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Donald Strittmatter
Donald J. Strittmatter Sr., 63, a resident of Davidsonville for 10 years, died of heart failure July 19, 2002 at Anne Arundel Medical Center.
Mr. Strittmatter was born Sept. 11, 1938, in Johnstown, Pa. He was an operator with Ferguson Trenching of Annapolis for 19 years.
His interests included John Deere tractors.
In 1959 he married
Margaret J. Strittmatter.
Also surviving are two sons, Donald J. Strittmatter Jr. of Annapolis and David W. Strittmatter of Chestertown; one daughter, Faye L. Strittmatter of Edgewater; his father, Gilbert Strittmatter of Annapolis; four brothers, Wayne Strittmatter of Washington, D.C., Larry Strittmatter of Eastport, Jerry Strittmatter of Pasadena and Gene Strittmatter of Stevensville; four grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Services will be at 4:30 p.m. today at Kalas Funeral Home, 2973 Solomons Island Road, Edgewater. Burial will be private.
Robert Wolfe Jr
Retired State Police Capt. Robert Yourtee "Ry" Wolfe Jr., 82, of Annapolis, who was instrumental in establishing the Medivac helicopters with the Maryland State Police, died of a stroke July 17, 2002 at the Annapolis Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after a brief illness.
Capt. Wolfe took command of the State Police Flying Division in 1973 with a 33-man operation, three jet-powered helicopters and a twin engine plane. He established the system whereby critically injured crash victims could be transported by helicopter to the Maryland Emergency Medical Institute in Baltimore.
In an article in The Evening Capital on March 30, 1973, he and institute director Dr. R Adams Cowley expressed pleasure with the results of the cooperative Medivac program that got Marylanders quick access to the medical tools for survival.
He later expanded the Medivac plan to Western Maryland and the Eastern Shore on a full time basis. The aviation division received national recognition for the Medivac plan which was adopted nationwide. Since it began, there have been more than 95, 000 flights.
Born in Hagerstown to Robert and Esther Wolfe on Feb. 10, 1920, he began flight training at Logan Field in Dundalk and at Henson Flying Service in Hagerstown where he received a commercial pilot's license.
He married
Evelyn LaFaye Sheeley on Oct. 3, 1943, and they moved to Kansas City, Mo., where he worked for what became Trans World Airlines from 1942 to 1946. He flew U.S. troop transports and USO personnel during World War II on DC-3s as a co-pilot. He then flew for several non-scheduled airlines and returned to Maryland to work for Bethlehem Steel's Sparrows Point plant.
According to that same article in The Evening Capital, film star Dorothy Lamour cooperated with the Maryland State Police in 1947 in a statewide recruiting drive, making radio public service anouncements which successfully recruited, among others, Robert Wolfe.
In 1953 the state force got its first airplane and then-Trooper Wolfe was assigned air patrol duties as the first pilot.
He received praise for maintaining an aerial command post during a cold March night in 1956 when a major train wreck in Odenton killed six persons and injured many others.
In 1961 the state added a two-man helicopter and a twin engine Piper Aztec to the newly formed state police Aviation Division and he assumed command.
Later he was commander of the Kennedy Highway state police facility and in 1971 was the first commander of Barrack J in Annapolis. Subsequently he went back to the flying division.
He retired on Dec. 31, 1973, after 26 years of service.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by two sons, William W. Wolfe of Annapolis and Robert W. Wolfe of Mayo; and four grandchildren.
A memorial service will beheld at 11 a.m. Monday at Heritage Baptist Church, 1740 Forest Drive. Burial will be private. Arrangements are by Hardesty Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Parkinson Disease Association, in care of the Anne Arundel County Chapter, P.O. Box 893, Severna Park, MD 21146, or the Maryland Chapter of Concerns of Police Survivors, 21 Sheryl Drive, Elkton, MD 21912.
Audrey Best
Audrey F. Best, a longtime resident of Severna Park, died July 27, 2002 at home of emphysema after a 3-year illness.
Mrs. Best was born in Yonkers, N.Y., and raised in Queens.
She was married
on Sept. 21, 1940, and became a homemaker. Her hobbies included sewing, needlework and reading.
She is preceded in death by her husband, James Marshall Best Sr., who died in 1970.
Surviving are one daughter, Diana L. Martin of Severna Park; one son, James Marshall Best Jr. of Huntington, N.Y.; one brother, David L. Ballard of Hobe Sound, Fla.; and five grandchildren.
Funeral services are private. Arrangements are by Barranco and Sons Severna Park Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to Hospice of the Chesapeake, 8424 Veterans Highway, Millersville, MD 21108.
Mary Giles
Mary Frances Giles of Friendship died July 23, 2002 after a brief illness. The cause of death was not available.
Visitation will be today from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Sewell Funeral Home, Dares Beach Road, Prince Frederick and from 11 a.m. to noon tomorrow at Friendship United Methodist Church, 22 E. Friendship Road, Friendship. Funeral services will begin at noon.
William Morrison
William "Bill" John Morrison, 47, of Clear Spring and previously Crownsville and Odenton, died July 25, 2002 after a lengthy illness. The cause of death was not available.
Mr. Morrison was born Sept. 10, 1954, in Odenton, the son of the late William Roland Morrison and Doris Austin Morrison Wesley.
During his lifetime, he worked at BP Gas, International Paper Company as a corrugated operator, Lee Dico, Gregory and Sons, Waveland Construction, Belair Construction, Cherry Hill Sand and Gravel as a heavy equipment operator and mechanic, and at Hare's Welding as a welder and fabricator.
He was a member of the Local 37 Operating Engineers in Baltimore, Nichols Bethel United Methodist Church of Odenton, the Catoctin Fish and Game Club, the Dorchester Sportsman Club, the Patuxent Wildflife in Ft. George G. Meade.
He was also a former member of the Odenton Volunteer Fire Company where he received an award in 1972 for the second most fire responses -- 354 runs within a year. In 1981 he received an award from Anne Arundel County for helping to apprehend an escaped convict.
His hobbies included racing his stock car, playing bingo, hunting, fishing, crabbing and shooting at the many gun and sportsmen's clubs in the area. He also loved to help others.
Surviving are his wife of 25 years this October, Maureen Rose Morrison; one nephew, Scott M. Wesley Jr. and one niece, Debra A. Wesley, both of the home; one stepbrother, Scott M. Wesley Sr. of Pasadena; and one sister, Virginia Lee Morrison Lyon of Goldsboro, N.C.
Visitation will be from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the Stallings Funeral Home, 3111 Mountain Road, Pasadena. Funeral services will be held at noon tomorrow at Nichols Bethel United Methodist Church, Route 175, Odenton. A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, 224 West Washington St. in Hagerstown.
Wilma Schoene
Wilma Grace Schoene, 68, of Chester, died July 26, 2002 at the Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis. The cause of death was not available.
Mrs. Schoene was born Feb. 21, 1934, in Sparta, N.C. She was the daughter of the late Earl and Fannie Sturgil Burchette. She attended school in the Sparta area and later moved to Baltimore where she met and married
her husband on Oct. 2, 1952.
She was a homemaker and the family resided in Linthicum before moving to Chester in 1979.
A member of the First Baptist Church of Kent Island, her hobbies included sewing and making and collecting dolls.
She is survived by her husband, Donald L. Schoene of Chester; four sons, Donald L. Schoene, Jr. of Glen Burnie, Daniel L. Schoene of Phoenix, Az., David L. Schoene of Belair and Dwayne L. Schoene of Stevensville; one daughter, Donna L Lochlear of Chester; three sisters, Helen Philyaw, Virginia Burchette and Carrie Teague; four brothers, Wayne Burchette, Paul Burchette, Ronnie Burchette and Wade Burchette, all of North Carolina; 11 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Family and friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. today and 6 to 8 p.m. tomorrow at the Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home, 106 Shamrock Road, Chester. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the First Baptist Church of Kent Island, on State Street in Stevensville. Interment will follow the service in the Stevensville Cemetery.
Lain Terry
Lain Terry, 85, of Lakeland, Fla., and previously Annapolis, died July 26, 2002 of cancer.
Mr. Terry was born Dec. 2, 1916, in Annapolis and graduated with the class of 1936 from Annapolis High School.
He worked at Andrew Krause from 1937 to 1955, then at Hoffman Truck Center from 1955 to 1967 and at Boldwin Service Center from 1967 to 1977 when he retired and moved to Florida.
He was of the Methodist denomination and was a member of Moose Lodge #296 and was past president of the West Annapolis Volunteer Fire Department.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Louise Terry of Lakeland, Fla.; one son, Rick Baskett of Ft. Lauderdale; three daughters, Elain Alton of Milledgeville, Ga., Barbara Hunt of Carneys Point, N. J., and Sissy O'Connor of Bowie; 13 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 2 to 3 p.m. today at the Gentry-Morrison Beacon Hill Chapel, 1833 South Florida Ave., Lakeland, Fla., where funeral services will follow at 3 p.m.
