Obituaries

Jan 4, 2004

MARVIN H. PRITCHER, age 87, of Bel Air, formerly of Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania, died in Gilchrist Hospice at Greater Baltimore Medical Center on January 4, 2004. Born in Savannah, Georgia, he was the son of the late Franklin R. and Sarah Colwart Pritcher. He grew up in Beaufort, South Carolina and was president of his high school class and captain...

Jan 4, 2004

CATHERINE SMITH, age 90, of Bel Air, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical on January 4, 2004. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Ferdinand and Florence Priscella Briggs Smith. Born and raised in Baltimore City, she moved to Arnold, MD and then to Ocean City- Montego Bay area before moving to Harford County. On September 16, 1933...

Jan 2, 2004

CON BELL, age 79, of Bel Air, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on January 2, 2004. Born in Sparta, North Carolina, he was the son of Hardin Noel and Myrtle McCoin Bell and the husband for 58 years of the late Dolly Muller Bell. He worked as a dairy farmer for 57 years. He also worked as a truck...

Jan 1, 2004

JOHN W. SCHAFER, age 83, of Bel Air, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on January 1, 2004. Born in Bel Air, Maryland, he was the son of the late Peter Joseph and Mary Ellizabeth Wiker Schafer. He worked as an automobile mechanic with his father at the family owned garage. For several years he was a new car manager...

Jan 1, 2004

Dec 31, 2003

BARBARA E. MINNICK, age 64, of Bel Air, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on Wednesday, December 31, 2003 following a courageous battle with cancer. Born July 9, 1939 in the town of Bel Air, Harford County, she was the daughter of the late Reid and Lily Caudill, and the wife for 28 years of the late Lester J. Minnick,...

Dec 31, 2003

HOLLY JEAN AFFLECK, of Birmingham, Alabama, died of cancer on December 31, 2003. She was 41.Born in Havre de Grace, Maryland, she was the daughter of Robert and Fern Duncan and sister of Cathy Harrison.Holly and young son, Jason Greenwell, united with Karl Affleck on June 18, 1988. Karl and Jason were always the center of Holly' life and after...

Dec 30, 2003

HAROLD "POP" LLOYD MOORE, age 74, of Forest Hill, died at his home on December 30, 2003. Born in Wythe County, Virginia, he was the son of the late Joseph Alton and Evelyn Margaret Maxwell Moore. He had retired in 1981 from General Motors where he worked on the assembly line. He was involved in the bus ministry at Emmorton...

Dec 23, 2003

BARBARA J. WILSON, age 58, of Eagle Lake, Florida, died in Whiteford, MD on December 23, 2003. Born in Virginia, she was the daughter of Okie Marie Halsey Kennedy of Bel Air and the late Rex Lee Parsons. She had her CDL for 18 years and drove a tractor and trailer. She had two Shih Tzu’s named Muffin and Gizmo...

Dec 23, 2003

MELLIE LEONA McCASLIN, age 80, of West Chester, Pennsylvania, died in Chester County Hospital on December 23, 2003. Born in Bowdill, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late William H. and Catherine Susan Wilson Longworth, and the wife of the late Ralph Walter McCaslin. She had retired from the U.S. Government where she worked as a secretary. She served...

Dec 23, 2003

MILDRED LOUISE BOYLE, age 88, of Clarksville, Tennessee died in Oak Crest Village in Clarksville, TN on December 23, 2003. Born in Brooklyn, New York, she was the daughter of the late Anders Gustaf and Maria Ohlsson Hassel, and the wife of the late Joseph Douglas Boyle whom she married in 1939. She was active in church at Riverside before...

Dec 22, 2003

CLAIRE RAUB, age 83, of Bel Air, died in Lorien Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of Bel Air on December 22, 2003. Born in Plymouth, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late John Howard and Hannah Florence Morris Griffith, and the wife of the late Harold Raub. She retired after 32 years as a teacher/ director of Tiny Tots Preschool...

Dec 20, 2003

EVA E. EHRHARDT, age 91, of Baldwin died at home on December 20, 2003. Born June 14, 1912 in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Gilbert George and Agnes Edith Yetton James and the wife of the late Clarence E. Ehrhardt. She wasmarried 62 years, when her husband passed away in 1998. She enjoyed cooking for her family.Eva...

Dec 20, 2003

BENTON HOPE GROSS, JR. age 81, of Bel Air, died at his residence on December 20, 2003. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Benton Hope, Sr. and Lucile Wright Gross. He had retired after 44 years as a maritime pilot.Mr. Gross is survived by his wife, Almeda Pennington Gross; one son, Jeffrey Hope Gross of Whiteford,...

Dec 20, 2003

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to:Thomas Run Foundation FundFarmers Bank of Bel Air37 S. Main StreetBel Air, Maryland 21014

Dec 20, 2003

JAMES PATRICK COLLINS, age 66, of Bel Air died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on December 20, 2003. Born in Havre de Grace, he was the son of Inez Laberta Perry Harris of Edgewood and the late John Jerome Collins, Sr. He worked as a janitor at the State Police Barracks in Benson. In addition to his mother, Mr. Collins...

Dec 19, 2003

JOSEPHINE A. SMITH, 81, of Bel Air, died at Lorien Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Bel Air on December 19, 2003. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Francis and Barbara Hoffinagle Cicero and the wife of the late Eugene F. Smith. A resident of Ocean City for 20 years, she was an active member of the...

Dec 19, 2003

M. RONALD CRESWELL, age 75, of Towson, MD, formerly of Bel Air, died at Greater Baltimore Medical Center on December 19, 2003. Born in Joppa, he was the son of the late Milton Brown and Ruth Anna Wiggers Creswell. He was the owner and operator of Creswell Oil Company and retired after 20 years of service. He was a member...

Dec 18, 2003

HARRIETT COOLEY WHITEHURST, age 70, of Bel Air died at Lorien Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of Bel Air on December 18, 2003. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Charles Gilbert and Elsie Crowell Cooley. She was a graduate of the New Bel Air High School’s First Full Graduating Class and class Valedictorian. She graduated from Western...

Dec 18, 2003

LESLIE E. RYAN, age 62, of Edgewood, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on December 18, 2003 Born in Merced, California, he was the son of the late Robert and Wiebka Marie Reimers Ryan. He served his country in the U.S. Navy for 9 years during the Vietnam Conflict. For 29 years he worked as police communications officer for the...