Fredd Miller News Today

James Harold "Jim" Belt, a retired Baltimore County physical education teacher and coach, died March 20 at Dove House Hospice in Westminster. He was a day short of his 98th birthday.

Melvin S. Strohminger, a retired Social Security Administration analyst whose interest in vintage fountain pens took him across the world, died March 15 at his Quarry Lake at Greenspring home near Pikesville. He was 79.

Mary C. Mangione, the matriarch of her family, a hospital benefactor and a music patron, died March 15 at her Cockeysville home. She was 92.

Jeanne McGuire — a Baltimore County elementary school teacher and administrator — died March 12. She was 80.

Col. Orville R. Hughes, a decorated Army officer who was an analyst for Baltimore’s finance department, died March 16 at Stella Maris Hospice in Lutherville. The Monkton resident was 101.

Robert “Bob” Catzen, a businessman and construction manager who was a enthusiastic windsurfer and kayaker, died of congestive heart failure March 11 at Roland Park Place. The former Bolton Hill resident was 94.

Rudolph P. “Rudy” Lamone, a former Army veteran and bandleader who later served as dean of the Robert H. Smith School of Business, has died.

Rudolph P. “Rudy” Lamone, a former Army veteran and bandleader who later served as dean of the Robert H. Smith School of Business, has died.

Dr. Robert K. Brooner, who had been head of Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center’s Addiction Treatment Services and Center for Addiction and Pregnancy, died.

Diane Johnson, the retired Sinai Hospital of Baltimore chief nursing officer recalled as a forceful professional leader, died March 10.