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Arthur Jewett
Arthur Lee "Art" Jewett, 76, of Prince Frederick and formerly of Deale, died of cancer July 19, 2002 at the Solomons Nursing Center after a lengthy illness.
Mr. Jewett was born in Washington, D.C., on July 8, 1926, and was a lifelong resident of Maryland. He served in the Army during World War II.
He retired as a house painter and decorator at an early age due to his first battle with cancer. When his health allowed, he enjoyed hunting, fishing, playing horseshoes and cards, cooking, spending time with family and vacationing in Maine. Most recently he had enjoyed decorating his apartment and collecting lighthouses.
He was a member of St. John Vianney Catholic Church and American Legion Post 206 in Chesapeake Beach.
He was formerly married
to Helen Dixon of Lothian and the late Mildred Wayson Jewett.
Surviving are four daughters, Wendy McCready of St. Leonard in Calvert County, Lee Lyons of Dunkirk and Susan Smith and Rose Roby of Lothian; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday followed by burial in Maryland Veterans cemetery in Cheltenham. Arrangements are by Rausch Funeral Home in Port Republic.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society at 1-800-227-2345 or the Calvert County Office on Aging, 450 W. Dares Beach Road, Prince Frederick, MD 20678.
Arthur Oswald Jr.
Arthur Earnest "Art" Oswald Jr., 83, of Laurel, died Aug. 11, 2002 at his home of a blood disorder after a two-year illness.
Mr. Oswald was born May 27, 1919, in Batesburg, S.C., the son of the late Arthur E. and Elizabeth Oswald.
He served in the Canadian armed forces in Europe as a decorated officer in World War II. After surviving a wartime injury, he settled in Laurel and was a devoted horse racing enthusiast and an avid chef. He raced standard bred and thoroughbred horses in Canada.
His marriage to Beatrice Mae Oswald ended in divorce.
Surviving are his companion, Carol Warren; three sons, Douglas Oswald of Huntingtown, Gene Oswald of London, Ontario, Canada, and Steven Oswald of Ancaster, Ontario, Canada; eight grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
His surviving siblings are Elizabeth Cotton of Riva, Lois Lengel of Memphis, Tenn., Wanda Rowley of Alligator Point, Fla., Paul Oswald of Baltimore, Vernon Oswald of Mandeville, La., and Charles Oswald of Seat Pleasant.
A memorial service will be held at a date to be announced. Arrangements are by MacNabb Funeral Home in Catonsville. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to a hospice group.
Herbert Simms Jr.
Herbert C. Simms Jr., 40, of Pasadena, died Aug. 11, 2002 at his home. The cause of death was not available.
Mr. Simms was born April 27, 1962, in Baltimore, and attended Northeast High School. He worked in commercial construction in Anne Arundel County.
He enjoyed movies and playing the drums.
Surviving are one son, Herbert C. Simms III of Pasadena; one daughter, Helen Henson of Annapolis; his father, Herbert C. Simms Sr. of Pasadena; and one sister, Christina Lepper of Pasadena.
Visitation is from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at Stallings Funeral Home, 3111 Mountain Road, Pasadena. A funeral Mass will be offered at 10 a.m. tomorrow at St. Jane Frances de Chantal Catholic Church, 8499 Virginia Ave., Pasadena. Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, 6020 Ritchie Highway in Brooklyn Park.
John Tunnell
Joyn Payson Tunnell Sr., 64, of Severna Park, an international commodities broker and financier and an avid sailor, died Aug. 9, 2002 at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Born Sept. 17, 1937, in Georgetown, Del., Mr. Tunnell was the son of the late Delaware Supreme Court Justice James M. Tunnell Jr. and Mildred South Tunnell and a grandson of James M. Tunnell Sr., a U.S. senator from Delaware in the 1940s.
He graduated in 1955 from Phillips Exeter Academy and in 1959 from Muskingum College in Ohio, where he was a trustee from 1969 until moving abroad in 1973.
In 1960 he joined the Delaware-based firm of Laird, Bissel and Meeds, becoming commodities manager in 1964 and within a year a director of the firm. He added commodities to the company's Zurich office and opened an office in Beirut, Lebanon. He was on the board of governors of the New York Mercantile Exchange from 1968 to 1972.
In 1973 he joined Hornblower, Weeks, Hemphill, Noyes, to launch its international division and moved to London. Two years later he founded his own overseas brokerage firm, Westfield Holdings Ltd., and opened offices in London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Zurich and New York. Westfield was awarded seat number one on the European Options Exchange in Amsterdam for its efforts in bringing the exchange into existence. He sold the firm in 1983.
In 1986, he founded Rockwell International to sell and manage offshore futures funds. That same year he moved to Oxford in Talbot County, where he did financial consulting.
In Oxford he enjoyed sailing the bay on his boat, Intrinsic, a mariner ketch. Mr. Tunnell moved to Severna Park in 1999.
He married
Lenore Timmons on Aug. 20, 1960.
Also surviving are their four children, Lisa Drottar of Midland, Mich., Beth Howard of Olney, John P. Tunnell Jr. of Odenton and Lynn Dickinson of San Antonio, Texas; one brother, James S. Tunnell of San Francisco, Calif.; and seven grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow at Barranco and Sons Severna Park Funeral Home, 495 Ritchie Highway. Burial will be private.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Kidney Cancer Association, 1234 Sherman Ave., Suite 203, Evanston, IL 60202.
Edward Weidman
Edward Walter Weidman, 78, died of cancer Aug. 11, 2002 at his home in Annapolis after a lengthy illness.
Born in Baltimore and raised in West Baltimore, Mr. Weidman lived in the Annapolis and Cape St. Claire areas for 48 years.
He served in the Navy during World War II.
A retired electrical engineer, he was the senior project engineer for the American National Can Corp. Previously, he was president of Mace Electric Co. based in Baltimore.
He followed and played golf and was a member of the Amateur Golfer's Association of America. He also belonged to the Ancient Mystical Order of Rosae Crucis, where he was active for the past 13 years, and American Legion Post 175 in Manhattan Beach.
He was a 50-year member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers AFL-CIO; a Mason with the Boumi Temple of Baltimore; a past member of the Broadneck Elks; and a member of Alcoholics Anonymous for nine years.
His wife, Eleanor H. Weidman, died in 1994.
Survivors include his son, Karl Weidman, and his sister, H. Carolyn Pfeffer, both of Annapolis.
Visitation is from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at Barranco and Sons Severna Park Funeral Home, 495 Ritchie Highway, where funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday. Burial will be private.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of the Chesapeake, 8424 Veterans Highway, Millersville, MD 21108.
Ruth Anderson
Ruth Rebekah Jackson Anderson, 86, died of heart failure Aug. 11, 2002 at her home in Roanoke, Va.
Mrs. Anderson, the daughter of the late Fred Jackson and Hannah Thompson Jackson, was born in Morrisville, Va., on Nov. 7, 1915.
The family moved to Pittsburgh, Pa. for a short time, then moved to Sparrows Point. Mrs. Anderson attended Maryland public schools and graduated with honors from the Baltimore Apex Beauty School.
During World War II, she was a secretary at several defense plants. Later she set up shop in her home as a beautician.
Mrs. Anderson was an active member of the Union Baptist Church in Sparrows Point and later the New Shiloh Baptist Church in Roanoke, serving as an usher and Sunday school teacher.
Affectionately known as "Jack, " she loved children and they in turn loved her. She worked hard on programs that enhanced the lives of youth. The establishment of the Turners Recreation Center for Youth was one of her favorite projects and she gave endless hours to see it become a reality. This center still enriches the lives of young adults to this day.
Mrs. Anderson served as secretary of the Turners chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People for many years.
Her first marriage to Walter J.W. Scott ended in divorce. She married
her second husband Charles Anderson, on May 23, 1959. They enjoyed traveling together from coast to coast and Canada to Mexico.
Also surviving are one daughter, Hannah Scott Chambers of Annapolis; her adopted daughter, Ruth Wright of Roanoke; one brother, Francis C. Jackson of Turners Station in Baltimore County; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandsons.
A Christian wake will be held at 10 a.m. Friday followed by the funeral service at 11 a.m. at the Halar-Curtis Funeral Home, 1002 Moorman Road, Roanoke, where burial will be in St. Andrew's Cemetery.
