Obituaries
Local obituaries for Abingdon, Bel Air, Jarrettsville, MD, and surrounding areas.
Fred Spies
May 14, 2003
FRED SPIES, age 62, of Aberdeen, died in Harford Memorial Hospital on May 14, 2003, Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Frederick Joseph Spies, Sr. and Winifred Augusta Morgan Spies. He had retired after 35 years of service from the Maryland State Government where he worked for the Highway Administration in maintenance of Interstate 95. A...
Robert Steven Waskiewicz
May 13, 2003
ROBERT STEVEN WASKIEWICZ, age 50, of Edgewood, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on May 13, 2003. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of Zigmund Stanley and Wanda Listick Waskiewicz of Edgewood. He had retired from General Motors. He was a member of American Legion Post 17 and an avid hunter, fisherman, and crabber. He ran APA Pool League...
Kevin Cameron Macgillivary
May 12, 2003
KEVIN CAMERON MacGILLIVARY, age 41, of Bel Air, died at his home on May 12, 2003. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of Cornelia Greta Bielski MacGillivary of Madonna and the late John Joseph MacGillivary. He worked as a supervisor at the Comstar Warehouse in Havre de Grace where they manufacture plastic bottles. He was a member of the...
Dorothy Catherine Lochte
May 12, 2003
DOROTHY CATHERINE LOCHTE, 68, of Abingdon died at her home on May 12, 2003. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Francis Edward and Rose Regina Duffy Lochte. She was a resident of Harford County for 10 years. A graduate of Mercy Hospital School of Nursing, she had worked as an industrial nurse at Westinghouse and as...
Arthur Gorman Hopkins, Jr.
May 11, 2003
ARTHUR GORMAN HOPKINS, JR., age 75, of Havre de Grace, died at Gilchrist Center, Towson, on May 11, 2003. Born in Havre de Grace, he was the son of the late Arthur Gorman, Sr. and Ella Morris Hopkins. He was the owner and operator of a dairy farm called Level Green Farm, Havre de Grace and spent most of his...
Thurston Larue Jones
May 8, 2003
THURSTON LaRUE JONES, age 71, of Bel Air, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on May 8, 2003. Born in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, he was the son of Mable Agnes Lovell Jones of Wellsboro, Pennsylvania and the late Thurston L. Jones. He was an industrial engineer manager for the Martin Marietta and T.R.W. Co. A member of Oak Grove Baptist Church,...
Magdalen Tobithia Williams
May 7, 2003
MAGDALEN TOBITHIA WILLIAMS, 82, of Bel Air, formerly of Essex, died at Johns Hopkins Hospital on May 7, 2003. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Matthew Sr. and Tobithia Wehner. She was a PBX Operator at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Mrs. Williams is survived by a son, William Howard Williams, Jr., of California; two daughters, Judith M....
Lena M. Hawkins
May 7, 2003
ETHEL HOOKER, age 93, of Bel Air died at her home on May 4, 2003. Born in Republic of Panama, she was the daughter of the late John and Alice Elizabeth Chambers Gayle and the wife of the late Ivan Burton Hooker. Mrs. Hooker is survived by one son, Carlos M. Hooker of Miami, Florida; three daughters, Anna M. Allen...
Edward Cyrill Kotras
May 6, 2003
EDWARD CYRILL KOTRAS, age 84, died May 6, 2003 at his home in Bel Air. Born August 26, 1918 in Harford Furnace, Maryland, he was the son of the late Cyrill and Anna Kotras. A graduate of Aberdeen High School, he attended the University of Baltimore and the University of Maryland. He served in the Army during WW II, and...
Philip William Wernig, Sr.
May 5, 2003
PHILIP WILLIAM WERNIG, SR., age 74, of Edgewood, Maryland, died at his home on May 5, 2003. Born in Everett, Massachusetts, he was the son of the late Frederick and Lillian J. Faucy Wernig. He was a resident of Harford County, Maryland for 31 years. He served his country in the U.S. Navy during WW II. He worked for the...
William Joseph Krenzer, Jr.
May 4, 2003
WILLIAM JOSEPH KRENZER, JR., age 61, of Edgewood, Maryland, died at his home on May 4, 2003. Born in Rochester, New York, he was the son of the late William Joseph, Sr. and Mary Therese Bridges Krenzer. He had retired from Texaco Petroleum Company after 32 years of service in the quality control department. A resident of Harford County, Maryland...
Lois Ona Holloway
May 3, 2003
LOIS ONA HOLLOWAY, age 90, of Bel Air, died at her home on May 3, 2003. Born in Grassy Creek, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Rush and Dorsey Jones Blevins, and the wife of the late Lee Staley Holloway. A Harford County resident for 60 years, she was the oldest member of Franklin Missionary Baptist Church,...
Ariel Fristoe
May 1, 2003
ARIEL FOARD FRISTOE, age 92, of Bel Air, a native of Harford County, died in Mariner Health of Bel Air on May 1, 2003. Born July 9, 1910 on her grandfather Standiford’s farm in Jarrettsville, she was the second oldest child of the late Frank Oliver Foard and Ariel Elizabeth Foard. She was raised on her father’s hedge farm on...
William H. Mears
May 1, 2003
WILLIAM H. MEARS, age 96, of Parkton, Maryland, died in Barbara J. Egan Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania on May 1, 2003. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late John Edward, Sr. and Winnie Mae Dutton Mears. He was a third generation barber and owned his own shop on Pennsylvania Avenue, later selling it...
Nina Caldwell Brown
Apr 28, 2003
NINA CALDWELL BROWN, age 91, of Belcamp, MD formerly of Darlington, MD, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air, MD on April 28, 2003. Born in Alleghany County, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late George Kenneth and Luella Paisley Caldwell, and the wife of the late Arley Vince Brown. She was a member of Conowingo Baptist...
Joseph Ernest Troy
Apr 26, 2003
JOSEPH ERNEST TROY, age 62, of Forest Hill, Maryland, formerly of Clearfield, Pennsylvania, died in University of Maryland Hospital, Baltimore on April 26, 2003. Born in Olanta, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Calvin Filamore and Betty Jeanette Lucas Troy. He was a heavy duty equipment operator for Maryland Environmental in Baltimore County, MD. He served his country...
Blanche Elizabeth Burk
Apr 26, 2003
BLANCHE E. BURK, age 77, of Forest Hill, died in Greater Baltimore Medical Center on April 26, 2003. Born in Keene, New Hampshire, she was the daughter of the late Winfield L. and Charlotte L. Larner Ells, and the wife of the late Harold R. Burk, Sr. She was a member of the Bel Air VFW Auxiliary and volunteered throughout...
Carl H. Lentz
Apr 24, 2003
CARL H. LENTZ, age 88, of Bel Air, died in Baldwin, Maryland on April 24, 2003. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late William and Lillie Winterling Lentz, and the husband of the late Bertha Engler Lentz. He had retired from Bethlehem Steel Co. after 34 years of service as a steel worker. He was a very...
John William Tornabene, Jr.
Apr 23, 2003
JOHN WILLIAM TORNABENE, JR., age 57, of Forest Hill, died in Stella Maris Hospice, Timonium, MD on April 23, 2003. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late John William, Sr. and Rose Marie Armiger Tornabene. He was a resident of Harford County off and on since 1972. He was an avid golfer at Ruggle’s Golf Course in...
John Joseph Bem
Apr 22, 2003
JOHN JOSEPH BEM, age 81, of Bel Air, died at his home on April 22, 2003. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Joseph and Anna Mary Valuka Bem. A lifelong resident of Harford County, he was raised on a farm in Harford Furnace. He had worked at Edgewood Arsenal for 13 years as a pipe fitter....
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