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John Court
Retired Navy Capt. John Martine Court, 90, a retired attorney, died March 1, 2006 of lung cancer at his home in Harwood.
Born in 1915 in Philadelphia, where his father was on duty at the Navy Yard, Capt. Court grew up in the Philippines and Washington, D.C. He enjoyed summers at Camp Overall in the Shenandoah and at the Chalfonte Hotel in Cape May, N.J. After finishing Western High School in Washington, he graduated from the Naval Academy in 1936.
On April 18, 1942, he married
Mildred "Mimi" Lewis Ellyson, daughter of his father's Naval Academy classmate Gordon Ellyson, the Navy's first aviator. Mrs. Court died Feb. 24, 2005.
During World War II, Capt. Court served with Pacific Fleet Service Force at Pearl Harbor and then shipboard with Service Squadron Ten, following the campaign through the Marshall Islands and the Philippines to Tokyo Bay. During the Korean War he served with Service Division 31 in Japan and aboard ship near the Straits of Tsushima.
After Korea, he received a master's degree in business administration from George Washington University in 1952. His final tours of naval duty were as assistant comptroller of the Bureau of Ships, first in Washington and then in Norfolk.
After retiring from the Navy in 1959, he graduated from the College of William and Mary law school in 1961. In 1967 he and his wife returned to Maryland. Until 1982 he was assistant county solicitor for Anne Arundel County and legal counsel to the Chesapeake Environmental Protection Association.
The couple enjoyed summer visits to Cape May and years of international travel, especially to the Azores.
Surviving are seven children, Kenneth Court of Easton, Lawrance Court of West River, Sarah Court Rohrbach of Harwood, John Court of the Azores, William Court of Tokyo, Anthony Court of San Diego, Calif., and Helen Glenn Court of Chevy Chase; 12 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and his lifelong friend and brother-in-law John Harllee Carmichael of St. Simons Island, Ga.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. March 18 at Christ Church in West River. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Hospice of the Chesapeake, 445 Defense Highway, Annapolis, MD 21401, or Christ Church, 220 Owensville Road, West River, MD 20778.
Fred Eckman
Fred August Eckman, 85, formerly of Arnold, died of kidney failure March 1, 2006 at Charlestown Retirement Community in Catonsville.
Born June 15, 1920, in Brooklyn, N.Y., Mr. Eckman received a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology. He served in the Army during World War II.
He retired after working as a mechanical engineering for Westinghouse for 32 years.
Surviving are his wife, Anna M. Eckman, whom he married
May 15, 1943; two sons, Fred R. Eckman of Milwaukee, Wis., and Michael S. Eckman of Arnold; one daughter, Christine A. Eckman of Arnold; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 3 p.m. tomorrow at Gloria Dei! Lutheran Church in Arnold. Burial will be private. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Gloria Dei! Lutheran Church, 461 College Parkway, Arnold, MD 21012.
Ilona Heller
Ilona Heller, 90, of Severna Park, died of complications of a stroke March 3, 2006 at Future Care-Chesapeake in Arnold.
Born to Czech parents in Vienna, Austria, Mrs. Heller was reared in Kojetice, Czechoslovakia, and graduated from the English School in Prague. Her grandfather. Gustav Neumann, was the founder of Labor, the largest work-clothes manufacturer in Central Europe. She married
Robert Heller, who became managing director of Labor in 1934.
After the Nazis invaded in 1939 and confiscated the factory, Mr. Heller escaped in order to join the British Army in North Africa. Plans for a Yugoslav diplomat to smuggle out Mrs. Heller and their son, Charles, were foiled. After hiding her son on a farm, Mrs. Heller was arrested and placed in a slave labor camp, where she spent the remainder of World War II. Fifteen members of the Heller and Neumann families were killed by the Nazis.
She was reunited with her husband and son in May 1945 upon the liberation of Czechoslovakia, where they lived in freedom until the Communist takeover in 1948. This time the family escaped together with only the belongings they could carry across the border into the U.S. Zone of Germany. There they lived in refugee camps until permitted to emigrate to the United States in 1949.
The family settled in Morristown, N.J. Mr. Heller worked his way from pattern-cutter to one of the top executives at the one of the world's largest sportswear company. Mrs. Heller worked as a cleaning lady and then a seamstress, later retiring as an associate scientist at Warner-Lambert pharmaceutical company.
Mr. Heller died in 1988.
After the end of Communism and the 1989 "Velvet Revolution, " Mrs. Heller and her son recovered some of the family's property in the Czech Republic, including the Labor factory in Kojetice and an office building in Prague. She visited her native country twice where she had many friends and admirers. After democracy was restored, her hometown named a street after the Neumann family.
Mrs. Heller moved to Sunrise Independent Living in Severna Park in 2001 to be near her son, now of Arnold, and family. In her youth she had been an active sportswoman, enjoying skiing, gymnastics and skiing, and in her later years she enjoyed watching various sports.
In addition to her son, she is survived by a grandson and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Barranco and Sons Severna Park Funeral Home, 495 Ritchie Highway. Online condolences may be made at www.barrancofuneralhome.com.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Anne Arundel Medical Center Foundation, 2001 Medical Parkway, Sajak Pavilion, Suite 240, Annapolis, MD 21401.
William Hunter
William Hunter S., 78, a resident of Annapolis for 47 years, died of cancer Feb. 28, 2006 at Millennium Health and Rehabilitation Center at South River in Edgewater after an eight month illness.
Known as "John Henry, " Mr. Hunter was born Aug. 29, 1927, in Pocohontas, Va., and worked in the coal mines at age 16. He served in the military police in the Army and toured in Japan.
In 1988 he retired as a cook in the mess hall at the Naval Academy. He also worked for Blue Star Cab Co.
On Aug. 30, 1948, he was married
to Josephine Hunter. The couple divorced in 1978.
Surviving are four daughters, Linda Cager of Laurel, Dorothy Gray of Annapolis, Doris Hunter of Severn and Michole Hunter of Owings Mills; two sisters, Mary Johnson and Doris Austin of Annapolis; 13 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and his companion, Delores Mobray of Annapolis.
He was the father of the late William Hunter Jr. and the brother of the late Andrew and James Hunter and Ophelia Hill.
Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. tomorrow at Reese and Sons Mortuary, 821 West St., with a Christian wake at 9:30 a.m. Monday followed by the funeral at 10 a.m. at Asbury Town Neck United Methodist Church, 429 Asbury Drive, Severna Park. Burial will be in Maryland Veterans cemetery in Crownsville.
Paul Mattern
Retired Air Force Master Sgt. Paul N. Mattern, 74, a resident of Temple Hills for 34 years, died of natural causes Feb. 28, 2006 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
Master Sgt. Mattern was born May 6, 1931, in Mowry, Pa., and served in the Air Force from 1951 to 1971 when he retired.
Surviving are his wife, Maria A. Mattern, whom he married
Nov. 5, 1955; one son, Robert L. Mattern of Edgewater; one daughter, Karolyn S. Bozick of Boca Raton, Fla.; and three grandchildren.
Visitation is from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday at Kalas Funeral Home, 2973 Solomons Island Road, Edgewater, followed by the funeral service. Burial will be at 3 p.m. in Arlington National Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to No Soldier Left in Need Project, P. O. Box 5447, McLean, VA 22102. The project serves the long-term needs of wounded military and their families and works with the Office of the Secretary of Defense Military Severely Injured Center and Other Programs.
Losee Nelson
Losee J. Nelson, 92, a resident of Glen Burnie since 1953, died March 1, 2006 at Baltimore Washington Medical Center in Glen Burnie after a lengthy illness.
Mr. Nelson was born Dec. 23, 1913, in West Virginia. He was a construction foreman for the Anne Arundel County Department of Public Works for 25 years before retiring in 1978.
He enjoyed reading, gardening, yard work and sitting on his porch and telling stories.
His wife, Myrtle B. Nelson, died in 1998.
Surviving are three daughters, Diane M. Nelson and Judy Nelson-Hall of Glen Burnie and Donna Nelson-Novak; one son, Brandon D. Nelson of Glen Burnie; three brothers, Happ Nelson of Levels, W.Va., Clark Nelson of Paw Paw, W.Va., and Lehman Nelson of Florida; one sister, Madeline Parr of Paw Paw; and three grandchildren.
Local arrangements were by McCully-Polyniack Funeral Home in Pasadena. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. tomorrow at Kimble Funeral Home, 188 Mosser Ave., Paw Paw, followed by services. Burial will be in Woodrow cemetery in Paw Paw.
Betty Phillips
Betty Phillips, 75, of Arnold, died of natural causes March 1, 2006 at the Spa Creek Center, Genesis ElderCare Network, after a five-year illness.
Mrs. Phillips was born Aug. 10, 1930, in Westminster and reared in Baltimore where she attended the Robert Poole School. On Jan. 21, 1950, she married
Roy Phillips and became a homemaker.
She was a member of the Women of the Moose, American Legion Unit 175 and the Earleigh Heights Volunteer Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary. She enjoyed cooking and spending time with her family.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by one son, Roy Phillips Jr. of Pasadena; two daughters, Peggy Reese and Mary Beth Whittington, both of Arnold; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Visitation is from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at Barranco and Sons Severna Park Funeral Home, 495 Ritchie Highway, where services will be at 10 a.m. Monday. Burial will be in Carrollton Church of God cemetery in Finksburg. Online condolences may be made to www.barrancofuneralhome.com.
Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of one's choice.
