Obituaries

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

Victor Robert "Bob" Gillette

Victor Robert "Bob" Gillette

Aug 16, 2019

Victor Robert (Bob) Gillette, age 87, passed away on Friday, August 16th, 2019 at home in Hanover, PA, where he had resided since January 2018. A native of Dowagiac, Michigan, Bob was born May 9, 1932 and was the son of the late Max and Ruth Gillette. Bob graduated from Dowagiac High School, and was a proud alumnus of Michigan...

Lillian Karen Nilsen Sivertsen

Lillian Karen Nilsen Sivertsen

Aug 15, 2019

Lillian Karin Nilsen Sivertsen, age 90, of Forest Hill, MD passed away on August 15, 2019 at Hart Heritage Estates, Forest Hill, MD. Born in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late Nils and Susanna Pedersen Nilsen. Mrs. Sivertsen attended Packard Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn Heights, NY and graduated from New York University with a degree in Biological...

Effie Ruth Drumbor Setzer

Effie Ruth Drumbor Setzer

Aug 15, 2019

Effie Ruth Drumbor Setzer, age 84, of Kingsville, MD passed away on August 15, 2019 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Hazleton, PA, she was the daughter of the late Allen and Dorothy (Kropp) Drumbor and wife of the late Herbert Setzer. She was a member of the Dundalk Chapter of The Order of the...

Monica Martinez

Monica Martinez

Aug 14, 2019

Monica will be very much missed, and all will remember her beautiful spirit, her compassion and kindness to others. Those who knew Monica even just a little lost a shining light in their lives. Monica Martinez (Jaramillo) was a beloved daughter, aunt, sister, cousin and lifelong friend who left this world unexpectedly, on August 14, 2019 in her home. Monica...

Dennis M. Barry

Dennis M. Barry

Aug 14, 2019

Dennis M. Barry, age 71, passed away on August 14, 2019 at his home in Abingdon, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Thomas Barry and Fern Lornore Knight. In addition to his parents, his brother, Keith Barry, preceded him in death. He also had a stepsister Jan Anglin. Dennis received residential services through Mid-Atlantic Human Service...

Linda Joanne Crouse

Linda Joanne Crouse

Aug 13, 2019

Linda Joanne Crouse, age 66, of Edgewood, MD passed away on August 13, 2019 at Gilchrist Hospice in Towson, MD. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, she was the daughter of Edgar Allen and Macie Annabelle (McCoy) Mull. She was a member of Maple View Baptist Church. Linda was a loving wife, mother and grandmother who adored her family. A...

Loteze Kadlec

Loteze Kadlec

Aug 13, 2019

Loteze Kadlec, age 82, of Bel Air, MD passed away on August 13, 2019 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Flat Ridge, VA, she was the daughter of Lee Harrison and Hazel Marie (Parks) Long and wife of the late Raymond Kadlec and the late Johnny G. Lough. She was a member of Union Chapel...

Michael Lynn Maples

Michael Lynn Maples

Aug 11, 2019

Michael Lynn Maples, age 44, of Forest Hill, MD passed away on August 11, 2019 in Bel Air, MD. Born in Sevierville, TN, he was the son of Fred Maples and Ronda McGill, and was raised by William Coy Maples and Lou Eller Maples. A graduate of Sevierville High School, he was self-employed doing residential construction under Maples Homestead Renovation...

Hugh Robert Carlon

Hugh Robert Carlon

Aug 11, 2019

Dr. Hugh Robert Carlon was born on October 4, 1934 in Camden, NJ. He was raised in Yeadon, PA, a Philadelphia suburb, and graduated from Yeadon High School in 1952. He earned his B.S. in chemical engineering from Drexel University in 1957, an M.S. in systems engineering from George Washington University in 1971, and a doctorate in physics in 1979...

Bernadette E. Bernhardt

Bernadette E. Bernhardt

Aug 11, 2019

Bernadette E. Bernhardt, age 85, of Abingdon, MD passed away on August 11, 2019 at Senator Bob Hooper House in Forest Hill, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of Christopher W. and Marie K. (Meyers) Napfel, stepdaughter of Mary H. Reinhardt Napfel and wife of the late James E. Bernhardt Jr. Married for more than 50 years,...

Regina Marie Baker

Regina Marie Baker

Aug 8, 2019

Regina Marie Baker, age 69, of Bel Air, MD passed away suddenly on August 8, 2019 at her home. Born in Baltimore, MD, raised in Dundalk she was the daughter of John and Margaret (née Duraney) Bansky. Growing up in a tight-knit community of close friends she developed a love of photography, after graduating Dundalk High School she went straight...

Helen Josephine Kufera

Helen Josephine Kufera

Aug 6, 2019

Helen Josephine Kufera, age 92, of Edgewood, MD died peacefully at her home on August 6, 2019. Born in Trenton, NJ, she was the daughter of Angelo and Jennie (Cardaciotto) LaPorta and wife of 60 years to the late Stanislaus Joseph Kufera. Mrs. Kufera was one of the founding members of Prince of Peace Catholic Church. She enjoyed being the...

John Tanner Scott "Scott"

John Tanner Scott "Scott"

Aug 5, 2019

John Tanner Scott "SCOTT", age 94, of Ocean City, MD passed away on August 5, 2019 at Dacota Assisted Living in Aberdeen, MD. He was the son of the late Charles Alexander Scott and Caroline Soderlund and husband of the late Marian Margaret (Morley) Scott. He served in the U.S. Army’s 517th Parachute Infantry in World War II. After returning...

Ted Dewald

Ted Dewald

Aug 5, 2019

Ted DeWald, age 47, of Towson, MD passed away on August 5, 2019 at his home. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Theodore Alvin and Eileen Mildred (Ratajczak) DeWald and husband of Elizabeth Ann DeWald. He grew up in Baltimore, graduating from Arch Bishop Curley and managed the family vending business, East Side Vending. Fitness was his...

Janet L. Coulter Gemberling

Janet L. Coulter Gemberling

Aug 3, 2019

Janet L. Coulter Gemberling, age 81, of Aberdeen, MD passed away on August 3, 2019 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Brunswick, MD, she was the daughter of Melvin Coulter and Elsie (Best) Moore. She worked as a nursing assistant and attended Edgewood Assembly of God. She enjoyed spending time with family, gardening, traveling and...

Gloria L. Capallo

Gloria L. Capallo

Aug 2, 2019

Gloria L. Capallo, age 92, of Bel Air, MD passed away on August 2, 2019 at the Oak Crest Retirement Community in Parkville, MD. She was born in Wyomissing, PA. to the late John and Miriam Fork (nee Kramer). She was married to the late William Capallo for over 60 years. She received her nursing education at The Reading Hospital...

Evelyn C. Carroll

Evelyn C. Carroll

Aug 1, 2019

Evelyn C. Carroll, age 81, of Abingdon, MD passed away on August 1, 2019 at her home. Born in Harford County, MD, she was the daughter of Harry and Margie (Mcgillicuddy) Norris. She worked in the hotel hospitality industry. Mrs. Carroll is survived by her husband, David Carroll; son, Steven Bazemore; daughter, Juanita Flores; stepdaughters, Tammy (Gary) Sandridge and Annette...

Michael D. Ciavolino Jr

Michael D. Ciavolino Jr

Aug 1, 2019

Michael D. Ciavolino, Jr., 94, passed away on August 1, 2019. He was born in Brooklyn, New York on December 16, 1924 to Michael and Bessie Ciavolino. Michael is survived by his ex-wife Susan K. Ciavolino; his children Marco, Gina, and Laura; his grandchildren, Jordan, Liz, Amy, Emily, Jonathan, Rocky, and Michael; and his sister Doris Smith. Michael graduated from...

Margaret "Jeanette" Viers

Margaret "Jeanette" Viers

Jul 31, 2019

Margaret “Jeanette” Viers, age 79, of Darlington, MD passed away on July 31, 2019 at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, MD surrounded by her family. Born in Alleghany county, NC, she was the daughter of Thelma E. Crouse and wife of 63 years to Vernon D. Viers. She enjoyed crafts, knitting, crossword puzzles, scrapbooking, going out to dinner...