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Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

GEORGE SHOR, 86,

Irona Pope, East Baltimore community activist, dies

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

She fought to improve schools and help low-income residents buy houses

I rona Pope, a street-savvy community activist who defended East Baltimore schoolchildren, died of a blood infection Tuesday at Gilchrist Hospice Care. The Lakeside resident was 69.

Ethel Marie Erdossy, homemaker

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Ethel Marie Erdossy, a homemaker active in Highlandtown senior citizen circles, died of congestive heart failure Monday at Stella Maris Hospice. The Southeast Baltimore resident was 89.

Julia A. Hall-Kenton, gospel singer

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Julia A. Hall-Kenton, who sang with area gospel choirs for more than 60 years, died June 26 of sarcoidosis, a rare autoimmune disease, at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium. She was 73.

Hubert Simmons

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Pitcher and outfielder for the Negro Leagues' Elite Giants went on to teach in the city for more than 20 years

H ubert Van Wyke "Bert" Simmons, who pitched and played outfield for the old Negro Leagues' Elite Giants and later became a Baltimore public school educator and mentor, died Wednesday after cancer surgery at Seasons Hospice at Northwest Hospital Center. The Woodlawn resident was 85.

Dr. Ernestein Baylor

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Longtime history professor at Morgan State University believed lessons from the past had meaning in the present

E rnestein W. Baylor, a retired professor of history and former department chairwoman who taught at Morgan State University for more than three decades, died of heart failure Saturday at Oak Crest Village.

Patricia D. Jackson, real estate agent

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Patricia D. Jackson, who spent 35 years in real estate sales and was a longtime resident of the Charlesbrooke neighborhood of Baltimore County, died June 30 during open-heart surgery at Union Memorial Hospital. She was 76.

Deaths elsewhere

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

ALLEN KLEIN, 77

Sister Helen

Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Recovering alcoholic used her own experience to counsel and inspire others to overcome their addictions

S ister Helen Fish, a member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame and a licensed addictions counselor who as a recovering alcoholic used her own addiction to help inspire others to regain their lives, died of pneumonia June 19 at St. Joseph Medical Center.

Lillian R. 'Goody' Boring, homemaker

Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Lillian R. "Goody" Boring, a homemaker and former clerk who enjoyed the rural life she found in Frederick County, died in her sleep Monday at a Hagerstown nursing home. The former Myersville resident was 100.