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GLORIA D. PAPPAS (MICHAEL)
GLEN BURNIE - Gloria Diane Pappas, 58, of Glen Burnie, formerly of LaVale, died Sunday, Aug. 1, 1999, in Hospice of the Chesapeake in Linthicum, Md.
She was born on Oct. 17, 1940, in Cumberland, the daughter of Ethel G. (Kessell) Michael of LaVale and the late Milburn A. Michael Sr.
Gloria was a graduate of Allegany High School in 1958. She was a member of Peace Lutheran Church in Glen Burnie and was employed as a manager for the Baltimore Waste Water Treatment Center. She was known by many as loving and caring ... A true peacemaker. She served as a spirit of hope and was a positive forward-thinker. Gloria loved people.
In addition to her mother, surviving are her loving husband, Frank N. Pappas; a son, Michael C. Davidson, BelAir, Baltimore; a daughter, Kimberly D. Gladmon, Finksburg; two brothers, M. Wayne Michael, Queenstown, and Milburn A. Michael, Eldersburg; a step-son, Ronald Pappas, Alabama; step-daughters, Karen Luber, Pasadena, Md., Debra Byus and Kathy Pappas, both of Baltimore; five grandchildren, Austin Davidson, Nicholas Pappas, Luke Luber, Krista Luber and Sara Pappas.
Friends will be received in the Hafer Chapel of the Hills Mortuary, 1302 National Hwy., LaVale, on Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Services will be conducted in the funeral home chapel on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 1999, at 11 a.m. with Pastor Mark Dill officiating.
Interment will follow in Rest Lawn Memorial Gardens, LaVale.
GEORGE A. MEYERS
BALTIMORE - George A. Meyers, 87, of Baltimore, died Oct. 18, 1999, at Sinai Hospital.
Born Nov. 3, 1912, in Lonaconing, he was the son of the late George A. Meyers, Sr., and Katie (Douglas) Meyers. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Alice (Toork), and a brother, John C. Meyers.
Mr. Meyers was a graduate of LaSalle High School. Before moving to Baltimore, he was employed at the Celanese Plant. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army Air Force.
Other survivors are a daughter, Barbara; a son, Douglas; two sisters, Mary and Catherine; brothers, Joseph de Sales and Michael Carroll; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be private.
ALMA V. PRICE (WHITEMAN)
WESTERNPORT - Alma Vinora Whiteman Price died on Thursday, July 29, 1999, at Memorial Hospital Hospice Unit after a lengthy illness.
Mrs. Price was born on Oct. 17, 1918, in Piedmont, W.Va., to Nettie Combs Whiteman and Griffith H. Whiteman. She spent much of her younger life in the Tri-Towns and graduated from Bruce High School with the Class of 1936. During her retirement years in Westernport, she participated in many of the alumnae activities and was sorry not to have been able to attend this year's 100th Anniversary for Bruce.
Prior to marriage, Mrs. Price was one of the original "Rosie, The Riveters" with Fairchild Aircraft Factory in Hagerstown. Before that, she held several positions with Westvaco. In 1942, she married
her high school sweetheart, James Leon Price, who was with the U.S. Army Air Corps in those days, which became the U.S. Air Force in 1949. Mrs. Price followed her husband during all of his military travels and went everywhere with him except to Vietnam. The couple lived in Japan just after World War II where she played the organ for the Air Base Chapel since she was an accomplished musician. They were stationed in Alaska and Hawaii while both were still U.S. Territories. Trained by the Air Force to be a Nurse and Dental Hygienist, she worked in the base hospitals at several locations. Besides living and traveling all over the United States, they were based in Libya. While there, Mrs. Price journeyed extensively to the Holy Lands, Egypt, through Europe and around the Mediterranean Sea. Because of her husband's frequent flying as a pilot and his subsequent absence from home, Mrs. Price was a strong mother and best friend to her two children.
In 1971, the couple retired from the military after 29 1/2 years of service and returned to Westernport. Mrs. Price was again very active at Trinity United Methodist Church, the church of her youth. She played the piano for her Sunday School Classes for many years and was lauded for 50 years of service by the churchwomen.
Mrs. Price is survived by her sister, Polly Whiteman, also of Westernport, and her two children, James Griffith Price (LTC, U.S. Army, Fort Knox, Ky.) and Teri Lea Price of Gaithersburg, Md. Her three grandchildren are Nichi Price Brinkman, James Garreth Price and Ian Christopher Price.
Friends will be received at Boal's Funeral Home in Westernport from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. on Monday, August 2nd. Funeral Services will be held at 1 p.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church in Piedmont on Tuesday, August 3rd, with the Rev. M. Ball presiding. Burial will be at Arlington National cemetery in Virginia. As is the custom at military cemeteries, Mrs. Price will be buried on top of her husband who died in 1975. Her name will be added to his stone.
If desired, memorial contributions may be made to Tri-Towns Rescue Squad, Main Street, Westernport, MD 21562.
ESTELLA M. PORTER
ZIHLMAN - Estella M. Porter, 82, formerly of Zihlman, died Saturday, June 26, 1999, at Egle Nursing Home, Lonaconing.
Born Oct. 6, 1916, in Carlos, she was the daughter of the late Archie and Edith (Stevenson) Hott. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Herlan Porter, in 1982; four sisters, Pearl, Jane, Goldie and Agnes; and two brothers, Bill and Archie.
Mrs. Porter was retired from Frostburg Community Hospital. She was a member of Allegany United Methodist Church and the Ladies Auxiliary.
Surviving are one son, Thomas E. Porter, and fiancee, Lea, Pasadena; two grandchildren, Tommy Porter and Beth Ann Hartwell and husband, Adam, Glen Burnie; one great-granddaughter, Stella Rose Hartwell; two sisters, Martha DeVault and husband, Roy, Carlos, and Myrtle Jones and husband, Ray, Hopewell, Va.; and one brother, Thomas Hott, Wheaton.
Friends will be received at the Sowers Funeral Home, P.A., 60 W. Main St., Frostburg, on Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Services will be conducted at the funeral home on Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. with the Rev. George M. Harpold officiating.
Interment will be in Frostburg Memorial Park.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 1730 N. Market St., Frederick, MD 21701.
GROVER EDWARD MARTIN
CUMBERLAND - Grover Edward Martin, 89, of 421 Independence St., Cumberland, died Friday, June 18, 1999, at his home.
Born Feb. 14, 1910, in Cumberland, he was the son of the late George Martin and the late Josephine (Helmstetter) Martin. He was also preceded in death by his wife, the late Caroline Mary (Donahoe) Martin, on Jan. 14, 1988; and two sisters, Regina Donahue and Lucille Stegmaier.
Mr. Martin was a retired yard foreman on the Western Maryland Railway. He was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church, the Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie #245, and was a former member of the Holy Name Society of St. Patrick's.
Surviving are three sons, Grover Vincent Martin, Cumberland, Harold E. Martin and wife, Judy, Cumberland, Robert D. Martin and wife, Eileen, Rockville; two brothers, Ralph Martin and wife, Louise, Cumberland, and George Martin and wife, Ruth, Frederick; a sister, Kathleen Martin, Baltimore; and five grandchildren, Carolyn Martin, Brian Martin and Andrea Martin, Rockville, and Christine Martin-Schweitzer and husband, Eric Schweitzer, Tampa, Fla., and Dennis Martin, Chicago, Ill.
Friends will be received at the Merritt-Adams Funeral Home, P.A., 404 Decatur St., Cumberland, on Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. A Rosary will be recited on Sunday at 8:30 p.m. with Deacon Frank Warner officiating.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday at 9 a.m. at St. Patrick's Catholic Church with the Rev. Fr. Thomas R. Bevan, celebrant.
Interment will be in Sunset Memorial Park.
PAUL W. PHILLIPPI
OAKLAND - Paul W. Phillippi, 85, of North Fourth Street, Oakland, died Monday at the Ruby Memorial Hospital, in Morgantown, W.Va.
Born on Jan. 9, 1914 in Ashe County N.C., he was the son of the late Harry F. and Vertie L. (Pike) Phillippi.
He was a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Oakland.
An U.S. Army veteran of World War II, he served in the Fourth Armored Division of Patton's Fourth Army in France, Belgium and Germany. He was a member of Proctor Kildow Post 71, American Legion, Oakland and Lodge 11, Woodmen of the World, Oakland.
He was a retired heavy equipment operator and was a member of the Local 37, International Union of Operating Engineers, Cumberland.
He is survived by his wife, Hazel F. (Davis) Phillippi; three daughters, Janet R. Browning, Deer Park, M. Susan Callis, Monrovia and Linda K. Friend, Swanton; one sister, Muriel Sines, Oakland; nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received at the Stewart Funeral Home, Oakland from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., Wednesday.
Services will be held at the funeral home on Thursday, August 12, 1999 at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Roger Harrison officiating.
Interment will be in the Garrett County Memorial Gardens, Oakland.
Military honors will be accorded at the cemetery by members of the various veterans organization in southern Garrett County.
