Obituaries

Apr 13, 2003

PHYLLIS FLYNN, age 75, of Abingdon died at her home overlooking Bush River on April 10, 2003. Born on January 19, 1928 in Charleston, West Virginia, she was the beloved daughter of the late Laban Everett and Eula Gertrude Cantrell Cooley. She enthusiastically pursued her hobbies of reading, flower gardening, needlework, and crossword puzzles; but most of all she enjoyed...

Apr 12, 2003

WILLIAM H. DAVIS, of Edgewood went home to be with the Lord on April 12, 2003. He was 66. He died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Born on November 2, 1936 in Batesville, Virginia, he was the son of the late Clarence Coleman and Hattie Lillian Wells Davis. He was one of 8 children. He retired from the U.S. Air...

Apr 12, 2003

Apr 11, 2003

ELIZABETH WIRTS ADKINS, age 81, of Bel Air, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on April 10, 2003. Born in Glyndon, Baltimore County, she was the daughter of the late George Wealtha and Mildred Eugina Peltzer Wirts. She had worked in customer relations for BG & E in Bel Air from 1951-1961. She was a life member of Bel Air...

Apr 10, 2003

BRENDA MATHIS PEASE, age 58, of Bel Air, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on April 7, 2003. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Hugh Lawton and Sueda Cooper Mathis. She worked as an executive secretary for the Lagusa Bus Company in Riverside. She was a member of the CFA, Cat Fanciers Association, and TICA, The...

Apr 10, 2003

VANESSA DALE HICKMAN, age 48, of Bel Air, died in St. Joseph Medical Center, Baltimore after a long illness on April 4, 2003. Born in Aberdeen, she was the daughter of the late Louis Albert, Sr. and Margaret Myrtle Boyden Hickman. Vanessa affectionately known as “Nellie” graduated from Bel Air High School and then went on to attend Harford Community...

Apr 9, 2003

DRUZELLA MAE BUSCHER, age 90, of Aberdeen, formerly of the Harford Senior Housing, Bel Air, died at her home on April 9, 2003. Born in Ridgewood, New Jersey, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Roderick and Bertha Ann Bowley Miller and the wife of the late Stanley L. Buscher. She was a member of Maple View Baptist Church...

Apr 9, 2003

JAMES CHARLES ANDERSON, SR., age 83, of Overlea, Maryland, died at his daughter’s home in Edgewood on April 9, 2003. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late William Thomas and Anna Theresa Dennis Anderson. The youngest of 16 children, he had retired from Bethlehem Steel Corporation in 1981 where he had been an ironworker for 43 years....

Apr 9, 2003

G. MILTON BEATLEY, age 75, of Perry Hall, died on April 9, 2003. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Charles Lawrence and Margaret Gross Beatley. He had retired after 30 years of service as a printer for the Sun Life Insurance Company. He was a member of Mountain Christian Church. He served in the Army during...

Apr 8, 2003

STEVE SEMENKOW, age 38, of Joppa, Maryland, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air, MD on April 8, 2003. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of Norbert Joseph and Judith Eileen Boord Semenkow of Joppa. He worked for the Carnaude Metal Box Co. in Belcamp, MD and formerly for 14 years for Boeing in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania. In...

Apr 8, 2003

H. LESLIE MYERS, age 80, of Bel Air, Maryland, died at his home on April 8, 2003. Born on June 22, 1922 in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Guy Franklin and Elva Golden Bosley Myers. He served his country in the U.S. Army during WW II and saw tours of duty in New Guinea and the Philippines....

Apr 6, 2003

WINDELL STAMBAUGH, age 56, of Joppa, died at Johns Hopkins Hospital on April 6, 2003. Born in Letcher County, Kentucky, he was the son of the late Winfield and Nettie Holbrooks Stambaugh. He had retired after 31 years of service as a supervisor with the Baltimore City Solid Waste Division. A resident of Harford County for 33 years, he enjoyed...

Apr 6, 2003

ADELL GOOD, age 66, of Churchville, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on April 6, 2003. Born in Belvoir, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Rufus Garland and Anna Blanch Watters Stancill. She was a member of Bel Air Church of the Nazarene. She enjoyed refinishing furniture, gardening and loved spending time with her grandchildren. Mrs. Good...

Apr 4, 2003

SUSAN LUCILE MYERS, born on September 30, 1918 in Bel Air, Maryland, she died in Mesa, Arizona on April 4, 2003. She was the daughter of Jesse Carr and Susan Glenn Carr. Her father owned the largest mill in Bel Air and when he passed away the town named the road where the mill was located “Carrs Mill Road”. Lucile...

Apr 3, 2003

EDWARD WILLIAM MARTIN, 81, of Bel Air, died at his home on April 3, 2003. Born in Trade, Tennessee, he was the son of the late William and Opal Price Martin, and the husband for 57 years of the late Clara H. Martin. He had retired from Walter G. Coale after 20 years of service as a parts manager. He...

Apr 3, 2003

Apr 2, 2003

FRANK J. CASWELL, age 73, of New London, Missouri, died at Hannibal Regional Hospital in Hannibal, Missouri on April 2, 2003. Born in Saverton, Missouri, he was the son of the late Frank and Sadie Hanson Caswell. He had retired after 30 years of service as a heavy duty equipment operator in Baltimore. He enjoyed spending time outdoors, especially coon...

Apr 2, 2003

LENA BLEVINS, 86, of Joppa, died at Harford Memorial Hospital on April 2, 2003. Born in Hillsville, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late James Monroe and Rachel L. Beasley Flanagan and the wife of the late John Louis Blevins. A resident of Harford County for 60 years, she was a member of Trappe Missionary Baptist Church. She loved...

Apr 2, 2003

JANICE C. GRZANOWSKI, 71, of Edgewood died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on April 2, 2003. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late William David and Jessie Frances Love Jones. For 20 years, she was the owner and operator of Dairy Maid, an ice cream and sub shop in Edgewood. She was referred to as Miss Jan...

Apr 2, 2003

ANTHONY A. KIRCHER, JR., age 62, of Joppa, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on April 2, 2003. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Anthony Arthur, Sr. and Magdalene Mary Dippel Kircher. He had retired after 31 years of service as a line operator for Leaver Brothers in Baltimore. He was a member of St. Mark...