Obituaries

Mar 10, 2003

CARL CLARENCE VAN EVERA, age 85, of Bel Air, died at his residence on March 10, 2003. Born in Shanghai, China, he was the son of the late Kepler and Pauline Wurster Van Evera. He had retired from Western Electric and AT&T where he was a communication engineer. He was a member of the Lions Club of Bel Air, Christ...

Mar 9, 2003

KENNETH ELMER JONES, III, age 49, of Bel Air, died at his residence on March 9, 2003. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of Kenneth Elmer, Jr. and Elaine Jones of Bel Air. He was the owner and operator of Fountain Green Remodeling for 20 years. In addition to his parents, Mr. Jones is survived by his wife of...

Mar 9, 2003

ADELE GERTRUDE PARK, age 89, of Joppa, died at Connie Smith Nursing Home, Edgewood, on March 9, 2003. Born on Staten Island, New York, she was the daughter of the late William Francis and Josephine Dauber O’Herlihy, and the wife for 41 years of the late Robert W. Park, Sr. Mrs. Park is survived by one son, Robert W. Park,...

Mar 3, 2003

NANCY L. COOK of Bel Air died of ovarian cancer March 3 at Johns Hopkins Hospital. She was 65. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Charles William Poole and Helen Webster Poole. Mrs. Cook was a member of St. Margaret Catholic Church since her childhood. Mrs. Cook was known for her volunteer work, ever-present smile and...

Mar 1, 2003

JOSEPH KOZUB, age 84, of Abingdon, died at Mariner Health of Forest Hill on March 1, 2003. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Michael and Anna Stech Kozub. He retired from Edgewood Arsenal where he worked as an engineering technician in the Directorate of Development and Engineering. He started his civil servant career at the Arsenal...

Feb 27, 2003

STEPHEN JACK SHARPETA, age 60, of Joppatowne, died in Franklin Square Hospital on February 27, 2003. Born in Clairton, Pennsylvania, he was the son of Steve Sharpeta of Elrama, Pennsylvania and the late Mary Elizabeth Polcawich Sharpeta. He worked for the government as an accountant. He was an active member of the Joppatowne Lions Club and Holy Spirit Catholic Church....

Feb 25, 2003

EVERETT PAUL COSNER, age 63, of Joppa, died at his home on February 25, 2003. Born in Joppa, he was the son of the late Paul Everett and Margaret Cosner. He worked at Sparrows Point as a heavy equipment mechanic. He was currently working at Mountain Branch as a maintenance supervisor. He enjoyed playing horseshoes at Forest Hill Recreation, was...

Feb 24, 2003

VETRA L. SHAW, age 51, of Reisterstown, died at her home on February 24, 2003. Born in Havre de Grace, she was the daughter of Howard Franklin, Sr. and Reba Virginia Bryant McMillan of Jarrettsville. She worked for the Sweetheart Cup Corporation as an operator. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Shaw is survived by one son, Troy D. Shaw...

Feb 24, 2003

ROBERT EDWARD HUTSON, age 69, of Joppa, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on February 24, 2003. Born in Magnolia, he was the son of the late William Henry and Mariam Rebecca Litzinger Hutson. He was a self-employed master plumber. He was a Joppa Magnolia paramedic for 20 years. Born and raised in Harford County, he graduated from Bel Air...

Feb 23, 2003

ROBERT LEWIS BRADLEY, SR. On 23 February 2003, Robert Lewis Bradley, Sr, of Bel Air died at his home. He was 75. He was the beloved husband of Ethel (nee Sparks) Bradley, devoted father of Robert L. Bradley, Jr. of Bel Air; Thomas S. Bradley of Bel Air; and Charles F. Bradley of Shepherd, Texas. He is survived by four...

Feb 23, 2003

DIANE P. ANDERSON, formerly of Bel Air, died on February 23, 2003 at Mariner Health Care of Forest Hill. She was 86. Born in New York City on October 7, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Theresa Kacheray and Joseph Podlesney, and the wife of the late Russell S. Anderson. She attended Iowa State University and New York...

Feb 20, 2003

EDNA WALKER BLEVINS, age 93, born September 22, 1909 in Ashe County, North Carolina; lived in Bel Air for most of her life; died in McKendree Health Care, Hermitage, Tennessee, on February 20, 2003. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gwyn W. Blevins, Sr. She was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church in Bel Air, MD. Mrs....

Feb 20, 2003

RONALD EUGENE JONES, age 59, of Bel Air, died at his residence on February 20, 2003. Born and raised in Harford County, he was the son of the late Clarence Lee and Ernestine Lois Lambert Jones and the husband for 35 years of the late Carole Jones. He worked as a production scheduler at Boeing for the Hubble Space Telescope....

Feb 19, 2003

Feb 18, 2003

DAVID HENRY BRYANT, JR., age 78, of Forest Hill, died at Mariner Health of Bel Air on February 18, 2003. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late David Henry, Sr. and Marie Elizabeth Eckstorm Bryant. He had worked for the M.T.A. for 40 years as a bus operator. Prior to working for the M.T.A., he was a...

Feb 17, 2003

MARK H. HUNDLEY, age 42, of Bel Air, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on February 17, 2003. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of Clarence Hinton and Barbara Ann Vandeburg Hundley of Fallston. He worked as a security guard supervisor for 10 years at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center and at Fallston General Hospital. He was a member of...

Feb 17, 2003

FRANK LaPORTE OLIVER, age 96, of Aberdeen, died at his residence on February 17, 2003. Born on October 19, 1906, in Creswell, Harford County, he was the son of the late Charles E. and Caroline Taylor Oliver. Mr. Oliver grew up on a 700 acre farm which is now known as Belcamp, Maryland. After leaving the farm, one of his...

Feb 17, 2003

AUDREY LEAH HUNT, age 79, of Darlington, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on February 17, 2003. Born in Tangier Isle, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Holly Robinson and Dolly Jane Crockett Laird and the wife of the late Carl Edward Hunt. She had worked at Bendix on the production line. A resident of Harford County for...

Feb 16, 2003

ELIZABETH ANN GREER MILLS, a resident of Houston, Texas, passed away on February 16, 2003. She was born in February 1932, and died after a long illness, just short of her seventy-first birthday. She was a native of Bel Air, Maryland, but she lived much of her life in Columbus, Ohio and Louisville, Kentucky. She is survived by her husband,...

Feb 16, 2003

R. WALTER WARD, 78, of Abingdon died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on February 16, 2003. Born in Boone, North Carolina, he was the son of the late Walter L. and Eliza Yates Ward. Mr. Ward and his now deceased business partner, Melvin G. Bosely, formed the most prestigious real estate organization of Ward and Bosely Real Estate in Harford...