Obituaries

Jun 28, 2013

On Friday, June 28, 2013, Virginia Caroline nee HughesMorton of Jarrettsville, Maryland. Wife of the late Robert Kirk Morton, Sr Mother of Robert K. Morton, Jr., Gregory Allan Morton, Kimberly Jan Morton Diehl. Also survived by 6 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren. Visitation will be Wednesday, July 10, 2013 from 6-8 PM atthe North Harford Baptist Church, 4008 Old Federal Hill...

Jun 28, 2013

Louis L. Rutkowski, age 84, of Perry Hall, MD passed away on June 28, 2013 at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Edward Ignatius and Pauline Anna Siewierski Rutkowski. A Perry Hall Resident for 43 years, he had worked at Mercantile Bank where he retired with over 40 years of service....

Jun 27, 2013

Michael James Lato Sr., age 86, of Abingdon, MD passed away on June 27, 2013 at Senator Bob Hooper House in Forest Hill, MD. Born in East Gulf, WV, he was the son of the late Saverio Lato and Pauline Milano Leto and husband of the late Margaret H. French Lato. He worked in motor freight transport as a freight...

Jun 27, 2013

Liliana A. Simon, age 89, of Baldwin, MD passed away on June 27, 2013 at Senator Bob Hooper House in Forest Hill, MD. Born in Torino, Italy, she is the daughter of the late Giovoni and Elisabetta Lombardini Gariglio and wife of the late Henry Simon. A citizen of the U.S. for 66 years, she has been a Harford County...

Jun 25, 2013

Karen Leah Allen, age 55, of Joppa, MD, passed away on June 25, 2013 at her home. Born and raised in Baltimore, MD, she is the daughter of Shirley Kathryn Hurley Heath and the late Russell Lloyd Heath. She was a graduate of the University of Maryland where she received her Masters Degree and then worked for the State of...

Jun 25, 2013

Robert P. "Bob" Mehr, age 86, of Bel Air, MD passed away on June 25, 2013 at Lorien Riverside in Belcamp, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD he was the son of the late Paul P. and Evelyn Geary Mehr. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he served our country during WWII. He graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Education from...

Jun 25, 2013

J. Ralph Medley Sr., age 77, of Kingsville, MD passed away on June 25, 2013 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Marion, VA, he was the son of the late James Stewart and Bonnie Juanita Wyatt Medley. He owned and operated, for 52 years, Joppa Automatic Transmission and was a lifetime member of Joppa Magnolia...

Jun 25, 2013

Betty Jane Carrozza, age 89, of Bel Air, MD passed away on June 25, 2013 at Bel Air Health and Rehabilitation Center in Bel Air. Born in Wilkes Barre, PA, she was the daughter of the late Garfield Jones and Sarah Williams Jones. After high school, she graduated from Wyoming Seminary Business and Secretarial School and worked for the Civil...

Jun 25, 2013

Anne Marie Bickauskas, age 66, of Abingdon, MD, passed away on June 25, 2013 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she is the daughter of Rose Jeanne Hertsch Dunbar and the late Jean Ivor Dunbar. A longtime resident of Harford County, she retired from St. Joseph Medical Center and was the first female...

Jun 23, 2013

Alexander Theodore Caldwell, age 58, of Abingdon, MD, passed away on June 23, 2013 at Gilchrist Hospice in Towson, MD. Born in Scranton, PA, he is the son of Lorraine Lucille Lubreski Caldwell and the late Arthur John Caldwell. He was raised in Havertown, PA, and worked in plumbing sales. He enjoyed boating and gardening, and was active in A...

Jun 23, 2013

Francis "Frank" Leo Schindler Sr., age 90, of Abingdon, MD passed away on June 23, 2013 at his home. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Frank Aloysius and Hester Dorothy Lyons Schindler. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he served our country during WWII. He had worked for his father as a Beer Distributor and...

Jun 22, 2013

Shirley was born in Janesville, Wisconsin in 1931. She died on June 22 as a result of Parkinson's Disease. Shirley attended junior and senior high school (Redford) in Detroit, graduating in 1949. Shirley also graduated from Highland Park Junior College as well as secretarial school in Detroit. She met her husband of 59 years while employed as a secretary at...

Jun 22, 2013

Charles "Jake" H. Rogers Jr., age 87, of Edgewood, MD passed away on June 22nd, 2013 at the Bel Air Health and Rehabilitation Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Sparrows Point, MD, he was the son of the late Charles Hiawatha Rogers Sr. and Dora Matheny Rogers. For 53 years he was the devoted husband of the late Dorothy...

Jun 20, 2013

Virginia Ellen Cochran, age 86, of Street, MD passed away on June 20, 2013 at Bright View Assisted Living in Bel Air, MD. Born one of eight children in Grayson County, VA, she was the daughter of the late Guy C. and Linny Hackler Hicks and wife, for 63 years, of the late Wallace Reed Cochran. She owned and operated...

Jun 19, 2013

William Roger Shunk, age 70 of Edgewood, MD, passed away on June 19, 2013 at his home. Born in Perryville, MD on August 3, 1942, he lived in Harford County all of his life. He was the son of the late Carl Sr. and Marcella Shunk of Joppa, MD. He retired, after 14 years, from Wards Machinery in Cockeysville and...

Jun 19, 2013

Blanche Wyatt Swift of Fallston died on Wednesday, June 19 at Jacobs Well Assisted Living Facility, where she had resided for the last four years. She was 84.She was born in Wagner, North Carolina to John and Etta Wyatt. She married Marvin Swift in 1948 and they lived in this area all their married life. Marvin died in 2005. Mrs...

Jun 17, 2013

CSM Billy R. Sanders, US Army (Ret.), age 66, of Churchville, MD, passed away on June 17, 2013 at his home. Born in Ariton, AL, he was the son of the late Ray Raymond and Bessie Catherine Garner Sanders. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served on active duty with the Army Corps of Engineers for 26 years and...

Jun 15, 2013

James Edward "Jim" McDonnell, age 67, of Edgewood, MD, passed away on June 15, 2013 at his home. He is survived by his wife, Diana C. McDonnell; sons, James E. McDonnell Jr. of Abingdon and Aaron Scott McDonnell of Bel Air; grandchildren, Christina Meilhammer, Jaime, Andrew, Ben and Caroline McDonnell; great-grandchildren, Lucy and Lacie Meilhammer; and siblings, Tom McDonnell, Margie...

Jun 15, 2013

Jun 11, 2013

COL David W. Arnett II, USAF (Ret.), age 66, of Forest Hill, MD, passed away on June 11, 2013 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Martinsburg, WV, he was the son of the late David William and Anne Virginia Wells Arnett. He retired as a Navigator with the U.S. Air Force after 36 years of...