Obituaries

Jun 17, 2005

CLARA E. GORRELL, age 98, of Forest Hill, died at her home on June17, 2005. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Henry Conrad and Elizabeth Anna Pohl Horstman and the wife of the late S. Wilson Gorrell, Jr. A homemaker, she had also been an organist at the Centre Methodist Church. She was a member of...

Jun 16, 2005

NED ALVARD SMITH, age 79, of Edgewood, died in Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center on June 16, 2005. Born in Orland, Indiana, he was the son of the late Ned Alvard Smith, Sr. and Ruth Myrtle McMullen Fair. He served his country in the U.S. Army from 1945-1952 and then he went into the Reserves retiring in 1980 as a...

Jun 16, 2005

ARLIE DALE HORTON, a resident of the Citizens Care Center, Havre de Grace, passed away on June 16, 2005. He was 90 years old. Mr. Horton was born on October 25, 1914 in Independence, Virginia to the late Dennie and Lucinda Horton. Mr. Horton had two brothers, Otis Horton of Winston-Salem, North Carolina and the late Jerry Horton, formerly of...

Jun 14, 2005

“LIB” WEAVER, age 79, of Bel Air, died in Mariner Health of Bel Air on June 14, 2005. Born in Jefferson, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Lillard and Nettie Belle Green Oliver and the wife of the late Roby Jones Weaver. She had retired after 25 years of service for Harford County where she worked...

Jun 14, 2005

MICHAEL JAY WRIGHT, age 49, of Bel Air, died in Potomac Hospital, Woodbridge, VA on June 14, 2005. Born in Miami, Florida, he was the son of (Pat) Floyd Wesley Wright of Rochester, New Hampshire and Nicky Fortin of Florida. He worked for the Army Air Force Exchange Services as an area manager. In 1984, he graduated from Arizona State...

Jun 9, 2005

THOMAS LEE GENTRY, age 93, of Churchville, died at his home on June 9, 2005. Born in Todd, North Carolina, he was the son of the late Charles Wesley and Minnie Wilcox Gentry. In 1945 he founded Churchville Construction Co., Inc. which he operated until 1972. His company is well-known for building homes, businesses, and many churches in Harford County...

Jun 9, 2005

BREECE LEFTRIDGE, age 75, of Nottingham, Maryland, formerly of Joppa, died at Franklin Square Hospital on June 9, 2005. Born in Rock Run, Maryland, he was the son of the late William Denton, Sr. and Clara Hazel Reedy Leftridge, and the husband for 43 years of the late Martha Elizabeth Leftridge. He served his country in the U.S. Army, the...

Jun 9, 2005

HOWARD GEORGE POTEET, age 56, of Towson, formerly of Creswell, died at his residence on June 9, 2005. Born in Oak Hill, West Virginia, he was the son of the late George Cummings and the late Grace Mae Moran Poteet. He had been a resident of Citizens Nursing Home for 15 years.Mr. Poteet is survived by three brothers, Richard B....

Jun 8, 2005

JOSEPH W. KUCHAREK, SR., age 66, of Aberdeen, died at Harford Memorial Hospital, on June 8, 2005. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Walter and Cecelia Kucharek. He had retired after 20 years of service at Eskay in Baltimore where he worked as a butcher. He was an avid fisherman, gardener and Oriole fan.Mr. Kucharek is...

Jun 7, 2005

NORA L. COMBS, age 87, of Bel Air, died at Lorien of Bel Air, on June 7, 2005. Born in Aberdeen, she was the daughter of the late Daniel Eugene and Edna Cullum Harman and the wife of the late S. Clifford Combs. Born and raised in Harford County, she was a bus driver for the Board of Education. She...

Jun 7, 2005

Jun 3, 2005

MAUREEN PATRICIA HAROLD, age 57, of Baltimore, died at her residence on June 3, 2005. Born in Manhattan, New York, she was the daughter of the late John Harold and Julia Quinones Rogers. Ms. Harold is survived by one brother, George Christopher Rogers of Bel Air; two sisters, Merci Russo of Abingdon and Lisa Lee Ross of Bel Air; and...

Jun 3, 2005

JOHN DAVID COMER, JR., age 50, of Edgewood died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on June 3, 2005. Born in Lynchburg, Virginia, he was the son of Jettie Lee Campbell Doll of Parkton and the late John David Comer, Sr. He had worked for the past 10 years for Baltimore County as a heavy equipment mechanic. He was a member...

Jun 2, 2005

JAMES OSCAR SWAIN, age 55, of Bel Air, died in Kingsville on June 2, 2005. Born in Roanoke, Virginia, he was the son of the late Oscar McMullan and Mary Temple Swain. He worked as the assistant service manager at Plaza Ford. He had also worked at Hinder Ford. He enjoyed riding motor cycles and worked on sewing machines. He...

Jun 2, 2005

PAULINE H. COBO, age 90, of Bel Air, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on June 2, 2005. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Gustave and Monika Fisher Rauser, and the wife of the late George B. Cobo. She was a member of St. Margaret Catholic Church. She enjoyed crocheting and knitting.Mrs. Cobo is survived by...

Jun 1, 2005

JUNIOR “POP” W. UNDERWOOD, JR., age 83, of Havre de Grace, died at Harford Memorial Hospital, on June 1, 2005. Born in Williamsburg, West Virginia, he was the son of the late Clark Goldin and Silvia Cochran Underwood. He was retired from CD Miller & Co. where he was a truck driver. He was a member of the Darlington VFW...

May 31, 2005

JAMIE RUTH SWAFFORD KALAVSKI, 79, formerly of Idlewild Road, Bel Air, died May 31, 2005 in Silver Spring, Md. Born in Litton, Tennessee, on March 10, 1926, she was the daughter of the late George Logan and Addie Hale Swafford. She graduated from Spring City High School, in Spring City, TN, in 1943, attended Berry College, in Mt. Berry, GA...

May 29, 2005

MARY L. REX, of Baltimore, died on May 29th at Oak Crest Village Care Center. She was 93.Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Richard James and Hildegarde S. Hartmaier Lucas.Mrs. Rex was a homemaker all of her life. She and her late husband, Robert C. Rex, lived in Florida for more than 20 years where he...

May 29, 2005

SUSIE R. SULLIVAN, age 85, of Joppa, died at her home on May 29, 2005. Born in Schuyler, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Percy Lee and Mary Frances Simpson Burton and the wife for 53 years of the late Grant E. Sullivan, Sr. She loved country music and has always been a country girl at heart. She...

May 27, 2005

CHARLES (BUBBY) DeHAVEN, SR., age 59, of Edgewood, died in Gilchrist Center of Greater Baltimore Medical Center on May 27, 2005. Born in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, he was the son of the late Charles Meridith and Thelma Marie VandMark DeHaven. He worked in food services. He was a loving husband and a devoted father. He loved everyone.Mr. DeHaven is...