Obituaries
Anthony Eldridge
Anthony Ray Eldridge II of Lanham died suddenly Sept. 22 at Prince George's Hospital Center. He was 25.
Born July 25, 1983, in Kansas City, Kan., he graduated from Washington Bible College. He was on the staff at Washington Bible College and Capital Bible Seminary, and served as an elder at Belcroft Bible Church in Bowie.
Survivors include his wife, Kristi-Anna Eldridge whom he married in May 2007; his parents, Anthony R. Eldridge of Kansas City, Mo., and Karen L. Eldridge of Owings Mills; three brothers, Gregory McKinney of Denver, Colo., Evan Eldridge of Owings Mills and Alan Eldridge of Kansas City, Mo.; a sister, Jana Neal of Owings Mills; and his grandparents, Fletcher White Jr. of Kansas City, Kan., and Patricia J. Sweeney of Pittsburgh, Kan.
Visitation will be today from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. at Beall Funeral Home. Services will be Friday at 4 p.m. at Grace Baptist Church. Burial will be in Dumas, Ark.
Memorial contributions may be made to Belcroft Bible Church, 13000 Beechtree Lane, Bowie, MD 20715 or the scholarship fund at Washington Bible College, 6511 Princess Garden Parkway, Lanham, MD 20706.
John Niedermair
John "Jack" Charles Niedermair Jr. of Glenn Dale died of a massive cerebral hemorrhage Aug. 27 at Anne Arundel Medical Center. He was 80.
Born Jan. 16, 1928, in Staten Island, N.Y., his family moved to Washington D.C., in 1930. He attended Woodrow Wilson High School, and received a master's degree in business administration from the University of Maryland.
Mr. Niedermair served in the Army from 1946-'48 and 1950-'52, attaining the rank of sergeant. His military assignments were in Germany, first in the Army of Occupation and Counter Intelligence, second in Berlin.
After college graduation, he felt there was still much to be done in the reconstruction of the war-torn areas of Europe and Great Britain. He returned to Europe in 1960 to live in London. He joined Unileaver where he played a major role in MacFisheries Supermarket Development Program, and in 1962 was appointed general sales manager of its food centers. With Unileaver he was responsible for the opening of Britain's first 10 supermarkets.
In 1963 Mr. Niedermair rejoined Safeway where he had worked in the United States during his university studies. Safeway had begun an aggressive Development Program in Great Britain. He designed and presented this operation's critical training program at a time when it was needed most. Mr. Niedermair took pride in this program, which was introduced at a very critical time during the establishment of Safeway stores in the European Market. Because of his extensive previous experience in Europe and Britain he moved quickly up the corporate ladder.
Mr. Niedermair's next assignment was to Scotland as zone manager of the Northern Britain Zone where his corporate progress was accelerated by the turnaround of operations in a very difficult trading area. In 1978, soon after his promotion to director of retail operations, he was asked to return to the United States and take part in the shaping of its corporate program.
In 1988, Mr. Niedermair retired from Safeway and took an active role in establishing a family-run business, Acorn Marketing.
He was active in Glenn Dale Baptist Church where he served as deacon and chairman of the deacons and also at First Baptist Church of Crofton where he served as deacon.
He enjoyed painting, pen and ink sketches (several of which appeared in local calendars), model shipbuilding and woodworking.
Survivors include his wife Janice Maxine Cogan Niedermair; three sons, John C. Niedermair III of Silver Spring, Philip E. Niedermair of Ashton and Alan W. Cogan of Shenandoah, Va.; a daughter, Margaret Moodie of Bowie; seven siblings, Billy Niedermair of Bainbridge Island, Wash., Patricia Long of Charleston, S.C., Marion Knowles of Annapolis, MaryAnn Mallinoff of Lanham, Edward Niedermair of Bremerton, Wash., and Mike Niedermair of Bowie; and five grandchildren. He was predeceased by his first wife of 35 years, Fiona Niedermair who died in 1991.
Memorial services were held at First Baptist Church of Crofton; burial was private. Arrangements were by Beall Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions may be made to First Baptist Church of Crofton, 1690 Crofton Parkway, Crofton, MD 21114.
Ann Sumner
A memorial service will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Christian Community Presbyterian Church for Ann Louisa Sumner.
Mrs. Sumner died July 20 at the Medical University of South Carolina. A complete obituary was published in the July 31 Blade-News.
