Obituaries

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

Thelma M. Dunn

Thelma M. Dunn

Oct 6, 2003

THELMA M. DUNN, 84, of Fawn Grove, Pennsylvania, died at her home on October 6, 2003. Born in Shinglehouse, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late William R. and Jeanette Fogler Becker and the wife of 62 years of the late James C. Dunn, Sr who died on October 17, 2002. She was a resident of Harford County for...

Agnes Mardell Caudill

Agnes Mardell Caudill

Oct 6, 2003

AGNES MARDELL CAUDILL, age 92, of Jarrettsville, died in Lorien of Bel Air Assisted Living and Skilled Nursing Facility on October 6, 2003. Born in Rocks, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Robert Archer and Anna Bertha Curry Ayres, and the wife for 57 years of the late Leff Joseph Caudill. Born and raised in Harford County, she...

Mary Opal Houck

Mary Opal Houck

Oct 5, 2003

MARY OPAL HOUCK, age 82, of Bel Air, died at her home on October 5, 2003. Born in Todd, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Charles Wesley and Minnie Wilcox Gentry and the wife of the late Dwight L. Houck. Retiring in 1976 as the Food Service Coordinator, she had worked in food services for 25 years...

Joan M. Smith

Joan M. Smith

Oct 5, 2003

JOAN M. SMITH, age 70, of Bel Air died in Mariner Health of Bel Air on October 5, 2003. Born in Washington, D.C., she was the daughter of the late Lecister William, Sr. and Regina Dougherty Cook, and the wife of the late George Eugene Smith. She had worked as a secretary for the State of Maryland. She was a...

Rosalie (Polly) Moore Rawle

Rosalie (Polly) Moore Rawle

Oct 4, 2003

ROSALIE (POLLY) MOORE RAWLE, age 80, of Baltimore, died at Roland Park Place, Baltimore, on October 4, 2003. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Gibbons and Rosalie Shannon Bowerman Moore, and the wife of the late Harvey Shelby Rawle. A resident of Joppa for 50 years, she was a lifetime member of the P.T.A., treasurer of...

Milton Moxley

Milton Moxley

Oct 3, 2003

MILTON “RAY” MOXLEY, age 90, of Street, MD, died at the home of his daughter in Delta, Pennsylvania on October 3, 2003. Born in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia, he was the son of the late John Robert Franklin and Octavia Baker Moxley, and the husband for 24 years of the late Caroline M. Moxley and then the husband of 28...

Frank Joseph Long

Frank Joseph Long

Oct 3, 2003

FRANK JOSEPH LONG, age 41, of Kirby, West Virginia, formerly of Harford County, MD, died at his home on October 3, 2003. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Stephanie Carol Pellack Long of Ocean Pines, Maryland and the late Frank Joseph Long. He worked as a plumber. He had moved to West Virginia within the last 2...

John Stephen Richardson, Jr.

John Stephen Richardson, Jr.

Oct 2, 2003

JOHN STEPHEN RICHARDSON, JR., age 83, of Bel Air, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on October 2, 2003. Born in Six, West Virginia, he was the son of the late John Stephen, Sr. and Mary Florence Adams Richardson, and the husband of the late Jane Elizabeth Potter Richardson. He had retired from Aberdeen Proving Ground where he was a...

Franklin Delbert Cryser, Jr.

Franklin Delbert Cryser, Jr.

Oct 2, 2003

FRANKLIN DELBERT CRYSER, JR., age 65, of Havre de Grace, MD, died in University of Maryland Hospital, Baltimore, MD on October 2, 2003. Born in Keyser, West Virginia, he was the son of the late Franklin Delbert, Sr. and Katharina Langen Cryser. He worked at Huber Welding in Cockeysville, MD. He worked at Weaco Welding in Baltimore, at Bethlehem Steel,...

Mary Elizabeth Hain

Mary Elizabeth Hain

Oct 2, 2003

In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to:American Heart AssociationMaryland Affiliate, Inc.415N Charles StreetP.O. Box 17025Baltimore, Maryland 21203

Monserrate R. Ortiz

Monserrate R. Ortiz

Oct 1, 2003

MONSERRATE R. ORTIZ, 80, of Joppatowne died at John Hopkins Hospital on October 1, 2003. Born in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, she was the daughter of the late Bienvenido Rivera Valentin and the late Micaela Velez Balague Rivera and the wife of the late Pedro Ortiz. She was a mother to many. She was giving, even when she did not have...

Edward Henderson Johnson

Edward Henderson Johnson

Oct 1, 2003

EDWARD HENDERSON JOHNSON, age 89, of Bel Air, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on October 21, 2003. Born in Gretna, Florida, he was the son of the late Lee Henderson and Ruby Helen Summerford Johnson, and the husband for 56 years of the late Selma Regina Cecil Johnson. A resident of Harford County for 5 years and of Baltimore...

Jordan Jahsan Ebeniro

Jordan Jahsan Ebeniro

Oct 1, 2003

JORDAN JAHSAN EBENIRO, age 15, of Edgewood, died at University of Maryland Shock Trauma on October 9, 2003. Born in Cleburne, Texas, he was the son of Chidi Athan and Terry Ann Wolff Ebeniro of Edgewood. He was a student at Edgewood High School and played on the school soccer team.In addition to his parents, Jordan is survived by one...

Jo Anne Wilson

Jo Anne Wilson

Sep 30, 2003

JO ANNE WILSON, 35, of Edgewood died at her home on September 30, 2003. Born in Columbus, Georgia, she was the daughter of Jimmie Earl Cochran of Phenix City, Alabama and Joyce Marie Jackson Castora of Joppa. She was interested in arts and crafts and gardening. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Wilson is survived by her husband of nine...

Virginia Savin Taylor

Virginia Savin Taylor

Sep 29, 2003

VIRGINIA SAVIN TAYLOR, age 81, of Darlington, formerly of Bel Air, died in Country View Eldercare #3 in Whiteford on September 29, 2003. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Andrew Aiken and Mary Eva Ehman Savin and the wife of the late William Durham Taylor, Sr.Mrs. Taylor is survived by one son, William Durham Taylor, Jr....

R. Jones Weaver

R. Jones Weaver

Sep 28, 2003

R. JONES WEAVER, age 77, of Bel Air, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on September 28, 2003. Born in Lansing, North Carolina, he was the son of the late James Ross and Luella Weaver Weaver. (This is correct.) He had retired after 45 years of service at Kroh’s Cleaners of Bel Air where he worked pressing and cleaning clothes....

Alice G. Butterfield

Alice G. Butterfield

Sep 26, 2003

ALICE G. BUTTERFIELD, age 82, of Jarrettsville, MD, died at her home on September 26, 2003. Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, she was the daughter of the late Russell Thomas and Elizabeth Pearson Van Blarcom, and the wife of the late Arthur Chewker Butterfield. She had been retired for over 20 years and had worked as a secretary for a...

Zenith K. Chalone

Zenith K. Chalone

Sep 26, 2003

ZEWITH K. CHALONE, age 79, of Sarasota, Florida died in Doctors Hospital of Sarasota in Florida on September 26, 2003. Born in Rio, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late John A. and Leota D. Heishman Martin. She was a member of the Disabled Veteran’s Auxillary, her family said she was truly a soldier’s wife. Mrs. Chalone is...

Elizabeth Ann Slate

Elizabeth Ann Slate

Sep 25, 2003

ELIZABETH ANN SLATE, age 46, of Churchville, died in Lorien Nursing and Rehabiliatition Center in Belcamp on September 25, 2003. Born in Huntsville, Alabama, she was the daughter of Barbara E. Koldus Osburn of Abingdon and the late Buddy Dale Osborn. She worked in computer sales in telemarketing. She was a devoted Christian and a member of the Grace Assembly...