Dorothy Krupinsky
Funeral services are scheduled for Friday, March 10, for Bear Creek resident Dorothy Cant-well Wanhoff Krupinsky (nee Killmeyer), 85, who died March 6, 2000 at Franklin Square Hospital following a five-week illness.
The noon service will be conducted by the Rev. Nick Shanholtz of Dundalk Assembly of God at Duda-Ruck Funeral Home, 7922 Wise Ave. Interment will follow at Oak Lawn Cemetery.
A homemaker and a Waterview Road resident for seven years, Mrs. Krupinsky had earlier lived in Edgemere. Years ago, she was president of the ladies auxiliary of a Democratic club in Baltimore.
Survivors are son Albert Cantwell, daughters Ger-aldine Petterson, Fern Hoopengardner and Doro-thy Gaydosh, who shared an April 2 birthday with her mother, and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by husbands Harry Cantwell, Albert Wanhoff and John Krupinsky, daughter Delores Fistek and son Timothy Cantwell.
Visitation at the funeral home was scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, March 8 and 9, from 3 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.
Pauline R. Lucas
Pauline Rachel Lucas (nee Shiflett) died Feb. 26, 2000 at Franklin Square Hospital. She was 73.
Born in Mount Fair, Va., and raised on a farm there, she and her husband and family moved to Edgemere in the 1950s. They then lived in Sparrows Point until the town was torn down in the 1970s, when they returned to Edgemere.
Mrs. Lucas devoted her life not only to her own five children, but also to many foster children, including Wayne and Carl Baugher, and the other family members she helped to raise. Gardening, canning, quilting and crocheting were among her favorite pastimes.
She is survived by children Raymond, Joseph and Vincent Lucas, Brenda Evans and Tammy Lewis, six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Her husband, Raymond L. Lucas, died in 1988.
Services at Duda-Ruck Funeral Home on March 1 were followed by interment at Holly Hill Memorial Gardens.
Marilyn J. McCormack
Lifelong Dundalk resident Marilyn McCormack died suddenly at home Feb. 28, 2000 after a brief illness. She was 68.
The former Marilyn Justine Naper, daughter of the late John G. and Mildred Naper, grew up in Watersedge. She was a 1950 Dundalk High School graduate and was chosen prom queen during her senior year.
After high school, she worked for a time before her marriage to John J. McCormack and becoming a full-time homemaker and mother. She was a devoted Christian.
She enjoyed bingo, 10-pin bowling and frequent trips to Cape Coral, Fla., to visit her daughter and son-in-law, Deborah and Sam Poole, and her grandson.
She is also survived by son Dennis J. McCormack II of Dundalk, three other grandchildren and many other family members. She was predeceased by her husband and a brother, John Naper.
Services were held March 3 at Duda-Ruck Funeral Home followed by interment at Holly Hill Memorial Park.
Cleo C. Richards
West Inverness resident Cleo Claudette Richards, 58, died of cancer Jan. 27, 2000 at Gilchrist Hospice Center.
The former Cleo Shewbridge grew up in Sparrows Point, then lived on Dineen Drive for 30 years. She worked 10 years as an assembly line packer for Rock-Tenn Co. on Broening Highway.
Survivors are her husband, Donald W. Richards Sr., sons William Clark and Donald Richards Jr., daughter Dawn Clark, brothers Whitey, Bo and Jake Shewbridge, sisters Frances Suprik, Kate Baier and Dixie Weidner and three grandsons. She was predeceased by her brother, Grover C. Shewbridge, who died Jan. 21.
Services were held Jan. 29 at Connelly Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Baltimore, Gilchrist Center, 6601 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21204 or the American Cancer Society, 8219 Town Center Drive, P.O. Box 43025, Baltimore, MD 21236.
Grover C. Shewbridge
Retired Bethlehem Steel shipyard foreman Grover C. “Sonny” Shewbridge died of cancer Jan. 21, 2000 at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. He was 68 and a longtime West Inverness resident.
A Sparrows Point native, Mr. Shewbridge served with the U.S. Army paratroopers.
In addition to his wife, the former Emma Mullen (Herdegen), he is survived by sons Cole Shewbridge and Norman and Larry Herdegen, daughter Lori Piper, brothers Whitey, Bo and Jake Shewbridge, sisters Frances Suprik, Kate Baier and Dixie Wiedner and four grandchildren. His sister, Cleo C. Richards, died Jan. 27.
Services were held Jan. 24 at Connelly Funeral Home.
Charles L. Tetrick Jr.
Charles Livingston Tetrick Jr., 47, died suddenly of a heart attack Feb. 10, 2000 at his home on Eastdale Road.
A 1970 graduate of Dundalk High School, he had a lifelong interest in music.
Mr. Tetrick, who drove for Jimmy’s taxi service, had earlier worked for Bethlehem Steel.
Predeceased by his wife, Carolyn (nee Powell), he is survived by sons Charles L. Tetrick III and Cory Tetrick, daughter Cathleen Tetrick, sisters Carolyn Gonzalez, Melody Seibert, Sue Andrede and Penny Williams and brother Ronald Tetrick.
Services were held Feb. 14 at Duda-Ruck Funeral Home. Interment was private.
Nellie M. Bigwood
Nellie Mitchell Bigwood, 83, who taught at Dundalk and Merritt Point elementary schools and retired as librarian at Berkshire Elementary, died of Alzheimer’s disease (Feb. 14, 2000) at Manor Care nursing home.
A graduate of Salisbury State College, she started her career in 1939 as principal of a two-room school in Charles County.
She taught at Dundalk and Merritt Point elementaries from 1949 to 1968, when she became Berkshire Elementary’s librarian, a position she held until her retirement in 1977.
She belonged to Henry Brecht Chapter 43, Order of the Eastern Star, Bou-Tem-Sci, DeMolay Mother’s Club and St. Thomas Episcopal Church.
She is survived by children Suzanne Atkinson and James Bigwood and two grandchildren.
Her husband, James Bigwood, died in 1987.
A memorial service was held Feb. 17 at Ruck Towson Funeral Home followed by graveside services at Greenlawn Cemetery in Cambridge.
Walter Boyer
Broening Road resident Walter Ernest Boyer, 86, a retired steelworker, died Feb. 21, 2000 at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.
Mr. Boyer had 38 years of service with Bethlehem Steel when he retired almost 25 years ago.
A U.S. Army veteran, he belonged to Helena IOOF Lodge 171, Patapsco Masonic Lodge 183, Acacia Club of Dundalk and St. Timothy’s Evangelical Lutheran Church.
He loved reading, golfing, bowling and completing crossword puzzles and was an avid Baltimore sports fan.
He and his wife, the former Verda Morlock, traveled to London and Bermuda and throughout the United States.
In addition to his wife of more than 62 years, he is survived by daughters Carol Diehl and Jean Michler, sister Elizabeth Boyer, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by brother Bruce Boyer and sister Catherine Emmons.
Services were held Feb. 24 at Connelly Funeral Home. Interment followed at Oak Lawn Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to Helena IOOF Lodge 171, 201 Baltimore Ave., Dundalk, MD 21222 or Patapsco Masonic Lodge 183, 2 Trading Place, Dundalk, MD 21222.
