Obituaries

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

Lottie Christensen

Lottie Christensen

Feb 15, 2015

Lottie Christensen, 86, of Joppatowne, MD passed away on February 15, 2015 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Munich, Germany, she was the daughter of the late John and Anna Berthold and wife of the late Robert Christensen. A homemaker, she loved her family, especially caring for her great-grandson, Jordan. Mrs. Christensen is survived by...

Ernestine Marie Garner

Ernestine Marie Garner

Feb 15, 2015

Ernestine Marie Garner, 87 of Bel Air, MD passed away on February 15, 2015 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Rock Hill, SC, she was the daughter of Andrew Elihu Garner and Viola Curry Garner White. She retired from Harford County Government and was a member of Ames United Methodist Church.Ms. Garner is survived by...

Robert Lee Shewell

Robert Lee Shewell

Feb 15, 2015

Robert Lee Shewell, 68, of Joppa, MD, passed away on February 15, 2015 at his home. Born in Baltimore, he is the son of the late Robert Edward and Evelyn Ruth Rexroth Shewell. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force, he was retired from the State of Maryland Department of the Environment as a Waste Water Management Supervisor. He was...

Ray Grant Scholl

Ray Grant Scholl

Feb 15, 2015

Ray Grant Scholl, 67, of Delta, PA, passed away on February 15, 2015 at his home. Born in Norfolk, VA, he was the son of the late Ray Edward and Doris Elizabeth Grant Scholl. He retired, after 25 years, from Bethlehem Steel where he worked as a machinist. He was an avid hunter and fisherman. Mr. Scholl is survived by...

Billy S. Thomas

Billy S. Thomas

Feb 14, 2015

Billy S. Thomas, 78, of Edgewood, MD, passed away on February 14, 2015 at his home. Born in Bald Knob, WV, he was the son of the late Orville Thomas and Tina Vance Brady. An avid hunter, gardener and camper, he was a life member of the Delta Peach Bottom Fish and Game Association, as well as, the Maryland Crossbow...

Eugene Erford Secord, Jr.

Eugene Erford Secord, Jr.

Feb 13, 2015

On Friday, February 13, 2015, Eugene Erford Secord, Jr. of Winterstown, Pennsylvania, formerly of Jarrettsville, Maryland passed away. Son of Eugene Secord Sr. and Aileen Gregory Nuth. Stepson of Raymon Nuth; brother of Debbie Bell; and Suze Crowley; uncle of Christina Bell; Ryan Bell; Valerie Bell. Services will be held at a later date in North Carolina.

Henry R. Hein

Henry R. Hein

Feb 13, 2015

Henry R. Hein, 78, of Fallston, MD, passed away on February 13, 2015 at the Senator Bob Hooper House in Forest Hill, MD. Born in Edgewood, MD, he was the son of the late Henry and Katherine Augustisi Leach Hein. He retired, after 45 years, from Acme Supermarkets where he was the manager of the Edgewood store. A member of...

Thomas Wesley Watters Sr.

Thomas Wesley Watters Sr.

Feb 13, 2015

Thomas Wesley Watters Sr., 84, of Forest Hill, MD, passed away on February 13, 2015. Born in Bel Air, MD, he was the son of the late Richard Wilson Watters and Lillian Thomas Watters. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force, he served our country during the Korean War. He worked for the Town of Bel Air as a Public...

Ruby Rose

Ruby Rose

Feb 12, 2015

DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER, REVISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE VISITATION AND SERVICE TIMES. PLEASE SEE UPDATED INFORMATION.On February 12, 2015, Ruby Belle Rose (nee Hart) of Abingdon passed away at the age of 99.Ruby was born in Ashe County, North Carolina to the late Walter and Myrtie Hart. She was married to the late Cleve M. Rose on March...

Paul "Skip" J. Payne

Paul "Skip" J. Payne

Feb 12, 2015

On February 12, 2015, Paul J. Payne, affectionately known as Skip, passed away peacefully at Cornerstone Hospice in Tavares, Florida. He was 72 years old.Born September 1, 1942, he is survived by his wife Miriam L. Payne and daughter Tracy R. Payne. He is predeceased by his mother Florence E. Payne, father Paul J. Payne Sr., and son Richard P....

Etheleen ''Jo'' Workman

Etheleen ''Jo'' Workman

Feb 12, 2015

Etheleen "Jo" Workman, 90, of Abingdon, MD passed away on February 12, 2015 at her home. Born in Huntington, WV, she was the daughter of the late Jerry and Laura Joplin Hicks and wife of the late William Allen Workman. She retired after 40 years from the C&O Railroad where she worked as a clerk. She was a member of...

Loretta Lee Racioppi

Loretta Lee Racioppi

Feb 11, 2015

Loretta Lee Racioppi, 76, of Abingdon, MD passed away on February 11, 2015 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Cannonsburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Frank Dominic Dellorso and Michaelina Madalene Santoro Dellorso and wife, for 53 years, of the late Joseph James Racioppi Jr. She enjoyed golfing, bowling and traveling. Mrs....

Veronica Elizabeth Brown

Veronica Elizabeth Brown

Feb 11, 2015

Veronica Elizabeth Brown, 66, of Street, MD, passed away on February 11, 2015 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Detroit, MI, she was the daughter of the late Elmer Simpson Hurley and Dorothy Elizabeth Jorah Hurley. She worked at Aberdeen Proving Ground from June 2, 1980 until her retirement on August 30, 2012, and in...

Tim Sulewski

Tim Sulewski

Feb 11, 2015

Tim Sulewski, 54, of Edgewood, MD passed away on February 11, 2015 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Born in Baltimore, he is the son of Kay Sulewski Fennell of Ocean City, MD and the late Donald John Sulewski. A 1978 graduate of John Carroll High School, he grew up in Joppatowne and was a past member of Holy...

Rose Mary Coats

Rose Mary Coats

Feb 9, 2015

Rose Mary Coats, 85, of Joppa, MD passed away quietly at home with her family on February 9, 2015. Born in Jodie, WV, she was the daughter of the late Hobart Garrett and Violet Olive Skaggs Williams and wife of the late Devon Thomas Coats. A charter member of Towne Baptist Church, she loved spending time in her home with...

Ronald James Yamagata

Ronald James Yamagata

Feb 9, 2015

Ronald James Yamagata, 79, of Glen Burnie, MD passed away on February 9, 2015 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in North Kona, HI, he was the son of the late Yoshito and Haruko Nakano Yamagata. He retired from the U.S. Army after 20 years of service and from McLean Contracting Company where he worked for...

Eugene Thomas Roecker

Eugene Thomas Roecker

Feb 8, 2015

On February 8, 2015, Eugene Thomas Roecker of Churchville, MD passed away. Beloved husband of Mary Roecker; devoted father of Michael E. Roecker Sr. and wife, Jennifer, and Maureen M. Roecker-Comer and husband, Curt; loving grandfather of Michael, Jeremiah and Nathan Roecker; also survived by several nephews and a niece. In lieu of flowers, a contribution can be made to...

Mary Ann Doyle

Mary Ann Doyle

Feb 8, 2015

Mary Ann Doyle, 90, of Forest Hill, MD passed away on February 8, 2015 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Samuel Eugene and Fillipa Sparacino Brusio and wife of the late John Joseph Doyle Jr. An avid Catholic, she was very dedicated to the church. She...

Evelyn Rhudy Johnson

Evelyn Rhudy Johnson

Feb 8, 2015

Evelyn Rhudy Johnson, 92, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on February 8, 2015 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air. A resident of Harford County for most of her life, she was born in Spring Valley, VA. She was the daughter of the late Fielden Crockett Rhudy and Erna Ruth Thomas Rhudy and wife of the late Ernest...

Tony Prather

Tony Prather

Feb 6, 2015

Tony Prather, 62, of Jarrettsville, MD, passed away on February 6, 2015 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, he is the son of Edwin Russell and Louise Kahler Prather of Edgewood. He was a supervisor at Atlantic Recycling Group for 24 years and was a member of Prince of Peace Catholic Church in Edgewood....