Obituaries

Local obituaries for Abingdon, Bel Air, Jarrettsville, MD, and surrounding areas.

Owen W. ''Bud'' Lee, Sr.

Owen W. ''Bud'' Lee, Sr.

May 22, 2005

OWEN W. “BUD” LEE, SR., age 83, of Belcamp, Maryland, died in Good Samaritan Hospital, Baltimore, MD on May 22, 2005. Born in Crosby, Minnesota, he was the son of the late Edward Golden and Bessie Elida Larson Lee. He had served his country for 26 years in the U. S. Army during WW II and the Korean Conflict and...

Richard ''Dick'' Gruber

Richard ''Dick'' Gruber

May 21, 2005

RICHARD”DICK” GRUBER, age 73, of Aberdeen, died at his residence on May 21, 2005. Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Walter Clark and Mary E. Beavers Gruber. He had retired after 42 years of service at York Building Products where he worked as a block dispatcher. An avid bowler, he was a member of the...

Patricia Ann Zynel

Patricia Ann Zynel

May 19, 2005

Patricia A. (Pat) Zynel of Bel Air died May 19 at Lorien Riverside. She was 78. She was the wife of 40 years of the late Vitold L. Zynel.Born in Canebrake, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Bill and Martha Marie Beavers Williamson. A career civil servant, she retired from Edgewood Arsenal in 1975. She remained very...

Marlene B. Thomas

Marlene B. Thomas

May 19, 2005

MARLENE B. THOMAS, age 60, of Abingdon, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on May 19, 2005. Born in Abingdon, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Hattie Lillian Lee Hoes. She had been a teacher at Edgewood Elementary from 1969-72. She then became an assistant principal at Meadowvale Elementary in Havre de Grace. She became the Assistant...

Doris L. Wolferman

Doris L. Wolferman

May 19, 2005

DORIS L. WOLFERMAN, age 74, of York, Pennsylvania, died in Mariner Health of Bel Air on May 19, 2005. Born in Canton in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Elmer and Annie Lilly Dunn Cosgrove, and the wife of the late William James Wolferman, Sr. She had worked as a retail clerk at K-Mart. She was a kind,...

Marlene B. Thomas

Marlene B. Thomas

May 19, 2005

Contributions may be made to:American Cancer SocietyP.O. Box 572Bel Air, Maryland 21014

Regina K.  ''Miss Jean'' Barenz

Regina K. ''Miss Jean'' Barenz

May 16, 2005

REGINA K. “MISS JEAN” BARENZ, age 83, of Bel Air, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on May 16, 2005. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Anna Kotowski. A resident of Bel Air since 1968, she had worked at John Carroll School since 1969 in the cafeteria. Her love was the students that she...

Margaret B. Ross

Margaret B. Ross

May 16, 2005

MARGARET B. ROSS, of Bel Air, died at the home of her daughter in Havre de Grace on May 16, 2005 at the age of 90. Born December 8, 1914 in Saint Johns, Ohio, she was the daughter of William Francis and Ada Bailey Bush. A Registered Nurse, she was educated in the Auglaize County public school system and graduated...

Worley ''Jack'' Baker, Sr.

Worley ''Jack'' Baker, Sr.

May 13, 2005

WORLEY “JACK” BAKER, age 65, of Abingdon, died in St. Joseph Medical Center, Towson, on May 13, 2005. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Vinton Oscar and Alice Cornelia Worley Baker. He had worked for the French Bray Printing Company for 41 years as a paper cutter. He was known as the “Dollar Man” to his...

James Douglas Peak

James Douglas Peak

May 11, 2005

JAMES DOUGLAS PEAK, age 63, of Port Deposit died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on May 11, 2005. Born in Havre de Grace, he was the son of the late Gale Dean and Mary Virginia Blevins Peak. He was a lifelong carpenter. A resident of Cecil County since 1988, he attended Franklin Baptist and Pleasant View Baptist Churches. He loved...

Helen O'Connor

Helen O'Connor

May 11, 2005

HELEN O’CONNOR, age 83, of Bel Air, died in Mariner Health of Bel Air on May 11, 2005. Born in Forestville, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Mkyta and Anna Palamar and the wife of the late Timothy A. O’Connor. She worked as a waitress at Brighams Restaurant in Boston, Massachusetts. Mrs. O’Connor is survived by one son,...

Andrew Edward Schwarz

Andrew Edward Schwarz

May 9, 2005

ANDREW EDWARD SCHWARZ, of Bel Air, died of cancer on Monday, at home. He was 73. He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Geraldine A. Taylor Schwarz. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Albert Andrew and Catherine Ann Russell Schwarz. He was a graduate of Polythechnic High School. He was a veteran of the...

Dovie Mae Burns

Dovie Mae Burns

May 8, 2005

DOVIE MAY BURNS, age 86, of Bettendorf, Iowa, died in Harford Memorial Hospital, Havre de Grace, MD on May 8, 2005. Born in Rock Mills, Alabama, she was the daughter of the late Eli J. and Erin Rody Matthews Bagley and the wife of the late Rev. Charles Wesley Burns, Sr. She had worked as an inspector in the textile...

Nellie Lucille Corbin

Nellie Lucille Corbin

May 7, 2005

NELLIE LUCILLE CORBIN, age 78, of Kingsville, after a long illness died at Lorien Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Belcamp on May 7, 2005. Born in Pulaski, Virginia, May 19, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Roy David and Clittus Alverta Sparks Moxley. She moved to Maryland at the age of one. She began her career at Edgewood...

Dorothy L. Scully

Dorothy L. Scully

May 7, 2005

DOROTHY L. SCULLY, age 91, of Baltimore died at Oak Crest Village on May 7, 2005. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Richard James and Hildegarde S. Hartmaier Lucas and the wife of the late John D. Scully. She had retired after more than 40 years of service as an executive secretary with the Northwestern Mutual...

Edward J. Langlais

Edward J. Langlais

May 6, 2005

EDWARD J. LANGLAIS, age 91, of Street, died at his home on May 6, 2005. Born in Lil, Maine, he was the son of the late Charles and Sophie Jane Tardif Langlais and the husband of the late Jeanette V. Butts Langlais. He had retired after 30 years of service as an electronic technician at Aberdeen Proving Ground with the...

Velma Martin

Velma Martin

May 5, 2005

VELMA MARTIN, age 88, of Abingdon, died at her home on May 5, 2005. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Frank Joseph and Florence May Bolstridge Peters (Pitera), and the wife of the late Joseph C. Martin. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star in Dundalk and a member of Presbury United...

Helen Magdeline Childs

Helen Magdeline Childs

May 4, 2005

HELEN MAGDELINE CHILDS, age 93, of Bel Air, died at Quail Run Assisted Living, Bel Air, on May 4, 2005. Born in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Adam Charles and Gertrude Agnes Funk Dukehart and the wife of 45 years of the late Roland Ruff Childs. She was a member of the St. Margaret Catholic Church...

Edward M. Hallahan

Edward M. Hallahan

Apr 30, 2005

EDWARD M. HALLAHAN, age 82, of Bel Air, died at his residence on April 30, 2005. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Michael Joseph and Mary Elizabeth Hoban Hallahan. He was a manager for the Baltimore County Parks and Recreation. He was an avid golfer and photographer. Mr. Hallahan is survived by his wife, Mary...

Richard Herbert Felts, Sr.

Richard Herbert Felts, Sr.

Apr 29, 2005

RICHARD HERBERT FELTS, SR., age 68, of Aberdeen, died in Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore on April 29, 2005. Born in Rosedale, he was the son of the late Baker and Mildred Gray Felts. He worked as an administrative specialist for the government. He served his country in the U.S. Army for 26 years during the Korean and...