Obituaries

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

Dolores J. Zandarski

Dolores J. Zandarski

Dec 28, 2014

On Sunday, December 28, 2014, Dolores J. Lolly Zandarski age 77 of Bel Air, Maryland passed away. She was the beloved wife of Matthew Zandarski; mother of George Amend Jr., Denise Niner and Jennifer Z. Urand. She is also survived by 6 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great-granchild and countless nieces and nephews as well her brothers and sisters. A...

Leonard Pieper

Leonard Pieper

Dec 27, 2014

Leonard Pieper, age 90, of Monkton, MD, passed away on December 27, 2014 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Emmorton, MD, he was the son of the late Evans Leonard and Nellie Margaret Gross Pieper. He was a farmer his whole life and was also a horseman who participated in fox hunts. Mr. Pieper is...

John Donald Mellor

John Donald Mellor

Dec 27, 2014

On Saturday, December 27, 2014, John Donald Mellor of Monkton, Maryland passed away. Son of the late John Mellor and the late Claire V. Zondeerwyk Mellor. Former husband of Margaret C. Mellor; father of John R. Mellor and wife Sharon M. Mellor and the late Donald W. Mellor; brother of Geraldine Eighner and Gary Zonderwyk. Grandfather of the late Robert...

Mary Josephine "Jo" Connolly

Mary Josephine "Jo" Connolly

Dec 26, 2014

Mary Josephine "Jo" Connolly, 82, of Abingdon, MD passed away on December 26, 2014 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Buffalo, NY, she is the daughter of the late Kenneth Frederick and Ida Sullivan Baur and wife of the late Francis Michael Connolly Sr. Mrs. Connolly is survived by her sons, Francis Michael "Mike" Connolly...

Trudy B. Ryan

Trudy B. Ryan

Dec 26, 2014

Trudy B. Ryan, age 58, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on December 26, 2014 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late John Hans and Marion Wenzel Kutzberger. She graduated from Seton Keough High School in 1974, worked as a wire operator at Alex Brown in Towson for...

Lucille B. Daneker

Lucille B. Daneker

Dec 24, 2014

Lucille B. Daneker, 95, of Baltimore, MD, passed away on December 24, 2014 at Glen Meadows Retirement Community in Baltimore. Born in Fallston, MD, she was the daughter of the late Arthur Leonard and Anna M. Johnson Bachman and wife of the late Million E. Daneker Sr. Mrs. Daneker is survived by her son, Million E. Daneker Jr. and wife,...

Velma "Babes" Jones

Velma "Babes" Jones

Dec 23, 2014

Velma "Babes" Jones, age 78, of Street, MD, passed away on December 23, 2014 at her home. Born in Perry Hall, MD, she was the daughter of the late Norman Parlett Sr. and Sabina Summer Burton Parlett. A graduate of Kenwood High School, she worked for 40 years at Mercantile Bank where she was a Vice President. She was a...

Keith Michael Gear

Keith Michael Gear

Dec 23, 2014

Keith Michael Gear, 26, of Edgewood, MD, passed away on December 23, 2014. Born in Baltimore, MD, he is the son of Dave Andrew Gear and Amey Denise Churby Ouadda. A lifelong resident of Harford County, he attended Joppatowne High School and was employed, for ten years, at the Jiffy Lube in Edgewood. He loved sports, especially the Orioles, as...

Derrick Lloyd

Derrick Lloyd

Dec 22, 2014

Derrick Lloyd, age 45, of Joppa, MD, passed away on December 22, 2014 at Lorien Riverside in Belcamp, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Steven Lloyd and Janice Carman Prather. A 1988 graduate of Joppatowne High School, he worked 12 years for the federal government at Kaseman International where he was an Operations Specialist....

Brandon Paulick

Brandon Paulick

Dec 21, 2014

Brandon Paulick, age 26, of Abingdon, MD, passed away on December 21, 2014. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, he is the son of Kenneth Louis Paulick of Abingdon and the late Jean Anne Schutz. He worked as a carpenter in home construction and was an avid Ravens fan. He was very active at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church and...

Bruce E. Garner

Bruce E. Garner

Dec 20, 2014

Bruce E. Garner, age 67, of Aberdeen, MD, passed away on December 20, 2014 at his home. Born in Quincy, MA, he was the son of the late Alfred Bruce Garner and Mary Grazioso Garner. Due to the death of Mary, Bruce at the age of 4 was blessed by the marriage of Daddy Tom to Mama Rose, who became...

Gene Martin

Gene Martin

Dec 20, 2014

Gene Martin, age 64, of Tar Heel, NC, passed away on December 20, 2014 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in New Bern, NC, he was the son of the late Alfred Leroy Martin and Christobel Daniels Artrip. A veteran of the National Guard, he worked as a truck driver transporting steel. Formerly of Baltimore County,...

Catherine "Kay" Burton

Catherine "Kay" Burton

Dec 20, 2014

Catherine "Kay" Burton, age 70, of Edgewood, MD, passed away on December 20, 2014 at her home. Born in Texas, MD, she was the daughter of the late William Walter and Dorsey Mae Bosley Cougle. She worked as a waitress at the Ideal Diner where she retired after 40 years. A member of Edgewood Assembly of God, she enjoyed collecting...

Helene Maria Davis

Helene Maria Davis

Dec 19, 2014

On December 19, 2014, Helene Maria Davis of Jarrettsville, Maryland passed away. Wife of the late Roy Davis; mother of Gloria Perkins; Elena Flynn; Tina Smith; Christine Avig; the late Michael Davis. Grandmother of Kimberly Perkins; Michael Smith; Alisha Sullivan; Heidi Barnes; Jacob Avig; and Jordan Avig; and the late Ronald Perkins. She is also survived by 8 great-grandchildren. Viewing...

Walter "Bunky" Lee Reightler, Jr.

Walter "Bunky" Lee Reightler, Jr.

Dec 18, 2014

Walter "Bunky" Lee Reightler Jr., age 68, of Joppa, MD, passed away on December 18, 2014 at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD he was the son of the late Walter Lee Reightler Sr. and Pauline Elizabeth Martin Reightler. He was a proud veteran of the U.S. Air Force and retired from Baltimore City where he...

Patricia Anne Katz

Patricia Anne Katz

Dec 18, 2014

On December 18, 2014, Patricia Anne Katz (nee Stephens) passed away at Gilchrist Hospice in Towson, MD at the age of 60. She is the beloved daughter of James and Nancy Stephens of Bel Air, MD and devoted mother of Erin Augustyniak and David Katz of Edgewood, MD. She is survived by sisters, Pamela Hill of Hanover, PA, JoAnn Gerkin...

Margaret Lucille Foard

Margaret Lucille Foard

Dec 16, 2014

Margaret Lucille Foard, age 99, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on December 16, 2014 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air. Born in Madonna, MD, she was the daughter of the late Jesse Billingslea Foard and Bessie Ray Hitchcock Foard. Ms. Foard is survived by her sister, B. Ruth Foard of Bel Air; niece, Patricia Mikkonen and husband,...

Eileen W. Brush

Eileen W. Brush

Dec 15, 2014

Eileen W. Brush, 89, of Middle River, MD, passed away on December 15, 2014 at Riverview Rehabilitation Center in Essex, MD. Born in England, she is the daughter of the late Arthur and Lillian Mae Palmer Dye and wife of the late James S. Brush. A media supervisor, she worked at Becton-Dickinson for 25 years before retiring in 1990. She...

William I. Taylor Sr.

William I. Taylor Sr.

Dec 14, 2014

William I. Taylor Sr., 86, of Joppa, MD, passed away on December 14, 2014 at Gilchrist Hospice Center in Towson, MD. Born in Bluefield, VA, he is the son of the late Clyde I. and Bertha I. Myers Taylor and husband of the late Martha F. Taylor. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he retired from Bethlehem Steel in 1983...

Elizabeth Bowman Stephenson

Elizabeth Bowman Stephenson

Dec 13, 2014

Elizabeth Bowman Stephenson, 86, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on December 13, 2014 at Lorien of Bel Air. Born in Bel Air, she is the daughter of the late Dewey Fleet and Laura Ann Hood Bowman and wife of the late Robert Canby Stephenson Jr. A homemaker, she enjoyed bowling, playing tennis, swimming and parties. Mrs. Stephenson is survived...