Obituaries

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

Robert (Bob) Lee Shaver

Robert (Bob) Lee Shaver

Dec 5, 2022

Robert (Bob) Lee Shaver, age 77, of Joppa, Maryland passed away on December 5, 2022 at his home. Born in Frankford, West Virginia, he was the son of Virginia (Shaver) Scott. He worked as a former salesman for Levenson Klein, and Value City Furniture. He also enjoyed hunting, and was a member of the Southern Hunting Club. He also was...

Margaret "Peggy" Blackburn

Margaret "Peggy" Blackburn

Dec 5, 2022

Margaret "Peggy" Blackburn, age 84, of Newark, Delaware passed away on December 5, 2022 at Sterling Care in Forest Hill, Maryland. Born in Hamilton, Ohio, she was the daughter of Edward and Edith (Hauser) Bush. She retired in 2007 from Save The Children after 30 years as the Program Director. She loved talking to dogs and was very active in...

Sara Margaret Hodge

Sara Margaret Hodge

Dec 5, 2022

Sara Margaret Hodge, age 89, died on December 5, 2022. She was born May 25, 1933 in Brunswick, Georgia to Matthias Minnie Sappenfield, Jr. and Norma Jane Walker Sappenfield. She married David Charles Hodge in Brunswick on June 6. 1957.

Sara Margaret has been involved in music her entire life. She always said she was born on the organ bench as...

Robert "Bob" Lemke

Robert "Bob" Lemke

Dec 3, 2022

Robert "Bob" Lemke, age 80, of Aberdeen, Maryland passed away on December 3, 2022 at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the son of Robert Lemke Sr. and Ellen (Mathews) Ambrose and stepfather, George F. Ambrose. He was a tool & die maker for a chemical company and served as the financial secretary for the...

Sigrid Beate Moody

Sigrid Beate Moody

Dec 2, 2022

Sigrid Beate Moody, age 69, of Darlington, Maryland passed away on December 2, 2022 at her home. Born in Hofheim, Germany. Moved to the US in 2000. She was the daughter of Erhard and Elisabeth (Bartz) Schneckenburger and wife of the late Steven Joseph Moody, Sr. Sigrid was a member of Aberdeen Seventh Day Adventist Church and worked as a...

Lindy Lee Tilson

Lindy Lee Tilson

Dec 1, 2022

Lindy Lee Tilson, age 57, of New Freedom, Pennsylvania passed away peacefully on December 1, 2022. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, she was the daughter of Curtis Foster Sr. and Eleanor (Mettam) Foster. Lindy worked as an office manager in the healthcare industry and was a loving mom and grandmother.

Lindy is survived by her husband of 35 years, Scott Tilson; son,...

Robert Van Jolliffe, Sr.

Robert Van Jolliffe, Sr.

Dec 1, 2022

Robert (Bob) Van Jolliffe Sr., age 85, of Bel Air, Maryland passed away on December 1, 2022 at Lorien Bulle Rock in Havre de Grace, Maryland. Born in Charleston, West Virginia, he was the son of Oliver Paul Jolliffe and Velma Lucille (Hamilton) Jolliffe. After graduating from Charleston High School, Bob earned a bachelor’s degree in Physics from West Virginia...

Jennifer Lynn Roecker

Jennifer Lynn Roecker

Nov 30, 2022

It is with deep sadness that we announce that our beloved Jennifer Lynn Roecker, 45, of Harford county, Maryland passed away unexpectedly on November 30th 2022. The world welcomed Jennifer on May 13th 1977. A day the world became a little brighter.

She graduated from Edgewood High School in 1995 where she enjoyed singing in chorus and playing softball. Jenny had...

Ellen White

Ellen White

Nov 30, 2022

Ellen White, age 83, of Forest Hill, Maryland, passed away peacefully at home on November 30, 2022. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of Harry and Bea (Boyd) Brown and wife of the late Julian A. White, Jr.

Ellen was raised in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, and was a lifelong Tarheels fan. She and Julian were happily married for...

Irwin R. Scarff, Sr.

Irwin R. Scarff, Sr.

Nov 30, 2022

Irwin R. Scarff, Sr., age 70, of Forest Hill, Maryland, passed away on November 30, 2022 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, Maryland. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the son of the late Roland and Juanita (Irwin) Scarff. He was a realtor for many years. Irwin loved spending time with his family and grandchildren.

Irwin is survived by...

Louanna P. Francies

Louanna P. Francies

Nov 29, 2022

Louanna May Petersen Francies passed away peacefully on 11/29/2022 at Quarryville Presbyterian Retirement Community in Quarryville, PA. She was 92 years old.

Louanna was born in Fork, MD on September 22, 1930 as the oldest daughter of Otto Ernest Petersen (Hamburg, Germany) and Florence May Dahler Petersen (Fork, MD).

Louanna graduated from the Union Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Baltimore, MD...

Charles W. "Pete" Lynch, Jr.

Charles W. "Pete" Lynch, Jr.

Nov 29, 2022

Charles W. "Pete" Lynch Jr., age 75, of Forest Hill, Maryland passed away on November 29, 2022 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, Maryland. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the son of Charles Lynch Sr. and Catherine (Hoffman) Lynch and husband of the late Cecelia (Smith) Lynch. He graduated class of 1964 from Parkville High School and...

John James Jones, Jr.

John James Jones, Jr.

Nov 29, 2022

John James Jones, Jr., age 87, of Dagsboro, Delaware passed away on November 29, 2022 at his home. Born in Baltimore County, Maryland, he was the son of John Jones, Sr. and Florence (Ayres) Jones and husband of the late Velma (Parlett) Jones. He retired in 1990 from Baltimore County Public Schools where he worked in the facilities department for...

Dale Maurice Young

Dale Maurice Young

Nov 29, 2022

Dale Maurice Young, aged 85, of Joppa, Maryland passed away November 29, 2022 at home surrounded by his family and dog Buddy. Born Nov. 7, 1937 in Rushville, Indiana, he was the son of Dale C. Young and Stella Belle(Edwards) Young. His family moved to Denver, Colorado when Dale was seven years old. He graduated from Arvada High School in...

Thomas Buchanan

Thomas Buchanan

Nov 29, 2022

Thomas Buchanan, age 87, of Hydes, Maryland passed away on November 29, 2022 at his home. Born in Campsville, Kentucky, he was the son of Frederick and Evelyn Buchanan. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he worked as an instrument technician for BG&E. Thomas and his wife were also foster parents for 35 children, two of whom are active in...

Philip Pace

Philip Pace

Nov 28, 2022

Philip R. Pace, age 61, of Bel Air, Maryland passed away on November 28, 2022 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, in Bel Air, Maryland. Born in Havre de Grace, Maryland at Harford Memorial Hospital on September 26, 1961 by Dr. Philip Heuman, he was the son of Curtis Pace of Joppa and the late Betty (Howell) Pace, and husband of...

Bernadette Minogue

Bernadette Minogue

Nov 28, 2022

Bernadette Minogue, age 88, of Belcamp, Maryland passed away on November 28, 2022. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of Joseph and Agnes (Breen) Minogue.

Bernadette enjoyed admirable careers as both a registered nurse and teacher, but she was most proud to be mother to her daughter, Lisa and grandmother to Alexavier.

Bernadette is survived by her brother, Gerard Minogue...

Hayden Arthur Fell

Hayden Arthur Fell

Nov 27, 2022

Hayden Arthur Fell, age 1, of Bel Air, Maryland passed away on November 27, 2022 at home. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the son of Justin Fell and Katie Czajkowski-Fell. Hayden is survived by his twin brother and best friend, Cameron Joseph Fell; big sister, Leonore Paige Fell; and grandparents, Joseph Czajkowski, Joanne Czajkowski, Ruben Plascencia, Melinda Fell, and...

Kathleen Renee Treon

Kathleen Renee Treon

Nov 27, 2022

Kathleen (Kathy) Renee Treon, age 75, of Bel Air, Maryland passed away on November 27, 2022, at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, after suffering an irreversible hemorrhagic stroke on Thanksgiving Eve. She was surrounded by her loving family as she prepared for her three-day journey to heaven.

Kathy was born on November 21, 1947, to Victor and Clara (Miller) Schuck in...