Obituaries

Apr 1, 2012

Larry Conley, age 72, of Joppa, MD, passed away on April 1, 2012 at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, MD. Born in Strange Creek, WV, he was the son of the late Cecil Dennison Conley and Martha Myrtle Myers Muller. A resident of Harford County for 24 years, he worked in construction where he was a carpenter. He...

Mar 28, 2012

Anna Marie Vacek, age 79, of Joppa, MD passed on from this life on March 28, 2012 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in White Marsh, MD, she was the daughter of the late James Fredrick and Mabel Augusta Hinte Elste. A lifelong member of Trinity Lutheran Church, she was a resident of Joppa for over...

Mar 28, 2012

Sharon D. Hipley, age 62, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on March 28, 2012 at her home. Born in Baltimore, MD, she is the daughter of Mary Annalee McClary Zimmerman and the late Earle Royston Hipley. A 1967 graduate of Bel Air High School, she was a 1974 graduate of the Union Memorial Hospital School of Nursing. She worked...

Mar 27, 2012

E. Donald Ehrhart, age 70, of Churchville, MD, passed away on March 27, 2012 at his home. Born in Lancaster, PA, he was the son of the late Elwood George and Hulda Catherine Karper Ehrhart. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he worked for 41 years in Civil Service. He was a resident of Harford County for 42 years, loved...

Mar 27, 2012

Clarence was born on March 11, 1927 to Howard Benjamin and Ethel Bowman Boyle in Level, MD in 1927. He passed away on March 27, 2012 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. A lifelong Harford County resident and 1944 graduate of Bel Air High School, he worked for Kroh's Cleaners before entering the car business at Lee...

Mar 26, 2012

Warren G. Eller, age 90, of Abingdon, Maryland passed away on Monday, March 26, 2012 at Hart Heritage Assisted Living in Forest Hill, Maryland. He was the son and last remaining sibling of the late Benjamin Harrison Eller and Leona Minton Eller. He was born May 9, 1921 in Purlear, North Carolina. He served his country in the Armed Forces...

Mar 23, 2012

Laura Spiers Stagg, age 70, of Bel Air, MD, passed away at Gilchrist Center in Towson, MD on March 23, 2012. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Milton Carlisle Spiers and Laura Sutton Spiers. A Harford County resident since 1968, she was a homemaker and enjoyed cooking. She was a member of the League of...

Mar 23, 2012

Brenda Wiland Popp, age 57, of Edgewood, MD, passed away on March 23, 2012 at Gilchrist Center in Towson, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she is the daughter of Cecil Edward and Patricia Ann Bellamy Wiland of Edgewood, MD. A billing clerk in the healthcare field, she enjoyed making people laugh and was quite a character. She loved her children,...

Mar 22, 2012

Gregory Hillenburg, age 78, of Perryman, MD, passed away on March 22, 2012 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Roanoke City, VA, he was the son of the late Kelly Nugent and Anna Mae Vest Hillenburg. A veteran of the U. S. Air Force, he was also a Virginia Tech Alumni class of 1961. He...

Mar 22, 2012

Robert D. "Bob" Drager, age 85, of Joppa, MD, formerly of Edgewood, MD, passed away on March 22, 2012 at Bel Air Health and Rehabilitation in Bel Air, MD. Born in York, PA, he was the son of the late John Gordon and Edith Romaine Hamme Drager. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served our country during WWII. An...

Mar 19, 2012

Warren Harmon Beardsley Sr., age 83, passed away peacefully on March 19, 2012 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Bath, Maine, Warren has been a resident of Harford County for 46 years. Warren leaves behind his loving wife, Kathryn, to whom he was happily married for 59 years. Their children, Marie Ward, Warren Beardsley Jr....

Mar 16, 2012

Dennis Ronald Freund, age 65, of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away on March 16, 2012 at Gilchrist Hospice in Towson, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Adam John and Eva Schlesinger Freund. He retired from Lever Brothers, after 25 years, where he worked as a millwright. He was an avid fisherman and Ravens...

Mar 16, 2012

Edith G. Mitchell, age 87, of Churchville, MD, passed away on March 16, 2012 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, she was the daughter of the late Herbert Mitchell Gorrell and Cordelia Amanda Mitchell and wife of the late John Winfield Mitchell. She attended Watson Business School in Baltimore and worked...

Mar 15, 2012

Mar 12, 2012

Dolores C. Szymanik of Parkville, MD passed away on March 12, 2012 at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Frederick William and Rose Barnes Yahde and wife of the late Joseph Szymanik. She was a longtime resident of Bel Air and enjoyed painting, arts and crafts.Mrs. Szymanik is survived...

Mar 12, 2012

Keith Allan Harreld, age 53, of Essex, MD, passed away on March 12, 2012 at his home. Born in Marion, IN, he was the son of the late Floyd E. and Roberta Elizabeth Emerick Harreld. Mr. Harreld is survived by his brother, Asher D. Harreld of Abingdon, MD; and sisters, Rebecca Chrismer of Brownsville, TX, Nancy Jones of Marion, IN...

Mar 11, 2012

Doris Bryant, age 86, of Forest Hill, MD passed away on March 11, 2012 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD she was the daughter of the late Joseph Albert and Anna Elizabeth Sparr Hoffman and wife of the late David Henry Bryant. A homemaker, she was an avid bowler and loved animals, especially...

Mar 11, 2012

Marylee Amoss, age 90, of Joppa, MD passed away on March 11, 2012 at her home. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Saville Wilson and Mary Cornelia Tucker Miller and wife, for 58 years, of the late Thomas A. Amoss. For 42 years she worked as a Senior Central Office Clerk for C&P Telephone Company....

Mar 11, 2012

On Sunday, March 11, Gilbert Peter Adelhardt, husband of the late Mary Eileen Adelhardt. Father of Sharon A. Dalton, Brian J. Adelhardt and wife Patricia and the late Gilbert P. Adelhardt, Jr. Grandfather of Sean Dalton and wife Heather, Bryce Adelhardt; great-grandfather of Cameron Dalton and Mason Adelhardt. Mass of Christian Burial will be held Saturday, March 17, 2012 at...

Mar 9, 2012

Helen Jean Ails, age 83, of Joppa, MD, passed away on March 9, 2012 at her home. Born in Chicago, IL, she was the daughter of the late Robert Sparrow and Lillian Pickering Johnston. She had worked as a Critical Care Registered Nurse and enjoyed needlework, quilting and gardening. She was a member of the National League of American Pen...