Obituaries

Oct 20, 2007

JOHN CROMWELL SR., age 82, of Abingdon, MD, died on October 20, 2007 at Citizens Care Center in Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Trenton, NJ, he was the son of the late Matthew and Marion Cromwell. Formerly of Catonsville, he was a veteran of the U.S. Navy serving during WWII, and later in the Reserves during the Korean War....

Oct 17, 2007

ESTELLA MAE BAKER, age 64, of Edgewood, MD, died on October 17, 2007 at her home. Born in Jenkins, KY, she was the daughter of the late Rev. John Davis Bentley and the late Della Mae Mullins Bentley. She was the wife, for 20 years, of the late Richard Baker. She was a teacher of cosmetology and a member for...

Oct 16, 2007

DALLAS LEROY BENNETT, age 66, of Aberdeen, MD, died on October 16, 2007 at Franklin Square Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Born in Runville, PA, he was the son of the late Arthur and Hermene Burd Bennett. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served during the Vietnam. He worked for Central Atlantic Contractors, a division of Safety Grooving and Grinding,...

Oct 15, 2007

LUIS DeLUNA, age 79, of Joppa, MD, died on October 15, 2007 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Born in Laredo, TX, he was the son of the late Luis DeLuna and the late Maria L. Palacios. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force, he retired from the military after 30 years of service and worked for the postal...

Oct 14, 2007

LYNN H. BEDSAUL, age 88, of Bel Air, MD, died on October 14, 2007 at Bel Air Health and Rehabilitation in Bel Air, MD. Born in Ennis, NC, he was the son of the late Clyde Walter and Emma Coomes Bedsaul. He had owned and operated the former Bedsaul Dairy Farm in Fountain Green. For eight years he worked as...

Oct 14, 2007

IRENE W. KENDALL, age 89, of Bel Air, MD, died on October 14, 2007 at Bel Air Health and Rehabilitation Center, Bel Air, MD. Born in East St. Louis, IL, she was the daughter of the late Clinton David Woelfer and Nell Chisom Woelfer, and wife of the late Harry L. Kendall. A secretary for the public school system, she...

Oct 14, 2007

THOMAS H. TURNER, age 55, of Edgewood, MD, died on October 14, 2007 at his home. Born in Greensboro, GA, he was the son of the late William Henry Turner and the late Kathleen Vivian Hembree Reed. He was a veteran serving in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. A heavy equipment operator, he worked for American Infrastructure...

Oct 13, 2007

IRIS MEYER LUFBURROW, age 80, of Bel Air, MD, died on October 13, 2007 at Harford Memorial Hospital, Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Charles Meyer and the late Lula Tyler Cornelius. A Harford county resident for 21 years, she was also a member of Bel Air United Methodist Church for...

Oct 13, 2007

PAUL D. HINES, age 77, of Churchville, MD, died on October 13, 2007 at his home. Born in Omaha, NE, he was the son of the late Wallace Woodford and Marjorie Guinevere Kistler Hines. A veteran of the U.S Army, he retired after 20 years where he was a Signal Corps photo officer and instructor. He was employed with the...

Oct 12, 2007

DEBORAH “DEBBIE” KAYE SMITH, age 52, of Churchville, MD, died on October 12, 2007 at University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD. Born in Fayetteville, NC, she was the daughter of Lillian Barbara Pittman Reiber of Edgewood, MD and the late William Eugene Reiber Jr., and wife of the late Wayne “Steve” Stevenson Smith. A veterinary technician, she was very...

Oct 11, 2007

IRENE H. BOWYER, age 88, of Dundalk, MD, died on October 11, 2007 at John Hopkins Bayview, Baltimore, MD. Born in Draffin, KY, she was the daughter of the late James Emmitt Hawkins and the late Nancy Jane Mullins and wife of the late James H. Bowyer. She had worked as a seamstress in a sewing factory. She loved to...

Oct 11, 2007

GARY MICHAEL ENSOR, formerly of Bel Air, died suddenly on Thursday, October 11, 2007 at his Forest Hill residence. Born on October 29, 1953 in Havre de Grace, MD, he was the son of the late Benjamin Thomas and Rosetta Amrein Ensor. A 1971 graduate of Bel Air High School, he will always be remembered for his stellar portrayal of...

Oct 10, 2007

SADIE JUANITA NORMAN, age 65, of Aberdeen, MD, died on October 10, 2007 at Stella Maris Hospice, Timonium, MD. Born in Hickory, NC, she was the daughter of the late Fred Elmore and Sadie Belle Stillwell Setzer. She was a resident of Harford County for 47 years where she worked as a waitress before she and her husband established their...

Oct 10, 2007

ANTHONY MICHAEL JANOURIS, SR., age 46, of Bel Air, MD died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air, MD on October 10, 2007. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Betty Ann Meadows Janouris of Baltimore, MD and the late George Matthew Janouris. A resident of Harford County for 20 years, he was employed by the Harford County...

Oct 10, 2007

ELWOOD KENNETH COLLAR SR., age 82, of Aberdeen, MD, died on October 10, 2007 at his home. Born in Clearfield, PA, he was the son of the late Lewy Collar and the late Margaret Haynes, and husband of the late Barbara Vonderheid Collar. A veteran, serving during WWII and the Korean conflicit, he retired from the U.S. Army after 20...

Oct 9, 2007

DONALD JAMES KREINER, age 77, of Bel Air, MD, died at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD on October 9, 2007. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Harry John and Anna Marie Leonard Kreiner. He excelled at his masonry business where it began as Kreiner and Edwards Masonry and later became Kreiner Masonry. He was a...

Oct 8, 2007

Oct 8, 2007

BETTY JO O’BRIEN, age 74, of Towson, MD, formerly of Washington, D.C., died on October 8, 2007 at St. Joseph Medical Center, Towson, MD. Born in Evansville, IN, she was the daughter of the late Vernon Burdge and the late Maude Harris. She retired from Urban Land Institute, after 20 years, where she was a controller. She was an expert...

Oct 8, 2007

VIRGINIA M. GOWAN STREET, age 85, of Bel Air, MD, died on October 8, 2007 at Forest Hill Health and Rehabilitation, Forest Hill, MD. Born in Cattaraugus, NY, she was the daughter of the late Alton William and Anna Langhans Gowan and wife, for 61 years, of the late William Alpheus Street, LTC, US Army. Mrs. Street was in the...

Oct 7, 2007

LESSIE G. MORGAN, age 82, of Bel Air, MD, died on October 7, 2007 at her home. Born in Lumberton, NC, she was the daughter of the late Oscar and Mary Stone Abbott, and wife, for 55 years, of the late Howard Morgan. A life long Christian woman, she was active in church and taught Sunday school. She was a...