Obituaries

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

Cotton Osborn

Cotton Osborn

Apr 8, 2009

Cotton Osborn, age 84, of Edgewood, MD, died on April 8, 2009 at Bel Air Health and Rehabilitation in Bel Air, MD. Born in Bloomington, IL, he was the son of the late Albert and Rachel Moon Osborn. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served for 20 years before retiring in 1965. He was an avid fisherman, boater, and...

David Harding Forney

David Harding Forney

Apr 7, 2009

David Harding Forney, age 88, died on April 7, 2009. A native of Davidsville, PA, he was a former resident of Edgewood, MD, having made Augusta, GA his home for the past 12 years. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Joppa and was husband of the late Lucille Peters Forney. Mr. Forney was a U.S. Army veteran...

Nancy Stifler

Nancy Stifler

Apr 6, 2009

Nancy Stifler, age 76, of Bel Air, MD, died on April 6, 2009 at her home. Born in Bel Air, MD, she was the daughter of the late Cardiff Norris McComas and Mary Alice Magness Kropff and wife of the late William C. Stifler Jr. She was born and raised on a farm not far from her home in Bel...

Ruby M. Acree

Ruby M. Acree

Apr 4, 2009

Ruby May Acree, age 83, of Bel Air, MD, died on April 4, 2009 at her daughter's home in Forest Hill, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late N. Marie Nault and Robert G. Geesey and wife of the late Edward E. Acree. She worked for many years at Bendix Radio. She enjoyed many activities...

Million Elliott Daneker

Million Elliott Daneker

Apr 3, 2009

Million Elliott Daneker, age 94, of Fallston, MD, died on April 3, 2009 at his home. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Charles Rutherford Daneker Sr. and Anna Mae Elliott Daneker. A past president of the Bel Air Rotary Club, he had owned and operated, along with his brother Brod Daneker, the Million Rutherford Company,...

Jane Patricia Guy

Jane Patricia Guy

Apr 1, 2009

Jane Patricia Guy, age 72, of Bel Air, MD, died on April 1, 2009 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. She was blessed to have spent the last part of her life in loving care of her family, Lisa, Pete, Gianna, Petey, and Alex. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Charles Augustin...

Elinor  Louise Holter

Elinor Louise Holter

Apr 1, 2009

Elinor Louise Holter, age 97, originally of Abingdon, MD, died on April 1, 2009 at Forest Hill Health and Rehabilitation in Forest Hill, MD. Born June 18, 1911 in Abingdon (Sewell), MD to the late Joseph Mark and Lenora Claiborne Harward Moulsdale, she grew up on her parent's farm near the intersection of Rt. 40 and Abingdon Road. The Joseph...

Frederick Yates Ward

Frederick Yates Ward

Apr 1, 2009

Frederick Yates Ward, of Bel Air, MD, died on April 1, 2009 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. He was 81. Born in Boone, NC in 1928, he was the son of the late Walter Lucky Ward and Eliza Yates Ward and husband of the late Joan Eccles Ward. He moved to Harford County in 1930 and was valedictorian and...

David Michael Ruszkiewicz

David Michael Ruszkiewicz

Apr 1, 2009

David Michael Ruszkiewicz, age 47, of Bel Air, MD, died on April 1, 2009 at his home after a two year battle with ALS-Lou Gehrigs Disease. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Marion John and Mary Marie DiDominicus Ruszkiewicz of Essex, MD. He owned and operated A&J Concrete and Asphalt Service in Harford and Baltimore counties. A...

Joseph A.  Berry

Joseph A. Berry

Apr 1, 2009

Joseph A. Berry, age 78, of Bel Air, MD, died on April 1, 2009. Born in Atlantic City, NJ, he was the son of the late Charles A. and Anne V. Smith Berry. He was employed as a teacher for 25 years with Baltimore County Schools and also taught at Harford Community College. He was a dedicated educator and coach....

Larry Leiser

Larry Leiser

Mar 31, 2009

Larry Leiser, age 69, of Aberdeen, MD, died on March 31, 2009 at Perry Point VA Medical Center in Perry Point, MD. Born in Van Wert, OH, he was the son of the late Joseph C. and Anna G. Mayer Leiser. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served our country during the Vietnam War. He retired from the U.S....

Lillian  B. Wood

Lillian B. Wood

Mar 31, 2009

Lillian B. Wood, age 92, of Forest Hill, MD, died on March 31, 2009 at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium, MD. Born in Trappe, MD, she was the daughter of the late Rene Bunce and Mattie Elizabeth Daughton Lackey and wife of the late Richard Orville Wood. A life long resident of Harford County, she had worked as a seamstress...

Jencie Dailey

Jencie Dailey

Mar 29, 2009

Jencie Dailey, age 88, of Bel Air, MD, died on March 29, 2009 at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium, MD. Born in Helton, NC, she was the daughter of the late Gordon David and Nannie Belle Blevins Ball and wife of the late Jack Dailey. A Harford County resident since she was 8 years old, she had worked for Reed's...

Ralph Karn Jr.

Ralph Karn Jr.

Mar 28, 2009

Ralph Wilmer Karn Jr., age 75, of Dundalk, MD, died on March 28, 2009 at Union Hospital in Elkton, MD. Born in Frederick, MD, he was the son of the late Ralph Wilmer Karn Sr. and Jessie Woodrow Huffer Karn and husband of the late Louise Mae Karn. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and had worked as...

Marc  Adam Clymer

Marc Adam Clymer

Mar 27, 2009

Marc Adam Clymer, age 32, of Bel Air, MD, died on March 27, 2009 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Michael Grant and Marianne Hannah Bove Clymer of Bel Air, MD. He was a special gift from God and filled the lives of his family with love, hope,...

Virginia ''Betty'' Howell

Virginia ''Betty'' Howell

Mar 26, 2009

Virginia "Betty" Howell, age 92, of Fallston, MD, died on March 26, 2009 at her home. Born in Chilhowie, VA, she was the daughter of the late Charles Henry and Mattie Gertrude St. John Tomlinson and wife of the late Hobart B. Howell Sr. A lifelong member of Dublin United Methodist Church, she belonged to the Friendship Circle, bible groups,...

Marion Elizabeth Paylor Terry Perry

Marion Elizabeth Paylor Terry Perry

Mar 25, 2009

Marion Elizabeth Paylor Terry Perry, age 81, of Joppa, MD, died on March 25, 2009 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Roxboro, NC, she was the daughter of the late Kellie Eugene and Lillian Estelle Bailey Paylor. She was married to Robert Grant Terry in 1948 and Roy William Perry in 1977. She worked for...

Arnold Charles Eck, Sr.

Arnold Charles Eck, Sr.

Mar 25, 2009

Arnold Charles Eck Sr., age 81, of Forest Hill, MD, died on March 25, 2009 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Hyde, MD, he was the son of the late Phillip Augustus and Pearl Elizabeth Shanklin Eck. He had worked for the U.S. Post Office as a Rural Route Carrier where he retired after 43...

Veronica ''Roni'' L. Chenowith

Veronica ''Roni'' L. Chenowith

Mar 24, 2009

The Honorable Veronica 'Roni" Chenowith Harford County Council member and community leader, Veronica "Roni" L. Chenowith, age 70, of Fallston, MD, died on March 24, 2009 at her home after a hard fought battle with leukemia. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Clement Patrick Stoney Sr. and Mary Louise Mathias Stoney. "Roni was a very...

Melvin T. Carter

Melvin T. Carter

Mar 24, 2009

Melvin T. Carter, age 89, of Joppa, MD, died on March 24, 2009 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late George Herbert and Marie Gladys Wohrna Carter and husband of the late Adele Edna Soistman Carter. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served our country during...