Obituaries

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

Charles Reginal Rodefer  Sr.

Charles Reginal Rodefer Sr.

Oct 11, 2006

CHARLES REGINAL RODEFER SR., age 93, of Bel Air, MD, died on October 11, 2006, at Bel Air Health and Rehabilitation, Bel Air, MD. Born in Roanoke, VA, he was the son of the late Robert Worthington and Myrtle Compton Rodefer and the husband of 71 years of Beulah Laura May Rodefer. He was the owner/operator of Bel Air Lumber...

John ''Jan'' Vaartjes Sr.

John ''Jan'' Vaartjes Sr.

Oct 10, 2006

JOHN “JAN” VAARTJES SR, age 56, of Street, MD, died on October 10, 2006 at his home. Born in Amsterdam, Holland, he was the son of Cornelia Schotanus Vaartjes and the late Kornelis Vaartjes. A Harford County resident for 22 years, he also lived in Salisbury, North Carolina for eight years. He was a produce supervisor in the grocery store...

Billy Lee Hagy

Billy Lee Hagy

Oct 9, 2006

BILLY LEE “BEAKY” HAGY, age 63, of Forest Hill, MD, died on October 9, 2006, at the Lorien Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Belcamp, MD. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, he was the son of the late George Lee and Flora Mae Atwell Hagy. He was a commercial truck driver and had worked for Bata Shoe Company for over 20...

Roy E. Brown

Roy E. Brown

Oct 8, 2006

ROY EDWARD BROWN, age 69, of Churchville, MD, passed away on Sunday, October 8, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. The son of the late Thomas Brown and the late Mattie Lee Gilstrap, Roy was born in Fort Wayne, IN, on May 5, 1937. He graduated from Purdue University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering and received his Masters...

Marcie Lee Smith

Marcie Lee Smith

Oct 7, 2006

MARCIE LEE SMITH, age 32, of Bel Air, MD, died on October 7, 2006 at Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, MD. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, she was the daughter of the late James Robert Smith, Sr., and Linda Lee Whichard Smith. She taught pre-school at Trinity Lutheran Church and more recently at Kiddie Academy in Riverside. She was kind, caring,...

Terrence Kenny

Terrence Kenny

Oct 7, 2006

TERRENCE KENNY, age 79, of Baltimore, MD, died on October 7, 2006 at his daughter’s home. Born in New York, NY, he was the son of the late Terrence and Mary McDonough Kenny. Mr. Kenny retired as a master electrician after 50 years. He was a member of Local Union 24. He spent much of his time in Preston, MD,...

Joyce ''Kay'' Burrows

Joyce ''Kay'' Burrows

Oct 5, 2006

JOYCE KAY BURROWS, age 62, of Baltimore, MD, died on October 5, 2006 at Loch Raven Center, Parkville, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late William Leonard Moore and the late Joyce Lucas Uhler Brown and the wife of the late John F. Burrows. Formerly of Lochearn, MD, she was a manager in the banking...

Constance J. Keck

Constance J. Keck

Oct 5, 2006

CONSTANCE J. KECK, age 71, of Bel Air, MD, died on October 5, 2006 at Franklin Square Hospital, Baltimore, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of Irving and Eleanor Rybak Gutowska Riggs and the beloved wife of the late Edward J. Keck with whom she enjoyed many years. She worked for the Bel Air Police Department and...

Harry Mitzel

Harry Mitzel

Oct 5, 2006

HARRY MITZEL, age 82, of Joppa, MD, died on October 5, 2006, at the Baltimore Washington Medical Center, Glen Burnie, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Harry Parker Mitzel Sr., and Edna Hinkle Mitzel. He was the husband to his first wife, the late Mary Jane Kreiner Mitzel, for 55 years. He was retired...

Jean D. Van Horn

Jean D. Van Horn

Oct 2, 2006

JEAN D. VAN HORN, age 59, of Forest Hill, MD, died on October 2, 2006 at St. Joseph Medical Center. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of William Dale and Sarah Read Dowling Van Horn. A Harford County resident since 1959, she retired from the public school system in 1998, where she had been a librarian for 27...

Pamela H. Coale

Pamela H. Coale

Oct 2, 2006

PAMELA HENDON COALE, age 92, of Bel Air, died on October 2, 2006 at Citizens Nursing Home in Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late Harry Davis and Elizabeth Hollis Smith Coale. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her sisters Sarah Mildred Coale Cronin and Harriett Davis Coale Cully Jr....

Thomas N. Dombroskie

Thomas N. Dombroskie

Oct 1, 2006

THOMAS N. DOMBROSKIE, age 75, of Bel Air, MD, died on October 1, 2006, at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD. Born in Shamokin, PA he was the son of the late Walter Joseph and Agnes France Olszewski Dombrowski. He was a resident of Shamokin, PA, for 19 years. He served in the U.S. Navy. After the Navy, he moved to...

Margaret Ann Swift

Margaret Ann Swift

Oct 1, 2006

MARGARET ANN FELTON SWIFT, died October 1, 2006 at her home in Churchville, MD. She was born on May 10, 1928, to Robert L. and Kathleen Felton of Carthage, North Carolina. Maggie was an adventurer. Her ports of call included Jamaica, France, California, Aspen, Colorado and Middleburg, Virginia. She was a gourmet cook, an avid reader, did crossword puzzles daily...

Jack D. Williams

Jack D. Williams

Oct 1, 2006

Jack D. Williams of Port Charlotte, Florida, age 73, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, October 1, 2006.He was born in Georgia on April 28, 1933 to W. Garfield and Eula (Passmore) Williams. Corporal Jack Williams served in the United States Army for four years. He raised his family in Maryland, where he worked for Genstar Stone...

Martin J. Shaver

Martin J. Shaver

Sep 29, 2006

MARTIN J. SHAVER, age 58, of Havre de Grace, MD, died on September 29, 2006, at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Martin J. Shaver and the late Dorothy Mae McCullay Hall. He was a commercial truck driver. He served his country in the Army during the Vietnam...

Julius Stewart

Julius Stewart

Sep 29, 2006

JULIUS “JIM” STEWART, age 83, of Churchville, MD, died on September 29, 2006 at Perry Point V. A. Hospital. Born in McCullough, Alabama, he was the son of the late Crawford and Eula Mae Kaiser Stewart and the husband of the late Stella Faye Stewart. He was a brick mason in the masonry contracting industry and served in the Army...

Mary Catherine Corcoran

Mary Catherine Corcoran

Sep 27, 2006

MARY CATHERINE “CATHY” CORCORAN, age 64, of Bel Air, MD, died on September 27, 2006 at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD. Born in Pittsburgh, PA, she was the daughter of the late John Francis and Mary Theresa Joyce. A homemaker, she grew up in Pittsburgh, PA, and later became a longtime resident of Edgewood. She was a member of the...

Robert Wade Vaught

Robert Wade Vaught

Sep 27, 2006

ROBERT “BOB” WADE VAUGHT, 81, died Wednesday, September 27, 2006 at the home of his son and daughter-in-law in Fredericksburg, VA. He was the son of the late Miner Wade and Beliesa Irene Bourne Vaught. Bob is survived by his loving wife of 58 years, Fredna; his son, Jim and daughter-in-law, Jeanne; his daughter, Margaret Hart and her husband Bob,...

Daisy Viola Greer Henderson

Daisy Viola Greer Henderson

Sep 27, 2006

DAISY VIOLA GREER HENDERSON, age 97, of Bel Air, MD, died on September 27, 2006 at her daughter’s home. Born in White Top, VA, she was the daughter of the late George Clinton and Mahala Ann Blevins Baldwin. A Harford County resident for most of her life, she retired from Martin Marietta where she helped manufacture airplanes. After her retirement,...

Charles S. England

Charles S. England

Sep 25, 2006

CHARLES S. ENGLAND, age 86, of Forest Hill, MD, died peacefully with his family at his bedside at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on September 25, 2006. Born in Chestnut Hill, MD, he was the son of the late Howard Melvin and Margaret Virginia Smithson England and the husband of the late Elizabeth Grace England. He had retired from Bata Shoe...