Obituaries

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

Debra ''Debbie'' Bare

Debra ''Debbie'' Bare

Nov 3, 2011

Debra "Debbie" Bare, age 54, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on November 3, 2011 at her brother's home. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, she was the daughter of the late Ules Barnie and Thelma Jean McMillan Bare. She had worked for Bata Shoe Company, loved gardening, fishing, crabbing, and her donuts and coffee, and was always willing to...

William ''Bill'' Riley

William ''Bill'' Riley

Nov 3, 2011

William "Bill" Riley, age 93, of Forest Hill, MD, passed away on November 3, 2011 at his home. Born in Pleasantville, MD on April 19, 1918, he was the son of the late Thomas Andrew and Emma Beckley Riley and husband of 66 years to the late Mildred O. Tibbs Riley who passed away on April 25, 2011. A veteran...

W. Robert  ''Bob'' Starr

W. Robert ''Bob'' Starr

Nov 2, 2011

W. Robert "Bob" Starr, age 83, of Fallston, MD, passed away on November 2, 2011 at Citizens Care Center in Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Fallston, he was the son of the late Walter Russell and Dorothy Hawkins Starr. He was owner/operator of Bob's Contracting, where he retired after 30 years. Mr. Starr is survived by his wife of...

Lena Belton Caron

Lena Belton Caron

Nov 2, 2011

On November 2, 2011, Lena Belton Caron, age 82, of Bel Air, MD passed away. She was the beloved wife of Roger G. Caron; devoted mother of Erich Leigh Caron, Beth Renee Caron , and Roger Emil Caron and wife, Shellye; and loving grandmother of Emily and Alexander Caron. Mrs. Caron spent 15 years as the Director of Ladew Topiary...

Robert Francis Smith

Robert Francis Smith

Nov 1, 2011

Robert Francis Smith, age 52, of Edgewood, MD, passed away on November 1, 2011 at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, MD. Born in Cornwall, NY, he was the son of Barbara Ann Smith Hull of Edgewood, MD and the late Robert Michael Smith. He had previously worked for the State of Maryland as a truck driver. He enjoyed...

Margaret Josephine Smith

Margaret Josephine Smith

Oct 31, 2011

Margaret Josephine Smith, age 104, of Baltimore, MD passed away on October 31, 2011 at Forest Hill Health and Rehabilitation in Forest Hill, MD. She was born in Cleveland, OH later moved to Hagerstown, and finally settled in Baltimore where she spent most of her life. She enjoyed sewing and had worked at W.T. Grants Department Store in Baltimore where...

Karen Ann Wheeley

Karen Ann Wheeley

Oct 31, 2011

Karen Ann Wheeley, age 60, of Joppa, MD, passed away on October 31, 2011 at her home. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of Bronislava Ethel Elizabeth Kowalewski Derivan and the late Francis Joseph Derivan and wife of the late Charles R. Wheeley Jr. She worked as a medical secretary and was a long standing member of Holy...

Marvin Warren Spriggs Jr.

Marvin Warren Spriggs Jr.

Oct 30, 2011

Marvin Warren Spriggs Jr., age 86, of Hanover, PA, passed away on October 30, 2011 at Homewood at Plum Creek in Hanover, PA. Born in Meadowview, VA, he was the son of the late Marvin Warren Spriggs Sr. and Julia Isabelle Widner Spriggs, and husband of the late Alpha Mae Ingram Spriggs. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he served...

Robert ''Bob'' N. Vaught Sr.

Robert ''Bob'' N. Vaught Sr.

Oct 29, 2011

Robert "Bob" N. Vaught Sr., age 71, of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away on October 29, 2011 at Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Havre de Grace, he was the son of the late Blaine Robert Vaught and Nellie Helena Gaultney Simpers. An avid gardener and fisherman, he retired from Interpace in Perryman, MD after...

Phillip Andrew Pollard

Phillip Andrew Pollard

Oct 29, 2011

Phillip Andrew Pollard, 44, of Richmond, VA passed away, October 29, 2011, after suffering a massive stroke. He was born October 27, 1967 at Fort Benning, GA, the son of Peggy Chandler and Raymond G. Pollard III of Huntington, WV. He was a teacher and musician. It was said that there are two kinds of people, those who loved Phil...

Salvatore Anthony Nigido

Salvatore Anthony Nigido

Oct 29, 2011

Salvatore Anthony Nigido, age 86, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on October 29, 2011 at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium, MD. Born in New York, NY, he was the son of the late Mario and Josephine Castrogiavanni Nigido. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and worked for Martin Marietta as an engineer.Mr. Nigido is survived by his...

Geneva ''Toots'' D.  Finney

Geneva ''Toots'' D. Finney

Oct 28, 2011

Geneva "Toots" D. Finney, age 79, of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away on October 28, 2011 at Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace. Born in Churchville, MD, she was the daughter of the late Mack Coy and Octavia Cooper Moxley. She retired, after 30 years, from Kunkel's Auto Parts in Bel Air where she was a secretary. A...

Charles Brenwood Thomas

Charles Brenwood Thomas

Oct 27, 2011

Charles B. Thomas, age 85, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on October 27, 2011 at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, MD. Born in Jarrettsville, MD, he was one of 13 children of the late Martin Luther and Annie Elizabeth Blakley Thomas and husband of the late Mildred Magdeline Semones Thomas. He worked for the Town of Bel...

William  Arthur Koegel Jr.

William Arthur Koegel Jr.

Oct 27, 2011

William Arthur Koegel Jr., age 81, of Forest Hill, MD, passed away on October 27, 2011 at St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late William Arthur Koegel Sr. and Anne Elizabeth Luber Koegel. A resident of Glen Arm for more than 50 years, he managed the family farm where...

Gilda P. Brown

Gilda P. Brown

Oct 27, 2011

St. Johnsbury, VT – Gilda "Jill" Brown, 80, died peacefully on October 27, 2011, at St. Johnsbury Health & Rehab, with her daughter holding her hand. Jill was born in Greenwich Village, New York City, on June 16, 1931, to Louis and Palma Bernardini. Although she preferred dancing and "Frankie" Sinatra to school, she attended just often enough to graduate...

John O. Edwards Jr.

John O. Edwards Jr.

Oct 26, 2011

John O. Edwards Jr., age 70, of Abingdon, MD, passed away on October 26, 2011 at his home. Born in Washington, DC, he was the son of the late John Owen Edwards Sr. and Nancy Ann Cissel Waldrop. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and loved U.S. History, gardening, woodcrafting, and animals. He was a great dad and...

William Clifford Adkins Jr.

William Clifford Adkins Jr.

Oct 26, 2011

William Clifford Adkins Jr., age 93, of Hampstead, MD, passed away on October 26, 2011 at Longview Nursing Home in Manchester, MD. Born in Salisbury, MD, he was the son of the late William Clifford Adkins Sr. and Martha Roxie Carver Adkins, and husband, for 56 years, of the late Elizabeth Wirts Adkins. An avid woodworker, he was a resident...

Jim Wise

Jim Wise

Oct 25, 2011

Jim Wise, age 52, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on October 25, 2011 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Leslie and Mildred Josephine Kunkel Wise. He was employed as a Sales and Design Executive where he enjoyed working with his clients designing office space. He...

J. Bernard Dayhoof, Jr.

J. Bernard Dayhoof, Jr.

Oct 25, 2011

J. Bernard Dayhoof, Jr., age 70, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on October 25, 2011 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Bel Air, he was the son of the late James Bernard Dayhoof, Sr. and Beulah Mitchell Dayhoof. Shortly after graduating from Bel Air High School in 1958, he entered the U.S. Navy. After...

Wm. Gary Pike

Wm. Gary Pike

Oct 23, 2011

Wm. Gary Pike, age 60, of Aberdeen, MD, passed away on October 23, 2011 at Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Morganfield, KY, he was the son of the late William Roy and Margaret Calvert Pike. A resident of Aberdeen for 26 years, he worked for the Mass Transit of Maryland for 25 years where he...