Obituaries
Local obituaries for Abingdon, Bel Air, Jarrettsville, MD, and surrounding areas.
Mary F. Sinsko
May 11, 2006
MARY F. SINSKO, of Joppa, MD, age 87, died on May 11, 2006 at her home. Born in Anawalt, WV, she was the daughter of the late John Floyd and Marinthy Jane Hall Arnold. She was the wife of the late John Sinsko. She was a homemaker. Her family said that she was a devoted and loving wife, mother and...
Florence M. Titus
May 9, 2006
FLORENCE M. TITUS, age 86, of Bel Air, MD, died on May 9, 2006 at the Bel Air Health and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Fulford, MD, she was the daughter of the late John Waidlich and Beulah Madeline Waters Mears, and the wife of the late Archie Tharpe and the late John C. Titus. She had worked as a hairdresser...
Diana L. Crawford
May 8, 2006
DIANA L. CRAWFORD, age 58, of Bel Air, MD, died on May 8, 2006 at the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Born in Martinsburg, WV, she was the daughter of the late William Donald Crawford, Sr. and Elizabeth Margaret Koncer Crawford. She was a cafeteria worker at Fallston General Hospital and the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center for over 25 years. A...
Helen Toney Pegram
May 8, 2006
Helen Toney Pegram, of Joppa, Maryland, departed her earthly life on May 8, 2006 at Bel Air Health and Rehabilitation Center. Born on November 29, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Lewis Walker and Roena Virginia Davis Toney of Toney Creek, West Virginia. As a young woman, Helen Pegram served our nation’s defense industry during World War II...
Mary Jane Preston
May 6, 2006
MARY JANE “JAY” PRESTON, age 78, of Forest Hill, MD, died on May 6, 2006 at her home. Born in Chester, PA, she was the daughter of the late Vernon Luther and Lydia Cleta Gilkeson Stover. She attended Elmira College in New York State. She was married for 55 years to the late Albert “Bud” Armstrong Preston. She was a...
John J. Quigley
May 6, 2006
JOHN “JACK” J. QUIGLEY, age 83, of Abington, MD, died on May 6, 2006 at his home. Born in St. Claire, PA, he was the son of the late Thomas and Rose Brahony Quigley. He was the husband of the late Patricia A. Quigley. He retired after 42 years of service with the Pennsylvania Railroad as a train director. He...
Glenna R. Wagner
May 5, 2006
GLENNA R. WAGNER, age 46, of Fallston, MD, died on May 5, 2006 at the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, she was the daughter of Della Joyce Baugess Flint of Joppa, MD and the late Richard Leroy Dutton. She was a service writer at an automobile repair shop. Ms. Wagner is survived by two sons,...
Dorothy G. Ebner
May 4, 2006
DOROTHY G. EBNER, age 73, of Fallston, MD, died on May 4, 2006 at the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Genevieve Bartkowiak Walters. She was a homemaker. Her family said that she was a dedicated and loving mother, grandmother and wife who supported many charities. She was a...
George (Leo) Werneke, Sr.
May 3, 2006
GEORGE “LEO” WERNEKE, SR., age 80, of Fallston, MD, died on May 3, 2006 at his home. Born in Fallston, MD, he was the son of the late Joseph J. and Margaret Cole Werneke. A lifelong resident of Harford County, he joined the US Army in 1947. He was a dairy farmer in his earlier years before becoming a self-employed...
Blanche Over
May 2, 2006
BLANCHE OVER, age 81, of Bel Air, MD, died on May 2, 2006 at the Bel Air Health and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Bel Air, MD, she was the daughter of the late David and Daisy Ross and the wife of the late George William Over. She was a homemaker.Mrs. Over is survived by a son, George Roland Over, of...
John Schiavi
May 2, 2006
JOHN CHRISTOPHER SCHIAVI, of Darlington, MD, died on May 1, 2006. He was 34.John enjoyed racquetball, hunting, attending his children’s sporting events and just being with his family. He especially loved his job with Schindler Elevator Company.He is survived by his wife, Mindy Schiavi; his parents, Al and Anne Schiavi of Darlington, MD; his children, Anthony and Allison Schiavi; his...
George Nowotarski
May 1, 2006
GEORGE NOWOTARSKI, age 85, of Joppa, MD, died on May 1, 2006 at the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Born in Reading, PA, he was the son of the late Adam J. Nowotarski and Mary Lesko Nowotarski. He went to work for the old Glenn L. Martin Co. in 1939 before joining the Armed Forces and serving in WWII. After the...
Helen (Bunnie) I. Sylvester
May 1, 2006
HELEN “BUNNIE” I. SYLVESTER, age 74, of Edgewood, MD, died on May 1, 2006 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Born in Van Bibber, MD, she was the daughter of the late Walter Philip and Nola Isabelle Cage Amos. She was a homemaker who enjoyed her grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, great nieces and great nephews. She loved to read.Mrs. Sylvester is survived...
Gary J. Shumate
Apr 30, 2006
GARY J. SHUMATE, age 59, of Conowingo, MD, formerly of Harford County, died on April 30, 2006 at his home. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, he was the son of the late John Arthur Shumate and Helen Elizabeth Johnson Lewis. He worked for the Maryland Paving and Trucking Company for 30 years. For the past five years, he operated...
Ellsworth M. Orem
Apr 30, 2006
ELLSWORTH M. OREM, age 86, of Edgewood, MD, died on April 30, 2006 at Harford Memorial Hospital. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Howard Mason and Edna May Thompson Orem. He was married to the late Katherine R. Hall Orem. He was a C.P.A. for the Sealy Mattress Company. He served his country in the...
Jessie (Jay) Mildred Foard
Apr 28, 2006
JESSIE (JAY) MILDRED FOARD, age 90, of Bel Air, MD, died on April 28, 2006 at her home. Born in Madonna, MD, she was the daughter of the late Jesse Billingslea and Bessie Ray Hitchcock Foard. She had retired from Black & Decker after working on an assembly line. She had been a member of Bel Air United Methodist Church...
Ruby C. Hightower
Apr 28, 2006
RUBY C. HIGHTOWER, age 87, of Bel Air, MD, died on April 28, 2006 at the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Born in Clarksville TN, she was the daughter of the late Peter and Fanny Cottell. She married her husband in Elkton, KY in 1935, and his job brought them to Baltimore in 1942. In 1951, she went to work for...
Evelyn May Sterne
Apr 28, 2006
EVELYN MAY STERNE, of Joppa, MD, died on April 28, 2006, one day after her 89th birthday, at her home. Born in Cleveland, OH, she was the daughter of the late William and Katherine Niedhamer Sterne. She was a bookkeeper for the old Chesapeake and Ohio railway, now part of CSX. She moved to Maryland from Ohio in 1966 to...
Catherine E. Snyder
Apr 26, 2006
CATHERINE ELIZABETH SNYDER, of Fallston, died at home on April 26, at the age of 93. She was a resident of Harford County for the majority of her life.Born in York, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Charles M. and Catherine E. Lagan Burkins. In addition to being a homemaker, she worked during World War II at Glen...
Isabella Ortiz-Cubero
Apr 25, 2006
ISABELLA ORTIZ-CUBERO, “The Warrior Princess,” an infant, of the Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, died on April 25, 2006 at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. She was born in Baltimore, MD to Luis Adan Ortiz and Patricia Del Carmen Cubero, both of the Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. In addition to her parents, she is survived by three grandparents, Luis...
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