Obituaries

Nov 20, 2004

JOHN ANTHONY KEARNEY, age 43, of Belcamp, died at his home on November 20, 2004. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of Mary Jane Kidd Given of Darlington, and the late John Francis Kearney. He worked as a sheet metal journeyman in heating and air conditioning construction. He was a member of the sheet metal union. He enjoyed arts...

Nov 19, 2004

EDWARD JAMES PRINCE, JR., age 57, of Port Deposit, formerly of Edgewood, died at University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, on November 19, 2004. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Edward James, Sr. and Honora Catherine (Ernst) Prince. He was self employed in his own construction company. He loved to jam on the guitar with the...

Nov 17, 2004

CONNIE FRITZ, age 67, of Joppa, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, on November 17, 2004. Born in Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late John Charles and Florence Ethel Stright Duff. She was a member of St. Stephens Catholic Church in Bradshaw. She and her husband own the Fritz Farm and Nursery, Joppa.Mrs. Fritz is survived...

Nov 17, 2004

DAKOTA RILEY SHRESTHA, of Forest Hill, Maryland, died on November 17 at Johns Hopkins Hospital from complications of open heart surgery. He was four months old. Dakota was born on July 22, 2004, at Franklin Square Hospital, Rossville, Maryland. Diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, he was transferred to Johns Hopkins to undergo open heart surgery.Dakota was a true hero...

Nov 16, 2004

PEGGE CASEY HENNEGAN, age 72, of Abingdon, died at Stella Maris Hospice on November 16, 2004. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late William Lawrence Casey and the late Mildred Jane Davidson Cather. She retired from CSX Railroad in 1993 where she was a clerk. She enjoyed traveling including a trip to Ireland, movies, theater, bingo, and...

Nov 15, 2004

DENNIS JOSEPH DUNN, JR., age 86, of Bel Air died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on November 15, 2004. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Dennis Joseph, Sr. and Ellen Walsh Dunn and the husband of the late Carrie Marie Scudder Dunn. He retired from Aberdeen Proving Ground in 1975. He worked his entire career...

Nov 14, 2004

HENRY PATTERSON FOUSE, age 69, of Bel Air, died at his residence on November 14, 2004. Born in Smyth County, Virginia, he was the son of the late Francis and Nannie Belle Griffey Fouse. A resident of Harford County since 1952, he worked at Bata Shoe Co. for 16 years, then at Wiley’s Shipyard in Port Deposit as a supervisor,...

Nov 14, 2004

LARRY WINTON TURNER, SR., age 62, of Edgewood, died in Perry Point VA Hospital, Perry Point, MD on November 14, 2004. Born in Bel Air, he was the son of Lester Winton Turner of Bel Air and the late Pauline Gracie Blakley Turner. He was a resident of Harford County all of his life. He enjoyed reading books and was...

Nov 12, 2004

N. “REDS” LONNIE DISHON, SR., age 64, of Edgewood, MD, died in University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD on November 12, 2004. Born in Matoaka, West Virginia, he was the son of the late Harley French and Cordie Ennis Walker Dishon. He worked as a truck driver.A resident of Harford County for 12 years, he crocheted blankets for his...

Nov 12, 2004

GEAN ELIZABETH SHIPLEY, age 79, of Churchville, died in Harford Memorial Hospital on November 12, 2004. Born in Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Raymond C. and Lovette E. Walsh Tate and the wife for 50 years of the late Robert L. Shipley, Sr. She was a resident of Harford County for 50 years. Mrs. Shipley is survived...

Nov 10, 2004

LORENE “RENIE” HELEN JACKSON, age 74, of Joppatowne, died at Citizens Care Center on November 10, 2004. Born in Vevay, Indiana, she was the daughter of the late J. Brian Kinman and the late Mildred Dunn Jones and the wife of the late Harold Wayne Jackson. She attended Maple View Baptist Church later in life and enjoyed gardening and her...

Nov 10, 2004

JAMES E. GIRVIN, JR, age 66, of Joppa, died at his residence on November 10, 2004. Born in Baltimore City, he was the son of Barbara Mildred Laubach Girvin of Kingsville and the late James Edward Girvin, Sr. A resident of Harford County for 45 years, he was a self employed truck driver. He enjoyed working on cars and trucks....

Nov 9, 2004

HELEN TOWNSLEY FOLEY JOHNSON, age 79, of Baltimore, died in Franklin Square Hospital on November 9, 2004. Born in Havre de Grace, she was the daughter of the late Walter Grayson and Sara Anna Combs Townsley. A homemaker, she was a life long collector of everything.Mrs. Johnson is survived by one son, Philip Patrick Foley and his wife, Patricia E....

Nov 8, 2004

WM. GWYN BROWN, of Aberdeen, died on November 8, 2004 at Harford Memorial Hospital. He was 82.Born February 19, 1922 in West Jefferson, North Carolina, he was the son of the late James E. and Eula E. Marsh Brown.After moving to Maryland in 1940, he met his wife of 59 years, Margaret Janelle Johnson and together they raised three sons.He...

Nov 8, 2004

MARJORIE BOWMAN CUNDIFF, age 80, of Aberdeen, died at her home on November 8, 2004. Born in Roanoke, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late John Robert and Charlotte Anna Sheen Cundiff. She was a member of Overlea United Methodist Church, Overlea, Maryland and a member of the ARC family where she was afforded affection and care.Miss Cundiff is...

Nov 8, 2004

FRANCIS T. BRANDIS, SR., age 71, of Belcamp, Maryland, formerly of Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, died on November 8, 2004 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Francis and Irene Bentley Proud Brandis. He was retired from Domino Sugar after 36 years of service where he was a distribution manager. He had...

Nov 6, 2004

REGINA M. SCHENNING, age 82, of Bel Air, died at Citizen’s Care Center, Havre de Grace, on November 6, 2004. Born in Middle River, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Barbara A. Vasold Schenning. She was a member of St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church, Abingdon and Our Lady’s Sodality. She loved to play bingo and crochet.Miss...

Nov 6, 2004

MARCELENE KEFAUVER ADAMS, age 89, of Bel Air, a cherished member of her family and community, died November 6, 2004 in Baltimore. She was born in Burkittsville, MD near Jarrettsville to Luther Melvin Kefauver, Sr. and Esther Hawkins Easterday Kefauver, the oldest daughter of their ten children. Marcelene was devotedly married to Thomas Luther Adams, Sr. until his death in...

Nov 6, 2004

HELEN V. REXROTH, age 89, of Bel Air, died at Lorien Riverside Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on November 6, 2004. Born in Wilna, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Orvil and Florence Mae Stevens Kyle and the wife of the late Kenneth E. Rexroth, Sr. She was a member of the Rebekah’s and enjoyed the outdoors, wildlife and...

Nov 4, 2004