Obituaries

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

Russell Leonard Wagner

Russell Leonard Wagner

Mar 18, 2014

On Tuesday, March 18, 2014, Russell Leonard Wagner of Forest Hill, Maryland passed away. Husband of Margaret Walsh Wagner; father of Linda Wilson; Susan Awalt; and Sharon Cook. Grandfather of Russell; Wesley; Kelly; Katie; Kristen and Scott. Also survived by 5 great-grandchildren. Visitation will be Sunday, March 23, 2014 at 1- 2:30 PM at the Kurtz Funeral Home, 1114 Baldwin...

Edwin James Lott, Ii

Edwin James Lott, Ii

Mar 17, 2014

On Monday, March 17, 2014, Edwin James Lott, II of Fallston, Maryland passed away. Son of Carmen and the late Jim Lott; brother of Dawn Wolford and her husband Dave; Eric Lott and his wife Katie. Also survived by Ashley and Allison Wolford; Eric, Jr. and Roland Lott. Visitation will Saturday, March 22, 2014 from 2-4 PM at the Kurtz...

Theresa Marie Barford

Theresa Marie Barford

Mar 17, 2014

Theresa Marie Barford, age 63, of Joppa, MD, passed away on March 17, 2014 at Gilchrist Hospice in Towson, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she is the daughter of Delores Vivian (Grimm) Holtzapple of Baltimore. She had worked as a Quality Control Inspector for Becton Dickinson and also at Walmart. An avid bingo player, she loved her children and grandchildren,...

Nancy Holleman

Nancy Holleman

Mar 17, 2014

Nancy Holleman, age 65, of Abingdon, MD, passed away on March 17, 2014 at her home. Born in Japan and then later adopted. She worked at Martin Marietta for 30 years. She enjoyed boating, loved to travel and from 1985 to 1995, went on many trips to the Caribbean. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. Mrs. Holleman is...

Alleynie Virginia Hammons

Alleynie Virginia Hammons

Mar 15, 2014

Alleynie Virginia Hammons, age 86, of Pylesville, MD, passed away on March 15, 2014 at her home. Born in Dyer, WV, she was the daughter of the late George and Maude R. Hamilton Mullens and wife of the late Odie L. Hammons. She was a member of Norrisville United Methodist Church, loved to garden and gave to numerous charities. Mrs....

Warren William Ferger

Warren William Ferger

Mar 15, 2014

Warren William Ferger, age 78, of Edgewood, MD, passed away on March 15, 2014 at Genesis Multi Medical Center in Towson, MD. Born in New York, NY, he was the son of the late Phillip John and Hazel Cody Ferger and husband of the late Ruth E. (Gunn) Ferger. A career soldier, he retired as a Staff Sergeant from the...

Crystal Marie Temple

Crystal Marie Temple

Mar 14, 2014

Crystal Marie Temple, infant daughter of William Allen Luellman and Amanda Christine Bush Temple of Edgewood, MD, passed away on March 14, 2014 at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, MD. In addition to her parents, she is survived by her brother, Austin Warner of Carroll County; sisters, Summer Temple and Christine Temple both of Bel Air and Jasmine...

Paul Frederick Watson

Paul Frederick Watson

Mar 13, 2014

Paul Frederick Watson, age 66, of Forest Hill, MD, passed away on March 13, 2014 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late John Frederick and Mazie Florence Knight Watson. A 1966 graduate of Bel Air High School, he worked as a Quality Control Manager and was a...

Robert (Bob) L. Echard

Robert (Bob) L. Echard

Mar 13, 2014

Robert "Bob" L. Echard, age 90, of Joppa, MD, passed away on March 13, 2014 at Gilchrist Hospice in Towson, MD. Born in Connellsville, PA, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Echard and husband of the late Anneliese Echard. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served our country during WWII and the Korean and Vietnam...

Bobby Lee Sasser

Bobby Lee Sasser

Mar 13, 2014

Bobby Lee Sasser, age 64, of Joppa, MD passed away on March 13, 2014 at Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore, MD. Born in Whiteville, NC, he was the son of the late Byron and Eva Estamay Price Sasser. Raised in Highlandtown, he was a 20 year veteran of the U.S. Army and Air Force where he served our country during...

Helen  C. Carroll Berezovsky

Helen C. Carroll Berezovsky

Mar 13, 2014

Helen C. Carroll Berezovsky, age 93, of Forest Hill, MD, formerly of Buckingham, PA, passed away on March 13, 2014 at Hart Heritage in Forest Hill, MD. Born in Queens, NY, she was the daughter of the late John Timothy and Zoe Pleines Carroll and wife of the late William G. Berezovsky. Mrs. Berezovsky is survived by her daughter, Karen...

Holly G. Greene

Holly G. Greene

Mar 12, 2014

Holly G. Greene, age 78, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on March 12, 2014 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Reading, PA, she was the daughter of the late Irving Caywood Hanners and Virginia Seeger Prescott and wife of the late Hubert Greene. A long time resident of New York City, she moved to...

Helen L. Kendall

Helen L. Kendall

Mar 7, 2014

Helen L. Kendall, age 79, of Aberdeen, MD passed away on March 7, 2014 at Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace. Born in Boissevain, VA, she was the daughter of the late James William and Iza Mae Huffman Bailey and wife of the late James Burt Kendall. A homemaker, she loved cooking and feeding people, listening to music, watching...

Jim Murdza

Jim Murdza

Mar 7, 2014

James R. Murdza, 75 years of age, passed away March 7, 2014, peacefully at home in Abingdon, Maryland, surrounded by his family.On the cusp of the Sixties, Jim left Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, the coal town where he'd been born and raised, and landed in Harford County teaching instrumental music at Jarrettsville Elementary. In 1962, a band director position opened up...

Clarence C. Calvert

Clarence C. Calvert

Mar 6, 2014

Clarence Chester Calvert, 98 years of age, of Forest Hill, MD, passed away on March 6, 2014 at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson, MD. He was preceded in death by his wife Kathryn L. Calvert and his sister, Ada Jean Whitcomb of Smithville, West Virginia. He was born Nov. 12, 1915 at Bullion, PA, Venango County to the late Sidney...

Alfred L. Stancill

Alfred L. Stancill

Mar 6, 2014

Alfred L. Stancill, age 87, of Bel Air, MD passed away on March 6, 2014 at his home. Born in Greenville, NC he was the son of the late Rufus Garland and Anna Blanche Waters Stancill and husband of the late Mae C. Stancill. A veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps he served our country in WWII and was...

Raymond Gordon Hierstetter

Raymond Gordon Hierstetter

Mar 6, 2014

Raymond Gordon Hierstetter, age 82, of Belcamp, MD passed away on March 6, 2014 at his home. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late James C. and Bessie R. Tippet Hierstetter. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he was a milk driver for Sealtest for 25 years and later worked at McDonalds in Riverside. He was nicknamed...

Hamilton E. Keithley

Hamilton E. Keithley

Mar 5, 2014

Hamilton E. Keithley, age 83, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on March 5, 2014 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Bel Air, he was the son of the late Edmund Monroe Keithley and Pearl Florence Wood Keithley, and husband of the late Sonya Keithley. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served our country...

Max "Chip" Albert White Iii

Max "Chip" Albert White Iii

Mar 5, 2014

Max "Chip" Albert White III, age 52, of Baltimore, MD passed away on March 5, 2014 at his home. Born in Riverhead, NY, he is the son of Max Albert White Jr. and Marilyn LaVerne Sluss White of Edgewood. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served our country in Germany and Fort Hood, Texas. A Harford County resident since...

Inez Isabelle Foley

Inez Isabelle Foley

Mar 4, 2014

Inez Isabelle Foley, age 91, of Joppa, MD, passed away on March 5, 2014 at Hart Heritage in Street, MD. Born in Sagamore, PA, she was the daughter of the late Karl and Agnes Carlson Johnson and wife of the late William A. Foley. She owned and operated Foley's Antiques in White Marsh for 37 years where she especially enjoyed...