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Andrew Gawthrop
Services for Andrew Thomas "Drew" Gawthrop, 12, son of Brenda F. and Philip E. Gawthrop of Crofton, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, Seton Drive, Crofton.
Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at Beall Funeral Home, 6512 NW Crain Highway, Bowie.
Drew died Aug. 12, 2002 at North Arundel Hospital in Glen Burnie from injuries suffered in an accident in Crofton that day.
Born May 25, 1990, in Annapolis, he was a sixth grader at Crofton Middle School who enjoyed skiing, baseball and snow boarding.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by one brother, Mitchell B. Gawthrop of the home; and his grandmother, Rebecca Thomas of Davin, W.Va.
Burial will be in Lakemont cemetery in Davidsonville.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Andrew Gawthrop Memorial Fund for the Benefit of Crofton Youth Groups, in care of Chevy Chase Bank, 6200 Chevy Chase Drive, Laurel, MD 20707.
Danette Gross
Services for Danette "Mousie" Gross, 36, a lifetime resident of Eastport, were held July 1, 2002 at Reese and Sons Mortuary.
Ms. Gross died June 24 at Anne Arundel Medical Center. She had battled and survived cancer twice, successfully completing a round of chemotheraphy last winter. Despite the loss of one leg during her first bout, at age 18, she was a vibrant and generous member of the community.
Born June 4, 1966, in Annapolis, she graduated from Antioch Christian School and was an active member of Antioch Apostolic Church.
Ms. Ross worked as a dispatcher for the Annapolis Cab Co.
She enjoyed arts and crafts and working with people. She often cared for the children of her extended family and neighbors in the Eastport Terrace-Harbour House community. She volunteered with children at the Banneker-Douglass Museum's summer camp and at the Kunta Kinte Festival.
She was a volunteer and board member of the Chesapeake Children's Museum. A memorial plaque will be dedicated to Ms. Gross on Sept. 22 at the museum's wishing well garden.
Surviving are twin sons, Michael and Mark Allen of the home; her parents, Martha Gross of Annapolis and Arthur Gross of Ohio; two sisters, Regina Gross and Tershawn Morsell of Annapolis; and seven brothers, Vanzorro, Maurice, Arthur, Keith and Mark Gross of Annapolis and Robert and William Gross of Ohio. She was the sister of the late Nathaniel Gross.
Burial was in Bestgate Memorial Park.
Gilbert Hall
Gilbert Matthew Hall Sr., 64, of Davidsonville, died of heart failure Aug. 13, 2002 at his home.
Born in Annapolis on July 30, 1938, Mr. Hall attended Anne Arundel County public schools. He was a carpenter and a tobacco farmer for all of his working life until retiring this past year.
He enjoyed horseshoes, playing Thursday nights with the Davidsonville Horseshoe Association and participating in various competitions locally and elsewhere. He attended First Baptist Church in Edgewater and was a member of the Annapolis Moose Lodge and the Maryland Farm Bureau. He was a Ford man and a John Deere man, his family said.
Mr. Hall was formerly married
to Cornelia Foster Hall Largent of Florence, S.C.
Surviving are three children, Brenda Hall Dunbar of Florence, Gilbert M. Hall Jr. of West River and Loretta Hall Faulkner of Edgewater; his mother, Jessie Lee Hall of Davidsonville; and his nine siblings, Lucille, George, Ernie, Josie, Rollie and Linda Hall and Robbie Hall Sr., all of Davidsonville, Earl Hall of Deale and Eleanor Hall Owens of Chester; and two grandchildren.
He was the son of the late George Matthew Hall.
Visitation is from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at Hardesty Funeral Home, 12 Ridgely Ave. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturdayat Weems Creek Baptist Church, Bestgate Road and Ridgely Avenue.
Diane Hoyer
Diane Lawrence Hoyer, 65, who was a state official and a lobbyist for the League of Women Voters in Connecticut and Maryland, died of cancer Aug. 12, 2002 at her Chesapeake Harbour home.
A resident of Annapolis since 2000, Mrs. Hoyer was born in Chicago, Ill. After graduation from Wellesley College in Massachusetts in 1959, and graduate work at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., she taught English at high schools in Minneapolis, Minn., and Fort Lee, N.J.
While she was living in Farmington, Conn., between 1970 to 1985, her strong interest in local and state government led her to obtain a master's degree in public administration in 1981 from the University of Hartford. There she received the Woodruff Award for her thesis comparing legislative review of social services programs in Connecticut and Sweden, where she spent a year with her family.
She then was elected to the Farmington Town Planning and Zoning Commission and was executive director of the Connecticut chapter of the Sierra Club.
Her League of Women Voters activities included the presidency of the Farmington-Avon League and director of the Connecticut State League for transportation and clean air issues.
After moving to Bethesda in 1985, Mrs. Hoyer held both Montgomery County and Maryland State League of Women Voters offices, including director of legislative action for the Maryland State League from 1991 to 1995.
Her interest in the Shakespeare authorship question began in college and was pursued in research and in her writings. She received the Miller Award of the Deep South Writer's Conference for her play "The Earl, " and was an active member of the Shakespeare-Oxford Society. She was also the author of published poetry and short stories.
Her memberships included the Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, and the Herrington Harbor Sailing Association.
Survivors include her husband of 41 years, Dr. Leon W. Hoyer; three children, Helen DiGiulio of Racine, Wis., Sharon Hoyer of Port Townsend, Wash., and Erik Hoyer of De Pere, Wis.; and a brother, Leigh Lawrence of Park Ridge, Ill.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Aug. 24 at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis, 333 Dubois Road. Arrangements are by Adams Funeral and Memorial Care.
Memorial contributions may be made to the League of Women Voters Education Fund, 1730 M St. NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20026-4508.
John Hoyt
John P. Hoyt, 95, of Lancaster, Pa., and formerly of Annapolis, a former Naval Academy math professor who taught there and elsewhere for 55 years, died of natural causes Aug. 11, 2002 at ManorCare Health Services in Lancaster.
Born in Williamsport, Pa., Mr. Hoyt was the son of the late George W. and Vida Davis Hoyt. He received his bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1928 from Middlebury College in Vermont, a master's degree in statistics from Columbia University in 1935 and later a doctorate in mathematics from George Washington University.
He taught math at various colleges and preparatory schools from 1928 until coming to the Naval Academy in 1941. He served as a lieutenant commander in the Naval Reserve during World War II while teaching at the academy. He continued teaching as a civilian professor until his retirement in 1967.
Mr. Hoyt subsequently taught for nine years at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and then was an adjunct professor of math at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster from 1975 to 1982.
He was the author of several textbooks on probability and statistics and wrote numerous articles for mathematics journals.
He was of the Protestant faith and an avid bridge player and enjoyed singing, playing the trumpet and traveling in the United States.
He and his wife, Carol R. Beardsell Hoyt, celebrated their 68th wedding anniversary last September.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by two sons, Peter E. Hoyt of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Paul J. Hoyt of Orlando, Fla.; eight grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. He was the father of the late Beverly Hoyt.
Funeral services will be private. Arrangements are by Groff Funeral Home in Lancaster.
Spencer Hopkins
Longtime businessman Spencer Hopkins, owner of the former Hopkins Furniture Store in Annapolis, died Friday after a lengthy illness.
Mr. Hopkins, 74, retired last year after 50 years of running his family's store on Main Street, one of only a handful of old businesses that survived the renaissance of the city's Historic District that started a decade ago.
Lou Hyatt, owner of Hyatt Realty, knew Mr. Hopkins since 1951 and said he didn't think there was anyone who could say a bad thing about him.
"He was a reputable businessman, " said Mr. Hyatt, who sold Mr. Hopkins several properties over the years. "He was always a gentleman to deal with."
Mr. Hopkins was born in Januaryof 1928 in Annapolis, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Earl S. Hopkins.
After the death of his father at an early age, he traveled with his mother, sister and adoptive father, the late Navy Capt. W. F. Newton, to the far east where they lived for several years. At the outbreak of World War II, the family relocated to Annapolis.
Mr. Hopkins attended Charlotte Hall Military Academy where he was captain of the boxing team and won the South Atlantic Boxing Championship in his class for four consecutive years, the first in the history of the school to do so.
After graduation in 1946 he joined the Army and served with the 82nd Airborne Division.
In 1948 he returned to Maryland and married
Margaret "Peggy" Ann Edelen of Bryantown in 1951. After graduating from the University of Maryland in 1952, he returned to Annapolis.
Mr. Hopkins had worked off and on at Hopkins Furniture Store since his youth. After graduating from college he entered the business full-time and became manager in 1959. Then in 1972 upon the death of his uncle, O. Frank Hopkins, he was named president and general manager of Hopkins Furniture Company.
As president, he also oversaw the company's other store in Alexandria, Va., which closed in 1998. After more than 75 years in business, and upon the retirement of Mr. Hopkins in 2001, Hopkins Furniture of Annapolis also closed its doors.
Mr. Hopkins was active in civic affairs and was a member of the Annapolis Yacht Club, Fleet Reserve Club and the Annapolis Jaycees. He also loved fishing and boating.
He was preceded in death by one son, Franklin Sheridan Hopkins, who died in 1995.
In addition to his wife Peggy, he is survived by their son, Dr. Spencer Hopkins Jr. of Edgewater; one sister, Jane Buffington of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; one granddaughter; and one great-granddaughter.
A funeral mass will take place at 10 a.m. Friday at St. John Neumann Church, 620 Bestgate Road, Annapolis. Burial will be private.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 1850 York Road, Suite D, Timonium, MD 21093-5142.
