Obituaries
Local obituaries for Abingdon, Bel Air, Jarrettsville, MD, and surrounding areas.
Barbara Kalothi Miller
Feb 26, 2025
Barbara Kalothi Miller, 79, of Joppatowne, Maryland, passed away on February 26, 2025, at Franklin Square Hospital in Rosedale, Maryland.
Born in Athens, Greece, she was the daughter of the late Marinos and Aikaterini (Plagiarinou) Kalothis and the beloved wife of the late Eric Miller. Barbara was a gifted choreographer and ballet teacher who dedicated her life to the art of...
Donald Robert Spratt
Feb 24, 2025
Donald Robert Spratt, age 63, of Bel Air, Maryland, passed away on February 24, 2025, at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Born in Rochester, New York, he was the son of the late Donald and Anne (Garside) Spratt and the beloved husband of Evelyn (Kassouf) Spratt.
A man of many passions and deep devotion, Donald dedicated his time and talents to several...
Scott Gromacki
Feb 24, 2025
Scott Allan Gromacki, age 59, of Bel Air, Maryland, passed away on February 24, 2025, surrounded by his loving family. Born on January 19, 1996, in Wichita Falls, Texas, he was the son of Gerald and Patricia (Tomala) Gromacki.
Scott was a proud U.S. Marine, serving from 1985 to 1993. He started a family and built distinguished career in finance, beginning...
Victoria Ann Crouse
Feb 22, 2025
Victoria Ann Crouse, 67, of Bel Air, Maryland, passed away on February 22, 2025, at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Robert Kraft and Claire (Kuehl) Ulsch and the beloved wife of Phillip Crouse.
Victoria dedicated her life to her family, finding her greatest joy in being a devoted homemaker and mother. She...
Mary Jane Blasi
Feb 21, 2025
Mary Jane W. Blasi, age 78, of Bel Air, Maryland, passed away on February 21, 2025. Mary Jane is survived by her daughter, Beth (Chad) McGraw, granddaughters, Natalie and Lauren McGraw, her brother Jack (Eileen) Wasserbach and her nieces, Kristy, Kelly and Amy Wasserbach. Born in Albany, New York, she was the daughter of the late John and Mary (Ratigan)...
Kathleen Galambos
Feb 21, 2025
Kathleen "Kay" Mahler Galambos passed away on February 21, 2025, in Baltimore, Maryland, at the age of 98.
Born in 1927 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, Kay grew up in Kingston and graduated from Kingston High School in 1944. Over the years, she built a diverse career, working at an international investment firm in Boston, a medical laboratory in Towson, and later with...
Robert Charles Melhorn Sr.
Feb 21, 2025
Robert Charles Melhorn, Sr., age 91, of Baldwin, Maryland, passed away peacefully on February 21, 2025. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the son of the late Charles and Fairy (Oberdier) Melhorn and the beloved husband of the late Carole “Joan” (Hoffman) Melhorn.
A proud veteran, Robert served in the U.S. Army after a brief time in the Merchant Marines. He...
Dan McConaughy
Feb 20, 2025
Daniel Bailey McConaughy, of Glen Arm, Maryland, passed away peacefully at the age of 96, on the evening of February 20, 2025, at Glen Meadows Retirement Community. Born in Somerville, New Jersey, Dan was the son of the late Harold “Doc” and Miriam (Bailey) McConaughy and the beloved husband of Mary Ann (Hakenjos) McConaughy.
A man of deep faith, Dan’s life...
Rudolf Robert Walter, III
Feb 20, 2025
Rudolf Robert Walter, III, age 82, of Street, Maryland passed away on February 20, 2025, at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, Maryland. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the son of the late Rudolf and Genevieve (Sienkiewicz) Walter and husband of Donna (Uelman) Walter. He and his wife Donna would have celebrated their "60" wedding anniversary in June....
Donna Jean Isom
Feb 19, 2025
Donna Jean Isom, 82, passed away peacefully in the arms of her husband Charles on Wednesday, February 19th, at her home in Bel Air.
Donna was born on November 28th, 1942 to William Franklin and Clara Nevada Tibbs Cox in Havre de Grace, MD. Donna met and married her beloved husband Charles on June 23rd, 1962. Together they had a daughter...
James Edward Minton, Sr.
Feb 18, 2025
James Edward Minton Sr., age 64, of Jarrettsville, Maryland, passed away on February 18, 2025, at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, Maryland. Born in Havre de Grace, he was the son of the late Ralph and Mary (Trout) Minton.
James had a deep love for music, especially playing the guitar and writing songs. Over the years, he worked as...
William Daniel Garrett
Feb 18, 2025
William Daniel Garrett, 74, of Darlington, Maryland, passed away on February 18, 2025, at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, Maryland. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Ralph and Dolores (Pavlik) Garrett and the beloved husband of Susan E. Garrett.
William and Susan’s love story was one of fate and reconnection. They first met as...
Priscilla Davis
Feb 18, 2025
Priscilla Davis, of Fallston, Maryland, passed away on February 18, 2025, at Forest Hill Heights in Forest Hill, Maryland. She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was the daughter of the late Elmer and Helen (Park) Pinker. Priscilla was the beloved wife of Edward Davis.
Priscilla worked as a head teller and assistant branch bank manager at a suburban Philadelphia bank....
Dorothy B. Watters
Feb 18, 2025
Dorothy (Dot) Watters, 91, of Fallston, Md passed away peacefully at Awakenings of Bel Air. She was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina, the middle of 9 children, to Hubert A. Bullis, Sr and Inez Wallace Bullis. Her family moved to Md when she was 8 years old and she attended local schools, graduating in 1951 from Bel Air High...
Barry Shortt
Feb 17, 2025
Barry Shortt, 65, of Grottoes, Virginia, passed away on February 17, 2025, in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Born in Laporte, Indiana, Barry was the son of Shirley (Huenecke) and the late Thomas Shortt. He was the beloved husband of Suzanna (Price) Shortt.
A dedicated and lifelong learner, Barry was a proud member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) for 40 years. He...
Helen Carpenter
Feb 16, 2025
Helen Carpenter, age 93, of Bel Air, Maryland, passed away on February 16, 2025, at Gilchrist Hospice in Towson, Maryland. Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late James and Ellen (Moran) Donohoe and the beloved wife of the late Gerald R. Carpenter.
As a homemaker, Helen had a deep passion for both sewing and antiques. She brought...
George A. Gallant
Feb 16, 2025
George Gallant will always be remembered as a great husband, father, and grandfather. He passed away on February 16th, 2025 at the age of 77 in his daughter’s home, surrounded by his loving family.
George was born January 6th, 1948 in Bangor, Maine. In 1965 he met the love of his life, Cynthia Lynne Gallant, known to her friends and family...
Ken Dawson
Feb 16, 2025
Kenneth Dawson died at home on February 16, 2025. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, on December 19, 1942, to second generation Polish immigrants, Ken was instilled with a strong work ethic and encouraged to value education even though his parents did not complete high school. During a year-long confinement with rheumatic fever at age twelve, Ken learned to play chess and...
Stanley Straub
Feb 16, 2025
Stanley Straub, age 76, of Bel Air, Maryland, passed away on February 16, 2025, at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, Maryland. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the son of the late Edwin and Hilda (Clemens) Straub and the husband of 56 beautiful years to Kathleen M. (Hyman) Straub.
He was a loving husband, father, and grandfather. Family was his entire world....
Myriam Alberty
Feb 16, 2025
Myriam Alberty, age 82, of Miami, Florida, passed away peacefully on February 16, 2025, at Sterling Care in Forest Hill, Maryland. Born in Colombia, she was the beloved daughter of the late Pedro Villegas and Maria Giraldo and the devoted wife of the late Jose Alberty.
A woman of grace, creativity, and resilience, Myriam built a successful career as a cosmetologist,...
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