Funeral Parlor and Crematorium

Wilkens Ave. funeral home offers free trees to National Guard members

2012-12-09 17:39:00

Jose Rivera-Rodriguez is about to celebrate his first Christmas in the States. This year, it will be with his first fresh tree. Amanda Rodriguez wasn't planning to have a Christmas tree at all this year. Her plans have changed. They were among the...

Harford County woman killed in I-95 crash Saturday morning

2012-12-11 16:17:40

The Harford County woman who died after an accident on I-95 in Aberdeen Saturday morning has been identified as Yvette A. Allen of Aberdeen. Mrs. Allen, 35, was driving north on I-95 when her 2005 Ford Expedition went under a parked tractor-trailer...

Funeral home to donate Christmas trees to National Guard families

2012-12-04 09:38:00

Daniel Simons, managing partner of Hubbard Funeral Home, and his wife Heather will pick up 300 Christmas trees in North Carolina to give to the families of deployed Maryland National Guard veterans, in honor of their service. The Maryland National Guard...

Church converting former funeral home into mission center

2012-12-23 10:19:00

A Christmas tree and candles adorned the new home of the Church of the Good Shepherd — but the congregation had to celebrate Christmas at its temporary worship space. But sometime around Easter, repairs will be completed, the scaffolding gone...

Fourth generation leads Catonsville funeral business

2012-11-27 10:30:00

Witzke has been a familiar name in the funeral services business in the Baltimore area since 1912, when Harry H. Witzke, Sr., opened the first Witzke Funeral Home in his house at 510 Ramsey St. in Baltimore. Harry Witzke's son, for example,...

Funeral arrangements set for Street crash victims, prayers passed on from Harford Council

2012-11-21 12:21:00

Shawn Ponton was home on Thanksgiving break, home from Coastal Carolina University where he was studying biology. He was spending time with a group of friends Saturday night, but on the way home he was killed, along with two others in his group, in a...

William 'Mr. Bill' Luebberman, past Sykesville fire chief, instructor, dies at age 66

2012-11-22 07:04:00

Local firefighter and former Sykesville Volunteer Fire Department Chief William “Mr. Bill” Frank Luebberman, 66, of Sykesville, died, Nov. 18, at the Carroll Dove House in Westminster. News of the death of the popular life member of...

Seniors grow old under debt

2012-05-27 00:00:00

Norman Harvel is growing old under a mountain of debt. At 60, Harvel faces medical and credit card bills topping $80,000. Yet Harvel is unable to work, having been injured at a job site more a decade ago. The former building maintenance worker now...

Maryland braces for Sandy

2012-10-28 12:19:00

As the eye of Hurricane Sandy loomed over the waters some 500 miles southeast of Washington and the monster storm churned toward the Mid-Atlantic coast at 15 miles per hour, Marylanders braced Sunday for the arrival of a weather system some forecasters...

Melvin B. Lowe Jr., floral designer

2012-10-04 15:12:35

Melvin B. Lowe Jr., a floral designer and funeral home attendant who was also a partner in a special-events and decorating company, died Sept. 27 of renal failure at his Washington home. The one-time Northeast Baltimore resident was 47. "Melvin was a...

New state laws on car seats, chemotherapy coverage begin

2012-09-30 13:46:00

A raft of new state laws take effect Monday, imposing new requirements from the car seat to the hearse. Children under 8 years old will be required to sit in a booster seat or child seat until they reach a certain height — the Maryland...

Joey Bonavitacola, former Howard football star, dies suddenly

2012-09-26 05:47:00

Joey Bonavitacola, a 2012 graduate and former football player at Howard High School, died suddenly on Sunday, Sept. 23, Howard principal Gina Massella announced in a news release on Monday. "The death of any member of our school community is a loss,...

Dr. Arden's life was rarely in danger as he defeated his enemies with wit and a relentless desire to use them as his test subjects. After Sister Mary Eunice died, so did the only thing Arden cared about more than his experiments. With Mary Eunice strapped down, Dr.

2013-01-22 13:21:00

Loretta Knox of Granite points to water damage in the library of a 134-year-old mansion that had once been a funeral home. Knox is a member of the Church of the Good Shepherd that has purchased the building and property on Edmondson Avenue.

2012-12-23 10:19:00

Hundreds of mourners, at left, waited outside the Munson-Lovetere Funeral Home to pay their respects to the family of Sandy Hook School principal Dawn Hochsprung who was murdered Friday at her school in Newtown. Luminaria spell out "HOPE" on the front lawn of the funeral home.

2012-12-19 00:00:00