Obituaries

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

Sandra E. Knight

Sandra E. Knight

Jul 7, 2013

Sandra E. Knight, age 74, of Abingdon, MD, passed away on July 7, 2013 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Montgomery, WV, she was the daughter of the late Edith Mae Monday and was raised by her grandparents, Robert Monday and Effie Monday. She retired after 16 years from Shady Grove Hospital in Rockville where...

John J. Concini Sr.

John J. Concini Sr.

Jul 7, 2013

John J. Concini Sr., age 80, of Bel Air, MD passed away on July 7, 2013 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Northumberland, PA, he was the son of the late Joseph and Pearl Mae Richards Concini. He served our country in the U.S. Air Force and, for 25 years, he proudly served in the...

Louis Joseph Vacek Jr.

Louis Joseph Vacek Jr.

Jul 7, 2013

Louis Joseph Vacek Jr., age 82, of Joppa, MD, passed away on July 7, 2013 at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Louis Joseph Vacek Sr. and Evelyn Meyers Vacek and husband for 63 years of the late Anna M. Elste Vacek. He was a machinist for...

Jack Jones Jr.

Jack Jones Jr.

Jul 6, 2013

Jack Jones Jr., age 64, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on July 6, 2013 at Perry Point VA Hospital in Perry Point, MD. Born in Bel Air, MD, he was the son of the late Jack Dempsey and Lucy Pauline Gentry Jones. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served our country during the Vietnam War and was employed...

P. Rodney Zink

P. Rodney Zink

Jul 6, 2013

P. Rodney Zink, age 59, of Whiteford, MD, passed away on July 6, 2013 at Gilchrist Hospice in Towson, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late William Peter Zink II and Ella Ports Snyder. He had worked for American Infrastructure as a truck driver and was a member of North Harford Game and Fish Association....

Melanie Wainwright

Melanie Wainwright

Jul 6, 2013

Melanie Wainwright, age 32, of Abingdon, MD, passed away on July 6, 2013. Born in Ansbach, Germany, she is the daughter of Irvin Bernard Wainwright of Aberdeen, MD and Gerlinda Olga Spehrer McCorkle of Abingdon, MD. A resident of Harford County for most of her life, she attended Edgewood High School and worked at Rite Aid Distribution Center in Perryman....

Carolyn Sue Dorsey

Carolyn Sue Dorsey

Jul 6, 2013

On Saturday July 6, 2013, Carolyn Sue Dorsey of Pylesville, Maryland.

Marion "Bunky" Walter

Marion "Bunky" Walter

Jul 5, 2013

Marion Eugene "Bunky" Walter, age 82, of Fallston, MD, passed away peacefully on Friday, July 5, 2013 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel AIr, MD. Born in Churchville, MD in 1931, he was the youngest of 13 children of Charles and Ethel Knight Walter. He retired from H&S Distributors and was a member of Churchville Presbyterian Church, a Boy...

Robert ''Fuzzy'' Lee Hodges

Robert ''Fuzzy'' Lee Hodges

Jul 5, 2013

Robert "Fuzzy" Lee Hodges Jr., age 57, of Bel Air, MD, passed away suddenly on July 5, 2013. He is the son of Robert Lee Hodges Sr. of Darlington, MD and the late Ocie Ednis Hamilton Hodges. A 1973 graduate of Bel Air High School, he grew up in Harford County, and as a child, was active with the Boy...

Dorothea Mary Green

Dorothea Mary Green

Jul 5, 2013

On Friday July 5, 2013, Dorothea Mary Green of Springfield, Virginia. Wife of the late Robert Mason Green, Sr., mother of Judy Watson. A Mass of Christian Burial will be Celebrated on Tuesday July 9, 2013 at 11:00 AM from theSt. Ignatius Roman Catholic Church, 533 E. Jarrettsville Road, Forest Hill, Maryland 21050. Interment in Highview Memorial Gardens, 3433 Fallston...

Harry ''Ed'' Whiteford

Harry ''Ed'' Whiteford

Jul 4, 2013

Harry (Ed) Whiteford, age 82, of Darlington, MD, passed away on July 4, 2013 at his home. Born in Whiteford, MD, he was the son of the late Harry E. and Etta Jones Whiteford. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he proudly served our country during the Korean Conflict. When he was younger, he enjoyed working on a farm with...

Robert Gordon Koerber Sr.

Robert Gordon Koerber Sr.

Jul 2, 2013

Robert Gordon Koerber Sr., age 77, of Forest Hill, MD passed away on July 2, 2013 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Edwin L. Koerber Sr. and Alma M. Koerber. He was a veteran of the National Guard and had worked for C&P Telephone Company and...

James Robert Arrison

James Robert Arrison

Jul 2, 2013

James Robert Arrison, age 64, of Street, MD, passed away on July 2, 2013 at his home. Born in Bel Air, MD, he was the son of the late Leonard Swank and Mary Elizabeth Hagan Arrison. He retired, after 30 years, from Whiting and Turner where he worked as a carpenter for Local 1354. He loved race cars and shopping...

John Ronald Zook

John Ronald Zook

Jul 2, 2013

John R. Zook of Bel Air died July 2, 2013 at home. He was 76. Born in Martinsburg, PA, he was the son of the late Frederick R. Zook and Nancy Elizabeth (nee Miller) Zook. He was employed by Bethlehem Steel for 40 years and retired as the General Manager of Mobile Equipment in March 1999. John was a member...

Frances E. Wright

Frances E. Wright

Jul 2, 2013

Frances E. Wright, age 91, of Joppa, MD, passed away on July 2, 2013 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in White Hall, MD, she was the daughter of the late Millard Jefferson and Mary Agnes Badders Almoney and wife of the late Harry Benjamin Wright. She was a long-term member of Grandview Christian Church, liked...

Demetra Annos Kanaras

Demetra Annos Kanaras

Jul 1, 2013

Demetra Annos Kanaras, age 74, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on July 1, 2013 at her home. Born in Sparta, Greece, she came to America in 1954. She was the daughter of the late George and Evagelia Mandris Annos. She helped her husband with the Red Fox Restaurant in Bel Air and in 1984, she left there to help...

Phyllis Costa Pimental

Phyllis Costa Pimental

Jul 1, 2013

Phyllis Theresa Costa Pimental, age 79, of Aberdeen, MD passed away on July 1, 2013 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Honolulu, HI, she was the daughter of the late Charles Costa Pimental Sr. and Violet Teresa de Vasconcelos Pimental. A resident of Harford County for 38 years, she was a long time attendee at...

Reta Goldsmith Hanzook

Reta Goldsmith Hanzook

Jun 30, 2013

On Sunday, June 30, 2013, Reta Goldsmith Hanzook. Wife of the late Melvin Hanzook, Sr. Mother of Kim and the late Melvin Hanzook, Jr. and mother in-law of Michelle. No services will be held at this time. In lieu of flowers:

John H. Davis

John H. Davis

Jun 29, 2013

John H. Davis, age 76, of Joppa, MD passed away on June 29, 2013 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air. Born August 21, 1936 in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Henry F. Davis and Elizabeth Streb. John married Rebecca R. Walker on June 1, 1956 in Middle River. He served in the Marines for four...

Gerald Wayne Blevins

Gerald Wayne Blevins

Jun 29, 2013

Gerald Wayne Blevins, age 86, of Bel Air, MD passed away on June 29, 2013 at Stancill's Haven Assisted Living in Joppa. Born in Mt. Airy, NC he was the son of the late Wiley Cicero and Mary Ruth Bare Blevins and husband of 49 years to the late Clarice Bernice Angel Blevins. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he...