Obituaries

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

Mary Margaret Lesica

Mary Margaret Lesica

Mar 16, 2008

MARY LESICA, age 95, of Bel Air, MD, died on March 16, 2008 at Bel Air Health and Rehabilitation in Bel Air, MD. Born in San Jose, CA, she was the daughter of the late Antonio Corica and Mary Rinella. She was raised in Renova, PA and then moved to Asbury, NJ where she worked as a hairdresser after graduating...

Jane Kirk

Jane Kirk

Mar 15, 2008

JANE KIRK, age 58, of Bel Air, MD, died on March 15, 2008 at Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center in Baltimore, MD. Born in Germany, she was the daughter of Leonard Monroe Kirk of Bel Air, MD and the late Betty Louvic Sandberg Kirk. She lived in Harford County since 1971 and was a faithful attendee of Christ Our King Presbyterian...

Donald Earl Craven

Donald Earl Craven

Mar 15, 2008

DONALD EARL CRAVEN, age 54, of Bel Air, MD, died on March 15, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Mary Lucille Crowley Craven of Bel Air, MD and the late Arvel Haywood Craven. He was employed at Jemicy School in Owings Mills for two years as a...

Edward Charles Novak

Edward Charles Novak

Mar 15, 2008

EDWARD CHARLES NOVAK, age 65, of Churchville, MD, died on March 15, 2008 at Gilchrist Center in Towson, MD. Born in Massena, NY, he was the son of the late Stephen Thomas and Ellen Marie McKenna Novak. He enjoyed golfing, gardening, biking, and traveling with his wife. He also enjoyed working with wood, which included building his own home and...

Bernice Wiernasz Krajewski

Bernice Wiernasz Krajewski

Mar 13, 2008

BERNICE WIERNASZ KRAJEWSKI, age 81, of Bel Air, MD, formerly of Middletown, CT, died on March 13, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Middletown, CT, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Andrew Wiernasz and Anna E Augustine and wife of the late John W. Krajewski and Francis Guida. She worked as a...

George Edmond Bridson

George Edmond Bridson

Mar 11, 2008

GEORGE BRIDSON, age 84, of Bel Air, MD, died on March 11, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Steubenville, OH, he was the son of the late William and Madge Bridson. He served his country during WWII in the U.S. Marines Corp. and worked at Edgewood Arsenal where he was a project engineer. He...

Edmund Francis Shanahan Jr.

Edmund Francis Shanahan Jr.

Mar 11, 2008

EDMUND FRANCIS SHANAHAN, Jr., age 75, of Bel Air, MD, died on March 11, 2008. Born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, he was the son of the late Edmund Francis Shanahan, Sr., and the late Margaret Kelly Shanahan. After graduating from Temple University, he settled in Bel Air and called Harford County home for 49 years with his family. He...

Alice Cornes

Alice Cornes

Mar 11, 2008

ALICE CORNES, age 91, of Forest Hill, MD, died at Stella Maris Hospice, Timonium, MD, on March 11, 2008. Born in Alma, VA, she was the daughter of the late Theodore Lacey and Bessie Brooke Fisher Silling. She loved to crochet, was an avid gardener, liked working with people, and enjoyed fishing. She had worked at Lana Lobels, Walkers, and...

Norman A. Mrozinski Sr.

Norman A. Mrozinski Sr.

Mar 10, 2008

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Joseph F. Clingroth

Joseph F. Clingroth

Mar 10, 2008

JOSEPH F. CLINGROTH, age 77, of Bel Air, MD, died on March 10, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Camden, NJ, he was the son of the late August Samuel and Lillian Fox Clingroth and was husband of 42 years, to the late Joyce Roberta Clingroth. Since 1986, he has been the D.J. for...

Willard Gene Jennings

Willard Gene Jennings

Mar 10, 2008

WILLARD GENE JENNINGS, age 77, of Churchville, MD, died on March 10, 2008 at his home. Born in Darlington, MD, he was the son of the late Joseph Emmett and Ada Boyles Jennings. An Army veteran, he worked 40 years on Aberdeen Proving Ground in the Foreign Science and Technology Center as an ordinance specialist. A lifelong resident of Harford...

Helen L. Gillespie

Helen L. Gillespie

Mar 9, 2008

HELEN L. GILLESPIE, age 87, of Abingdon, MD, formerly of Aberdeen, died on March 9, 2008 at Hart Hertiage in Street, MD. Born in Bay City, MI, she was the daughter of the late Andrew and Sarah Gwizdala Lewandowski and wife of the late Lt. Col. John W. Gillespie Jr. (USA Ret). She retired from Harford County Public Schools where...

Thomas Scott Meckelnburg

Thomas Scott Meckelnburg

Mar 9, 2008

THOMAS SCOTT MECKELNBURG, age 46, of Abingdon, MD died in California on March 9, 2008. Born in Detroit, MI, he was the son of Dr. Robert Lee Meckelnburg and Katharine Ann Loman Meckelnburg of Landenberg, PA. A Harford County resident for 19 years, he worked as a Geohydrologist for the U. S. Army, Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine....

Morgan T. Reedy

Morgan T. Reedy

Mar 9, 2008

MORGAN T. REEDY, age 84, of Bel Air, MD, died on March 9, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Rugby, VA, he was the son of the late James Franklin and Phoebe Jane Waddell Reedy. He worked for 30 years at Aberdeen Proving Ground as an Electronic Technician in the Ballistics Research Laboratory. He...

Agnes ''Nan'' M. Polson

Agnes ''Nan'' M. Polson

Mar 8, 2008

AGNES "NAN" M. POLSON, age 90, of Abingdon, MD, died on March 8, 2008 at Hart Heritage in Street, MD. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, she was the daughter of the late Alexander and Helen Currie Mackintosh, and wife of the late Joseph Polson. She immigrated to the U.S.A. with her parents at age 9. She grew up in Detroit, Michigan....

Edward G. Hammen Sr.

Edward G. Hammen Sr.

Mar 7, 2008

EDWARD G. HAMMEN SR., age 60, of Joppa, MD, died on March 7, 2008 at University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of George V. and Amelia Zyglarski Hammen of Joppa, MD. He was the owner of Ed Hammen Tile Company in Joppa, MD. A veteran of the U.S. Marines, he served...

Samantha ''Sam'' A. Cobert

Samantha ''Sam'' A. Cobert

Mar 7, 2008

SAMANTHA ARLINE COBERT, of Abingdon, MD, died on March 7, 2008 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. She was 18. Born at USAH 130th Station Hospital in Heidelberg, Germany, she was the daughter and stepdaughter of Jeffrey Dale Cobert and Anne Bernadette Lapointe, of Abingdon, MD. She graduated from Edgewood High School in 2007 as an honor roll student....

Thomas C. Walker Sr.

Thomas C. Walker Sr.

Mar 7, 2008

THOMAS C. WALKER SR., age 76, of Bel Air, MD, died on March 7, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Street, MD, he was the son of the late Challie Thomas and Hazel Bernice Hash Walker. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force, he served our country during the Korean War. He retired from...

Robert P. Brannan Sr.

Robert P. Brannan Sr.

Mar 6, 2008

ROBERT P. BRANNAN SR., age 84, of Bel Air, MD, died on March 6, 2008 at Perry Point VA Hospital in Perrville, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Joseph Walter and Margaret Theresa Reape Brannan. He was an Army veteran serving during WWII in Company L 24th Infantry Regiment. He fought in the Battle...

Thomas Austin Turner Sr.

Thomas Austin Turner Sr.

Mar 6, 2008

THOMAS AUSTIN TURNER SR., the son of the late Henry Turner and Edith Peters Turner, was born July 12, 1930 in Gunpowder Neck, MD. He departed this life at home, after a long illness, on March 6, 2008. Thomas was raised on the shores of the Gunpowder Neck, and attended the Harford County Colored School System. He resided in Joppa,...