Obituaries

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

Mildred Gertrude Leard

Mildred Gertrude Leard

Jan 2, 2012

Mildred Gertrude Leard, age 87, of Joppa, MD, passed away on January 2, 2012 at her home. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Wharton Allen and Juliet Ruth Basil Drury and wife of the late John Paul Leard. A resident of Harford County for 22 years, she was a member of Joppatowne Christian Church. She...

Evelyn Day

Evelyn Day

Jan 1, 2012

On January 1, 2012, Evelyn L. Day, was the guest of honor in a glorious reception with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. She was 70. Born in Whitetop, VA, she was the daughter of Carrie Catherine Walker Royal of Aberdeen, MD and the late Freeman Royal, and wife of the late Johnnie H. Day. She worked for Bata Shoe...

Shirley ''Kaye'' Brewer (Nee Gibson)

Shirley ''Kaye'' Brewer (Nee Gibson)

Jan 1, 2012

Shirley "Kaye" Brewer (nee Gibson), age 63, of Joppa, MD, passed away on January 1, 2012 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Detroit, MI, she was the daughter of Virginia Lorene Allcock Davenport of Edgewood, MD and the late Charles Dates Gibson, and wife of the late Roger Lee Brewer. She retired after 28 years...

Josephine ''Jo'' V. Collier (Nee Sigler)

Josephine ''Jo'' V. Collier (Nee Sigler)

Jan 1, 2012

Josephine "Jo" V. Collier (nee Sigler) age 97, of Joppa, MD passed away on January 1, 2012 at her home. Born in Hagerstown, MD, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Franklin and Eva Olvetta Harbaugh Sigler and wife of the late Charles Gilbert Collier. She was a graduate of Western High School, as well as, Strayer Business School...

Mary Catherine Corderman

Mary Catherine Corderman

Dec 31, 2011

Mary Catherine Corderman, died on December 31, 2011 at Calvert Manor Healthcare Center, Rising Sun, MD. She was 94 years old. Born on October 20, 1917, in Big Pool, MD, she was the daughter of Clarence A. and Anna V. Frush. She is survived by her children; Ann C. Helton and husband, Arthur, of Darlington, MD, James Corderman and wife,...

Dottie L. Shepard

Dottie L. Shepard

Dec 31, 2011

Dorothy (Dottie) L. Shepard, age 61, of Edgewood, MD, passed away peacefully on December 31, 2011 at her home. Born in Long Branch, WV, she was the daughter of the late Tracey Ray and Ines Marie Kise Shepard. She worked for over 25 years as a Police Dispatcher at Havre de Grace Police Department and Aberdeen Proving Ground. She loved...

Donald Wray Spratt Md, Facs

Donald Wray Spratt Md, Facs

Dec 30, 2011

Donald Wray Spratt MD, FACS, age 87, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on December 30, 2011 at Bel Air Health and Rehabilitation. Born in Plattsburgh, NY, he was the son of the late Wray Lionel and Gladys Deevy Spratt and brother of the late Barton Wray Spratt. He graduated from Charlotte High School, the University of Rochester with a...

Joan Grace Gray

Joan Grace Gray

Dec 29, 2011

Joan Grace Gray, age 72, of Aberdeen, MD, passed away on December 29, 2011 at her home. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Henry L. Tremper and Irene Margaret Winkler Tremper and wife of the late David Carvin Gray. She worked at the school cafeteria at Halls Cross Roads Elementary in Aberdeen and had also...

Gerald Joseph Roemer

Gerald Joseph Roemer

Dec 27, 2011

On December 27, 2011, Gerald Joseph Roemer of Jarrettsville, husband of Phyllis Smetana Roemer, father of Cheryl Roemer, Jerry Roemer, Matt Roemer, grandfather of Laina Roemer, Bennett Kelly, Max Roemer. Visitation will be from6-9 PM,Thursday, December 29, 2011, at Kurtz Funeral Home, 1114 Baldwin Mill Road, Jarrettsville, Maryland 21084. Funeral Service will be @ 10:30 AMFriday, December 30, 2011 at...

Edith Gertrude Burroughs Weisheit

Edith Gertrude Burroughs Weisheit

Dec 26, 2011

Edith B. "Trudy" Weisheit was born Edith G. Burroughs on July 22, 1923 in Quincy, Massachusetts where she grew up. She was the youngest child of John H. Burroughs and Clarissa Edith Tufts. Her brother, John H. Jr. and sister, Henrietta, were many years older than she. Trudy was very close to her mother whom she relied on for comfort...

Raymond ''Buzz'' R. Hooker Jr.

Raymond ''Buzz'' R. Hooker Jr.

Dec 26, 2011

Raymond "Buzz" R. Hooker Jr., age 70, of Edgewood, MD, passed away on December 26, 2011 at his home. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Raymond Rembold Hooker Sr. and Bessie Arlene Perry. In his younger years, he worked for Bata Shoe Company then went to work for Harford County Water and Sewer for 35...

Naomi Pearl Bolt

Naomi Pearl Bolt

Dec 25, 2011

Naomi Pearl Bolt, age 80, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on December 25, 2011 at her home. Born in Beckleysville, MD, she was the daughter of the late Harry Albert and Hattie Marie Mays Ashe and wife of the late Gene T. Bolt. Mrs. Bolt is survived by her sons, Rick Bolt of PA, Jeff Bolt of Sparks, MD,...

Catherine Shirley Correll

Catherine Shirley Correll

Dec 25, 2011

Catherine Shirley Correll, age 84, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on December 25, 2011 at Avondell in Bel Air, MD. Born in Irwin, PA, she was the daughter of the late Caspar Cook McCune and Mary Elizabeth Thompson Madill (Charles Madill), and wife of the late John W. Correll. A resident of Tempe, AZ since 1961, she recently moved...

Lucy F. Gerwig

Lucy F. Gerwig

Dec 24, 2011

Lucy F. Gerwig, age 90, of Abingdon, MD, went home on December 24, 2011 to spend Christmas with her husband and daughter. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Gottfried and Emily Keene Egli and wife, for 45 years, of the late Jacob F. Gerwig Jr. who was the love of her life. She was employed...

Kathleen Patricia Jenkins (Nee Back)

Kathleen Patricia Jenkins (Nee Back)

Dec 24, 2011

Kathleen Patricia Jenkins (nee Back), age 64, of Churchville, MD passed away on December 24, 2011 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late George Louis and Mildred Elizabeth Stewart Back and wife of the late Clifton Wayne Jenkins. She retired, after 44 years, from APG-Edgewood where she was...

Shirley Joe Baliko

Shirley Joe Baliko

Dec 23, 2011

Shirley Joe (Nutter) Baliko, of Edgewood, Maryland, went to be with the The Lord at 7:05 p.m. on December 23, 2011 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, Maryland. Born in Clarksburg, WV on June 14, 1938, she was the daughter of the late Maggie Dean Nutter and Andy Howard Nutter of Clarksburg, WV. Shirley celebrated her 50th anniversary...

Vera ''Toby'' T. Britton (Nee Schrobsdorff)

Vera ''Toby'' T. Britton (Nee Schrobsdorff)

Dec 23, 2011

Vera "Toby" T. Britton (nee Schrobsdorff), age 69, of Earleville, MD, formerly of Forest Hill, passed away on December 23, 2011 at her home. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Alfred Wilhelm and Ella Martha Dabruck Schrobsdorff and wife of the late LaVerne R. Britton. She retired, after 35 years, from Fallston General Hospital and...

Ann Margaret Kinhart Hanf

Ann Margaret Kinhart Hanf

Dec 23, 2011

On Friday, December 23, 2011, Ann Margaret(Amrein) KinhartHanf of Towson, formerly Street, Maryland. Daughter of the late Howard and Esther Amrein. Wife of the late David W. Kinhart, who died in 1975, and Alvin J. Hanf who died in 2000. Ann is survived by her five children and their spouses, Howard and Debbie Kinhart, of Towson, Grace and Jim Morrison...