Obituaries

Nov 17, 2012

James Aloysius Keifer, age 71, of Joppatowne, MD, passed away on November 17, 2012 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Philadelphia, PA, he was the son of the late Alphonse William and Anna McDevitt Keifer. He was a resident of Harford County for 34 years, a supervisor at the Port of Baltimore for the same...

Nov 17, 2012

Richard A. Fiedler, age 77, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on November 17, 2012 at the Senator Bob Hooper Hospice House in Forest Hill, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Andrew Joseph and Ottilla Weigan Fiedler and husband, for 34 years, of the late Martha Yvonne Fiedler. He graduated from Patterson Park High...

Nov 17, 2012

Elena Davis, age 65, of Essex, MD, passed away on November 17, 2012 at St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, MD. Born in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of Thelma Davis Alexander and wife of the late Raymond Davis. She loved languages, including English, Spanish and French and went back to school in 1997 to start teaching. She taught...

Nov 17, 2012

Shawn R. Ponton, age 21, of Jarrettsville, MD, passed away suddenly on November 17, 2012. Born in Baltimore, MD, he is the son of Craig Steven and Regina Marie Carroll Ponton of Jarrettsville, MD. A graduate of North Harford High School, he was majoring in Biology at Coastal Carolina University and played volleyball in college for a club team. He...

Nov 16, 2012

Rachel Holmes Bennett Cruzan departed this life on Friday, November 16 at Sinai Hospital, Baltimore. Born November 15, 1930 in Baltimore, MD she was the daughter of the late William H. Holmes and the late Marie F. Holmes. Rachel grew up in Bel Air, Maryland.She was preceded in death by her daughter Julia Bennett Stamper and son James Wayne Bennett....

Nov 16, 2012

Robert "Bob" Dolbow, age 52, of Abingdon, MD, passed away on November 16, 2012 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he is the son of Delores Therese Countess Dolbow of Bel Air, MD and the late Theodore Ernest Dolbow. He worked in the HVAC industry for over 30 years and for the last...

Nov 16, 2012

William Martin Forster Sr., age 90, of Joppa, MD, passed away on November 16, 2012 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Charles and Mary Belle Lewis Forster and husband of the late Marian Wimmer Forster. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served our country in...

Nov 15, 2012

On Thursday, November 15, 2012, Eugene Harvey Hummell of White Hall, Maryland. Husband of the late Dorothy Elaine Hummell and father of E. Joseph Hummell. Services will be private.

Nov 15, 2012

Lois A. Stewart (nee Rigney), age 76, of Fallston, MD passed away on November 15, 2012 at her home. Born in Baltimore, MD she was the daughter of the late Edgar Newton and Beulah Parlett Shannon Rigney and wife of 57 years to the late Alfred J. Stewart Jr. She worked for St. Joseph Medical Center as a nurse's aide...

Nov 15, 2012

Henry T. Rinehart, age 54, of Conowingo, MD, passed away on November 15, 2012 at his home. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, he was the son of Evelyn Lois Leonard Rinehart of Bel Air, MD and the late Charles James Rinehart. He was a member of Conowingo Church of Christ and Local Union Iron Workers #16.In addition to his...

Nov 13, 2012

Mabel A. Newton, age 83, of Edgewood, MD, passed away on November 13, 2012 surrounded by loving family. Born in Sandy Mount, MD, she was the daughter of the late Glenn Roscoe and Olga Leslie Mae Beegle and wife of the late Kenneth Taylor Newton Sr. A homemaker, she was the matriarch of the family of which she loved and...

Nov 12, 2012

James Francis O'Neill of Bel Air, Maryland, died on November 12, 2012, at Stella Maris Hospice Care in Timonium, MD. He was 86 years old.Born June 30, 1926, he was the son of the late Howard S. O'Neill and Madeleine Robinson O'Neill. He graduated from St. Margaret Elementary School in 1939, and Bel Air High School in 1943. After serving...

Nov 12, 2012

Edith Tilley Keen, age 93, of Rising Sun, MD, passed away on November 12, 2012 at Calvert Manor in Rising Sun, MD. Born in Mt. Airy, NC, she was the daughter of the late Charles Blaine and Fannie Henrietta Coleman Tilley and wife of the late George Melvin Keen Jr., who she married on February 23, 1946 in Bel Air,...

Nov 12, 2012

Eva Schulzke, age 92, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on November 12, 2012 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Torreon, Coahuila Mexico, she was the daughter of the late Miguel and Encarnacion Martinez and wife of the late Arthur Schulzke. A resident of Harford County for 25 years, she had worked as an accountant...

Nov 11, 2012

Nov 11, 2012

Bonita Jo Smallwood, age 61, of Darlington, MD, passed away on November 11, 2012 at her home. Born in Bangor, ME, she was the daughter of the late Kenneth Lanear and Eva Mae Royal Hunt. She worked as a coffee hostess at Wawa where if she took a day off her customers always asked for her. She was very straight...

Nov 10, 2012

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Nov 10, 2012

Helen Gross Robinson, age 98, of Bel Air, MD, formerly of Jarrettsville, passed away on November 10, 2012 at Lorien-Bel Air. Born in Fawn Grove, PA, she was the daughter of the late Dr. Andrew James Gross and Carrie Jeanette Neal Gross and wife of the late Donald Frances Robinson Sr. She retired from Harford County Public Schools after 27...

Nov 9, 2012

Lois Edwards Nagle, age 83, died peacefully on November 9, 2012. Lois grew up on the family farm in Forest Hill, Maryland, her parents Thomas L. and Pearl M. Edwards having migrated to the richer farmlands of Harford County from Sparta, NC. Lois lived most of her adult life in Bel Air and she loved Harford County. She dedicated many...

Nov 9, 2012

Helen Elizabeth Martin (nee Townsley) 86, of Joppa died November 9, 2012 surrounded by family and friends after a brief illness. Born January 11, 1926 in Joppa, she was the daughter of the late Louis Edward Townsley and Mary Alice Skillman Townsley. She was a 1943 graduate of Old Post Road High School after which she worked at Glen L....