Obituaries

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

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...

Philip Walton Scarff

Philip Walton Scarff

Mar 4, 2014

On Tuesday, March 4, 2014, Philip Walton Scarff of Fallston, Maryland passed away. Husband of Pamela Stewart Scarff, son of the late Ruth May Busler Scarff and the late Edward Nelson Scarff. Father of Melissa Aponte and Jason Scarff, grandfather of Cheyanne Aponte; Alexa Scarff, and Garrett Scarff. Brother of Rose Scarff, Rachel Crockett, Joy Stoermer, Regina Higgins, Edward Scarff,...

Joseph Leroy Brunson

Joseph Leroy Brunson

Mar 3, 2014

Joseph Leroy Brunson, age 29, of Fallston, MD, passed away on March 3, 2014. Born in Baltimore, MD, he is the son of Alexander Brunson Sr. and Vanille Chartiner Brown Brunson of Bel Air, MD. He worked for Sherwin Williams Paint Store where he was a manager. In addition to his parents, Mr. Brunson is survived by his wife, Lindsey...

Joan Ann Poole

Joan Ann Poole

Mar 3, 2014

On Monday, March 3, 2014, Joan Ann Poole of Bel Air, Maryland passed away. Wife of French D. Poole, daughter of Harry Lee Mullan and Thelma Bermel Mullan; sister of Harry D. Mullan. Graveside service will be held Thursday, March 6, 2014, 2:00 PM at the Jarrettsville Cemetery, 3737 Federal Hill Road, Jarrettsville, Maryland 21084.

Marjorie A. Andrews

Marjorie A. Andrews

Mar 3, 2014

Marjorie (Marge) Ann Andrews, 82, of Bel Air, MD, passed away due to complications from Alzheimer's on Monday, March 3, 2014. She was born in Clawson, MI on April 25, 1931 to the late Hazel Beatrice and William Ora Fetterly. She moved to Tuscaloosa, AL in 1940 and after graduating from Big Beaver High School, she enlisted in the Army...

William Thomas Duck, Sr.

William Thomas Duck, Sr.

Mar 2, 2014

On Sunday, March 2, 2014, William Thomas Duck, Sr. of Severna Park, Maryland passed away. Husband of Mary Jean Taylor Duck and father of Barbara Jean Watson; Bill Duck; and Dale Duck also survived by 8 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. No services to be held.

Achille Silvestri

Achille Silvestri

Mar 1, 2014

Achille Silvestri, age 80, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on March 1, 2014 at the Senator Bob Hooper House in Forest Hill, MD. Born in Bugnara, Italy, he was the son of the late Gennaro and Lucia Silvestri. He retired on December 18, 1989 from Edgewood Arsenal where he was Chief of the Bio-Chemical Detector Group at CRDEC, a...