Obituaries

Aug 3, 2005

GEORGE BROOKE WATTS, age 72, of Scio, New York, died in Olean General Hospital, Olean, New York on August 3, 2005. Born in Emmorton, Maryland, he was the son of the late Raymond Sylvester and Pearl V. Watts. He served his country in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean Conflict until 1952. At the age of 34 he owned...

Aug 2, 2005

MARY PAULINE CLUTCHKER, age 85, of Bel Air, Maryland, died in Mariner Health of Bel Air on August 2, 2005. Born in East Liverpool, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Emmett and Anna Daughtery Crumbley, and the wife of the late Joseph Clutchker. A registered nurse, she served her country in the U.S. Army during WW II. She...

Aug 1, 2005

DOLORES KATHERINE BARTON, age 73, of Abingdon, died in Harford Memorial Hospital on August 1, 2005. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Andrew George and Catherine Antoinette Czyryca Rupinski. In the late 1950’s she worked as a model for the Kirk-Stieff Company. Her family said she enjoyed her grandchildren and was an impeccable housewife, enjoyed cooking...

Jul 31, 2005

EDNA UNGER NETHKEN, age 89, of Abingdon, died in Lorien Nursing and Rehabiliation Center in Bel Air on July 31, 2005. Born in Durham, England, she was the daughter of the late William and Florence Moore Flint and the wife of the late Fred Unger and the late John D. Nethken, Sr.. Officer Fred Unger was a Baltimore City Police...

Jul 30, 2005

PEARRY RAYMOND BANDY, age 71, of Abingdon, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on July 30, 2005. Born in Vallscreek, West Virginia, he was the son of the late Robert Elias and Annie Gertrude Tipton Bandy. He had retired in 2003 from Price Brothers where he worked as a foreman of pipe fitters. He enjoyed fishing and his grandchildren. He...

Jul 30, 2005

GUY A. CARTER, age 85, of Bel Air, died of bladder cancer in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on July 30, 2005. Born in Shorts Creek, Virginia, he was the son of the late George R. and Minta Frances Lineberry Carter. A member of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America #101, he was a carpenter foreman. He owned...

Jul 29, 2005

EILEEN FRANCES KOCH, age 56, of Forest Hill, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on July 29, 2005. Born in Washington, D C, she was the daughter of the late George and Frances Elizabeth Gallagher Clark. She worked as the office manager for Bay Country Packaging, the family owned business. She was a volunteer for CCA, Chesapeake Cancer Alliance 5...

Jul 28, 2005

MYRTLE EDNA GENTRY, age 94, of Bel Air, died at Lorien Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Bel Air on July 27, 2005. Born in Fleetwood, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Leroy Nicholas and Julia Clemetine Greer Keller and the wife of the late Vonley Dewell Gentry. A homemaker, her family said she was a good Christian,...

Jul 26, 2005

JOHN “JACK” E. GESSNER, M.D., On July 26, 2005, John E. Gessner, M.D. passed away at Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace. He was 77 years old. Born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania and a resident of Bel Air since 1964, he is survived by his wife of 51 years, Anna R. “Jeanne” Gessner, five children, Mary L. Harris of Bel...

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Jul 25, 2005

JUDITH ANN RICHWINE, age 63, of Abingdon, died at her home on July 25, 2005. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of Alice Belle Silling Cornes of Abingdon and the late Calvin Leo Cornes and wife of the late Walter C. Richwine, Jr. She was a Harford County resident for 50 years. She and her husband owned and operated...

Jul 25, 2005

Jacqueline Hope Miller, age 81, of Bel Air, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on July 25, 2005. Born in Burlington, Iowa, she was the daughter of the late James Abram Garfield Keebler and Octavia Adele Howell Keebler and the wife of the late Louis M. Miller. A member of St. Margaret Parish, she was a member of the Altar...

Jul 25, 2005

Gertrude Elizabeth Parks, formerly of Edgewood, died at Harford Memorial Hospital on July 25, 2005. She was 81.Born in Havre de Grace on January 10, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Philip and Anna Bearsch Welzenbach. She was the wife of the late Enoch Parks.Mrs. Parks was a life-time resident of Harford County and lived on the family...

Jul 25, 2005

MARY VIRGINIA COOPER CRUIT, of Bel Air, formerly of Aberdeen, died at Mariner Health of Bel Air on July 25, 2005. She was 87. Born in Aldino, Maryland, she was the first child of the late Nelson and Myrtle Cooper, who operated the general store there for many years. Virginia was baptized in and formerly a member of Hopewell United...

Jul 24, 2005

IONA MAE HAGAN, age 78, of Bel Air, died at her home on July 24, 2005. Born in Petaluma, California, she was the daughter of the late Reginald Clare and Glady Mae Moore Davis, and the wife of the late James Earl Hagan. A resident of Harford County for over 50 years, she worked at Bata Shoe Company for 25...

Jul 22, 2005

THOMAS RUSSELL HOLMES, SR., age 82, of Bel Air, died at his home on July 22, 2005. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Russell and Helen Edna Shafer Holmes, and the husband of the late Marian Wagner Holmes. He had retired from his job with U.S. Customs where he worked as an inspector. He was a...

Jul 22, 2005

DINA CARLA PUZULIS, age 67, of Bel Air, died at her home on July 22, 2005. Born in Belluno, Italy, she was the daughter of the late Carlos and Leonora Costantini Pasuch. She was a librarian at Edgewood Arsenal. A resident of Harford County since 1988, she enjoyed collecting English tea cups, baking, and Italian cooking. She was an avid...

Jul 21, 2005

J. WOODY McCOMBS, age 52, of Aberdeen, died at his home on July 21, 2005. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of Helen Maxine Levina McCombs of Joppa and the late Woodrow Richard McCombs. He was a heavy equipment operator and worked on road construction for American Infrastructure. A life long resident of Harford County, he was a big...

Jul 20, 2005

ANNA H. HUGHES, age 92, of Bel Air, formerly of Westminster, died at Stella Maris Hospice on July 20, 2005. Born in New York City, New York, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Anna Felheisen Nagat, and the wife of the late Lloyd H. Hughes. She and her husband worked together for 50 years in the orthopedic...