Obituaries

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

Donna Lee Higgins

Donna Lee Higgins

Sep 16, 2007

DONNA LEE HIGGINS, age 63, of Abingdon, MD, died at Lorien Nursing Home, Columbia, MD on September 16, 2007. Born in Monticello, New York, she was the daughter of Marion Arlene Silvieus Hoyt of Fishkill, NY and the late Lee Carroll Crook. She received a B.A. from West Virginia Wesleyan University. For 15 years, she was an English teacher in...

Kenneth Elwyn Wessel

Kenneth Elwyn Wessel

Sep 15, 2007

KENNETH ELWYN WESSEL, age 78, of Edgewood, MD, died on September 15, 2007 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air, MD. Born in Port Huron, MI, he was the son of the late Joseph Valentine Wessel and Mary Elizabeth Johnson Wagner. A resident of Harford County for 43 years, he worked at Aberdeen Proving Ground for 20 years and was...

Dr. Malcolm Dudley Phillips

Dr. Malcolm Dudley Phillips

Sep 14, 2007

MALCOLM “DUDLEY” PHILLIPS, M.D., age 86, of Fort Myers, FL; a family physician in Darlington MD for more than 50 years, died on September 14, 2007 at his secondary residence in Forest Hill, MD. Born in Sioux Falls, SD, he was the son of the late Jay Malcolm and Irma Dudley Phillips of Baltimore. He attended St Paul’s School for...

Nancy Lee Chalk Jeffries

Nancy Lee Chalk Jeffries

Sep 13, 2007

NANCY LEE CHALK JEFFRIES, age 75, of Fallston, MD, died on September 13, 2007 at her home. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Bertha May Steigerwald Chalk and wife of the late William V. Jeffries. A Fallston resident for 48 years, she was a charter member of Grandview Christian Church where she was...

H. Albert Petz Jr.

H. Albert Petz Jr.

Sep 11, 2007

H. ALBERT PETZ JR., age 84, of Bel Air, MD, died on September 11, 2007 at Forest Hill Health and Rehabilitation, Forest Hill, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late H.Albert Petz Sr. and Ethel Christine Lindauer Petz. A veteran of the U.S Army Air Corp., he served our country during WWII. He was a...

Specialist Ari Daniel Weeks

Specialist Ari Daniel Weeks

Sep 10, 2007

SPECIALIST ARI DANIEL WEEKS, age 23, of Abingdon, MD, formerly of Leyden, MA, died on September 10, 2007 while serving in Iraq. Born in Greenfield, MA, he was the son of Jon Weeks and Karyn Brown of Leyden, MA. A paratrooper in the U. S. Army, he was a specialist in the Army’s 82nd Airborne 2nd Brigade. He was an...

Jonathan Alton Wilson

Jonathan Alton Wilson

Sep 10, 2007

JONATHAN ALTON WILSON, age 18, of Street, MD, died on September 10, 2007 at his home. Born in Fairfax, VA, he was the son of Mark Kevin and Joy Michelle Tipler Wilson of Street, MD. He attended Harford Technical High School where he was a wrestler, and he enjoyed snowboarding. In addition to his parents, Mr. Wilson is survived by...

Kitora Ann Bartley

Kitora Ann Bartley

Sep 8, 2007

On Saturday, September 8, 2007, Kitora Ann Bartley of Bel Air, MD died peacefully in her sleep at home after a 7 year battle with Lymphoma. Kitty was born Kitora Ann Flint in Austin, TX, and raised in Weston, MA, a small town west of Boston. She was a wife, mother, and Vice President of Water Chemical Service, Inc. of...

Ada G. Parsons

Ada G. Parsons

Sep 8, 2007

ADA G. PARSONS, age 86, of Bel Air, MD, died on September 8, 2007 at Forest Hill Health and Rehabilitation, Forest Hill, MD. Born in Grayson County, VA, she was the daughter of the late Elbert Maiden and Essie Cox Roberts and wife of the late James B. Parsons. She was a member of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, as...

Jeffrey Scott Dilutis

Jeffrey Scott Dilutis

Sep 7, 2007

JEFFREY SCOTT DILUTIS, age 36, died suddenly on September 7, 2007 at his home in Middle River, MD. Jeffrey was born in Baltimore, Maryland and is the son of Margaret Mae Lockwood Thomas, stepfather, Joseph Edward Thomas of Fallston, MD, and Thomas Henry Dilutis, stepmother, Cathy Lucas-Dilutis of Joppa, MD. He was a service consultant/advisor at Bob Bell Car Dealership...

Gertrude Eva Tuszynski

Gertrude Eva Tuszynski

Sep 5, 2007

GERTRUDE EVA TUSZYNSKI, age 87, of Forest Hill, MD, formerly of Canton, MD, died on September 5, 2007 at Rock Spring Village in Forest Hill, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Jacob and Johanna Kilkowski Tuszynski. Ms. Tuszynski and her identical twin sister, Lillian, were born on South Ann Street. Their family moved to...

Donald E. Class

Donald E. Class

Sep 4, 2007

DONALD E. CLASS, age 49, of Jarrettsville, MD died at his home on September 4, 2007. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the Raymond Earl and Kathleen Ellen Mackessey Class of Colora, MD. He was a self-employed CPA. He was an avid golfer and enjoyed racing his thoroughbreds in Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania. In addition to his...

Lula W. Pritchett

Lula W. Pritchett

Sep 4, 2007

LULA W. PRITCHETT, age 91, of Bel Air, MD, died on September 4, 2007 at Forest Hill Health and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Wilbur Leroy and Lula Arrington Riley and the wife of the late William R. Pritchett. She was born, raised, and married in Baltimore City. She moved to Scottsboro,...

James Roger Mcconnell Sr.

James Roger Mcconnell Sr.

Sep 4, 2007

JAMES ROGER McCONNELL, SR., age 88, of Bel Air, MD, died at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, on September 4, 2007. Born in Mansfield, Ohio, he was the son of the late Paul and Grace Arting McConnell and husband of the late Patricia Palmer McConnell. A graduate of Washington and Lee University, he was a member of Beta Theta Pi...

James E. Hull

James E. Hull

Sep 3, 2007

JAMES E. HULL, age 75, of Edgewood, MD died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air, MD, on September 3, 2007. Born in Wyno, PA, he was the son of the late Joseph Phillip and Mildred Violet Davis Hull. In 1972, he retired from the U.S. Air Force after 20 years of service having served during the Korean and Vietnam...

Timothy L. Brady

Timothy L. Brady

Sep 3, 2007

TIMOTHY L. BRADY, age 58, of Street, MD died at University Hospital Shock Trauma, Baltimore, MD on September 3, 2007. Born in Buckhannon, WV, he was the son of Willard Ray Brady, Sr. and Sara Virginia Carpenter Brady of Winter Haven, FL. He was retired from Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD after 34 years of service where he was a fire...

Sandy L. Gullion

Sandy L. Gullion

Aug 30, 2007

SANDRA (SANDY) LEE GULLION, age 53, of Darlington, MD, died on August 30, 2007 at her mother’s home. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, she was the daughter of Rose Lee Poole, of Bel Air, MD, and the late Charles Lester Jones Jr. Sandy was a medical receptionist and enjoyed many arts and crafts. She attended church regularly and participated...

Howard I. Carroll

Howard I. Carroll

Aug 30, 2007

HOWARD I. CARROLL, age 79, of Abingdon, MD, died on August 30, 2007 at his home. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Howard Irvine and Bertha Linton Carroll. A Navy veteran, he served our country during WWII. He worked as an engineer for the U.S. Government and loved to golf and fish. Mr. Carroll is...

Victoria Inigo Bjork

Victoria Inigo Bjork

Aug 29, 2007

VICTORIA INIGO BJORK, age 67, of Joppa, MD, died on August 29, 2007 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air, MD after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico on June 15, 1940, she was the daughter of the late Monserrate Inigo and Monserrate Rivera Ortiz, and wife of the late John Lewis Bjork Sr. Mrs. Bjork...

Thelma Louise Mackabee

Thelma Louise Mackabee

Aug 28, 2007

THELMA LOUISE MACKABEE, age 76, of Forest Hill, MD died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air, MD on August 28, 2007. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late William Henry and Hazel McQuay Kispert. She enjoyed flowers, gardening, and sewing. She loved her family’s dogs and loved going fishing. After retirement, she lived near Ocean...