Obituaries

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

Mack Emory Caudill

Mack Emory Caudill

Feb 23, 2011

Mack Emory Caudill, age 86, of Churchville, MD, died on February 23, 2011 at his home. Born in Alleghany County, NC, he was the son of the late Joe Clark and Mae E. Edwards Caudill and husband of the late Violet A. Caudill. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served our country in WWII in the field of artillery...

Bud Bulette

Bud Bulette

Feb 21, 2011

Bud Bulette, age 80, of Aberdeen, MD, died on February 21, 2011 at Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Havre de Grace, he was the son of the late Hugh and Florence Edith Burkentine Bulette, and husband of the late Doris E. Wood Bulette. A 1948 graduate of Havre de Grace High School, he was a...

Mark E. Turner

Mark E. Turner

Feb 19, 2011

Mark E. Turner, age 51, of Bel Air, MD, died on February 19, 2011 at his home. Born in Baltimore, MD, he is the son of Robert Bruce Turner of Bel Air, MD and the late Frances Clair O'Briant Turner, and husband of the late Patricia Turner. He was employed with Harford County for 20 years as a computer technician....

Richard L. White

Richard L. White

Feb 19, 2011

Richard L. White, age 59, of Edgewood, MD, died on February 19, 2011 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Uniontown, PA, he was the son of the late Warren Calvin and Hazel Enola White. He loved life and always had a smile on his face. He also loved stuffed animals and playing bingo. Mr. White...

Edward Raymond Shaw

Edward Raymond Shaw

Feb 19, 2011

Edward Raymond Shaw, age 59, of Abingdon, MD, died on February 19, 2011. Born in East Stroudsburg, PA, he was the son of the late Robert Charles Shaw and Mildred Jane Lawson Hennings. He graduated from Stroudsburg High School and served his Country in the U.S. Coast Guard during the Vietnam War. He also worked as a MD Home Inspector...

Mary Pat Massarelli

Mary Pat Massarelli

Feb 18, 2011

Mary Pat Massarelli, age 81, of Forest Hill, MD, died on February 18, 2011 at her home. Born in Jersey City, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Stanislaus and Genevieve Elizabeth Kruse McLaughlin. A current member of St. Ignatius Catholic Church, she was a former member, Lector, and Eucharistic Minister of St. John the Evangelist Church in...

Paul Edgar Cantler Jr.

Paul Edgar Cantler Jr.

Feb 18, 2011

Paul Edgar Cantler Jr., age 80, of Abingdon, MD, died on February 18, 2011 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Darlington, MD, he was the son of the late Paul Elmer and Nellie Elizabeth Beavers Cantler. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he served our country during the Korean Conflict. Along with his wife, he...

Mina C. Anderson

Mina C. Anderson

Feb 18, 2011

Mina C. Anderson, age 81, of Churchville, MD, died on February 18, 2011 at Citizens Care Center in Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Scarbortown, MD, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Paul and Hulda Hipkins Fickus and wife of the late Wayne Howard Anderson. She worked for Harford County Public Schools where she had been the school...

Earl Clayton Daugherty Sr.

Earl Clayton Daugherty Sr.

Feb 18, 2011

Earl Clayton Daugherty Sr., age 85, of Aberdeen, MD, died on February 18, 2011 at Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Bel Air, MD, he was the son of the late Clarence Earl and Mary Elizabeth Johnson Daugherty. A POW during WWII, he served our country in the U.S. Army and was a life member of...

Hubert A. ''Bill'' Bullis

Hubert A. ''Bill'' Bullis

Feb 17, 2011

Hubert A. "Bill" Bullis died on February 17, 2011 at Lorien Assisted Living Facility in Bel Air, MD. He was 83 years old. Mr. Bullis was born in Wilkes County, NC to Hubert A. Bullis Sr. and Inez Wallace Bullis. He attended Milligan College, TN and Emmanuel School of Religion. After graduating, he was minister to several congregations in East...

David Benton Smelser Jr.

David Benton Smelser Jr.

Feb 17, 2011

David Benton Smelser Jr., age 57, of Fallston, MD, died on February 17, 2011 at his home. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Margaret Belle Winfree Smelser of Fallston, MD and the late David Benton Smelser Sr. A graduate of Brooklyn Park High School, he was a loving son and an active member of Grandview Christian Church...

Mary D. Barker

Mary D. Barker

Feb 16, 2011

Mary D. Barker, age 78, of Havre de Grace, MD, formally of Bland County, VA, died on February 16, 2011 at Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Crandon, VA, she was the daughter of the late Carl Robert and Edna May Coffey Farlow. She loved the town of Havre de Grace, cooking, and gardening. She worked...

Elizabeth Duffy Barrows

Elizabeth Duffy Barrows

Feb 15, 2011

Elizabeth Duffy Barrows, of Churchville, MD, died on February 15, 2011 at her home. Born in Rutland, VT, she was the daughter of the late Leo B. and Susan A. Morrison Duffy. She graduated from the University of Vermont with a BA in Education. She was a member of St. Margaret Catholic Church where she taught middle school English and...

Jack W. Mothershead

Jack W. Mothershead

Feb 15, 2011

Jack W. Mothershead, age 70, of Frederick, MD, passed away on February 15, 2011 at his home. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Richard Hobson and Rose Edwards Mothershead. A resident of Ellicott City for over 30 years, he served his country in the Air National Guard. He worked at Westinghouse, and a later career...

Thomas Otto Seiser Sr.

Thomas Otto Seiser Sr.

Feb 14, 2011

Thomas Otto Seiser Sr., age 94, of Joppa, MD, passed away on February 14, 2011 at Lorien Riverside in Belcamp, MD. Born in Catonsville, MD, he was the son of the late Karl Otto Seiser and Mary Katherine Pucha Seiser, and husband of the late Virginia Jessie Clingman. He was employed for 40 years at Cloverland Dairy in Baltimore, MD,...

Pauline Alverta Dentler

Pauline Alverta Dentler

Feb 14, 2011

Pauline Alverta Dentler, age 96, of Joppa, MD, died on February 14, 2011 at her home. Born in Manchester, PA, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Mary Elizabeth Knaub Stough and wife of the late Kenneth E. Dentler. She retired, after 40 years, from Schulte & Tride where she was a salesperson. Mrs. Dentler is survived by...

Cheryl D. Leibowitz

Cheryl D. Leibowitz

Feb 14, 2011

Cheryl Dian Leibowitz (nee Kazee) of Bel Air, MD, died on February 14, 2011 at her home, surrounded by family and friends. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of Reda Virginia Hartzell Burk of Bel Air, MD, and the late Marshall Charles Burk. She battled cancer with great courage for almost 12 years. Mrs. Leibowitz graduated from Bel...

Betty Ann Hopkins

Betty Ann Hopkins

Feb 13, 2011

Betty Ann Hopkins, age 79, of Abingdon, MD, died on February 13, 2011 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Great Neck, Long Island, NY, she was the daughter of the late William James and Dorothy Eleanor Chivers Harney. She had worked as an office manager for J. Vinton Schaeffer Construction. Betty Ann enjoyed spending time...

Marie G. Wyre

Marie G. Wyre

Feb 13, 2011

Marie G. Wyre of Darlington, MD passed away February 13 in her home. She was 86 years old. She was born December 14, 1924 in Stewartstown, PA. Mrs. Wyre was the co-founder of Wyre Income Tax Company in Darlington. She was known as the strong, leading force of her family. She was humble, giving, and loved by everyone she met....

Dorthea Daugherty

Dorthea Daugherty

Feb 13, 2011

On February 13, 2011, Dorthea Daugherty, age 62, of Edgewood, MD. Devoted mother of Julie Ann Bingham and husband, Karl, of Spring Lake, NC. Loving sister of John McLain, Horus McLain, Bobbi McLain, and Linda Cash. Also survived by former husband, Troy Daugherty.