Obituaries

Jun 15, 2020

The funeral service will be live on Monday, June 22 at 10:00AM. Please copy and paste the following link into your browser to view: https://vimeo.com/event/123711 Glenn O. Barrick, age 65, of Perryville, Maryland passed away on June 15, 2020 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, Maryland. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the son of Calvin Earl and...

Jun 15, 2020

Please copy and paste the following link to view the funeral service: https://vimeo.com/event/129090 Lauren E. Wittenburg, age 28, of Glen Burnie, Maryland passed away on June 15, 2020 at Baltimore Washington Medical Center in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, she was the daughter of Ann M. King (Regan Harycki) of Middle River, MD & David Wittenburg of...

Jun 15, 2020

George P. Beasley (65) was born September 16, 1953, to Sara Pepper Beasley in Federalsburg, MD. George moved to the Chestertown area in 1958. He attended Chestertown Schools. He was the second of three sons. He was an excellent painter until his retirement several years ago, working with the Painters Union of Philadelphia. He traveled extensively with the union, working...

Jun 15, 2020

Phillip Buckley Colston, age 72, of Reisterstown, Maryland passed away on June 15, 2020 at Orchard Hill Rehabilitation Center in Towson, Maryland. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the son of Phillip and Mary (Taylor) Colston. He grew up in Aldino, attended Bel Air High School and was an active member of Catonsville Presbyterian Church. Phillip was a democratic party...

Jun 15, 2020

Emma Kemberling, age 81, of Reisterstown, Maryland passed away on June 15, 2020 at Joyous Living in White Marsh, Maryland. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, she was the daughter of Ralph and Lizzie (Brown) Fitting and wife of the late Edward G. Kemberling. She was a member of Northwest Baptist Church from 1978 to present where she was a Sunday school...

Jun 13, 2020

Salvatore "Sal" J. Maranto III, age 79, of Bel Air, Maryland passed away on June 13, 2020 at Hart Heritage Estates - Forest Hill in Forest Hill, Maryland. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the son of Mary Pauline (Pucci) and the late Salvatore Joseph Maranto and husband of 15 years to Marie Elena (Sacco) Maranto. He worked for the...

Jun 13, 2020

Thomas Hampton, age 70, of Abingdon, Maryland passed away on June 13, 2020 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, Maryland. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the son of William Hampton Sr. and Florine (Lorch) Hilditch. Thomas loved his cat "Kit-Cat", he loved being with her and his family. He enjoyed building and tinkering serving as a mechanic...

Jun 13, 2020

Jun 11, 2020

John "Chris" Cobo, age 61, of Forest Hill, Maryland passed away on June 11, 2020 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, Maryland. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the son of Maureen (Cahill) and Jack Cobo and husband of Lynne Burns-Cobo. He was a longtime member of Geneva Golf & Country Club. He was an avid golfer, enjoyed...

Jun 11, 2020

Ann Kelly, age 98, of Glen Arm, Maryland, formerly of Aberdeen, Maryland passed away on June 11, 2020 at Glen Meadows Retirement Community in Glen Arm, Maryland. Born in Havre de Grace, Maryland, she was the daughter of Bennett and Neva (Michael) Middelton and wife of the late Honorable Charles Joseph Kelly, Sr. She was a member of the Vol....

Jun 10, 2020

Jessie M. Powers, age 91, of Forest Hill, Maryland passed away on June 10, 2020 at Forest Hill Heights in Forest Hill, Maryland. Born in Gracen County, Virginia, she was the daughter of Wiley Bradford and Rosa Lura (Plummer) Reedy and wife of 75 years to Walter M. Powers. She enjoyed being a homemaker most of her life. She was...

Jun 10, 2020

Joyce Anne Phillips, age 76, of Jarrettsville, Maryland passed away on June 10, 2020 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, Maryland. Born in Dennison, Ohio, she was the daughter of Dolph William and Betty Irene (Peters) Henrichs and wife of the late K. Robert Phillips Sr. Joyce loved gardening and animals, especially giraffes. Joyce is survived by her...

Jun 9, 2020

Jun 8, 2020

Margaret Mary Hakim, age 88, of Glen Arm, Maryland passed away on June 8, 2020 at her home. Born in Brooklyn, New York, she was the daughter of Thomas and Catherine (Farrell) Swift and wife of the late Dr. Jamshid Hakim. She retired from Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn, NY as a Nurse Educator working in the operating room. She had...

Jun 7, 2020

Linda Lee Miller, age 75, of Bel Air, Maryland passed away on June 7, 2020 at her home. Born in Churchville, Maryland, she was the daughter of William and Marie (Testerman) Weaver. She was a volunteer for Chesapeake Cancer Alliance and was a member of the Bel Air Church of the Nazarene. She was a 19-year heart transplant survivor and...

Jun 7, 2020

John Rys-Sikora, age 95, of Bel Air, Maryland passed away on June 7, 2020 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, Maryland. Born in Przodkowo, Poland, he was the son of Jan and Maria (Reibant) Sikora and husband of 62 years to Kamila Rys-Sikora. He was a member of St. Margaret's Catholic Church. He retired as the Chief Chemist...

Jun 6, 2020

Bernadine Smith, age 61, of Bel Air, Maryland, and residing in Ashland, Virginia the past two years, passed away on June 6, 2020. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, she was the daughter of the late William and Bertha Lillian Smith. She was a restaurant manager for over 25 years, lastly at Cactus Willie’s. A tough lady with a big...

Jun 5, 2020

Sandra Lee Robinson Leffel, 78, of Forest Hill, Maryland passed away suddenly on Friday, June 5, 2020. Born in Saginaw, Michigan, she was the daughter of the late C.L. Robinson and Frances Brown Roll. Sandra lived most of her life in Louisville, KY and was a member of the first graduating class of Durrett High School in Louisville in 1960....

Jun 5, 2020

Virginia Ellen Hodge was born in 1922 in Denver Colorado, the youngest of four children, to Rudolph and Nellie Spring. Growing up post-depression, she loved roller skating and spending time with her sister, Ruth. She married her husband, Aaron, in 1941. They had two children, Howard and Don. Her talent in hospitality began to shine when Aaron was called into...

Jun 4, 2020

William Kenneth Holcomb, age 80, of Churchville, MD, passed away on June 4, 2020 at his home. Friends and family called him Kenny. He was a native of Joppa, Maryland. Kenny was born on August 17, 1939 to his parents Zach and Hazel Holcomb. He attended Bel Air High School and upon graduating he served his country for 35 ½...