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Nicholas J. DeLuca, former owner of a popular Remington tavern and an avid thoroughbred racing fan, died Wednesday at Sinai Hospital of injuries suffered in a traffic accident. He was 83.
Mr. DeLuca, who had lived in Mount Washington for more than 50 years, was returning home from Pimlico Race Course on Wednesday when he was involved in an automobile accident on Northern Parkway.
He was born and raised on Huntingdon Avenue in the city's Remington section. He was a graduate of Polytechnic Institute.
As a young man, he played outfield for the Oak Pleasure Club, a semi-pro Baltimore baseball team.
During World War II, he served with the Army in the European Theater of operations and was discharged with the rank of lieutenant in 1945.
For more than 30 years, until selling the business in the mid-1980s, he operated Deluca's Tavern at Huntingdon Avenue and 23rd Street. The business had been established by his parents after the repeal of Prohibition.
"The sign outside of the tavern said 'Deluco's Tavern.' Even though it was misspelled, he never had it changed, and people were always kidding him about it," said a grandson, Matt Hodson of Baltimore.
Mr. DeLuca enjoyed thoroughbred racing and had owned several horses during his life.
He also liked playing golf.
Mr. DeLuca was married in 1945 to Josephine Marshall, who died in 1995.
He was a communicant of the Shrine of the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Smith and Greely avenues, Mount Washington, where a Mass of Christian burial will be offered at 10 a.m. today.
Mr. DeLuca is survived by his daughter, Mary Christine DeLuca of Parkville; a sister, Genevieve Rock of Baltimore; and two other grandchildren.
August 23, 2002
Paul B. Dour, an auto-body mechanic and racing enthusiast, died of pancreatitis Saturday at his Hamilton home. He was 36.
Born and raised in Hamilton and Timonium, Mr. Dour graduated from Dulaney High School in 1983.
He began working for Fox Chevrolet in Timonium and later was a body shop mechanic at Len Stoler's Lexus in Owings Mills. At his death, he was employed at Bud and Jeff Dansicker Inc. in Bare Hills.
Mr. Dour was an auto racing and Chicago Bears fan. He also was especially fond of his cat, Elby.
Services were held Wednesday.
Mr. Dour is survived by his mother, Marcy Curtiss of Pasadena; a brother, Ronald Dour Jr. of Annapolis; a sister, Carolyn Dour of Ellicott City; and his fiancee, Julie Withrow of Hamilton. His father, Ronald Dour Sr., died in 1989.
July 9, 2002
Norma G. Farrar, a former Women's Civic League president and hospital volunteer, died Friday of heart disease at Charlestown Retirement Community in Catonsville. She was 91.
She moved to Charlestown in 1993 and had lived in the Forest Park and Howard Park sections of Northwest Baltimore.
Born Norma Theodora Gourley in Glens Falls, N.Y., she earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Mass. She later studied at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
In the 1960s, when she was president of the Women's Civic League, she presided over the opening ceremonies of the annual Flower Mart held in Mount Vernon Place. She presented the Clean City Awards to members of the city's sanitation and street sweeping staff.
She also volunteered at Maryland General Hospital and for Meals on Wheels, and was a PTA officer at Liberty Elementary, Robert E. Lee Elementary and Garrison Junior High schools.
Her hobbies included playing bridge and traveling. She visited more than 100 countries.
Her husband of 35 years, Robert C. Farrar Sr., a salesman for a tire products manufacturer, died in 1970.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Aug. 9 at Our Lady of the Angels Chapel, 713 Maiden Choice Lane.
She is survived by a son, Robert C. Farrar Jr. of Ellicott City; a daughter, Norma Good of Bay City, Mich.; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
August 20, 2002
Jesse M. Fentress, a retired printer who worked for the Washington Star and Washington Times during a newspaper career that spanned more than 40 years, died of Alzheimer's disease Sunday at Genesis Eldercare's Spa Creek Center in Annapolis. He was 75.
Mr. Fentress, who lived in Edgewater, was born into the newspaper business in Central City, Ky., where his father was owner and publisher of the Times Argus and owned a printing plant in Gulfport, Miss.
After graduating from high school in Central City, he enlisted in the Navy and served aboard landing craft during the Normandy invasion.
After his 1946 discharge, Mr. Fentress apprenticed and worked for his father in Gulfport before going to work for the Washington Star in 1948. He eventually was responsible for the makeup of the newspaper's front page.
"The other printers used to say he was the No. 1 man for the No. 1 page," said his wife of 52 years, the former Jean E. Smith.
The Star ceased publication in 1981, and he became a printer for the Washington Times the next year. He retired in 1992.
Mr. Fentress also raised and bred thoroughbred horses. "He loved to hang on the rails at racetracks and play pinochle," his wife said.
Plans for a memorial service are incomplete.
In addition to his wife, survivors include three sons, J. Murray Fentress, Leo L. Fentress and Stewart C. Fentress, all of Edgewater; a daughter, Jean M. Fentress of Edgewater; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
April 23, 2002
Louis August Franklin, who owned a contracting company, died Friday of a stroke at Anne Arundel Medical Center. He was 62.
Mr. Franklin, a Severn native, graduated from Glen Burnie High School in 1957.
He was a lineman with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers for 15 years. He then worked for Tate Access Floors for 15 years before forming his company, Interstate Floor Specialists in Stevensville, in 1993. He retired in 1997.
In his spare time, Mr. Franklin enjoyed country and gospel music, gardening, watching college basketball and playing pinochle, relatives said.
Mr. Franklin married Mary A. Davis in 1962. They lived in Glen Burnie for many years before moving to Stevensville in 1986.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow at Temple Baptist Church, 15 Old Stage Road, Glen Burnie.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by his son, Louis D. Franklin of Glen Burnie; two daughters, Mary Sue Franklin of Abingdon and Sandra M. Franklin of Pittsburgh; and two grandchildren.
August 3, 2002
Charles Donald Galloway, one of the "Four Fighting Galloway Brothers" who was later sales manager at Towson Ford, died of cancer Monday at a hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The former Towson resident was 77.
Mr. Galloway, who was born and raised on West Susquehanna Avenue in Towson, was one of a quartet of brothers who were known collectively for their athletic prowess before serving in the Army and Navy during World War II.
Mr. Galloway, known as Donny, was the youngest of the brothers, who were descended from a long-established Baltimore County family.
His great-grandfather, John Galloway, was a physician who owned the farm in Texas that later became the Baltimore County Almshouse. Today, it is the Baltimore County Historical Society and Library.
Mr. Galloway was a 1943 graduate of Towson Catholic High School. He also had attended Loyola High School and St. Paul's School.
"He used to say, 'Those were my best years, and I stayed in high school for six years,'" recalled the surviving brother, Lawrence W. Galloway of Baltimore, with a laugh.
"Donny is probably the best athlete in a family of athletes, and in accomplishing this he had the difficult task of living up to an enviable record set by his three brothers," said a 1943 article in The Jeffersonian. "He played football, lacrosse and basketball, being outstanding at the latter sport and has been named on many All-Maryland teams for prep school athletes."
During his last year at Towson Catholic, he coached the junior varsity basketball team, and was an assistant coach and player on the varsity squad.
Jim Lacy, who was the nation's leading collegiate scorer during his four years at Loyola College, from 1946 to 1950, played against Mr. Galloway during their high school years and with him in college.
"Donny was as good a high school basketball player as there was in Baltimore," said Mr. Lacy. "No question about it, he was an outstanding athlete. ... He was silky-smooth on the basketball court."
After World War II, Mr. Galloway attended Loyola College and was on the college's basketball team with Mr. Lacy until his career was cut short by severe shin splints.
"We had a good team, and it would have been super with him," Mr. Lacy said.
"He was one heck of a player and because he was over 6 feet, which was big for basketball players in those days, he played center," said Sid Roche of Lutherville, who also played with Mr. Galloway during their high school days. "He was an outstanding outside shooter and rebounder."
Mr. Galloway enlisted in the Navy in 1943, and served as a signalman aboard a landing craft in the invasion of the Philippine Islands.
In the 1950s, Mr. Galloway went to work selling automobiles at Towson Ford, eventually becoming sales manager. He retired in the late 1970s.
In the early 1980s, he moved to Clearwater, Fla., and established a carpet cleaning business. In 1998, he retired a second time and moved to Davie, Fla., where he lived with his daughter.
When living in Maryland, he enjoyed crabbing and was an avid Colts fan.
His marriage to the former Nancy Gibbs ended in divorce.
A memorial Mass will be offered at 10 a.m. Monday at Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church, Baltimore and Ware avenues in Towson.
In addition to his brother, survivors include a son, Charles Donald Galloway Jr. of Preston; a daughter, Marion Grand of Davie; and three grandchildren.
April 26, 2002
Clyde Stoll Gischel, a Baltimore native who was retired director of marketing for toolmaker Stanley Works in New Britain, Conn., died of cancer Sunday at a hospice in Palm Beach, Fla. He was 89.
Born in Baltimore and raised in the city's Brooklyn neighborhood, he was a 1930 graduate of Polytechnic Institute and earned his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh in 1935.
He had held executive positions with Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. and Westinghouse Electric Co. before joining Stanley Works. He retired in 1972, and lived in recent years in Jupiter, Fla.
In 1937, he married Kay McCaslin, who died in 1998.
Plans for a memorial service were incomplete.
Surviving are a son, Gary C. Gischel of Lutherville; a daughter, Judith G. Stanley of Coral Springs, Fla.; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
June 17, 2001
Gus Glava, who owned several Baltimore-area restaurants and bars with his wife, Marlene, died Monday of a stomach aneurysm. He was 73.
Mr. Glava, who had lived in Perry Hall for 28 years, was born in San Francisco and moved to Baltimore in the mid-1940s.
He served in the Navy from 1946 to 1949, stationed aboard the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Mr. Glava met his wife, the former Marlene Siebert, when she became a waitress at the Highland Lunch, a restaurant owned by his parents. He managed the restaurant, said his sister, Jessie Glava.
When the couple married on April 8, 1956, Peter G. Angelos, now owner of the Orioles, was their best man. The couple celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary two months ago without much fanfare, said his niece, Kellie E. Zysk.
"I don't think it was a big thing," Mrs. Zysk said. "It was big to them, but I think they just did something together."
The Glavas owned at least five restaurants or bars and dabbled in the clothing business over the years, said their daughter Donna Creager of Perry Hall.
Their last three businesses were Gus' Manor Inn near Dundalk, Chaps Nightclub on Pulaski Highway in Baltimore and G&M Cheers off Ebenezer Road and Pulaski Highway in Baltimore County.
"G&M Cheers was a bar/restaurant that was well-known because it was named after them," Mrs. Zysk said.
Mrs. Creager said her parents sold G&M Cheers in 1996, when they retired. It wasn't unusual for them to throw big parties at some of their restaurants, she said. They threw one at Chaps years ago for William Donald Schaefer, former governor and Baltimore mayor, she said.
Whether it was at a party, on the job or walking around the neighborhood, Mr. Glava was known for his friendly manner and storytelling, relatives said.
"He was just an extremely friendly person," Jessie Glava said. "He was a people person. He liked telling stories. He liked being the center of attention. When he came in a room, you heard him first, then you saw him, because he was [such] a storyteller.
Mr. Glava also was known for giving money to friends in need.
"A friend who used to go out with him every day said every time they'd go out he'd see somebody in need and slip them a twenty," his sister said. "He would often give people money not expecting it back. So his friend told me that once when they were out, by the time they'd gotten back in the car he'd spent $100 handing it out."
Miss Glava said she will always remember a conversation she had with her brother two days before his death about the $5,000 he spent on a riding lawnmower. "I said, 'My God, Gus, you could pay somebody to mow it for that.' He said, 'Well, I have somebody to mow it. I just like to ride it with my grandchildren.' ... That really touched me."
Funeral services were held Thursday at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Baltimore.
Besides his wife, daughter and sister, he is survived by daughters Darlene Glava and Christine Lane of Perry Hall; and three grandchildren.
