Obituaries
Local obituaries for Abingdon, Bel Air, Jarrettsville, MD, and surrounding areas.
Benton Hope Gross, Jr.
Dec 20, 2003
BENTON HOPE GROSS, JR. age 81, of Bel Air, died at his residence on December 20, 2003. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Benton Hope, Sr. and Lucile Wright Gross. He had retired after 44 years as a maritime pilot.Mr. Gross is survived by his wife, Almeda Pennington Gross; one son, Jeffrey Hope Gross of Whiteford,...
Benton Hope Gross, Jr.
Dec 20, 2003
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to:Thomas Run Foundation FundFarmers Bank of Bel Air37 S. Main StreetBel Air, Maryland 21014
James Patrick Collins
Dec 20, 2003
JAMES PATRICK COLLINS, age 66, of Bel Air died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on December 20, 2003. Born in Havre de Grace, he was the son of Inez Laberta Perry Harris of Edgewood and the late John Jerome Collins, Sr. He worked as a janitor at the State Police Barracks in Benson. In addition to his mother, Mr. Collins...
Josephine A. Smith
Dec 19, 2003
JOSEPHINE A. SMITH, 81, of Bel Air, died at Lorien Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Bel Air on December 19, 2003. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Francis and Barbara Hoffinagle Cicero and the wife of the late Eugene F. Smith. A resident of Ocean City for 20 years, she was an active member of the...
M. Ronald Creswell
Dec 19, 2003
M. RONALD CRESWELL, age 75, of Towson, MD, formerly of Bel Air, died at Greater Baltimore Medical Center on December 19, 2003. Born in Joppa, he was the son of the late Milton Brown and Ruth Anna Wiggers Creswell. He was the owner and operator of Creswell Oil Company and retired after 20 years of service. He was a member...
Harriett Cooley Whitehurst
Dec 18, 2003
HARRIETT COOLEY WHITEHURST, age 70, of Bel Air died at Lorien Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of Bel Air on December 18, 2003. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Charles Gilbert and Elsie Crowell Cooley. She was a graduate of the New Bel Air High School’s First Full Graduating Class and class Valedictorian. She graduated from Western...
Leslie E. Ryan
Dec 18, 2003
LESLIE E. RYAN, age 62, of Edgewood, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on December 18, 2003 Born in Merced, California, he was the son of the late Robert and Wiebka Marie Reimers Ryan. He served his country in the U.S. Navy for 9 years during the Vietnam Conflict. For 29 years he worked as police communications officer for the...
Haylee Jane Boniface
Dec 17, 2003
HAYLEE JANE BONIFACE, infant daughter of Paul Brian, Jr. and Atash Patricia Rafferty Boniface of Bel Air, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on December 17, 2003. Also survived by grandparents, Paul and Pat Boniface of Bel Air; and Tim and Lilith Rafferty of Fawn Grove, PA and many aunts and uncles.Those who desire may contribute to Upper Chesapeake Medical...
Charles Dayton Saffer
Dec 17, 2003
CHARLES D. SAFFER, of Edgewood died December 17, 2003 at his home in Edgewood, MD. He was 66. Born in Paoli, Indiana, and a resident of Harford County since 1977, he was the husband of Wanda B. Saffer.He retired from the U.S. Army at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD as Sergeant First Class after 20 years of service. He received the...
Dorothy Elizabeth Watson
Dec 17, 2003
DOROTHY ELIZABETH WATSON, age 70, of Joppa died in Union Hospital, Elkton on December 17, 2003. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Anthony Peter and Dorothy Elizabeth Belt Arigo and the wife of the late Ronald Emory Watson. She was very active in the Edgewood Senior Center. She enjoyed craft making, filling her house with self...
John E. Koch
Dec 17, 2003
JOHN E. KOCH, age 80, of Joppa, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on December 17, 2003. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late John Henry and Mildred M. Bell Koch. He had retired after 20 years of service with the Continental Can Company where he worked as a lithographer. He was a lifetime and active member...
Sylvia Eccleshall
Dec 15, 2003
SYLVIA ECCLESHALL, 75, of Bel Air, died at her home on December 15, 2003. Born in Warrington, England, she was the daughter of the late Richard Alfred and Olive Mary Davenport Plant. She had attended University of Liverpool where she received her teaching degree. She had taught in Warrington and Pangbourne, England and for the Harford County Public Schools and...
Miriam L.B. Coale
Dec 15, 2003
MIRIAM L.B. COALE, age 77, of Fallston died in Franklin Square Hospital on December 15, 2003. Born in Fallston, she was the daughter of the late Oscar S. Beale and the late Mildred Harkins Beale Deets. Born, raised and a lifelong resident of Harford County. She was a lifelong member of Fallston United Methodist Church serving on many committees including...
Clinton Bratton
Dec 15, 2003
CLINTON BRATTON, 58, of Bel Air, died at his home of complications of lung cancer, on December 15, 2003. Born in Churchville, he was the son of the late Raby James Bratton and the late Elsie Stella Smith Wright. A lifelong resident of Harford County, he had worked with horses all his life. He was a race horse trainer at...
William Francis Weyant
Dec 14, 2003
WILLIAM FRANCIS WEYANT, age 70, of Abingdon died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on December 14, 2003. Born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, he was the son of Vesta Theresa Shank Weyant of Kingsville and the late Bernard Francis Weyant. He had retired after 14 years from Eddie’s Supermarket in Baltimore where he worked as a clerk. He had worked at McLellan’s...
Gentry Glenn Phipps
Dec 14, 2003
GENTRY GLENN PHIPPS, age 94, of Darlington, died at his home on December 14, 2003. Born in Alleghany County, North Carolina, he was the son of the late Joseph Thomas and Myrtle Lee DeBord Phipps, and the husband for 34 years of the late Notra Elizabeth Phipps and he was the husband for 20 years to his first wife, Grace...
Darlene Kay Cheek
Dec 14, 2003
DARLENE KAY CHEEK, age 56, of Bel Air, died at her residence on December 14, 2003. Born in Oakland, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Clinton Ray and Prema Clara Friend Bowman. She and her husband Larry of 34 years owned and operated a Crown Station in Bel Air, Maryland and an Exxon station in Havre de Grace,...
Winnie Leona Bloyd
Dec 12, 2003
WINNIE LEONA BLOYD, age 90, of Street, died in Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore on December 12, 2003. Born August 7, 1913 in Montague County, Texas, she was the daughter of the late Willie Henry and Lottie Pearl Arledge Ely. She married Steve Jefferson Bloyd on June 24, 1931 in Brownfield. They lived in Brownfield, Seagraves, Lubbock, and moved...
Mary Virginia Heaps
Dec 11, 2003
MARY VIRGINIA HEAPS, age 89, of Forest Hill, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on December 11, 2003. Born in Culpepper, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Henry Basye and Bertie Virginia Barret Read, and the wife for 50 years of the late John Francis Heaps. She had retired from Edgewood Arsenal where she worked as a procurement...
James Edward Mason
Dec 11, 2003
JAMES EDWARDS MASON, of Abingdon, MD died December 11, 2003 at his home in Abingdon. He was 59. Born in Baltimore, February 23, 1944, he was the son of the late James William Mason and Thelma Alzinna Mason. Mr. Mason was a lifetime resident of Harford County and graduate of Bel Air High School in the class of 1964. He...
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