Obituaries

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

Dr. Henry E. Hill

Dr. Henry E. Hill

Oct 8, 2014

Dr. Henry E. Hill, age 95, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on October 8, 2014. Born in Union County, Tennessee in 1919, he was one of six children born to Elbert Q. and Lucy Snodderly Hill. After serving in the South Pacific in World War II, he graduated from Butler University in Indiana and received his Masters and Doctorate...

Lucille M. Hannah-Morgan

Lucille M. Hannah-Morgan

Oct 8, 2014

Lucille M. Hannah-Morgan, age 86, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on October 8, 2014 at her home. Born in North Wilkesboro, NC, she was the daughter of the late Samuel Richard and Nora Alice Haynes Ellis and wife of the late Arthur Hannah and Ross Morgan. She had worked as a seamstress for Glen Eagles Sewing Factory and was...

Donald Kranyak

Donald Kranyak

Oct 8, 2014

Donald M. Kranyak, age 80, of Fallston, MD, passed away on October 8, 2014 at Bel Air Health and Rehabilitation in Bel Air. Born and raised in Stamford, CT, he is the son of the late Michael and Mary Kostezak Kranyak. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, and had worked with the U.S. Postal Service for 32 years....

Lottie Elizabeth Kienzler

Lottie Elizabeth Kienzler

Oct 7, 2014

Lottie Elizabeth Kienzler, age 89, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on October 7, 2014 at Bel Air Health and Rehabilitation in Bel Air. Born in Grantsville, MD, she is the daughter of the late Roy Carson Patton and Bessie Myrtle Butler Patton-Rogers, and wife of the late Oscar Kienzler. A 1942 graduate of Grantsville High School, she was a...

Charles "Duffy" M. Duff

Charles "Duffy" M. Duff

Oct 7, 2014

Charles "Duffy" M. Duff, age 85, of Aberdeen, MD, passed away on October 7, 2014 at Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace, MD surrounded by family. Born in Havre de Grace, he is the son of the late Vernon Lee and Beatrice Viola Morris Duff. He retired in 1989 after 17 years of service as a mail carrier for...

Phyllis Rachel Bonney

Phyllis Rachel Bonney

Oct 7, 2014

Phyllis Rachel Bonney, age 93, of Abingdon, MD, passed away on October 7, 2014 at Brightview Assisted Living in Bel Air. Born in Denver, CO, she is the daughter of the late Herschel Osephus and Martha Jane Lowe Pumphrey and wife of the late Lyle Douglas Bonney. She raised her family in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Greenbelt, Maryland and Forsyth,...

Charles ''Bill'' A. Duerbeck Jr.

Charles ''Bill'' A. Duerbeck Jr.

Oct 5, 2014

Charles A. "Bill" Duerbeck Jr., age 82, of Joppa, MD passed away on October 5, 2014 at his home. Born in Baltimore, he is the son of the late Charles Anthony Duerbeck Sr. and Alice Eleanore Faid Duerbeck. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he was a Technical Director at WMAR TV. When Bill was 14 years old, he joined...

Barbara E. Youngman

Barbara E. Youngman

Oct 5, 2014

Barbara E. Youngman, age 65, of Bel Air, MD passed away on October 5, 2014 at Gilchrist Hospice in Towson, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she is the daughter of the late Robert H. and Ruth Bette Caulfield Bauer. She had worked as a Registered Nurse for 25 years and for the last 12 years, at the Harford County Public...

Marvin Eudiel  Hernandez Trejo

Marvin Eudiel Hernandez Trejo

Oct 4, 2014

Marvin Eudiel Hernandez Trejo, age 16, of Bel Air, MD passed away suddenly on October 4, 2014. Born in Baltimore, he is the son of Jose Jesus Hernandez and Santos Candida Trejo de Hernandez of Bel Air. He was an 11th grade student at Bel Air High School. He attended the youth program at Mountain Christian Church and liked going...

Eileen Elizabeth Brunicke

Eileen Elizabeth Brunicke

Oct 2, 2014

On Thursday, October 2, 2014, Eileen Elizabeth Brunicke of Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania passed away. Daughter of the late William Farrell and the late Bridget Frances Duffy Farrell. Mother of Michael and Kevin Brunicke; grandmother of Shannon Brunicke; Jason Brunicke; Trinity Brunicke; Russell Brunicke; also survived by two brothers- Robert Farrell; and William Farrell and one sister- Frances Cronin. Visitation will be...

Thelma Randolph

Thelma Randolph

Oct 1, 2014

Thelma Randolph, age 92, of Joppa, MD, passed away on October 1, 2014 at her home. Born in Philadelphia, PA, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Elizabeth Treegoob and wife of the late Charles W. Randolph. She enjoyed shopping on QVC, watching court trials on television and traveling to Florida. She also enjoyed hosting dinner parties and...

Bill Jackson

Bill Jackson

Sep 30, 2014

Bill Jackson of Bel Air, Maryland passed away on September 30, 2014. He was 82 years old. Born in Erie, Pennsylvania he was the son of the late Jay and Marion Jackson. He is survived by his wife Barbara Jackson. He was the devoted father of Debbie (Jim) Doherty, Karen (Don) Irby, Susan (David) Gibbons, William (Karen) Jackson Jr., Judith...

Dennis G. Davis

Dennis G. Davis

Sep 29, 2014

Dennis G. Davis, age 88, of Glasgow, DE, passed away on September 29, 2014 at Bel Air Health and Rehabilitation Center in Bel Air, MD. Born on September 21, 1926 in Roper, NC, he was the son of the late Joseph William and Edna Spruill Davis. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served our country during WWII and was...

Jack Prichard

Jack Prichard

Sep 28, 2014

John "Jack" Prichard, age 47 passed away on September 28, 2014 at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis, MD. Born in Summit, NJ, he is the son of David W. Prichard and Diane M. (Ashfield) Prichard. He was a graduate of C. Milton Wright High School and Towson University. Jack was known for his intelligence, humor, passion for the underprivileged...

Ernest Waybright

Ernest Waybright

Sep 27, 2014

Ernest Waybright, age 85, of Street, MD, passed away on September 27, 2014 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Rowslesburg, WV, he was the son of the late Able W. and Zula Bennett Waybright and husband of the late Bessie Marie Price Waybright. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and a member of...

Zelma V. Dorsey

Zelma V. Dorsey

Sep 27, 2014

Zelma V. Dorsey, age 95, of Baltimore, MD, passed away on September 27, 2014 at the Charlestown Retirement Community in Catonsville, MD. Born in Washington, DC, she was the daughter of the late William Henry Curry Sr. and Mary Letcher Williams Curry and wife, for 62 years, of the late James R. Dorsey Sr. She was proud to have attended...

Blanche May "Betty" Earle

Blanche May "Betty" Earle

Sep 26, 2014

Blanche (Betty) May Earle passed away on September 26th at the home of her daughter, Glenna DiBlasi. She was laid to rest on September 29th at Holly Hill Memorial Gardens in Middle River, Maryland. Betty was born on June 2, 1920 in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. She was one of John and Mabel Whitlock's fifteen children. Married to the late Walter Earle...

H. Janice Nelson

H. Janice Nelson

Sep 23, 2014

H. Janice Nelson, age 82, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on September 23, 2014 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late William F. and Ethel Lochboehler Gies. A 1949 graduate of Seton High School, she retired from the Harford County Government Procurement Office where she worked...

David Wayne Saron

David Wayne Saron

Sep 23, 2014

David Wayne Saron, age 60, of Edgewood, MD, passed away on September 23, 2014 at his home. Born in Baltimore, MD, he is the son of the late George Elliott Saron and Betty Jane MacDonald. A 1971 graduate of Polytechnic High School, he moved to Harford County in 1976 and was currently working for Straub's Inventory Control. He was a...