Obituaries

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

Mary M. Sanders

Mary M. Sanders

Aug 23, 2013

Mary M. Sanders, age 91, a longtime resident of Bel Air, MD, passed away on August 23, 2013 at the Senator Bob Hooper House. Born in Sparta, NC, she was the daughter of the late William P. and Hattie Hodge Watson and wife of the late Troy Dale Sanders. A resident of Harford County since 1953, she worked in several...

H. George Baker, Jr.

H. George Baker, Jr.

Aug 22, 2013

H. George Baker Jr., age 85, of Edgewood, MD, passed away on August 22, 2013 at Gilchrist Hospice in Towson, MD. Born in Waterbury, CT, he was the son of the late Horace George Baker Sr. and Ruth Dennison Baker. A 21 year veteran of the U.S. Navy, he served our country during WWII, Korea and Vietnam. After his retirement...

Jack Jones Jr.

Jack Jones Jr.

Aug 22, 2013

Jack Jones Jr., age 64, of Edgewood, MD, passed away on August 22, 2013 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Jackie Harrison Jones Sr. and Margaret Martha Harris Ozick. A resident of Edgewood for 30 years, he was employed for 30 years at G. Heileman Brewery...

Lola Josephine Ice

Lola Josephine Ice

Aug 21, 2013

Lola Josephine Ice, age 79, of Buckhannon, WV, passed away on August 21, 2013 at Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Smithfield-Folson, WV, she was the daughter of the late Paul and Mary Audra Edgell Hayhurst. She was self-employed as a seamstress and was a loving wife, for 62 years, to her husband Wilbur and a...

Joe W. Stallard

Joe W. Stallard

Aug 21, 2013

Joe W. Stallard, age 63, of Joppa, MD, passed away on August 21, 2013 at his home. Born in Marion, VA, he was the son of the late Emory William and Jean Eleanor Parris Stallard. He retired after 40 years in construction. The last 15 years were with Dixie Construction where he worked as a Foreman. Mr. Stallard is survived...

Rhea ''Gerry'' Wetherell

Rhea ''Gerry'' Wetherell

Aug 19, 2013

Rhea "Gerry" Wetherell, age 89, of Bel Air, MD passed away on August 19, 2013 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Jersey City, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Otterbein Paul and Rhea Day Stroh Kiracofe and wife of the late Leslie W. Wetherell. She was a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard...

Charlotte Peverley Silver

Charlotte Peverley Silver

Aug 18, 2013

Charlotte Peverley Silver, age 86, lifelong resident Bel Air, MD, passed away on August 18, 2013 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Sydney Dunham Peverley, Sr. and Carolyn Webster Harrison Peverley. She was a longtime board member at Ladew Topiary Gardens and for many years, took...

Marianne Pukl

Marianne Pukl

Aug 18, 2013

Marianne Pukl, age 80, of Belcamp, MD, passed away on August 18, 2013 at Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Kraslice, Czechoslovakia, she was the daughter of the late Josef and Elsa Zuber and wife of the late Jan Pukl. A resident of Harford County since 1951, she worked for Bata Shoe Company in Belcamp for...

John William ''Bill'' Clark

John William ''Bill'' Clark

Aug 17, 2013

John William "Bill" Clark, age 82, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on August 17, 2013 at his home. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of the late John Aloysius and Hazel Mary Fox Clark. He played Varsity Basketball for Tygart Valley High School in Mill Creek, WV where he had perfect attendance. A veteran of the U.S....

Tina Annette Stout

Tina Annette Stout

Aug 17, 2013

Tina Annette Stout, age 52, of Edgewood, MD, passed away on August 17, 2013 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Martinsville, VA, she is the daughter of Virginia Marie Blankenship Birge and the late Herman Odell Smith. She owned and operated her own business, Tina's Cleaning Service. She has been with her husband for 28...

A. Walter Eisner

A. Walter Eisner

Aug 17, 2013

A. Walter Eisner, age 81, of Aberdeen, MD, passed away on August 17, 2013 at Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Glen Arm, MD, he was the son of the late August Walter and Ruth Leona Henderson Eisner. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he was employed as a welder for AAI Corporation. A former member...

James Oliver Foard, Sr.

James Oliver Foard, Sr.

Aug 17, 2013

On Saturday, August 17, 2013, James Oliver Foard, Sr. of Jarrettsville, Maryland. Husband of Merna B. Foard and father of James O. Foard, Jr. and William A Foard. Grandfather of W. Benjamin Foard, Emily Jeane Foard Wojcik, Jeffrey Lee Foard, Charles Emory Foard, Kelly Nicole Narciso, Robert Whitney Foard. Visitation will Tuesday, August 20, 2013 from 6-8 PM at the...

Mike Shipe

Mike Shipe

Aug 16, 2013

Michael Wayne Shipe, age 41, of Bel Air, MD passed away suddenly on August 16, 2013 in Joppa, MD. Born in Richmond, VA, he is the son of Dorothy Deborah Baker Stanton of Laurel, MD and the late Ralph Wayne Shipe. He was a mechanic for Priceless Industries, Inc for 7 years, as well as, a certified Mig and Tig...

Irmtraud Butler

Irmtraud Butler

Aug 16, 2013

Irmtraud, Butler, age 75, of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away on August 16, 2013 at her home. Born in Worms, Germany, she was the daughter of the late Alois Keller and Maria Rauschkolb Keller and wife of the late Richard Wayne Butler. A homemaker, she enjoyed being with family, it was the most important aspect of her life. Mrs....

Anna M. Ritchie

Anna M. Ritchie

Aug 16, 2013

Anna M. Ritchie, age 93, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on August 16, 2013 at Hart Heritage Estates in Forest Hill, MD. Born in Cecil County, MD, she was the daughter of the late W. Russell and A. Myrtle Stinespring Fristoe and wife of the late Jerry Pokorny and the late Charles Ritchie. Formerly of Rising Sun, she raised...

Agnes Viola Harden

Agnes Viola Harden

Aug 13, 2013

Agnes Viola Harden, age 92, of Joppa, MD, passed away on August 13, 2013 at Lorien Riverside in Belcamp, MD. Born in Franklinville, MD, she was the daughter of the late Lawrence Edward and Mary Dollinger Cornes and wife, for 42 years, of the late Paul Francis Harden. She was a member of Mountain Christian Church all of her life...

Marian Rose Krause

Marian Rose Krause

Aug 13, 2013

Marian Rose Krause, age 58, of Abingdon, MD passed away on August 13, 2013 at her home. Born on October, 22, 1954 in Philadelphia, PA, she was the daughter of the late John Newton and Grace Dorothy Bolton Krause. She attended Ancilla Domini Academy in the Germantown section of Philadelphia. She graduated from Cardinal Dougherty High School in 1972 and...

Phyllis Catherine Hogan

Phyllis Catherine Hogan

Aug 13, 2013

Phyllis Catherine Hogan, age 93, of Bel Air, MD passed away on August 13, 2013 at Brightview Assisted Living in Bel Air. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Harold Watkins and Helen Dee Hartge and wife of the late Edward Francis Hogan. She graduated from Seton High School and attended Strayer University. A homemaker, she raised...

Harry L.W. Hopkins

Harry L.W. Hopkins

Aug 11, 2013

Harry L. W. Hopkins, age 87, of Bel Air, MD passed away on August 11, 2013 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late William Wyllie Hopkins Sr. and Annabel Webb Hopkins and husband of the late Annie Laurie Rampley Hopkins. A veteran of the U.S. Army Air Force,...

Mark L. Karczewski

Mark L. Karczewski

Aug 10, 2013

Mark L. Karczewski, age 53, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on August 10, 2013 at his home. Born in Baltimore, MD, he is the son of Patricia Frances Hailey Karczewski of Bel Air and the late Leonard Franklin Karczewski. A 1978 graduate of Arch Bishop Curley High School and a 1982 graduate of Towson State, he worked for Sherwin...