Obituaries

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

Wallace Reed Cochran

Wallace Reed Cochran

Jan 17, 2012

Wallace Reed Cochran, age 84, of Street, MD, passed away on January 17, 2012 at the Senator Bob Hooper House in Forest Hill, MD. Born in Ennice, NC, he was the son of the late Andrew Mack and Anna Reed Cochran. A veteran of the U.S. Army, Wallace retired from Verizon Telephone Company after 25 years of service. He was...

Thomas Edison Moffitt

Thomas Edison Moffitt

Jan 15, 2012

Thomas Edison Moffitt, age 92, of Forest Hill, MD passed away on January 15, 2012 at his home. Born in Daisytown, PA, he was the son of the late Thomas Edgar and Mary Delphia Kaylor Moffitt and husband, for 66 years, of the late Virginia M. Moffitt. He served three years in the U.S. Navy during WWII and worked 33...

Mary Olive Rogalski

Mary Olive Rogalski

Jan 14, 2012

Mary Olive Rogalski, age 93, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on January 14, 2012. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Oliver Rutledge Casey and Frances Esley Casey and wife of the late John Bernard Rogalski Sr. She was a homemaker and a member of the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd. Mrs. Rogalski is...

Ruby Mae Cantler

Ruby Mae Cantler

Jan 14, 2012

Ruby Mae Cantler, age 76, of Abingdon, MD passed away on January 14, 2012 at her home. Born in Marion, VA, she was the daughter of the late Carl James Simons and Virgie Ethel Vipperman Whitley. A homemaker, she enjoyed bowling with the Seniors and was a member of Edgewood Assembly of God for over 50 years. She was a...

John C. Youngblood

John C. Youngblood

Jan 14, 2012

John C. Youngblood, 88, born in Holland, died on Saturday, 14 January 2012 at his home during a house fire. He was preceded in death by his wife of 49 years, Erika Renate Youngblood (nee Gorlish, and his brother Peter. John retired from the Army after 20 years as a Noncommissioned Officer. He had served during WWII and participated in...

George Wilburn Lewis

George Wilburn Lewis

Jan 14, 2012

George Wilburn Lewis, age 87 of Aberdeen, MD, passed away on January 14, 2012 at his home. Born in Joppa, MD, he was the son of the late Harry Wilburn and Mary Ellen Spicer Lewis. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he was an Executive Officer for the U.S. Government, a member of the Masons and enjoyed horses and camping....

Charles W. Liles

Charles W. Liles

Jan 13, 2012

Charles W. Liles, age 70, of Aberdeen, MD, passed away on January 13, 2012 at Hampton V.A. Medical Center in Hampton, VA. Born in Shouns, TN, he was the son of Sophia Aleen May Liles of Aberdeen, MD and the late Walter Ray Liles. He was a graduate of Edgewood High School class of 1959. He was a veteran of...

Elizabeth ''Betty'' Kidd Riordan

Elizabeth ''Betty'' Kidd Riordan

Jan 12, 2012

Elizabeth "Betty" Kidd Riordan, age 83, passed away January 12, 2012 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, from the complications of Parkinson's Disease. Her son and daughter-in-law were by her side. Betty was the devoted daughter of the late Elizabeth Waters Kidd and Edward J. Kidd. She was a lifelong resident of Fallston, MD. Born on August 24,...

Clement J.  Vanden Eynden

Clement J. Vanden Eynden

Jan 12, 2012

Clement J. "Van" Vanden Eynden, age 88, of Forest Hill, MD, passed away on January 12, 2012 at Bel Air Health and Rehabilitation Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in St. Bernard, OH, he was the son of the late Harry M. and Clara Rabe Vanden Eynden and husband of the late Janice E. Vanden Eynden. A veteran of the...

Reba V. Tozer

Reba V. Tozer

Jan 11, 2012

Reba V. Tozer, age 84, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on January 11, 2012 at her home. Born in Gibson, GA, she was the daughter of the late Sterling and Alsie Newsoma Reese and the beloved wife of the late Raymond Tozer. She had worked for Aberdeen Proving Ground where she was a secretary. Mrs. Tozer is survived by...

Albert R. Kilduff Sr.

Albert R. Kilduff Sr.

Jan 10, 2012

Albert R. Kilduff Sr., age 85, of Edgewood, MD, passed away on January 10, 2012. Mr. Kilduff was predeceased by his wife of 55 years, Peggie M. Kilduff and together they raised seven children. Born in Ellicott City, MD, he was the son of the late Eugene and Margaret Kilduff of Abingdon, MD. A lifelong resident of Harford County he...

John H. Rollins Jr.

John H. Rollins Jr.

Jan 10, 2012

Major John H. Rollins, Jr. USAF (Ret) passed away on Tuesday January 10, 2011 at the Upper Chesapeake Health Center in Bel Air, Md at the age of 90. He was the son of John and Anna Marie Rollins. He was predeceased by his oldest son Richard, and his sister Anne. Bridget, his devoted wife of 66 years and youngest...

Luis Edwardo Gonzalez, Sr.

Luis Edwardo Gonzalez, Sr.

Jan 10, 2012

On Tuesday, January 10, 2012, Luis Edwardo Gonzalez, Sr. of Jarrettsville. Wife of Ianthy Gonzalez , father of two sons.

Mary E. Demarco

Mary E. Demarco

Jan 10, 2012

Mary Elizabeth Mines was born on April 6, 1922 in Decatur, GA. When Lizbeth was just three years old, her father died suddenly, leaving her mother with 5 children. Since she was unable to support all of them, she was forced to place Lizbeth and her older brother in an orphanage. During the years she spent in the orphanage, Lizbeth...

Catherine M.  Zalatimo

Catherine M. Zalatimo

Jan 10, 2012

Catherine M. Zalatimo, age 74, of Ocean City, MD passed away on January 10, 2012 at Bel Air Health and Rehabilitation in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Edward Joseph and Florence Marie Williams Parker. She was a homemaker who was devoted to her husband and her grandchildren.Mrs. Zalatimo is survived by...

Frances P. Espey

Frances P. Espey

Jan 10, 2012

Frances P. Espey, age 84, of Edgewood, MD, passed away on January 10, 2012 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Bristol, TN, she was the daughter of the late William Lewis and Ina Frances Doak Hoops. She had worked as a school bus driver for Trinity Lutheran Church and as a clerk in a grocery...

James Grant Lancaster

James Grant Lancaster

Jan 9, 2012

On January 9, 2012, James Grant Lancaster, loving husband of Lorraine; devoted son of the late James and Emma; dear brother of the late Robert and Harry; beloved father of Elizabeth Fellows (Andrew) and David Lancaster (Bonita); and doting grandfather "Pop" to Ryan, Megan, and Hannah Lancaster. He was born June 6, 1930 in Frostburg, MD. After graduating high school...

Evelyn Margaret Brierley

Evelyn Margaret Brierley

Jan 7, 2012

Evelyn Margaret Brierley (nee Fuchs), age 92, of Joppa, MD passed away on January 7, 2012 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, Maryland. Born in Elkridge, MD, she was the daughter of the late William and Margret Breitenbach Fuchs. An avid reader, she enjoyed fresh flowers, dogs, and loved to travel both nationally and internationally. She loved spending...

Donald G. Mitchell

Donald G. Mitchell

Jan 7, 2012

Donald G. Mitchell age 82, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on January 7, 2012 at the Senator Bob Hooper House in Forest Hill, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD he was the son of the late David C. Mitchell Sr. and Tressa K. Voelker Mitchell. A graduate from the University of Baltimore with a BS Degree, he had served in...