Obituaries

Aug 19, 2004

PAUL HOWARD BARBEN, age 82, of Churchville, died at his home on August 19, 2004. Born in Graceton, Maryland, he was the son of the late Harry Mordecai and Dora May Thompson Barben. He had retired from his job at Bethlehem Steel in 1984. He served his country in the Civil Conservation Corps and was a member of the Maryland...

Aug 18, 2004

RICHARD DALE COCHRAN, age 73, of Joppa, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on August 18, 2004. Born in Bel Air, he was the son of the late Andrew Mack and Annie Caroline Reed Cochran. He retired in 1987 after 38 years of service with Black & Decker as a machine operator. He enjoyed outside work and gardening. Mr. Cochran...

Aug 17, 2004

HERMAN LEROY CRESWELL, age 75, a resident of Harford County for 65 years before moving to Orange City, Florida, died in Florida Hospital Fish Memorial on August 17, 2004. Born in Baldwin; he was the son of the late Herman Rosco and Martha Kerr Creswell. He had worked at Bata Shoe Co. for 20 years, at Grumman Co. in Glen...

Aug 16, 2004

MYRTLE G. TIMMONS, age 81, of Havre de Grace, died at Harford Memorial Hospital on August 16, 2004. Born in Perryman, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late William Edward and Bertha Emma Coulter Griffith and the wife of the late Howard Lee Timmons. She was a cashier clerk at A&P grocery stores working in Aberdeen, Bel Air, and...

Aug 16, 2004

DOROTHY “DOT” S. CORDER, age 73, of Aberdeen, died in Harford Memorial Hospital on August 16, 2004. Born in Upper Cross Roads, she was the daughter of the late Claude and Iva Howell Greer, and the wife for 41 years of the late William Edward Corder, whom she married in 1952. Born and raised in Harford County, she was a...

Aug 15, 2004

MARGARET F. WASHINGTON, 84, of Bel Air, died at Mariner Health of Bel Air on August 15, 2004. Born in Bel Air, she was the daughter of the late George Banks and Mary Alberta Frisby and the wife of the late Charles Washington. She retired from Aberdeen Proving Ground after 30 years of service. A housekeeper, she had worked for...

Aug 14, 2004

KAREN “HONEY” E. ANDERSON, age 59, of Edgewood, died in Lorien Bel Air Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on August 14, 2004. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Roland William, Sr. and Harriet Elizabeth Morgan Larkin. She was a factory worker in a bakery. She was a member of the American Legion Post 17. Her family said...

Aug 14, 2004

GEORGE D. CURRY, SR., AGE 67, OF Aberdeen, died at his residence on August 14, 2004. Born in Havre de Grace, he wass the son of the late Charles Melvin, Sr. and Marie Frances Dudok Curry. He worked as a service manager at Plaza Ford for 13 years at Hinder Lincoln Mercury in Aberdeen for 28 years and then as...

Aug 14, 2004

THOMAS A. AMOSS, age 83, of Bel Air, died in Mariner Health of Bel Air on August 14, 2004. Born in Forest Hill, he was the son of the late James Martin and Nellie May Burton Amoss. He worked for AIR Co. at Sparrows Point making welding rods. He served his country in the U.S. Army during WW II. He...

Aug 13, 2004

MILLARD PURCELL, Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company’s Fire Chief Emeritus Martin Millard Purcell, of Bel Air, died Friday, August 13, 2004 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. He was 88 years old. Millard was the son of the late Clarence and Mabel Purcell.Chief Purcell was an active member of the Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company for 65 years. Even up until...

Aug 12, 2004

FRANK G. MESSINA, SR., age 71, of Edgewood, died in Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center on August 12, 2004. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Anthony Joseph and Julia Barbara Dennis Messina, and the husband of the late Lois Little Messina. He worked as a helicopter mechanic for the government. He served his country in the...

Aug 11, 2004

JOHN SOWA, age 94, of Abingdon, died at his residence on August 11, 2004. Born in Wyoming, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Jacob and Kunegunda Dziubacka Sowa, and the husband of the late Virginia B. Hoover Sowa. A resident of Harford County since 1989, he served his country in the U.S. Army for over 20 years during...

Aug 10, 2004

DORIS P. MONKS, age 71, of Bel Air, died in St. Joseph Medical Center on August 10, 2004. Born in West Grove, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late James Clay and Anna Mae Locke Adams. She had retired after 45 years of service with Brown, Brown, and Brown as a legal secretary. She was a member of the...

Aug 10, 2004

ALBERT W. PRICE, SR., of Joppa died August 10, 2004. He was 84. Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Albert and Amelia Kropa Price. He resided in Maryland for over 60 years. He received his early education from Immanuel Lutheran School and later graduated from Johnson Technical School of Scranton. He served in the U.S....

Aug 9, 2004

RALPH JUNIOR BRATTON, age 70, of Bel Air, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on August 9, 2004. Born in Friese, Virginia, he was the son of the late Raby James and Elsie Stella Smith Bratton. In 1940, he moved to Maryland from Virginia with his parents and siblings and they all worked on Tharpe’s farm in Bel Air. While...

Aug 9, 2004

LENORA MORKOVSKY, age 64, of Bel Air, died at Gilchrist Center in Baltimore, on August 9, 2004. Born in Cass, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Warren AHicks@ and Neoma AToots@ Lambert Cross. She was very devoted to her husband, always took care of others, and lived her life to the fullest. She enjoyed living on the...

Aug 7, 2004

WES RAMSEY, age 66, of Conowingo, died in Harrisburg Hospital, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on August 7, 2004. Born in Huntington, West Virginia, he was the son of the late Luther Hannon and Beulah Margaret Newsome Ramsey. He had retired from the Ohio Public Schools where he had worked as an assistant superintendent. He was a member of the Fallston Presbyterian Church...

Aug 7, 2004

CHRISTINA JULIE-LYNN DAVILA, a true angel was born on July 22, 2004 to Erin Comeau, 20, and Robert Davila, 21 of Aberdeen, Maryland. She was transported to Johns Hopkins in Baltimore where the state=s best doctors did everything they could. At 16 days of age she passed into the heavens. She is survived by her sister, Savannah Smith; grandparents, Julie...

Aug 6, 2004

IRENE N. POLLARD, age 93, of Bel Air, Maryland, died at Hart Heritage Assisted Living, Street, MD on August 6, 2004. Born in New York City, New York, she was the daughter of the late William N. and Alice Elizabeth Hewlett Nicholson and the wife of 57 years of her late beloved husband, The Reverend Doctor Irving S. Pollard who...

Aug 5, 2004