Obituaries

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

David Montague Lockette

David Montague Lockette

May 17, 2012

David Montague Lockette, age 86, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on May 17, 2012 at Bel Air Health and Rehabilitation in Bel Air, MD. Born in Bowie, MD, he was the son of the late Henry and Annie E. Downs Lockette. He served our country in World War II as a paratrooper in the U.S. Army. A resident of...

Grover ''Moose'' Kershner

Grover ''Moose'' Kershner

May 17, 2012

Grover "Moose" Kershner, age 83, of Forest Hill, MD passed away on May 17, 2012 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Spice, WV, he was the son of the late William Snowden Kershner and Virginia Elizabeth Good Scotten. He worked for Baltimore Gas and Electric Company as a Crew Leader for 37 years before retiring....

George F. Rhoads ''Bud''

George F. Rhoads ''Bud''

May 15, 2012

George F. Rhoads "Bud", age 80, of Abingdon, MD, passed away on May 15, 2012 at the Senator Bob Hooper House in Forest Hill, MD. Born in Lancaster, PA, he was the son of the late George and Dorothy Mae McComsey Rhoads. A resident of Harford County for 58 years, he retired from Aberdeen Proving Ground as the Chief of...

Alice Freida Acerno

Alice Freida Acerno

May 15, 2012

Alice Freida Acerno, age 66, of Joppa, MD, passed away on May 15, 2012 at her home surrounded by her family. Born in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late Fred and Bella Gottschalk. A true New Yorker, it wasn't until her grandchildren were born that she moved to Maryland. She was fiercely devoted to her family and...

Martha  J. Coale

Martha J. Coale

May 15, 2012

Martha Jane Coale, 86, of Scranton, PA, died peacefully at the home of her daughter, Deborah, surrounded by her family. Born in Harford County, she was the daughter of the late Edgar and Grace Hornberger Coleman. Prior to her retirement she was an office manager for the U.S. Government at Aberdeen Proving Ground. Jane was a very outgoing person and...

Jeanne M. Cross

Jeanne M. Cross

May 14, 2012

Jeanne M. Cross, age 94, of Abingdon, MD, formerly of Bel Air, passed away on May 14, 2012 at ManorCare in Towson, MD. Born in Leonardtown, MD, she was the daughter of the late Wilmer T. and Frances Large Matthews and wife of the late Gregory Cross. Originally from St. Mary's County, she resided in Harford County for over 20...

Johnnie Miller

Johnnie Miller

May 11, 2012

Johnnie Miller, age 80, of Joppa, MD, passed away on May 11, 2012 at her home. Born in West Jefferson, NC, she was the daughter of the late Wiley Fields and Mary Lyons Craven and wife, for 58 years, of the late Patton Miller. She had worked for 25 years at Alco Standard and was a member of Franklinville Presbyterian...

Mildred T. Lanahan

Mildred T. Lanahan

May 9, 2012

Mildred T. Lanahan, age 93, of Abingdon, MD, passed away on May 9, 2012 at Overlea Health and Rehabilitation Center, Baltimore, MD. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late George Riehl and Theresa Elizabeth Kroener Miller and wife of the late Lawrence S. Lanahan Sr. She was a member of St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church and...

Lovella Compton

Lovella Compton

May 9, 2012

Lovella Compton, age 74, of Abingdon, MD, passed away on May 9, 2012 at Gilchrist Hospice in Towson, MD. Born in Tazewell County, VA, she was the daughter of the late Giles Eli and Stella Edna Street Compton. A resident of Harford County for 38 years, she was a member of Porters Grove Missionary Baptist Church. She loved spending time...

Don Ermine Jones Jr.

Don Ermine Jones Jr.

May 8, 2012

Don Ermine Jones Jr., age 59, of Bel Air, MD passed away suddenly on May 8, 2012. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Don Ermine Jones Sr. and Mary Virginia Baldwin Jones. He worked for Harford County Public Schools for 31 years and was a member of Mountain Christian Church in Joppa. He enjoyed camping...

John W. Sadler

John W. Sadler

May 7, 2012

John W. Sadler, age 87, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on May 7, 2012 at Bel Air Health and Rehabilitation in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Elmer Francis and Agnes Mary Horak Sadler. He was self employed and loved to fish, shoot pool, visit casinos and bet on the horses....

Carl L. Hamby

Carl L. Hamby

May 7, 2012

Carl L. Hamby, age 81, of Havre de Grace, MD, formerly of Bel Air, passed away on May 7, 2012 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, MD. Born in Creswell, MD, he was the son of the late Edward Webster Hamby and Nora Gross. He retired after 35 years from APG-Edgewood Area where he worked as an Equipment Manual...

Edith J. Lewis

Edith J. Lewis

May 5, 2012

Edith J. Lewis, age 94, of Abingdon, MD, passed away on May 5, 2012 at her home. Born in Middletown, OH, she was the daughter of the late Loran and Maggie Pierce Gunnell. She later moved from Ohio and lived in Los Angeles, CA, Seattle, WA, Tucson, AZ, Bradenton, FL and settled here in Abingdon for 11 years. She went...

Gert Ferguson

Gert Ferguson

May 5, 2012

Gertrude Ferguson, age 78, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on May 5, 2012 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. She was the daughter of Louise Hurff Repple and Lyle C. Repple. On April 27, 1957 she married Roy Ferguson who passed away November 3, 2000. Surviving is one son, William L. Ferguson (Lyn) of Hinsdale, NY...

Amelia  Mary Ey ''Amy''

Amelia Mary Ey ''Amy''

May 3, 2012

Amelia Mary Ey "Amy", age 77, of Bel Air, MD passed away on May 3, 2012 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Andrew and Ann Marie Barry Mroz and wife of the late Kenneth William Ey. A Harford County resident since 1979, she attended St. Margaret...

Juan Jose Aquino

Juan Jose Aquino

May 3, 2012

Juan Jose Aquino, age 64, of Edgewood, MD, passed away on May 3, 2012 at his home. Born in Guatemala City, Guatemala, he was the son of the late Juan and Maria Rodriguez Aquino. Juan was a very hard worker and was very religious and devoted to the Virgin of Guadalupe. He loved to dance, play his instruments and was...

Charles R. Sites

Charles R. Sites

May 1, 2012

Charles R. Sites, age 67, of Aberdeen, MD, passed away on May 1, 2012 at his home. Born in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Charles Robert Sites Sr. and Evelyn May Brice Sites and the brother of Mary Sites and John Sites. A veteran of the U.S. Army-Airborne, he served our country in the Vietnam War....

Susan Sergent

Susan Sergent

May 1, 2012

Susan Sergent, age 52, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on May 1, 2012 at her home. Born in Baltimore, MD, she is the daughter of Pauline Mae Swift Brannan of Churchville, MD and the late Robert Paul Brannan. She graduated from University of Maryland University College where she received her Business Degree and went on to work in the...

Arthur Lee  Ford Jr.

Arthur Lee Ford Jr.

Apr 29, 2012

Arthur Lee Ford Jr., age 82, of Joppa, MD passed away on April 29, 2012 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Richmond, VA, he was the son of the late Arthur Lee Ford Sr. and Mae Westin Slate Ford. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he retired from WMAR TV where he worked as a...

Thomas W.  Scarff

Thomas W. Scarff

Apr 27, 2012

Thomas W. Scarff, age 79, of Belcamp, MD, formerly of Forest Hill, MD passed away on April 27, 2012 at his home. Born in Forest Hill, MD, he was the son of the late Philip LeRoy and Alice Wiley Scarff. A 1949 graduate of Bel Air High School and a 1953 graduate of the University of Virginia, he retired after...