Obituaries

Jan 27, 2020

Robert Allen Shumate, age 68, of Street, Maryland passed away on January 27, 2020 at his home. Born in Maryland, he was the son of the late John Ray and Helen Elizabeth (Johnson) Shumate and husband of the late Evelyn Louise (Jones) Shumate. Robert was a avid fisherman. He also enjoyed antiques cars and cheering on the Baltimore Ravens, but...

Jan 26, 2020

Linwood Allan Hayden Sr., age 87, of Bel Air, MD passed away on January 26, 2020 at his home. Born in Fredericksburg, VA, he was the son of the late Homer and Ashlar (Mills) Hayden. Linwood grew up playing football and baseball and was a big sports fan, he loved the Dallas Cowboys. He enjoyed working on his boat, he...

Jan 26, 2020

Barbara H. Lane, age 76, of Fallston, MD passed away on January 26, 2020 at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Dorothy (Kirby) Heise. She was an educator for the Harford County Public School System where she retired after 33 years of service spending most of her years at...

Jan 26, 2020

Jan 25, 2020

Alma Ethel Randall, age 92, of Abingdon, Maryland passed away on January 25, 2020 at Sterling Care Riverside in Belcamp, Maryland. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, she was the daughter of William and Wilhelmina Dorthea Jahnke and wife of the late Harry Calvert Randall. She worked at Epsteins Department Store in Highlandtown. She loved to duckpin bowl and play shuffleboard and...

Jan 25, 2020

M. Jeanne Walters, age 92, of Fallston, MD passed away on January 25, 2020 at Lorien Bel Air in Bel Air, MD. Born in Robbins, TN, she was the last of 13 children of the late Edward and Gertrude (Murley) Chitwood and wife of the late Russell Walters. She had worked as a contract specialist for the Department of Defense...

Jan 24, 2020

Neal Cherry, age 68, of Bel Air, Maryland passed away on January 24, 2020 at Forest Hill Health & Rehabilitation Center in Forest Hill, Maryland. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the son of Joseph John and Martha Ann (Andes) Cherry and husband of Geraldine E. Cherry. He was a Veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces. In addition to his...

Jan 23, 2020

Kenneth Charles Romagna, age 80, of Fallston, MD suddenly passed away on January 23, 2020 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Pasquale and Anna (Linz) Romagna. Ken was a salesman and branch manager for the A. B. Dick Company for 35 years. He enjoyed working on...

Jan 23, 2020

Virginia June (White) Mundth was granted her angel wings on January 23rd, 2020. She finished her earthly journey peacefully in her Bel Air home surrounded by her beloved children. Born in Janesville, WI on June 11, 1927 to George H. and Ruth I. (Munson) White, Virginia (“Bunny” to her friends) later married her Janesville high school sweetheart, Gerald Eugene Mundth...

Jan 23, 2020

Rev. Bruce A. Barstow, age 72, of Churchville, Maryland passed away on January 23, 2020 at Hart Heritage Estates - Street, Maryland. Born in New York City, New York, he was the son of the late John and Gwendolen (McWilliam) Barstow. He graduated from Occidental College (Los Angeles) in 1970 with his bachelor’s degree and went on to receive his...

Jan 22, 2020

Carol Sofia Becker, age 75, of Bel Air, MD passed away on January 22, 2020 at Senator Bob Hooper House in Forest Hill, MD. Born in Hammonton, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Samuel Sofia and Charles and Dorothy (Warskow) DeMarco. She was a registered nurse and a member of (AORN) The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses and...

Jan 22, 2020

Gladys R. Meurer, age 89, of Edgewood, Maryland passed away on January 22, 2020 at her home. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, she was the daughter of Charles M. and Daisy Pearl (Ketchum) Hilker and wife of the late Gilbert George Meurer Sr. She loved to bake and enjoyed roses and poinsettias. Gladys took care of her family and helped her...

Jan 21, 2020

Edward H. Kappel, age 85, of Bel Air, Maryland passed away on January 21, 2020 at his home. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the son of the late Herman Conrad and Margaret Christine (Hucke) Kappel and husband of Roberta (Cruickshanks) Kappel. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He was the Deputy Director of Finance for Baltimore City...

Jan 21, 2020

Sylvia C. Weisman, age 75, of Abingdon, Maryland passed away on January 21, 2020 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, Maryland. Born in Hagerstown, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Leon and Hilda (Frantz) Cushwa. Sylvia worked as a nurse and loved the beach and holidays. She enjoyed crafts, like making flower arrangements, wreaths, blankets, pillows...

Jan 18, 2020

Phyllis Adell Hoover, age 94, of Joppa, Maryland passed away on January 18, 2020 at Oakwood Care Center in Middle River, Maryland. Born in Eagle Rock, California, she was the daughter of the late Larenzo D. and Marvel Marie (nee Steger) Prohaska and wife of the late Garland N. Hoover. She was a member of Mountain Christian Church. Phyllis is...

Jan 18, 2020

Dorothy A. Panowicz, 86, of Joppa, Maryland passed away on January 18, 2020 at Gilchrist Hospice @ GBMC in Towson, Maryland. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, she was the daughter of John and Helen (Bielut) Olszewski and wife of the late Raphael Bernard Panowicz. Dorothy was a member of St. Stephen's Catholic Church for over 50 years. She retired from the...

Jan 18, 2020

Libby Wrede, age 87, of Forest Hill, Maryland passed away on January 18, 2020 at Forest Hill Heights in Forest Hill, Maryland. Born in Forest Hill, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late James M. and Margaret B.(Ward) Hicks and wife of 64 years to Donald Edward Wrede. In her younger years she was very athletic and was an...

Jan 17, 2020

Paulette Joyce Franz, age 75, of Bel Air, Maryland passed away on January 17, 2020 at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Wilmer and Edith May (Glendening) Simmons and wife of 53 years to Raymond N. Franz. She loved watching old TV Westerns and spending time...

Jan 16, 2020

Craig Wald, age 72, of Bel Air, Maryland passed away on January 16, 2020 from a brief illness with pancreatic cancer at his home. Born in South Bend, Indiana, he was the son of the late Bernard Adam and Kevin Mary (Jackson) Wald and husband of Claire Marie (Schwartz) Wald. He lived on the campus in post War World II...

Jan 16, 2020

Dorothy Bennett, age 72, of Bel Air, Maryland passed away on January 16, 2020 at her home. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Charles Edward and Margaret Winnie (Streater) Wellmann and husband of the late Samuel Errol Bennett Sr. She was a member of Grandview Christian Church for 33 years where she was active in...