Obituaries

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

Haylee Jane Boniface

Haylee Jane Boniface

Dec 17, 2003

HAYLEE JANE BONIFACE, infant daughter of Paul Brian, Jr. and Atash Patricia Rafferty Boniface of Bel Air, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on December 17, 2003. Also survived by grandparents, Paul and Pat Boniface of Bel Air; and Tim and Lilith Rafferty of Fawn Grove, PA and many aunts and uncles.Those who desire may contribute to Upper Chesapeake Medical...

Charles Dayton Saffer

Charles Dayton Saffer

Dec 17, 2003

CHARLES D. SAFFER, of Edgewood died December 17, 2003 at his home in Edgewood, MD. He was 66. Born in Paoli, Indiana, and a resident of Harford County since 1977, he was the husband of Wanda B. Saffer.He retired from the U.S. Army at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD as Sergeant First Class after 20 years of service. He received the...

Dorothy Elizabeth Watson

Dorothy Elizabeth Watson

Dec 17, 2003

DOROTHY ELIZABETH WATSON, age 70, of Joppa died in Union Hospital, Elkton on December 17, 2003. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Anthony Peter and Dorothy Elizabeth Belt Arigo and the wife of the late Ronald Emory Watson. She was very active in the Edgewood Senior Center. She enjoyed craft making, filling her house with self...

John E. Koch

John E. Koch

Dec 17, 2003

JOHN E. KOCH, age 80, of Joppa, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on December 17, 2003. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late John Henry and Mildred M. Bell Koch. He had retired after 20 years of service with the Continental Can Company where he worked as a lithographer. He was a lifetime and active member...

Sylvia Eccleshall

Sylvia Eccleshall

Dec 15, 2003

SYLVIA ECCLESHALL, 75, of Bel Air, died at her home on December 15, 2003. Born in Warrington, England, she was the daughter of the late Richard Alfred and Olive Mary Davenport Plant. She had attended University of Liverpool where she received her teaching degree. She had taught in Warrington and Pangbourne, England and for the Harford County Public Schools and...

Miriam L.B. Coale

Miriam L.B. Coale

Dec 15, 2003

MIRIAM L.B. COALE, age 77, of Fallston died in Franklin Square Hospital on December 15, 2003. Born in Fallston, she was the daughter of the late Oscar S. Beale and the late Mildred Harkins Beale Deets. Born, raised and a lifelong resident of Harford County. She was a lifelong member of Fallston United Methodist Church serving on many committees including...

Clinton Bratton

Clinton Bratton

Dec 15, 2003

CLINTON BRATTON, 58, of Bel Air, died at his home of complications of lung cancer, on December 15, 2003. Born in Churchville, he was the son of the late Raby James Bratton and the late Elsie Stella Smith Wright. A lifelong resident of Harford County, he had worked with horses all his life. He was a race horse trainer at...

William Francis Weyant

William Francis Weyant

Dec 14, 2003

WILLIAM FRANCIS WEYANT, age 70, of Abingdon died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on December 14, 2003. Born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, he was the son of Vesta Theresa Shank Weyant of Kingsville and the late Bernard Francis Weyant. He had retired after 14 years from Eddie’s Supermarket in Baltimore where he worked as a clerk. He had worked at McLellan’s...

Gentry Glenn Phipps

Gentry Glenn Phipps

Dec 14, 2003

GENTRY GLENN PHIPPS, age 94, of Darlington, died at his home on December 14, 2003. Born in Alleghany County, North Carolina, he was the son of the late Joseph Thomas and Myrtle Lee DeBord Phipps, and the husband for 34 years of the late Notra Elizabeth Phipps and he was the husband for 20 years to his first wife, Grace...

Darlene Kay Cheek

Darlene Kay Cheek

Dec 14, 2003

DARLENE KAY CHEEK, age 56, of Bel Air, died at her residence on December 14, 2003. Born in Oakland, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Clinton Ray and Prema Clara Friend Bowman. She and her husband Larry of 34 years owned and operated a Crown Station in Bel Air, Maryland and an Exxon station in Havre de Grace,...

Winnie Leona Bloyd

Winnie Leona Bloyd

Dec 12, 2003

WINNIE LEONA BLOYD, age 90, of Street, died in Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore on December 12, 2003. Born August 7, 1913 in Montague County, Texas, she was the daughter of the late Willie Henry and Lottie Pearl Arledge Ely. She married Steve Jefferson Bloyd on June 24, 1931 in Brownfield. They lived in Brownfield, Seagraves, Lubbock, and moved...

Mary Virginia Heaps

Mary Virginia Heaps

Dec 11, 2003

MARY VIRGINIA HEAPS, age 89, of Forest Hill, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on December 11, 2003. Born in Culpepper, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Henry Basye and Bertie Virginia Barret Read, and the wife for 50 years of the late John Francis Heaps. She had retired from Edgewood Arsenal where she worked as a procurement...

James Edward Mason

James Edward Mason

Dec 11, 2003

JAMES EDWARDS MASON, of Abingdon, MD died December 11, 2003 at his home in Abingdon. He was 59. Born in Baltimore, February 23, 1944, he was the son of the late James William Mason and Thelma Alzinna Mason. Mr. Mason was a lifetime resident of Harford County and graduate of Bel Air High School in the class of 1964. He...

Mario John Mauro, Jr.

Mario John Mauro, Jr.

Dec 10, 2003

MARIO JOHN MAURO, SR., age 82, of Perryville, died in Florida on December 10, 2003. Born in New York City, New York, he was the son of the late Thomas and Carmela Aufiero Mauro. He was a member of the Local 16 Iron Workers Union in welding structural steel. A resident of Cecil County for 20 years, he was a...

David Allen Johnston

David Allen Johnston

Dec 10, 2003

DAVID ALLEN JOHNSTON, age 22, of Edgewood, died in Long Bar Harbor on December 10, 2003. Born in Havre de Grace, he was the son of Rigo, Sr. and Donna M. Navarro of Edgewood. He worked for Gentry’s Tree Expert, Inc. He enjoyed fishing and boating.In addition to his parents, Mr. Johnston is survived by two brothers, Adam Johnston of...

Cleo H. Burgin

Cleo H. Burgin

Dec 10, 2003

CLEO H. BURGIN, age 75, of Bel Air, died in Mariner Health of Bel Air on December 10, 2003. Born in Old Fort, North Carolina, he was the son of the late Rommey R. and Nettie Pritchard Burgin. He had retired from Aberdeen Proving Ground where he had been a mechanical instructor for 11 years. He had also retired from...

Anne Dale Sprong

Anne Dale Sprong

Dec 10, 2003

ANNE DALE SPRONG, age 83, of Abingdon, died in Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore on December 10, 2003. Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, she was the daughter of the late James A. and Agnes Spillane Gibney. She enjoyed quilting, crocheting, traveling to Atlantic City and playing poker.Mrs. Sprong is survived by her husband, Donald James Sprong; two daughters, Deborah Ann...

Willard Dale Barker, Sr.

Willard Dale Barker, Sr.

Dec 10, 2003

WILLARD DALE BARKER, SR., 60, of Bel Air died at his home on December 10, 2003 from a short illness of Mesothelioma. Born in Fountain Green, Maryland, he was the son of Ina Ruth Testerman Barker of Bel Air and the late Lester Ovid Barker. He retired from Chrysler Corporation in December 1994 after 30 years of service. A native...

Elizabeth Margaret Crawford

Elizabeth Margaret Crawford

Dec 9, 2003

ELIZABETH MARGARET CRAWFORD, age 79, of Bel Air died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on December 9, 2003. Born in Martinsburg, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Joseph F. and Mary Rehack Koncer, and the wife for 35 years of the late William D. Crawford, Sr. She was especially fond of antiques. A resident of Harford County...

Stanley L. King

Stanley L. King

Dec 8, 2003

STANLEY L. KING, age 74, of Abingdon, MD, formerly of Adelphi, MD, died in Lorien Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of Belcamp, MD on December 8, 2003. Born in Washington, D.C. he was the son of the late Cones and Evelyn King and the husband of the late Elsie L. King. He had retired after 20 years of service as a...