Obituaries

Frank VollmerhausenConstruction Inspector

Frank Vollmerhausen, 83, who worked in construction for 30 years and who was a construction inspector for the Howard County school district, died of an intestinal blockage March 31 at Baltimore Washington Medical Center. He lived in Savage.

Mr. Vollmerhausen worked for Stubbs Construction in Bethesda for most of his career until 1974 when he became a construction inspector for the schools. He retired a second time in 1989.

He was born in Savage and served in the Army during World War II. He operated a bulldozer in the construction of roads, jetties and bridges with an engineering brigade in the Pacific theater.

He was a member of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Columbia, the Savage Volunteer Fire Company, the VFW Post 7472 and the American Legion.

A skilled woodworker, he made furniture, clocks, toys, trucks and could reproduce many products from advertisements. He repaired antiques for several businesses at the Savage Mill antiques mall.

Mr. Vollmerhausen enjoyed NASCAR, bluegrass music, gardening and fishing. He volunteered to talk about local history to schoolchildren and was grand marshal in the 1999 Savage Fest Parade.

His wife of 46 years, Evelyn Vollmerhausen, died in 1992.

Survivors include his wife of 13 years, Gladys Vollmerhausen of Savage; four children, Luanne Rushing of Woodbine, Bud Vollmerhausen of Deale, Seibert Vollmerhausen of Savage and Edwin Vollmerhausen of Elkridge; two stepdaughters, Kelli Cook of Gloucester, Va., and Bonnie Ayers of Germantown; a half-sister, Betty Lou Bassler of Columbia; a step-brother, Leslie Whitehead of Ellicott City; 12 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

-- Patricia Sullivan

Lewis Harold BunkerFBI Special Agent

Lewis Harold Bunker, 89, a former FBI special agent and vice president of security for Riggs National Bank, died of cancer April 2 at the Wilson Health Care Center at Asbury Methodist Village in Gaithersburg, where he lived.