Obituaries

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

Donald Ray Ryan

Donald Ray Ryan

Nov 17, 2020

On November 17, 2020 Donald Ray Ryan, age 84, of Bel Air, Maryland passed away after a long illness while in hospice care. Born on the family farm in Joppa, Maryland, he was the son of William Carroll and Anna (nee Benser) Ryan. He was the youngest of their eight children and was predeceased by his parents and his siblings,...

John William Brewster Jr.

John William Brewster Jr.

Nov 16, 2020

John William Brewster, Jr., age 52, of Joppa, Maryland passed away on November 16, 2020 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, Maryland. Born in Havre de Grace, Maryland, he was the son of John Brewster Sr. and Anna (Doran) Brewster. He enjoyed auctions, Harleys and antique glassware. John is survived by his brother, Robert E. Brewster and his...

Patrick M. Levasseur

Patrick M. Levasseur

Nov 15, 2020

Patrick M. LeVasseur, age 86, of Joppa, Maryland passed away on November 15, 2020 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, Maryland. Born in Millinocket, Maine, he was the son of James and Winifred (Freeman) LeVasseur and husband of Wanda LeVasseur. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, serving for four years. He was a member of...

Kathy Elizabeth Robitaille

Kathy Elizabeth Robitaille

Nov 15, 2020

Kathy Elizabeth Robitaille, age 30, of Bel Air, Maryland passed away at home on November 15, 2020. Born in Madison, Indiana, she was the daughter of George and Penny (Wright) Robitaille. Kathy was a lovely and kind person who had an old soul. A still, deep water that loved animals, (especially her “baby brother” Chico the family dog and Lukas...

Bruce Evans Villard Sr.

Bruce Evans Villard Sr.

Nov 15, 2020

Bruce Evans Villard Sr., age 87, of Bel Air, Maryland passed away on November 15, 2020 at his home. Born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, he was the son of Louis Antoine and Gladys (Evans) Villard. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy serving his country during the Korean War. A resident of Bel Air for over 50 years, he was...

Anna Ruth Mabe

Anna Ruth Mabe

Nov 15, 2020

Anna Ruth Mabe, age 94, of Aberdeen, Maryland passed away on November 15, 2020 at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland. Born in Sparta, North Carolina, she was the daughter of Harvey Iley and Leona (Williams) McMeans. Anna is survived by her son, Barry Mabe; daughter, Sylvia Rowe; 5 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. In addition to her...

Keith Proudfoot

Keith Proudfoot

Nov 13, 2020

Keith Randolph Proudfoot passed away November 13, 2020. He was the son of the Late Glen and Emma Proudfoot of Edgewood, Maryland. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Eleanor Simmons Proudfoot and their three children, Kim Moore and her husband, Bill, Karen Barben and her husband, Paul and Steph Caldwell. He was blessed with 7 grandchildren, Allison...

Shirley May Hooper

Shirley May Hooper

Nov 11, 2020

Shirley Hooper of Street, Maryland was called home to Heaven on November 11th, 2020. Shirley was born in Churchville, Maryland to Corthell Frank and Betty Ruth Cullum on November 6th,1941. For a 17 year old girl, Christmas was the most romantic time of the year. So she married the love of her life, Bob Hooper, on Christmas Eve of 1958....

George B Jones

George B Jones

Nov 11, 2020

George B Jones, age 83, of Bel Air, Maryland passed away peacefully on November 11, 2020 at his home. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the son of Robert and Marie (Danner) Jones. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and worked as an electrical engineer. He enjoyed Square Dancing and Ball Room Dancing for 20 years and for...

Randall "Randy" Fidler

Randall "Randy" Fidler

Nov 11, 2020

Randall "Randy" Fidler, age 67, of Abingdon, Maryland passed away on November 11, 2020 at his home. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the beloved son of Melicent M. (Macleod) and the late William A Fidler and husband of the late Reet Fidler. Randy is survived by his son, Alexander T. Fidler; brother, Russell M. Fidler and his wife, Chere;...

Walter M. Powers

Walter M. Powers

Nov 10, 2020

Walter M. Powers, age 93, of Forest Hill, Maryland passed away on November 10, 2020 at Forest Hill Heights in Forest Hill, Maryland. Born in Lansing, North Carolina, he was the son of Walter Grey and Martha Cornelius (Powers) Powers and husband of 75 years to the late Jessie (Reedy) Powers. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He...

Brian O'Connor Jr.

Brian O'Connor Jr.

Nov 10, 2020

Brian O'Connor, Jr., age 42, of Clayton, North Carolina passed away suddenly on November 10, 2020 at his home. Born in Prince Frederick, Maryland, he was the son of Brian Francis and Anne Marie (Schaeffer) O'Connor. Upon graduating from Joppatowne/Hanna Moore HS, he earned a Bachelor of Theology degree from Western Maryland/McDaniel College. He was a veteran of the U.S....

Patricia Ann Strempeck

Patricia Ann Strempeck

Nov 9, 2020

Patricia Ann Strempeck, age 84, of Bel Air, Maryland passed away on November 9, 2020 at Awakenings Assisted Living in Bel Air, Maryland. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, she was the daughter of Lawrence and Genevieve (Schiavo) Beere and wife of the late Earle Richard Strempeck. Patricia is survived by her loving children, Mary K. Kleiderlein, Karen Marie (John) Berkeridge and...

William Michael Elliott

William Michael Elliott

Nov 9, 2020

W. Michael Elliott of Bel Air, MD passed away unexpectedly on November 9, 2020 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Hospital. Born in Essex, MD, on January 21, 1942, Mike is survived by his loving wife W. Patricia Elliott, son, Michael Scott Elliott, Valerie Elliott, Ian Elliott, Max Elliott, son Adam Elliott, Chrissy Elliott, Julia Elliott, Aidan Elliott and sisters Roberta Garden...

Charlie "Pete" Crouse Jr.

Charlie "Pete" Crouse Jr.

Nov 9, 2020

Charlie "Pete" Crouse Jr., age 65, of Street, Maryland passed peacefully from this life into the presence of his Lord and Savior on November 9, 2020 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air. Born in Havre de Grace, Maryland, he was the son of the late Charlie Letcher and Aline (Dancy) Crouse and husband of the late Rosemarie (Lombardi)...

Nancy Louise Paris

Nancy Louise Paris

Nov 8, 2020

Nancy Louise Paris, age 83, of Bel Air, Maryland passed away on November 8, 2020 surrounded by her family. Born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Budd Wilson and Helen Pauline (Struble) Ishler and beloved wife of 63 years of the late Wyoming “Duke” Benjamin Paris Jr. Upon graduation in 1954, from State College High School...

Virginia "Ginny" Smith

Virginia "Ginny" Smith

Nov 8, 2020

Virginia "Ginny" Smith, age 57, of Aberdeen, Maryland passed away on November 8, 2020 at her home. Born in Oxford, Pennsylvania, she was the wife of Wayne Smith. She loved her dog Turbo, going to yard sales, playing bingo, fishing, and vacationing in the Outer Banks. In addition to her husband, Wayne, she is survived by her daughter, Tina (Anthony)...

Terry Dale Thomas

Terry Dale Thomas

Nov 8, 2020

Terry Dale Thomas, age 68, of Abingdon, Maryland passed away on November 8, 2020 at his home. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the son of Walter E. Thomas. He had previously delivered newspapers for The Baltimore Sun, was a truck driver for Thomas' Freight, was a yard jockey for Independent Can and drove cars for the Bel Air Auction....

Patricia Anne Turansky

Patricia Anne Turansky

Nov 5, 2020

Patricia Anne Turansky, age 75, of Bel Air, Maryland passed away on November 5, 2020 at her home. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Frank Joseph Turansky Sr. and Gladys C. (Terry). Patricia was a believer in life-long education, graduated from Notre Dame of Maryland University with degrees in both education and reading literacy. She...

Harold Ford

Harold Ford

Nov 2, 2020

Harold Ford, Jr. passed away from a blood infection on Nov. 2, 2020 at the age of 90. Born in Montclair, New Jersey in 1930, he was the son of the late Harold Ford Sr. and the late Kathryn Zegelbrier Ford. His wife of 46 years, the late Marilyn Ford, died in 1998. He is survived by three children: Thomas...