Obituaries

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

Ernest C. Muths Jr.

Ernest C. Muths Jr.

Dec 26, 2009

Ernest C. Muths Jr., age 87, of Bel Air, MD, died on December 26, 2009 at his home. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Ernest Conrad Muths Sr. and Marian Waters. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force serving as a pilot in World War II. He worked for Waverly Press printing and...

Gladys Taylor Rupert

Gladys Taylor Rupert

Dec 24, 2009

Gladys Taylor Rupert, age 86, of Bel Air, MD, died on December 24, 2009 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Louis Thomas Taylor and Grace Viola Groth. A resident of Harford County since 1972, she was a longtime member of Trinity Lutheran Church where she taught...

Eula M. Mackey

Eula M. Mackey

Dec 20, 2009

Eula M. Mackey, age 79, of Knippa, TX, died on December 20, 2009 at her home. Born in Chicago, IL, she was the daughter of the late William John and Frieda Lydia Kessler Morris and wife of the late Don Mackey who she married on April 12, 1952. She was a member of Churchville Presbyterian Church where she was a...

Susan Weakley Hegeman

Susan Weakley Hegeman

Dec 20, 2009

Susan Weakley Hegeman, age 84, of Bel Air, MD, died on December 20, 2009 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD after a brief illness. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Eugene Wilson and Madeline Merryman Weakley, and wife of the late Johnston N. Hegeman. Mrs. Hegeman is a graduate of Roland Park...

Margaret-Mary Lopresti

Margaret-Mary Lopresti

Dec 19, 2009

Margaret-Mary G. LoPresti was born in Highland Falls, NY on November 4, 1927. The daughter of Elizabeth and Joseph Graber, she was educated at Sacred Heart Elementary School and graduated from Ladycliff Academy and from Ladycliff College in Highland Falls, NY in 1949, with a BA in English. She received her Masters in Elementary Education from New Paltz State Teacher's...

Frank Salerno, Ync Usn (Ret)

Frank Salerno, Ync Usn (Ret)

Dec 18, 2009

Frank Salerno, YNC USN (Ret), age 71, of Bel Air, MD, died on December 18, 2009, at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, MD. Born in New York, NY, he was the son of the late Anthony Salerno and Julia Musso Cifuni, and stepson of the late Enrico Cifuni. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he served our country...

Margaret I. Lynch

Margaret I. Lynch

Dec 17, 2009

Margaret I. Lynch, age 96, of Bel Air, MD, died on December 17, 2009 at Lorien in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late John and Isabella Gail Erdman, and wife of the late John Lynch. A very caring person with a good sense of humor, she had worked at Union Memorial Hospital...

Wanda Sue Tillinghast

Wanda Sue Tillinghast

Dec 17, 2009

Wanda Sue Tillinghast, age 48, of Earleville, MD, died on December 17, 2009 at Union Hospital in Elkton, MD. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, she was the daughter of Emory Randolph Gullion of VA and the late Ruth Ann Simms Gullion. After a very long and courageous battle with small cell lung cancer, she ascended to heaven to caress...

Dr. Clifford S. Goldman

Dr. Clifford S. Goldman

Dec 15, 2009

Dr. Clifford S. Goldman, age 41, of Bel Air, MD, died on December 15, 2009. Born in Queens, NY, he was the son of Glenda Rosenthal Goldman of Derwood, MD and the late Norman Goldman. He was a Pain Management Physician for Chesapeake Perioperative Association who worked tirelessly to relieve others suffering. He was an advocate for Autism, volunteered to...

William ''Bill'' Herren

William ''Bill'' Herren

Dec 15, 2009

William "Bill" Herren, age 78, of Bel Air, MD, died on December 15, 2009 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Born in Columbus, OH, he was the son of the late William and Kelley Mae Reddings Herren and husband, for 57 years, of the late Margaret Anne Raines Herren. He had worked as a sales manager for over 25...

Denny Frederickson Graves

Denny Frederickson Graves

Dec 14, 2009

Denny Frederickson Graves, age 82, of Parkville, MD, died on December 14, 2009 at his home. Born in Dayton, OH, he was the son of the late Forest G. and Elizabeth Conrad Graves. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he served our country during WWII. He grew up in Louisville, KY and worked, for 34 years, as a railroad freight...

Helene Wilkerson

Helene Wilkerson

Dec 14, 2009

Helene Wilkerson, age 80, of Bel Air, MD, died on December 14, 2009 at Gilchrist Hospice in Baltimore, MD. Born in Spalt, Germany, she was the daughter of the late Otto and Anna Endres, and wife, for 41 years, of the late Earl Albert Wilkerson. She came from Germany as a war bride, learning another language and becoming a U.S....

Katherine Christis Lewis

Katherine Christis Lewis

Dec 10, 2009

Katherine Christis Lewis, age 88, of Bel Air, MD, died on December 10, 2009 at Stella Maris in Timonium, MD. Born in Stockdale, PA, she was the daughter of Koula Christis Galatolous. She worked as a Vice President of Finance in the medical and legal fields. A Girl Scout leader for many years, she liked to cook, sing, dance, and...

John  Elmer Murgatroyd Iii

John Elmer Murgatroyd Iii

Dec 5, 2009

John Elmer Murgatroyd, 3rd, age 55, of Bel Air, MD, died on December 5, 2009 at his home. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Mary Jane Price Murgatroyd and the late John Elmer Murgatroyd Jr. He was raised in Fallston, Maryland and was a life-long resident of Harford County. A 1972 graduate of Bel Air High School,...

Leon Lieu

Leon Lieu

Dec 3, 2009

Leon Lieu, age 60, of Abingdon, MD, died on December 3, 2009 at Gilchrist Hospice in Towson, MD. Born in Toysan, China, he was the son of the late Yoke Wee and Yok Gin Mark Lieu. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he had worked for the Maryland State Comptrollers office, State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and Department...

Teddy Robinson

Teddy Robinson

Dec 1, 2009

Teddy Robinson, age 64, of Edgewood, MD, died on December 1, 2009 at his mother's home. Born in Wise, VA, he was the son of Loretta Matilda Rogers Robinson-Boggs of Joppa, MD and the late Richard Theodore Robinson Sr. A Marine veteran, he had owned East West Auto Sales in Baltimore, and loved to tinker with cars. He also enjoyed...

Harvey Lee Fisher

Harvey Lee Fisher

Dec 1, 2009

Harvey Lee Fisher, of Havre de Grace, MD, died on December 1, 2009, from injuries sustained in a car accident in Baltimore. He was 62. Born February 17, 1947 in Havre de Grace, he was the son of the late Chandler Taylor and Dorothy Elizabeth Timmons. He worked as a truck driver for Bel Air Road Supply Company for 22...