Obituaries

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

Marvin V. John Austin

Marvin V. John Austin

Nov 11, 2003

MARVIN V. JOHN AUSTIN, age 87, of Forest Hill, died at his residence on November 11, 2003. Born in Nickelsville, Virginia, he was the son of the late Charles S. and Geneva Hartsock Austin. A dairy farmer, he was the owner and operator of the Hillside Farm. He also worked at Southern States, Bel Air and Bel Air Farm Supply,...

David Britton

David Britton

Nov 11, 2003

DAVID BRITTON, age 59, of Bel Air, died at his residence on November 11, 2003. Born in Detroit, Michigan, he was the son of Frederick James and Myrtle Cecil Woodcock Britton of Paris, Tennessee. He was employed by USCO Logistics for 35 years where he currently was a distribution center manager. He was a Gideon and a member of Calvary...

Issy L. Morris

Issy L. Morris

Nov 9, 2003

ISSY L. MORRIS, age 78, of Bel Air, died at Lorien Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Belcamp on November 9, 2003. Born in Carsin’s Run, she was the daughter of the late Ray David, Sr. and Buelah Mae Moulsdale Morris. She worked as a house cleaner. She enjoyed softball and bowling. A lifetime resident of Harford County, she was also a...

Rosalee Jones

Rosalee Jones

Nov 9, 2003

ROSALEE JONES, of Jarrettsville, died November 9, 2003 at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore, MD. She was 69.Born October 28, 1934 in Sparta, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Jesse Garnet and Mary Lee Caudill Andrews and the wife of the late Bentley G. Jones.Mrs. Jones was an active member of the Baptist View Regular...

Charles Leroy Cairns, Jr.

Charles Leroy Cairns, Jr.

Nov 7, 2003

Charles L. Cairns Jr. of Kingsville, MD passed away on November 7th of cancer at Union Memorial Hospital. He was 67.Born January 5th, 1936 in Coatesville Pennsylvania, he was the son of Charles L. Cairns, Sr. of Honeybrook, Pennsylvania and the late Eleanor N. Cairns. He grew up in the Sadsburyville Township and graduated from Coatesville High School in 1953.A...

Gabriel Michael Armstrong

Gabriel Michael Armstrong

Nov 7, 2003

GABRIEL MICHAEL ARMSTRONG. Infant son of Kirk Edward and Paula Lynn Pavolonis Armstrong of Bel Air, Maryland died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air on November 7, 2003. Also survived by grandparents, Charles and Shirley Armstrong of Wilton, New York; Carolyn Reino of Luzerne, Pennsylvania; and Robert Pavolonis of Wyoming, Pennsylvania.Those who desire may contribute to St. Jude’s...

Mary Catherine Wilson

Mary Catherine Wilson

Nov 7, 2003

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William "Bill" F. Rose

William "Bill" F. Rose

Nov 6, 2003

Contributions may be made to:The Harford County LibraryIn your area.Donations go for Large Print Books.

William Frederick Rose

William Frederick Rose

Nov 6, 2003

WILLIAM “BILL” F. ROSE, age 87, of Havre de Grace, died at his home on November 6, 2003. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late William C. and Ann Elizabeth Tierney Rose. He had worked as an automotive parts salesman. Upon retirement, he became involved in volunteer activities as a volunteer driver for the Cancer Society, when...

George W. Beaty

George W. Beaty

Nov 6, 2003

GEORGE W. BEATY, 76, of Joppa, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on November 6, 2003. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late William Henry Charles and Mary Elizabeth Stephen Beaty and the husband of 50 years of Virginia Mary Smith Beaty. For over 55 years, he owned and operated The Central Sign Company. During this time...

Wade T. Crouse

Wade T. Crouse

Nov 6, 2003

WADE T. CROUSE, age 77, of Bel Air, died at his home on November 6, 2003. Born in Forest Hill, he was the son of the late Ona Mack and Lillie Rose Edwards Crouse. He had retired after 22 years with the American Cyanide Company in Havre de Grace where he worked as a machinist. He had also worked at...

Ruth Anne Preston

Ruth Anne Preston

Nov 5, 2003

RUTH ANNE PRESTON, age 78, of Bel Air, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on November 5, 2003. Born in Radford, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Russell Ballard Stewart and Pansy Mae Piercey Smith. She was a Harford County Board of Election Judge and a county 4-H leader of the Helping Hands Club in Churchville. She enjoyed...

Lollie A. Adkins

Lollie A. Adkins

Nov 5, 2003

LOLLIE A. ADKINS, 79, of Belcamp, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on November 5, 2003. Born in Bristol, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late John Daniel and Dollie Victoria Anderson Jones, and the wife of the late Harold Glen Adkins. She had worked for Bata Shoe Company as an assembly line worker. She was a member of...

Grace Elizabeth Schnelle

Grace Elizabeth Schnelle

Nov 3, 2003

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Irvin Henry Ropka

Irvin Henry Ropka

Nov 2, 2003

IRVIN HENRY ROPKA, age 89, of Voorhees, New Jersey, formerly of Joppa, died in Voorhees, New Jersey on November 2, 2003. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Arthur Irvin and Grace M. Ropka, and the husband of the late Lois E. Melton Ropka. He had retired after 18 years of service from Westinghouse where he worked...

Roberta Henderson Standiford

Roberta Henderson Standiford

Nov 2, 2003

ROBERTA HENDERSON STANDIFORD, of Havre de Grace, died November 2, 2003 in Aberdeen at her daughter’s home. She was 86.Born September 6, 1917 at High Point in Jarrettsville, Maryland, she was the daughter of Myrtle and Harry Henderson, both deceased. She is predeceased by a brother, H. Curtis Henderson, Jr. of Fallston and a sister, Laura Henderson Walker of Baldwin,...

Donovan Joseph Ragan

Donovan Joseph Ragan

Nov 1, 2003

DONOVAN JOSEPH RAGAN, infant son of Joseph Wilson Ragan, Jr. and Heather Elaine Chisholm of Perryville died at Harford Memorial Hospital on November 8, 2003. He was just one month old. Baby Donovan is also survived by grandparents, Steve Chrisholm of Belcamp; Vicki Chisholm of Abingdon; Deborah Emerson of Perryville; and Joseph Ragan, Sr. of Cecil County.

Stephen Lee Fears

Stephen Lee Fears

Nov 1, 2003

STEPHEN LEE FEARS, age 30, of Baltimore, died at his residence on November 5, 2003. Born in Frankford, Germany, he was the son of William Edwin and Kim Yang Sun Fears of Edgewood. He worked as a photographer for the Capitol Newspaper in Annapolis. He served his country in the Army Reserve where he was assigned to the signal unit...

Augustine B. Gilley

Augustine B. Gilley

Nov 1, 2003

AUGUSTINE B. GILLEY, age 79, of Edgewood, MD died in Young at Heart Assisted Living, Joppa, MD on November 1, 2003. Born in Pikeville, Kentucky, she was the daughter of the late Alonzo and Minnie Jackson Bevins, and the wife of the late Grant J. Gilley. She was a member of Spedden Methodist Church in Cambridge, MD. During WW II...

Joseph S. Warzala

Joseph S. Warzala

Oct 31, 2003

JOSEPH S. WARZALA, age 87, of Bel Air, MD died at Mariner Health of Forest Hill, MD on October 31, 2003. Born in Utica, New York, he was the son of the late John and Mary Litwora Warzala, and the husband for 39 years of the late Claire T. Hepel Warzala. Formerly of Utica, NY for 75 years, he had...