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Joan Troiano
Joan Christine Troiano, 69, of Millersville and formerly of Washington, D.C., died Oct. 9, 2002 at her home. The cause of death was not available.
Mrs. Troiano was born Oct. 20, 1932, in Washington, D.C., where she attended St. Gabriel's and Holy Name schools. She was a homemaker who enjoyed oil painting and ceramics.
On May 29, 1951, she married
Benito A. Troiano.
Also surviving are four sons, Nicolas Troiano of Upper Marlboro, Antonio Troiano of Mount Airy, Michael Troiano of Odenton and Vincent Troiano of North Potomac; two daughters, Peggy Troiano of Easton and Mary T. Fitzmorris of Odenton; her mother, Mary Ann Carta of Culpeper, Va.; one brother, Michael Carta of Warrenton, Va.; three sisters, Mary Ann Muir of Annapolis, Peggy Baggott of Severna Park and Diane Schwartz of Silver Spring; and 11 grandchildren.
Visitation is from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. tonight at Beall Funeral Home, 6512 NW Crain Highway, Bowie. A Mass of Christian burial will be said at 11 a.m. tomorrow at Our Lady of the Fields Catholic Church, 1070 Cecil Ave., Millersville. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of the Chesapeake, 8424 Veterans Highway, Millersville, MD 21108.
Dorothy Foernsler
Dorothy Jean "Dot" Foernsler, 76, a 32-year resident of Arnold, died of natural causes Oct. 10, 2002 at Future Care--Chesapeake in Arnold after an extended illness.
Mrs. Foernsler was born Nov. 8, 1925, in Brooklyn, N.Y., the daughter of the late George and Constance Leith Andersen. She received her bachelor of arts degree from Queens College in Flushing, N.Y, in 1947.
From 1948 to 1950 she was a business representative for the New York Telephone Co., and from 1950 to 1952 she was a media analyst with Young and Rubicam Inc., an advertising agency.
Her interests were live New York theater productions, reading and listening to music.
Surviving are her husband, Robert O. Foernsler, whom she married
Sept. 11, 1948; and a sister, Grace Adele Carras of Great Neck, N.Y.
She was the sister of George W. Andersen, who was killed at Leyte Gulf in the Philippines in World War II, and the late Walter H. Andersen.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. tomorrow at Taylor Funeral Home, 147 Duke of Gloucester St. Services and burial will be private.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the charity of your choice.
Evelyn Houston
Evelyn Rullman Houston, 80, a native of Annapolis, died Sept. 17, 2002 at Anne Arundel Medical Center after a long illness. She had suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease for more than nine years and died of sepsis.
Mrs. Houston lived most of her life here except for the years of her college education and a stay of several months in Los Angeles, Calif.
She completed a bachelor's degree in English literature at Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, Va., after having spent the first year of her college education at Western Maryland College in Westminster. She remained a devoted reader throughout her life and particularly enjoyed 18th and 19th century English authors.
When Mrs. Houston graduated from college, she began working at the Naval Postgraduate School in Annapolis as an administrative aide and teaching assistant.
After World War II, she began real estate title searching for her father, George E. Rullman, whose legal practice served the real estate industry in Anne Arundel County. She and her father helped build the mortgage portfolio of the First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Annapolis.
After her father retired, Mrs. Houston continued her title searching efforts in collaboration with her brother, George E. Rullman Jr., who took over the legal practice from his father.
She worked for several other firms and attorneys before she retired from her title searching career. By that time, she had spent 40 years in the Land Records Room of the Anne Arundel County Courthouse.
Her husband, Charles F. Houston Jr., died in 1980. They had been members of the Annapolitan Club, Annapolis Yacht Club and Mensa Society.
Surviving are two sons, Price Houston of Annapolis and Channing Houston of Chevy Chase.
She was the sister of the late George E. Rullman Jr. and Araminta Rullman Carter.
No formal services are planned.
John Knudson
John David Knudson, 61, a resident of St. Margarets for 18 years and formerly of Arnold for nine years, died of pancreatic cancer Oct. 5, 2002 at his home after a yearlong illness.
Born March 30, 1941, in St. Paul, Minn., Mr. Knudson attended St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y., and Columbia University in New York City.
From 1962 to 1967 he was a corporate pilot and pilot instructor until joining the former Eastern Airlines. He piloted the Electra, DC-8, B-727 and L-1011. He was chairman of professional standards and local media spokesman for the Airline Pilots Association, and testified before the Congressional Subcommittee on Aviation.
In 1991 he flew for United Airlines, piloting the 737, 747, 757 and 767 aircraft. In 1999 went on longterm medical disability.
From 1962 to 1965 he served in the Marine Corps Reserves.
Mr. Knudson attended Calvary United Methodist Church.
In October 1974 he was married
to Linda Henderson Knudson.
Also surviving are two sons, Joseph Knudson of Norfolk, Va., and James Robert Knudson, a student at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, S.C.; one daughter, Virginia Knudson of the home; and three sisters, Kathleen K. Wattles of Little Compton, R.I., Lori K. Gould of Johnson, Vt., and Judith A. Knudson of Texas.
Memorial services will be held at a date to be announced. Kalas Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of the Chesapeake, 8424 Veterans Highway, Millersville, MD 21108.
James Miller
James H. Miller, 84, of Severna Park, died of natural causes Oct. 9, 2002 at Johns Hopkins Hospital after a brief illness.
Mr. Miller was born Aug. 24, 1918, in York, Pa., and was raised in the Maryland and Virginia area. In the fall of 1941, he left the University of Maryland to enlist in the Army Air Corp as a flying cadet. He served as an aerial navigator in the north Atlantic, southwestern Pacific, India and China. After World War II he resumed his studies at the University of Maryland in 1945. During the summers of 1946 and 1947, Mr. Miller worked for Ben Dyer, Civil Engineer, in Hyattsville.
After receiving his bachelor of science degree in civil engineering in 1948, he was a junior assistant bridge engineer for the Maryland State Roads Commission.
For the last two years of his 10 years with the commission, he was a field investigation engineer for highways and bridges.
From 1957 to 1960 Mr. Miller worked for Baker, Wibberley and Associates as a structural and highway project engineer. From 1960 to 1962 he was responsible for the public works contract administration of inspection services, design and supervision of plans for storm drain and water and sewage systems, and for general specification compilation for public works clients of Turpin, Wachter and Associates in its Annapolis office.
From 1962 to 1967 he was with Purdum and Jeschke Engineers in Baltimore, where he was in charge of engineering services for public works projects.
From 1967 to 1979 Mr. Miller was chief of the general engineering division of the Anne Arundel County Department of Public Works, a new division which he was ordered to plan, organize and put into operation. Subsequently he returned to the State Highway Adminstration's Bridge Division, where he was section leader of the shop drawing section.
Mr. Miller concurrently served in the Air Force Reserve as an aerial navigator and squadron commander from 1945 until he retired as lieutenant colonel in 1967.
He was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity and the Hump Pilot Association. He was a member of St. Paul Chapel in Crownsville and the Hollywood-on-Severn Improvement Association since he moved there with his family in 1962, serving as president in 1966. He enjoyed ballroom dancing and fishing.
Surviving are his wife, Sarah Y. Miller; three daughters, Susan M. Nixon of Severna Park, Marjorie M. Cooke of Millersville and Lorelei M. Yeager of Pasadena; a brother, Gerald H. Miller of Santa Rosa, Calif.; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at Barranco and Sons Severna Park Funeral Home, 495 Ritchie Highwa. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Paul's Chapel, 1505 Crownsville Road, Crownsville. Burial will be Nov. 6 at Arlington National Cemetery. Attendees should meet at the Administration Building at 8:30 a.m.
