Obituaries

Oct 26, 2010

Thelma G. Robinson, age 80, of Bel Air, MD, died on October 26, 2010 at her home. Born in Frederick, MD, she was the daughter of the late John Clayton White and Ardella Lillian Weedon White-Williams, and wife of the late Bernard Cornelius Robinson. She was a member of St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Abingdon, the Ladies Auxiliary American Legion...

Oct 25, 2010

Roger "Pete" G. Kincaid, age 86, of Churchville, MD, died on October 25, 2010 at Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Calvert, MD, he was the 13th child of the late Charles Herman and Louisa Wilkerson Jourdan Kincaid. He retired, after 37 years, from Aberdeen Proving Ground where he was a Test Engineer, and from RCA...

Oct 25, 2010

Mike Tama, age 78, of Forest Hill, MD, died on October 25, 2010 at his home. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of the late Carmello and Rose Tama. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he worked his whole life for Grumman Aircraft as a Stationary Engineer. A private pilot, he loved to fly and was a past...

Oct 21, 2010

Georgette Juliette Burkhardt, age 84, of Belcamp, MD, died on October 21, 2010 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Paris, France, she was the daughter of the late Charles George and Juliette Godfroy Germain and wife of the late John Charles Burkhardt. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary Post 17, life member...

Oct 20, 2010

Mel L. Jeffers, age 68, of Abingdon, MD, died on October 20, 2010 at his home. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Paul Joseph and Gladys Mae Stagge Jeffers. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force, he had worked in the healthcare industry for 23 years and was employed by Radamerica (Med Star). Active in...

Oct 20, 2010

Herbert Horatio Tyler was born on June 23, 1924 in Woodbridge NJ. He was the son of Herbert Horatio Tyler, Sr. and Irene Booker Tyler. He is the brother of Frances Tyler and the late John and William Tyler. He received his education in New Jersey public schools. He served in the United States Army as a radio technician during...

Oct 19, 2010

Priscilla Ann Brown, a long-time resident of the Baltimore area, died Tuesday the 19th day of October at her home in Aberdeen after a lengthy 16 year battle with ovarian cancer. Born in 1943 in Canton, OH, Priscilla moved to the Baltimore area in 1963 when she married her husband of 47 years, Conrad Brown.Priscilla went to work for the...

Oct 19, 2010

Luke Michael Dowell, age 2, died on October 19, 2010 at University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Michael David Dowell of Bel Air, MD and Tracie Ann D'Antoni of Cockeysville, MD. In addition to his parents, Luke is survived by his sister, Sarah Starling Dowell of Bel Air, MD; grandparents,...

Oct 19, 2010

Shirley O. Fruhling, age 74, of Edgewood, MD, died on October 19, 2010 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born and raised in Joppa, MD, she was the daughter of the late Walter Howard and Ernestena Louise Kammerer Pierce, and wife of the late Charles O. Fruhling. She had worked at Kmart in Joppa, and in the...

Oct 18, 2010

Lewis Douglas Jordan, age 76, of Joppa, MD, died on October 18, 2010 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Bel Air, MD, he was the son of the late Edward R. and Alberta Gwynn Jordan. A lifelong resident of Harford County, he was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving our country during the Korean...

Oct 18, 2010

David Henry Rodefer, age 63, of Joppa, MD, died on October 18, 2010 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Beulah Laura May Rodefer of Bel Air, MD and the late Charles Reginald Rodefer. He served our country in the U.S. Air Force, where he was an air traffic...

Oct 17, 2010

Charles E. Anderson Sr., age 87, of Capon Bridge, WV, went to be with the Lord on October 17, 2010 from complications of Parkinson Disease. Born in Joppa, MD, he was the son of the late Stephen Haven Anderson Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Leonard Anderson. Many knew him as "Ed" from his childhood in Harford County, MD, and "Andy" from...

Oct 17, 2010

David W. Sewell, age 82, of Fallston, MD died on October 17, 2010, at his home. Born in Pueblo, CO, he was the son of the late David Joyce and Ellen Lucille Cottingham Sewell, and husband, for 45 years, of the late Ruth Sewell. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he served our country during WWII. He had worked as...

Oct 16, 2010

Henry Llewellyn ("Llew") Merritt died on October 16, 2010 at home. He was 85 years old. He was the youngest of the four children of James Black Merritt III, M.D. and Ella Maude Townsend Merritt of Easton, MD. After graduating from Easton High School he attended Juniata College in Huntingdon, PA where he received a bachelor's degree in mathematics and...

Oct 15, 2010

Harold Owen Holzapfel, a retired Army Command Sergeant Major and decorated veteran of the Korean and Vietnam eras, died on October 15, 2010 at his home. He was 79 years old. He held the top enlisted position of the U.S. Army Ordnance Center & School at Aberdeen Proving Ground from 1973 through 1976, when he retired with over 28 years...

Oct 15, 2010

Donna Marie Weber, age 75, of Havre de Grace, MD, died on October 15, 2010 at Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Tonawanda, NY, she served as a captain in the U.S. Army from 1960 to 1965. A graduate of UCLA, she was a long time Health and Physical Education teacher, and coach, at Havre de...

Oct 14, 2010

Oct 12, 2010

Richard H. Sward, age 90, of Whiteford, MD, died on October 12, 2010 at Hart Heritage Estates in Street, MD. Born in 1920 in Hälsingland, Sweden, he was the son of the late Richard L. and Margaret F. Sward, and husband of the late Gene Bergquist Sward. Mr. Sward is survived by his son, Richard K. Sward and wife, Andrea,...

Oct 12, 2010

Ruth C. Green, age 80, of Bel Air, MD, died on October 12, 2010 at her home. Born in Silverton, Oregon, she was the daughter of the late Wayne Simeral and Cecelia Brotkin Simeral. She had retired in 1995 where she had been employed as a school bus driver for Baltimore County. Mrs. Green is survived by her husband, James...

Oct 11, 2010

Carol Ann Chase, 69 of Bel Air, MD died on October 11, 2010 at Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital. Born in New Hampshire, she was the daughter of the late Robert Parks Chase and Beverly Anne Bodet Chase. Ms. Chase was a long time resident of Harford County, and was particularly fond of the Darlington community where she resided...