Obituaries

Jan 1, 2017

Dec 31, 2016

Frankie L. Rose, of Phoenix, AZ, went home to the Lord on Saturday, December 31, 2016 in Forest Hill Health and Rehab Center. Frankie was an author, freelance writer, storyteller, singer, world traveler, and prayer warrior. She was 86. She wrote blogs for newspapers and magazines long before anyone labeled them so. After the death of her beloved husband, Otis,...

Dec 31, 2016

Mollie Lee Maslin, age 82, of Perryman, Maryland passed away on December 31, 2016 at home. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, she was the daughter of Norman and Ruth (Walsh) Lee and was the wife of the late Captain Charles A. "Dick" Maslin Jr. She was involved in many organizations including as a Judge & Steward for Maryland Horse Show Association,...

Dec 31, 2016

Rose Ann Custer, age 91, of Joppa, MD, passed away on December 31, 2016 at Lorien in Bel Air. She was born in Garrett, PA to Wasco Charles and Catherine (Minko) Nider and was the wife of the late Robert Perry Custer Sr. She had worked as an electronic technician and was a volunteer at Forest Hill Health and Rehab...

Dec 30, 2016

Stephen Vito Silva of Belcamp, MD passed peacefully on Friday December 30, 2016 surrounded by his family. He was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and friend.Stephen is the son of Manuel (late) and Pauline Silva of Brockton, MA. Steve was born on June 28, 1962. He grew up in Brockton, MA where, in high school, he met the love of...

Dec 29, 2016

Wendy M. Koegel Carver, age 48, of Easley, SC passed away on December 29, 2016 at her home. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of Doris Pauline (Raab) Koegel of Forest Hill, MD and the late William Arthur Koegel Jr. She was employed as a Dealer Services Supervisor in financing and loved horses and baking. In addition to...

Dec 28, 2016

Ruth C. Hash, age 91, was a resident of Shrewsbury, PA for over 13 years. She went to be with the Lord on December 28, 2016 at her residence. Born in Fountain Green, MD, she was the daughter of John Robert and Lula Mae (Sparks) Coomes and was the wife, for 32 years, of the late Rev. Mont Wilson Hash....

Dec 28, 2016

Gregory Hood Bowman, age 60, of Pylesville, MD passed away on December 28, 2016 surrounded by family and friends at Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Dewey Hood and Geraldine L. (Troyer) Bowman. He always had an interest in horses and eventually went into horse training where it...

Dec 28, 2016

Andrea Kipp, 76, of Joppa, Md., formerly of Scotch Plains, died Wednesday, Dec. 28 at her home after a brief illness.Born in Freeport, N.Y., she grew up in Rockville Centre, N.Y., and later lived in Killeen, Texas; Newark, N.J.; Fanwood, N.J.; Scotch Plains, N.J.; Barefoot Bay, Fla.; Viera, Fla.; and Maryland, where she lived the last 11 years.She attended Pratt...

Dec 28, 2016

Margie Karen Fender, age 91, of Bel Air, MD passed away on December 28, 2016 at the Senator Bob Hooper House in Forest Hill, MD. Born in Lansing, NC, she was the daughter of Walter Gray and Martha Cornelius Powers, and was the wife of the late Rufus Ray Fender. She was a longtime member of Oak Grove Baptist Church...

Dec 27, 2016

Mary Lewis Silling, of Joppa, Maryland, was called from this life on December 27, 2016, fifty-eight days after her one-hundredth birthday.The third of four children born to Joseph Horace Lewis, a Jerusalem Village farmer, and his wife Edna McCourtney Lewis, she grew up on the family farm adjacent to the general store owned by her grandfather, Samuel Oliver McCourtney. In...

Dec 27, 2016

Jane Frances Bowling, age 73, of Bel Air, MD passed away on December 27, 2016 at the Lorien Riverside in Belcamp, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of Frederick William and Frances (Sauer) Brocklander. She was a member of St. Margaret Catholic Church and a past member of the Dundalk Jaycee's. Jane is survived by her husband,...

Dec 26, 2016

Kathryn Melva Gleason Dick of Bel Air, Maryland died on December 26, 2016, she was 93 years old. Kay was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa on July 7, 1923 to Luella Stouffer and Alonso James Gleason. She grew up in Cedar Falls, Iowa, the oldest of four children: sister Donna Lou Reynolds, brothers Alonso James, Jr. and Robert Dale Gleason....

Dec 26, 2016

Helen R. White, age 93, of Abingdon, MD passed away on December 26, 2016 at Awakenings Assisted Living in Bel Air, MD. Born in Norfolk, VA, she was the daughter of Eugene LeClerc and Polly Roberts (Hughes) Rippard, and was the wife, for 56 years, of the late Allen Larue White. She was a proud Navy wife and loved her...

Dec 25, 2016

Carol Dee Boone, age 74, of Abingdon, MD passed away on December 25, 2016 at Bel Air Health and Rehabilitation in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Ernest Buchanan and Margaret Jean (Harding) Tenley. She graduated nursing school from St. Agnes and began her career as a Registered Nurse at Bon Secours...

Dec 24, 2016

Miriam Shell of Abingdon MD passed away peacefully December 24, 2016. She was 95. Miriam was born in New Rochelle, NY the daughter of Mary Ellen Burns and Frederick Bock. Miriam's husband William Robert predeceased her. Mrs. Shell attended the Ballard Business School in New York City where she studied in the health care coordinator program. Mrs. Shell lived in...

Dec 24, 2016

Roger K. Jorgenson, age 83, of Bel Air, MD passed away on December 24, 2016 at his home. Born in Austin, MN, he was the son of the late Henry Alfred and Gina Amelia (Dyrland) Jorgenson. He was the youngest of 13 siblings and only one survives him. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served our country during the...

Dec 23, 2016

Virginia A. Burns, age 92, of Kingsville, MD passed away on December 23, 2016 at her home. She was born in New Castle, PA to Bert and Mary (Dembrowski) Kozlowski and was the wife of the late Melvin L. Burns. Virginia is survived by her son, Richard D. Burns of Kingsville, MD; daughter, Melva L. Bomer of Darlington, MD; granddaughter,...

Dec 22, 2016

On Thursday December 22, 2016 Edwin Elwood Calary, Sr.of Jarrettsville, Maryland passed away. Son of the late Harry Elwood Calary and the late Evelyn Harkins Calary; husband of Ruth Matson Calary. Father of Ruth Ann Laye and Edwin E. Calary, Jr.; grandfather of David John Laye; Aaron Randolph Laye; Brian Edwin Calary; Jennifer Michelle Calary; the late Donald Edwin Laye;...

Dec 22, 2016