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On Jan. 5, Judge Joseph Henry Herbst Kaplan of Baltimore at 85. He is survived by wife Joy Kaplan (née Keller); children Elizabeth M. (late Dr. Bryan Paul) Fitzgerald, Katharine Herbst Kaplan (Dr. Lance Bryan Bush) and Dr. Frederick Thomas D. Kaplan (Linda Halvorsen Kaplan); and grandchildren Sarah Fitzgerald Sacco (Ryan Thomas Sacco), Hailey Fitzgerald Hughes (Matthew Daniel Hughes), Cassandra Lee Kaplan, Thomas D. Kaplan, Chloe Isabella Kaplan, Kaitlyn Rose Kaplan, Ella Grace Osdoba, Devon Rashid Bush and Sebastian Hunter Bush. He was predeceased by parents Dorothy Herbst Kaplan and Irving E. Kaplan and sister Ellen Kaplan Kohn. He dedicated his life and career to public service for the people of Baltimore and the entire state of Maryland. As administrative and then chief judge of Baltimore’s Circuit Court, where he presided for more than 30 years, he managed some of the most difficult cases that came to the court.

Contributions may be sent to The Baltimore Courthouse and Museum Foundation, c/o Robert Gaumont, Esquire (Treasurer), Gordon Feinblatt, LLC, 1001 Fleet St., Suite 700, Baltimore, Maryland 21202.

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