Obituaries

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

Judith Lynn Heitz

Judith Lynn Heitz

Dec 16, 2008

Judith Lynn Heitz, age 64, of Bel Air, MD, died on December 16, 2008 at her home in Bel Air, MD. Born in Wilmington, DE, she was the daughter of Dorothy Elizabeth Starr Mearns of Lancaster, PA and the late John Robert Mearns. Judith was a loving and dedicated elementary school teacher who taught first through third grades at William...

Richard Sellers Ii

Richard Sellers Ii

Dec 15, 2008

Richard Sellers II of Bel Air, MD, entered into rest on December 15, 2008 at the Franklin Square Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Born on October 31, 1934 in Bryn Mawr, PA, he was the son of the late William Sellers and Helen Chance Morgan. Richard is survived by his wife of 32 years, Norma Jo Sellers. Richard was employed by...

Pearl Mae Hayes

Pearl Mae Hayes

Dec 14, 2008

Pearl Mae Hayes, age 85, of Bel Air, MD, died on December 14, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Wilkes County, NC, she was the daughter of the late James Garfield and Cora Bell Lovett Eller. Mrs. Hayes is survived by a grateful and loving family to include her husband, James W. Hayes of...

Charles Roy Greaver

Charles Roy Greaver

Dec 14, 2008

Charles Roy Greaver, age 61, of Abingdon, MD, died on December 14, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Marie Brendel Greaver of Baltimore, MD and the late Albert Greaver. He was a veteran of the U.S. Marines. An avid golfer, he was a Baltimore County police officer...

Edith P. Tilley

Edith P. Tilley

Dec 13, 2008

Edith P. Tilley, age 73, of Fallston, MD, died on December 13, 2008 at her home. Born in Upper Crossroads, MD, she was the daughter of the late Richard Rogers and Harriet Lois Terry Proctor. An office volunteer at Fallston United Methodist Church, she loved international travel with her husband and friends. She also enjoyed her aerobic dance for over...

Marlene Curry-Taylor

Marlene Curry-Taylor

Dec 13, 2008

Marlene Curry-Taylor, age 68, of Churchville, MD, died on December 13, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late James Oscar and Virgie Irene Phillips Beck. A lifetime resident of Harford County, she retired after 12 years from the Harford County Public Schools where she was a...

Donald J. Forno, D.D.S.

Donald J. Forno, D.D.S.

Dec 12, 2008

Dr. Donald J. Forno, a retired family dentist, died on Friday of complications from interstitial pulmonary fibrosis at Upper Chesapeake Hospital in Bel Air. The Maryland native, who was 69, was the son of Joseph and Lillian Forno. After graduating from Mt. Carmel primary School in 1954 and then Kenwood High School in 1957, Dr. Forno earned his B.A. from...

Michael Alton Clayton

Michael Alton Clayton

Dec 12, 2008

MICHAEL ALTON CLAYTON, age 50, of Aberdeen, MD, died on December 12, 2008 at Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Killeen, TX, he was the son of Albert Wayne and Carol Jean Wilburn Clayton of Harker Heights, TX. An Edgewood High School graduate, he worked at Acadia Manufacturing since 1978 and was an avid Oriole and...

James Pruitt Mitchell

James Pruitt Mitchell

Dec 12, 2008

James Pruitt Mitchell, age 78, of Joppa, MD, died on December 12, 2008 at his home. Born in Lavonia, GA, he was the son of the late James Burette and Mary Vella Pruitt Mitchell, also preceded by his sons, James Steven and Steven Keith Mitchell. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he worked as an Assurance Manager for NASA for...

Brucie  Greer

Brucie Greer

Dec 11, 2008

Mrs. Brucie Katherine Burkett Greer, went home to be with the Lord on December 11, 2008 at Oak Crest Village in Baltimore. She was born in Jefferson, NC and raised in Grassy Creek, NC until around the age of six, when her family relocated to Harford County, MD. At a young age, she accepted the Lord Jesus as her Savior....

William J. ''Billy'' Kahoe

William J. ''Billy'' Kahoe

Dec 11, 2008

William J. "Billy" Kahoe, age 57, of Abingdon, MD, died on December 11, 2008 at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Robert Francis and Ellen Elizabeth Kurtz Kahoe. He owned his own business where he was an energy consultant. An avid hunter, fisherman, and poker player, he played in...

Wanda Louise Wiederkehr

Wanda Louise Wiederkehr

Dec 10, 2008

Wanda Louise Wiederkehr, age 59, of Joppa, MD, died on December 10, 2008 at Stella Maris Hospice in Towson, MD. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, she was the daughter of the late John Wesley and Ruth Helen Wassum Norman and wife of the late Dennis William Wiederkehr. Years ago she had been employed at F. O. Mitchell Corn Factory...

Clarabelle Seaman

Clarabelle Seaman

Dec 9, 2008

Clarabelle Seaman, age 89, of Aberdeen, MD, died on December 9, 2008 at her home. Born in Burnsville, WV, she was the daughter of the late Charles Ova and Emma Lee Hanshuemaker Scarff. She had been employed at Victor's, in Aberdeen, where she loved being a beautician, especially cutting the kids hair. She also enjoyed crocheting. Mrs. Seaman is survived...

Esther  I. Scarborough

Esther I. Scarborough

Dec 9, 2008

Esther I. Scarborough, age 89, of Darlington, MD, died on December 9, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Churchville, MD, she was the daughter of the late James A. V. and Grace Street Mahan. A longtime member of Smith's Chapel, she sang in the choir and was very active in the ladies church organizations....

Steven Burke Sell

Steven Burke Sell

Dec 8, 2008

Steven Burke Sell, age 75, of Joppa, MD, died on December 8, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Roaring Spring, PA, he was the son of the late Brice Sell and Hester Burke Phillips. He retired, after 45 years, from Commercial Credit Health and Life Insurance where he was Vice President. A member of...

Teresa Ann Anderson

Teresa Ann Anderson

Dec 8, 2008

Teresa Ann Anderson of Jarrettsville, MD, died on December 8, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, surrounded by her family. She had courageously battled a longtime heart condition and an infection for several months. She was 61.Born in Fountain Green, MD, she was the daughter of the late William and Marie Weaver. She graduated from North Harford...

Elizabeth Stancill Osborne

Elizabeth Stancill Osborne

Dec 7, 2008

Elizabeth Stancill Osborne, age 89, of Reidsville, NC, died December 7, 2008 at Annie Penn Hospital in Reidsville, NC. Born in Pittco, NC, she was the daughter of the late Jesse Stancill Sr. and Annie Stancill and wife of Rev. Spencer Eugene Osborne. Formerly of Bel Air, MD, she moved to Reidsville 30 years ago. She was a member of...

Marion I. Brooks

Marion I. Brooks

Dec 7, 2008

Marion I. Brooks, age 84, of Edgewood, MD, died on December 7, 2008 at Lancaster General Hospital in Lancaster, PA. Born in Macungie, PA, she was the daughter of the late Vernon Samuel and Bertha Mae Moyer Lorish and wife of William M. Brooks. She had worked as a secretary and bookkeeper for Bel Air Memorial Gardens and had been...

William  Franklin Willard Sr.

William Franklin Willard Sr.

Dec 6, 2008

In lieu of flowers a contributions can be made to: American Cancer SocietyP.O. Box 572Bel Air, MD 21014

Gertrude Amelia Dufour

Gertrude Amelia Dufour

Dec 6, 2008

Gertrude Amelia Dufour, age 76, of Edgewood, MD, died on December 6, 2008 at her home. Born in Edgewood, MD, she was the daughter of the late Hanson Herman and Sadie S. Johnson Litchfield and wife, for 42 years, of the late Victor A. Dufour Jr. A graduate of Old Post High School, she was a volunteer at the Red...