Obituaries

Feb 16, 2010

Cecil F. Petty, age 85, of Street, MD, died on February 16, 2010 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Laurel Springs, NC, he was the son of the late Emmett and Nora Richardson Petty. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he worked as an Artillery Mechanic at Aberdeen Proving Ground where he retired after 40...

Feb 16, 2010

Charles Edward Joines, age 73, of 1531 Memorial Park Drive, Sparta, NC, died on Tuesday, February 16, 2010, at the Alleghany Memorial Hospital in Sparta. He was the son of the late Earl Oscar and Boyde Cleary Joines, and was also preceded in death by a sister, Earlene Hora. He is survived by his wife, Annie Caudill Joines of the...

Feb 15, 2010

Mary Louise Adams, age 88, of Forest Hill, MD, died on February 15, 2010 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Arthur Oliver and Mary Elizabeth Humerickhouse Emmons, wife of the late Donald William Adams, and mother of the late David Lee Adams. Mary Louise Adams lived...

Feb 15, 2010

Oliver Porter Boyer Jr., age 82, of Bel Air, passed away on February 15, 2010 at his home. He was the beloved husband of Jeannette Quinn (Mathis) Boyer, to whom he had been happily married for 52 years. Born on April 4, 1928, on Chilberry Farm in Perryman, MD, he was the fourth son of Oliver Porter Boyer Sr. and...

Feb 13, 2010

Doris Kaine, age 86, of Bel Air, MD, died on February 13, 2010 at House of Jubilee Assisted Living in Fallston, MD. Born in Jersey City, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Mabel Schroll and wife of the late Howard Leo Kaine. An avid Oriole fan, she enjoyed time with her friends, taking bus trips, tending...

Feb 12, 2010

Ilse Maria Buitron, age 86, of Edgewood, MD, died on February 12, 2010 at Citizens Care Center in Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Cologne, Germany, she was the daughter of the late Hans and Adelgunde Lammerich. Originally from Germany, she had been a Harford County resident since 1951 where she taught at the Long Bar Harbor Montessori School. She...

Feb 11, 2010

Tracie L. Estevez, age 42, of Edgewood, MD, died on February 11, 2010 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of John Delano Hamme and Janet Lee Norton Hamme of Parkville, MD. A graduate of Chespeake High School in Essex, she grew up very involved with tap and ballet. She...

Feb 10, 2010

Brad Magness, age 30, of Bel Air, MD, died on February 10, 2010. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Deborah Lynn Mink Magness and the late Barry Reese Magness. He was a graduate of C. Milton Wright High School and was in his fourth year of Electrical Apprenticeship at Harford Community College. In addition to his mother,...

Feb 9, 2010

Wanda Ilona Kisly, age 88, of Churchville, MD, died on February 9, 2010 at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium, MD. Born in Newark, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Romuald Balicki and Elizabeth Helen Kowalczyk, and wife of the late Edward J. Kisly. A member of St. Margaret Catholic Church, she was a volunteer for Meals on Wheels....

Feb 8, 2010

Annie E. Wyatt, age 89, of Forest Hill, MD, died on February 8, 2010 at the home of her daughter. Born in Forest Hill, MD, she was the daughter of the late Elder Henry Harrison and Laura Ellen Moxley Jones, and wife of the late James Fred Wyatt. She was an avid vegetable gardener and a member of Baptist View...

Feb 7, 2010

On February 7, 2010, Jennie Mosca Pyle, of Bel Air, MD. Beloved wife, for 48 years, of the late John Alfred Pyle. Loving daughter of the late Rose Butterfield and Gaetano Mosca. Loving sister of John Mosca and his wife, Kay, and the late Sam Mosca, Raphael Mosca, Mary Kullman, Victoria Sowers, and Angela Rice. Sister-in-law of Frances Mosca, and...

Feb 5, 2010

Young Chul Joung, age 55, of Abingdon, MD, died on February 5, 2010 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Seoul, South Korea, he was the son of the late Ki Sik Joung and Bok Soon Kang. He attended Emmorton Baptist Church and was a visiting minister of local churches. He created the Early Dawn Mission...

Feb 4, 2010

Hank Offney, age 88, of Bel Air, MD, died on February 4, 2010 at Bel Air Health and Rehabilitation in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Charles and Elizabeth Tribull Offney. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he retired from Aberdeen Proving Ground where he was a Ballistics Engineer. He was an...

Feb 4, 2010

Margaret Frances Kohlerman, age 90, of Bel Air, MD, died on February 4, 2010 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born January 21, 1920 in Westover, PA, she was the daughter of the late Durwood Belmont and Rhoda Sharpe Ford Blake, and wife of the late Jim Kohlerman. She was raised in West Virginia where she went...

Feb 3, 2010

Edna L. Morrison, age 75, of Rosedale, MD, died on February 3, 2010 at her home. Born in Tazeville, VA, she was the daughter of the late Dewey Vance and Edna F. Christian, and wife of the late James Franklin Morrison. She loved taking care of her family, especially her grandchildren, and going to church on Sundays. Mrs. Morrison is...

Feb 2, 2010

Mark Stanley Plakatoris of Bel Air passed away on Tuesday February 2, 2010, at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. He was 82. His wife of 50 years, Janet, was with him when he peacefully went to be with his Father. He was blessed with many friends and a loving family and he will be missed. Mark was born on August...

Feb 1, 2010

Jan 31, 2010

Gladys Proctor Maxwell, age 92, of Forest Hill, MD, died on January 31, 2010 at her home. Born in Fallston, MD, she was the daughter of the late George Elwood and Bessie Irene Daughton Proctor and loving wife, for over 50 years, of the late Russell Maxwell. Known as Aunt Gladys to many, she was born and raised on a...

Jan 31, 2010

Dorcas Gale Snow, age 89, of Rising Sun, MD, died on January 31, 2010 at Union Hospital in Elkton, MD. Born in Wytheville, VA, she was the daughter of the late Charles Henry and Ida Virginia Pauley Sult and wife, for 46 years, of the late Thomas S. Snow. She received her G.E.D. at the age of 77 and loved...

Jan 31, 2010

Gregory Michael Skinner, 62, of Norrisville, Maryland, died Sunday January 31, 2010. Son of the late Louis A. - Elizabeth Hilton Skinner. He is the husband of 41 years Diana Waddell Skinner. In addition to his wife, Greg is survived by two daughters, Tricia Vanover - husband Brian, and Deidrah Reeves - husband Christopher, and three grandchildren, Katelyn Vanover, and...