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12 THE BALTIMORE SUN THURSDAY, MAY 4, 2017 Arch L. Handy World War II combat infantryman lectured and wrote about his wartime experiences BARSOTTI Alessandro BASCIANO Richard C. BYRON Bruce Wesley ELD RIDGE Dayne Worsham GREEN Barbara S. HALL Doris G. HAY Richard HEFFLER Sterling Wayne RENBAUM Rosalie ROCK Nancy Lee RUSSELL II John E.

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Hay was born and raised on his family's farm in Franksville, Wl. He attended public schools in Union Grove and graduated from Marquette University in 1941 with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering. He was commis DEATH LODGE NOTICES BARSOTTI, Alessandro Alessandro Barsotti, 52, of Westminster, passed away on Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at Carroll Hospice Dove House. Alessandro was born on August 6, 1964 in Livorno, Italy.

He was the beloved husband of Cristina Barsotti, whom he was married to for 31 years, and the loving father of Diego Barsotti. He was employed as Vice President for Giorgio Gori USA, Inc. until his retirement in 2015. A memorial mass will be celebrated on Monday, May 8, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at St.

John Catholic Church, 43 Monroe Westminster with Father Christopher de teon as celebrant. Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers the family is requesting memorial contributions to be made in Alessandro's name to Carroll Hospice Dove House, 292 Stoner Westminster MD 21157. Arrangements are being handled by Pritts Funeral Home and Chapel. Online condolences may be offered at www.prittsfuneralhome.com BASCIANO, Richard C.

On May 1, 2017, Richard C. In March 1945, the 100th Infantry Division broke through the historic Magi-not Line and captured the city of Bitche, and then moved on toward the Rhine River, which they crossed into Germany. Mr. Handy participated in the liberation of slave labor camps in southern Germany and after the German surrender in May 1945, served for another year with the Army of occupation in Germany while studying at the University of Heidelberg. He was discharged in 1946 with decorations that included the Bronze Star, Combat Infantryman's Badge and the Meritorious Unit Medal.

He enrolled at the University of Baltimore under the GI Bill of Rights and earned a bachelor's degree in business administration in 1950, while working for the Department of Defense at Edgewood Arsenal. He later became chief of the plans and readiness division at Aberdeen Proving Ground. His work took him Arch L. Handy, a decorated World War II combat infantryman who fought at the Battle of the Bulge, participated in the liberation of slave labor camps in southern Germany and later became an official at Aberdeen Proving Ground, died Sunday of complications from dementia and cancer at a son's home in Birdsboro, Pa The longtime Bel Air resident was 9L Born into a sharecropper's family in Crumpler, N.C., Archie Lee "Arch" Handy was the son of Everett Handy and Pearl Handy. Mr.

Handy, who never used his first name, moved to Long Bar Harbor in Harford County with his family in 1939 and graduated in 1942 from Old Post Road High School. After working for a year in Adam's grocery store in Aberdeen, Mr. Handy took a job in 1943 at Aberdeen Proving Ground. In 1944, the Army began sioned on graduation day as an officer in the U.S.N.R. and sent to Officer Training School at The Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD.

Following four years of active duty in Dalhlgren, VA and Japan, Mr. Hay rejoined the reserves, where he rose to the rank of Commander, and from which he retired in 1979. After brief stints at Glenn L. Martin (Martin Marietta) in Baltimore and William Lear in Grand Rapids, he began work in 1955 at Westinghouse Electrical where he remained until his retirement in 1987. He is predeceased by his beloved wife, Doris (Kehm) Hay, his parents Izetta and Charlie Hay, and his sister, Helen Driver.

Mr. Hay is the loving father of Richard A. "Chip" Hay, Jr. and his partner Lynne Murphy of Healdsburg, CA, Susan Taylor and her husband Peter of Highland, MD, and Lauren Hooke and her husband Robert of Baltimore, MD, cherished grandfather of Lindsey Sliney and her husband Mike, David Taylor, Kevin Taylor and his wife Sara, and Richard Hooke, great grandfather of Kendall, Brooke, and Christopher Sliney and Natalie Taylor. He is also survived by two nieces.

Funeral services will be held Friday, May 5 at 1 1 :00 AM at St. John's Episcopal Church in Ellicott City where he was a long time communicant. Reception immediately following at the Parish House. Basciano of Linthicum, passed away in New York City. Richard was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to the late Margaret and Nicholas Basciano.

He served his country proudly in the U.S. Navy during WWII and then went on to work as a real estate developer. Richard enjoyed boxing, tennis, working out and fitness. Richard is survived by his recruiting young men with exceptional test scores into a specialized training program, and he entered the service on his 18th birthday in 1944. Mr.

Handy completed basic infantry training at Camp Wheeler, near Macon, and then joined the 7th Army, 100th Infantry Division, 398th Regiment, nicknamed the "Sons of Bitche," which took its name from the Battle of Bitche in western France. He went ashore at Mar across the U.S., as well as to Hawaii, Japan, South Korea, Okinawa, Taiwan, Germany, France, Italy and Vietnam. When he retired in 198L he received special commendations from the Secret Service and the White House Military Office for his work. A lifelong stamp collector, Mr. Handy and family members established the Handy Stamp Shop on Hickory Avenue in Bel Air in 1974, which specialized Arch L.

Handy participated in the liberation of slave labor camps in Germany. devoted wife of 10 years, Lois Basciano; his beloved daughters, Claudia Basciano, Lisa Lombardi, and Lesley Roberts; his six cherished grandchildren and two loving great-grandchildren; and his dear siblings. Marietta Restivo and John Basciano. Richard was predeceased by his first wife of 56 years, Jean E. Basciano, and his sister, Lola Marsiglia.

The family will receive visitors at Singleton Funeral Cremation Services, P.A., 1 2nd Ave, S.W. (at Crain Hwy) in Glen Burnie, for a memorial gathering today, Saturday, May 6th from 1 :30 3 PM. A Celebration of Life Memorial Service will follow at 3 PM in the funeral home chapel. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Richard's name may be made to Lewy Body Dementia Association 912 Killian Hill Road S.W., Lilburn, GA 30047 orvisitwww.lbda.org. To offer condolences to the Basciano family, please visit www.singletonfuneralhome.com.

BYRON, Bruce Wesley On May 2, 2017, Bruce w. Byron beloved husband of Barbara Byron (nee Taylor) for 47 years; loving father of Bethany Byron; dear brother of Lorna Pearre (the late Jimmy Pearre); also survived by several loving nieces, nephews and supportive family. The family will receive friends at HARRY H. WITZKE'S FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, 4112 Old Columbia Pike, Ellicott City on Saturday, 1:00 pm 2:00 pm, with a Memorial Service at 2:00 p.m. Interment is private.

In lieu of flowers donations can be made to ALS Association. www.harrywitzkefuneralhome.com CARTER, Charles C. HEFFLER, Sterling Wayne On Monday, May 1st, 2017, Sterling Wayne Heffler (72) of Halethorpe, MD passed away. Beloved husband of Diann D. Heffler.

Loving father of Diann Lynn Heffler and Kelly Rene Heffler. Dear grandfather of Nicholas Sterling Heffler-Zientek and Chelsea Diann Benbow. Caring great-grandfather of Skyler Tyson Barnabae, and Kamila Krystall Zientek. Cherished brother of Nancy Cross, Donna Moore, Stephen Heffler, JoAnne Fisher, and the late Judith Ann Findlay. Family and friends are invited to gather at the Gary L.

Kaufman Funeral Home at Meadowridge Memorial Park, 7250 Washington Boulevard, Elkridge, MD 21075 (exit 6 off Rt. 100) on Thursday, May 4th, 2017 from 2 pm to 8 pm. A Celebration of Life Service will be held on Friday, May 5th, 2017 at 2:00 pm. Interment Meadowridge Memorial Park, Elkridge, MD. www.garylkaufmanfuneralhome.com MEYERS, William The Baltimore Fire Fighters, Local 734 regrets to announce the passing of our Retired Member, William Meyers, Jr.

Brother Meyers served the City Fire i lie Ddiuinuie vuuiuy nuiessiuiidi rue ciahtorc IACC I nral 1-511 roarote tn Department for 26 years. We extend our deepest sympathy to the family. Charles "Rick" Hoffman, President announce the passing of our life member, Charles C. Carter. Brother Carter served seilles as a combat infantryman during the 1944 invasion of southern France, and was present during the Vosages Mountain campaign and went on to fight alongside the French 1st Army and French Resistance fighters during the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944, and at Operation Nord-wind in Alsace-Lorraine.

"I was 18 years old in the fall of 1944 old enough to be a combat infantryman but too young to vote," he told The Baltimore Sun in a 1986 interview. "My best friend, also age 18 and sharing a foxhole with me, was critically wounded during our first day of combat. "Action was so intense that we didn't get a shower and change of clothes until January 1945, three months after leaving the ship," he recalled. Mr. Handy recalled Christmas Eve 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge in a 1978 article he wrote for The Aegis newspaper in Harford County.

"The Christmas Eve setting, however, was unbelievable in the eyes of a Christian. We were on a hill, in four two -man foxholes. The sky was clear. There was a full moon," he wrote. "Sheep were grazing all around us.

We related and openly discussed our setting with that in Bethlehem, as reported in the New Testament, on the night of Christ's birth." After a Christmas morning breakfast of dry cereal powder mixed with cold water, Mr. Handy said they could look forward to not much else. But Army cooks, two to three miles to the rear, had made sure the troops on the front line would have Christmas dinner. "But, miraculously, there was Christmas dinner with all the trimmings," he wrote. Crouching so as not to expose themselves to enemy fire, the troops went down a hill two at a time to where dinner was being served.

"By 10 p.m. we had the traditional American Christmas dinner," he wrote. "Millions spent Christmas 1944 in a manner unlike prior, or subsequent, Christmases. The situation in which my fellow squad members and I found ourselves left an indelible mark upon us. We will never forget Christmas 1944." Mr.

Handy's "Reflections on Christmas 1944" was included in Edward G. Lon-gacre's 2011 book, 'War in the Ruins: The American Army's Final Battle Against Nazi Germany." in U.S. stamps, first-day covers and commemorative stamps. He closed the business in 200L but continued to operate a mail-order business from his Bel Air home until 2012. Mr.

Handy remained active in several veterans' organizations, serving as president of the 100th Infantry Division Association and beginning inl948 attended annual reunions until 2010. For his years of work with the association, he was presented its Distinguished Service Award. Last November, he was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, France's highest distinction, at a ceremony held at the French Embassy in Washington. He spoke of his wartime exploits at local schools, veterans' events and at the Maryland Historical Society, which recorded an extensive interview with him. He assisted World War II historians Stephen Ambrose and Andrew Carroll with background information, and submitted written reminiscences to the Military History Institute at the Carlisle Barracks in Carlisle, Pa, the George C.

Marshall Reserve Library in Lexington, and the University of New Orleans. Because he had grown up during the Depression, Mr. Handy was a lifelong Democrat, New Dealer and admirer of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, his son said. Mr.

Handy enjoyed golf and bowling and was a Baltimore Colts, Ravens, Orioles and Aberdeen Ironbirds fan. "He donated time, money, and personal efforts to those struggling with economic and racial inequalities," according to a profile written by a son, Dr. Robert A. Handy, a retired Harford County educator who lives in Bel Air. "He established a scholarship in the 1990s for Advanced Placement U.S.

history students at Bel Air High School." His wife of 62 years, the former Rita Angela Ciemny, died in 2013. He was a lifetime communicant of St. Margaret Roman Catholic Church, 141 N. Hickory Bel Air, where a Mass of Christian burial will be offered at 1 p.m. today.

He is survived by another son, Donald W. Handy of Birdsboro; a brother, William Handy of Elkton; four grandchildren; and a great-grandson. frasmussenbaltsun.com RENBAUM, Rosalie On May 2, 2017, Rosalie Renbaum (nee Silberman); beloved wife of Dr. Malcolm Renbaum; cherished mother of Paul (Dafna) Renbaum, Jay (Shannah) Renbaum, and Lawrence (Adi) Renbaum; dear sister of the late Morris Silberman, Beatrice Cohen, and Jerome Silberman; loving daughter of the late Jennie and Phillip Silberman; adoring grandmother of K'hatya (Yakov) Drori, Sarai (Yair) Goodman, Yakir Renbaum, Tahael (Yadidya) Harris, Adam and Lavi Renbaum of the State of Israel, Justine Koss-McCallum and Daniel Renbaum-Koss of Silver Spring, MD, and Jonah and Elana Renbaum of Bethesda, MD. Services at SOL LEVINSON 8900 Reisterstown Road, at Mount Wilson Lane on Thursday, May 4, at 12 pm.

Interment Beth Jacob Cemetery -Finksburg, MD. Please omit flowers. Contributions in her memory may be sent to the charity of your choice. In mourning at 3413 Old Forest Road, Baltimore, MD 21208, through Wednesday. www.sollevinson.com ROCK, Nancy Lee the County Fire Department for 30 years.

We extend our deepest sympathy to the family. Michael K. Day, Sr. President ELDRIDGE, Dayne Worsham Dayne Worsham Eldridge, 76, of Annapolis, MD died at home on May 1, 2017 after a lengthy illness. She is survived by her husband of nearly 56 years, John C.

Eldridge, retired judge of the Court of Appeals of Maryland. Dayne was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia to the late Robert A. Worsham and Irma C. Worsham. In addition to Judge Eldridge, she is survived by her son, John C.

Eldridge, Jr. (Lisa); her daughter, Kathryn E. Kuethe (Rick); her brother, Robert A. Worsham, Jr. (Linda); and her grandsons, Sam and Mike Kuethe.

A resident of the Winchester on the Severn community in Annapolis since 1962, Dayne was a long time legal secretary to the late William A. Franch. She retired when her grandchildren were born and enjoyed various creative pursuits including knitting, sewing, cooking and reading. The family will receive visitors at the John M. Taylor Funeral Home 147 Duke of Gloucester Street Annapolis, MD 21401 on Saturday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 PM.

A private interment will be held at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery in Myersville, Maryland. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations to Anne Arundel Medical Center Foundation, 2000 Medical Parkway, Belcher Pavilion Suite 604, Annapolis, MD 21401. An online guest book is available at www.iohnmtaylorfuneralhome.com GREEN, Barbaras. On May 2,2017, Barbara Green, On May 1st, 2017, Nancy Lee (nee Snyder), beloved wife of the late John E.

Rock, beloved friend of Frank J. Drury; beloved mother of Patricia A. Rossi and her husband Deborah John III, Thomas Valerie the late Kathleen Kevin P. and his fiance Jen retired administrative assistant for Baltimore City Public Schools. She is survived by a host of nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends at the FAMILY OWNED MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST, 4300 Wabash Avenue on Saturday at followed by services at Williams; dear sister of tne late Henry M. Snyder, the late Frances Engle, the late Richard kSMH Snyder and Shirley A. Irwin; loving grandmother of Todd Chilcote and his wife Laura, Chantelle (Chilcote) Lucas and her husband Ryan.Tara E. (Rossi) Flynn and her husband Brian, Nicholas Rossi and his girlfriend Lauren, the late Donald N. Ross, III, Cory Rossi, Phillip Rock and his girlfriend Nikki, Amber Thomas and her fiance Rob, Scott Rock and his stepsister Janessa; great grandmother of Tyler and Brandon Flynn, Alessandro Rossi, Alexus, Ayden and Ava Chilcote, Lexi and Rylan Lucas, Julia, Marian and Cash Rock, plus nieces Teri, Cindy and their families, nephews, other relatives, friends, Val Cioeff and extended families.

Family and friends will honor Nancy's life at the family owned Evans Funeral Chapel Cremation Services-Parkville, 8800 Harford Road on Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017 from 3-5 and 7-9 PM. A funeral liturgy will be held 10 AM Thursday, May 4th, 2017 at St. Ursula Catholic Church. Interment Gardens of Faith Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Nancy's name may be made to St.

Ursula Church, 8801 Harford Rd. Baltimore, MD 21234, American Heart 415 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America, 386 Park Ave. New York, NY 10016, Gilchrist Hospice Care, 11311 Mccormick Rd Ste 350, Hunt Valley, MD 21031. Memory tributes may be sent to the family at Deborah W.

Patti, bank vice president Deborah W. Patti, a retired Deutsche Bank vice president who enjoyed gourmet cooking, died April 27 of lung cancer at her Send Condolences to HALL, Doris G. On May 1, 2017, Doris G. Hall passed away peacefully and went to be with the Lord. She was the wife of Jack W.

Hall; loving mother of Stephen E. Hall (Janice) and Debbie Webber (Jeff); devoted sister of Edmund Goode Garbee adoring Nana of Rachel E. Hall and the late Curt A. J. Hall; dear aunt of Edmund "Ed" Goode Garbee III (Lisa), James "Jim" Eliot Garbee, Rhoda Wolfe (Arthur), and Barbara Tillman I.

C); also survived by many other loving family and friends. The family will receive friends at HARRY H. WITZKE'S FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, 4112 Old Columbia Pike, Ellicott City on Sunday, 11 :00 am pm. A Funeral Service will be held on Sunday, 2pm at First Lutheran Church. Interment is private.

In lieu of flowers donations can be made to First Lutheran Church of Ellicott City or Meals on Wheels of Howard County. www.harrywitzkefuneralhome.com Share your Memories or Express Condolences For a Loved One By using the "Guest Book" on-line at: an information technology cornel pany. The longtime Towson resident enjoyed gourmet cooking and entertaining family and friends. "She liked cooking all types of gourmet food," her husband said. In addition to being a Ravens Mm fan, she also followed the San Francisco 49ers, her husband said.

She enjoyed collecting trivia, online gambling and traveling to Charles Town, WVa, to gamble with her husband. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. today at the Marzullo Funeral Home, 6009 Harford Road. In addition to her husband, she is survived by her daughter, Dawn W. Hudson of Coolidge, three brothers, Thomas L.

Bateman III of Lutherville, Christopher Bateman of Parkville and James Bateman of Harrisburg, Pa; and a sister, Victoria Bateman of Florida. Frederick N. Rasmussen Towson home. She was 67. 1 The daughter of Thomas L.

Bateman, an educator, and Charlotte M. Julier Bateman, a home-maker, Deborah Windsor Bateman was born in Baltimore and raised in Homeland. A graduate of Notre Dame Preparatory School, Mrs. Patti attended Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa, for a year before taking a job in 1969 with Alex. Brown Sons.

In 1995, she was promoted to vice president of systems. She retired from successor company Deutsche Bank in 200L "She was the first female vice president at Alex. Brown Sons," said her husband of 34 years, John S. Patti, who works for Leidos, CORRECTIONS An obituary of Dr. Bradley Sack in Wednesday's editions contained an incorrect reference to the Bloomberg School of Public Health at the Johns Hopkins In addition, Dr.

Sack was incorrectly referred to as the founder of the International Travel Service at Hopkins Hospital. The Baltimore Sun regrets the errors..