Obituaries

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

Ronald E. Dobie

Ronald E. Dobie

May 29, 2004

RONALD E. DOBIE, age 61, of Greenup, Kentucky, died in Franklin Square Hospital, Rossville, Maryland on May 29, 2004. Born in Springfield, Ohio, he was the son of the late Robert Edgar and Matilda Mary Balmert Dobie. He worked as a fabricator making boats. He served his country in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam Conflict. Mr. Dobie is...

Alice E. Hutson

Alice E. Hutson

May 28, 2004

ALICE ELEANOR HUTSON, age 94, of Abingdon, died in Street, Maryland on May 28, 2004. Born in Creswell, she was the daughter of the late William Henry and Alice Rebecca Oliver Hutson. A Life long resident of Harford County, she had retired from Bata Shoe Company after more than 30 years of service as a sewing machine operator. She was...

Dennis Zirk

Dennis Zirk

May 27, 2004

DENNIS DEAN ZIRK, age 47, of Joppa, died on Thursday, May 27, 2004 at home. Born September 23, 1956 in Baltimore, he was the son of Genevieve Margaret Dayton Zirk of Joppa and the late Charles Arthur Zirk. He worked as a truck driver for 30 years. He was an avid motorcyclist and hunter. He enjoyed his black and tan...

Joseph Marcel Labrecque

Joseph Marcel Labrecque

May 27, 2004

JOSEPH LaBRECQUE, age 80, of Joppa, died at Gilchrist Center at Great Baltimore Medical Center on May 27, 2004. Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, he was the son of the late Arthur and Cordelia Cote Labrecque (no capital b in this name), and the husband for 58 years of the late Gertrude Doris Simard LaBrecque. A longtime resident of Massachusetts, he...

Sean Brian Ward

Sean Brian Ward

May 25, 2004

SEAN BRIAN WARD, age 30, of Fallston, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on May 25, 2004. Born in Wichita, Kansas, he was the son of Brian John and Susan Eleanor Stewart Ward of Fallston. He worked as the manager of Battery Warehouse. A resident of Harford County for 20 years, he was a 1992 graduate of Harford Vo Tech...

Lester H. Feinberg

Lester H. Feinberg

May 24, 2004

LESTER H. FEINBERG, age 55, of Bel Air died in Franklin Square Hospital on May 24, 2004. Born in Washington, D.C., he was the son of the late Morton Ellis and Edith W. Weber Feinberg. He worked as an attorney in Bel Air.Mr. Feinberg is survived by two sons, Matthew I. Feinberg of College Park; Michael A. Feinberg of Bel...

Abigail Early

Abigail Early

May 23, 2004

ABIGAIL EARLY, age 63 of Havre de Grace, died at Harford Memorial Hospital on May 23, 2004. Born in New Haven, CT., she was the daughter of the late Francis Martin and Evelyn Marie Franz Early. She attended Massachusetts Hospital School in Canton, MA. for grades 9-12 and graduated in 1960. She received job training at Goodwill Industries of Western,...

Etta Jane Mitchell

Etta Jane Mitchell

May 22, 2004

ETTA JANE MITCHELL, age 78, of Street, Maryland, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on May 22, 2004. Born in Churchville, she was the daughter of Verda Walls of Street and the late Ulysus Lawrence Walls. In addition to her mother, Mrs. Mitchell is survived by her husband of 54 years, Gale L. Mitchell; nieces; nephews; and several loving friends.Pallbearers...

David Stephen Crowe

David Stephen Crowe

May 21, 2004

DAVID STEPHEN CROWE, age 90, of Abingdon, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on May 21, 2004. Born in Harford County, he was the son of the late William H. and Rose Eleanor Dicson Crowe. He had retired in 1981 from the U.S. Government where he worked as an estimator for the Army Corps of Engineers. He served his country...

Russell Augustus Hall

Russell Augustus Hall

May 20, 2004

RUSSELL AUGUSTUS HALL, age 71, of Bel Air, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on May 20, 2004. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late William Russell Hall and Mildred Ellen Kirsch Henry. A resident of Harford County for 10 years, he worked as a tractor trailer driver for 20 years for Ed Hale Port East Transfer...

David L. Fox

David L. Fox

May 20, 2004

DAVID L. FOX, age 73, of Camden, Delaware, died in Union Memorial Hospital on May 20, 2004. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Bernard and Anna Marie Delaney Fox. He served his country in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. He had been a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division. After his discharge from the...

William Camille Pierne'

William Camille Pierne'

May 19, 2004

WILLIAM CAMILLE PIERNÉ, age 57, of Bel Air, died at his residence on May 19, 2004. Born in Baltimore City, he was the son of Marydella Funk Pierné who lived with her extended family, Kirstin and Kenneth Rutkowski of Bel Air and the late Andrew Camille Pierné. He graduated from Bel Air High School and received a B. S. in...

Herschel F. Bailey

Herschel F. Bailey

May 19, 2004

HERSCHEL F. BAILEY, age 86, of Forest Hill, died at University of Maryland Hospital, Baltimore on May 19, 2004. Born in Wapakoneta, Ohio, he was the son of the late Ferdinand Willard and Cleta Swartz Bailey. He had worked as a sales executive for Wapakoneta Machine Co. He was a member of the American Legion of Bel Air, a charter...

Donald Lee Harward, Sr.

Donald Lee Harward, Sr.

May 18, 2004

DONALD LEE HARWARD, SR., age 81, of Abingdon, died of congestive heart failure in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on May 18, 2004. Born in Aberdeen, he was the son of the late William George and Myrtle May Price Harward. A life long resident of Harford County, he had retired from Baltimore Gas and Electric after 38 years of service as...

Roy Byrd Staton

Roy Byrd Staton

May 17, 2004

ROY BYRD STATON, age 76, of Belcamp, died in Harford Memorial Hospital on May 17, 2004. Born in Amherst County, Virginia, he was the son of the late Walter Loving and Lelia Petrice Gordon Staton. He had retired after 28 years of service with the U.S. Army. He was a Master Sergeant serving his country during the Korean Conflict and...

Donald Kemmel Hyatt

Donald Kemmel Hyatt

May 16, 2004

DONALD KEMMEL HYATT, age 82, of Abingdon, died Shepherd’s Choice Nursing Center, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on May 16, 2004. Born in Confluence, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Delmar Allen and Angie Maude Hyatt, and the husband of the late Juanita Pearl Bremer Hyatt. He worked in maintenance. Mr. Hyatt is survived by one son, Bruce Hyatt and his...

Jocelyn Raye Harry

Jocelyn Raye Harry

May 15, 2004

JOCELYN RAYE HARRY, 2 month old infant daughter of Dean Andrew and Amanda Gail Pazdersky Harry of Abingdon, died in Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore on May 15, 2004. In addition to her parents, she is survived by her grandparents, Donald K. and Susan H. Pazdersky of Joppa; Stephen R. and Betty W. Harry of Parkville; great-grandmothers, Lorraine M. Whitely of...

Sandra Louise Robusto-Figgins

Sandra Louise Robusto-Figgins

May 15, 2004

SANDRA LOUISE ROBUSTO-FIGGINS, age 58, of Aberdeen, died at her home on May 15, 2004. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of Robert and Dorothy S. Cudnik Robusto of Abingdon. She worked as a bus driver for nearly 7 years for Almost Family, an adult handicap transportation service. She was the former owner of Second Hand Plus and was...

Stanley L. Laye, Sr.

Stanley L. Laye, Sr.

May 14, 2004

STANLEY L. LAYE, SR., age 79. of Churchville, died in Citizens Care Center, Havre de Grace, on May 14, 2004. Born in Street, he was the son of the late Randolph Frederick and Lenora Fadeley Laye, and the husband of the late Margaret Jane Harris Laye. He had worked as a moving inspector for the U.S. Government. A life long...

Alexander Miller

Alexander Miller

May 14, 2004

ALEXANDER MILLER, age 71, of Joppatowne, passed away suddenly in Franklin Square Hospital on May 14, 2004. Born December 30, 1932 in Glasgow, Scotland, he was the son of the late William and Ina Stewart Miller. He married the girl next door, Ann Cunningham on March 26, 1960. They spent their first year of marriage in Hong Kong where he...