Former Waterman's Association President Daniel Beck Dies

Daniel Beck sustained serious injuries in a 2011 boat crash that killed one man and left a third man paralyzed.

Capt. Daniel Beck, a former president of the Baltimore County Waterman's Association, died Nov. 23, according to a Baltimore Sun death notice published Sunday. Beck, a longtime waterman who made his living battling the elements of the Chesapeake Bay, was seriously injured in a boating crash in February 2011. Beck broke his hip, pelvis and some vertebrae and also sustained internal injuries in the crash that killed crew member Richard Quaty and paralyzed James Stiles, another boat crew member, according to an Essex Patch article. Visitation will be held at the Bruzdzinski Funeral Home, 1407 Old Eastern Ave., from 3 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Nov. 26 and 27, according to the funeral home's website. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Nov…

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Baltimore County Death Notices Through Nov. 11

Below are links to obituaries listed by selected funeral homes in Baltimore County.

Click on the name of the deceased to read the full obituary and/or to submit online condolences. Sterling Ashton Schwab Witzke Funeral Home 1630 Edmondson Ave, Catonsville 410-744-8600 Sol Levinson & Bros. Funeral Home 8900 Reisterstown Rd., Pikesville 410-653-8900 Eckhardt Funeral Chapel 11605 Reisterstown Rd., Owings Mills 410-356-7676 Eline Funeral Home 11824 Reisterstown Rd., Reisterstown 410-833-1414 Ambrose Funeral Home 1328 Sulphur Spring Rd., Arbutus 410-242-2211 Connelly Funeral Home of Essex 300 Mace Ave., Baltimore 410-687-7100 Bruzdzinski Fruneral Home 1407 Old Eastern Ave., Essex 410-686-4888 Holly Hill Memorial Gardens 10201 Bird River Rd., Baltimore 410-335-5300

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Obituary: Betty B. Hill

The Dundalk native was a 1944 graduate of Sparrows Point High School.

Baltimore County Death Notices through Nov. 4

Below are links to obituaries as listed by several funeral homes in Baltimore County.

Click on the name of the deceased to read the full obituary and/or to submit online condolences. Sterling Ashton Schwab Witzke Funeral Home 1630 Edmondson Ave., Catonsville 410-744-8600 Sol Levinson & Bros. Funeral Home 8900 Reisterstown Rd., Pikesville 410-653-8900 Eckhardt Funeral Chapel 11605 Reisterstown Rd., Owings Mills 410-356-7676 Eline Funeral Home 11824 Reisterstown Rd., Reisterstown 410-833-1414 Ambrose Funeral Home 1328 Sulphur Spring Rd., Arbutus 410-242-2211 Connelly Funeral Home of Essex 300 Mace Ave., Baltimore 410-687-7100 Bruzdzinski Fruneral Home 1407 Old Eastern Ave., Essex 410-686-4888 Holly Hill Memorial Gardens 10201 Bird River Road, Baltimore 410-335-5300

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Obituary: Dundalk Community Leader Fred Thiess

Fred Thiess, 71, a longtime community leader and activist, died Monday of cancer.

Dundalk community and elected leaders have hearts heavy with the news of the death of Fred Thiess, an ever-constant presence in many of Greater Dundalk's organizations and efforts. Thiess, 71, a community activist involved in a range of activities and causes from recreation council programs to civic associations and local politics, died Monday, just about a month after being diagnosed with advanced lung cancer. "I just can't believe this happened," Sen. Norman Stone said Tuesday in a voice heavy with emotion. "It's hard to express your feelings for not only a colleague but a good friend." Thiess was involved in local recreation council activities and was president of the New 7th Democratic Club and the Wells-McComas Civic Association, …

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Baltimore County Death Notices through Oct. 14

Below are links to obituaries as listed by several funeral homes in Baltimore County.

Click on the name of the deceased to read the full obituary and/or to submit online condolences.    Craig Witzke Funeral Care 9 Newburg Ave, Catonsville 443-830-0310 Sol Levinson & Bros. Funeral Home 8900 Reisterstown Road 410-653-8900 Eckhardt Funeral Chapel 11605 Reisterstown Road, Owings Mills 410-356-7676 Eline Funeral Homes 11824 Reisterstown Road, Reisterstown 410-833-1414 Ambrose Funeral Home 1328 Sulphur Spring Rd., Arbutus 410-242-2211

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Funeral Arrangements Made for Edgemere Crash Victims

Luke Rice and Eddie Nelson died Sunday in an early morning crash on Millers Island Road.

Funeral arrangements have been made for the two men who died in a single-vehicle crash in Millers Island early Sunday morning. Visitation for Paul Luke Rice and Edward William Nelson IV will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Connelly Funeral Home of Dundalk, 7110 Sollers Point Road. A Mass of Christian Burial to celebrate Luke Rice's life will be held at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Luke's Catholic Church, 7517 North Point Road in Edgemere. Burial will follow at Oak Lawn cemetery. The family requests that memorial donations in Rice's name be made to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Maryland, 100 Painters Mill Road, Suite 800, Owings Mills, MD 21117. The funeral service to celebrate Eddie Nelson's life will be held…

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'A Very Affable Couple:' Deacon's Last Visit before Tragedy

Deacon Stephen Roscher recalls fondly his visit with longtime Pikesville residents Vaughn and Marjorie Pepper, both in their 80s.

Deacon Stephen Roscher had planned on spending about 15 minutes last month at the home the home of Vaughn and Marjorie Pepper. But the visit went so well, and the conversation was so pleasant, that he ended up staying about an hour. "They were a really neat couple," he said of the octogenarians. "Just very affable. You could tell they were kind, very considerate of one another." Roscher is the permanent deacon assigned to St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Pikesville, and they had asked for him to visit their Sudbrook Park home, because they've had trouble getting to church in recent years. He visited on Aug. 12, and their grandson, Matthew Long, 31, welcomed him at the door and joined the one-hour conversation. They talked about …

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Obituary: Jackie Zajdel

Jackie Zajdel, a 1962 Sparrows Point High School graduate and well-known Baltimore cosmetologist, died Aug. 24.

Ball Boys: 'Art Modell Was Most Influential Living Owner of All Time' (VIDEO)

The reality show stars and owners of Robbie's First Base in Timonium lament the death of the late Baltimore Ravens owner, who brought football back to Charm City.

It's hard to tell which is more surprising: that Robbie Davis, Sr.—owner of Robbie's First Base—didn't know Art Modell personally, or that he and has son—with whom he stars in the ABC reality show Ball Boys—agreed that the late sports icon was the most influential living NFL team owner of all time. Davis Sr. and his son Robbie Davis, Jr. together own the popular sports memorabilia shop in Timonium that has become the subject of the ABC reality pawn series Ball Boys. Each episode features a different sports icon that Senior has developed a friendship with over the years through his shop and previously owned car dealership. The father and son's loud disagreements on all topics relating to sports have also become a staple of the series. But …

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