Obituaries

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

Nesha Fortner

Nesha Fortner

Oct 9, 2009

Nesha Fortner, age 71, of Bel Air, MD, died on October 9, 2009 at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium, MD. Born in Sardis, MS, she was the daughter of the late Clinton and Aubrau Sczantula Ware Alford. Raised in Mississippi, she was a graduate of Batesville High School before earning her nursing degree at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, TN....

Eileen Kelly Riggin

Eileen Kelly Riggin

Oct 9, 2009

Eileen Kelly Riggin, age 78, of Bel Air, MD, died on October 9, 2009 at Gilchrist Hospice Center in Towson, MD. Born in New York, NY, she was the daughter of the late Robert Waterson Kelly Sr. and Marion Hill Kelly. A 10 year breast cancer survivor, she was a 43 year member of Bel Air United Methodist Church, as...

Elsie Mitchell Cullum

Elsie Mitchell Cullum

Oct 8, 2009

Elsie Mitchell Cullum, age 93, of Bel Air, MD, died on October 8, 2009 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Calvary, MD. She was the daughter of the late George Winfield and Margaret Katharine Bechtold Mitchell, and wife of the late Roland R. Cullum. She had worked for Harford County Public Schools for 30 years,...

Leroy H. Whitehead

Leroy H. Whitehead

Oct 7, 2009

Leroy H. Whitehead, age 78, of Jarrettsville, MD, died on October 7, 2009 at his home. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Herbert Leroy and Thelma Mary Laucht Whitehead, and husband of the late Merle Tydings Whitehead. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he served our country during the Korean Conflict. He retired from Acme...

Orlando ''Val'' Valanzola

Orlando ''Val'' Valanzola

Oct 7, 2009

Orlando "Val" Valanzola, age 83, of Aberdeen, MD, died on October 7, 2009 at Cromwell Center in Baltimore, MD. Born in Jersey City, NJ, he was the son of the late Albano and Angelina Tarara Valanzola. A resident of Massachusetts for over 60 years, he moved to Harford County in 2007, and had lived the past 17 years in Florida....

David ''Dave'' E. Emge

David ''Dave'' E. Emge

Oct 6, 2009

David "Dave" E. Emge, age 92, of Joppa, MD, died on October 6, 2009 at his home. Born in Baltimore County, MD, he was the son of the late George P. and Margaret Chenowith Emge, and husband, for 63 years, of the late Doris M. Chenoweth Emge. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served our country during WWII. He...

Doris D. Atchison

Doris D. Atchison

Oct 6, 2009

Doris D. Atchison, age 73, of Abingdon, MD, died on October 6, 2009 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Verdun Quebec, Canada, she was the daughter of the late Arthur Alexander and Gertrude Marie Laroche Duhaime, and wife of the late Joseph A. Atchison. From 1952-1978 she held the positions of stenographer, secretary, bookkeeper, and...

Helen T. Abbruscato

Helen T. Abbruscato

Oct 5, 2009

Helen T. Abbruscato, age 90, of Bel Air, MD, died on October 5, 2009 at her home. Born in New York, NY, she was the daughter of the late Peter and Josephine Marie Mariano Brienza, and wife of the late Frank Anthony Abbruscato Sr. A member of St. Margaret Catholic Church since 1960, she also belonged to the Leeswood Association,...

Edna C. Hanna

Edna C. Hanna

Oct 5, 2009

Edna C. Hanna, age 93, of Joppa, MD, died on October 5, 2009 at her home. Born in Hopewell, VA, she was the daughter of the late Robert Edward and Ada Alice Williams Fields, and wife of the late Robert A. Hanna. An active member of Franklinville Presbyterian Church, she served as a deacon and on the Women's Association. She...

Richard George Barkkume

Richard George Barkkume

Oct 5, 2009

Richard George Barkkume, age 83, of Forest Hill, MD, died on October 5, 2009 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Newark, NJ, he was the son of the late George and Marion Barkkume. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he served our country during WWII in the South Pacific for 2 ½ years, on the...

Robert ''Bob'' W.  Park Jr.

Robert ''Bob'' W. Park Jr.

Oct 4, 2009

Robert Wilson "Bob" Park, Jr., of Joppa, Maryland, aged 72, passed away on October 4, 2009, at the Gilchrist Hospice of complications of Alzheimer's disease. Born in Quantico, Virginia, Mr. Park was the son of the late Robert W. Park, Sr. and Adele Herlihy Park. Mr. Park was a graduate of the University of Richmond and a very successful career...

Cw4  Ronald L. Bradley Sr.

Cw4 Ronald L. Bradley Sr.

Oct 4, 2009

CW4 (Ret.) Ronald "Chief" Leroy Bradley died on October 4, 2009. He was born July 12, 1934 in Richmond, Virginia, where he graduated from Armstrong High in June 1952. He was a graduate of Morgan State University where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology.Chief Bradley entered military service by enlisting in the US Army in 1957 as...

Donna G.  Hinkle

Donna G. Hinkle

Oct 4, 2009

Donna G. Hinkle, age 82, of Bel Air, MD, died on October 4, 2009 at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, MD. Born in Uniontown, PA, she was the daughter of the late George Washington and Olie Frances Helmick and wife of the late Howard E. Hinkle. She had worked as an inspector for Locke Insulators for many years...

Kathy Gail Gilman

Kathy Gail Gilman

Oct 2, 2009

Kathy Gail Gilman, age 54, of Havre de Grace, MD, died on October 2, 2009, at her home. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late George Easto and Lucille Leonardi. She was a school bus driver for Harford County middle schools for 12 years and was loved by all. She enjoyed a recent family vacation at...

Claire Bernadette Guthrie

Claire Bernadette Guthrie

Oct 2, 2009

Those who desire may contribute to:Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care11311 McCormick RoadSuite 350Hunt Valley, MD 21031

John  Daniel Lombard

John Daniel Lombard

Oct 1, 2009

John Daniel Lombard, age 83, of Bel Air, MD, died on October 1, 2009, at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Atlantic City, NJ, he was the son of the late Vincent and Angela Maria Prete Lombardi, and husband, for 40 years, of the late Helen Pinto Lombard. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served...

Dick Tittle

Dick Tittle

Oct 1, 2009

Richard "Dick" Tittle, age 71, of Jarrettsville, MD, died on October 1, 2009 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Rocks, MD, he was the son of the late William Franklin Tittle Sr. and Mable Augusta Watters Tittle. A lifelong resident of Harford County, he had worked as a foreman for BGE for 35 years and...

Bernard C. Becker

Bernard C. Becker

Sep 30, 2009

Bernard C. Becker, age 94, of Kingsville, MD, died on September 30, 2009 at Gilchrist Hospice, Towson, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Charles William and Julia Elizabeth Meid Becker. He worked in his early years at the Frank L. White Distillery as a stationery engineer before working for 15 years for the State...

Eugene ''Euke'' Todd

Eugene ''Euke'' Todd

Sep 30, 2009

Eugene "Euke" Todd, of Bel Air, dies peacefully in his sleep on September 30, 2009 after a brief illness. Born April 29, 1922 in Galax, VA. Son of the late Carl Todd and Eva Grace McKnight, and brother to the late Jean Todd Holden and Carl Dean Todd. As a lad, he traveled and lived in Colorado with his family...

Robert J.  Fleming

Robert J. Fleming

Sep 29, 2009

Robert J. Fleming, age 86, of Forest Hill, MD, formerly of Aberdeen, died on September 29, 2009 at Four Seasons Assisted Living in Bel Air, MD. Born in Kelly, KS, he was the son of the late Joseph James and Mary Christdana McGrath Fleming, and husband, for 30 years, of the late Alma Catherine Logan Fleming. He retired, after 22...