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James Walker Jr.
James Samuel Walker Jr., 48, of Annapolis, died of liver cancer Oct. 28, 2002 at his home after a seven-month illness.
Mr. Walker was born Sept. 17, 1954, in Baltimore and raised in Cape St. Claire. He was the owner and contractor for Woodwork's Home Improvement.
He loved crabbing, fishing and shopping on QVC, as well as spoiling his grandchildren.
Surviving are his wife, Barbara Walker; one son, James S. Walker III of Annapolis; two daughters, Lisa N. Brooks of Belvidere, Ill., and Beth Walker of Annapolis; one brother, Robert Walker of Brooklyn Park; three half-brothers, Richard Tyler of Pasadena, Gordon Tyler of Annapolis and Norman Tyler of Glen Burnie; one half-sister, Sheri Campbell of Sykesville; and five grandchildren.
Visitation is from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at Barranco and Sons Severna Park Funeral Home, 495 Ritchie Highway, where services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery, 5829 Ritchie Highway, Brooklyn Park.
Sara O'Grady
Graveside services for Sara Ellen Mason O'Grady, 80, a five-year resident of Tracys Landing and previously of Brenham and Austin, Texas, were held Oct. 26, 2002 at Prairie Lea cemetery in Brenham.
Mrs. O'Grady died Oct. 10 at North Arundel Hospital after a short illness.
She was born Dec. 17, 1921, in Auburn, Ala., graduated from Auburn University and as a young woman, worked as a laboratory technician. She also was a homemaker and mother.
She was of the Methodist faith and loved growing flowers and trees.
Surviving are two daughters, Kathryn Whipple of Tracys Landing and Linda O'Grady of Brenham; two sisters, Jean Crutcher of Decatur, Ga., and Virginia Tubb of Birmingham, Ala.; a son, William Mason, of Atlanta; and two grandchildren.
Local arrangements were by Hardesty Funeral Home.
Stanley Sanborn Jr.
Retired Navy Warrant Officer Stanley H. Sanborn Jr., 90, of Crownsville and formerly of Towson, died of cancer Oct. 27, 2002 at his home.
Mr. Sanborn was born Feb. 15, 1912, in Erie, Pa., and served in the Navy for more than 20 years. He then worked for the Post Office in Washington, D.C., and as an estimator for the Coast Guard at the Curtis Bay Yard. Most recently he was an engineer with the Maryland School for the Blind.
He was a member of Nichols-Bethel United Methodist Church in Odenton, Odenton Masonic Lodge No. 209, Towson Chapter No. 70 and Odenton Chapter No. 29 of the Order of the Eastern Star and N.C.T. No. 2, a Masonic-related camping group. He was past master of Mount Moriah Masonic Lodge No. 116.
His first wife, Gladys Sanborn, died in 1984.
Surviving are his wife, Patricia Sanborn, whom he married
April 22, 1989; two sons, Stanley Sanborn of Baltimore and David Sanborn of Jarrettsville; one daughter, Ruth E. Sanborn of Belair; three stepsons, Howard Micciche Jr. of Crownsville, Brian Gibbs of Glen Burnie and Ronald Gibbs of Stevensville; one stepdaughter, Colleen Knight of Glen Burnie; nine grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at Hardesty Funeral Home, 851 Annapolis Road, Gambrills, where services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Fort Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood.
Contributions may be made to Hospice of the Chesapeake, 8424 Veterans Highway, Millersville, MD 21108.
Annie Taylor
Annie M. Taylor, 78, died of cancer Oct. 26, 2002 at her Annapolis home.
Mrs. Taylor retired in January 1977 as a payroll clerk from the City of Annapolis with more than 27 years of service.
She was born April 25, 1924, in Castledawson, Northern Ireland, and lived in Annapolis since 1946. She was of the Lutheran faith and enjoyed traveling, fishing, crabbing and working crossword puzzles.
Surviving are her husband, John R. Taylor; one daughter, Aileen Efan of Annapolis; two sisters, Patricia Graham of Northern Ireland and Aileen Frew of New Zealand; and one grandchild.
A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Hardesty Funeral Home, 12 Ridgely Ave. Burial will be in Cedar Bluff Cemetery.
Contributions may be made to Hospice of the Chesapeake, 8424 Veterans Highway, Millersville, MD 21108.
Mary Trott
Mary Elizabeth Trott, 50, of Annapolis, died Oct. 28, 2002 at Annapolis Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after a lengthy illness.
Mrs. Trott was born Feb. 28, 1952, in Annapolis. She worked in food services with Anne Arundel County Public Schools and owned a cleaning business.
She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Annapolis and the Ladies Auxiliary of American Legion Post 226. Her interests also included bowling.
On May 2, 1969, she married
Mansie Trott who died in December 1989.
Surviving are one son, Morey Trott of Severna Park; one daughter, Kim Bryant of Churchton; one brother, Billy Thomas of Millington; two sisters, Ann Wright of Annapolis and Audrey Dewey of Pensacola, Fla.; and four grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at Kalas Funeral Home, 2973 Solomons Island Road, Edgewater. A Mass of Christian burial will be said at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at St. John Neumann Catholic Church, 620 N. Bestgate Road. Burial will be in Lakemont Memorial Gardens in Davidsonville.
Rosalie Fooks
Rosalie Helen Fooks, 63, died Oct. 30, 2002 of cancer at her home in Grasonville.
Born Nov. 21, 1938, in Baltimore, Mrs. Fooks was the daughter of the late Robert and Evelyn Parker. She was a graduate of Catonsville High School and went on to complete several courses in the secretarial field.
She was married
to James Robert Dafnis of Grasonville from 1958 to 1971. The couple had two daughters, Deborah Dafnis Townsend of Stevensville and Melissa D. Dafnis of Grasonville.
After her divorce, she married
John Dale Fooks of Grasonville. In 1977 the family moved from Woodlawn in Baltimore County to their current residence.
She was employed at Providence Hospital in the personnel department from 1979 to 1980 and from 1980 to 1989 as administrative assistant to the vice president of nursing. She left Providence Hospital to work at Chesterfield Restaurant as manager and moved on to freelance her skills as an independent contractor.
Since 1989 she worked as a consultant to Payne Dynafoils Inc., a naval architectural firm in Severna Park.
She was a passionate advocate of animal welfare and dedicated many hours of volunteer service on their behalf. For much of her life her home was a sanctuary and recuperating facility for many strays and injured animals.
Since 1998 she served as administrative support and later as secretary and treasurer of the Animal Resources Foundation, a nonprofit animal welfare organization in Chester.
In addition to her husband and children, she is survived by her stepson, Troy Fooks of Crisfield; her stepdaughter, Charlene Fooks of Stevensville; two grandsons; and one step-grandson.
A celebration of her life will take place at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home, 106 Shamrock Road, Chester.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Hospice of Queen Anne's, 300 Del Rhodes Ave., Queenstown, MD 21658, or to the Animal Rescue Foundation, P.O. Box 396, Chester, MD 21619.
Joan Greenwell
L. Joan Greenwell, 66, of Lothian, died Oct. 29, 2002 at Calvert Memorial Hospital in Prince Frederick due to complications of diabetes and after a lengthy illness.
Born in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 12, 1936, Mrs. Greenwell was raised in Prince George's County. A longtime employee of the federal government, she retired from the Census Bureau in the early 1990s. She was a data processor in the bureau's computer operations center.
She was a member of Mount Zion United Methodist Church of Lothian.
She loved doing artistic work that included ceramics, sewing and needlepoint, as well as cooking and baking wedding cakes. She also tended to cats and dogs and at one time operated a kennel where she raised and bred cocker spaniels as show dogs.
On Oct. 11, 1968, she married
Franklin K. "Frankie" Greenwell. He died April 7.
Survivors include one son, Jeffrey O. Greenwell of Lothian; one sister, Mary Helen O'Day of Lawton, Okla.; and one brother, George Hipple of Laurel.
Visitation will be from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at Rausch Funeral Home, 8325 Mount Harmony Lane, Owings. Services will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow at Mount Zion Church, 122 Bayard Road, Lothian. Burial will follow in Trinity Episcopal Church cemetery in Upper Marlboro.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 1211 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 204, Washington, DC 20036 or to the Ruritan National Foundation, Franklin Greenwell Scholarship Fund, 5407 Solomons Island Road, Lothian, MD 20711.
