Charlotte Easley Reeder Shaw, of Raleigh, N.C., formerly of Clarksville, died June 16, 2008, at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh. She was 84.

Born Nov. 21, 1923, in Louisville, Ky., to John Allen and Eleanor Robertson Easley. When she was 5, she and her family moved to Wake Forest, N.C., in order for her father to take a position as minister of Wake Forest Baptist Church.

She graduated from Wake Forest High School in 1940.

In 1944, she graduated from Wake Forest College with a Bachelor of Arts in English.

She trained for a year in Philadelphia, Pa., in order to become an occupational therapist. She then moved to Washington, D.C., where she worked for the Crippled Children's Clinic for two years.

She married David A. Reeder in 1948. He died in 1984.

In 1956, the then-Mrs. Reeder and her husband settled in Clarksville, where family members said, she helped to start public kindergarten in Howard County in the early 1960s.

For 10 years, starting in 1965, she worked as a volunteer coordinator for Head Start, a day care for disadvantaged children in Howard County.

She also served on the Howard County School Board as a member for nine years, starting in 1971.

In 1986, she married Bynum G. Shaw and relocated to Winston-Salem, N.C.

When her second husband died in 2001, she moved again, this time to Raleigh.

Mrs. Shaw is remembered for her love of children and for her service as a volunteer at Millbrook Elementary in Raleigh, for two years, and Douglass Elementary in Raleigh for one year. At both schools, she tutored kindergarten through second grade in various subjects.

In addition, she was a member for 30 years of Linden-Linthicum Methodist Church in Clarksville, where she served on several committees. She also made quilts, as well as hats for premature infants. For the last six years, she was a member of Millbrook Baptist Church in Raleigh.

She loved music and gardening, family members said.

Mrs. Shaw was predeceased by her husband of 36 years, David A. Reeder; her husband of 15 years, Bynum G. Shaw, who died in 2001; a brother, John Allen Easley; and a sister, Nancy Uhl.

She is survived by two daughters and a son-in-law, Nell and Joe Foltz, of Raleigh, and Betsy Reeder, of Jumping Branch, W.Va.; two stepdaughters, Bonnie and her husband, Rob Fowler, of Winston-Salem, and Susan, and her husband Sam Huffstetler, of Yorktown, Va.; a son and a daughter-in-law, John and Janet Reeder, of Ellicott City; a sister, Eleanor Barnes, of Winston-Salem; six grandchildren, Jill Reeder, of Austin, Texas, Emily Reeder, of Austin, Timothy Reeder, of Ellicott City, Jessie Reeder, of Madision, Wis., David Foltz, of Raleigh and Michael Foltz, of Raleigh; and four step-grandchildren, Lewis and his wife, Biby Fowler, of Chapel Hill N.C., David Fowler, of Winston-Salem, Alison Huffstetler, of Yorktown, Pa., and Raleigh Huffstetler, of Yorktown.

A memorial service was held June 18, 2008, at Millbrook Baptist Church in Raleigh.

Memorial donations may be made to Millbrook Baptist Church, 1519 E. Millbrook Road, Raleigh, NC 27609, or to: Wake Forest Baptist Church, P.O. Box 7326, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, or to: Wake Forest University, John Allen Easley Fund, Divinity School, P.O. Box 7719, Winston-Salem, NC 27109.

Online condolences may be made at www.brownwynne.com.

Flora K. Schuck

Flora Elizabeth Kurz Schuck, of Columbia, died June 19, 2008, at Casey House in Derwood, Md. She was 93.

Born Nov. 16, 1914, in Philadelphia, Pa., to Charles G. and Flora E. Kling Kurz, she graduated from high school in Washington, D.C., in the 1930s.

She married George E. Schuck in 1934.

Mrs. Schuck worked as an administrative assistant for the U.S. government at the U.S. Weather Bureau in Washington for 30 years. She retired in 1969.

In the 1970s, she graduated with honors from the University of Maryland with a bachelors degree in art.

She was predeceased by her husband of three years, George E. Schuck, who died in 1937; four brothers, Charles Kurz, Frederick Kurz, John Kurz and Joseph Kurz.

Mrs. Schuck is survived by two daughters, Elizabeth S. Schepps, of Alexandria, Va., and Flora S. Strub, of Highland; two sisters, Mary Anstead, of Gaithersburg and Anne Sansbury, of West Virginia; six grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held June 24, 2008, at St. Louis Catholic Church in Clarksville.

Interment followed at Fort Lincoln Cemetery in Brentwood.

Memorial donations may be made to St. Louis Catholic School, 12500 Clarksville Pike, Clarksville, MD 21029.

Mikki Saar

Mikki Saar, of Columbia, died June 20, 2008, of complications from surgery, at Johns Hopkins Hospital. She was 66.

Born May 28, 1942, in Pittsburgh, Pa., to Mary and William Plunkett, she graduated from Belleview High School in Pittsburgh in 1960.

In the 1970s, she graduated from Antioch College in Maryland with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology, with a specialty in art therapy.

Ms. Saar was a sculptor who co-operated the Foundry Street Studio at Savage Mill, an artist co-op in Maryland, now defunct, from 1985 to 1995.

She is survived by four daughters, Christy Baker, of Baltimore, Betsy Spalding, of Arlington, Va., Katy Shields, of Mount Airy, and Meg Moon, of Columbia; and four grandsons, Alex Moon, of Columbia, Matt Baker, of Baltimore, Austin Shields, of Mount Airy, and Brendan Shields, of Mount Airy.

Memorial services are slated for Wednesday, July 2, 2008, 5:30 p.m., in the Great Room at Savage Mill, 8600 Foundry St., Savage. Call 800-788-6455 for more details.

Memorial donations may be made to Mikki Saar Family Fund, The Columbia Foundation, 10227 Wincopin Circle, Columbia, MD 21044.

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