Obituaries

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

Albert W. Price

Albert W. Price

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....

Ralph Junior Bratton

Ralph Junior Bratton

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...

Lenora Morkovsky

Lenora Morkovsky

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...

Wes Ramsey

Wes Ramsey

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...

Christina Lynn Davila

Christina Lynn Davila

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...

Irene Nicholson Pollard

Irene Nicholson Pollard

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...

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...