Obituaries

Jun 25, 2004

EARL SAMUEL MUSICK, age 68, of Edgewood, Maryland, died at his residence on June 25, 2004. Born in Cleveland, Virginia in 1936, he was son of the late Cummings Musick and Leatha Hall Cantler. Mr. Musick graduated from high school in 1952 at the age of 16. He was educated at Johns Hopkins University. He worked for the U.S. Government...

Jun 24, 2004

MARY GILLEASE, age 101, of Bel Air, died in Mariner Health of Bel Air on June 24, 2004. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Stephen and Marie Kapisak Gattus and the wife of the late Michael B. Gillease. She had retired after 30 years as the owner and operator of Bush Mill Inn. Mrs. Gillease is...

Jun 22, 2004

EARL F. “BUD” HESS, age 94, of Monkton, died at Mariner Health of Bel Air on June 22, 2004. Born in Monkton, he was the son of the late Ella Louise Hess. Born and raised in Harford County, he worked on a farm during his teenage years and his twenties. He worked as a carpenter building houses for many years...

Jun 22, 2004

SALLY MARIE HOWE, age 88, of Bel Air, died in Brian Center Health and Rehabilitation in Hertford, North Carolina on June 22, 2004. Born in Gates County, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Charles Madison and Sallie Stallings Riddick, and the wife of the late Richard B. Davis and the late Robert T. Howe. She had worked...

Jun 22, 2004

ROBERT J. SCHLOER, age 73, of Aberdeen, died in Franklin Square Hospital, Rossville, MD on June 22, 2004. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late John Henry and Helen Vandeiver Schloer. He had retired after 36 years of service as a carpenter and crane mechanic with Bethlehem Steel. He served his country in the U.S. Army during...

Jun 21, 2004

C. MELVIN MORK, age 85, of Aberdeen, died at his residence on June 21, 2004. Born in Ladner, South Dakota, he was the son of the late Martin and Clara Bue Mork. He had retired from the U.S. Navy where he served his country in WW II and the Korean Conflict as an electrician. He was also a member of...

Jun 20, 2004

GEORGE H. WILSON, SR., age 76, of Havre de Grace died at his home on June 20, 2004. Born in Todd, North Carolina, he was the son of the late Lester and Lottie Hamby Wilson. A resident of Havre de Grace for 57 years, he worked at Cytec in Havre de Grace where he retired after 31 years of service....

Jun 20, 2004

RETHA L. BAUER, age 47, of Havre de Grace, died in University of Maryland Medical Center on June 20, 2004. Born in Aberdeen, she was the daughter of the late Lonnie and Retha Lenora Walter Boswell. She had worked as the guest services representative at Harford Memorial Hospital for 17 years. A Harford County resident for 20 years, she was...

Jun 19, 2004

WILIAM "Bill" R. CARTER, SR., age 85, of Joppa, died in Mariner Health of Forest Hill on June 19, 2004. Born in Cockeysville, he was the son of the late Charles Frank and Elsie Blanch Heinz Carter. He worked for Black and Decker as a foreman. He was an avid baseball fan and enjoyed flea markets and praying cards.Mr. Carter...

Jun 19, 2004

Jun 18, 2004

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Jun 18, 2004

MABEL I. HODGE, age 85, of Edgewood, passed away at Lorien Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Belcamp on June 18, 2004 due to health complications. Born and raised in West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Gertrude Gautier. She had one brother, Hubert Gautier. She had been married to Alvie E. Hodge for 58 years. Being an...

Jun 17, 2004

JULIA A. HORTON, age 78, of Bel Air, died in Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center on June 17, 2004. Born in Baltimore, grew up in Edgemere, she was the daughter of the late George Mordecai, Sr. and Julia Ann Ruth Bearman, and the wife of the late James 1. Horton, Sr.Mrs. Horton is survived by two sons, James T. Horton,...

Jun 17, 2004

GLORIA MAE FREITAG, age 60, of Edgewood, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on June 17, 2004. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Henry Charles and Audrey Mae Duvall Werner. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.Mrs. Freitag is survived by her husband, Louis Freitag; one son, Dennis Allen Sherman of Upper Marlboro, Maryland;...

Jun 17, 2004

ANTHONY WILLIAM "BILL" PIEPER- Suddenly, on June 17, 2004, Anthony William "Bill" Pieper of Aberdeen, MD, died at Harford Memorial Hospital, Havre de Grace. He was 56. He was formally an Electronics Engineer with the Survivability Directorate, U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM), Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. Over a distinguished career of more than 30 years of superior...

Jun 16, 2004

“EVAN” JAMES FOWLER, age 12, of Abingdon, died at his home on June 16, 2004. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of Lynn Fowler of Abingdon and the late Howard James Fowler. Evan’s medical care was supervised by Comprehensive Nursing Services of Baltimore and his pediatrician, Dr. Marianne Fridberg. He enjoyed balloons, animals, television (especially cartoons), and lots of...

Jun 14, 2004

GRACE M. DICKSON, age 93, of Bel Air, died at Mariner Health of Forest Hill on June 14, 2004. Born in Plant City, Florida, she was the daughter of the late William Marshall and Pearl Rebecca Brown Dennard. She was a manicurist for 40 years having worked in Pikesville and at Debbie’s Mane Concern in Forest Hill. Mrs. Dickson is...

Jun 13, 2004

LEXIE QUILLEN, of Aberdeen, died on June 13, 2004 at Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace. She was 91. She was born June 13, 1912. She was the daughter of the late John A. and Matilda I. Cooper. She was the widow of the late Gilbert Quillen. Born in Virginia, she lived all her adult life in Harford County....

Jun 11, 2004

SYLVIA ANN DOUSA, age 84, of Edgewood, formerly of Aberdeen, died in Lorien Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Belcamp on June 11, 2004. Born in Aberdeen, she was the daughter of the late Frank James and Josephine M. Faulker Moravec and the wife of the late William James Dousa, Sr. After high school she attended cosmetology school. She enjoyed bus...

Jun 10, 2004

COL JOHNSON, “T.J.”, age 55, of Abingdon, Maryland, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air, MD on June 10, 2004. Born in Cook County, Illinois, he was the son of Victoria T. Johnson of Lombard, Illinois and the late Arthur William Johnson. A resident of Harford County for 18 years, he was a member of the American Legion Post...