Obituaries

Nov 17, 2016

Anne Elizabeth Mullis was born in Omaha, Nebraska on a very clear Wednesday evening, at 11 PM on May 5th, 1926 and passed away after 90 years of bliss at her daughter (Candy's) home on an unseasonably warm Thursday evening of November 17th, 2016. Anne, affectionately known as GG (Great Grandma) in her later years, retired from Montgomery County School...

Nov 17, 2016

Mabel Halsey Griffin, of Joppa, MD, died at the age of 96 on November 17, 2016 at her home. She was born in Piney Creek, NC to Walter James and Lula Bina (Dixon) Halsey and was the wife of the late Robert O. Griffin, Sr. She retired from Greater Baltimore Medical Center in the late 1990's where she worked in...

Nov 16, 2016

Essie Salome Holt Webster died on Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at Forest Hill Heights Assisted Living. She was 98 years old. Born in Callaway, VA on May 4, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Jennie Green Holt and D.J. Holt. She was the widow of Carl G. Webster, to whom she was married for 65 years. A resident...

Nov 16, 2016

Michael Leroy Atwell Sr., of Abingdon, MD, passed at the age of 60 on November 16, 2016. Born on July 9, 1956 in Baltimore to Edward and Delores (Walters) Atwell. Husband of the late Clara Ann Atwell. Retired after 16 years of service as a mail carrier for Baltimore County Public Schools.Mr. Atwell leaves behind his son Michael Atwell Jr....

Nov 16, 2016

On November 16, 2016, Juanita Grain Garten of Timonium, MD; daughter of the late Edwin E. Grain and Viola S. Grain; beloved wife of the late Dr.William Garten; beloved and devoted mother of Steven M. Sengstacke and Christopher F. Sengstacke; dear mother-in-law of Diane Henning Sengstacke; Devoted sister of the late Janet Unger, Doris Cox and Edwin E. Grain. Also...

Nov 16, 2016

Charles C. Royal, of Havre de Grace, MD, died at the age of 83 on November 16, 2016 at Citizens Care and Rehabilitation Center in Havre de Grace. He was born in Elkton, NC to Thomas Levi and Vera Mae (Hatcher) Royal and was the husband, for 56 years, of the late Ruby Norlene Royal.Survivors include his daughter, Barbara Davis...

Nov 15, 2016

Milton E. "Mick" Absher, of Bel Air, MD, died at the age of 70 on November 15, 2016 at his home. He was born in Darlington, MD to William Walter and Martha Elvira (Barker) Absher. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served our country during the Vietnam War. For over 20 years, he owned his own construction business. He...

Nov 15, 2016

Joan S. Knapton, of Churchville, MD, died at the age of 78 on November 15, 2016, at the Senator Bob Hooper House in Forest Hill, MD. She was born in Quincy, MA, to Jacob Edwin and Anna Ebba (Johnson) Jacobson. She grew up in Weymouth and Quincy, MA, where, riding the bus to work one day, she caught the eye...

Nov 14, 2016

On Monday, November 14, 2016 Lama Sewall (L.S.) Martin, Jr. of Bel Air, Maryland passed away. Son of the late Lama Sewall Martin, Sr. and the late Etta Grimes Martin. Husband of Dorothy Michael Martin; father of Karen L. Martin; Leslie A. Martin; brother of Lucy Puleio; Barbara Chamberlain; Dean Martin; Charles Martin. Visitiation will be Friday, November 18, 2016...

Nov 14, 2016

Gene R. Wood, of Bel Air, MD, died at the age of 79 on November 14, 2016 at his home. He was born in Aberdeen, MD to Bayes Franklin and Inez Rachel (Irwin) Wood. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and was employed, for 34 years, with Baltimore Gas and Electric Company. He enjoyed bowling, traveling, all outdoor...

Nov 14, 2016

Barbara Ann Ball Lentini, age 72, of Abingdon, MD passed away at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on November 14, 2016. Born in Edgewood, MD on April 11, 1944, she was the daughter of the late Dallas Wayne and Agnes Wampler Ball of Harford County.The day after graduating from Edgewood High School, Barbara began what was supposed to be a summer...

Nov 13, 2016

Arthur William Kretzschmar, of Joppa, MD, died at the age of 87 on November 13, 2016 at his home. He was born in Philadelphia, PA to Arthur Elis and Sara Helen (Sanderson) Kretzschmar and was the husband of the late Connie Ann Kretzschmar. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force, he was a world traveler and had visited six continents....

Nov 13, 2016

On Sunday November 13, 2016 Lillian Anna Molter of White Hall, Maryland passed away. Daughter of the late Albert E. Lock and Ann Rose Maier Lock. Wife of the late Norman H. Molter; mother of John Molter; Norman Molter; Paul Molter; Ruth Molter; also survived by 4 Great Grandsons. She was predeceased by a brother George Lock. Services and burial...

Nov 13, 2016

Janette Leanne Gable, of Bel Air, MD, died at the age of 18 on November 13, 2016 at her home. She was born in Baltimore to John A. Gable of Abingdon and Margaret A. (Arzate) Gable of Bel Air. She attended Bel Air High School where she was a senior, and enjoyed spending time with her family. She loved animals...

Nov 12, 2016

Mary Hope Gagnon, of Fort Pierce, FL and Bel Air, MD, passed at the age of 72 on November 12, 2016 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air. She was born in New Haven, CT to Joseph D. and Adrienne (Grazioso) Scarpellino and was a 1966 graduate of Southern CT State Teacher's College. Mary Hope is survived by her...

Nov 11, 2016

Nov 10, 2016

William F. Turner of Churchville, MD, died at the age of 91 on November 10, 2016 at his home. He was born in Brooklyn, NY to William Fisher Turner Jr. and Sarah Beverley Turner. He was a graduate of Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn and attended Clemson College for one semester before enlisting in the U.S. Army. He was...

Nov 10, 2016

Mary Patricia Hanley, of Bel Air, MD, died at the age of 81 on November 10, 2016 at her son's home in Monkton. She was born in Woodbury, NJ to John Francis and Mary (Kavanagh) O'Donnell and was the wife of the late Hugh J. Hanley Sr. She was a member of St. Ignatius Catholic Church and the Emerald Isle...

Nov 9, 2016

Connie Salmons, of Joppa, MD, died at the age of 60 on November 9, 2016. She was born in Mattwan, WV to Pearl Salmons and the late Allene (Steele) Salmons. In addition to her father, survivors include her children, Jennifer Devereux, Jason Holewinski and Justin Holewinski; her siblings, Pam Stepp , Mark Salmons, Cathy Spangler, and Caren Lutter and husband,...

Nov 7, 2016

Gillian M. Banker passed on November 7, 2016 due to complications following emergency surgery on November 6. She was eighty years of age. As the daughter of Leonard and Mary Lansdown, Jill was the Great-Granddaughter of Benjamin Lansdown, the founder of the Wiltshire Times Newspaper published in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England since 1858. She was born in Trowbridge. She attended boarding...