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Spencer Matthews Jr.
Retired Navy Rear Adm. H. Spencer Matthews, 81, the first naval aviation pilot to be promoted to flag rank in the Navy and a resident of Falls Church, Va., died Sept. 24, 2002 at John J. Pershing Veterans Administration Hospital in Poplar Bluff, Mo.
Born in Clarksville, Ark., on May 5, 1921, Adm. Matthews became a pilot in 1942 and flew 50 combat missions in Europe. At the end of World War II, he became a test pilot at the Naval Air Test Center in Patuxent River, becoming Naval Jet Aviator No. 110. He was a graduate of the first test pilot class at Pax River in 1947. After a tour in VP-5, flying PV-2s and P2V-1s, he graduated from Tulane University in New Orleans, La., was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa honor society and was recognized for his work in mathematics.
He attended the Naval War College and Oxford University as well as the Naval Postgraduate School, graduating first in his class of 505 naval officers.
He was the assistant air boss on a CVE Salerno Bay during the Korean Conflict. He served five combat tours in the Vietnam War, three aboard carriers on Yankee Station in the South China Sea, one as the commanding officer of an amphibious ship and one in country while a rear admiral as deputy commander of Navy Forces Vietnam and vice chief of the Vietnamese navy.
Besides commanding Attack Squadron 113 and Carrier Air Group Two on various aircraft carriers, he headed the Naval Aviation Basic Training Command in Pensacola, Fla.
After Vietnam he was transferred to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations where he was first head of the aviation training divisions and aircraft carrier division, and was responsible for the introduction of flight simulators into training commands and the fleet.
He retired from the Navy after 33 years of service in August 1973. Among his 36 medals and awards were the Distinguished Service Medal (v), the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star (v), 11 Air Medals, both the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Navy Commendation medals and 12 foreign medals.
Subsequently he ran a congressional office until 1979. He was a consultant to the Martin Marietta Corp. from 1979 to 1991, president of four small companies he founded and served on the boards of two corporations and four charitable foundations. He was a trustee of the Naval Academy Foundation.
Surviving are his wife, Diane Ford Matthews; three daughters, Kathryn Lovering of Cornwall, England, Patricia Miller of Annapolis and Ann Karpis of Atlanta, Ga.; one stepdaughter, Allison Ford of New Haven, Conn.; six grandsons; and four sisters, Lynn Dempster, Alice Gardner, Jo Marie Sikes and Juanita Edwards, all of Sikeston, Mo.
Memorial services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at Fort Myer Chapel, Arlington, with inurnment in Arlington National Cemetery. Arrangements are by Everly-Wheatley Funeral Home in Alexandria.
Memorial contributions may be made, in lieu of flowers, to the Naval Academy Foundation, Athletic and Scholarship, 25 Maryland Ave., Annapolis, MD 21401.
Alice Collins
Alice Veronica "Ronnie" Edwards Collins, 59, of Severn and formerly of Millersville, died Oct. 28, 2002 at Knollwood Manor, Genesis ElderCare Network, in Millersville after a lengthy illness.
Mrs. Collins was born Oct. 24, 1942, in Baltimore and attended the former Wiley H. Bates High School. She worked at the Naval Academy and Anne Arundel Community College.
Her interests included shopping, football, baseball and social gatherings.
On Oct. 24, 1961, she married
John Henry Collins who died in January 1992. She was the mother of the late Gordon A. Collins.
Surviving are three sons, John H. Collins Jr. of Columbia, Tony A. Collins of Jessup and Jeffrey L. Collins of Annapolis; two daughters, Jeannette Collins of Severn and Dana M. Collins of Annapolis; four brothers, James J., Richard, Joseph and Ricardo Edwards, all of Annapolis; 31 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren; and her grandmother, Sommerfield Smith of Washington, D.C.
Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Monday at Holy Temple Cathedral, 708 Bestgate Road, with a Christian wake at 10:30 a.m. and funeral service at 11 a.m. Burial will be private. Arrangements are by Reese and Sons Mortuary.
Gerald Turner Jr.
Gerald Brooks "Jerry" Turner Jr., 40, of Odenton and formerly of Baltimore, died Oct. 31, 2002 in Severn.
Born March 9, 1962, in Baltimore, Mr. Turner attended Arundel High School in Gambrills. He was a fencing contractor and sold used cars.
He enjoyed restoring antique cars and being with family and friends.
In 1986 he married
Donna Turner, who died in 1994.
Surviving are one daughter, Shannon Turner; his mother, Barbara Turner; and one sister, Tami Dasovich, all of Odenton. Also surviving are his fiancee, Thelma Thompson of Gambrills, and one stepson, Thomas Buddenbohn of Severn. He was the son of the late Gerald Turner Sr.
Visitation is from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow and Monday at Hardesty Funeral Home, 851 Annapolis Road, Gambrills, where services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Nichols-Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery.
June Atkinson
June Ward Atkinson, 75 of Jacksonville, N.C., died Nov. 2, 2002 at Craven Regional Medical Center in New Bern, N.C. The cause of death is not available.
Mrs. Atkinson was born June 4, 1927 in Deale, the daughter of the late Albert and Minnie Rodgers Ward.
She was a retired insurance agent with Shenandoah Life Insurance Company and was also retired from the Onslow County Health Department.
She was a member and Past Matron of Service Star Chapter #225, Order of the Eastern Star.
In addition to her parents, she is preceeded in death by her husband, Horace E. "Gene" Atkinson and a brother, William Ward.
Surviving are two sons, Dennis and Albert Haynes, both of Jacksonville, N.C.; one daughter, Sandy Crews of Jacksonville, N.C.; one sister, Estelle Anderson of Deale; her companion, Oswald "Swede" Troldahl of Richlands, N.C.; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be tomorrow from 7 to 9 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home, 303 Chaney Ave., Jacksonville, N.C., where funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday. Burial will follow in Onslow Memorial Park, Jacksonville, N.C.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association, Carolinas Chapter, 1425-113 Rock Quarry Road, Raleigh, N.C. 27610.
Elfriede Hoppmann
Elfriede W. Hoppmann, 87, a longtime resident of Scotia, N.Y., died Nov. 1, 2002 at Stonehedge Nursing Home in Chittenango, N.Y. of natural causes.
Mrs. Hoppmann was born Jan. 23, 1915 in Germany and immigrated to the United States in 1929. She was trained as a child's nurse at St. Margaret's Hospital in Albany, N.Y.
She was a lifelong communicant of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church of Schenectady where she taught Sunday school and was a member of the Mary Circle. She was also a volunteer for the American Red Cross.
Her husband William F. Hoppmann died in 1990.
She is survived by one son, William Hoppmann of Callaway, formerly Crofton, Md.; one daughter, Marie Margosian of Fayetteville, N.Y.; one brother, William Wild of New Britain, Conn.; and five grandchildren.
All services are private. Burial will be in the Park cemetery in Scotia, New York. Arrangements are by Eaton-Tubbs-Schepp Funeral Home, 7191 E. Genesee St., Fayetteville, N.Y.
Contribution in her memory may be sent to Alzheimer's Association, Eastern Shore Chapter, 212 W. Main St., Suite 202C, Salisbury, MD 21801.
Mary Keenan
Mary Bailey Keenan, a long time resident of Annapolis, and previously Elizabeth, N.J., died Oct. 30, 2002, of natural causes at Millennium Health Rehab Center in Edgewater. She was 101.
Mrs. Keenan was born Dec. 4, 1900 in Herod, Ga. In 1916 she married
Martin Keenan.
She worked in the laundry department at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Elizabeth, N.J.
At age 68, she learned to read by studying the bible with Jehovah's Witnesses and was baptized at age 71.
Her interests included talking to others about the bible, fishing, crabbing, crocheting and she loved to dine out with friends.
Her husband preceeded her in death.
Surviving are five brothers, Curtis Cawthon of Atlanta, Ben and Willie Cawthon both of Blakley, Ga., Leslie Gross of Pennsylvania, and Henry Jenkins of Maryland.
A memorial service will be held at 11:30 a.m. tomorrow at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witnesses in Gingerville. All other services are private.
Arrangements are by Reese and Sons, 821 West Street, Annapolis.
