Thursday, May 2, 2013
The volunteer firefighter who was was critically injured during the April 24 fire in Reisterstown died Thursday at Maryland Shock Trauma. His funeral is set for Sunday.
It was a horrific fire April 24 that the Reisterstown Volunteer Fire Company was called to control. Volunteer firefighter Gene Kirchner, 25, and several others were searching the home at 19 Hanover Rd., trying to find a resident because "very, very agitated residents were screaming that someone was trapped," Baltimore County Fire Chief John Hohman said during a press conference Thursday afternoon. "Gene and others, they attempted to rescue the individual," Hohman said, calling the fire "horrific." Kirchner, a nine-year veteran of the company, died on Thursday at Maryland Shock Trauma after spending eight days in critical condition. "Gene himself ended up being rescued from the second floor by his co-volunteers here at Reisterstown and two …
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The 25-year-old is the second fatality from a house fire April 24 at 19 Hanover Road in Reisterstown.
UPDATE (2:30 p.m.)--Volunteer Firefighter Gene Kirchner died Thursday afternoon at Maryland Shock Trauma, according to the Baltimore County Fire Department. The member of the Reisterstown Volunteer Fire company was critically injured April 24 while doing a search during a house fire at 19 Hanover Rd in Reisterstown. "It is with deep sorrow and regret that the Reisterstown Volunteer Fire Company announces the line of duty passing of Firefighter Gene Kirchner," according to a statement from the fire company. "Gene succumbed to his injures after an 8-day fight." Gene was a 9-year member of the fire company, and was a junior firefighter for 2 years, it states. "A full fire department funeral will be scheduled." A 58-year-old resident died …
Sunday, April 28, 2013
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 of Catonsville, Incorporated (Catonsville) Location: 1630 Edmondson Ave, Catonsville Phone: 410-744-8600 Thomas Shea Flynn died April 23. He was 81. Eleanor Lentz died April 22. Michael Anthony Trieber died April 21. He was 20. Selma E. Niemann died April 19. She was 88. John S. “Steve” Brown died April 19. He was 61. Frances E. Malat of Catonsville died April 19. She was 91. Craig Witzke Funeral Care (Catonsville) Location: 9 Newburg Ave, Catonsville Phone: 443-830-0310 No new obituaries listed at this time. Sol Levinson & Bros. Funeral Home (Pikesville) Location: 8900 Reisterstown Road …
Friday, April 12, 2013
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 of Catonsville, Incorporated (Catonsville) Location: 1630 Edmondson Ave, Catonsville Phone: 410-744-8600 Carl E. Ross died April 9. He was 92. Edward Oliver Swift died April 9. He was 85. Jean C. Duffy died April 9. She was 86. Mary Margaret Argent died April 7. She was 81. Craig Witzke Funeral Care (Catonsville) Location: 9 Newburg Ave, Catonsville Phone: 443-830-0310 Veniero F. Ippolito died April 6. He was 88. Ambrose Funeral Home (Arbutus) Location: 1328 Sulphur Spring Rd., Arbutus Phone: 410-242-2211 Dennis Gerin died April 9. He was 69. John Glen Ziegler, Sr. died April 8. He was 48…
Saturday, March 30, 2013
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 of Catonsville, Incorporated (Catonsville) Location: 1630 Edmondson Ave, Catonsville Phone: 410-744-8600 John G. Leeds, Sr. died March 27. He was 92. Ross H. Ressler, Jr. died March 27. He was 87. Angela G. Fisher died March 26. She was 87. Robert A Kilduff died March 25. Clarence “Jack” McLeavy Jackson of Glen Burnie died March 22. He was 81. Craig Witzke Funeral Care (Catonsville) Location: 9 Newburg Ave, Catonsville Phone: 443-830-0310 No new obituaries listed at this time. Sol Levinson & Bros. Funeral Home (Pikesville) Location: 8900 Reisterstown Road Phone: 410-653-8900 Belle Dora …
Saturday, March 23, 2013
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 of Catonsville, Incorporated (Catonsville) Location: 1630 Edmondson Ave, Catonsville Phone: 410-744-8600 Louise G. Fitzell died March 21. She was 95. Carol Pankovic died March 20. She was 74. Anna R. Burgee died March 19. Theresa A. Ellis died March 18. She was 59. Josephine Marie Gesker died March 18. She was 92. Edward “Gil” Gilliace Grimm, Jr. died March 18. He was 85. James P. Lewis died March 16. He was 84. Craig Witzke Funeral Care (Catonsville) Location: 9 Newburg Ave, Catonsville Phone: 443-830-0310 Alfred James Baeck died March 16. He was 83. Sol Levinson & Bros. Funeral Home (…
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Michael Dingle owned Natural Way Design and Landscaping.
The owner of a Catonsville landscaping company died Tuesday when he fell along with the tree he was cutting down, according to Howard County Police. Police found Michael Joseph Dingle, 40, unconscious and not breathing just after 10 a.m. when they responded to the 8500 block of Reservoir Road in Clarksville. According to police, Dingle, owner of Natural Way Design and Landscaping, was working in a tree with all of the rigging attached. Police say Dingle and his employee removed the top 15 to 20 feet of the tree; it went as planned. After removing the top of the tree, however, the trunk uprooted, according to police. Dingle fell about 50 feet while still attached to the tree. When police and EMS arrived, they were unable to resuscitate …
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Share your reaction to Earl Weaver's legacy in the comments.
Earl Weaver's sudden death at 82 years old has rocked the Baltimore area and baseball aficionados nationwide. Weaver died around 2 a.m. Saturday while on board an Orioles fantasy cruise in the Caribbean. His wife, Marianna, was at his side when he succumbed to a heart attack, the New York Daily News reported. The news broke while many fans were headed to the Orioles' annual FanFest at the Baltimore Convention Center, across the street from Camden Yards. Weaver's career and what he meant to Baltimore was on the lips of many fans and players. Weaver's No. 4 hung above the discussion panel stage, and his jersey was posted on the left side of the stage. Weaver's Baltimore Sun obituary described the Hall of Famer as a "cantankerous baseball …
Friday, January 4, 2013
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 of Catonsville, Incorporated (Catonsville) Location: 1630 Edmondson Ave, Catonsville Phone: 410-744-8600 Catherine Francis died Jan. 3. She was 75. Charles Broessel died Dec. 27. He was 89. Nicholas Incaprera died Jan. 2. He was 82. Grace Hillyer Foster Shertzer died Dec. 28. She was 97. Jerry Donald Smith died Dec. 28. He was 81. Craig Witzke Funeral Care (Catonsville) Location: 9 Newburg Ave, Catonsville Phone: 443-830-0310 John Warren Miller, Jr. died Dec. 31. He was 70. Sol Levinson & Bros. Funeral Home (Pikesville) Location: 8900 Reisterstown Road Phone: 410-653-8900 Martin Anflick …
Monday, December 31, 2012
Arbutus native John Coolahan served as the chair of the Baltimore County Delegation in 1973, 1975, and 1983 to 1986.
Tim
11:21 am on Friday, May 3, 2013
Not much more to add here to this. My condolences to family and friends of this brave young man. more ›