Obituaries

Jan 11, 2004

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to:St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church1430 Abingdon RoadAbingdon, Maryland 21009

Jan 10, 2004

CHARLES A. “BILL” HAMILTON, age 80, of Baltimore, died at Stella Maris Hospice, Timonium, on January 10, 2004. Born in Harford County, he was the son of the late Albert Foster and Bertha Virginia Kroh Hamilton, he was the husband of the late Norma E. Hamilton. He had retired after 40 years of service as a manager with A.R. Spartana...

Jan 8, 2004

COL. RICHARD A. LYNE, (RET.), age 82, of Edgewood, formerly of Bradford, PA, died at his residence on January 8, 2004. Born in Smethport, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Albert Henry and Anna Matilda Anderson Lyne. A resident of Edgewood since 1972, he served his country in the U.S. Army for 24 years from 1948 to 1972...

Jan 8, 2004

CSM MILTON GERALD GILTZ, RET. U.S. ARMY, age 82, of Edgewood, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on January 7, 2004. Born in Pocomoke City, Maryland, he was the son of the late Oswald Giltz and the husband of the late Patricia E. Winter Giltz and the late Audrey Mae Cook Giltz. He had retired from Edgewood Arsenal in 1967...

Jan 7, 2004

DEWITT SCOTT HOOVER, age 76, of Joppa, MD died in Mariner Health of Bel Air, MD on January 7, 2004. Born in Singers Glen, Rockingham County, Virginia, he was the son of the late Thelma S. Hoover. He was an independent owner and operator of his own truck. A resident of Harford County, MD since 1979, he was a lifetime...

Jan 5, 2004

MICHAEL WILLIAM PRICE, age 41, of Abingdon, died at Christiana Health System, Delaware on January 5, 2004. Born in Baltimore, Maryland he was the son of the late Howard William, Jr. and Patricia Ann Sturgill Price. He worked as a carpenter and as employee at Pet Smart for 10 years. He started as a receiver and ended as a merchandiser....

Jan 5, 2004

MARILYN JEAN JANKOWSKI, age 73, of Bel Air, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on January 5, 2004. Born in Erie, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late John Henry and Beryl Alleese Lewis Cramer. A resident of Bel Air for 40 years, she raised orchids and various other flowers. She loved to bake and was very caring. She...

Jan 4, 2004

MARVIN H. PRITCHER, age 87, of Bel Air, formerly of Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania, died in Gilchrist Hospice at Greater Baltimore Medical Center on January 4, 2004. Born in Savannah, Georgia, he was the son of the late Franklin R. and Sarah Colwart Pritcher. He grew up in Beaufort, South Carolina and was president of his high school class and captain...

Jan 4, 2004

CATHERINE SMITH, age 90, of Bel Air, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical on January 4, 2004. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Ferdinand and Florence Priscella Briggs Smith. Born and raised in Baltimore City, she moved to Arnold, MD and then to Ocean City- Montego Bay area before moving to Harford County. On September 16, 1933...

Jan 2, 2004

CON BELL, age 79, of Bel Air, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on January 2, 2004. Born in Sparta, North Carolina, he was the son of Hardin Noel and Myrtle McCoin Bell and the husband for 58 years of the late Dolly Muller Bell. He worked as a dairy farmer for 57 years. He also worked as a truck...

Jan 1, 2004

JOHN W. SCHAFER, age 83, of Bel Air, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on January 1, 2004. Born in Bel Air, Maryland, he was the son of the late Peter Joseph and Mary Ellizabeth Wiker Schafer. He worked as an automobile mechanic with his father at the family owned garage. For several years he was a new car manager...

Jan 1, 2004

Dec 31, 2003

BARBARA E. MINNICK, age 64, of Bel Air, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on Wednesday, December 31, 2003 following a courageous battle with cancer. Born July 9, 1939 in the town of Bel Air, Harford County, she was the daughter of the late Reid and Lily Caudill, and the wife for 28 years of the late Lester J. Minnick,...

Dec 31, 2003

HOLLY JEAN AFFLECK, of Birmingham, Alabama, died of cancer on December 31, 2003. She was 41.Born in Havre de Grace, Maryland, she was the daughter of Robert and Fern Duncan and sister of Cathy Harrison.Holly and young son, Jason Greenwell, united with Karl Affleck on June 18, 1988. Karl and Jason were always the center of Holly' life and after...

Dec 30, 2003

HAROLD "POP" LLOYD MOORE, age 74, of Forest Hill, died at his home on December 30, 2003. Born in Wythe County, Virginia, he was the son of the late Joseph Alton and Evelyn Margaret Maxwell Moore. He had retired in 1981 from General Motors where he worked on the assembly line. He was involved in the bus ministry at Emmorton...

Dec 23, 2003

BARBARA J. WILSON, age 58, of Eagle Lake, Florida, died in Whiteford, MD on December 23, 2003. Born in Virginia, she was the daughter of Okie Marie Halsey Kennedy of Bel Air and the late Rex Lee Parsons. She had her CDL for 18 years and drove a tractor and trailer. She had two Shih Tzu’s named Muffin and Gizmo...

Dec 23, 2003

MELLIE LEONA McCASLIN, age 80, of West Chester, Pennsylvania, died in Chester County Hospital on December 23, 2003. Born in Bowdill, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late William H. and Catherine Susan Wilson Longworth, and the wife of the late Ralph Walter McCaslin. She had retired from the U.S. Government where she worked as a secretary. She served...

Dec 23, 2003

MILDRED LOUISE BOYLE, age 88, of Clarksville, Tennessee died in Oak Crest Village in Clarksville, TN on December 23, 2003. Born in Brooklyn, New York, she was the daughter of the late Anders Gustaf and Maria Ohlsson Hassel, and the wife of the late Joseph Douglas Boyle whom she married in 1939. She was active in church at Riverside before...

Dec 22, 2003

CLAIRE RAUB, age 83, of Bel Air, died in Lorien Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of Bel Air on December 22, 2003. Born in Plymouth, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late John Howard and Hannah Florence Morris Griffith, and the wife of the late Harold Raub. She retired after 32 years as a teacher/ director of Tiny Tots Preschool...

Dec 20, 2003

EVA E. EHRHARDT, age 91, of Baldwin died at home on December 20, 2003. Born June 14, 1912 in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Gilbert George and Agnes Edith Yetton James and the wife of the late Clarence E. Ehrhardt. She wasmarried 62 years, when her husband passed away in 1998. She enjoyed cooking for her family.Eva...