Stephen Theodore Spear, Jr.

STEPHEN THEODORE SPEAR, JR., age 88, of Joppa, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on January 28, 2003. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Stephen Theodore, Sr. and Marie Leheka Spear, and the husband of the late Anna Marie Heil Spear. He worked as a mechanical maintenance foreman for Bethlehem Steel. A Harford County resident since 1961, he was a graduate of Poly Technical High School. He worked as an electrical engineer for the Army National Guard. He was a professional musician and played in the Middle River Concert Band. He played the baritone, the trombone and the French horn. He was a member of St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church. He loved to read.

Mr. Spear is survived by two sons,
Stephen T. Spear, III of Joppa; Michael T. Spear of Joppa; two daughters, Mary M. Seaman of Pasadena; Lea A. Porter of Pasadena; one brother, Paul C. Spear, Sr. of Hamilton; two sisters, Eleanor Lockett of Dundalk; Madeline Guntner of Dundalk; nine grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.