Obituaries

Jul 6, 2004

NELSON LOUIS MENGEL, SR., died on July 6, 2004 at University of Maryland Hospital Shock Trauma, as a result of injuries sustained from a tragic accident on the Gabler’s Shore Property on June 1, 2004, while employed with Campbell Nolan Associates in Forest Hill. His wife and children were at his side.Born on May 26, 1937, in Fountain Spring, Schuylkill...

Jul 5, 2004

MARGARET C. RAY (nee Edelman) 98, of Fallston, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on July 5, 2004. She was the wife of 66 years of the late Howard M. Ray. She loved flowers, was very active, loved to travel and enjoyed bowling well into her 80’s. She was a member of Grandview Christian Church, Fallston.Mrs. Ray is survived by...

Jul 5, 2004

HENRY D. STURR, JR. age 67, of Bel Air, Maryland, died in Jarrettsville on July 5, 2004. Born December 14, 1936 in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Captain Henry Dixon, Sr. and Mildred Rogers Sturr. He graduated from Granby High School in Norfolk, VA in 1954 and from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1958. He received a...

Jul 4, 2004

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Jul 4, 2004

VON MILLARD PLATT, age 43, of Edgewood, died at his residence on July 4, 2004. Born in Bethesda, he was the son of Donald Millard Platt, Sr. of Upper Saddle River, New Jersey and Linda M. Salsinger Moser of Green Valley, Arizona. He worked as a sheet metal mechanic doing air conditioning duct work. A resident of Harford County for...

Jul 3, 2004

EDWARD CARL WILSON, age 76, of Darlington, died at Mariner Health of Bel Air on July 3, 2004. Born in Coalwood, West Virginia, he was the son of the late John Marvin Wilson and the late Vera Caroline Poole Irwin. He was a warehouse worker at Bata Shoe Company until it closed and then became a custodian at Fallston High...

Jul 2, 2004

GLADYS L. BROPHY, age 78, of Yardley, Pennsylvania, formerly of Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania, died at her home on July 2, 2004. Born in Joppa, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Harry Wilburn and Mary Ellen Spicer Lewis, and the wife of the late John A. Brophy. She was a typesetter and was the owner and operator of Brophy...

Jun 30, 2004

ALBERT “BUD” ARMSTRONG PRESTON, age 77, of Forest Hill, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on June 30, 2004. Born in Chester, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Albert Ferguson and Miriam Armstrong Preston. He was retired from Edgewood Arsenal where he was a chemical engineer. He served in the Navy during WWII and the Korean Conflict. He...

Jun 28, 2004

HELEN JONES GRAYSHAN, age 88, of Bel Air, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air, MD on June 28, 2004. Born in Ridgeway, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Henry Boyd, Sr. and Annie Cook Jones and the wife of the late Alvin W. Grayshan. She moved to Rutherford, New Jersey when she was 14 years of...

Jun 28, 2004

JAMES FRANKLIN “FRANK” O’CONNOR, age 82, of Edgewood, died at his home on June 28, 2004. A life long resident of Harford County, he was born in Harford Furnace, Maryland the son of the late Patrick O’Connor and the late Caroline Spies Kohler. The home where he was born is now on the historical register. At five weeks of age,...

Jun 28, 2004

Jun 27, 2004

PAMELA SUE CLAYTON, age 46, of Joppa, died at her home on June 27, 2004. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of Katherine Marion Hodgins Chapman of Darlington and the late George Wayne Clayton. A life long resident of Harford County, she graduated from Edgewood High School in 1975 and attended Bethel Baptist Church, Joppa. She was a loving...

Jun 26, 2004

WILLIAM DAVID MORRIS, age 67, of Edgewood, died at his home on June 26, 2004. Born in Waynesboro, Virginia, he was the son of the late Grady William and Mamie Bell Roberts Morris and the wife of 44 years of the late Nola Dianne Morris. He worked for Royal Crown Cola Company for 40 years where he was a salesman....

Jun 26, 2004

On Saturday, June 26, 2004 our Father Who Art in Heaven called Louis H. Branch, Jr. home. He died at Lorien Riveside Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Louis was born on March 17, 1944 in Havre de Grace, MD. He was the devoted son Elizabeth E. Bradley and the late Louis H. Branch, Sr. He was 60.Louis was a member of...

Jun 25, 2004

Jun 25, 2004

IDA L. EDDY, age 86, of Cincinnati, Ohio, formerly of Edgewood, died in Anderson Nursing Home in Cincinnati, Ohio on June 25, 2004. Born in Jackson, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Elmer and Marie Fischer Rawlins, and the wife of the late Clayton G, Eddy.Mrs. Eddy is survived by one son, Michael D. Eyre and his wife,...

Jun 25, 2004

KATHLEEN “KIT” HORNBARGER, age 80, of Edgewood, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on June 25, 2004. Born in Banner, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late James K. and Martha Foster Comer and the wife of the late Charles Edward Hornbarger, Sr. A resident of Edgewood since 1942, she loved gardening and crocheting. Her grandchildren were the loves...

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...