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James Carroll
Retired Army Chief Warrant Officer James John Joseph Carroll Jr., 84, of Stevensville, formerly of Ellicott City, died Feb. 27, 2001 at Anne Arundel Medical Center.
Chief Carroll was born July 12, 1916, in Wilmington, Del., the son of the late Catherine J. Murnane Carroll and James J. Carroll Sr. He attended St. Charles College Seminar in Baltimore, worked for the Civilian Conservation Corps and was a fireman in Baltimore until being drafted in the Army.
A sergeant, he fought at the Battle of the Bulge, receiving several service ribbons and the Meritorious Service Award.
After the war he earned his bachelor's degree in horticulture at the University of Maryland and taught math, science and vocational education in Howard County schools.
Later he worked at the National Security Agency at Fort Meade. He continued to serve in the Army Reserve with the 949th Transportation Division at Curtis Bay, where he was master of the Hickory Knoll M/V, then the largest vessel in the Army, and was promoted to chief warrant officer. He retired in 1980.
He was married
on June 20, 1942, to Mary Esther Coale. During retirement, the couple traveled extensively throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Scandinavia, Europe and the Caribbean. Following her death on Oct. 10, 1996, he moved to Stevensville to be with relatives.
In Howard County he was active in several veterans groups, the Boy Scouts and the Church of the Resurrection, and was a third-degree knight of the Knights of Columbus Notre Dame Council.
After moving to the Eastern Shore, he was active at St. Christopher's Catholic Church in Chester, where he was a third-degree knight of the Knights of Columbus Council 7941, helped at vacation Bible school and served on the family parish life committee. He also belonged to a Junior Girl Scout committee on Kent Island, the American Horticultural Society and the Cove Creek Club, and was an avid gardener.
Surviving are a daughter, Catherine Coale Carroll Lynch of Stevensville; two sons, James J. Carroll III of Bellevue, Wash., and Patrick Murnane Carroll of Pasadena; a brother, Daniel A. Carroll of Baltimore; and four grandchildren. He was the brother of the late Katherine A. Carroll Lemon and the grandfather of the late Jennifer J. Carroll.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home, 106 Shamrock Road, Chester. A funeral Mass will be offered at 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Christopher's Catholic Church. Burial will be at 1 p.m. March 27 at Arlington National Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Our Lady of Fatima Prayer Garden, in care of St. Christopher's Catholic Church, P.O. Box 660, Chester, MD 21619.
Michael Facey
Michael Joseph Facey, 46, of Churchton, formerly of Prince George's County, died of cancer March 1, 2001 at his home.
Born May 29, 1954, in Washington, D.C., Mr. Facey received his Maryland high school diploma in August 1999. He was a truck driver for various drywall construction supply companies.
He was of the Catholic faith and very active in Alcoholics Anonymous for about seven years. His interests included fishing, crabbing and following various sports teams.
Surviving are one son, Michael Joseph Facey II of Laurel; his parents, Robert Joseph and Marjorie Ann Facey of Churchton; one brother, Robert Lannon Facey of Jessup; one sister, Cynthia Marie Guyot of Shady Side; and his fiancee, Kathleen B. Curtin of Lothian.
Visitation will be from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Hardesty Funeral Home, 905 Galesville Road, Galesville, where a Christian wake will be held at 7:30 p.m. A Mass of Christian burial will be offered at 10 a.m. Monday at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in West River. Burial will be in Resurrection Cemetery.
Memorial contributions, in lieu of flowers, may be made to Hope House, P.O. Box 546, Crownsville, MD 21032, or Johns Hopkins Hospital Oncology, 600 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21287.
Sakae Vollmer
Sakae Kato Vollmer, 70, a 35-year resident of Severn, died Feb. 28, 2001 at North Arundel Hospital of complications of renal failure after a lengthy illness.
Mrs. Vollmer was born Aug. 3, 1930, in Japan. She was a retired manager with the Southland Corp. with more than 20 years of service.
She enjoyed singing karaoke in the area and was an avid creator of Japanese art and silk flower arrangements. She belonged to Nichols-Bethel United Methodist Church in Odenton.
Surviving are two sons, William L. Vollmer of Lexington and Raymond H. Vollmer of Odenton; four daughters, Deborah A. Wedell of Addison, Ill., Barbara J. Butler of Arnold and Kathleen Y. Meyers and Kimberly D. Lind, both of Pasadena; a brother in Japan; three sisters, two in Japan and one in Guam; and seven grandchildren.
Visitation is from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at Hardesty Funeral Home, 851 Annapolis Road, Gambrills, where memorial services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday. Burial will be private.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, Anne Arundel County Unit, 1041 Route 3 North, Gambrills, MD 21054, or the Kidney Foundation of Maryland, 1107 Kenilworth Drive, Suite 202, Towson, MD 21204.
Richard Carroll
Richard M. "Mac" Carroll, 89, of Annapolis, died May 26, 2000 at Anne Arundel Medical Center.
Mr. Carroll was born and raised in Anne Arundel County and was the son of the late Gertrude Irene and John Henry Carroll. He attended Baltimore City schools and was a member of John Wesley United Methodist Church in Glen Burnie since an early age.
He initially farmed with Edwin Smith and then worked for a tannery in the Curtis Bay area. During World War II he worked at the Edgewood Arsenal.
Over the years he was employed at Rosewood State Hospital and as a school bus driver, a postal employee at the Annapolis Post Office and a driver for senior citizens.
His interests included fishing, singing and watching sports on television.
Surviving are his wife, Vertex Brooks Carroll; a daughter, Celestine Vann of Annapolis; a stepson, Ronnie Brooks of Annapolis; and a grandchild.
Visitation will begin at 4 p.m. tomorrow, with a Christian wake at 6 p.m. and funeral service at 6:30 p.m. at John Wesley United Methodist Church, 6922 Ritchie Highway, Glen Burnie. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery. Arrangements are by Reese and Sons Mortuary.
Vivian Dippel
Vivian Sarah Dippel, 85, of Vero Beach, Fla., died May 29, 2000 at Indian River Hospital in Vero Beach.
Born in Stevensville, Mrs. Dippel was the daughter of the late Carville J. Tolson Sr. and Hettie Jones Tolson and a 1930 graduate of the former Stevensville High School.
She worked in Baltimore for the Social Security Administration. After returning to Stevensville, she worked at various jobs, helping out at local motels. In 1967 she moved to Sebastian, Fla., and owned and operated the Palmer Motel there.
She was a member of the Vero Beach Seventh Day Adventist Church.
Her husband, John Dippel of Baltimore, died in November 1986.
Surviving are one sister, Kathleen Demczuk of Dundalk, and one brother, Wayne Tolson of Annapolis. She was the sister of the late Carville Tolson Jr. and Louise Brown.
The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. tomorrow at Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home, 106 Shamrock Road, Chester, where services will follow at 2 p.m. Burial will be in Stevensville Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Vero Beach Seventh Day Adventist Church, 1644 27th Ave., Vero Beach, FL 32960.
William Harrison
William H. Harrison Sr., 83, of Crofton, died of a heart attack May 27, 2000 at North Arundel Hospital in Glen Burnie.
Mr. Harrison had recently moved to Crofton where he and his wife, Constas A. Margelos Harrison, resided with his son, William H. Harrison Jr., and his daughter, Josephine C. Guarino.
Mr. Harrison was born and raised in Alexandria, Va. After his marriage in 1941, he lived in Hyattsville. During World War II, he served in the Army from 1945 to 1946 and then resided in Lake Barcroft, Va., until moving in 1956 to Chalk Point in West River. After his retirement, he moved to Florida in the 1970s. He returned to Maryland to live in Edgewater in the mid-1990s.
He worked as an automotive parts clerk and served in the National Guard prior to service in the Army. While in the military he received the Asia-Pacific Campaign ribbon and the World War II Victory medal.
Following his discharge in 1946, he worked as a civilian for the Department of Defense at Fort Myer, Va. In 1949, he became a stock clerk with Safeway grocery stores throughout Maryland and the metropolitan Washington area. He specialized in stocking newly opened stores. He retired from the Edgewater Safeway in 1976.
As a youth he was a Golden Gloves boxer. His interests included gardening.
In addition to his wife and his son and daughter, he is survived by three other children, Patricia A. Riddle of Tracys Landing, Beverly J. Smith of Sciotoville, Ohio, and Janice H. Lynch of Upper Marlboro; one sister, Ethel Harrison of Fredericksburg, Va.; one brother, Joseph Harrison of Alexandria; eight grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
Visitation is from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, followed by services at 1 p.m. at Rausch Funeral Home, 8325 Mount Harmony Lane, Owings. Burial will be at 2 p.m. in Maryland Veterans cemetery in Cheltenham. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 752, Prince Frederick, MD 20678.
