Obituaries

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

Shannon Darnell Canami

Shannon Darnell Canami

Mar 26, 2011

Shannon Darnell Canami, age 31, of Baltimore, MD, died on March 26, 2011 at her home. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, she is the daughter of James Louis and Mary Angalene Adkins Canami of Bel Air, MD. From the age of 6-18, she was a gymnast with the ACPR Gymnastics in Churchville, and was a State Floor Champion and...

William J. Spies

William J. Spies

Mar 25, 2011

William J. Spies, age 89, of Aberdeen, MD, died on March 25, 2011 at his home. Born on a small farm in Harford Furnace in Harford County, he attended St. Stephens High School in Bradshaw. The fifth child born in a family of eight children, he was the first to graduate from High School. He enlisted in the Marine Corps...

James Edgar White Jr.

James Edgar White Jr.

Mar 25, 2011

James Edgar White Jr., age 71, of Street, MD, died on March 25, 2011 at his home. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late James Edgar White Sr. and Margaret Mary Fitch White. He worked for a property management company where he was the Operations Supervisor. Mr. White is survived by his wife of 44 years,...

Melvin Raymond Kulis

Melvin Raymond Kulis

Mar 25, 2011

Melvin Raymond Kulis, age 84, of Bel Air, MD, died on March 25, 2011 at his home. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Stanley and Magdalena Pospychala Kulis and husband of the late Ann Kulis. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he served as a Ship's Service Man (L)3/C at NTC Bainbridge, MD, NTS Newport,...

Marlene G. Kegley

Marlene G. Kegley

Mar 24, 2011

On March 24, 2011, Marlene G. Kegley of Jarrettsville. wife of George L. Kegley, mother of Susan M. Stevenson, and Diane L. Gabriel, sister of Fred Gross, also survived by 7 grandchildren. Visitation will be Sunday March 27, 2011 from 2-4 PM - 7-9 PM from the Jarrettsville United Methodist Church, 1733 West Jarrettsville Road, Jarrettsville, Maryland 21084. Service will...

Marie Juanita Benson

Marie Juanita Benson

Mar 24, 2011

Marie Juanita Benson, age 91, of Bel Air, MD, died on March 24, 2011 at Autumn Assisted Living in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late John H. and Cecilia E. Meyer Kirby and wife of the late Wilton A. Benson. Mrs. Benson is survived by her daughters, Joanne Kucharek of Aberdeen, MD...

Mary Elizabeth Caughill

Mary Elizabeth Caughill

Mar 23, 2011

Mary Elizabeth Caughill of Bel Air, MD, died on March 23, 2011 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Tamaqua, PA, she was the daughter of late John F. and Elizabeth Horan Matthews. A homemaker, she enjoyed cooking, loved to play cards and belonged to various women's clubs. Mrs. Caughill is survived by her husband of...

Karl Leroy "Larry" Ay, Sr.

Karl Leroy "Larry" Ay, Sr.

Mar 22, 2011

On March 22, 2011 Karl LeRoy "Larry" Ay, Sr of Jarrettsville.  Husband of Sylvia Ay and father of Amy Ay Verzi, Cynthia Ay Scarborough and the late Karl LeRoy "Larry" Ay, Jr. stepfather of Kirsten and Arne Lindquist.  Also survived by 11 grandchildren and 1 great-granddaughter. Visitation will be Friday March 25, 2011 from 3-5 PM and 7-9 PM from...

Deborah Ann Couch

Deborah Ann Couch

Mar 22, 2011

Deborah Ann Couch, age 55, of Olney, MD, died on March 22, 2011 at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, MD. Born in Wyandotte, MI, she was the daughter of the late John Raymond and Ruth Mae Krotz Topping. She will be remembered as a dear friend to many, and to those whose lives she touched through her illness. Mrs....

Florence G. Bryant

Florence G. Bryant

Mar 22, 2011

Florence G. Bryant, age 85, of Abingdon, MD, died on March 22, 2011 at her home. Born in Bad Axe, MI, she was the daughter of the late Charles Fredrick and Norma Flora Reidel McLean and wife of the late William Lee Bryant. She had worked for Michigan Bell as a lead telephone operator for over 10 years after high...

Larry Magee

Larry Magee

Mar 21, 2011

Larry Magee, age 62, of Bel Air, MD, died on March 21, 2011 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Lawrence Elmer and Catherine Elizabeth Billing Magee. He retired from General Motors after 38 years, where he was in management. The founder of PHI Gamma Fraternity in...

Glen Deel

Glen Deel

Mar 21, 2011

Glen Deel, age 61, of Bel Air, MD, died on March 21, 2011 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, he was the son of Killow Harden and Theresa Kilmurray Deel of Bel Air, MD. He made his career in sales and loved to play golf, garden, and cook. He also loved...

Diane Marie Isella

Diane Marie Isella

Mar 19, 2011

On Saturday 19, 2011 Diane Marie Wetters Isella of Jarrettsville. Daughter of Donald Stephen Wetters, Sr. and Marie Frances Gunning Wetters. Mother of Christina Marie Isella and Brandon Michael Wetters, also survived by 2 grandchildren, and two brothers, Donald S. Wetters, Jr. and Michael Wetters. Visitation will be at the Tuesday March 22, 2011 from 2-4 PM and 6-8 PM...

''Boy'' Mary Louise Lewis

''Boy'' Mary Louise Lewis

Mar 17, 2011

"Boy" Mary Louise Lewis, age 87, of Belcamp, MD, died on March 17, 2011 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Mt. Airy, MD, she was the daughter of the late John Zacharias and Mary Ellen Gatrell Rippeon, and wife of the late Joseph M. Lewis. Mrs. Lewis is survived by her sons, Joseph "Wayne" Lewis...

Irene  Mary Frazer

Irene Mary Frazer

Mar 16, 2011

Irene Mary Frazer, age 80, of Jarrettsville, MD, died on March 16, 2011 at her home. Born in Matawan, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Mary Woetko, and wife, for 51 years, of the late Robert Raymond Frazer. Along with her husband, she raised her daughters in Union Beach, NJ. She was a current member of...

Vickie Dufour Saraullo

Vickie Dufour Saraullo

Mar 15, 2011

Vickie Dufour Saraullo, age 56, of Havre de Grace, MD, died on March 15, 2011 at Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Edgewood, MD, she was the daughter of the late Victor Ariel Dufour Jr. and Gertrude Amelia Litchfield Dufour. She worked as a nurse and liked boating, crabbing, and the ocean. She loved spending time...

Dr. Clinton Carl Brown

Dr. Clinton Carl Brown

Mar 14, 2011

On Monday March 14, 2011, Dr.Clinton Carl Brown age 89of Norrisville. Husband of Dr. Kathleen M. Brown, father of Cathy A. Brown of Helena, Montana, RichardC. Brown of Tampa, Florida, Martin E. Brown of McMinnville, Oregon, Amy E.M. Brown of Frederick, Maryland.Son of the late Carl H. Brown and the late Elizabeth Oehler Brown of Cincinnati, Ohio. Brother of Mrs....

Dave Kebschull

Dave Kebschull

Mar 12, 2011

Dave Kebschull, age 68, of Churchville, MD, died on March 12, 2011 at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium, MD. Born in Memphis, TN, he was the son of the late William George and Virginia Gourley Kebschull. A graduate of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, he was a member of Kappa Alfa Fraternity, Tau Beta Pi, and Madison Baptist Church....

Eugene ''Whitey'' Probst

Eugene ''Whitey'' Probst

Mar 12, 2011

Eugene "Whitey" Probst, age 89, of Bel Air, MD, died on March 12, 2011 at Senator Bob Hooper House in Forest Hill, MD. Born in Lancaster County, PA, he was the son of the late Elmer Eugene and Elva Ruth Graybill Probst, and husband of the late Lela Alice Probst. He was a former farmer, and also retired in 1986...

Hilda V. Hackett

Hilda V. Hackett

Mar 12, 2011

Hilda V. Hackett, age 98, of Aberdeen, MD, died on March 12, 2011 at her home. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Milton Calvert and Elizabeth Ann Fryfogle Tegeler. She was a resident of Catonsville prior to moving to Harford County where she resided for 17 years. She worked at various A&P stores as a...