Obituaries

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

Blanche Over

Blanche Over

May 2, 2006

BLANCHE OVER, age 81, of Bel Air, MD, died on May 2, 2006 at the Bel Air Health and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Bel Air, MD, she was the daughter of the late David and Daisy Ross and the wife of the late George William Over. She was a homemaker.Mrs. Over is survived by a son, George Roland Over, of...

John Schiavi

John Schiavi

May 2, 2006

JOHN CHRISTOPHER SCHIAVI, of Darlington, MD, died on May 1, 2006. He was 34.John enjoyed racquetball, hunting, attending his children’s sporting events and just being with his family. He especially loved his job with Schindler Elevator Company.He is survived by his wife, Mindy Schiavi; his parents, Al and Anne Schiavi of Darlington, MD; his children, Anthony and Allison Schiavi; his...

George Nowotarski

George Nowotarski

May 1, 2006

GEORGE NOWOTARSKI, age 85, of Joppa, MD, died on May 1, 2006 at the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Born in Reading, PA, he was the son of the late Adam J. Nowotarski and Mary Lesko Nowotarski. He went to work for the old Glenn L. Martin Co. in 1939 before joining the Armed Forces and serving in WWII. After the...

Helen (Bunnie) I. Sylvester

Helen (Bunnie) I. Sylvester

May 1, 2006

HELEN “BUNNIE” I. SYLVESTER, age 74, of Edgewood, MD, died on May 1, 2006 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Born in Van Bibber, MD, she was the daughter of the late Walter Philip and Nola Isabelle Cage Amos. She was a homemaker who enjoyed her grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, great nieces and great nephews. She loved to read.Mrs. Sylvester is survived...

Gary J. Shumate

Gary J. Shumate

Apr 30, 2006

GARY J. SHUMATE, age 59, of Conowingo, MD, formerly of Harford County, died on April 30, 2006 at his home. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, he was the son of the late John Arthur Shumate and Helen Elizabeth Johnson Lewis. He worked for the Maryland Paving and Trucking Company for 30 years. For the past five years, he operated...

Ellsworth M. Orem

Ellsworth M. Orem

Apr 30, 2006

ELLSWORTH M. OREM, age 86, of Edgewood, MD, died on April 30, 2006 at Harford Memorial Hospital. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Howard Mason and Edna May Thompson Orem. He was married to the late Katherine R. Hall Orem. He was a C.P.A. for the Sealy Mattress Company. He served his country in the...

Jessie (Jay) Mildred Foard

Jessie (Jay) Mildred Foard

Apr 28, 2006

JESSIE (JAY) MILDRED FOARD, age 90, of Bel Air, MD, died on April 28, 2006 at her home. Born in Madonna, MD, she was the daughter of the late Jesse Billingslea and Bessie Ray Hitchcock Foard. She had retired from Black & Decker after working on an assembly line. She had been a member of Bel Air United Methodist Church...

Ruby  C. Hightower

Ruby C. Hightower

Apr 28, 2006

RUBY C. HIGHTOWER, age 87, of Bel Air, MD, died on April 28, 2006 at the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Born in Clarksville TN, she was the daughter of the late Peter and Fanny Cottell. She married her husband in Elkton, KY in 1935, and his job brought them to Baltimore in 1942. In 1951, she went to work for...

Evelyn May Sterne

Evelyn May Sterne

Apr 28, 2006

EVELYN MAY STERNE, of Joppa, MD, died on April 28, 2006, one day after her 89th birthday, at her home. Born in Cleveland, OH, she was the daughter of the late William and Katherine Niedhamer Sterne. She was a bookkeeper for the old Chesapeake and Ohio railway, now part of CSX. She moved to Maryland from Ohio in 1966 to...

Catherine E. Snyder

Catherine E. Snyder

Apr 26, 2006

CATHERINE ELIZABETH SNYDER, of Fallston, died at home on April 26, at the age of 93. She was a resident of Harford County for the majority of her life.Born in York, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Charles M. and Catherine E. Lagan Burkins. In addition to being a homemaker, she worked during World War II at Glen...

Isabella Ortiz-Cubero

Isabella Ortiz-Cubero

Apr 25, 2006

ISABELLA ORTIZ-CUBERO, “The Warrior Princess,” an infant, of the Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, died on April 25, 2006 at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. She was born in Baltimore, MD to Luis Adan Ortiz and Patricia Del Carmen Cubero, both of the Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. In addition to her parents, she is survived by three grandparents, Luis...

Brittanie M. Blevins

Brittanie M. Blevins

Apr 25, 2006

BRITTANIE M. BLEVINS, age 18, of Forest Hill, MD, died on April 25, 2006 in Fallston, MD. Born in Towson, MD, she was the daughter of Kenneth Norman Blevins of Forest Hill, MD and Susan Ricketts Blevins of Edgewood, MD. She was a concierge at the Mays Chapel Ridge Retirement Community. Her family said that she enjoyed line dancing, camping,...

Sherry L. Kendall

Sherry L. Kendall

Apr 23, 2006

Sherry L. Kendall, a retired Maryland State Assistant Attorney General, and more recently, a District of Columbia Assistant Attorney General, died Sunday of ovarian cancer at Stella Maris Hospice. She was 69.Ms. Kendall was a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Baltimore Law School and earned a Master of Administrative Science at the Johns Hopkins University. Among her...

Rose Botteon Oates

Rose Botteon Oates

Apr 23, 2006

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Mary Ann Yockey

Mary Ann Yockey

Apr 23, 2006

Mary Ann Yockey, of Bel Air, MD, who was a model and Realtor, died on April 23 of complications of dementia at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium, Maryland. She was 82.Mrs. Yockey was born on August 15, 1923, in Jellico, TN, to the late John Wesley and Laura Parton Leach. She was the eighth of 11 children. She was the...

Selma E. Kilby

Selma E. Kilby

Apr 22, 2006

SELMA E. KILBY, age 95, of Bel Air, MD, died on April 22, 2006 at the Lakewood Ranch Medical Center in Bradenton, FL. Born in Whitehead, NC, she was the daughter of the late Daniel Monroe and Margaret Ann Richardson Edwards. She was the wife for 67 years of the late Delmas J. Kilby, and was a homemaker. Her family...

Robert E. Webb

Robert E. Webb

Apr 21, 2006

ROBERT E. WEBB, age 90, of Joppatowne, MD, died on April 21, 2006 at the Franklin Woods Center in Baltimore, MD. Born in Williamsport, WV, he was the son of the late Harry Vaye and Mable Anice Letherman Webb. He served in the US Army during WWII. He worked several years as a firefighter at the Bethlehem Steel Key Highway...

Christian B. (Barney) Clark

Christian B. (Barney) Clark

Apr 20, 2006

CHRISTIAN B. “BARNEY” CLARK, age 91, of Baltimore, MD, died on April 20, 2006 at the Morningside House of Satyr Hill in Parkville, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Harry Elmer and Elizabeth Louise Birx Clark. He was the husband of the late Angela B. Clark and the late Terese M. Clark. He lived...

Edward L. Brown, Jr.

Edward L. Brown, Jr.

Apr 19, 2006

EDWARD L. BROWN, JR., age 62, of Bel Air, MD, died on April 19, 2006 at Mariner of Overlea after a long battle with cancer. Born in Baltimore, MD in 1943, he was the son of the late Edward L. Brown, Sr. and Mary Dietrich Brown. He served his country in the United States Marines. His family said that he...

Joan S. Miller

Joan S. Miller

Apr 19, 2006

JOAN S. MILLER, age 72, of Magnolia, MD, died at her home and went home to be with the Lord on April 19, 2006. Born in Oaklyn, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Clyde Stewart and Caroline Elizabeth DeBaun Jennings. She was a homemaker and the Assistant Postmaster for Magnolia. She attended Philadelphia Modeling School upon graduation from...