Obituaries

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

Salvatore Anthony Nigido

Salvatore Anthony Nigido

Oct 29, 2011

Salvatore Anthony Nigido, age 86, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on October 29, 2011 at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium, MD. Born in New York, NY, he was the son of the late Mario and Josephine Castrogiavanni Nigido. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and worked for Martin Marietta as an engineer.Mr. Nigido is survived by his...

Geneva ''Toots'' D.  Finney

Geneva ''Toots'' D. Finney

Oct 28, 2011

Geneva "Toots" D. Finney, age 79, of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away on October 28, 2011 at Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace. Born in Churchville, MD, she was the daughter of the late Mack Coy and Octavia Cooper Moxley. She retired, after 30 years, from Kunkel's Auto Parts in Bel Air where she was a secretary. A...

Charles Brenwood Thomas

Charles Brenwood Thomas

Oct 27, 2011

Charles B. Thomas, age 85, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on October 27, 2011 at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, MD. Born in Jarrettsville, MD, he was one of 13 children of the late Martin Luther and Annie Elizabeth Blakley Thomas and husband of the late Mildred Magdeline Semones Thomas. He worked for the Town of Bel...

William  Arthur Koegel Jr.

William Arthur Koegel Jr.

Oct 27, 2011

William Arthur Koegel Jr., age 81, of Forest Hill, MD, passed away on October 27, 2011 at St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late William Arthur Koegel Sr. and Anne Elizabeth Luber Koegel. A resident of Glen Arm for more than 50 years, he managed the family farm where...

Gilda P. Brown

Gilda P. Brown

Oct 27, 2011

St. Johnsbury, VT – Gilda "Jill" Brown, 80, died peacefully on October 27, 2011, at St. Johnsbury Health & Rehab, with her daughter holding her hand. Jill was born in Greenwich Village, New York City, on June 16, 1931, to Louis and Palma Bernardini. Although she preferred dancing and "Frankie" Sinatra to school, she attended just often enough to graduate...

John O. Edwards Jr.

John O. Edwards Jr.

Oct 26, 2011

John O. Edwards Jr., age 70, of Abingdon, MD, passed away on October 26, 2011 at his home. Born in Washington, DC, he was the son of the late John Owen Edwards Sr. and Nancy Ann Cissel Waldrop. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and loved U.S. History, gardening, woodcrafting, and animals. He was a great dad and...

William Clifford Adkins Jr.

William Clifford Adkins Jr.

Oct 26, 2011

William Clifford Adkins Jr., age 93, of Hampstead, MD, passed away on October 26, 2011 at Longview Nursing Home in Manchester, MD. Born in Salisbury, MD, he was the son of the late William Clifford Adkins Sr. and Martha Roxie Carver Adkins, and husband, for 56 years, of the late Elizabeth Wirts Adkins. An avid woodworker, he was a resident...

Jim Wise

Jim Wise

Oct 25, 2011

Jim Wise, age 52, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on October 25, 2011 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Leslie and Mildred Josephine Kunkel Wise. He was employed as a Sales and Design Executive where he enjoyed working with his clients designing office space. He...

J. Bernard Dayhoof, Jr.

J. Bernard Dayhoof, Jr.

Oct 25, 2011

J. Bernard Dayhoof, Jr., age 70, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on October 25, 2011 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Bel Air, he was the son of the late James Bernard Dayhoof, Sr. and Beulah Mitchell Dayhoof. Shortly after graduating from Bel Air High School in 1958, he entered the U.S. Navy. After...

Wm. Gary Pike

Wm. Gary Pike

Oct 23, 2011

Wm. Gary Pike, age 60, of Aberdeen, MD, passed away on October 23, 2011 at Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Morganfield, KY, he was the son of the late William Roy and Margaret Calvert Pike. A resident of Aberdeen for 26 years, he worked for the Mass Transit of Maryland for 25 years where he...

Ed J. Horn

Ed J. Horn

Oct 23, 2011

Edward "Ed" J. Horn, age 89, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on October 23, 2011 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in York, PA, he was the son of the late Elmer Edward Horn Sr. and Belle Angela Stine Horn and husband of the late Kathleen S. Smoot Horn. He was a foreman and worked...

Raymond N. ''Pottsy'' Potts Sr.

Raymond N. ''Pottsy'' Potts Sr.

Oct 22, 2011

Raymond N. "Pottsy" Potts Sr., age 76 of Forest Hill, MD, passed away on October 22, 2011 at his home. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Edward and Margaret Kraft Potts. A Harford County resident for 42 years, he worked for C. Hoffberger Co. in Baltimore as an accounting manager where he retired in 1982....

J. Arlene Whitaker

J. Arlene Whitaker

Oct 21, 2011

J. Arlene Whitaker, age 84, of Churchville, MD, passed away on October 21, 2011 at the House of Jubilee Assisted Living in Fallston, MD. Born in Dunmore, WV, she was the daughter of the late Austin Dayton and Lillian Grace Grimes Dahmer and wife, for over 60 years, of the late Joseph C. Whitaker Sr. She was a secretary at...

B. Pauline Mcroberts Childers

B. Pauline Mcroberts Childers

Oct 20, 2011

B. Pauline McRoberts Childers, age 80, of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away on October 20, 2011 at Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Havre de Grace, she was the daughter of the late John Raymond and Emma Aileen Haga McRoberts. A homemaker, she graduated from Havre de Grace High School in 1949 and Goldy Beacon...

William Christopher Tobiason

William Christopher Tobiason

Oct 19, 2011

William Christopher Tobiason of Bel Air, MD, passed away on October 19, 2011. He was born in Freeport, Long Island, New York to the late William Oscar and Edith Albert Davis Tobiason and spent most of his childhood in Wantagh, Long Island, New York. Bill graduated from Lafayette College in Pennsylvania where he was a member of the Alpha Chi...

Lisa Brown

Lisa Brown

Oct 18, 2011

Lisa Suzanne Brown, DC, RN age 52 of Bel Air, Maryland died October 18, 2011 at the Bob Hooper Hospice House in Forest Hill, MD. Born in Baltimore Maryland, Lisa was the daughter of John Eugene Brown and Edith Ann Brown. A graduate of New York Chiropractic College (Doctor of Chiropractic, 1996), the University of Maryland Baltimore County (Bachelor of...

Patricia A. Brewer

Patricia A. Brewer

Oct 17, 2011

Patricia A. Brewer, age 77, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on October 17, 2011 at her home. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Edgar Maurice and Hazel Jean MacCauley Knight and wife of the late Joseph Harry Brewer. She loved to do crafts, cook, and travel. Mrs. Brewer is survived by her son, Albert...

Robert ''Bob'' Kilduff Sr.

Robert ''Bob'' Kilduff Sr.

Oct 17, 2011

Robert "Bob" Kilduff Sr., age 69, of Edgewood, MD, passed away on October 17, 2011 at Franklin Square Hosptial. Born in Charleston, WV, he was the son of Albert Richard Kilduff Sr. and Peggy Kilduff of Edgewood, MD. A resident of Harford County for 60 years, he had been employed as a mechanic at Kilduff Motors in Edgewood; was a...

Caleb Winslow Jr.

Caleb Winslow Jr.

Oct 17, 2011

Caleb Winslow Jr., 93, resident of Brightview Avondell, Bel Air, MD, died on October 17, 2011 at his home after a long illness. Caleb was born in Baltimore, March 30, 1918. He was the first of four children born to Lena Garey and Caleb Winslow, followed by Garey, Louise and Elizabeth. He attended Tome School in Port Deposit, MD and...

James Roger Simmons

James Roger Simmons

Oct 17, 2011

James Roger Simmons, age 69, of Joppa, MD, passed away on October 17, 2011 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Technical Sergeant James Underwood Simmons and Margaret Catherine Miller Simmons Preston and stepson of the late Kenneth Preston. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he was...