Obituaries

Feb 21, 2006

Ellsworth Lee Cunningham, of Bel Air, died February 21 at his home of 50 years, surrounded by family members following a battle with cancer. He was 70.Born April 15, 1935 in Forest Hill, he was one of three children born to the late Ellsworth Preston and Mary Ruth Crouse Cunningham. After attending Chesnut Hill School and Dublin Elementary School, Mr....

Feb 21, 2006

Karen Eileen Beims, 45, died unexpectedly at her home in Baltimore City on Tuesday, February 21, 2006. Born and raised in Harford County, she attended John Carroll High School and received degrees from University of Virginia and University of North Carolina-Charlotte.In her early career she worked as a graphic designer and marketing director for Lightnet and Maximus, Inc. She returned...

Feb 20, 2006

Contributions may be made to:Edgewood Assembly of God803 Edgewood RoadEdgewood, Maryland 21040orGilchrist Center at GBMC6601 N Charles StreetTowson, Maryland 21204

Feb 20, 2006

VIOLET GERTRUDE WILSON, age 99, of Bel Air, MD, formerly of Baltimore City, died on February 20, 2006 at Bel Air Health and Rehabilitation Center where she had been a resident for seven years. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Oliver Thadeus and Alice Mary Wilson Craft, and the wife of the late Frederick Charles...

Feb 20, 2006

LILLIAN D. CHAMP, age 75, of Edgewood, MD, died on February 20, 2006 at the Gilchrist Center at GBMC in Towson, MD. Born in Carlos, MD, she was the daughter of the late Stephen and Mary Catherine Morgan Adams and the wife of the late Lonzie Cleveland Champ. She was a wire wrap technician who worked at Bendix Radio in...

Feb 19, 2006

LORRAINE MENGES COLUMBIA, age 78, of Bel Air, MD, died on February 19, 2006 at the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late David Clyde and Margaret Klaiss Menges. She was a homemaker who lived in Harford County for 42 years. She loved poodles and enjoyed sewing and gardening.Mrs. Columbia is survived...

Feb 18, 2006

HELEN D. GARRIGAN, age 89, of Bel Air, MD, died on February 18, 2006 at her home. Born in Wilburton, PA, she was the daughter of the late Barney Linetty and Mary Agnes Washko Linetty. Mrs. Garrigan was the wife of the late Edward Joseph Garrigan. She was a registered nurse who graduated from the Ashland (PA) State Hospital School...

Feb 18, 2006

SAMUEL S. JENKINS, age 88, of Bel Air, MD, died on February 18, 2006 at the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Born in Montclair, NJ, he was the son of the late Michael Oswald and Isabelle Sloan Jenkins. He served in the US Army during WWII and later worked in the clerical field.Mr. Jenkins is survived by one sister, Mary Stensberger...

Feb 18, 2006

LTC JONATHAN MECHEN WEAVER, JR. (USA Retired), age 77, of Havre de Grace, MD, died on February 18, 2006 at Harford Memorial Hospital. Born in Glenside, PA, he was the son of the late Jonathan Mechen Weaver, Sr. and Pearl Matthews Weaver. He retired from the US Army after 24 years. He was a 26-year resident of Harford County who...

Feb 16, 2006

NANCY BOND, age 61, of Inverness, FL, formerly of Harford County, died on February 16, 2006 at the Citrus Memorial Hospital-Hospice in Inverness, FL. Born in Roanoke, VA, she was the daughter of the late Oscar Owen Hogan and Ila Mildred Ingram Hogan. She was a registered nurse who graduated from the Roanoke Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in 1966....

Feb 15, 2006

LEONA RAYMAN, age 74, of Aberdeen, MD, died on February 15, 2006 at the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Born in Atkins, VA, she was the daughter of the late James Gilmore and Rosa McKinley Leonard Welch, and the wife of the late Joseph Henry Rayman. She was a homemaker, who also worked for the Bata Shoe Co. for eight years...

Feb 14, 2006

R. JEAN BARNEY, age 66, of Joppa, MD died on February 14, 2006 at her home. Born in Macon, GA, she was the daughter of the late William Thomas and Ruby Eliza White Hamilton. She was a homemaker.Mrs. Barney is survived by her husband, Robert A. Barney of Joppa, MD; four sons, Thomas Irby of Baltimore, MD, David Irby of...

Feb 14, 2006

DR. FREDERICK R. SIDELL, age 71, of Bel Air, MD, died on February 14, 2006 at the Mariner Health and Rehabilitation Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Marietta, OH, he was the son of the late Alonzo Russell and Frances Virginia Haught Sidell.Dr. Sidell attended Marietta College and the NYU School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency...

Feb 13, 2006

Feb 13, 2006

MICHAEL ALAN DOW, SR., age 48, of Bel Air, MD, died on February 13, 2006 in Forest Hill, MD. Born in Elizabethtown, NY, he was the son of Ruth Vivian Costa Dow of Bel Air, MD and the late Cyril Joseph Dow. A Harford County resident since 1969, he graduated from Bel Air High School in 1976 and had earned...

Feb 13, 2006

HAZEL V. PHIPPS, age 87, formerly of Street, MD, died on February 13, 2006 at the Bel Air Health and Rehabilitation Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Roanoke, VA, she was the daughter of the late Arlie and Sally Tidwell Senter, and the wife for 49 years of the late Thomas Virgil Phipps, Sr. She was a homemaker, who...

Feb 13, 2006

OSCAR N. WELLER, SR., age 87, of Bel Air, MD, died on February 13, 2006 at Harford Memorial Hospital. Born in Charlestown, WV, he was the son of the late Cyrus Washington and Ella May Maxell Weller. Growing up, he was captain of his football, basketball and baseball teams at Charlestown High School. He worked as a security guard for...

Feb 13, 2006

CHARLES HENRY LLOYD, age 43, of Edgewood, MD, died on February 13, 2006 in Edgewood, MD. Born at the Dugway Proving Grounds in Utah, he was the son of Estherlee Marion Derby Lloyd of Parkville, MD and the late Joel Lloyd. He was an automobile mechanic.In addition to his mother, Mr. Lloyd is survived by one daughter, Julieanne Lloyd of...

Feb 13, 2006

STEVEN LEWIS, JR., age 26, of Bel Air, MD, died on February 13, 2006 at Stella Maris in Timonium, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Steven Sr., of Forest Hill, MD and the late Vickie Lewis and the step-son of Jean Lewis of Forest Hill. He was a substitute teacher. His family said that Steven loved...

Feb 12, 2006

M. CAROLE TAYLOR HOPKINS, age 47, of Darlington, MD, died on February 12, 2006 at the University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, she was the daughter of the late William Durham and Virginia Savin Taylor. She was a homemaker and a teller at the Mercantile County Bank branch in Darlington. Her family said...