Obituaries

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...

Dec 23, 2006

Dec 22, 2006

JOSEPH B. LOVETT, JR., age 79, of Belcamp, MD, died on December 22, 2006, at Bel Air Health & Rehabilitation Center, Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Joseph Benard Lovett, Sr., and the late Rosalie Elizabeth Woodland Lovett. He resided in Harford County for seven years. He was a Baltimore City Police...

Dec 21, 2006

HANS W. LUETHY, age 66, of Abingdon, MD, died on December 21, 2006 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air, MD. Born in Washington, D. C., he was the son of the late Hans Reinhard and Gertrude Goertz Luethy. He retired from Comcast after 20 years, where he had been a sales manager. He enjoyed the water and was an...

Dec 21, 2006

SUSAN M. TRACEY, age 84, of Bel Air, MD died at Harford Memorial Hospital on December 21, 2006. Born in Lantz, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Calvin Grover Pryor, Sr. and the late Edith Grace Moser Pryor and the loving wife of 55 years of the late Fred J. Tracey. A long time Harford County resident, she...

Dec 21, 2006

GENE OLIN SELLMAN, age 53, of Joppa, MD, died on December 21, 2006, at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air, MD. Born in Buffalo, NY, he was the son of Genevieve Lillian Barnes Sellman of Joppa, MD and the late Olin Wesley Sellman. He was a member of Church of the Resurrection in Joppa, MD. He collected comic books and...

Dec 20, 2006

GLADYS ELLEN ERTWINE, age 90, of Pylesville, MD, died on December 20, 2006, at Forest Hill Health & Rehabilitation, Forest Hill, MD. Born in Willing, NY, she was the daughter of the late William August and Clara Ardel Marshall Schrader, formerly of Whotesville, NY, and wife of the late Harold William Ertwine Sr., formerly of Unityville, PA. Formerly of Whitesville,...

Dec 20, 2006

PAUL DAVID SMITH, D.O., MPH, age 53, of Bel Air, MD, died on December 20, 2006 at his home. Born in Van Buren, AR, the youngest of 12 children, he was the son of the late Robert Lee and Bernita Faye Triebsch Smith. Formerly of Fort Smith, AR, he was a Bel Air resident for 12 years. He graduated from...

Dec 19, 2006

FLORENCE FLORA JUDD, age 76, of Fallston, MD, died on December 19, 2006, at Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD. Born in Detroit, MI, she was the daughter of the late Emil DeVuyst and the late Madeline DeClercq. At one time, she was heavily involved in scouting with her husband and enjoyed embroidery. She was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother....

Dec 16, 2006

ROBERT “BOB” B. GRAYBEAL, age 72, of Aberdeen, MD, died on December 16, 2006, at Harford Memorial Hospital, Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Dunmore Township, Lancaster County, PA, he was the son of the late Bruce and Reba Elzie Wallen Graybeal. He was a retired member of the Maryland Army National Guard and worked as a heavy duty automotive...

Dec 15, 2006

JEFFREY DAVID BERGMANN, age 48, of Joppa, MD, died on December 15, 2006, at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD. Born in Wisconsin, he was the son of Janet Piper Bergmann of Wausau, WI and the late Raymond Alden Bergmann. He served our country in the U.S. Army and worked as a Biologist in the Toxicology Division for the...

Dec 15, 2006

VIRGIE IRENE BECK, age 92, of Edgewood, MD, died on December 15, 2006, at Harford Memorial Hospital, Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late James Rayburn and Ida Mae Botterill Phillips and the wife of the late James Oscar Beck. She worked as a Twister Hand at a Cotton Mill. She was...

Dec 14, 2006

JOSEPH E. STEEDMAN, age 82, of Forest Hill, MD, died on December 14, 2006, at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Harry and Mary Pierpont Steedman. He retired after 25 years of service for the U.S. government, where he worked as a systems analyst. He was a veteran...

Dec 11, 2006

AVA SMYTHERS FENDER, age 78, of Cana, VA, formerly of Bel Air, died on Monday, December 11, 2006 at her home. Born in Carroll County, VA, she was the daughter of the late Elbert Earley and Amanda Landerth Smythers. Mrs. Smythers is survived by her husband, Fred Fender of Cana, VA; one daughter, Diana Parker of Chambersburg, PA; one son,...

Dec 10, 2006

RITA AVIS WEDDLE, age 94, of Bel Air, MD, died on December 10, 2006, at Four Seasons Assisted Living. Born in Carroll County, VA, she was the daughter of the late Caleb and Maudie Dalton Branscome and the wife of 42 years to the late Joseph Farmer Weddle. She was a homemaker and a longtime member of Hopewell United Methodist...

Dec 10, 2006

Anneliese “Lisa” Marie Pesold Echard of Joppa died December 10, 2006 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, after an almost year-long battle with cancer. She was 79. Born May 5, 1927 in Vohenstrauss, Bavaria, Germany, Mrs. Echard was the second child and oldest daughter of the late Elisabetha Sommer and Johann Leonhard Pesold. She was the devoted wife...

Dec 10, 2006

FRANCIS “FRANK” JOSEPH PREVOST, SR., age 63, of Edgewood, MD, died on December 10, 2006, at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air, MD. Born in Ormstown, Quebec, Canada, he was the son of the late Joseph Hildege and Laurent Grace Wattie Prevost. He served in the U.S. Army during Vietnam as a Paratrooper and Medic. He enjoyed camping and fishing...