Obituaries

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

Shawn Patrick Ader

Shawn Patrick Ader

Feb 28, 2013

Shawn Patrick Ader, who was born on May 13, 1984, left this earth on February 28th, 2013 to be with his Lord. Shawn was a man with a heart of gold. He loved to dance, loved to shoot a gun and go hunting, loved bulldogs and loved to make everyone laugh and be happy. If there was someone in a...

Madison Summer Lynn Corcoran-Narup

Madison Summer Lynn Corcoran-Narup

Feb 27, 2013

Madison Summer Lynn Corcoran born August 20, 2009 at GMBC in Baltimore MD, lived in Bel Air, MD, and graced us with her sweet lovable self for 3.5 years. She touched so many lives. Daughter to Natalie Corcoran and Steven Narup. Grand-daughter to Valerie Williams "Nona", Michael Corcoran "Pop Pop", Mark Narup "Pop-Pop", Cindy Narup "Nana", Great Grand-daughter to Polly...

Dreama Ball

Dreama Ball

Feb 27, 2013

Dreama Ball, age 70, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on February 27, 2013 at her home. Born in Norfolk, VA, she was the daughter of the late Nora, and wife of the late Robert Ball. Mrs. Ball is survived by her sons, Robert Ball and wife, Eva, of Hedgesville, WV, Daniel Ball and wife, Jennifer, of Camp Hill, PA...

Mary "Mitzi" Drabik

Mary "Mitzi" Drabik

Feb 27, 2013

Mary "Mitzi" Drabik, age 85, of Joppa, MD, passed away on February 27, 2013 at the Maples of Towson Assisted Living in Towson, MD. Born in Bloomfield, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Theodozya Rachel Gunick and wife, for 65 years, of the late Lester J. Drabik. She was a licensed beautician and homemaker. Mitzi was...

Alfogene Rena Caudle

Alfogene Rena Caudle

Feb 26, 2013

On Tuesday, February 27, 2013 Alfogene Rena Caudle of Fallston, Maryland. Wife of the late Santford Sidney Caudle, mother of Curtis D. Caudle, grandmother of Lisa Kehler, Kristin Caudle, Cherly Caudle, Cheryl Caudle,Ashley Caudle, Funeral service will be Friday, March 1, 2013 at 11:00AM from the Kurtz Funeral Home, 1114 Baldwin Mill Road, Jarrettsville, Maryland 21084. Interment in Bel Air...

Olga  Baghdassarian Gatewood

Olga Baghdassarian Gatewood

Feb 25, 2013

Dr. Olga Baghdassarian Gatewood was raised in a family with four sisters, all of whom were highly educated and became professionals, a lawyer, a mathematician, and a pediatric endocrinologist. Dr. Gatewood graduated college at age 17 and received her Medical Degree from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon at age 22. She spent two years of residency training in Radiology...

Art Crouse

Art Crouse

Feb 25, 2013

Arthur "Art" Crouse, age 90, of Darlington, MD, passed away on February 25, 2013 at Stancill's Haven Assisted Living in Joppa, MD. Born in Darlington, he was the son of the late William Franklin and Docia Ellen Caudill Crouse and husband of the late Virginia Pauline Wood. During WWII he was a cook and baker at the CCC (Civilian Conservation...

Martin William Rothe Sr.

Martin William Rothe Sr.

Feb 24, 2013

Martin William Rothe Sr., age 93, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on February 24, 2013 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Colgate, MD, he was the son of the late Martin William and Annie Carl Rothe. He was a graduate of the Fork Union Military Academy and served his country during World War II...

Ruth B.  Benfield

Ruth B. Benfield

Feb 24, 2013

Ruth B. Benfield, age 89, of Ocean City, MD, passed away on February 24, 2013 at Berlin Nursing Home in Berlin, MD. Born in Todd, NC, she was the daughter of the late Solomon Coy and Mary Bena Ross Blackburn and wife of the late Charles Van Benfield. She retired from Aberdeen Proving Grounds after 30 years of service where...

Alvin E. Steelman

Alvin E. Steelman

Feb 24, 2013

Alvin E. Steelman, age 77, of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away on February 24, 2013 at his home. Born in Yadkinville, NC, he was the son of the late Eugene Fletcher and Oda Rose Edwards Steelman. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he was employed with JM Huber Chemical Corporation over 40 years as a research analyst. Mr. Steelman...

Diana  L. Hudler

Diana L. Hudler

Feb 22, 2013

Diana L. Hudler, age 52, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on February 22, 2013 at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium. Born in Tazewell, VA, she is the daughter of Ruby Lane Crabtree Parker of Bel Air and the late Harold Merrill Parker. A Harford County resident for most of her life, she had worked at the Bata Shoe Company,...

1Sg Garret Paul Doering (Usa Retired)

1Sg Garret Paul Doering (Usa Retired)

Feb 22, 2013

1SG Garret Paul Doering (USA Retired), age 73, of Edgewood, MD passed away on February 22, 2013 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Paul Henry and Mary Doering. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He was a drill sergeant and served his country in the Vietnam...

J. Roland Phipps

J. Roland Phipps

Feb 22, 2013

J. Roland Phipps, age 84, of Ocean City, MD, passed away on February 22, 2013 at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin, MD. Born in Tracy, MD, he was the son of the late Ernest William and Hazel Lucille Wade Phipps. He worked in the auto parts supply business all of his life and in 1968, started East Coast Inventory, which...

Joseph Michael Umerley

Joseph Michael Umerley

Feb 21, 2013

Joseph Michael Umerley, age 21, of Bel Air, MD passed away on February 21, 2013 at his home. Born in Baltimore, he is the son of Gerard Ignatius Umerley Jr. and Grace Lorraine Jones Umerley of Bel Air. A 2011 graduate of C. Milton Wright High School, he enjoyed watching movies and was always very generous and outgoing. In addition...

Les Coulson

Les Coulson

Feb 21, 2013

Leslie Keith Coulson, age 54, son of Marjorie Coulson Pope and the late B. Reid Coulson, died at the family home in Edgewood on February 21, 2013. Les graduated from Edgewood High School in 1977. He is a descendant of the Coulson's who settled in Carroll County Virginia area in the early 1780's and is listed as being in the...

Elizabeth  ''Betty'' Goetze

Elizabeth ''Betty'' Goetze

Feb 20, 2013

Elizabeth "Betty" Goetze, age 83, of Joppa, MD, passed away on February 20, 2013 at Lorien Riverside in Belcamp, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Walter Henry Goetze Sr. and Elizabeth Schwab Goetze. She retired from both Commercial Credit and Catholic Charities where she had worked as a secretary. She enjoyed traveling, crocheting, knitting...

Ruth K. Morlok

Ruth K. Morlok

Feb 20, 2013

Ruth K. Morlok, age 90, of Aberdeen, MD passed away on February 20, 2013 at her home. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Edward Valentine Kern and Lena Wolfe Kern and wife of the late Christian F. Morlok Sr. She retired in 1985 from Sherwin Williams Paint Store in Bel Air after 22 years of service,...

Irene Matilda Mcnamee

Irene Matilda Mcnamee

Feb 19, 2013

Irene Matilda McNamee, age 84, of Bel Air, MD passed away on February 19, 2013 at St. Joseph Medical Center in Baltimore, MD. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Francis Marion and Barbara Matilda Frankowski and wife of the late Michael Neal McNamee Sr. She had worked as the librarian for Harford Memorial Hospital in their...

Carrie Lynn Kalinski (Nee Bratton)

Carrie Lynn Kalinski (Nee Bratton)

Feb 19, 2013

Carrie Lynn Kalinski (nee Bratton), age 33, of Bel Air, MD, born in Dover, DE, passed away on February 19, 2013 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air. Survived by her husband, Steven Joseph Kalinski. She is the daughter of Deborah Lee Hill Bratton and the late George Henry Bratton. She received her Bachelors Degree in Accounting at Goldey-Beacom...

Wade Knight Walter

Wade Knight Walter

Feb 17, 2013

Wade Knight Walter, age 38, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on February 17, 2013. Born in Aberdeen, MD, he was the son of John Coale Walter and Cheryl Anne Akerson Walter of Bel Air. He had been a member of the National Guard and was self-employed as a heavy equipment technician operating Pro Active Equipment Solutions. He was also...