Colleagues praise former Sen. Charles Smelser By Beth Ward, Times Staff Writer Saturday, January 31, 2009
Charles H. Smelser may have lived in Frederick County, but the former state senator, bank president and dairy farmer was still able to call Carroll County home.
“Even though I live in Frederick County, Carroll County still claims me, and I claim them,” Smelser, who was born in Uniontown, said in 1999.
Smelser, 88, died Thursday at his home near Unionville.
Friends and former colleagues remembered Smelser on Friday as a good man and a fiscally conservative Democrat.
“He was one of the finest men I’ve ever met,” said Del. Donald Elliott, R-District 4. “He’s probably one of the most principled individuals I’ve ever had contact with.”
Smelser served in the General Assembly for almost three decades as both a delegate and a senator representing Carroll and Frederick counties before retiring from the Senate in the mid-1990s. In 1995, he received the First Citizen Award on the floor of the Senate.
Sen. David Brinkley, R-District 4, was elected to fill Smelser’s seat and said he knew Smelser since he was a child.
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Sen. Larry Haines, R-District 5, also called Smelser a mentor and said it was an honor and a privilege to serve with the man who he knew most of his life.
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Richard Dixon, former state treasurer and state delegate, said Smelser encouraged him to run for the House of Delegates. Dixon said Smelser was well-liked by colleagues and constituents, and pointed to him running unopposed a number of times as an example of his popularity.
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Manchester resident Joe Getty, a former delegate, said his father graduated from New Windsor High School with Smelser in 1937.
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In lieu of flowers: Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Frederick County, P.O. Box 1799, Frederick, MD 21702 or Carroll Hospice, 292 Stoner Ave., Westminster, MD 21157.
On the net: Online condolences may be made to the family at http://www.hartzlerfuneralhome.com/.
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Read Ms. Ward’s entire article here: Colleagues praise former Sen. Charles Smelser
20090131 Colleagues praise former Sen Charles Smelser By Beth Ward
Charles H. Smelser may have lived in Frederick County, but the former state senator, bank president and dairy farmer was still able to call Carroll County home.
“Even though I live in Frederick County, Carroll County still claims me, and I claim them,” Smelser, who was born in Uniontown, said in 1999.
Smelser, 88, died Thursday at his home near Unionville.
Friends and former colleagues remembered Smelser on Friday as a good man and a fiscally conservative Democrat.
“He was one of the finest men I’ve ever met,” said Del. Donald Elliott, R-District 4. “He’s probably one of the most principled individuals I’ve ever had contact with.”
Smelser served in the General Assembly for almost three decades as both a delegate and a senator representing Carroll and Frederick counties before retiring from the Senate in the mid-1990s. In 1995, he received the First Citizen Award on the floor of the Senate.
Sen. David Brinkley, R-District 4, was elected to fill Smelser’s seat and said he knew Smelser since he was a child.
[…]
Sen. Larry Haines, R-District 5, also called Smelser a mentor and said it was an honor and a privilege to serve with the man who he knew most of his life.
[….]
Richard Dixon, former state treasurer and state delegate, said Smelser encouraged him to run for the House of Delegates. Dixon said Smelser was well-liked by colleagues and constituents, and pointed to him running unopposed a number of times as an example of his popularity.
[…]
Manchester resident Joe Getty, a former delegate, said his father graduated from New Windsor High School with Smelser in 1937.
[…]
In lieu of flowers: Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Frederick County, P.O. Box 1799, Frederick, MD 21702 or Carroll Hospice, 292 Stoner Ave., Westminster, MD 21157.
On the net: Online condolences may be made to the family at http://www.hartzlerfuneralhome.com/.
[…]
Read Ms. Ward’s entire article here: Colleagues praise former Sen. Charles Smelser
20090131 Colleagues praise former Sen Charles Smelser By Beth Ward
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