Obituaries

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

Margaret E. Young

Margaret E. Young

Jan 21, 2004

MARGARET E. YOUNG, age 85, of Fallston, died in Mariner Health of Forest Hill on January 21, 2004. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late William and Nettie Murphy Eason and the wife for 56 years of the late Robert A. Young. She had retired from Baltimore City Public Schools where she worked as a dietician. A...

Grace M. Phipps

Grace M. Phipps

Jan 21, 2004

GRACE M. PHIPPS, age 90, of Darlington died at her home on January 21, 2004. Born in Manor Township, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Christian A. and Elma Nookumer Miller Karr. She enjoyed working in the yard and cleaning her house.Mrs. Phipps is survived by two sons, Gene LeRoy Phipps of Bel Air; Joseph Christian Phipps of...

Margaret Cohee

Margaret Cohee

Jan 21, 2004

(MARGARET) “PEG” COHEE, age 86, of Edgewood, died at her residence on January 21, 2004. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Vernon Gresham and Laura Elizabeth White Corrie, and the wife for 50 years of the late Stephen William Cohee. A resident of Harford County for over 60 years, she enjoyed living on Bush River which...

Charles J. Eshinsky

Charles J. Eshinsky

Jan 20, 2004

CHARLES ”SKEE” J. ESHINSKY, age 88, of Edgewood, died at his residence on January 20, 2004. Born in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late John and Tekla Borawska Eshinsky. He had retired after 34 years from Edgewood Arsenal where he worked as a machinist. He was a life member of the Chapter 1 Pearl Harbor Survivors Maryland...

William B. Smith, Jr.

William B. Smith, Jr.

Jan 19, 2004

WILLIAM “BILL” B. SMITH, JR., age 69, of Darlington, died at St. Joseph’s Medical Center on January 19, 2004. Born in St. Joseph, Tennessee, he was the son of Lora Bell Perry Garland of St. Joseph, Tennessee, and the late William Brady Smith, Sr. He worked for the State Highway Department as a small engine mechanic. He had worked for...

Edward Donald Reilly, Sr.

Edward Donald Reilly, Sr.

Jan 19, 2004

EDWARD DONALD REILLY, SR., of Bel Air, died January 19, 2004. He was 77.Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Francis Sylvester and Catherine Anna Rooney Reilly.Mr. Reilly retired in 1981 after 36 years of employment with the Maryland Transit Authority. Since 1972, he served as executive secretary of the Authority. Since 1976, he served as Administrator...

Robert Thompson, Sr.

Robert Thompson, Sr.

Jan 19, 2004

ROBERT THOMPSON, SR., age 74, of Havre de Grace, died at Jacobs Well Assisted Living, Bel Air, on January 19, 2004. Born in Havre de Grace, he was the son of the late Millard Hawkins Thompson and and the late Rosa Adelaide Bradford Chapman. He had retired from the city of Havre de Grace after 25 years of service where...

Charles Wesley Tyson

Charles Wesley Tyson

Jan 18, 2004

After a six month illness, CHARLES WESLEY TYSON, age 76, died at his home in Bel Air on January 18, 2004 of complications resulting from West Nile Virus. A lifelong resident of Harford County, he was the son of the late Alfred and Helen Tyson, and was the husband of Carrie L. Magness Tyson, with whom he would have celebrated...

Ruth Carolyn Beard

Ruth Carolyn Beard

Jan 18, 2004

RUTH CAROLYN BEARD, age 90 of Bel Air, died in Lorien Riverside Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on January 18, 2004. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late John Henry and Margaret Barbara Krass Cunningham, and the wife of the late Stephen Collison Beard. She had retired after 22 years for Bendix Radio as an assembly line worker....

Juanita M. Raeke

Juanita M. Raeke

Jan 15, 2004

JUANITA M. RAEKE, age 81, of Joppa, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on January 15, 2004. Born in Baltimore City, she was the daughter of the late Edgar Allen and Annie Evans Dill, and the wife of the late Raymond C. Raeke, Sr.Mrs. Raeke is survived by one son, Raymond C. Raeke, Jr of Joppa; and one grandson, Raymond...

Anna Josephine Hall

Anna Josephine Hall

Jan 15, 2004

ANNA JOSEPHINE HALL, age 87, of Joppa, died at her residence on January 15, 2004. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Dominic and Margarete Savo Conturso and the wife of the late Herbert W. Hall. She worked as a caretaker of the developmentally disabled both adults and children. A Native of New Jersey, she settled...

Kenneth E. Norton, Sr.

Kenneth E. Norton, Sr.

Jan 14, 2004

KENNETH E. NORTON, SR, age 72, of Abingdon, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on January 14, 2004. Born in Havre de Grace, he was the son of the late Howard Authur and Viola Serena Hollingsworth Norton. He had retired from Harford County after 25 years of service as a meter reader and a mechanic. He was a member of...

Edythe J. Wolverton

Edythe J. Wolverton

Jan 14, 2004

EDYTHE J. WOLVERTON, age 86, of Bel Air died at Mariner Health of Bel Air on January 14, 2004. Born in Melcher, Iowa, she was the daughter of the late Chester Arthur and Sula Elizabeth Hain Hollingsworth, and the wife of the late Mayo T. Wolverton. She worked as a cosmetologist. A resident of Long Bar Harbor for 40 years,...

James Edmond Booth

James Edmond Booth

Jan 14, 2004

JAMES EDMOND BOOTH, age 73, of Joppa, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on January 14, 2004. Born in Washington, D.C. he was the son of the late Homer Tyndall and Edith Ione Beyer Booth, and the husband of the late Raymonde Emilia Feval Booth. He had retired from his job with Schenuit Industries and Price Water House as a...

Ruth Amrein Smith

Ruth Amrein Smith

Jan 14, 2004

RUTH AMREIN SMITH, age 85, of Baltimore, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on January 14, 2004. Born in Fallston, she was the daughter of the late Lewis August and Annetta Louise Snider Amrein, and the wife of the late Clifford Bergman Smith, Sr. She was a life member of Bethel Presbyterian Church in Jarrettsville and an associate member of...

Amy E. Gallion

Amy E. Gallion

Jan 14, 2004

AMY E. GALLION, age 21, of Bel Air died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on January 14, 2004. Born in Rossville, she was the daughter of Thomas Dale Gallion of Abingdon and Kimberley Anne Kries Gallion of Bel Air. She graduated from C. Milton Wright High School in 2001 where she played field hockey and graduated from Harford Community College...

Charles Reed

Charles Reed

Jan 13, 2004

CHARLES “CHUCK” REED, age 45, of Edgewood, died at his residence on January 13, 2004. Born in Havre de Grace, he was the son of Betty Jean Honaker Reed of Edgewood and the late Charlie Howard Reed. He enjoyed motorcycles and spending time with his family. He raised fish in his aquarium at home.In addition to his mother, Mr. Reed...

Lorraine Carson

Lorraine Carson

Jan 12, 2004

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Lorraine Carson

Lorraine Carson

Jan 12, 2004

LORRAINE CARSON, age 79, of Edgewood, died in Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital, Baltimore on January 12, 2004. Born in Brooklyn, New York, she was the daughter of the late Oscar Nelson and Florence Mae Taylor Ostrander. She worked in banking for 39 years. For 26 years she worked at Equitable Trust Company as a manager and retired in...

Rose Reeves Taylor

Rose Reeves Taylor

Jan 11, 2004

ROSE REEVES TAYLOR, 76, of Bel Air died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on January 11, 2004. Born in Bel Air, she was the daughter of the late George Carl, Sr. and Mallie Mary Moxley Reeves and the wife of the late Andrew Benjamin Taylor. A lifelong resident of Harford County, she worked at Edgewood Arsenal during WWII making hand...