Obituaries

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

Wilma Cook

Wilma Cook

Dec 30, 2021

Wilma Cook, age 88, of Joppa, Maryland passed away on December 30, 2021 at her home. Born in Pineville, West Virginia, she was the daughter of Lacey and Thelma (Sizemore) Cook. She worked as a teacher’s aide and was a member of Sovereign Grace Church in Abingdon for over 40 years. She was very involved in church activities, would make...

Lisa Poole Berkebile

Lisa Poole Berkebile

Dec 30, 2021

Lisa Poole Berkebile, age 60, of Jarrettsville, Maryland passed away on December 30, 2021 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, Maryland. Born in Sparta, North Carolina, she was the daughter of James and Anna (Osborne) Poole. She was a 1979 graduate of Bel Air High School and a paralegal graduate from Villa Julie College. She worked as an...

Mary Dittus

Mary Dittus

Dec 29, 2021

Mary Dittus, age 58, of Bel Air, Maryland passed away on December 29, 2021 at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland after a long battle with COPD. Born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Bayonne, New Jersey, she is the daughter of John and Patricia (Sullivan) May and wife of John B. Dittus.    

Mary is survived by...

Ryan James Berkebile

Ryan James Berkebile

Dec 29, 2021

Ryan James Berkebile, age 36, of Jarrettsville, Maryland passed away on December 29, 2021 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, Maryland. Born in Virginia Beach, Virginia, he was the son of Robert and Lisa (Poole) Berkebile. He was a 2003 graduate of Richland High School in Pennsylvania in 2003. Ryan loved his computer games, loved his science fiction...

Bernadette Ison

Bernadette Ison

Dec 29, 2021

Bernadette Ison, age 75, of Conowingo, Maryland passed away on December 29, 2021 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, Maryland. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late William and Helen (Archer) Smith and wife of the late Estille Ison, Jr. She had the ultimate love for her family and her puppy, Bentley. She enjoyed...

Clara Hall

Clara Hall

Dec 28, 2021

Clara Hall, age 56, of Elkton, Maryland passed away on December 28, 2021 at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Born in Havre de Grace, Maryland, she was the daughter of Rev. Raymond Cuffley Sr. and Edith (Anderson) Cuffley. Clara was a waitress and a fabulous cook at the Bridge Diner, Cloverleaf Diner and the Duck Diner for many years....

Alma Lois Meadows Hicks

Alma Lois Meadows Hicks

Dec 28, 2021

Alma Lois Meadows Hicks, age 91, of Joppa, Maryland passed away on December 28, 2021. Born in Huntington, West Virginia, she was the daughter of Marvin and Pearl (Lucas) Meadows and wife of the late Orville Hicks. She was a hard worker, she started working at the age of 14 and retired when she was 76, working for the Federal...

Lori E. Austin (Phillips)

Lori E. Austin (Phillips)

Dec 28, 2021

Lori E. Austin (Phillips) went to be with her Lord and Savior on the morning of December 28, 2021. She was an extremely loved mother, daughter, sister, aunt and friend. She was born July 29, 1961 in Havre de Grace, MD.

Lori was one of the most generous people, always willing to help anyone she could. She loved to laugh, watch...

Beverly Ann Berends

Beverly Ann Berends

Dec 28, 2021

Beverly Ann Berends, age 64, of Joppa, Maryland passed away on December 28, 2021 at Adventist Washington Hospital in Takoma Park, Maryland. Born in Baltimore City, Maryland, she was the daughter of Edward and Nettie (Bauerlein) Grove. Born and raised in Baltimore City, Beverly moved to Joppa about 7 years ago. Beverly's purpose in life was to give her family...

Charles "Charlie" Robert Jenkins Jr.

Charles "Charlie" Robert Jenkins Jr.

Dec 26, 2021

Charles "Charlie" Robert Jenkins, Jr., age 76, of Bel Air, MD passed away on December 26, 2021 at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Charles and Frances (Marrocco) Jenkins, Sr. and husband of the late Deborah (Collevecchio) Jenkins. In addition, he was preceded in death by grandchildren Joshua Phelps...

Michelle Lena Schober

Michelle Lena Schober

Dec 26, 2021

Michelle Lena Schober, age 61, of Phoenix, Maryland passed away on December 26, 2021 at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, she was the daughter of Joseph and Jacqueline (Gray) Stepcich and beloved wife to Scott Schober. Michelle and her husband were active members in the Boy Scouts Troop 818. They were also members of St. John's...

Michael Coates

Michael Coates

Dec 26, 2021

Michael Christian Coates, age 64, a South Baltimore native residing in Edgewood, Maryland passed away on December 26, 2021, at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, Maryland. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the son of Everett M. and Mildred D. (Jones) Coates and the husband of Donna M. (Parks) Coates.

In addition to his wife, Michael is survived by...

Ruth Elizabeth Hott

Ruth Elizabeth Hott

Dec 26, 2021

Ruth Elizabeth Hott, age 93, of Sparks Glencoe, Maryland passed away on December 26, 2021 at Maryland Masonic Homes in Cockeysville, Maryland. Born in Joppa, Maryland, she was the daughter of George and Gertrude (Mevius) Henning and wife of the late Paul David Hott. She was a member of St. Stephen Catholic Church and the Ladies Auxiliary of Joppa-Magnolia Fire...

Newton Magaha

Newton Magaha

Dec 25, 2021

Newton M. Magaha of Bel Air, MD, passed away December 25, 2021. He was 100 years old.

Born in West Virginia, Mr. Magaha was the son of the late John Henry Magaha and Margaret Ann Elizabeth Myers Magaha.  His beloved wife of 72 years, Helen R. Magaha, passed in 2019.

Mr. Magaha had owned and operated several grocery businesses in West...

Anne Marie Cerruto

Anne Marie Cerruto

Dec 25, 2021

Anne Marie Cerruto (nee Dickey), age 59, of Churchville, Maryland passed away on December 25, 2021, at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of Theresa LiPira Dickey and the late Joseph Rexford Dickey. Anne worked for Harford County in the Office of Aging for the past 10 years as a Client...

Arvin Dean Sadler

Arvin Dean Sadler

Dec 25, 2021

Arvin Dean Sadler, age 80, of White Hall, Maryland passed away on December 25, 2021 at Gilchrist Hospice in Towson, Maryland. Born in Perry Hall, Maryland, he was the son of the late Harry and Evelyn (Spamer) Sadler and husband of Judith Sadler. He was a Maryland State Police Office for 10 years before opening his own landscaping and nursery...

Robert J. Redwinski

Robert J. Redwinski

Dec 24, 2021

Robert J. Redwinski, age 83, of Bel Air, Maryland passed away on December 24, 2021 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air. Born in West Hazleton, Pennsylvania, he was the son of John and Helen (Hallock) Redwinski. In addition to being an Electrical Engineer at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, he was also the founder of Accent Construction Company. He was...

Gilbert "Gil" Leroy Reisler

Gilbert "Gil" Leroy Reisler

Dec 24, 2021

Gilbert "Gil" Leroy Reisler, age 66, of Fallston, Maryland passed away on December 24, 2021 at his home. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the son of Margaret Eleanor (Swanner) Reisler and the late Gilbert Leroy Reisler Sr. Gil worked as a toll facilities police officer for the Maryland Department of Transportation. It was there that his electronic career started....

Clara Mae Amoss

Clara Mae Amoss

Dec 22, 2021

Clara Mae Amoss, died on December 22, 2021 at Hart Heritage Forest Hill after a prolonged and disabling illness. In May 2016 she had suffered a sudden brain bleed (hemorrhagic stroke) followed by emergency surgery with minimal recovery.  She was 79. 

Predeceased include father L. Willard Amoss, mothers Clara and Elva Amoss, and dear friend R. Dick Lynch.

She is survived by a...