Obituaries

Jan 7, 2007

JEAN ABBOTT AULT, age 84, of Gibson Island, MD, died on January 7, 2007, at her home. Born Jean Hall Abbott, to Frank Farnam Abbott and Rosamond Elizabeth nee Hall in Elmira, NY, on June 21, 1922. Mrs. Ault grew up in Western Springs and LaGrange, Illinois, graduating from Lyons Township High School. She followed in her father’s footsteps attending...

Jan 6, 2007

HOBERT M. SIMMONS, age 70, of Aberdeen, MD, died on January 6, 2007, at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air, MD. Born in Tazwell County, VA, he was the son of the late Oliver Druey and Hazel Katie Brown Simmons, and the husband of the late Mary Jean Simmons. He worked all of his life as a carpenter and was...

Jan 6, 2007

MARY “BETTY” HANDY, age 69, of Edgewood, MD, died on January 6, 2007 at Lorien Nursing & Rehabilitation Center of Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Walter Earl and Ethel Mae Carter Bond. She was a homemaker who loved to listen to country music, especially Elvis and collected memorabilia. She was an...

Jan 6, 2007

ROBERT JAMES MCAULEY JR., COL, (USA RETIRED), age 61, of Bel Air, MD, died on January 6, 2007, at his home. Born in Trenton, NJ, he was the son of the late Robert James McAuley Sr. and the late Elizabeth Beatrice Trerotola McAuley. He resided in Harford County since 1993. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy in 1968,...

Jan 5, 2007

DARRYL KEITH KNIGHT, age 44, of Bel Air, MD, died on January 5, 2007. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, he was the son of A. Joyce Badders Knight of Bel Air, MD, and the late Donald E. Knight. He was a 1981 graduate of Harford Vocational Technical High School. He loved his daughter and enjoyed playing his guitar and...

Jan 5, 2007

SHIRLEY KLETT, age 77, of Bel Air, MD, died on January 5, 2007, at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air, MD. Born in Bend, Oregon, she was the daughter of the late John Dickinson and Sylva Ethel Woodard Hertz. She was a research writer for the U. S. Government. Her credits include a BS in Psychology, Wash. State U., 1950;...

Jan 3, 2007

EDWARD “NED” C. COALE, age 87, of Fallston, MD, passed away in his sleep on January 3, 2007, while visiting his daughter for the holidays in Indiana. Born in Aberdeen, MD, he was the son of the late Harry Davis and Elizabeth Hollis Smith Coale and husband of 57 years of the late Miriam L. Beale Coale. A lifetime resident...

Jan 1, 2007

JEAN H. QUILLEN, age 77, of Bel Air, MD, died on January 1, 2007, at Four Season’s Assisted Living, Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Charles Emerson and Pauline Elizabeth Seward Iley and the wife of the late Lester Breece Quillen. She was a homemaker. She enjoyed taking care of other people,...

Jan 1, 2007

Dec 31, 2006

Dec 30, 2006

ROBERT “BOB” E. GOLDING, age 86, of Bel Air, MD, died on December 30, 2006, at his home. Born in Philipsburg, PA, he was the son of the late Tom and Phyllis Harris Golding. He served our country in the Army Air Corps during WWII as a B17 pilot. He was employed at APG Edgewood Arsenal as a mechanical engineer...

Dec 30, 2006

BRODNAX CAMERON JR. On Thursday, February 1, 2007, friends may call at the McComas Funeral Home, P.A., in Abingdon, MD, from 4-6 & 7-9 p.m. A Memorial service will be held on Friday, February 2, 2007, at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Abingdon, MD, with Rev. William L. Smith officiating. Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be...

Dec 30, 2006

Dec 28, 2006

MARY JOSEPHINE MARTINI, age 95, of Port Deposit, MD, died on December 28, 2006, at her home. Born in Bowleys Quarters, MD, she was the daughter of the late Alessio and Vincenza Licata Cosentino. She worked on the assembly line of Glenn L. Martin. She lived 94 years in Bowleys Quarters, MD, and was a member of Our Lady of...

Dec 27, 2006

Dec 27, 2006

DONALD ALBERT NORRIS, age 89, of Abingdon, died at Harford Memorial Hospital, Havre de Grace, MD on December 27, 2006. Born on Norris’ Corner on Abingdon Road in Abingdon, MD, he was the son of the late George Britton and Theresa Marie Schultz Norris. He was retired from Black and Decker where he was a machinist who sharpened saw blades....

Dec 26, 2006

MARY KATHERINE “KATHY” PARSONS, age 52, of Elkton, MD, died at University of Maryland Shock Trauma, Baltimore, MD, on December 26, 2006. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, she was the daughter of the late Robert H. Parsons and the late A. June Sexton Moxley. She made her career in the field of nursing because she enjoyed helping others. Ms....

Dec 26, 2006

Gerald Rudolph Ford was the thirty-eighth president of the United States.Ford was originally named after his biological father, Leslie Lynch King. When his mother, Dorothy Ayer Gardner King, remarried, Ford was renamed after his stepfather. Ford attended the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he was a gifted athlete and scholar. After college, he received offers from two professional...

Dec 25, 2006

JAMES FRANKLIN MORRISON , age 71, of Rosedale, MD, died at Franklin Square Hospital on December 25, 2006. Born in Roanoke, Virginia, he was the son of the late James Leonard and Sally Bell Crouse Morrison. He was a member of the Freight Drivers Teamsters Local Union #557. He loved his family and his dog, Bandit. He enjoyed hunting, fishing,...

Dec 23, 2006

BONNIE JEAN RUBY, age 64, of Joppa, MD, died on December 23, 2006 at Johns Hopkins Weinberg Center in Baltimore, MD. Born in Ellerslie, MD, she was the daughter of the late Ralph and Cathryn Barncard Orndoff. A Harford County resident since 1970, she helped her husband at his place of business, Handiman Remodeling. Her family said she enjoyed cooking...