Obituaries

Jan 15, 2009

Jan 14, 2009

Lois May O'Neill of Springwood Farm, Forest Hill, MD, wife of the late John H. O'Neill, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, January 14, 2009. Born May 14, 1925, at Edgewood Farm, she was the daughter of the late Elsa Clara Merkel Schnepfe and Norman John Schnepfe. She was predeceased by her sister Mary Ann Schnepfe Price and...

Jan 13, 2009

Jan 13, 2009

Margie Louise "Pat" Swearingen, age 83, of Bel Air, MD, went home to be with the Lord on January 13, 2009 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air, MD. Born in Rugby, VA, she was the daughter of the late Joe Cline and Lula Mae Pendry Mikel. A resident of Bel Air for 59 years, she married Rev. Wayne Swearingen...

Jan 12, 2009

Helen E. Kelley Brackins, age 93, of LaPlata, MD, died on January 12, 2009 at Charles County Nursing Home in LaPlata, MD. Born in Maynard, IA, she was the daughter of the late Hiram Arthur and Edna Mildred Winters Fay, and wife of the late Edward S. Kelley and Wayne Brackins. Formerly of Edgewood and Aberdeen for many years, she...

Jan 11, 2009

Jean Louise Zimmerman, age 78, of Edgewood, MD, died on January 11, 2009 at her home. Born in Williamsport, PA, she was the daughter of the late Allyn and Regena Leonard Holcomb. She loved reading, crossword puzzles, court tv and bowling on the MS League.Mrs. Zimmerman is survived by her husband of 57 years, Kenneth Lee Zimmerman Sr. of Edgewood,...

Jan 11, 2009

Joseph Anthony Gonzalez, age 73, of Bel Air, MD, formerly of Shalimar, FL, died on January 11, 2009 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Carbondale, PA, he was the son of the late Joseph Pilar and Josephine Angela Grecco Gonzalez and husband of the late Helen C. Gonzalez. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force,...

Jan 11, 2009

Charles Elvin Williamson, age 82 of Bel Air, MD, passed away on January 11, 2009. Born in Portsmouth, VA, he was the son of the late Lloyd Glend and Edith Hunter Williamson. He was a biochemist at Edgewood Arsenal receiving a doctorate from Johns Hopkins in 1971 and retiring in 1979. He led a research team in early cancer chemotherapy...

Jan 11, 2009

Elizabeth Caudill Rhodes passed away at her home on January 11, 2009.She is survived by siblings Robert Caudill, Mae Stancill, Thelma Rhodes, Brady Caudill Jr.; and nieces and nephews. Elizabeth was predeceased by husband, son, and parents.

Jan 11, 2009

George William Feldt, age 91, of Joppa, MD died on January 11, 2009 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Shovel Lake, MN, he was the son of the late George E. and Louella Elizabeth Dodge Feldt, and husband of the late Edith May Rhodes Feldt. He had worked for Aberdeen Proving Ground as an electronic...

Jan 10, 2009

Nathan Lee "Stoney" Tate Jr., age 53, of Aberdeen, MD, died on January 10, 2009 at Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, he was the son of Margaret Mae Maurice Tate of Havre de Grace, MD and the late Nathan Lee Tate Sr. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he had worked...

Jan 9, 2009

Chrystal T. Edwards, age 85, of Havre de Grace, MD, died on January 9, 2009 at Citizens Care Center in Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Oelwein, Iowa, she was the daughter of the late Tom and Minnie Klotzbach Thornberry and wife of the late Phillip Mabry Edwards. She had worked for Kirk Army Hospital in the administration department. Mrs....

Jan 9, 2009

Margaret Bridson, age 81, of Bel Air, MD, died on January 9, 2009 at Rock Spring Village in Forest Hill, MD. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, she was the daughter of the late John McDonald and Agnes McDonald McMurtrie Murdoch and wife of the late George Edmund Bridson. A homemaker, she had cared for her mother until her death at the...

Jan 8, 2009

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Jan 6, 2009

Joseph D. Boone, age 84, of Bel Air, MD, died on January 6, 2009 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Dunbar, WV, he was the son of the late Hazle Clarence and Macel Paxton Boone. A member of the U.S. Coast Guard in WWII, he served in the South Pacific aboard the LST 884. He...

Jan 5, 2009

Ellenmarie Ann Shaw, age 66, of Abingdon, MD, died on January 5, 2009 at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Born in Bridgeton, NJ, she was the daughter of Paul Albert and Winifred Frances Scheckenbach Shannon of Bridgeton, NJ, and wife of the late Alan Shaw. She enjoyed working as a sales associate at Kohl's department store in the Festival Shopping...

Jan 4, 2009

William Joseph Moore, age 69, of Bel Air, MD, died on January 4, 2009 at Bel Air Health and Rehabilitation in Bel Air, MD. Born in Cumberland, MD, he was the son of the late Claude Maxwell and Helen Catherine Currthers Moore. A 1956 graduate of Aberdeen High School, he had owned and operated a butcher shop in the Chicago...

Jan 1, 2009

Jim Long, age 75, of Bel Air, MD, died on January 1, 2009 at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late John Thomas and Helen Sweeney Long. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served our country in the Korean War. Mr. Long was a graduate of Mt. St. Joseph High School and...

Jan 1, 2009

Rob Moore, formerly of Maryland, surrendered to the call of our Lord, ending his battle with cancer, on Thursday, January 1, 2009. Rob is survived by his wife, Denise; son, Terry, and wife, Jamie; daughter, Brandy and her husband, Eric, who have blessed Rob with his beloved granddaughters, Shelbie and Skyler, all residing in Merritt Island, FL. He is also...

Jan 1, 2009

Jerry was born at the Fountain Green Hospital in Bel Air, MD on November 25, 1944. He was the beloved son of Charles "Buck" and Violet Burkins, and stepson of Roy Tucker, all of Forest Hill, MD. He has unfortunately succumbed to a devastating illness and died peacefully at his home in Port Deposit surrounded by his loving and dedicated...