Obituaries

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

Bernadette Marie Aquavella

Bernadette Marie Aquavella

Jul 29, 2020

Bernadette Marie Aquavella, age 69, of Forest Hill, Maryland passed away on July 29, 2020 at her home. Born in Brooklyn, New York, she was the daughter of John F. and Bernadine (Szmytkowski) Docherty and wife of Charles M. Aquavella. She graduated with her master’s degree in Psychiatric Nursing from Hunter College in NY. She worked at Greenwich House for...

Creig Jacobson

Creig Jacobson

Jul 28, 2020

Creig Jacobson of Belcamp passed away on July 28, 2020. He was 51. Creig grew up in Bel Air and graduated from Bel Air High School. He received his bachelor’s degree and master’s degree from Towson State University. Employed as a teacher by Harford County Public Schools for twenty-seven years, he taught language arts at Fallston Middle School and later...

Russell Hiram Lewis

Russell Hiram Lewis

Jul 28, 2020

Russell H. Lewis, age 86, of Joppa, Maryland passed away on Tuesday July 28, 2020 at Senator Bob Hooper House in Forest Hill, Maryland. Born in Washington, D.C. he was the son of the late Russell C. Lewis and Grace I. Lewis (Gunther) and husband of 60 years to the late Phyllis I. Lewis. He was also preceded in death...

Brian D. Suddoth

Brian D. Suddoth

Jul 28, 2020

Brian D. Suddoth, age 58, of Conowingo, Maryland passed away on July 28, 2020 at his home. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the son of Carolyn (Blades) Suddoth and the late John Suddoth. Brian worked as a territory manager for a food processing company. He was part of the Sons of American Legion Post 130 in Perry Hall and...

Edwin Otis Weaver

Edwin Otis Weaver

Jul 26, 2020

Ed Weaver, 92, died peacefully at his home in Bel Air on July 26. Ed was born in Piney Creek, North Carolina, to Winfield and Anne Weaver. The family moved to Bel Air when he was three years old. Ed graduated form the old Bel Air High School in 1945 and spent two years in the US Navy, stationed in...

Alfred Peery Taylor

Alfred Peery Taylor

Jul 26, 2020

Alfred Peery Taylor, age 97, passed away on July 26, 2020, at his oldest son’s home in Forest Hill, MD. Born in Deep Run, NC, he was the son of Archie Lee and India Howard (Whaley) Taylor and husband for 66 years, of the late Dorothy Brown (Baber) Taylor who passed away in 2009. He was a veteran of the...

Bill Murk

Bill Murk

Jul 25, 2020

Due to the current health crisis, the family will be planning a Celebration of Life for Bill in the future which will be open to everyone. Those who desire may send contributions to: Bear Rock Nature Conservancy https://www.nature.org/; St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital PO Box 50, Memphis, TN, 38101 ; Central Association of the Miraculous Medal 475 East Chelten Ave.,...

Barb Ballard

Barb Ballard

Jul 25, 2020

Barb Ballard, age 67, of Fallston, Maryland passed away on July 25, 2020 at her home. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, she was the daughter of William and Josephine (Di Martino) Debus. Barb has been married for 36 years to her best friend, Michael “Mike” Ballard. She owned and operated Hire Quality Limousine Company for 20 years, retiring in 2016. She...

Dolores Deanna Culotta

Dolores Deanna Culotta

Jul 24, 2020

Dolores Deanna Culotta, age 78, of Bel Air, Maryland passed away on July 24, 2020 at University of Maryland, Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, she was the daughter of Thomas Richard and Mary Augusta (Battaglia) Birmingham and wife of the late Salvatore Dominic Culotta Sr. She loved the beach, especially the Outer Banks. She also enjoyed vacationing...

Florence Louise Lilley (Nee Hildebrand)

Florence Louise Lilley (Nee Hildebrand)

Jul 24, 2020

Florence Louise Lilley (nee Hildebrand), age 94, of Bel Air, Maryland passed away on July 24, 2020 at her home. Born in Charlottesville, Virginia, she was the daughter of Hunter H. and Ramona (Harner) Hildebrand and wife of the late James Willard Lilley. She was a past member of the Eastern Star and a longtime member of Mt. Zion Methodist...

Esther Marie Henning

Esther Marie Henning

Jul 23, 2020

Esther Marie Henning, age 91, of Bel Air, Maryland passed away on July 23, 2020 at Commonwealth Care in Bel Air, Maryland. Born in Hereford, Maryland, she was the daughter of Harry and Bertha (Cole) Kelbaugh and wife of the late Kenneth John Henning. She worked as an Administrative Assistant and retired, after 25 years, from Aberdeen Proving Ground. She...

Mary  Grace Hammons

Mary Grace Hammons

Jul 23, 2020

Mary Grace Hammons, age 55, of Port Deposit, Maryland passed away on July 23, 2020 at her home. Born in Havre de Grace, Maryland, she was the daughter of James Douglas and Dorothy Lee (Sills) Blevins and wife of Donald Hammons. She loved football, especially the Ravens. Mary enjoyed crocheting, playing games, and she had a love for animals including...

Carlene Ruth Lovejoy

Carlene Ruth Lovejoy

Jul 22, 2020

Carlene Ruth Lovejoy, age 87, of Edgewood, Maryland passed away on July 22, 2020 at Union Hospital in Elkton, Maryland. Born in Lexington, Maine, she was the daughter of James William and Emma Mae (Beane) Hargreaves and wife of the late Donald "Bun" Rolfe Lovejoy. She loved life and family. She enjoyed baking, being a housewife, and making and preserving...

Esther M. Matelli

Esther M. Matelli

Jul 21, 2020

Esther M. Matelli, age 86, of Darlington, Maryland passed away on July 21, 2020 at her home. Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, she was the daughter of Elmer Watson and Martha Taylor and wife of the late Arthur F Matelli. Esther left Louisiana at an early age to be with her sisters, Hazel and Betty, in Rockaway Beach NY. She...

Deacon Richard John Stine

Deacon Richard John Stine

Jul 20, 2020

Deacon Richard John Stine, 85, of Kenosha, WI, joined the kingdom of Heaven on Monday, July 20, 2020, at his residence, with his loving family at his side. Born in Brooklyn, NY, on May 31, 1935, he was the son of the late Joseph and Esther (Cohen) Stine. Richard served in the US Air Force and was honorably discharged. On...

Charles P. Ryan Sr.

Charles P. Ryan Sr.

Jul 20, 2020

Charles P. Ryan Sr., age 85, of Joppa, Maryland passed away on July 20, 2020 at his home. Born in Long Green, Maryland, he was the son of William and Mary (Cramer) Ryan. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served our country in the Vietnam War. Following his military career working for the Department of Defense, he worked as...

S. Altaf Ali

S. Altaf Ali

Jul 20, 2020

S. Altaf Ali, age 89, of Belcamp, Maryland, passed away on July 20 2020 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air. Born in Calcutta, India, Altaf was the son of S. Shamsher Ali and Eleanor Saxby. After marrying Josephine K. (nee Widenmann) Ali in Calcutta in 1962, he immigrated to the U.S., settling in Harford County in 1964 (first...

Karl "Chuck" Bantum

Karl "Chuck" Bantum

Jul 20, 2020

Karl "Chuck" Bantum, age 63, of Abingdon, Maryland passed away on July 20, 2020 at his home. Born in Germany, he was the son of Walter and Evelyn (Sampson) Bantum. A graduate of Baltimore City College in 1976, he retired from the Harford County Sheriff's Department where he worked as a Guard at the Harford County Detention Center. He was...

John Emil Hirsch

John Emil Hirsch

Jul 17, 2020

John Emil Hirsch, age 83, of Bel Air, Maryland passed away on July 17, 2020 at Citizens Care and Rehabilitation Center in Havre de Grace, Maryland. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the son of Joseph and Mildred (Burns) Hirsch, stepson of John Wolfe, and husband of the late Marlene (Rebbert) Hirsch. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army...

James Paul Mclaughlin

James Paul Mclaughlin

Jul 15, 2020

James Paul McLaughlin, age 98, of Abingdon, Maryland passed away on July 15, 2020 at in Abingdon, Maryland. Born in Wilmington, Delaware, he was the son of Joseph and Florence (Farmer) McLaughlin and husband of the late Gloria (Cirino) McLaughlin. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving as a paratrooper with the 11th Airborne Division during World War...

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