Obituaries

Apr 24, 2013

Albert F. Severn Jr., age 77, of Aberdeen, MD, passed away on April 24, 2013 at his home. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Albert Frederick Severn Sr. and Barbara Cecelia McCluskey Severn. A resident of Harford County since 1949, he was a member of the American Legion Post #128 in Aberdeen. He was also...

Apr 23, 2013

Sylvester Robert "Bob" Massarelli, age 83, of Forest Hill, MD, passed away on April 23, 2013 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Jersey City, NJ, he was the son of the late Sylvester Francis and Veronica R. Fabula Massarelli and husband of the late Mary Patricia Massarelli. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he served...

Apr 23, 2013

Lola "Dane" Janette Ruppert, age 89, of Forest Hill, MD passed away on April 23, 2013 at Hart Heritage in Forest Hill. Born June 2, 1923 in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late John Raleigh and Lena Sheridan Sellers Corkran and wife of the late William Clarence Ruppert Sr. She was a 1966 graduate of the Baltimore School...

Apr 23, 2013

Carl Taylor, age 84, of Edgewood, MD, passed away on April 23, 2013. Born in Duty, VA, he was the son of the late William and Mary Magdalene McFadden Taylor and husband of the late Lena M. Ervin Taylor. He retired, after 34 years, from General Motors where he was an inspector. An avid Corvette enthusiast, he was a member...

Apr 22, 2013

Darthey R. Comer, age 86, of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away on April 22, 2013 at Regency Park Assisted Living in Gambrills, MD. Born in Rocks, MD, she was the daughter of the late Dewey Glen and Lilly Joyce Caudill Rhodes and wife of the late Joseph D. Comer. She had worked as a secretary for the Department of...

Apr 22, 2013

Russell Lawrence "Larry" Gillespie, Sr., passed away peacefully on April 22, 2013, secure in his faith and surrounded by loved ones in Fallston, MD. He was 90 years old. He was born April 7, 1923, the son of the late Lucious Thurlo Gillespie and Minnie Underwood Gillespie.Larry was predeceased by his loving wife of 64 years, Helen Coulson Gillespie, as...

Apr 21, 2013

Cinderella "Cindy" Church, age 59, of Edgewood, MD passed away on April 21, 2013 at her home. Born in North Adams, MA, she was the daughter of the late Horace Waite and Hazel Addie Ritter Wells. A Harford County resident since 1988, she was currently working as a Chemical Engineer Tech at Edgewood Arsenal. She was a member of the...

Apr 20, 2013

Bobby Hooper, age 53, of Street, MD, passed away on April 20, 2013 at his home. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, he is the son of Shirley Cullum Hooper of Street, MD and the late Senator Bob Hooper. He was a manager at Harford Sanitation Services for 25 years. A History buff, he loved the outdoors, hiking and visiting...

Apr 19, 2013

Ann M. Urbanski, age 91, of Abingdon, MD passed away on April 19, 2013 at Senator Bob Hooper House in Forest Hill. Born in Meriden, CT, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Anna Polak and wife of the late Edmund L. Urbanski. A homemaker, she graduated from Coughlin High School in Wilkes Barre, PA, was a past...

Apr 19, 2013

Helen S. Whiteman, age 90, of Baltimore, MD passed away on April 19, 2013 at Senator Bob Hooper House in Forest Hill. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Fletcher Reid and Annie Elizabeth Arnold Anderson and wife of the late Oscar Mack Whiteman. A lifetime member of the Ladies Auxiliary for the VFW, she was also...

Apr 18, 2013

Carolyn Lee Turner, age 65, of Edgewood, MD passed away on April 18, 2013 at her home. Born in Sterling, VA she was the daughter of James Monroe Stamper Sr. and Virginia Lee Halkston Stamper and wife of the late Larry W. Turner Sr. She worked for McDonald's and enjoyed watching the Orioles and the Ravens, gardening and flowers. She...

Apr 18, 2013

Kathleen Irene Poole, age 88, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on April 18, 2013 at the Senator Bob Hooper House in Forest Hill, MD. Born in Estacada, OR, she was the daughter of the late David Madison and Molly Day Estes. She was a 1941 graduate of Bel Air High School and a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church...

Apr 18, 2013

Hazel Belle Hodges, age 101, of Baltimore, MD, formerly of Fallston, passed away on April 18, 2013 at Gilchrist Hospice in Towson, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Frederick Beal and Susie Hopkins Sisson and wife of the late William V. Hodges. She was a member of Sigma Phi Gamma International Sorority, Epsilon Kappa...

Apr 16, 2013

Frederick Branstone Rosling Jr., age 74, of Abingdon, MD, passed away on April 16, 2013 at his home. Born in Dundalk, MD, he was the son of the late Frederick Branstone Rosling Sr. and Catherine Hartley Rosling. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he worked for IBM as a Mainframe Programmer. He collected model trains and was an avid bowler...

Apr 15, 2013

Apr 14, 2013

Carol English, age 85, of Baltimore, MD, passed away on April 14, 2013 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Yonkers, NY, she was the daughter of the late Bennett Eberhard and Marguerite Latham Rose and wife of the late Isaac Thomas English. An avid reader, she was the Valedictorian of her high school class at...

Apr 14, 2013

Blane Watson, age 57, of Havre de Grace, MD peacefully made the journey from his home to Heaven on April 14, 2013 surrounded by his loving family. Born in Havre de Grace, he was the son of the late Louden Archer and Doris Creswell Watson. After 37 years of dedicated service with the State of Maryland, he retired as an...

Apr 12, 2013

Mildred A. Mackley, age 98, of Whiteford, MD, formerly of Baltimore, passed away on April 12, 2013 at Dakota Broad Creek Assisted Living in Whiteford, MD. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late William H. and Marie Raborg and wife of the late Palmer "Bunk" C. Mackley. A resident of Harford County since 2001, she grew up...

Apr 12, 2013

Robert R. McCasland, age 74, of Abingdon, MD, passed away on April 12, 2013 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Bristol, CT, he was the son of the late Raymond Efrem and Anna Root McCasland. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he worked as an auto repair mechanic. He was a NASCAR fan who always...

Apr 12, 2013

Robert Charles Androsky, age 70, of Abingdon, MD, passed away on April 12, 2013 at his home. Born in Fort Bragg, NC, he was the son of the late Anthony Walter and Thelma Marie Reynolds Androsky. He served his country in the U.S. Army and retired from the U.S. Postal Service where he served as Postmaster in Fallston, MD. A...