Obituaries

Feb 21, 2005

WILLIAM ROSS KELLY, SR., age 97, a retiree from the Martin Marietta Corp. and from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, passed away February 21, 2005 in Bel Air, MD. He was born October 13, 1907 in Bladen County, North Carolina, the sixth of ten children born to John Nathan Kelly and Catherine Isabelle Davis Kelly. He graduated from Bladenboro...

Feb 21, 2005

DEBBIE VAN VALKENBURG MACIAS, age 40, of Darlington, died in Stella Maris Hospice on February 21, 2005. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Edgar James Van Valkenburg and the late Lynn Anne Scholl. She was a very devoted mother to her son. A horse groomer, she had worked with animals for 25 years. She loved horses...

Feb 20, 2005

CHARLES W. RILEY, age 75, of Abingdon, died in St. Joseph Hospital on February 20, 2005. Born in Upper Cross Roads, he was the son of the late Wilmer and Beatrice Marion Overmeyer Riley. For 25 years he was a part owner of Paidon Products in Aberdeen. He graduated from Bel Air High School in 1949. He ran track for...

Feb 20, 2005

GENE CLIFF “BEAR” HOSTETTER, age 61, of Edgewood, Maryland, died in Gilchrist Center at Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Towson, MD on February 20, 2005. Born in Lexington, Virginia, he was the son of the late William Owen and Leona Estelle Hostetter. He worked as an auto mechanic for Fullerton Auto Parts in White Marsh, MD. A resident of Harford...

Feb 19, 2005

MARY GUNTHER TILLEY, of Bel Air died on February 19, 2005 at the home of her son, Dennis M. Tilley of Forest Hill following a two year battle with ovarian cancer. She was 79.Born August 7, 1925 in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late A. Melvin Gunther and Mary E. Gunther of Cambridge, and the beloved wife for...

Feb 18, 2005

MATILDA M. BOLANDER, of Abingdon, MD, formerly of Dundalk, died on February 18, 2005 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center from congestive heart failure. Her daughter, MaryLee was by her side.Born on March 23, 1918 in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Wasyl and Mary Moroz, who immigrated from the Ukraine in 1916. She grew up in Canton and...

Feb 18, 2005

Feb 17, 2005

SALVATORE L. ALLESSIE, age 69, of Bel Air, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on February17, 2005. Born in North East, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Louis and Florence J. Guarino Allessee. He worked in the home health care industry.

Feb 17, 2005

E. LOUISE HECKNER, age 82, of Kingsville, died in Good Samaritan Hospital on February 17, 2005. Born in Bel Air, she was the daughter of the late George Heuisler, Jr. and Cassandra Marie Harkins Poole. Born and raised in Harford County, she was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary for the Kingsville Fire Company and of the VFW Post in...

Feb 17, 2005

HAZEL RUTH HASH, age 76, of Bel Air, died in Mariner Health of Bel Air on February 17, 2005. Born in Rocks, she was the daughter of the late Earl McKee and Lola Virginia Hash. She had worked for 44 years at the Gleneagles, Inc. as a machine operator. Born and raised in Harford County, she enjoyed reading and following...

Feb 16, 2005

DORA “PAT” M. MAGEE, age 94, of Joppa, formerly of Parkville, MD, died in Young at Heart, Joppa on February 16, 2005. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late John Matranga, and the wife of the late Craig “Sam” Magee. She had worked as a seamstress making men’s suits at L. Grelf & Son in Baltimore. She...

Feb 15, 2005

DOROTHY E. ROSE, age 92, of Havre de Grace, formerly of Bel Air, died at her residence on February 15, 2005. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late John Howard and Elizabeth Wittmer Leitch, and the wife of the late William F. Rose. She was a member of Bel Air United Methodist Church. Mrs.Rose is survived by...

Feb 15, 2005

ROBERT EDWARD VIAR, age 59, of Towson, MD died in Maryland General Hospital on February 15, 2005. Born in Sparta, North Carolina, he was the son of the late Walter Lee Viar, Sr. and Daisy Ann Schneider Reeves. He was a truck driver for the state highway administration. He also had worked as a truck driver for Gen Star and...

Feb 15, 2005

JOHN EMMETT ADELSBERGER, age 64, of Forest Hill, died at his residence on February 15, 2005. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late John Lloyd and Helen Augusta Urspruch Adelsberger. He had retired after 40 years of service as a sales manager in the steel industry, the last few years he had worked for Legends. A graduate...

Feb 15, 2005

HELEN E. CALABRESE, age 64, of Bel Air, Maryland, died at her residence on February 15, 2005. Born in Ludlow, Massachusetts, she was the daughter of Walter and Mildred Niemczyk Misterka of Springfield, Massachusetts. She had lived in Landsdowne, Pennsylvania for 37 years and was formerly of Indian Orchards, Massachusetts. She was formerly of St. Charles Borromeo Parish.In addition to...

Feb 13, 2005

IRENE SHERMAN, age 78, of Bel Air, died in University of Maryland Hospital on February 13, 2005. Born in Bel Air, she was the daughter of the late James Thomas and Grace Brown Hatcher, and the wife of the late Stevenson Donald Sherman. She had retired after 20 years of service with Kunkel Service Company where she worked as a...

Feb 13, 2005

Elsie M. Pugh of Abingdon died February 13 at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium. She was 84.Born Elsie Marguerite Wolfe in Marion, Va., she was the daughter of the late Otho Blair Wolfe and Mary Ellen Hale Wolfe.A homemaker and hand quilter, Mrs. Pugh was a longtime member, and served on the Board of Trustees, of Presbury United Methodist Church...

Feb 13, 2005

BETTY VELMA PRICE, age 75, of Lakeland, Florida, formerly of Edgewood, Maryland, died at Oak Ridge Nursing Home in Lakeland, Florida on February 13, 2005. Born in Chesapeake, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Clarence Edward and Mildred Bertha Henson Lee, and the wife of the late Bergin “Junior” Price, Jr. She had worked as the manager of...

Feb 13, 2005

CLARENCE “BUD” ROBERT BAY, age 62, of Darlington, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on February 13, 2005. Born in Havre de Grace, he was the son of the late Clarence Elmer and Virginia Alexander Bay. A lifelong resident of Harford County, he was a truck driver for ambulance transport and Jerry Preston Hauling. He worked with Ralph T. Blevins...

Feb 12, 2005

KEITH THOMAS DIXON, age 70, of Bel Air, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on February 12, 2005. Born in Dayton, Ohio, he was the son of the late Thomas Donald and Lilly Olive Henry Dixon, and the husband of the late Lela M. (Cookie) Anderson Dixon. He retired from government service as a supervisor in TECOM at Aberdeen Proving...