Obituaries

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

Park Leslie Gardner, Sr.

Park Leslie Gardner, Sr.

Aug 5, 2004

PARK LESLIE GARDNER, SR., age 81, of Joppa, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on August 5, 2004. Born in White Hall, he was the son of the late George Washington and Christiana Knopp Gardner. He was a ships joiner and worked for the Hopeman Brothers. He was a life member of the V.F.W. Gunpowder Post 10067 and a past...

Eula Annice Harvey

Eula Annice Harvey

Aug 4, 2004

EULA ANNICE HARVEY, known to all as Ga-Ga, died Wednesday, August 4, 2004 at her Street home after a long illness. She was 81. She was preceded in death by her husband of 38 years, George R. Harvey.Mrs. Harvey was a Harford County resident for nearly 60 years. Born in 1923 and raised in Sparta, North Carolina, she was the...

Jordon Mitchell Dorfler

Jordon Mitchell Dorfler

Aug 4, 2004

JORDON MITCHELL DORFLER, age 3, of Forest Hill, after a long fight with cancer died at his home on August 4, 2004. Born in Towson, he was the son of Robin Elaine Dorfler of Forest Hill and Robert Jacques Proulx of Reisterstown. He is also survived by grandparents, Charles and Joyce Dorfler of Forest Hill; Kay Barrera of Reisterstown; and...

Mildred Joan Merrill

Mildred Joan Merrill

Aug 3, 2004

MILDRED JOAN MERRILL, age 72, of Joppa, died at her home on August 3, 2004. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Charles Thomas, Sr. and Mildred Della Lilly Coard. She worked as the school secretary at Mountain Christian Church School. A resident of Harford County for 40 years, she enjoyed watercolor painting. She was a member...

Joseph Torval Santora

Joseph Torval Santora

Jul 31, 2004

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George F. Gardin

George F. Gardin

Jul 30, 2004

GEORGE F. GARDIN, age 76, of Bel Air, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on July 30, 2004. Born in Hudson, Massachusetts, he was the son of the late Francisco Fernandes and Marcelina Jardin.. The first generation of his family to be born in the United States, as the only son, he would walk 10 miles as a child with...

Walter E. Sultan, Jr.

Walter E. Sultan, Jr.

Jul 30, 2004

WALTER “BUD” E. SULTAN, JR., age 78, of Fallston, died at his home on July 30, 2004. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Walter Edward, Sr. and Frances Perry Sultan. He had retired after 35 years of service at Edgewood Arsenal. He was a member of the American Society of Toxicology. He was an avid fisherman,...

George Francis Gardin

George Francis Gardin

Jul 30, 2004

Arrangements pendingContributions may be made to:American Heart Association,Maryland Affiliate, Inc.415 N. Charles StreetP.O. Box 17025Baltimore, Maryland 21203

John Philip Walsh, Sr.

John Philip Walsh, Sr.

Jul 30, 2004

JOHN PHILIP WALSH, SR., age 70. of Bel Air, died in Lorien Riverside Nursing and Rehabiliation Center on July 30, 2004. Born in Concord, New Hampshire, he was the son of the late Robert M., Sr. and Helen E. Quinn Walsh and the husband for 37 years of the late Marian Reeves Walsh.In 1956, he received a B. S. degree...

Rosemary B. Pomponi

Rosemary B. Pomponi

Jul 27, 2004

ROSEMARY B. POMPONI, age 57, of Baltimore, died after a long illness at Franklin Square Hospital, Rossville, on July 27, 2004. Born in Bel Air, she was the daughter of the late Melvin Dewey Lewis and Bertha May Liddle Lewis and wife of the late Frank Joseph Pomponi, Sr. A longtime resident of Harford County, she graduated from Bel Air...

Edward J. Bryant

Edward J. Bryant

Jul 25, 2004

EDWARD JOHN BRYANT, a retired nuclear physicist with the U.S. Army Ballistic Research Labs at Aberdeen Proving Ground and consultant with KAMAN Science Technology and General Electric Tempo passed through this life at home after succumbing to his long battle with lung cancer, Sunday, July 25th, he was 83.Mr. Bryant the son of the late Adalbert and Rose Drozdal Blodzinski...

Toribio Ocada Abas

Toribio Ocada Abas

Jul 24, 2004

TORIBIO OCABA ABAS, age 84, of Abingdon, died in Harford Memorial Hospital on July 24, 2004. Born in Cebu City, Philippines, the youngest of four children, he was the son of the late Joaquin and Ignacia Ocaba Abas and the husband for 55 years of the late Ester A. Sy Abas. He worked as a painter and a barber. While...

William Howard Benser

William Howard Benser

Jul 24, 2004

Those who desire may contribute to:Lung Association of MD 1840 York RoadSuite K-MTimonium, MD 21093

William Howard Benser

William Howard Benser

Jul 24, 2004

Contributions may be made to:Lung Association of MD1840 York Road, Suite K-MTimonium, Maryland 21093

Alonzo Allen Mccormick

Alonzo Allen Mccormick

Jul 24, 2004

ALONZO ALLEN McCORMICK, age 73, of Edgewood, died at his residence on July 24, 2004. Born in Astoria, Illinois, he was the son of the late Ralph and Fern Marie Derry McCormick and the husband of Juana V. McCormick. A resident of Harford County for 40 years, he served his country in the U.S. Army for 20 years with two...

William Howard Benser

William Howard Benser

Jul 24, 2004

Those who desire may contribute to:Lung Association of Maryland1840 York Road, Suite K-MTimonium, Maryland 21093

James William Norvell, Sr.

James William Norvell, Sr.

Jul 22, 2004

JAMES WILLIAM NORVELL, SR., age 54, of Belcamp, died at his home on July 22, 2004. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Harold Bertram and Dorothy Bryon Norvell. He worked in sales for a pool supply company. He was an avid gun collector and enjoyed hunting and fishing.Mr. Norvell is survived by one son, James William...

Jane Beverly Hill

Jane Beverly Hill

Jul 22, 2004

JANE BEVERLY HILL, age 77, of Rockville, died at the home of her son in Bel Air, Maryland, on July 22, 2004. Born in Washington, D.C, she was the daughter of the late Harvey Winter, Sr. and Elsie Irene Wollett Payne and the wife of the late Robert Heiskell Hill, Sr. She lived in Washington D.C. and Maryland most of...

Evelyn M. Ruttinger

Evelyn M. Ruttinger

Jul 20, 2004

EVELYN M. RUTTINGER, age 87, of Edgewood, died in Lorien Riverside Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Belcamp on July 20, 2004. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Pearl Wickens Taylor and the wife for 54 years, as of 2003 when her husband died, of the late William “Bill” H. Ruttinger. She was a member...