Obituaries
Local obituaries for Abingdon, Bel Air, Jarrettsville, MD, and surrounding areas.
Julia Antrim Snyder Laylon
Jan 21, 2015
Julia Antrim Snyder Laylon, 82, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on January 21, 2015 at Hart Heritage in Forest Hill, MD. Born in Miami County, Peru, Indiana, she is the daughter of the late Adm Richard Nott and Mary Jean Packard Antrim. Being an Admiral's daughter, she traveled and lived in many areas of the globe, including China, Manila,...
Gloria Louise Grochowski
Jan 21, 2015
Gloria Louise Grochowski, age 87, of Parkville, MD, passed away on January 21, 2015 at Oak Crest Village in Parkville, MD. Born in Pittsburgh, PA, she is the daughter of the late Willard Henry and Vivian Von Feeher Brugh and wife of the late Thaddeus R. Grochowski.Mrs. Grochowski is survived by her sons, Robert W. Grochowski and wife, Christine, of...
Rose Pulitano Luca
Jan 21, 2015
Rose Pulitano Luca, 86, of Bel Air, MD passed away on January 21, 2015 at her home. Born in Rochester, NY, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Agatha Gullace Pulitano and wife of the late Ralph Luca. She had worked for Sears & Roebuck and the Lord Baltimore Hotel prior to getting married in 1953 at the...
James H. Butler
Jan 21, 2015
James H. Butler was born in Braggs, Oklahoma July 23, 1930 the son of Roger Arthur Butler and Alpha Mary Cowan Butler Duffer. He went to school in Webber Falls, Oklahoma and as a child, he and his family worked in the fields in Arizona picking cotton, fruit, radishes and cutting spinach. At 18 years of age, he joined the...
Anthony (Tony) Edward Holmes
Jan 20, 2015
On Tuesday, January 20, 2015, Anthony (Tony) Edward Holmes of Street, Maryland passed away. Son of the Tina Hizny Holmes and the late Carville Phillip Holmes. Brother of Carville (Skip) Holmes, Jr.; Tim Holmes; Mike Holmes and Lori (Sis) Holmes Reichert. Visitation will be held Thursday, January 22, 2015 from 7-9 PM at the North Harford Baptist Church, 4008 Old...
Eddie W. Johnson
Jan 20, 2015
Eddie W. Johnson, 89, of Edgewood, MD, formerly of Peabody, KS, passed away on January 20, 2015 at his home. Born in Peabody, he was the son of the late Barclay William Johnson and Minnie Wunderlik Johnson. He retired, after 20 years, from the U.S. Navy before working at the Virginia Department of Highways. A resident of Maryland for one...
Joseph H. Madden Jr.
Jan 20, 2015
Joseph H. Madden Jr., 82, of Aberdeen, MD passed away on January 20, 2015. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Joseph Howard Madden Sr. and Bernardine Mary Schramm Madden. He was a member of St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church in Abingdon.Mr. Madden is survived by his wife of 59 years, Margaret E. Hennick Madden;...
Phyllis Leonard
Jan 19, 2015
Phyllis Leonard, 84, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on January 19, 2015 at the Senator Bob Hooper House in Forest Hill, MD. Born in Windsor, PA, she was the daughter of the late Wesley and Mary Vergie Senft Markle and wife of the late Elmer E. Leonard. She was an avid gardener and enjoyed spending time with her children,...
Jim "Bear" Townsley
Jan 18, 2015
Jim "Bear" Townsley, 60, of Nottingham, MD, passed away on January 18, 2015. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late William Parlett Townsley Sr. and Lida Cassandra Ady Townsley. He was a member of Carpenters Union 101 for 35 years and the Cub Hill Golf Club. He liked to spend time with family and friends and...
Carl R. O'Neal
Jan 18, 2015
Carl R. O'Neal, 62, of White Marsh, MD, passed away on Janaury 18, 2015 at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Born in Porterville, CA, he was the son of the late William Wade and Mary Ellen Welch O'Neal and wife of the late Anna Jeannette Ports O'Neal. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army retiring after 20 years of...
Margaret V. Ivers
Jan 18, 2015
Margaret V. Ivers, 90, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on January 18, 2015 at Avondell in Bel Air, MD. Born in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late Hugh and Mary Geohler Ivers. Ms. Ivers is survived by her nephew, John Jeffers of Old Bridge, NJ; and many cousins. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased...
Sherman G. Fuller
Jan 18, 2015
Sherman G. Fuller, 72, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on January 18, 2015 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Level, MD, he was the son of the late Walter Fred and Virginia Pearl Sexton Fuller. A veteran, he served during the Vietnam War where he received the Distinguished Service Cross. He was a member...
Troy Claiborne
Jan 18, 2015
Claiborne, Troy SSG (Ret.), 53, of Bel Air, MD passed away on January 18, 2015 at his home. Born in East Orange, NJ, he was the son of the late John Henry Claiborne and Agnes Bradby Harris Sexton. He served for 23 in the United States Army as a Medical NCO. Throughout his career he served in Germany, Korea and...
Russell Sprinkel
Jan 18, 2015
Russell Sprinkel, 44, of Abingdon, MD passed away on January 18, 2015 at the Senator Bob Hooper House in Forest Hill, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he is the son of James Wesley Sprinkel of Clearville, PA and the late Trixie Jo James. He was a 1988 graduate of Perry Hall High School where he was a drummer in the...
John B. Scarlett
Jan 17, 2015
John B. Scarlett, 89, of Churchville, MD, passed away on January 17, 2015 at Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Charlottesville, VA, he was the son of the late John Birks Scarlett Jr. and Elizabeth Stout Scarlett. He served during WWII as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force and taught at Harford Community College where...
James W. Watters Sr.
Jan 17, 2015
James W. Watters Sr., 94, of Leesburg, FL, passed away on January 17, 2015 at Cornerstone Hospice in Tavares, FL. He was born at the family farm formerly known as "Maple Mere" in Fallston, MD. He was the last of nine generations of Maryland farmers in the Watters family, which began farming when Maryland was an English colony. His ancestors...
Laura Chamberlin Campbell
Jan 17, 2015
Laura Chamberlin Campbell was a artist, Mayflower descendant, brown-eyed lady from two of Americas oldest families, passed away on January 17th at age of 96 in Forest Hill, Maryland. Born in Washington DC on November 14, 1918, to Edward M. and Vera McFalane Moses Chamberlin, Laura grew up on the family estate in Waterford, Virginia, wintering in the familys Boston...
H. Kathleen Wann
Jan 16, 2015
H. Kathleen Wann, 85, of Churchville, MD, passed away on January 16, 2015 at Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Chestnut Hill, MD she was the daughter of the late Ellis and Flora Moxley and wife of the late Wilton H. Wann. A lifelong Harford County resident, she met her husband Wilton of 65 years when...
Carlton Frank Mcvey
Jan 15, 2015
Carlton Frank McVey, 60, of Edgewood, MD passed away on January 15, 2015 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, he was the son of the late Robert Leslie McVey and Betty Marie Steen McVey. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force, he loved to talk about his time in the service, especially when...
Luann Vacek Young
Jan 15, 2015
LuAnn Vacek-Young, 54, of Joppa, MD, passed away on January 15, 2015 at her home. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, she was the daughter of the late Louis Joseph and Anna Marie Elste Vacek. She retired from the Army Corps of Engineers where she was a secretary and was a life member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Joppa. Ms....
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