Albert Samuel

Albert Samuel of Middletown, Md. died Aug. 18. He was 76.

Samuel was born on Feb. 27, 1937, in Tanjore, South India to the late Rev. and Mrs. Samuel Duraikan. He married his wife, Jean on Dec. 20, 1969, in Madison Heights, Mich., and together they raised three sons Paul, Joseph and Mark.

Samuel received a bachelor's degree and a master's degree at the American College in India, a master's in biology from Oberlin College, and a Ph.D. in entomology from Michigan State University in 1971. He conducted cancer research at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. He taught biology and related subjects in India, St. Paul's College, Lawrenceville, Va., and at Frederick Community College, from which he retired in 2003. He was an organist and substitute organist at various churches in Michigan, Virginia, California and Maryland. He also was a member of The Gideons International, Frederick East Camp since 1999.

Surviving Samuel is his wife, Jean; son, Paul, wife, Julie and son Nathanael; son, Joseph, wife, Susan and children, Joshua, Elizabeth and Benjamin; son, Mark, wife, Laura and children, Marian, Sofia, and Timothy; brother, John, wife Vasi in India; sisters, Sushiela in India, Lilian in Grand Rapids, Mich., and Beatrice in East Brunswick, N.J.; sister-in-law, Connie, husband Clyde in Troy, Mich.; sister-in-law, Suzanne, husband, Carl in Traverse City, Mich.; and many cousins, nieces, and nephews around the world.

Samuel is preceded in death by his parents and three brothers-in-law.

Viewing will be at Stauffer's Funeral Home on Opossumtown Pike, Frederick, Md., on Friday, Aug. 23, from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 6 to 8 p.m. Funeral services will be held at Peace in Christ Lutheran Church in Walkersville, Md., on Saturday, Aug. 24, at 10 a.m. A reception will follow the service. Memorial contributions can be made to Frederick East Camp of the Gideons International, PO Box 3215, Frederick, Md. 21705, or to the Organ Fund at Peace in Christ Lutheran Church in Walkersville, Md.