Obituaries

Mar 24, 2006

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Mar 23, 2006

DUANE COOMES, of Bel Air, MD, died on Thursday, March 23, 2006 at his home. He was 80. Born in Ennice, NC, he was the son of the late Emmett and Oma Coomes. He was a veteran of the US Navy who served on the USS Weaver in the Pacific Theater during WWII. He worked for A&P Supermarkets and 7...

Mar 23, 2006

Mar 23, 2006

MABEL E. WATTERS, age 69, of Joppa, MD, died on Thursday, March 23, 2006 at the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Born in Riverhead, NY, she was the daughter of Mabel Elizabeth Parrish Brown of Joppa, MD and the late John Melvin Brown. She was a homemaker, who enjoyed spending quality time with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Her family said...

Mar 21, 2006

JOHN W. HARKINS, age 59, of Fallston, died at St. Joseph Hospital, Towson, Maryland on March 21, 2006. Born in Bel Air, he was the son of the late Aubrey Smithson and Mabel Teresa McCarthey Harkins. He had worked for Green Contracting in White Marsh, Maryland where he was a heavy equipment mechanic. He was a member of the American...

Mar 21, 2006

MICHAEL S. GUERCIO, a lifelong Harford County resident, died at his Forest Hill, MD home on March 21, 2006 at the age of 43. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, he graduated from Bel Air High School in 1980, and went to the University of Baltimore where he earned his bachelor and MBA degrees. He married the former Karen Tuttle...

Mar 20, 2006

BARBARA ANN DRINKS, age 57, of Forest Hill, MD, died on March 20, 2006 at the Franklin Square Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of Mary Margaret Appley Byrne of Rosedale, MD and the late Riley Junior Byrne. She was a Manager for Wachovia Bank for many years. In addition to her mother, Mrs....

Mar 20, 2006

MILDRED “MUTZ” E. SELING, age 82, of Joppa, MD, died on March 20, 2006 at her home. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Theodore and Carrie Lina Martin Rixham, and the wife of the late James F. Seling. She was a retired flower grower for Rye’s Greenhouse in Perry Hall, MD. She was a member...

Mar 19, 2006

MADELINE ELEANOR MALONEY, age 86, of Bel Air, Maryland, died at Lorien Assisted Living, Bel Air, Maryland, on March 19, 2006. Born in Tunnelton, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Loris Orvell and Lola Pearl Matlick Zinn and the wife of the late William H. Maloney. She was retired from Montgomery Ward, Baltimore, Maryland, where she was...

Mar 17, 2006

FRANK J. PUENTE, age 71, of Pylesville, MD, died on March 17, 2006 at his farm. Born in McKeesport, PA, he was the son of the late Ceferino Jesus and Katherine Mary Spuhler Puente, grew up in Donora, PA, and graduated from the University of Pittsburgh. In 1959, he moved to Harford County to teach at Bel Air High School....

Mar 17, 2006

DAVID W. STENGER, age 44, of Bel Air, MD, died on March 17, 2006 at the University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Audrey Marie Brodsky Stenger of Baltimore, MD and the late Joseph H. Stenger. He was the vice-president and general manager of the Chesapeake Uniform Rental Company. He was...

Mar 17, 2006

WILLIAM “MR. BILL” LESLIE HEAD, SR., age 60, of Edgewood, MD, died on March 17, 2006 at his home. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, he was the son of the late Ollie Mack and Marguerite Harriet Bishop Head. A life-long resident of Harford County, he was a long-time employee of the Harford County Board of Education and a 15-year...

Mar 16, 2006

BENJAMIN GLASCO DAVIS, age 58, of Churchville, MD, died on March 16, 2006 at the Perry Point VA Medical Center in Perryville, MD. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, he was the son of the late Robert C. and Esther Elmira Smith Davis. He had retired as a District Supervisor after 30 years of service with the Department of Public...

Mar 13, 2006

MARGARET S. PENNSYLE, age 89, of Bel Air, MD, died on March 13, 2006 at the Bel Air Health and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Louisville, KY, she was the daughter of the late Jesse and Belle Hicks Kollenberg, and the wife of the late Harrison Robert Pennsyle. She was a bookkeeper for the Department of Defense for four years. She...

Mar 13, 2006

JOHN B. LaROSA, SR., age 64, of Edgewood, MD, died on March 13, 2006 at the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Ernest Bernard Sr. and Sallie Elizabeth McVicker LaRosa. He was a construction inspector for the Harford County Department of Water and Sewer. He was a life-long resident of Harford...

Mar 13, 2006

ERIC W. STUDTMANN, age 33, of Bel Air, MD, died on March 13, 2006 in Bel Air. Born in Elk Grove Village, IL, he was the son of Robert William and Linda Katherine Milhousen Studtman of Bel Air, MD. He was a chef at the Radisson Lord Baltimore Hotel in Baltimore, MD. A member of the American Culinary Association, he...

Mar 12, 2006

JAMES JOHN AMERENA, age 87, of Joppa, MD, died on March 12, 2006 at his home. Born in Boston, MA, he was the son of the late John and Raphaela Andreotti Amerena. He was a sales manager for Baltimore Diesel. He was a member of Holy Spirit Church and the Knights of Columbus in Joppa, MD. Interested in aircraft, he...

Mar 12, 2006

DALE WILLOUGHBY, age 80, of Edgewood, MD, died on March 12, 2006 at the Citizens Care Center in Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Benedict, ND, he was the son of the late John Clint and Regina L. Noss Willoughby. He was a retired rancher whose ranch was in North Dakota. His family said that he enjoyed helping others, refinishing...

Mar 12, 2006

WOODROW “WOODY” BARR, age 63, of Edgewood, MD, died on March 12, 2006 at his home after a long illness. Born in Morgantown, WV, he was the son of the late Woodrow Roy and Adah Pauline Fortney Barr. He served his country in the United States Marines. He retired from Northrup Grumman Corporation in Glen Arm, MD in 1990 after...

Mar 11, 2006

NANCY GRIFFIN HOGARTH, 72, passed away on March 11, 2006 following a lengthy illness. She was the wife of Edward L. Hogarth, Jr. of Jarrettsville, MD. She was born in Dayton, OH on December 5, 1933 to Flora Lipe Griffin and Clyde Sylvester Griffin. Mrs. Hogarth moved to Towson, MD in 1941 and became a resident of Harford County in...