Edward M. Drost Sr., 79

Edward M. Drost Sr., a retired Crown Cork and Seal Co. supervisor and baseball fan, died Nov. 23 at Oak Crest Village in Parkville of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease. He was 79.
Mr. Drost was born and raised in East Baltimore and graduated from City College in 1945. He served in the Marine Corps from 1945 to 1947 and earned a bachelor's degree from Loyola College in 1962.

While at City, he played second base, and in the late 1940s, he played professional baseball for several years as a third baseman for the minor league Danville Leafs in Virginia.

A highlight of his career, family members said, was attending spring training with the old Washington Senators.

"At the end of spring training, he was given his pink slip, and he returned to Danville," said a daughter, Julia D. Snyder of Raleigh, N.C.

Mr. Drost was a member of the City College Athletic Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Maryland Old-Timers Baseball Association Hall of Fame in 1984. In 1988, he was inducted into the Susquehanna League Baseball Hall of Fame.

He also officiated at local basketball games for more than 25 years.

Mr. Drost worked for more than 40 years at Crown Cork and Seal, retiring in 1991 as procurement supervisor. He subsequently worked part time for a decade for T.A. Gorman Co. Inc., a Rosedale engineering firm.

"He enjoyed working and said that this was his 'golf course,'" said another daughter, Elisa A. Gittings of Roswell, Ga.

Mr. Drost was a member of the Parkville Post of the American Legion and the Headquarters Marine Corps Association.

He was a communicant of St. Michael the Archangel Roman Catholic Church in Overlea.

A funeral Mass was offered Monday at the Parkville retirement community.

Also surviving are his wife of 50 years, the former Theresa H. Hock; a son, Edward M. Drost Jr. of Parkton; another daughter, Kristina D. King of Carney; and nine grandchildren.

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Anne Davis
Anne Karen Davis, 66, of Chattanooga, passed away Sunday, Dec. 3, 2006, at her home after a courageous four-year battle with ALS, Lou Gehrig’s Disease.

Born on Oct. 31, 1940, Karen lived a life full of joy and love. She was an active member of Brainerd Baptist Church and played clarinet in the church orchestra. She taught speech and English at both the college and high school level for many years as well as being part of the sales team at J.C.

Penny’s. She was a positive voice for the neighborhood where she lived.

Karen is survived by her husband of 37 years, Allen Hill Davis Jr.; daughters and sons-in-law, Helen and Bill Johnson, and Susan and John Lazenby; grandchildren, Emma Johnson, John and Kathryn Lazenby, all of Chattanooga; and sister, Helen Chouinard, of Hollister, Calif.

Visitation for the family will be held from 5:45 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2006, at Brainerd Baptist Church, 300 Brookfield Ave., Chattanooga, TN 37411, (423) 624-2606. A memorial service will follow at 6:30 p.m.

Visit www.lane-southcrestchapel.com to send condolences.

I Corinthians 15:54 — "The perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality... " "Death has been swallowed up in victory."

Arrangements are by the South Crest Chapel of Lane Funeral Home & Crematory.