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Warren Denes
Warren Keith Denes, 32, of Arnold, died unexpectedly March 16, 2006 in Severna Park.
Mr. Denes was born April 28, 1973, in Baltimore and raised in Arnold. He was employed at Domino's Pizza in Glen Burnie. He enjoyed weight training, classical music and drawing.
The son of the late Roy Denes, he is survived by his mother, Jacqueline A. Nuzzo of Arnold; one sister, Tracey Niederstadt of Severna Park; and his grandfathers, John Lotz of Chincoteague, Va., and Albert Denes of Baltimore. He was the grandson of the late Betty Lotz and Constance Denes.
Visitation is 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. tomorrow at Barranco and Sons Severna Park Funeral Home, 495 Ritchie Highway, with services to follow. Burial will be in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Online condolences www.barrancofuneralhome.com.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Suicide Prevention Action Network USA Inc., 1025 Vermont Ave. NW, Suite 1066, Washington, D.C. 20005.
Donna Judge
Donna Lynn Davenport Judge, 56, of Centreville, who was active in the Republican Party in the state, died March 17, 2006 at Memorial Hospital in Easton. The cause of death was not available.
Mrs. Judge was born Aug. 17, 1949, in Washington, D.C., to the late James W. and Alice Dickerson Davenport. She graduated from Northwood High School in Silver Spring in 1968 and from Radford College in Virginia, 1971.
She was a buyer at Hecht's for 10 years until 1982 when she began Twin Ponds Duck Club Inc. in Centreville. It was a hunting and fishing operation for sportsmen from around the world, including senators, congressmen and even a president of the United States. An avid sportswoman who enjoyed fishing and hunting, she held the International Game Fish Association's women's record for snook and tarpon on light tackle. She was the founder of the Joe Judge Fishing Derby and a member of the Coastal Conservation Association, Kent Narrows Chapter.
Mrs. Judge was the president of Jet Dock on the Bay, formed in 2003, and vice president of Vexel Quovis, which makes a low-speed vehicle for wheelchair users.
Chairman of the Queen Anne's County Republican Central Committee, she was the Maryland State Delegate for the Republican Convention and served as the greeter and representative of the State of Maryland for visiting governmental and presidential officials. She was a member of Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s "Kitchen Cabinet" and was director of the committee to elect Gov. Ehrlich. In 2005 she was named Republican Woman of the Year.
Mrs. Judge held many positions with Hospice of Queen Anne's County and was treasurer at her death. She assisted in forming Camp New Dawn and the Hospice Gala and was instrumental in getting land donated to Hospice of Queen Anne's to allow the progress of the Hospice Center.
Surviving are her fiance, Abe Hopper of Centreville, and his two children, Jessica Lister and Jacob Hopper of Easton; two brothers, Ken Davenport of Santa Rosa, Calif., and Donald Davenport of Clarksville in Howard County; a niece; two nephews; and five grand-nieces and grand-nephews.
Services will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Kent Island United Methodist Church, 2739 Cox Neck Road, Chester. Arrangements are by Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home in Chester. See www.fhnfuneralhome.com for online condolences.
Memorial contributions, in lieu of flowers, may be made to Hospice of Queen Anne's Inc., 300 Del Rhodes Ave., Queenstown, MD 21658.
Joanne Schmidt
Joanne Barbara Schmidt, 66, a resident of Harwood for 35 years and previously of Hyattsville and Pittsburgh, Pa., died March 17, 2006 at Anne Arundel Medical Center.
Born on Sept. 17, 1939, in Pittsburgh where she attended Baldwin High School, she worked for the former Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. for 33 years and then for the former Farmers Bank for 10 years.
She was a member of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in West River. Her interests included watching her grandchildren, television and reading.
Surviving are her husband, Bill Schmidt, whom she married
in 1964; one daughter, Karen Phillips of Orrtanna, Pa.; her mother, Helen Wietholder of Pittsburgh; one sister, Carol Robatzek of Monroeville, Pa.; and two grandchildren.
Visitation is 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. tomorrow at Kalas Funeral Home, 2973 Solomons Island Road, Edgewater, where services will be at 11 a.m. Monday. Burial will follow in Lakemont Memorial Gardens in Davidsonville.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, Mid-Atlantic Division, 1041 Route 3 North, Gambrills, MD 21054.
James Barnard Jr.
James Ginn Barnard Jr., 71, a resident of Lothian since 1985, died March 15, 2006 at home. The cause of death is unavailable.
Born Sept. 19, 1934, in Washington, D.C., Mr. Barnard graduated from Anacostia High School and served in the Navy during the Korean War.
He worked for Winslow Paint Co. of Washington, D.C., as a manager until 1984 when he became a union painter in the greater metropolitan area.
He was a member of Local Union 368, Deale Elks Lodge 2528 and Marlboro Moose Lodge 1856. His interests included Washington Redskin football.
Surviving are his wife, Billie Barnard; three daughters, Shari Warner of Pasadena, Vicki Barnard of Severn and Lori Dawson of Chesapeake Beach; two step-children, Donna Gilbert of Berlin and Michael Higgins of Dunkirk; 10 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at Rausch Funeral Home, 8325 Mount Harmony Lane in Owings. The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Chapel of Maryland Veterans cemetery in Cheltenham, where burial will follow.
Memorial contributions can be made to Hospice of the Chesapeake, 445 Defense Highway, Annapolis, MD 21401.
Phillip ErkenBrack
Retired Navy Capt. Phillip F. ErkenBrack, 86, formerly of Annapolis, died March 10, 2006 at Aspen Ridge Alzheimer's Facility in Grand Junction Colo. He had Alzheimer's disease.
Capt. ErkenBrack was born April 8, 1919, in Brooklyn, N.Y., to Dr. Kenneth B. and Agnes Fassnacht ErkenBrack, reared in Garden City, N.Y., and graduated top in his class from high school. He entered the Naval Academy in the Class of 1943.
After graduation, he served on both a destroyer and a battleship in World War II. After the war, he earned a master's degree in engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and during the mid-1950s he was on the faculty of the Naval Academy.
Most of his naval career was in ship design and in the supervision of ship construction and repair. He was instrumental in the design of both the canted deck of the modern aircraft carrier, which allows simultaneous flight operations, and the bulbous bow present in most modern surface ships.
Retiring from the Navy after 27 years, he was vice-president of Frick Co. in Waynesboro, Pa., which designed the process for freeze-drying foods. The Navy asked him to manage the construction of a new class of amphibious assault ships, so he began working for Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries in Pascagoula, Miss.
He directed the entire four-year process of constructing the revolutionary Tarawa class, each of which can carry a complete Marine battalion, along with the supplies and equipment needed in an assault, and land them ashore by either helicopter or amphibious craft. The USS Tarawa was successfully launched in May 1976, and all four of her sister ships-each 20 stories high and longer than three football fields -were in commission less than four years later.
He and his wife, the former Irene "Renie" Brady, then returned to Washington, D.C., where he was a consultant for Booz, Allen, and Hamilton, specializing in work with American allies in their naval shipbuilding programs.
In 1983 the couple retired to Kilmarnock, Va., where he designed and built their dream home on a farm on the Bay once owned and worked by her father. He was active in Rotary and many community projects. The couple returned to Annapolis, and after her death after more than 60 years of marriage, he moved in 2001 to Colorado.
He was the brother of the late Kenneth ErkenBrack and father of the late Phil ErkenBrack Jr. He is survived by his sister, Keatha Whitney of Metamora, Mich.; three sons, Rich ErkenBrack of Arlington, Va., Dave ErkenBrack of Pella, Iowa, and Steve ErkenBrack of Grand Junction; 12 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. March 31 at the Naval Academy Chapel. Burial will be in the academy columbarium. Contributions may be made to the Grand Valley Combined Honor Guard, P.O. Box 4438, Grand Junction, CO 81502. Arrangements are by Callahan-Edfast Mortuary.
Helen Fachet
Helen Ann Fachet, 87, a resident of Arnold since 1984, died of pneumonia March 16, 2006 at Future Care-Chesapeake in Arnold after a brief illness.
Born June 24, 1918, in Chester, Pa., Mrs. Fachet graduated in 1936 from Chester High School. A homemaker, she was a member of the Garden City Fire Co. Auxiliary and a committee woman in the Republican Party of Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Fachet was considered a good cook, avid reader, caregiver and dedicated family woman.
Surviving are her husband, Joseph John Fachet; one daughter, the Rev. Susan Duchesneau, pastor of Ferndale United Methodist Church, of Glen Burnie; and two grandchildren.
Visitation is from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at Fink Funeral Home, 426 Crain Highway South at Fifth Avenue in Glen Burnie. A funeral Mass will be said at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, 689 Ritchie Highway, Severna Park. Burial will be at noon Wednesday at Sts. Peter and Paul cemetery in Springfield, Pa.
Christine Manas
Christine V. Manas, 87, formerly of Prince George's County, died March 15, 2006 at the Tate Chesapeake Hospice House in Linthicum after a lengthy illness.
The daughter of the late Peter and Anna Miano, Mrs. Manas was born Nov. 15, 1918, in Brooklyn, N.Y., where she was attended public school. She married
Vincent L. Manas on Feb. 21, 1944. They lived in Cheverly in the early 1950s and moved to Adelphi in 1963.
A homemaker who was a devoutly religious person, she attended St. Camillus Catholic Church in Adelphi. She enjoyed cooking, yard work, gardening and being with her family.
For the past several years she resided in assisted living facilities and for the past year at the Holy Cross Nursing Home in Burtonsvile.
Mr. Manas died in 1981. Surviving are two sons, Gerald V. "Jerry" Manas of Ellicott City and Bruce C. Manas of Harwood; nine grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter.
Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at Holy Family Catholic Church, 826 W. Central Ave., Davidsonville, followed by a Mass of Christian burial. Interment will be at 1 p.m. in Maryland Veterans cemetery in Cheltenham. Arrangements are by Rausch Funeral Home in Owings. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of the Chesapeake, 445 Defense Highway, Annapolis, MD 21401.
