Obituaries

Jun 4, 2006

JUSTUS S. LETTS, age 88, of Bel Air, MD died on June 4, 2006 at Manor Care in Rossville, MD. Born in Jamaica, NY, he was the son of the late Samuel J. and Clara Hipperling Letts. He retired as the Plant Superintendent after 40 years with Grumman Aerospace in Glen Arm, MD. He was one of the founding members...

Jun 4, 2006

BOBBY L. OVERBAY, age 70, of Street, MD, died on June 4, 2006 at his home. Born in Marion, VA, he was the son of the late David Sylvannis and Gertrude Carter Overbay. He was a body and fender mechanic. His family said that he loved to play shuffleboard and sing karaoke. They also said that he enjoyed spending time...

Jun 3, 2006

HELEN ANN SOBOLEWSKI, age 91, of Palm Bay Florida, died at Palm Bay Community Hospital on June 3, 2006. Born in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the John Joseph and Catherine Anna Pluto Byorick and the wife of the late William Claude Sobolewski. A resident of Joppatowne most of her life, she also lived overseas as a wife...

Jun 3, 2006

WINNIE GRACE STURGILL, age 88, of Rising Sun, MD, formerly of Darlington, MD, died on June 3, 2006 at Union Hospital in Elkton, MD. Born in Piney Creek, NC, she was the daughter of the late Mastin and Caroline MacMeans Burchette, and the wife of the late Glen Sturgill. She was a homemaker who lived in Darlington, MD most of...

Jun 2, 2006

EDITH L. COPENHAVER, age 70, of Joppa, MD, died on June 2, 2006 at the Hospice of Baltimore-Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care in Towson, MD. Born in Allegany, MD, she was the daughter of the late John David and Eleanor Niner Pape. She was the wife of the late John David Copenhaver, Sr. She was a homemaker. Her family said...

Jun 2, 2006

DOLLY MAY STANIEC, age 85, of Abingdon, MD, died on June 2, 2006 at her home. Born in Henryton, MD, she was the daughter of the late John Peter and Ethel Josephine Condon Hayes, and the wife of the late Steven C. Staniec. She was a homemaker. Her family said that she was the caretaker of the entire family.Mrs. Staniec...

Jun 2, 2006

HAROLD “BOOTS” B. HESS, age 88, of Monkton, MD, died on June 2, 2006 at the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Born in Monkton, MD, he was the son of the late Benjamin Garfield and Lily May Base Hess. He retired after running a dairy farm, owned by him and his brother, for 50 years. He worked as a foreman for...

Jun 1, 2006

ROBERTA JOHNSON, age 81, of Bel Air, MD, died on June 1, 2006 at the Hart-Heritage Home in Street, MD. Born in Fallston, MD, she was the daughter of the late Milford Raymond and Annie Mary Walker Morgan and the wife of the late R. Wilson Johnson, Sr. She was a homemaker who enjoyed cooking and baking and was a...

Jun 1, 2006

JOHN CONRAD TAYLOR, age 68, of Rosedale, MD, died on June 1, 2006 at his home. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late John Edward and Leona Marie Kness Taylor. He was a delivery driver at the beginning and end of his working life, and a retail salesperson and manager who worked for Montgomery Wards from...

Jun 1, 2006

JUDY A. BOSLEY, age 56, of Edgewood, MD, died on June 1, 2006 at the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Edward and Alice Virginia Singleton Bosley. She was a homemaker. She was a collector of porcelain dolls, enjoyed country music and spending time outdoors in her gardens....

May 31, 2006

CURTIS CORNELIUS DAUGHERTY, of Aberdeen, MD, died on May 31, 2006 in Aberdeen, MD as a result of a car accident. He was 79 years old.Born in Clayton, MD, he was the son of the late Clarence Earl and Mary Elizabeth Johnson Daugherty.Mr. Daugherty served his country in the US Army during WWII. He retired from the Aberdeen Proving Ground.Mr....

May 30, 2006

WILLIAM “BILL” E. HARDY, age 58, of Bel Air, died at his home on May 30, 2006. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the son of the late Howard Nelson, Sr. and Margaret Lillian Coleman Hardy. He served in the US Army during Vietnam. He was a stocker for Klein’s Supermarket. He enjoyed sports, politics, and WWII history. Mr. Hardy...

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May 26, 2006

JEFFREY LOUIS HALL, age 36, of Abingdon, MD, died on May 26, 2006 at his home. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Joy Mae Shanholtz Hall of Joppa, MD and the late Louis Stanley Hall. He worked in health insurance enrollment administration. He was a member of Bel Forest Baptist Church. He coached T-ball. His family said...

May 26, 2006

GALE MITCHELL, age 79, or Bel Air, MD, died on May 26, 2006 at the Hart-Heritage Home in Street, MD. Born in New Hall, WV, he was the son of the late Arthur and Carrie Holmes Mitchell, and the husband of the late Etta Jane Mitchell, whom he married in 1956. Mrs. Mitchell died in 2004. He was a resident...

May 26, 2006

JEAN MARGUERITE HENNING, age 83, of Forest Hill, MD, died on May 26, 2006 at her home with her family at her side. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Charles Christian Rehberger, Jr. and the late Lorraine Marguerite Raither Rehberger. She was a homemaker, a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and a...

May 25, 2006

EUGENE FEDORUK (GENE) of Joppa, MD; formerly of Baltimore City, passed away, May 25, 2006, at Franklin Square Hospital, after a lengthy illness. He was 79 years old.Gene is survived by his wife, Nancy Turner-Fedoruk (nee Combs), of 43 years, and four daughters and spouses. Diane Mick, Cynthia & Richard Vojtech, Karen & John Bryant and Nichole & LeRoy Fothergill;...

May 24, 2006

JOHN ALVIN THIELEMANN, of Joppa, MD, age 78, died on May 24, 2006 at his home. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Henry and Alvina Rebecca Bien Thielemann. He served his country as a member of the United States Marines and the United States Air Force. He worked in automotive fleet services at Dundalk Marine...

May 24, 2006

DAVID LEE HUSK, SR., age 58, of Abingdon, MD, died on May 24, 2006 at the Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium, MD. Born in Parkersburg, WV, he was the son of Lee R. Husk of Abingdon, MD and the late Arrietta Mae Blosser Husk. He was a commercial and residential painter. His family said that he enjoyed fishing, playing cards,...