 1932, to Milbur and Walter Hughes, Sr. & was the youngest of 5 children; with four...

"Brilliant mind, gentle heart, an adventure loving soul", Blake Randolph Connolly, aged 50 passed away suddenly at home, on Saturday, June 9th. He was the devoted Son of Bill and Marcia, and Father of Noah Connolly. He will sorely be missed by aunts, uncles, numerous cousins, a multitude of friends, and his best friend on four legs, MAX. Growing up he attended Our Lady of Perpetual Help (OLPH), and graduated from Calvert Hall, in 1985, where he participated in wrestling and...