Obituaries
Local obituaries for Abingdon, Bel Air, Jarrettsville, MD, and surrounding areas.
David ''Glen'' Niswonger
Jul 3, 2005
David "Glen" Niswonger, a Maryland Transportation Authority Assistant Administrator - Tunnels died Sunday at his vacation home in Avilton, Garrett County, Maryland. He died from Hepatitis C while waiting on the liver transplant list at Johns Hopkins Hospital.Mr. Niswonger was with the Maryland Transportation Authority since September 1967. He started as a maintenance worker on the John F. Kennedy Highway...
Vernon Louis Gauss, Sr.
Jul 2, 2005
VERNON LOUIS GAUSS, SR., formerly of Baltimore, died July 2, 2005 at his home in Port Richey, Florida. He was 77,He married Mae Agnes Hardesty; upon her death, he married Francis Walsh.He was employed with George R. Hardesty, Inc. of Erdman Avenue and Burgemeister and Bell, Inc. of Owings Mills. In 1972, he opened his own plumbing and heating company,...
Arthur W. Pfeffer
Jul 1, 2005
ARTHUR W. PFEFFER, age 73, of Bel Air died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, on July 1, 2005. Born in Houston, Texas, he was the son of the late Arthur Bloesius and Edith Rose Arnold Pfeffer. He was retired from the U.S. Army having served from 1951 – 1972 during the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam Conflict. He had been...
Cora L. Burton
Jul 1, 2005
CORA L. BURTON, age 86, of Edgewood, died at Franklin Woods Center, Rossville, on July 1, 2005. Born in Wilkes County, North Carolina, the fourth of eight children, she was the daughter of the late James Garfield and Cora Bell Lovette Eller. She was raised on a farm. She came to Maryland at 18, married and had two children, Robert...
Mary L. Kern
Jun 28, 2005
MARY L. KERN, age 86, of Bel Air, died at Mariner Health of Forest Hill on June 28, 2005. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Lillian Jubb Quade and the wife of the late Frederick G. Kern, Sr. She was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary at Mercy Hospital for 25 years. A resident...
Jerome (Jerry) Edward Meany
Jun 28, 2005
JEROME (JERRY) EDWARD MEANY, age 58, of Edgewood, died at Johns Hopkins Bayview, Baltimore, on June 28, 2005. Born in Linz, Austria, he was the son of the late Jerome Patrick and Elfriede “Mike” Hofer Meany. A resident of Harford County for 19 years, he was a member of St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church, Abingdon, and the Knights of...
Evelyn A. Gordon
Jun 24, 2005
Evelyn Annabelle Gordon of Bel Air died Friday, June 24th at Mariner Health of Bel Air after a short battle with liver cancer. She was 82.Born in Everett, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Alvey Elmer Smith and Alice Ritchey Smith. She graduated with her sister, Lulu, with the class of 1940 from the Everett Area High School.Throughout...
Garnet E. Affleck, Jr.
Jun 24, 2005
GARNET E. “JOE” AFFLECK, JR., age 76, of Havre de Grace, died at St. Joseph Medical Center on June 24, 2005. Born in Winchester, Virginia, December 3, 1928 he was the son of the late Garnet Edward and Martha Walker Affleck.He was an athlete and 1947 graduate of Catonsville High School, where he excelled in lacrosse and track and field...
Howard Costa Pimental
Jun 23, 2005
HOWARD COSTA PIMENTAL, age 80, of Leesburg, Florida, formerly of Bel Air died at Kindred Hosptial, Green Cove Springs, Florida, on June 23, 2005. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, he was the son of the late Charles Costa and Violet Vasconcellos Pimental. He served in both the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy. A Christian man, he was a member of...
Gertrude (Gertie) Tucker
Jun 22, 2005
GERTRUDE “GERTIE” TUCKER, age 90, of Edgewood, died at Mariner Health of Bel Air on June 22, 2005. Born in Randolph, Vermont, she was the daughter of the late William Stanley and Mary Elizabeth Brunnell Loso and the wife of the late Oscar L. Tucker. She was a member and past president of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit #17 of...
Gladys Marie Simmons
Jun 21, 2005
GLADYS MARIE SIMMONS, age 85, of Aberdeen, died at Harford Memorial Hospital on June 21, 2005. Born in Hillsboro, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Calvin Lee and Ressie Marie Cutlip Blake and the wife of 25 years of the late Clinton A. Simmons. She enjoyed sewing and cooking and loved spending time with her grandchildren and...
Genie Randolph Turner
Jun 18, 2005
GENIE R. (RANDY) TURNER, of Aberdeen, born in Suffolk, Virginia on November 16, 1928, passed away on June 18th at his home. After his retirement as an accountant with Suffolk Equipment, Randy and his wife, Shirley, moved to Harford County. Randy was a WWII veteran and enjoyed reading the Foxhole News and reminiscing about his old army buddies. In addition,...
Robert Arthur Welsh
Jun 18, 2005
ROBERT ARTHUR WELSH, age 73, of Joppa, died at his home on June 18, 2005. Born in Jamaica, New York, he was the son of the late Thomas Welsh and Violette Heineken Hoaglin. After retiring from Commercial Credit where he was a benefits administrator, he worked for Baltimore Gas and Electric. He was a graduate of Penn State University. He...
Clara E. Gorrell
Jun 17, 2005
CLARA E. GORRELL, age 98, of Forest Hill, died at her home on June17, 2005. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Henry Conrad and Elizabeth Anna Pohl Horstman and the wife of the late S. Wilson Gorrell, Jr. A homemaker, she had also been an organist at the Centre Methodist Church. She was a member of...
Ned Alvard Smith
Jun 16, 2005
NED ALVARD SMITH, age 79, of Edgewood, died in Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center on June 16, 2005. Born in Orland, Indiana, he was the son of the late Ned Alvard Smith, Sr. and Ruth Myrtle McMullen Fair. He served his country in the U.S. Army from 1945-1952 and then he went into the Reserves retiring in 1980 as a...
Arlie Dale Horton
Jun 16, 2005
ARLIE DALE HORTON, a resident of the Citizens Care Center, Havre de Grace, passed away on June 16, 2005. He was 90 years old. Mr. Horton was born on October 25, 1914 in Independence, Virginia to the late Dennie and Lucinda Horton. Mr. Horton had two brothers, Otis Horton of Winston-Salem, North Carolina and the late Jerry Horton, formerly of...
Lib Weaver
Jun 14, 2005
“LIB” WEAVER, age 79, of Bel Air, died in Mariner Health of Bel Air on June 14, 2005. Born in Jefferson, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Lillard and Nettie Belle Green Oliver and the wife of the late Roby Jones Weaver. She had retired after 25 years of service for Harford County where she worked...
Michael Jay Wright
Jun 14, 2005
MICHAEL JAY WRIGHT, age 49, of Bel Air, died in Potomac Hospital, Woodbridge, VA on June 14, 2005. Born in Miami, Florida, he was the son of (Pat) Floyd Wesley Wright of Rochester, New Hampshire and Nicky Fortin of Florida. He worked for the Army Air Force Exchange Services as an area manager. In 1984, he graduated from Arizona State...
Thomas Lee Gentry
Jun 9, 2005
THOMAS LEE GENTRY, age 93, of Churchville, died at his home on June 9, 2005. Born in Todd, North Carolina, he was the son of the late Charles Wesley and Minnie Wilcox Gentry. In 1945 he founded Churchville Construction Co., Inc. which he operated until 1972. His company is well-known for building homes, businesses, and many churches in Harford County...
Breece Leftridge
Jun 9, 2005
BREECE LEFTRIDGE, age 75, of Nottingham, Maryland, formerly of Joppa, died at Franklin Square Hospital on June 9, 2005. Born in Rock Run, Maryland, he was the son of the late William Denton, Sr. and Clara Hazel Reedy Leftridge, and the husband for 43 years of the late Martha Elizabeth Leftridge. He served his country in the U.S. Army, the...
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