Obituaries

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

William Rufus Roop

William Rufus Roop

Oct 24, 2004

WILLIAM RUFUS ROOP, age 77, of Aberdeen, died at his home on October 24, 2004. Born in Riner, Virginia, he was the son of the late Rufus Roosevelt Roop and his wife the late Virgie Virginia Bishop Roop. Retiring in 1979 after 33 years of service with the Maryland State Highway Administration, he worked as a truck driver. A resident...

Mike Gable

Mike Gable

Oct 23, 2004

MIKE GABLE, age 49, of Abingdon, died at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium on October 23, 2004. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of Dorothy Brent McLain Gable of Abingdon and the late Edward David Gable. After serving for 30 years, he had retired in May 2004 from Aberdeen Proving Ground, Edgewood Area. He currently worked at BJ’s Warehouse...

Yvette A. Roman

Yvette A. Roman

Oct 23, 2004

YVETTE A. ROMAN, age 74, of Bel Air, died in Country View Assisted Living in Darlington on October 23, 2004. Born in Evereux, France, she was the daughter of the late Henri and Marie Lesieux, and the wife of the late Joseph A. Roman. She was a former president of the French Association of Baltimore. She met her husband while...

Gladys Virginia Prescott

Gladys Virginia Prescott

Oct 20, 2004

G. VIRGINIA PRESCOTT, age 94, of Bel Air, MD died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air, MD on October 20, 2004. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late John Henry and Laura Virginia Tilghman Seeger, and the wife of the late John (Jack) H. Prescott who was the former editor of the Hunterdon County Democrat Newsaper...

Russell Clements

Russell Clements

Oct 19, 2004

RUSSELL “DICK” CLEMENTS, age 84, of Bel Air, formerly of Annapolis and Cheverly, died at his home on October 19, 2004. Born in Washington, D.C, he was the son of the late Stephen Augusta and Catherine Beatrice Rodda Clements. In 1975, he retired from the US Army as Lt. Colonel after 28 years of service having served his country in...

Scott E. Lurz

Scott E. Lurz

Oct 16, 2004

SCOTT E. LURZ, age 51, of Bel Air, died at his home on October 16, 2004. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of Faye Unthank Lurz of Mooresburg, Tennessee and the late Walter Boyce Lurz. He had worked for Baltimore Gas and Electric for 25 years as a senior boiler mechanic. He enjoyed carving ducks. In addition to his...

Lewis B. Labby, Jr.

Lewis B. Labby, Jr.

Oct 15, 2004

LEWIS B. LABBY, JR., age 85, of Bel Air, formerly of Oliver Beach, died in Mariner Health of Bel Air on October 15, 2004. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Lewis Buchanan Labby, Sr. and Mary Regina Hefestay Hart and the husband of the late Helen N. Labby. For 36 years, he worked as a security...

Fred Hamilton, Sr.

Fred Hamilton, Sr.

Oct 14, 2004

FRED “FRITZ” HAMILTON, SR. age 78, of Parkville, died in Oak Crest Retirement Community on October 14, 2004. Born in Dayton, Ohio, he was the son of the late Paul E. and Osie G. Riley Hamilton. While working at Union Trust Company he helped install the first banking computer in Baltimore. He had worked for many years for the State...

Bernard Richard Hill

Bernard Richard Hill

Oct 14, 2004

BERNARD RICHARD HILL, age 77, of Bel Air, died at Harford Memorial Hospital on October 14, 2004. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Marcus James and Gladys Margaret Mitchell Hill and the husband of the late Frances Louise Hill. He had retired from Bethlehem Steel after 40 years of service as a foreman. He served his...

Gerald John Richardson

Gerald John Richardson

Oct 13, 2004

GERALD “JERRY” JOHN RICHARDSON, 65, of Joppatowne, died at his home on October 13, 2004. Born in Gardner, Massachusetts, he was the son of the late James Richard and Mildred Aldrich Richardson. He was retired from Martin Marietta where he was a tool and die maker. He enjoyed card games, scrabble, bowling and his family and friends.Mr. Richardson is survived...

Rebekah Marshall

Rebekah Marshall

Oct 13, 2004

REBEKAH MARSHALL, age 71, of Abingdon, died in Harford Memorial Hospital on October 13, 2004. Born in Strickersville, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late John Franklin and Blanche Mae Guild Pote, and the wife of the late Schuyler Colfax Marshall. She was formerly a resident of Pine Bluff, Arkansas.Mrs. Marshall is survived by three sons, Philip Marshall of...

Brian P. Bertrand

Brian P. Bertrand

Oct 13, 2004

BRIAN P. BERTRAND, age 76, of Bel Air, died at his home on October 13, 2004. Born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island and raised in Holyoke, Massachusetts, he was the son of the late Romeo E. and Frances Catherine Brogan Bertrand. He was a graduate of the University of Massachusetts with a B.S. in Physics. He served in the U.S. Navy...

William Arlie Watson, Sr.

William Arlie Watson, Sr.

Oct 11, 2004

WILLIAM ARLIE “BILL” WATSON, SR. age 78, of Bel Air, died October 11, 2004 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Born in Harford County, he was the son of the late John Barnett and Bertha Mae Suite Watson and the husband of the late Marjorie Ruth Andrews Watson. He graduated from Bel Air High School in1943. He retired in 1984 after...

Fannie M. Pritt

Fannie M. Pritt

Oct 10, 2004

FANNIE M. PRITT, age 85, of Bel Air, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on October 10, 2004. Born in Renick, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Henry Hamrick and Elsie Williams Underwood, and the wife of the late Aubrey M. Pritt. She enjoyed spending time with her family.Mrs. Pritt is survived by one son, Aubrey G....

Bonnie R. Stewart

Bonnie R. Stewart

Oct 10, 2004

BONNIE R. STEWART, age 79, of Churchville, died at her home on October 10, 2004. Born in Hemlock, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Emerson E. and Ennis Stanley Stuart. She had retired from her job as a payroll clerk for the Bata Shoe Co. She was a resident of Harford County since 1946. She was a...

George M. Keen, Jr.

George M. Keen, Jr.

Oct 10, 2004

GEORGE M. KEEN, age 82, of Bel Air, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on October 10, 2004. Born in Churchville, he was the son of the late George Melvin, Sr. and Hazel Helena Hamilton Keen. He had retired after 30 years of service as an engineer with the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company. He was a member of Emory...

Monty Hudler

Monty Hudler

Oct 9, 2004

MONTY HUDLER, age 75, of Boyton Beach, Florida, formerly of Bel Air, died in Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah, Georgia on October 9, 2004. Born in Grassy Creek, North Carolina, he was the son of the late Walter T. and Ella Gentry Hudler. He had retired after 53 years of owning and operating Monty’s Barber Shop in Bel...

Neil Aubrey Budnick

Neil Aubrey Budnick

Oct 8, 2004

NEIL AUBREY BUDNICK, age 71, of Bel Air, died in Harford Memorial Hospital on October 8, 2004. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late James Albert and Jennie Iona Bearsch Budnick. He had retired in 1988 from Aberdeen Proving Ground where he had worked as an auditor. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church and the...

Alan L. Deboard

Alan L. Deboard

Oct 6, 2004

ALAN “BUTCH” L. DeBOARD, age 52, of Joppa, died at Harford Memorial Hospital on October 6, 2004. Born in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, he was the son of Booker Lee and Doris Lauranda Walters DeBoard of Delta, Pennsylvania. A self-employed carpenter, he enjoyed fishing and working around his home. He was a member of Bel Forest Baptist Church, Bel Air....

Ted Cochran

Ted Cochran

Oct 6, 2004

Ted Cochran, age 79, of Churchville, died in St. Joseph=s Medical Center on October 6, 2004. Born in Mt. Airy, NC, he was the son of the late Andrew Mack and Annie Caroline Reed Cochran. He was a founding member of Presbury United Methodist Church in Edgewood. A lifelong resident of Harford County, Mr. Cochran worked for Black and Decker...