Obituaries

Nov 15, 2016

Milton E. "Mick" Absher, of Bel Air, MD, died at the age of 70 on November 15, 2016 at his home. He was born in Darlington, MD to William Walter and Martha Elvira (Barker) Absher. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served our country during the Vietnam War. For over 20 years, he owned his own construction business. He...

Nov 15, 2016

Joan S. Knapton, of Churchville, MD, died at the age of 78 on November 15, 2016, at the Senator Bob Hooper House in Forest Hill, MD. She was born in Quincy, MA, to Jacob Edwin and Anna Ebba (Johnson) Jacobson. She grew up in Weymouth and Quincy, MA, where, riding the bus to work one day, she caught the eye...

Nov 14, 2016

On Monday, November 14, 2016 Lama Sewall (L.S.) Martin, Jr. of Bel Air, Maryland passed away. Son of the late Lama Sewall Martin, Sr. and the late Etta Grimes Martin. Husband of Dorothy Michael Martin; father of Karen L. Martin; Leslie A. Martin; brother of Lucy Puleio; Barbara Chamberlain; Dean Martin; Charles Martin. Visitiation will be Friday, November 18, 2016...

Nov 14, 2016

Gene R. Wood, of Bel Air, MD, died at the age of 79 on November 14, 2016 at his home. He was born in Aberdeen, MD to Bayes Franklin and Inez Rachel (Irwin) Wood. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and was employed, for 34 years, with Baltimore Gas and Electric Company. He enjoyed bowling, traveling, all outdoor...

Nov 14, 2016

Barbara Ann Ball Lentini, age 72, of Abingdon, MD passed away at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on November 14, 2016. Born in Edgewood, MD on April 11, 1944, she was the daughter of the late Dallas Wayne and Agnes Wampler Ball of Harford County.The day after graduating from Edgewood High School, Barbara began what was supposed to be a summer...

Nov 13, 2016

Arthur William Kretzschmar, of Joppa, MD, died at the age of 87 on November 13, 2016 at his home. He was born in Philadelphia, PA to Arthur Elis and Sara Helen (Sanderson) Kretzschmar and was the husband of the late Connie Ann Kretzschmar. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force, he was a world traveler and had visited six continents....

Nov 13, 2016

On Sunday November 13, 2016 Lillian Anna Molter of White Hall, Maryland passed away. Daughter of the late Albert E. Lock and Ann Rose Maier Lock. Wife of the late Norman H. Molter; mother of John Molter; Norman Molter; Paul Molter; Ruth Molter; also survived by 4 Great Grandsons. She was predeceased by a brother George Lock. Services and burial...

Nov 13, 2016

Janette Leanne Gable, of Bel Air, MD, died at the age of 18 on November 13, 2016 at her home. She was born in Baltimore to John A. Gable of Abingdon and Margaret A. (Arzate) Gable of Bel Air. She attended Bel Air High School where she was a senior, and enjoyed spending time with her family. She loved animals...

Nov 12, 2016

Mary Hope Gagnon, of Fort Pierce, FL and Bel Air, MD, passed at the age of 72 on November 12, 2016 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air. She was born in New Haven, CT to Joseph D. and Adrienne (Grazioso) Scarpellino and was a 1966 graduate of Southern CT State Teacher's College. Mary Hope is survived by her...

Nov 11, 2016

Nov 10, 2016

William F. Turner of Churchville, MD, died at the age of 91 on November 10, 2016 at his home. He was born in Brooklyn, NY to William Fisher Turner Jr. and Sarah Beverley Turner. He was a graduate of Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn and attended Clemson College for one semester before enlisting in the U.S. Army. He was...

Nov 10, 2016

Mary Patricia Hanley, of Bel Air, MD, died at the age of 81 on November 10, 2016 at her son's home in Monkton. She was born in Woodbury, NJ to John Francis and Mary (Kavanagh) O'Donnell and was the wife of the late Hugh J. Hanley Sr. She was a member of St. Ignatius Catholic Church and the Emerald Isle...

Nov 9, 2016

Connie Salmons, of Joppa, MD, died at the age of 60 on November 9, 2016. She was born in Mattwan, WV to Pearl Salmons and the late Allene (Steele) Salmons. In addition to her father, survivors include her children, Jennifer Devereux, Jason Holewinski and Justin Holewinski; her siblings, Pam Stepp , Mark Salmons, Cathy Spangler, and Caren Lutter and husband,...

Nov 7, 2016

Gillian M. Banker passed on November 7, 2016 due to complications following emergency surgery on November 6. She was eighty years of age. As the daughter of Leonard and Mary Lansdown, Jill was the Great-Granddaughter of Benjamin Lansdown, the founder of the Wiltshire Times Newspaper published in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England since 1858. She was born in Trowbridge. She attended boarding...

Nov 6, 2016

Cozette "Cozy" Coates, of Joppa, MD, died at the age of 79 on November 6, 2016 at Overlea Health and Rehabilitation Center in Baltimore, MD. She was born in Philadelphia, PA to James and Maggie (Lyons) Ruffin. She was a generous person who was well liked by all and loved by the children in her neighborhood. She loved her pets...

Nov 6, 2016

Joyce A. Klages, of Bel Air, MD, formerly of Waters Edge, died at the age of 76 on November 6, 2016 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air. She was born in Baltimore to Richard Francis and Margaret (Raley) Murphy. Survivors include her husband of 56 years, C. Roland Klages; her son, Kevin A. Klages and wife, Paula, of...

Nov 3, 2016

Estelle S. Bolton, of Bel Air, MD died at the age of 86 on November 3, 2016 at her daughter's home in Gaithersburg, MD. She was born on May 6, 1930 in Arab, AL to Thomas Chalmers and Florence Beulah (Cobb) Satterfield and was the wife of the late Vivian "Mike" Reynolds Bolton. Estelle was a real estate agent and...

Nov 3, 2016

Richard T. Cox, Sr, of Bel Air, MD, died at the age of 87 on November 3, 2016 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air. He was born in Baltimore to William and Gertrude (Schneider) Cox and was the husband of the late Mercedes B.L. Cox. He was a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and had worked for the...

Nov 2, 2016

Nov 1, 2016

Lois Pittman MacAnespie of Bel Air, MD, died at the age of 93 on November 1, 2016 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air. She was born in Richmond, VA to Joseph C.D. Pittman and Cora N. (Bergman) Pittman, and was the wife of the late Thomas Gordon MacAnespie. She was a homemaker and a longtime member of Mountain...