Obituaries

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

Harry G. Cave, Jr.

Harry G. Cave, Jr.

Nov 26, 2003

HARRY G. CAVE, JR., age 71, of Edgewood, died at his home on November 26, 2003. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of Catherine V. Wharton Cave of Pasadena and the late Harry Grenville Cave, Sr. He served in the United States Navy from 1951-1971 in which he worked as a radioman. He was a decorated veteran of both...

James E. Moody

James E. Moody

Nov 25, 2003

JAMES E. MOODY, 82, of Bel Air died at Harford Memorial Hospital on November 25, 2003. Born in Winston Salem, North Carolina, he was the son of the late Paul Bonzy and Carrie V. Wood Moody. He graduated from Richard J. Reynolds High School in 1939. He was retired from Aberdeen Proving Grounds after 30 years of service where he...

Alexander Staten, Sr.

Alexander Staten, Sr.

Nov 25, 2003

ALEXANDER STATEN, SR., age 76, of Abingdon, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on November 25, 2003. Born in Wilmington, North Carolina, he was the son of the late John and Ella Stafford Staten. He had worked for the U.S. Postal Service as a maintenance supervisor. He was a member of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church.Mr. Staten is survived by his...

Ellen Crofford

Ellen Crofford

Nov 24, 2003

ELLEN CROFFORD, 81, of Street, died at St. Joseph Medical Center, Towson, Maryland, on November 24, 2003. Born in Stephenville, Texas, she was the wife of the late Carl F. Crofford. She was a member of Mountain Christian Church where she was active in the Senior Group. She was a member of the Bassett Hound Club in Dallas, Texas and...

Emily Mary Lee

Emily Mary Lee

Nov 23, 2003

Emily M. Lee of Edgewood died November 23, 2003, at the Lorien Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Belcamp. She was 85.Born on July 21, 1918, Driggs, Idaho, she was the daughter of the late Rachel and Joseph Herzog and wife to Owen W. Lee, Sr., CSM, US Army (Retired). Emily was married to Owen W. Lee, Sr., on March 2, 1943,...

Ruth E. Graham

Ruth E. Graham

Nov 23, 2003

RUTH E. GRAHAM, age 82, of Abingdon, formerly of Bel Air, died in Hart Hertiage Home, Street on November 23, 2003. Born in Todd, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Charles Hamp and Velma Grace Norris Blackburn, and the wife of the late Kermit C. Graham. She had worked at the Hub in Bel Air in the...

Mark H. Cleveland

Mark H. Cleveland

Nov 23, 2003

Contributions may be made to:Sharing Tablec/o Presbury U.M. Church806 Edgewood RoadEdgewood, Maryland 21040

William Kyle Lowe

William Kyle Lowe

Nov 23, 2003

WILLIAM KYLE LOWE, age 72, of Bel Air, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on November 23, 2003. Born in Galax, Virginia, he was the son of the late Garnie Martin and Vida Rector Jennings Lowe. He had retired after 30 years of service from Aberdeen Proving Ground, Edgewood Area where he was a machinist. He was a past commander...

John Zeigenfuse

John Zeigenfuse

Nov 21, 2003

JOHN “BUTCH” ZEIGENFUSE, age 59, of Joppa, died at Baltimore Rehabilitation and Extended Care Facility, Baltimore on November 21, 2003. Born in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Melvin John and Helen Cain Zeigenfuse. For 30 years, he was a self-employed iron worker. He co-owned .Cornerstone Welding Company. He loved the Baltimore Ravens and enjoyed golfing,...

Jean Beatty Rupert

Jean Beatty Rupert

Nov 18, 2003

Jean Beatty Rupert, a retired food service supervisor, died of congestive heart failure Tuesday, November 18, 2003 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. She had celebrated her one hundredth birthday on July11, 2003.Born in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, at age 13 she moved to Baltimore with her family, which eventually settled in the Govans section of the city. Mrs. Rupert participated in the...

Adele Eleanor Roginski

Adele Eleanor Roginski

Nov 18, 2003

ADELE ELEANOR ROGINSKI, age 88, of Havre de Grace, died in Harford Memorial Hospital on November 18, 2003. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, she was the daughter of the late Julian and Felicia Chimelowa Tono, and the wife for 60 years of the late Chester Thomas Roginski. She had retired from her job with Lever Brothers where she was...

Wilmer B. Ross

Wilmer B. Ross

Nov 18, 2003

WILMER B. ROSS, age 78, of Aberdeen, died in Citizens Care Center, Havre de Grace, on November 18, 2003. Born in Flatridge, Virginia, he was the son of the late J. Lester and Stella Huff Ross. He had retired from Aberdeen Proving Ground after 30 years of service where he worked as a security guard. For many years he played...

A. Gorman Pumphrey

A. Gorman Pumphrey

Nov 17, 2003

A. GORMAN PUMPHREY, age 91, of Glen Arm, Maryland, died at his residence at Glen Meadows on November 16, 2003. Born in Severn, Maryland, he was the son of the late Alpheus and Mazie Rogers Pumphrey, and the husband of the late Jean Lentz Pumphrey. He had retired after 31 years of service with the U.S. Government at Aberdeen Proving...

Florence M. Petersen

Florence M. Petersen

Nov 17, 2003

FLORENCE MAY PETERSONFlorence May Dahler Petersen died peacefully on November 17, 2003 at her daughter's home in Fallston at the age of 93.She was born October 12, 1910, on a farm in Fork, MD, to the late John Henry Dahler and Ida May Isenock Dahler. In 1928, she met and married the late Otto E. Petersen. For most of their...

Francis Joseph Ruppel

Francis Joseph Ruppel

Nov 15, 2003

FRANCIS JOSEPH RUPPEL, age 87, of Forest Hill, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on November 15, 2003. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late John and Dorothe Fuchsluger Ruppel, and the husband for 57 years of the late Mildred Bowman Ruppel. He had retired in 1976 from his job of 40 years as a railroad engineer....

William O. Hanle

William O. Hanle

Nov 14, 2003

WILLIAM O. HANLE, age 82, of Joppa, died in Oak Crest Village, Baltimore on November 14, 2003. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he was the son of the late Carl and Charlotte Hessler Hanle, and the husband of the late Marie Rose Hanle. A resident of Harford County since 1963, Mr. Hanle was a career Army Officer (CAPT. Ret) and...

Della (Nmn) Plumley

Della (Nmn) Plumley

Nov 13, 2003

DELLA PLUMLEY, age 79, of Abingdon, died at her daughter’s home in Bel Air on November 13, 2003. Born in Ragland, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late William Flourney and Catherine Magnola Burke Jennings, and the wife of the late Junior Kyle Plumley. She worked as a practical nurse. A resident of Harford County since 1966, she...

Doris M. Glenn

Doris M. Glenn

Nov 13, 2003

DORIS M. GLENN, age 79, of Forest Hill, died at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Towson on November 13, 2003. Born in Jarrettsville, she was the daughter of the late Ray Vaughn and Mary Lillian Lee Morgan Glenn. She was a real estate agent and sold real estate for about 10 years. A native of Harford County, she had owned and operated...

Hazel Christy Stuetz

Hazel Christy Stuetz

Nov 12, 2003

HAZEL CHRISTY STUETZ, age 83, of Havre de Grace, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on November 12, 2003. Born in Roxborough, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Frank Norman and Hazel Stalker Christy and the wife of the late Jack Reston Stuetz. She was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church and volunteered for the American Red...

Joan W. Valis

Joan W. Valis

Nov 11, 2003

JOAN W. VALIS, age 64, of Street, Maryland, died in Gilchrist Center, Baltimore on November 11, 2003. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late William Joseph and Anna Marie Runge Wehner and the wife of the late Joseph W. Valis. A Harford county resident since 1973, she worked as a phlebotomist.Mrs. Valis is survived by two sons,...