Obituaries

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

Harvey Housley Powell

Harvey Housley Powell

Feb 6, 2013

On Wednesday, February 6, 2013, Harvey Housley Powell of Jarrettsville, Maryland. Wife of Mary Martha Clements Powell. Father of John E. Powell, Sharon Powell Thoner, Debra Powell Coleman, William H. Powell, Angela McArthur Roe, and the late Jerry L. McArthur; also survived by 19 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. Memorial Service will be held Saturday, February 9, 2013 at 1:00 PM...

Michaela Karla Finter

Michaela Karla Finter

Feb 5, 2013

Michaela Karla Finter, age 58, of Havre de Grace, MD passed away on February 5, 2013 at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium. Born in Germany, she was the daughter of the late Colonel George A. Finter and Anna Elizabeth Johannson Finter. A graduate of Havre de Grace High School, 2013 would have been her 40th reunion. She loved animals and...

Simeon Peter Tende

Simeon Peter Tende

Feb 5, 2013

Simeon Peter Tende, age 58, of Abingdon, MD, passed away on February 5, 2013 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Ogu, Nigeria, he was the son of the late Peter Owunari Tende and Victoria Siye Beretonpirima Tende. He was a Social Worker for the State of Maryland and a member of Rosedale Baptist Church, Wakirike...

Donald (Donnie) Wilson Mink

Donald (Donnie) Wilson Mink

Feb 3, 2013

On Sunday, February 3, 2013, Donald (Donnie) Wilson Mink of Havre de Grace, Maryland. Son of the late Rhoe Wilson Mink, and the late Emma May Holmes Mink. Father of Heather Mink Robinson and Timothy W. Mink. Grandfather to Antwan Robinson, Jr., and Israel Robinson. Visitation will be Monday, February 11, 2013 from 12 Noon until 1:00 PM from the...

Alice A. Wilson

Alice A. Wilson

Feb 3, 2013

Alice Anna Wilson (nee DelGavio), age 92, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on February 3, 2012 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Dominic Aloysius and Alice M. Lutz DelGavio and wife of the late John Wilson Sr. A homemaker, she was a great cook who...

John Frisch

John Frisch

Feb 2, 2013

John Frisch, age 87, of Joppa, MD, passed away on February 2, 2013 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Phoenix, MD, he was the son of the late John C. Frisch Sr. and Martha F. (Sims) Frisch. Mr. Frisch was a retired plumber and lifetime member of the Plumbers & Steamfitters Union Local 486. He...

James Donald Hughes

James Donald Hughes

Feb 2, 2013

James Donald Hughes, age 81, of Fallston, MD, passed away on February 2, 2013 at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium, MD. Born in Philadelphia, PA, he was the son of the late James J. and Mary Hughes. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served for ten years in the Army Reserves and was active in the program to land...

Donald ''Don'' James Allen Sr.

Donald ''Don'' James Allen Sr.

Feb 2, 2013

Donald "Don" James Allen Sr., age 59, of Abingdon, MD passed away on February 2, 2013 at Franklin Square Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late William George and Donna Clara House Allen. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and a member, for about 15 years, of the Abingdon Fire Company...

Emory Wheat

Emory Wheat

Feb 1, 2013

Emory Wheat, age 70, of Pell City, AL, passed away on February 1, 2013 at his home in Belcamp, MD. Born in Churchville, MD, he was the son of the late Jennings Emory Wheat Sr. and Ruth Elizabeth Wilson Wheat. Born and raised in Harford County, Emory has had a lifelong love of flying and everything that it represented. At...

L. Brooks Ramsey

L. Brooks Ramsey

Feb 1, 2013

L. Brooks Ramsey, age 79 of Kingsville, MD passed away on February 1, 2013 at his home. Born in Burnsville, NC, he was the son of the late Salvie Louis and Mabel Grace Westall Ramsey. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he served our country in the Korean War. He moved to Maryland in 1954 and lived the majority of...

Nancy Ellen Hyde

Nancy Ellen Hyde

Jan 31, 2013

Nancy Ellen Hyde, age 84, of Abingdon, MD, passed away on January 31, 2013 at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium, MD. Born in Johnstown, PA, she was the daughter of the late Forest Harold and Mary Catherine Eckstein Byroade and wife of the late Carl Marcomin and Leo Hyde. She had worked for Hess Shoes where she was the assistant...

James A. Taylor

James A. Taylor

Jan 30, 2013

James A. Taylor, age 94, of Havre de Grace, MD passed away on January 30, 2013 at Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace. Born in Havre de Grace, he was the son of the late Robert Nolan and Elsie Maude Forwood Taylor. A lifelong resident of Harford County where he was born and raised, he was a supervisor for...

Rita Ciemny Handy

Rita Ciemny Handy

Jan 30, 2013

Rita Ciemny Handy, age 84, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on January 30, 2013 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Leopold Albert and Victoria Tyskiewicz Cymber Ciemny. She worked in the billing department at Paris Castoro Eye Center. She was a parishioner of St. Margaret...

Frederic Terrance "Terry" Hale

Frederic Terrance "Terry" Hale

Jan 30, 2013

Frederic Terrance (Terry) Hale, age 63, of Abingdon, MD, passed away on January 30, 2013 at the VA Nursing Home in Baltimore, MD. Born in Charleston, WV, he was the son of Lucille Marcella Campbell Hale and the late Edward Henry Hale. A career Airman, he was a Senior Master Sgt. E8 who served our country in Vietnam, Desert Storm...

Nancy French

Nancy French

Jan 29, 2013

Nancy French, age 82, of Joppatowne, MD, passed away on January 29, 2013 at Lorien Riverside in Belcamp, MD. Born in Portage, WI, she was the daughter of the late Henry Michael and Catherine Maude Murphy Egan. A homemaker and a good cook, she loved to visit family in Madison and attend the Egan family reunions. She was devoted to...

Thomas L. Murtaugh

Thomas L. Murtaugh

Jan 29, 2013

Thomas L. Murtaugh, age 70, of Bel Air, MD passed away on January 29, 2013 at his home. Born in Atlantic City, NJ, he was the son of the late Thomas Harris and Theresa Lombardi Murtaugh. He was a resident of Harford County for 30 years. He attended Temple University and earned a Masters Degree in Psychology. He obtained his...

John George Allen

John George Allen

Jan 29, 2013

John George Allen, age 75, of Lewes, DE, formerly of Forest Hill, MD, passed away on January 29, 2013 at his son's home. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late George Francis Allen and Anna Elizabeth Jurtinus. He was a 1956 graduate of the Old Calvert Hall High School, a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard,...

William (Bill) Rowe

William (Bill) Rowe

Jan 27, 2013

William (Bill) Rowe, age 66, of Abingdon, MD, passed away on January 27, 2013 at his home. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Audrey Beatrice Barnett Rowe and the late Charles William Rowe and husband of the late Mary Lee Rowe. He was a member of the Army Reserves and was very active at St. Margaret School....

John Gentner

John Gentner

Jan 27, 2013

On Sunday, January 27, 2013, John Gentner lost his courageous, albeit brief, battle with cancer. John leaves to cherish his memory his beloved son and daughter-in-law, Jay and Amy Gentner and his beloved granddaughters, Breanna (Miss B) and Kayley (Miss K) Gentner. A graduate of Saint Agnes Elementary School, Catonsville, MD; Notre Dame High School, Batavia, NY; and Loyola College,...

Jean Eleanor Hanson

Jean Eleanor Hanson

Jan 27, 2013

Jean Eleanor Hanson died on January 27, 2013 in Lutherville. She was 98 years old. She was the beloved wife of the late Herman A. Hanson; mother of Dianne Hanson Nagel and her husband, the late Dr. J. David Nagel, of Butler, Maryland; grandmother of Carrie Hanson Etheridge and her husband, Randal Bennett Etheridge, III; and great-grandmother of Veronica Mae...