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Bennett Renshaw
Bennett Milnor Renshaw Jr., 70, of Severna Park, died of natural causes July 4, 2001 at Morningside Assisted Living in Hanover.
Mr. Renshaw was born Sept. 4, 1930, in Pittsburgh. He was raised in Catonsville. He also lived in Glen Burnie and Severna Park. He graduated from Fort Hill High School in Cumberland in 1948 and served in the Korean War, receiving an Air Medal. In 1961 he graduated from the University of Baltimore Law School.
Mr. Renshaw retired as an insurance adjuster from Erie Insurance in 1995.
He was a member of American Legion Post 40, the Glen Burnie Elks and Chartwell Country Club, and officiated at track and field events.
He was the widower of Jeanne Renshaw.
Surviving are four sons, Steven Renshaw of Pasadena, Bennett Renshaw III and Marty Renshaw of Glen Burnie and Paul Renshaw of Pocomoke; two daughters, Cindy Renshaw of Pocomoke City and Janus Givens of Westminster; one brother, Clarence Renshaw of Fincastle, Va.; one sister, Marianne Hynd of Deerfield Branch, Fla.; and five grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow and from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Barranco and Sons Severna Park Funeral Home, 495 Ritchie Highway. A Mass of Christian burial will be said at 10 a.m. Monday at Our Lady of the Field Catholic Church, Cecil Avenue, Millersville. Burial will be in Loudon Park cemetery in Baltimore.
Memorial contributions may be made to the ARC of Anne Arundel County, 931 Spa Road, Annapolis, MD 21401.
Martha Wright
Martha Gose "Maiding" Wright, a resident of the Annapolis area for nearly 30 years, died July 1, 2001 at The Redwoods in Mill Valley, Calif. She was 99.
Born Martha Agnes Gose on Nov. 6, 1901, in Chicago, Mrs. Wright graduated magna cum laude in 1925 from the University of Chicago with a bachelor's degree in mathematics. She was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa national honor society.
On New Year's Day 1927 she married
Henry Amos Wright. During his career they lived in Georgia and the Midwest, setting in the Annapolis area in 1954.
After his death in 1961, she worked for the county public library system, where she continued as a volunteer after her retirement.
She was a member of the American Association of University Women and served as recording secretary of its Maryland State Division. She also was an active member of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis.
Known as a woman of lively intelligence and curiosity, she loved words and enjoyed writing poems and constructing puzzles. After her retirement, she traveled in Europe, Mexico, South America, Russia and China.
Drama was another interest, and at age 72 she won praise for her performance as Nanny in a local theater production of "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds."
To be near family, she moved in 1982 to Rochester, N.Y., and in 1988 to Mill Valley, Calif.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, Carol Tennenbaum, and a son, Jack Wright.
Surviving are a son, Paul Wright of Frederick; a daughter, Marjorie Boyer of Rougemont, N.C.; 10 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at The Redwoods in Mill Valley. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the AAUW Educational Foundation, 1111 16th St. NW, Washington, DC 20036.
Annabelle Ferguson
Annabelle E. Ferguson, 78, a resident of Severna Park since 1959 and a career educator for 34 years, died of coronary heart disease July 7, 2001 at North Arundel Hospital after a brief illness.
Ms. Ferguson was born and raised in Duquesne, Pa., and earned a bachelor of science degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1944 and a master of education degree in 1948. She served in the Navy as a WAVE during World War II.
After moving to Ellicott City in 1950, she earned a doctor of philosophy degree from the University of Maryland College Park in 1970.
Her teaching career began in Titusville, Pa. She was a teacher and counselor at Ellicott City Junior-Senior High School and a counselor at Howard County High School. She came to Anne Arundel County in 1958 as a counselor and supervisor of instruction for Severna Park High School. From 1962 to 1965 she was supervisor of guidance and testing for the county Board of Education.
From 1965 to 1969 Ms. Ferguson was supervisor of guidance services for the Maryland State Department of Education. She also was a lecturer at Towson University and Western Maryland College from 1966 to 1969.
In 1969 she became director of pupil services for the Prince George's County Board of Education. In 1973 she was named director of the Central Area Administration Office and then a year later was assistant superintendent of schools for that office. She retired in 1982.
The Prince George's Board of Education dedicated the Suitland High School auditorium in her name for her outstanding leadership as assistant superintendent.
Her memberships included the American School Guidance Association, the Maryland Personnel and Guidance Association, and the Retired Teachers associations of Prince George's and Anne Arundel counties. She enjoyed the theater, reading, music, tennis and swimming.
Surviving is a nephew, John H. Ferguson of Statesville, N.C., the son of her brother, the recently deceased John H. Ferguson Sr.
A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow aboard the boat, The Entertainer. Arrangements are by Barranco and Sons Severna Park Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Annabelle E. Ferguson Scholarship Fund, in care of Dr. John Stackpole, Treasurer, Prince George's County Scholarship Fund Inc., 11 Battersea Lane, Fort Washington, MD 20744.
Helen Lee
Helen Mae Lee, 84, of Severna Park, died July 5, 2001 at the Spa Creek Center, Genesis Eldercare Network, after an extended illness.
Mrs. Lee was born Oct. 26, 1916, in Washington, D.C., where she attended public schools. She graduated from the former Miner Teachers' College which is now part of the University of the District of Columbia.
Mrs. Lee was a clerk for the federal government for 30 years at the Bureau of Engraving in Washington and at Fort George G. Meade.
She was a member of St. Philip's Episcopal Church in Annapolis where she served as an usher. Her interests included painting, crafts, sewing, music, gardening, bowling and travel.
For 36 years she was married
to Josephus M. Lee, who died in 1974.
Surviving are her son, Joseph E. Lee of Anchorage, Alaska; her daughter, Barbara L. Arthur of Annapolis; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. She was the grandmother of the late Roland W. Lee.
Visitation will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Philip's Episcopal Church, with a memorial service to follow at 11 a.m. Arrangements are by Miller's Memorial Chapel funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the St. Philip's Building Fund, 730 Bestgate Road, Annapolis, MD 21401.
Mary Sander
A memorial service for Mary Julia Fredericka Uebel Sander, 92, of Severna Park, will be held at 4 p.m. Friday at Woods Memorial Presbyterian Church, 611 Baltimore Annapolis Blvd., Severna Park.
Mrs. Sander died of congestive heart failure June 5, 2001. A complete obituary was published on June 11.
Samuel Thomas
Samuel LeVan Thomas, 62, of Matlacha, Fla., and formerly of Annapolis, died July 4, 2001 at his home after a yearlong illness with brain cancer.
Mr. Thomas was born in Cumberland on April 17, 1939. In 1956 he graduated from Anacostia High School in Washington, D.C., where he was in the ROTC.
He served in the Army and the Army Reserve from 1956 to 1964, receiving recognition at one point while on active duty from The Southeastern Signal School of the Army Signal Corps.
He was a computer analyst as well as in management in this field for many companies including the Zamosky Co., McGraw Hill, S.M. Hyman and Data Point. He worked on the campaign to elect John F. Kennedy, writing the first software program for a presidential campaign form letter.
He owned his own business, Stained Glass Overlay, also known as SGO Design, in Crofton, creating and selling stained and etched glass found in many churches and businesses in the Baltimore-Washington area.
In recent years he was a salesman for a yacht and ship broker.
A former resident of Oscoda, Mich., Washington, Wheaton and Rockville, he lived both in a home and on his boat in Annapolis. He moved to Florida in 1997.
He took Ultralight flying classes, sailed and was interested in fishing, computers and reading. He was a member of the Boy Scouts of America, Big Brothers of America, the Young Democrats, Chesapeake Bay Mates Sailing Club, the Fleet Reserve of Annapolis, the Paradise Pirate Boating Club and a local wine club.
Surviving are his wife, Ann Elizabeth Maillet Thomas; one daughter, Lisa Rasnick of Irmo, S.C.; one stepdaughter, Cheryl Witzman of Monument, Colo.; one brother, Robert Thomas of New Market, Va.; and four grandchildren.
Private services will be held. Memorial contributions may be made to Hope Hospice of Cape Coral, 130 Del Prado Blvd., Cape Coral, FL 33990.
