Family File for David Saul MITTMAN - Person Sheet
Family File for David Saul MITTMAN - Person Sheet
Obituaries
From 18 Dec 1999, Page 23 - The Baltimore Sun at Newspapers.com:2237
SELKO, Marcia Lee
On Friday, December 17, 1999, MARCIA LEE SELKO (nee Rosenberg), loving wife of Brad C. Selko, loving mother of Gabriel and Sare Selko, devoted sister of Samuel Rosenberg, sister-in-law of Daryl Rosenberg, Randi Kampf, and Ronni Jo Humes, cherished daughter of the late Alvin and Peggy (nee Kemper) Rosenberg, daughter-in-law of Soll and Millie (nee Dubois) Selko.
Services at Sol Levinson & Bros, Inc., 8900 Reisterstown Road at Mt. Wilson Lane (½ mile N. of Beltway Exit 20) on Sunday, December 19, at 3 P.M. Interment Har Sinai Congregation Cemetery, Garrison Forest Road. Please omit flowers. Memorial contributions in her memory to the University of Maryland at Baltimore, c/o Thoracic Surgery, 22 A Greene Street, Room #N-4, E-35 (21201), Attention: Carol. We are in mourning at 15820 Old York Road, Monkton.
From Marcia Lee Selko, 47, headed Baltimore Blues Society – Baltimore Sun:
Marcia Lee Selko, 47, headed the Baltimore Blues Society.
Marcia Lee Selko, a major figure on the Baltimore blues scene who turned her Monkton residence into a gathering place for artists and musicians, died at home Friday of lung cancer. Yesterday would have been her 48th birthday.
Mrs. Selko also helped to found the Contemporary, a Baltimore art museum that traveled from site to site until recently, finding a permanent home in Mount Vernon.
A week before she died, Mrs. Selko told doctors at the University of Maryland Medical Center that she wanted to spend her last days among family and friends. She checked herself out, spent the week in bed, and greeted a parade of friends in her restored Victorian farmhouse filled with paintings, pottery, and framed letters from friends.
One visitor, nationally known Delta blues guitarist John Mooney, spent several nights playing acoustic blues by her bed.
Her husband, Brad Selko, stayed by her bed throughout her last week.
For the past four years, Mrs. Selko had been president of the Baltimore Blues Society, which, in its 15 years, brought blues musicians to the American Legion Hall in Rosedale to “keep roots music alive.”
Last summer, the Selkos staged the Mid-Atlantic Music and Arts Festival at the state fairgrounds in Timonium. The two-day concert drew 6,000 people and featured national acts such as Mooney, Los Lobos, Buddy Guy, Buckwheat Zydeco, Mose Allison, Jimmy Cliff, and the Meters.
Since 1993, the Selkos had been hosts of the annual Hot August Blues Festival inside the horse ring at their 30-acre farm. The daylong concert benefits the Blues Society and other local groups. Mr. Selko said he and his wife didn’t immerse themselves fully in the blues until eight years ago when they impulsively attended a “blues cruise” in the Caribbean.
The cruise introduced the Selkos to Luther Allison and a host of other blues musicians.
The former Marcia Rosenberg was born in Annapolis on Dec. 18, 1951, and moved with her family to Baltimore, where she attended Northwestern High School. She graduated from a fashion design school in Atlanta. Upon her return to Baltimore, she married Brad Selko and began a family.
She stayed at home with her son, Gabriel, and daughter, Sare, and in the late 1970s, she began attending Maryland Institute, College of Art at night. She studied sculpture and graduated valedictorian in 1981.
Marcia Selko was as well known for her personality as for her organizing skills and was credited with uniting couples and helping musicians who had fallen on hard times.
“She was into fairness toward all people,” Mooney said. “And if somebody were being mistreated, she’d jump right in. She’d stick up for the little man.”
Her mother-in-law, Millie Selko of Pikesville, said, “Her door was always open to anybody who walked by. I never walked into that house where there wasn’t a stranger there.”
Standing 5 feet 2 inches tall and slightly built, Marcia Selko was physically strong.
“Up to the last week, as sick as she was, she went up on the roof with the roofers to make sure the job was done right,” her mother-in-law said.
“She was more than a person. She was a spirit,” said Carl Filipiak, a jazz guitarist who gave his friend several lessons. “What I learned from her was how to live in the moment. She did that great every day.” In addition to her husband and children, Mrs. Selko is survived by a brother, Samuel Rosenberg of Owings Mills.
Services will be held at 3 p.m. today at Sol Levinson & Bros. funeral home, 8900 Reisterstown Road in Owings Mills.
SELKO, Marcia Lee
On Friday, December 17, 1999, MARCIA LEE SELKO (nee Rosenberg), loving wife of Brad C. Selko, loving mother of Gabriel and Sare Selko, devoted sister of Samuel Rosenberg, sister-in-law of Daryl Rosenberg, Randi Kampf, and Ronni Jo Humes, cherished daughter of the late Alvin and Peggy (nee Kemper) Rosenberg, daughter-in-law of Soll and Millie (nee Dubois) Selko.
Services at Sol Levinson & Bros, Inc., 8900 Reisterstown Road at Mt. Wilson Lane (½ mile N. of Beltway Exit 20) on Sunday, December 19, at 3 P.M. Interment Har Sinai Congregation Cemetery, Garrison Forest Road. Please omit flowers. Memorial contributions in her memory to the University of Maryland at Baltimore, c/o Thoracic Surgery, 22 A Greene Street, Room #N-4, E-35 (21201), Attention: Carol. We are in mourning at 15820 Old York Road, Monkton.
From Marcia Lee Selko, 47, headed Baltimore Blues Society – Baltimore Sun:
Marcia Lee Selko, 47, headed the Baltimore Blues Society.
Marcia Lee Selko, a major figure on the Baltimore blues scene who turned her Monkton residence into a gathering place for artists and musicians, died at home Friday of lung cancer. Yesterday would have been her 48th birthday.
Mrs. Selko also helped to found the Contemporary, a Baltimore art museum that traveled from site to site until recently, finding a permanent home in Mount Vernon.
A week before she died, Mrs. Selko told doctors at the University of Maryland Medical Center that she wanted to spend her last days among family and friends. She checked herself out, spent the week in bed, and greeted a parade of friends in her restored Victorian farmhouse filled with paintings, pottery, and framed letters from friends.
One visitor, nationally known Delta blues guitarist John Mooney, spent several nights playing acoustic blues by her bed.
Her husband, Brad Selko, stayed by her bed throughout her last week.
For the past four years, Mrs. Selko had been president of the Baltimore Blues Society, which, in its 15 years, brought blues musicians to the American Legion Hall in Rosedale to “keep roots music alive.”
Last summer, the Selkos staged the Mid-Atlantic Music and Arts Festival at the state fairgrounds in Timonium. The two-day concert drew 6,000 people and featured national acts such as Mooney, Los Lobos, Buddy Guy, Buckwheat Zydeco, Mose Allison, Jimmy Cliff, and the Meters.
Since 1993, the Selkos had been hosts of the annual Hot August Blues Festival inside the horse ring at their 30-acre farm. The daylong concert benefits the Blues Society and other local groups. Mr. Selko said he and his wife didn’t immerse themselves fully in the blues until eight years ago when they impulsively attended a “blues cruise” in the Caribbean.
The cruise introduced the Selkos to Luther Allison and a host of other blues musicians.
The former Marcia Rosenberg was born in Annapolis on Dec. 18, 1951, and moved with her family to Baltimore, where she attended Northwestern High School. She graduated from a fashion design school in Atlanta. Upon her return to Baltimore, she married Brad Selko and began a family.
She stayed at home with her son, Gabriel, and daughter, Sare, and in the late 1970s, she began attending Maryland Institute, College of Art at night. She studied sculpture and graduated valedictorian in 1981.
Marcia Selko was as well known for her personality as for her organizing skills and was credited with uniting couples and helping musicians who had fallen on hard times.
“She was into fairness toward all people,” Mooney said. “And if somebody were being mistreated, she’d jump right in. She’d stick up for the little man.”
Her mother-in-law, Millie Selko of Pikesville, said, “Her door was always open to anybody who walked by. I never walked into that house where there wasn’t a stranger there.”
Standing 5 feet 2 inches tall and slightly built, Marcia Selko was physically strong.
“Up to the last week, as sick as she was, she went up on the roof with the roofers to make sure the job was done right,” her mother-in-law said.
“She was more than a person. She was a spirit,” said Carl Filipiak, a jazz guitarist who gave his friend several lessons. “What I learned from her was how to live in the moment. She did that great every day.” In addition to her husband and children, Mrs. Selko is survived by a brother, Samuel Rosenberg of Owings Mills.
Services will be held at 3 p.m. today at Sol Levinson & Bros. funeral home, 8900 Reisterstown Road in Owings Mills.
Spouses
Birth8 Feb 1950 Age: 74
FatherSolomon Leonard SELKO (1923-2019)
MotherMildred Linda DUBOIS (1925-2022)
MarriageJan 19722239
Misc. Notes
From 26 Dec 1971, 101 - The Baltimore Sun at Newspapers.com:2239
Selko-Rosenberg
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin N. Rosenberg of Pinkney Road have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Marcia Lee Rosenberg, to Mr. Brad Clifford Selko, son of Mr. and Mrs. Soll L. Selko of Pikesville.
Miss Rosenberg is a graduate of Northwestern High School and is a student at Maryland Institute of Art. She is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Samuel T Rosenberg of Vickers Road and Mr. Louis Kemper of New York.
Mr. Selko is a graduate of Pikesville High School and is a student at the University of Baltimore. He is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Selko of Kathydale Road, Mrs. Max Dubois of Rellam Road, and the late Mr. Dubois.
A late January wedding is planned.
Selko-Rosenberg
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin N. Rosenberg of Pinkney Road have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Marcia Lee Rosenberg, to Mr. Brad Clifford Selko, son of Mr. and Mrs. Soll L. Selko of Pikesville.
Miss Rosenberg is a graduate of Northwestern High School and is a student at Maryland Institute of Art. She is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Samuel T Rosenberg of Vickers Road and Mr. Louis Kemper of New York.
Mr. Selko is a graduate of Pikesville High School and is a student at the University of Baltimore. He is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Selko of Kathydale Road, Mrs. Max Dubois of Rellam Road, and the late Mr. Dubois.
A late January wedding is planned.
ChildrenGabriel Leif (1975-)
Saré Elizabeth (1977-)