Obituaries

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

George David Gardner

George David Gardner

Apr 26, 2017

George David Gardner, age 73, of Edgewood, MD passed away on April 26, 2017 at Lorien Riverside in Belcamp, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Emmett Curtis and Dorothea Adeline (Roese) Gardner. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and a member of the Edgewood American Legion. Mr. Gardner is survived by his wife of...

Lina Reeves Johnson Warfield

Lina Reeves Johnson Warfield

Apr 25, 2017

On Tuesday April 25, 2017 Lina Reeves Johnson Warfield of Forest Hill, Maryland. Daughter of the late Bower C. Reeves and the late Floreta Turner Reeves. Wife of the lateP. Donald Johnson and the late Ernest Warfield. Mother of Barbara Eyler and husband David; Walter Johnson and wife Kathy. Grandmother of Lauren; Beth - Paul Johnson; sister of John T....

James Howard Blake

James Howard Blake

Apr 24, 2017

James Howard Blake, age 76, of Bel Air, MD passed away on April 24, 2017 at his home. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Robert Vinton and Miriam (Moog) Blake. Mr. Blake is survived by his wife of 53 years, Susan Lillian Blake; children, Greg Blake and Amy Dousa and her husband, Todd; siblings, Margaret Pater, Helen...

Stanley Joseph Jablecki Iii

Stanley Joseph Jablecki Iii

Apr 24, 2017

Stanley Joseph Jablecki III, age 30, of Bel Air, MD passed away on April 24, 2017 at his home. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Stanley Joseph and Joyce Ellen (Plishka) Jablecki of Bel Air. A 2004 graduate of C. Milton Wright High School, he was involved in many sports growing up. Stanley loved spending time with...

Hilda Graham Cooper

Hilda Graham Cooper

Apr 23, 2017

Hilda Graham Cooper, age 78, of Rock Hill, South Carolina passed away on April 23, 2017 after a short illness while visiting her daughter in Maryland. Born in Lancaster County, SC, she was the daughter of James and Mary (Hunter) Graham and the wife of the late Gerald B. Cooper. She was a retired school teacher and a member of...

Verna Ray Mazan

Verna Ray Mazan

Apr 22, 2017

On April 22, 2017, at age 92, Verna Ray Mazan (nee Spicer) beloved wife of the late Edmund James Mazan; loving daughter of the late Vernon Brown and Bessie Virginia Spicer (nee Ray), devoted mother of Nancy Verna Garey and her husband Art of Rosedale, David Edmund Mazan (previously married to Lori Jewel) of Rosedale; Bernard James Mazan and his...

Steven S. Sova

Steven S. Sova

Apr 22, 2017

Steven S. Sova, age 43, of Bel Air, MD and Baltimore, passed away on April 22, 2017 at his home. Born in Seoul, Korea, he was the son of Joseph T. Sova Jr. of Bel Air and the late Norma Ellena (Leary) Sova. He was a restaurant manager, a huge history buff and an avid sports fan. He was also...

Virginia Elizabeth Speyer

Virginia Elizabeth Speyer

Apr 21, 2017

Virginia Elizabeth Lanning Speyer, 86, of Fallston, Maryland, surrounded by her family, went to be with our blessed Lord on April 21, 2017. Ginny was born on August 25, 1930 in Belleville, New Jersey. She was married to Walter "Bud" Speyer for 57 years. In addition to raising seven children and supporting her beloved Bud through his business career, she...

Maryann K. Bauer

Maryann K. Bauer

Apr 21, 2017

Maryann K. Bauer, age 80, of Baltimore, MD passed away on April 21, 2017 at Lorien Riverside in Belcamp, MD. Born in Pittsburgh, PA, she was the daughter of Richard Anthony Keck and Gertrude Dipple and was the wife of the late Theodore Robert Bauer. In January 1990, she received her AA from Harford Community College and worked as a...

Robert D. ''Bobby'' Weaver

Robert D. ''Bobby'' Weaver

Apr 21, 2017

Robert D. "Bobby" Weaver, age 47, of Bel Air, MD passed away on April 21, 2017. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, he was the son of Joyce Catherine (Nagy) Weaver of Churchville, MD and the late Robert Darrell Weaver. He loved fishing, watching the Ravens and Orioles, and spending time with his children and grandchildren. He also enjoyed spending...

Gaye V. Mcguire

Gaye V. Mcguire

Apr 20, 2017

Gaye V. McGuire, age 92, of Aberdeen, Maryland passed away on April 20, 2017 at her home. Born in Nathans Creek, North Carolina, she was the daughter of Charles and Chessie (Sheets) Woody and was the wife of the late Charles Eugene McGuire. During WWII she had worked at Glen L. Martin as a riveter. She loved cooking and baking...

Cecelia Lauren Sleeman

Cecelia Lauren Sleeman

Apr 19, 2017

Cecelia Lauren Sleeman, age 71, of Forest Hill, Maryland passed away on April 19, 2017 at the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, Maryland. Born in Baltimore City, Maryland, she was the daughter of Lawrence John and Martha Harriett (Wollmer) Forbes. She was the award winning owner and operator of Poppy's Place in Street, MD for 26 years. A...

Timothy Sean Cooney

Timothy Sean Cooney

Apr 18, 2017

Timothy Sean Cooney, age 56, of Edgewood, Maryland passed away at home on April 18, 2017. Born on May 1, 1960 in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the son of Shirley Joy (James) Dowling and the late Thomas William Cooney. Tim was a kind, gentle, dependable, loving person with a light heart and funny sense of humor. He was a good...

Charles E. Doran, Sr.

Charles E. Doran, Sr.

Apr 17, 2017

Charles E. Doran Sr., age 73, of Edgewood, Maryland passed away on April 17, 2017 at the Perry Point VA Medical Center in Perryville, Maryland. Born in Joppa, Maryland, he was the son of Richard John and Ethel Marie (Krell) Doran. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served our country during the Vietnam War. He was a member of...

Greg Euler

Greg Euler

Apr 17, 2017

Greg Euler, age 52, of Fallston, MD passed away on April 17, 2017 at his home. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Jean Carol (Carver) Reider and stepson of S. Dick Reider of Perry Hall, MD and the late Elmer Henry Euler Jr. He worked at Plaza Ford as an auto mechanic, was an avid outdoorsman, hunter...

Nellie Angela C. Sadler

Nellie Angela C. Sadler

Apr 16, 2017

Nellie Angelina C. Sadler, age 93, of Bel Air, Maryland passed away on April 16, 2017 at the Hart Heritage Estates in Forest Hill, Maryland. She was born in Pittston, Pennsylvania. She frequently attended church at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church until she was too ill to attend anymore. She was an avid bridge player, enjoyed going to the...

Dorothy Robinson Pettingill

Dorothy Robinson Pettingill

Apr 16, 2017

Dorothy Robinson Pettingill, 87, beloved mother and grandmother, passed away on Easter Sunday. Born in Rutledge, MD, she was the daughter of William Lee and Henrietta Robinson. As a teenager and young adult, Dorothy was an avid equestrian and belonged to the Harford Elkridge Hunt Club. She graduated from Jarrettsville High School in 1948 and worked for PNC Bank as...

Michael D. Cobb

Michael D. Cobb

Apr 16, 2017

In lieu of flowers, a contribution can be made to:American Cancer Society405 Williams CourtSuite 120Baltimore, MD 21220

Raymond O'Donnell

Raymond O'Donnell

Apr 15, 2017

Raymond O'Donnell, age 72, of Rising Sun, MD passed away on April 15, 2017 at his home. Born in Port Reading, NJ, he was the son of Joseph and Freda (Springer) O'Donnell. He loved old cars, NASCAR races and was an avid camper. He also enjoyed woodworking, coin collecting and spending time with his grandchildren. Mr. O'Donnell is survived by...

Lee I. Cronin

Lee I. Cronin

Apr 15, 2017

Elizabeth Lee Cronin passed away on April 14, 2017 in Fallston, Maryland, just short of her 102 birthday. She was the daughter of the late John L. Irwin and Mayfield (Wright) Irwin. Mrs. Cronin was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Cornelius F. Cronin and her son, Neil C. Cronin. She is survived by her four daughters,...