Obituaries

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

Bob Day

Bob Day

Dec 19, 2004

BOB DAY, age 78, of Glen Arm, died in Perry Point VA Medical Center on December 19, 2004. Born in Danville, Illinois, he was the son of the late Harley and Nina Pearl Fink Day. He had retired after 30 years of service as one of the owners and operators of The Prosser Co. in Glen Arm. Bob served his...

Norma Grace Mccomas

Norma Grace Mccomas

Dec 18, 2004

NORMA GRACE McCOMAS, age 73, of Street, died at St. Joseph’s Medical Center on December 18, 2004. Born in LacKawanna County, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Norman Joseph and Grace Olivetta Duhigg Hannon and wife of the late Donald Clay McComas. A resident of Harford County for eight years, she was a member of Prince of Peace...

James Edward Sauers

James Edward Sauers

Dec 17, 2004

JAMES EDWARD (JIMMY) SAUERS, a lifelong resident of Harford County died unexpectedly at his Benson, Maryland home on December 17, 2004. He was 69 years old. Born in Havre de Grace, he was the second son of the late Samuel and Lillian H. Sauers of Bel Air.Jimmy was raised in Bel Air and attended Bel Air Elementary through Bel Air...

Carol J. Eid

Carol J. Eid

Dec 16, 2004

CAROL J. EID, age 54, of Bel Air, after a long battle with breast cancer died in Johns Hopkins Hospital on December 16, 2004. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of Beatrice Jessie Sulewski Genovese of Bel Air. She had been the office manager of chiropractic clinic for about 15 years and was very dedicated to her work. She...

Wanda L. Harris

Wanda L. Harris

Dec 14, 2004

WANDA L. HARRIS, age 67, of Joppa, died at her home on December 14, 2004. Born in Panther, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Stewart and Alice Roberts Vance. She had retired from Harford County Public Schools after 20 years of service where she was a custodian at Edgewood Middle School. She was a member of Edgewood...

Gerda K. Hatem

Gerda K. Hatem

Dec 11, 2004

GERDA K. HATEM, age 59, of Abingdon, died at her residence on December 11, 2004. Born in St. Peter am Kbg, Austria, she was the daughter of Irmgardt Hartleb Rottensteiner of St. Peter am Kbg, Austria and the late Franz Hartleb. She started an associate degree of nursing in 1979 and finished with her Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner- CRNP- Master’s...

Audrey E. Markle

Audrey E. Markle

Dec 9, 2004

AUDREY E. MARKLE, age 78, of Bel Air, died at Brightview Assisted Living on December 9, 2004. Born in Middle River, she was the daughter of the late Milton Eugene and Isabel M. Simmons Edwards. She was avid at quilting and putting together jig saw puzzles. She was a member of various church organizations and worked for Meals on Wheels.Mrs....

Derald Howard Guess

Derald Howard Guess

Dec 8, 2004

DERALD HOWARD GUESS, age 37, of Edgewood, Maryland, died in Edgewood on December 8, 2004. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was the son of Gladys Guess of Philadelphia and the late George Allen Guess, Sr. He served his country in the U.S. Army. A resident of Harford County, Maryland for 3 years, he was a member of the New Covenant...

Hugh J. Hanley, Sr.

Hugh J. Hanley, Sr.

Dec 3, 2004

HUGH J. HANLEY, SR., age 68, of Bel Air, died in Baltimore V.A. Center on December 3, 2004. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Felix John and Mary Mitilda Milan Hanley. He was the owner and operator of Kelly-Hanley Pontiac in Perry Hall. He had also worked for City Finance, Hugh Hanley Auto Sales, then Kelly...

James Edward Akins, Ii

James Edward Akins, Ii

Nov 29, 2004

James Edward Akins, II, age 83, of Bel Air, died at Mariner Health of Bel Air on November 29, 2004. Born in Street, he was the son the late James Edward, Sr. and Mary Stewart Akins and the husband of the late Thelma E. Jones Akins. He had worked at The Kingsville Inn as a cook. He had been an...

Agnes Beck

Agnes Beck

Nov 29, 2004

AGNES MORAN BECK, age 79, of Hydes, died at Gilchrist Center, Towson on November 29, 2004. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Andrew Godfrey and Sophia Albers Moran and the wife of the late Robert Hooper Beck. She retired after 10 years of service with Harford County Public Schools where she worked in the cafeteria at...

Norma J. Rigotti

Norma J. Rigotti

Nov 29, 2004

NORMA J. RIGOTTI, age 73, of Bel Air, died at Hart Heritage Asisted Living, Street, Maryland on November 29, 2004. Born July 25, 1931in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, she was the daughter of the late Roy and Lempi Johns and the wife of David L. Rigotti. She moved to Maryland in 1952 and retired after 25 years at John...

Betty Ilene Dancy

Betty Ilene Dancy

Nov 28, 2004

BETTY ILENE DANCY, age 72, of Pasadena, formerly of Fallston, died at her daughter’s home in Inwood, West Virginia on November 28, 2004. She was the daughter of the late Lee Addison and the late Hattie McGlothlin Weisburg and the wife of the late Dewey Plato Dancy. She had worked for Harford County Public Schools for eight years where she...

Gary L. Stoker

Gary L. Stoker

Nov 27, 2004

GARY LEWIS STOKER, age 52, of Darlington died at his home on November 27, 2004. Born on January 1, 1952 at Harford Memorial Hospital, he was the son of Maxine Zola Taylor Stoker of Darlington and the late Earl William Stoker. He was the first baby born in Harford County at Harford Memorial Hospital on New Years Day in 1952....

Thomas Price Broumel

Thomas Price Broumel

Nov 27, 2004

THOMAS PRICE BROUMEL, age 65, of Bel Air, died at Washington Adventist Hospital, Takoma Park, Maryland on November 27, 2004. Born in Bel Air, he was the son of the late James Howard Broumel and Sara Stearns Broumel. A graduate of Bel Air High School, he attended the University of Maryland on a football scholarship. He served in the Army...

Brian G. Mccrea

Brian G. Mccrea

Nov 23, 2004

BRIAN G. McCREA, age 31, of Bel Air, died at University of Maryland Hospital on November 22, 2004. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of Patricia M. Carr McCrea of Bel Air and the late George A. McCrea. He enjoyed music and playing guitar.

John J. Freeze

John J. Freeze

Nov 23, 2004

JOHN J. FREEZE, age 93, of Forest Hill, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on November 23, 2004. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late John Thomas and Agnes Barbara Kaufman Freeze. He was a member of AARP, Madonna, and the Bethel Presbyterian Church, Madonna, and sang in the Chorus of the Chesapeake Barbershop Group. He was...

Rosa J. Hudson

Rosa J. Hudson

Nov 22, 2004

ROSA J. HUDSON, age 83, of Bel Air, formerly of Jones Creek, Baltimore County, died in Mariner Health of Forest Hill on November 22, 2004. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late William James and Anna Rose Ketchum Ahern, and the wife of the late Albert R. Hudson, Sr. She was a member of Jones Creek Christian...

Betty Wiley

Betty Wiley

Nov 22, 2004

BETTY WILEY, age 87, of Bel Air, Maryland died at Franklin Square Hospital, Baltimore, MD on Monday, November 22, 2004. Born in Bellevue, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Clarence Calvin and Helen Taggart Willison Philips and the wife of the late COL William S. Wiley Jr. (US Army, Ret.). Mrs. Wiley was an Army spouse of more...

William F. Senior

William F. Senior

Nov 22, 2004

WILLIAM F. SENIOR, age 87, of Baltimore, MD, formerly of Bel Air and Cambridge, died in Ivy Hall Nursing Home in Baltimore of November 22, 2004. Born in South Euclid, Ohio, he was the son of the late William Louis and Cora Emerick Senior, and the husband of the late Virginia Telling Senior. He had worked as a ballistic tester...