Obituaries

Jun 27, 2009

Helen H. Herrin, age 91, of Joppa, MD, died on June 27, 2009, at Forest Hill Health and Rehabilitation in Forest Hill, MD. Born in Norton, VA, she was the daughter of the late Jonny Daniel and Ida Johnson Hopkins and wife of the late Paschal E. Herrin. She had worked for Continental Can Company where she was a double...

Jun 25, 2009

Emerson V. Clarke, Jr., long-time resident of Bel Air and physicist for the Ballistics Research Laboratory at Aberdeen Proving Ground, died on June 25 from complications of pneumonia at Upper Chesapeake Hospital. He was 85.Emerson Vincent Clarke, Jr., was born in Overlea on December 26, 1923, the second child of the late Emerson and Isabella (Hopps) Clarke. His family moved...

Jun 25, 2009

Catherine H. DuBois, age 89, of Bel Air, MD, formerly of Perryman, MD, died on June 25, 2009 at Glen Meadows Retirement Community in Glen Arm, MD. Born in Holland Patent, NY, she was the daughter of the late Daniel George and Grace Miriam Bagg Humphrey and wife of the late Francis W. DuBois. A resident of Harford County for...

Jun 25, 2009

Earlena Taylor, age 85, of Edgewood, MD, died on June 25, 2009 at Forest Hill Health and Rehabilitation in Forest Hill, MD. Born in Jenkins, KY, she was the daughter of the late Milton Hibbert and Lillie Florence Mullins Hamilton and wife of the late Robert Taylor. An Edgewood resident for over 50 years, she had worked for Citizens Care...

Jun 24, 2009

Daniel V. Leftridge, age 65, of Street, MD, died on June 24, 2009 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, he was the son of the late William Denton and Clara Hazel Reedy Leftridge. A lifetime resident of Harford County, he enjoyed working on the farm in Forest Hill, where he grew...

Jun 23, 2009

Jesse K. Coale Jr., age 54, of Aberdeen, MD, died on June 23, 2009 at his home. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, he was the son of Mary Elizabeth Wanoll Weiss of Jonestown, PA and the late Jesse Kloman Coale Sr. He was the husband of the late Jodale Thompson Coale, who he married in 2003 and who passed...

Jun 22, 2009

Marshall DeVere Smith, age 86, of Bel Air, MD, died on June 22, 2009 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Born in Reynoldsville, PA, he was the son of the late Edward James and Cora Lee Snyder Smith. A veteran of the U.S. Marines, he earned the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star while serving our country during WWII....

Jun 21, 2009

Adele Ellen Owens, age 55, of Ruskin, FL, died on June 21, 2009 at Sun City Hospice House in Ruskin, FL. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of Eleanor Helen Parole Staniewicz of Joppa, MD and the late Melvin Anthony Staniewicz. As a child, she was the mascot for the Heart Fund. Growing up in Highlandtown, she lived...

Jun 21, 2009

Joseph Lee Taylor Sr., age 71, of Darlington, MD, died on June 21, 2009 at Stonewall Jackson Hospital in Lexington, Virginia. Born in Grayson County, VA, he was the son of the late Clarence William and Sarah Jane Hensley Taylor. Mr. Taylor is survived by his children, Jeanne Foltz, Carroll Taylor, Jimmy Taylor, Lee Anna Taylor, all of Darlington, MD,...

Jun 20, 2009

Thelma Ruth Spiers (nee Haught), age 84, of Abingdon, MD, died on June 20, 2009 at Citizens Care Center in Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Terra Alta, WV, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Sylvester and Lulu Victoria Hull Haught and wife of the late Oliver "Jack" Spiers. A resident of Harford County for 10 years, she...

Jun 20, 2009

Sarah Qualls, age 25, of Churchville, MD, died on June 20, 2009 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of James Harold and Deborah Jean Hyatt Qualls of Churchville, MD. A graduate of C. Milton Wright High School, she attended Harford Community College as an English and Art major. She...

Jun 20, 2009

Dorothy Ann Palmer, age 80, of Bel Air, MD, died on June 20, 2009 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late Gerald M. and Melba Christian Davis Hart. A graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, she worked in fashion publicity in New York,...

Jun 19, 2009

Jennifer Morrill, age 21, of Bel Air, MD, died on June 19, 2009 at University of Maryland in Baltimore, MD. Born in Nashville, TN, she was a resident of Harford County for 8 years. She graduated from C. Milton Wright High School in 2006 and was currently attending Harford Community College. Miss Morrill is survived by her parents, Russell Dewitt...

Jun 19, 2009

Jun 19, 2009

Glenn C. Hubbard, age 71, of Fallston, MD, died on June 19, 2009 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Cambridge, MD, he was the son of the late Leonard Robert Hubbard Sr. and Virginia Lee Crandell Hubbard. He was employed by Martin Marietta for over 30 years where he was a chemical technician working with...

Jun 19, 2009

Donald L. Rembold Sr., age 74, of Mount Dora, FL, passed away on June 19, 2009 from cancer. Born in Baltimore County, he was the son of the late Leonard S. and Lillian Apple Rembold. He owned Benson Furniture Company until his retirement in 1999, moving to Florida in 2000. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Davanna;...

Jun 18, 2009

Margaret "Skinny" Hughes, age 94, of Gulf Breeze, FL, died on June 18, 2009 at her home. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Estril Ledlich and wife of the late Raymond Harry Hughes, who passed away in 1969. She moved to Edgewood in 1954, and had worked at Glen L. Martin Airport as...

Jun 17, 2009

Nesta L. Costanza, age 73, of Bel Air, MD, died on June 17, 2009 at her home. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, she was the daughter of the late William Kemp Richardson Sr. and Evelyn Nesta Davis Richardson, and wife of the late David Leo Costanza. A resident of Harford County for most of her life, she lived in...

Jun 13, 2009

Robert Kenneth Smith, age 81, of Edgewood, MD, died on June 13, 2009 at his home. Born in Saltville, VA, he was the youngest of eleven children of the late William David and Sadie Jane Hays Smith. He was a veteran in the U.S. Army, after which he went to work for the railroad company. He moved to Maryland in...

Jun 13, 2009

Shirley Helen Moran, passed away at Lorien Nursing Home in Riverside on June 13, 2009 at the age of 84. She was born on December 18, 1924 in Bronx, NY, and was the daughter of the late Philip and Anna Marie Ziehl Eberle and the wife of the late Peter G. Moran, who passed away in 1980. Mrs. Moran was...