Obituaries

Feb 11, 2006

DANE B. BOGGS, age 80, of Bel Air, died on February 11, 2006 at the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Born in Forest Hill, MD, he was the son of the late Roy Jirdon and Ella Bertie Brown Boggs. He was a part owner of Miller Appliances on Main Street at Lee Street in Bel Air for many years. He retired...

Feb 10, 2006

KAREN E. HOLTHAUS lost her courageous battle with lymphoma on February 10, 2006. Karen was born in England on August 5, 1968 and was adopted by her parents when just two weeks old. She is survived by her three-year old daughter Amanda; her parents Robert and Linda Holthaus of Beverly Hills, Fl; her brother Matthew Holthaus of Culver City, CA;...

Feb 8, 2006

Feb 8, 2006

CLIFTON “CLIFF” W. HOLMAN, age 91, of Edgewood, MD, died on February 8, 2006 at his home. Born in Todd, NC, he was the son of the late William Walter and Grace Graham Holman. He worked as a carpentry foreman for the Harford County Board of Education for 17 years, in airplane assembly for the Glenn L. Martin Company in...

Feb 8, 2006

ROBIN LEE WELSHONS, age 33, of Aberdeen, MD, died on February 8, 2006 in Aberdeen, MD. Born at the Aberdeen Proving Ground, she was the daughter of Leonard Edwin Welshons of Henderson, NV and Mary Lee Wright Welshons of Aberdeen, MD. A Harford County resident all of her life, she had been a Medical Assistant, and a graduate of Aberdeen...

Feb 7, 2006

Feb 7, 2006

JAMES KOHL, SR., age 72, of Abingdon, MD, died on February 7, 2006 at the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Frank and Mary Kohl. For 16 years, he was a graphic artist for the Crown Cork and Seal Company, and he also worked at the Howard Brady studio. During his...

Feb 5, 2006

SPURGEON ST. CLAIR HESS, age 89, of Fallston, MD, died on February 5, 2006 at his home. Born in Monkton, MD, he was the son of the late Benjamin Garfield and Lily May Base Hess. He was an active dairy farmer until he was 58 years old, and an employee of Harford County for 22 years before retiring at age...

Feb 5, 2006

PATTY BEDNARCZYK, age 48, of Joppa, MD, died suddenly on February 5, 2006 at her home. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of Theresa Barbara Kryglik Bednarczyk of Edgewood, MD and the late James John Bednarczyk. She was a machine operator for a ceiling manufacturer. Her family said that she was a loving mother who loved her family...

Feb 4, 2006

DARYK JOURDAN BUSH, age 18, of Bel Air, MD, died on February 4, 2006 at the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Virginia Rae Bush of Bel Air, MD and Bryan Nicholas McGlothlin of Bel Air, MD. He was a resident of Harford County for 14 Years. He was a pressure washer for...

Feb 4, 2006

RUTH L. SHAW-REITSMA, age 92, of Baltimore, MD, died on February 4, 2006 at the House of Jubilee in Fallston, MD. Born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA, she was the daughter of the late William David and Rose Mae Livingston Rabold, and was a Pittsburgh resident for 62 years. She was the wife of the late Mordecai B. Shaw and...

Feb 3, 2006

GEORGE I. SEYBOLD, age 76, of Churchville, MD, died on February 3, 2006 at Harford Memorial Hospital. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late George Ignatius and Helen Virginia Gill Seybold. He was a Master Electrician who worked 20 years for General Motors as the Superintendent of the Electrical Maintenance Department. He also worked with his...

Feb 3, 2006

STEPHEN THOMAS TOTH, JR., age 19, of Street, MD, died on February 3, 2006 at his home. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Stephen Thomas Sr. and Catherine LaBroure Tebben Toth of Street, MD. He was a life-long resident of Harford County who attended St. Margaret School, and was a 2004 graduate of North Harford High School....

Feb 3, 2006

WILBUR H. KNIGHT, JR., age 70, of Joppatowne, MD, died on February 3, 2006 at his home. Born in Parkville, MD, he was the son of the late Wilbur Henry Sr. and Mae Elizabeth Copenhaver Knight. He was a resident of Harford County and Joppatowne for 42 years, and was an electrician who owned Knico Electronics of Bel Air, MD...

Feb 1, 2006

BENJAMIN FREDERICK WOOD, JR., age 87, of Bel Air, MD, died on February 1, 2006 at Lorien Riverside following a long illness. Born in Crumpler, WV on September 8, 1918, he was the son of the late Benjamin Frederick, Sr., and Ida Hall Wood. He was a retiree from government service as an engineer at Aberdeen Proving Ground. He was...

Feb 1, 2006

JUDY ELLEN DELANEY, age 55, of Aberdeen, MD, died on February 1, 2006 at her home. Born in Kentucky, she was the daughter of Frances Marie Gibbs Roller and the late John Allen Roller and of Aberdeen, MD. She was a homemaker who lived in Harford County for 28 years. Mrs. Delaney also worked in the cafeteria at Edgewood High...

Feb 1, 2006

Those who desire may contribute to:American Cancer SocietyP.O. Box 572Bel Air, MD 21014

Jan 30, 2006

NELLIE MAE ELLIOTT, age 82, of Darlington, MD, died on January 30, 2006 at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Born in Hardy, VA, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Mary Clark Bandy. She was a homemaker, a resident of Harford County for 60 years, and enjoyed quilting, sewing and canning. She was a member of...

Jan 29, 2006

JOAN PETRASEK GRUBB, age 62, of Bel Air, MD, died on January 29, 2006 at her home. Born in Haddonfield, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Aurel George and Joyce Divine Weaver Petrasek. She was a computer systems analyst for Millennium Inorganic Chemicals in Hunt Valley, MD. She also directed light aerobics classes in Bel Air for the...

Jan 28, 2006

WILLIAM NYLE STEWART, age 66, of Edgewood, MD, died on January 28, 2006 at his home. Born in Cumberland, MD, he was the son of the late Harry Ronald Sr. and Mary Frances Shanholtz Stewart. He had retired in May, 1994 after working as an assembly worker for General Motors. He was a member of American Legion Post 17 in...