Obituaries

Feb 17, 2005

SALVATORE L. ALLESSIE, age 69, of Bel Air, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on February17, 2005. Born in North East, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Louis and Florence J. Guarino Allessee. He worked in the home health care industry.

Feb 17, 2005

E. LOUISE HECKNER, age 82, of Kingsville, died in Good Samaritan Hospital on February 17, 2005. Born in Bel Air, she was the daughter of the late George Heuisler, Jr. and Cassandra Marie Harkins Poole. Born and raised in Harford County, she was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary for the Kingsville Fire Company and of the VFW Post in...

Feb 17, 2005

HAZEL RUTH HASH, age 76, of Bel Air, died in Mariner Health of Bel Air on February 17, 2005. Born in Rocks, she was the daughter of the late Earl McKee and Lola Virginia Hash. She had worked for 44 years at the Gleneagles, Inc. as a machine operator. Born and raised in Harford County, she enjoyed reading and following...

Feb 16, 2005

DORA “PAT” M. MAGEE, age 94, of Joppa, formerly of Parkville, MD, died in Young at Heart, Joppa on February 16, 2005. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late John Matranga, and the wife of the late Craig “Sam” Magee. She had worked as a seamstress making men’s suits at L. Grelf & Son in Baltimore. She...

Feb 15, 2005

DOROTHY E. ROSE, age 92, of Havre de Grace, formerly of Bel Air, died at her residence on February 15, 2005. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late John Howard and Elizabeth Wittmer Leitch, and the wife of the late William F. Rose. She was a member of Bel Air United Methodist Church. Mrs.Rose is survived by...

Feb 15, 2005

ROBERT EDWARD VIAR, age 59, of Towson, MD died in Maryland General Hospital on February 15, 2005. Born in Sparta, North Carolina, he was the son of the late Walter Lee Viar, Sr. and Daisy Ann Schneider Reeves. He was a truck driver for the state highway administration. He also had worked as a truck driver for Gen Star and...

Feb 15, 2005

JOHN EMMETT ADELSBERGER, age 64, of Forest Hill, died at his residence on February 15, 2005. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late John Lloyd and Helen Augusta Urspruch Adelsberger. He had retired after 40 years of service as a sales manager in the steel industry, the last few years he had worked for Legends. A graduate...

Feb 15, 2005

HELEN E. CALABRESE, age 64, of Bel Air, Maryland, died at her residence on February 15, 2005. Born in Ludlow, Massachusetts, she was the daughter of Walter and Mildred Niemczyk Misterka of Springfield, Massachusetts. She had lived in Landsdowne, Pennsylvania for 37 years and was formerly of Indian Orchards, Massachusetts. She was formerly of St. Charles Borromeo Parish.In addition to...

Feb 13, 2005

IRENE SHERMAN, age 78, of Bel Air, died in University of Maryland Hospital on February 13, 2005. Born in Bel Air, she was the daughter of the late James Thomas and Grace Brown Hatcher, and the wife of the late Stevenson Donald Sherman. She had retired after 20 years of service with Kunkel Service Company where she worked as a...

Feb 13, 2005

Elsie M. Pugh of Abingdon died February 13 at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium. She was 84.Born Elsie Marguerite Wolfe in Marion, Va., she was the daughter of the late Otho Blair Wolfe and Mary Ellen Hale Wolfe.A homemaker and hand quilter, Mrs. Pugh was a longtime member, and served on the Board of Trustees, of Presbury United Methodist Church...

Feb 13, 2005

BETTY VELMA PRICE, age 75, of Lakeland, Florida, formerly of Edgewood, Maryland, died at Oak Ridge Nursing Home in Lakeland, Florida on February 13, 2005. Born in Chesapeake, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Clarence Edward and Mildred Bertha Henson Lee, and the wife of the late Bergin “Junior” Price, Jr. She had worked as the manager of...

Feb 13, 2005

CLARENCE “BUD” ROBERT BAY, age 62, of Darlington, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on February 13, 2005. Born in Havre de Grace, he was the son of the late Clarence Elmer and Virginia Alexander Bay. A lifelong resident of Harford County, he was a truck driver for ambulance transport and Jerry Preston Hauling. He worked with Ralph T. Blevins...

Feb 12, 2005

KEITH THOMAS DIXON, age 70, of Bel Air, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on February 12, 2005. Born in Dayton, Ohio, he was the son of the late Thomas Donald and Lilly Olive Henry Dixon, and the husband of the late Lela M. (Cookie) Anderson Dixon. He retired from government service as a supervisor in TECOM at Aberdeen Proving...

Feb 12, 2005

CHARLES E. WALTER, age 84, of Bel Air, died at his residence on February 12, 2005. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Harry Edward and Florence Marie Moore Walter, and the husband of the late Doris May Douglas Walter. He had retired after 35 years of services at Bethlehem Steel where he worked as a metallurgist....

Feb 12, 2005

Feb 11, 2005

JEANETTE MARIE ANDERS, age 71, of Abingdon, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on February 11, 2005. Born in Roseville, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Rufus and Cynthia Miller, and the wife for 44 years of the late Roy Carroll Anders. A Harford County resident for 56 years, she worked at Bata Shoe Co. for 10 years,...

Feb 10, 2005

CARMEL COLEMAN, age 72, of Joppa, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on February 10, 2005. Born in Grundy, Virginia, he was the son of the late Ira Ayers and Meda Jane Stiltner Coleman. He worked for 9 years for Cloverland Dairies as a mechanic. He also worked for 25 years for the Maryland Transportation Authority- J.F.K. Highway as a...

Feb 8, 2005

F. Marie Evans Smart Bechtel of Bel Air, Maryland, formerly of Parkville and Fork, died February 8 at Mariner Health and Rehabilitation Center in Bel Air, MD. She was 93 years old. Born January 6, 1912, she was the daughter of the late Mary Lillian Kratz and the late Francis Marion Evans.Mrs. Bechtel graduated from Towson High School and then...

Feb 8, 2005

Laura Allen Preston Kissinger, born September 30, 1918, passed away this 8th day of February 2005, at her home in Bel Air.She was the daughter of William Edgar Preston, Sr. and Cecelia Estelle Harward of Fulford, Maryland. Laura, along with her sister Lois Harward Preston Stier (deceased) and brother William Edgar Preston, Jr., grew up at Green Gables in Fulford....

Feb 5, 2005

LEONA WATSON HENDRIX, businesswoman dies at age 68 on February 5, 2005, following a long and courageous battle with cancer, surrounded by family members.Born September 25, 1936 in Sparta, North Carolina, she was one of nine children born to the late Bledsue George and Ester Haley Watson.During the 70’s and 80’s, Mrs. Hendrix and her late husband, Clive T. and...