Obituaries

Aug 11, 2008

ROMETTA MITCHELL, age 72, of Joppa, MD, died on August 11, 2008 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Born in Beaver Dam, KY, she was the daughter of Betris Tarrance Heflin of Hartford, KY and the late Hayward Heflin. She retired from Magnolia Middle School where she was a teacher's aide. A longtime member of Salem United Methodist Church,...

Aug 11, 2008

Aug 10, 2008

CATHERINE E. HUNT, age 96, of Cowen, WV, formerly of Abingdon, MD died on August 10, 2008 at her home. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Max Arthur and Frieda Elizabeth Sofia Kirschenhofer Seiler and wife of the late Frank Neal Hunt Jr. She retired after more than 40 years from her business as the...

Aug 10, 2008

THOMAS STEPHEN BOUCHELLE, ESQ., age 53, of Pylesville, MD, died on August 10, 2008. Born in Elkton, MD, he was the son of the late Henry Wirt and Evelyn Elizabeth Gray Bouchelle. A graduate of John Hopkins University and the University of Baltimore School of Law, he was a member of the Bar in Maryland, Delaware, and Washington, D.C., and...

Aug 7, 2008

BETTY JONES, age 78, of Bel Air, MD, died on August 7, 2008. Born in Bradshaw, MD, she was the daughter of the late Christopher and Sarah Gunther and wife of the late Samuel Jones. She retired from the Harford County Public School System, where she had been an elementary school teacher at Joppatowne Elementary School. An avid piano player,...

Aug 5, 2008

JAMES THOMAS WHITE, SR., age 84, of Bel Air, MD, died on August 5, 2008 at his home. Born in Bel Air, MD, he was the son of the late Thomas Earl and Frances Adelaide Archer White. He was a member of Bel Air United Methodist Church, a graduate of Bel Air High School class of 1942, and retired with...

Aug 4, 2008

RICHARD R. COOK, age 92, of Bel Air, MD, died on August 4, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Pineville, WV, he was the son of the late Joseph Goff and Vida Emily Belcher Cook and husband of the late Gertrude Ellen Olinger Cook. He retired from the U.S. Government at Aberdeen Proving Ground...

Aug 4, 2008

MARY LOUISE SEXTON, age 83, of Joppa, MD, died on August 4, 2008 at Citizens Care Center in Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Magnolia, MD, she was the daughter of the late John Oscar and Martha Hill Timmons and wife of the late Garland Robert Sexton. A lifelong Harford County resident, she worked at Bata Shoe Company for 15...

Aug 3, 2008

ROBERT VINCENT ZABLOCKI, age 74, of Joppa, MD, died on August 3, 2008 at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium, MD. Born in Braddock, PA, he was the son of the late Anthony William and Mary Misenko Zablocki. A Harford County resident for 14 years, he worked at Domino Sugar for 29 years. He enjoyed riding his motorcycle, country music, especially...

Aug 3, 2008

RUBY LEE MILLER, age 85, of Bel Air, MD, died on August 3, 2008 at her home. Born in Capels, WV, she was one of eight children of the late Thomas Riley and Alberta Lee Short Wilson and wife of the late Ray O. Miller. A resident of Harford County for 47 years, she had worked at Don's Floors in...

Aug 2, 2008

FLORA MAY STREETT STEIN, age 98, of Bel Air, MD, living at Brightview Assisted Living of Bel Air, passed away at Bel Air Health and Rehabilitation on August 2, 2008. She was the wife of the late Charles E. Stein. Born in Harford County, she was a graduate of Jarrettsville High School, the Towson Normal School, and held a B.S....

Aug 2, 2008

EDITH A. BLEVINS, age 82, of Bel Air, MD, died on August 2, 2008 at Citizens Care Center in Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Atkins, VA, she was the daughter of the late Arthur Bailey Wassum Sr. and Edna Earl Leftridge Wassum and wife of the late Rev. John W. Blevins. A resident of Harford County her entire life,...

Aug 2, 2008

GARRY LEE MILLER, age 46, of Edgewood, MD, died on August 2, 2008 at his home. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, he was the son of Dorothy Mae Kammerer Miller of Edgewood, MD, and the late Glenn Miller. A lifelong resident of Harford County, he spent his career as a pressman working 15 years for Collateral Group in Woodlawn,...

Aug 2, 2008

EDNA MAY BARRINGER, age 85, of Abingdon, MD, died on August 2, 2008 at her home. Born in Ennis, NC, she was the daughter of the late Andrew Mack and Anna Caroline Reed Cochran. A Harford County resident for 83 years, she had worked at Bata Shoe Company, was a riveter at Martin Aircraft Company, and a cook at The...

Aug 1, 2008

THOMAS MACK ROSE, better known as Tom, age 80, of Warrensville, NC, died Friday, August 1, 2008 at his home. Mr. Rose was born May 10, 1928 in Bridle Creek, VA to the late Walker and Ester Lonia Ward Rose. Formerly of Bel Air, he moved in 1999. He was retired from Bethlehem Steel after 31 years, where he worked...

Jul 31, 2008

CONNIE MARIE WORKINGER, age 53, of Havre de Grace, MD, died on July 31, 2008 at her home. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, she was the daughter of the late Rev. Roy Lee Turner and Nancy Irene Worrell Turner. A loving Christian wife and mother, she was a devoted aunt to her many nieces and nephews which she had...

Jul 30, 2008

Mary Lee Himmer, age 76, of Ellicott City, MD, died on July 30, 2008 at Morningside Assisted Living in Ellicott City, MD and formerly lived in Harford County for over 35 years. She was the daughter of the late Edison Lee Wallis and Mary Byer Epperley Wallis and wife of the late David George Himmer. She was involved in helping...

Jul 29, 2008

HELEN MAXINE McCOMBS, age 83, of Joppa, MD, died on July 29, 2008 at her home. Born in Highpoint, NC, she was the daughter of the late Olin Belvin Levina Sr. and Violet Wordel Kerr Levina and wife, for 40 years, of the late Woodrow Richard McCombs. A Harford County resident since 1977, she loved country music and making crafts....

Jul 28, 2008

KEN DIEHL, age 84, of Baldwin, MD, died on July 28, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Hancock, MD, he was the son of the late Russell Earl and Mildred Powers Diehl and husband of the late Lillian E. Walshe Diehl. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he retired from CSX Corporation where he...

Jul 26, 2008