Obituaries

Local obituaries for Abingdon, Bel Air, Jarrettsville, MD, and surrounding areas.

Ray J. Lowman

Ray J. Lowman

Apr 16, 2021

Ray J. Lowman, born September 8, 1928 in Marion, Virginia and a resident of Harford County, Maryland for 67 years, passed away at home, peacefully, on April 16, 2021 at the age of 92. Ray served in the U. S. Army and was a Korean War Veteran. He was a long-time well-known beekeeper in Harford County and a member of...

Richard Stephen Henning

Richard Stephen Henning

Apr 16, 2021

Richard Stephen Henning, age 96, of Bel Air, Maryland passed away on April 16, 2021 at Commonwealth Care Senior Living in Bel Air, Maryland. Born in Joppa, Maryland, he was the son of the late George and Gertrude (Mevius) Henning and husband of the late Mildred Henning. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He was a charter member,...

Lawrence Titus Stowell

Lawrence Titus Stowell

Apr 15, 2021

Lawrence Titus Stowell, age 82, of Joppa, Maryland passed away on April 15, 2021 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, Maryland. Born in Cumberland, Maryland, he was the son of Owen and Dorothy (Sweitzer) Stowell and husband of Virginia Stowell. He enjoyed spending time outdoors, hiking with his grandchildren, singing in the church choir, and sharing God’s word....

Leigh Carels

Leigh Carels

Apr 15, 2021

Leigh Diane Carels of Easton, Maryland passed away on April 14, 2021. She was 55. Born on June 26, 1965 in Queens, New York, she was the daughter of Karen Beebe Nordman and the late Gary Nordman. Leigh grew up in Bel Air, Maryland and was a member of the Girl Scouts where she received the Gold Award. She graduated...

Mark Foster

Mark Foster

Apr 14, 2021

Mark Foster, age 62, of Abingdon, Maryland passed away on April 14, 2021 at his home. Born in Killeen, Texas, he was the son of William Jewell and Elizabeth Ann (Carr) Foster. In 2017, he retired from the Baltimore City Fire Department, where he worked on the fire boat. Mark was a member of Abingdon Fire Company for 45 years,...

Ronald Henry Wilkens

Ronald Henry Wilkens

Apr 14, 2021

Ronald Henry Wilkens, age 82, of Bel Air, Maryland, passed away on April 14, 2021 at Gilchrist Hospice in Towson, Maryland. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the son of the late Howard and Grace Wilkens and husband of Patricia Wilkens. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army with his XMBA from Loyola College. Ron devoted his entire 46-year-career...

Albert W. Willis, Sr.

Albert W. Willis, Sr.

Apr 14, 2021

Albert Willis Sr., Pop, age 84, of Bel Air, Maryland passed away on April 14, 2021 at his home. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the son of Wayland and Edna M. (Freeberger) Willis and husband of the late Rosemary Margaret (Lutz) Willis. His family and grandkids were his everything. Albert enjoyed watching sports including the Ironbirds, he was a...

Valeria C. Farley

Valeria C. Farley

Apr 12, 2021

Valeria C. Farley, age 86, of Havre de Grace, Maryland passed away on April 12, 2021 at Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace, Maryland. Born in Ashland, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of Joseph and Florrie (Matthews) Croucher and beloved spouse of the late James Robert Farley Sr. Valeria is the beloved mother of David Farley and Ralph (Lynn)...

Kenneth W. Radke

Kenneth W. Radke

Apr 12, 2021

Kenneth W. Radke, age 79, of Joppa, Maryland passed away on April 12, 2021 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, Maryland. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the son of the late Rinehardt and Dorothy (Lohmeyer) Radke. Kenneth is survived by his partner, Nancy Mullen; daughter, Donna Crytser and her husband Robert; sons, Earl Radke and his wife...

Carole Neeper

Carole Neeper

Apr 11, 2021

Carole Webster Neeper, age 82, passed away on April 11, 2021. Born in Baltimore, Carole spent most of her life as a resident of Harford County, Maryland. She was the daughter of the late John Edgar and Madeline (Flaharty) Webster and wife of the late Roy Kenneth Neeper. Carole loved painting, traveling, and most of all spending time with her...

Bette Marie Chachich

Bette Marie Chachich

Apr 10, 2021

Bette Marie Chachich, age 88, of Joppa, Maryland passed away on April 10, 2021 at Forest Hill Heights in Forest Hill, Maryland. Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, she was the daughter of Walter and Wilma (Miller) Brehm and wife of the late Edward Ivan Chachich. She was a registered nurse and worked at Johns Hopkins Hospital and later worked as the...

Lloyd C. Fry

Lloyd C. Fry

Apr 8, 2021

Lloyd C. Fry, age 89, of Bel Air, Maryland passed away on April 8, 2021. Born in Adamstown, Maryland, he was the son of Lawrence and Mary E. (Graham) Fry of Frederick, Maryland. A career educator he earned his Bachelor of Science in Education from Salisbury State Teachers College (now Salisbury University) and a Master of Education (plus 30 advanced...

Marguerite Longley Heuman

Marguerite Longley Heuman

Apr 8, 2021

Marguerite Longley Heuman was born in a blizzard on January 31, 1918 in a cottage on her Grandfather Longley’s Farm on the Bush River. She was the 3rd of 6 children who all preceded her in death. They were from oldest to youngest Bernard Longley, Robert Longley, Helen Preston, Tom Longley and Alice Couch. From the beginning Marge was a...

Lisa Perkins

Lisa Perkins

Apr 8, 2021

Lisa Perkins, age 55, of Bel Air, Maryland passed away on April 8, 2021 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, Maryland. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, she was the daughter of Angela Wright and the late Paul Wright and wife of the late Scott Allen Perkins. She was a 1983 graduate of Fallston High School and received her bachelor’s...

Patricia R. Austin

Patricia R. Austin

Apr 7, 2021

Patricia R. Austin, age 81, of Havre de Grace, Maryland passed away on April 7, 2021 at her daughter's home in Bel Air, Maryland. Born in Waverly, New York, she was the daughter of Leslie Peter and Reba Silver (Burtt) Compton and wife of the late Bobbie N. Austin. Patricia was a member of First Baptist Church in Havre de...

Susan Camille Jones

Susan Camille Jones

Apr 4, 2021

Susan Camille Jones, age 66, of Joppa, Maryland passed away on April 4, 2021 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air. Born in South Bend, Indiana, she was the daughter of Mary Jane (Byers) and the late John Joseph Gutwald and wife of the late Gilbert Jones. Susan worked at MedStar in White Marsh for about 15 years in...

Edward George Walters Jr.

Edward George Walters Jr.

Apr 4, 2021

Edward George Walters Jr., age 75, of Baltimore, Maryland passed away on April 4, 2021 at his sister’s home in Airville, Pennsylvania. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the son of Edward and Nellie (Ruskowski) Walters. He worked as an aluminum fabricator. Edward is survived by his sister, Judith Dunn and husband, Larry, of Airville, PA; niece, Jennifer Dunn and...

Gloria C. Bush

Gloria C. Bush

Apr 4, 2021

Gloria Catherine (Jaskulski) Bush. It is with broken hearts we share the news that our beloved sister, mom, grandmother, aunt and friend Gloria Catherine (Jaskulski) Bush, age 74, of Baltimore, Maryland passed away on April 4, 2021 at Genesis-Long Green Center in Baltimore, Maryland. Gloria was born on March 8,1947, in Baltimore, Maryland to Edward Walter and Jane (Burdynski) Jaskulski....