Obituaries

Mar 22, 2010

Charles Paul Coster, age 82 of Pylesville died Monday March 22, 2010 at York Hospital in York, Pa. He was born in Baltimore on August 8, 1927, son of the late Paul and Catherine Schackert Coster. He was a supervisor at the former Westinghouse. Charles is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Brocklehurst Coster. A daughter, Diane, three step-daughters, Cynthia Butler...

Mar 22, 2010

On March 22, 2010, Joseph Vincent Rohr, Sr. passed away peacefully and comfortably at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center with his three loving children, Constance Joan Gemmill, Mary Catherine Bland, and Joseph Vincent Rohr, Jr., by his side. Born in Baltimore, on April 24, 1921, the son of the late Catherine King Rohr and Bernard Rohr, and the brother of the...

Mar 22, 2010

Daniel Lee Hannibal, age 30, died on March 22, 2010. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of David Lee Hannibal of Georgia, and the late Karen Lynn Slater-Beattie. He enjoyed football and cooking, and had worked as a chef in various restaurants. In addition to his father, he is survived by his wife, Jennifer April Brown Hannibal of...

Mar 21, 2010

Mar 21, 2010

Mark Wayne Parson Sr., age 54, of Abingdon, MD, died on March 21, 2010 at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, MD. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Kenneth Woodrow and Marie Matilda Willis Parson. A member of the United Steel Workers Union, he was an outdoorsman and an avid hunter and fisherman. He loved...

Mar 21, 2010

Valdore A. "Val" Langford, age 87, of Bel Air, MD, died on March 21, 2010 at St. Joseph Hospital. She was the daughter of the late Thomas John Arculeer and Alberta Beatrice Saint Julien Arculeer and wife of the late Harold T. "Hal" Langford. She was a homemaker, a devoted mother, and a Catholic leader who donated graciously to charity....

Mar 19, 2010

Emily Duroska Vesely, age 88, of Abingdon, MD, died on March 19, 2010 at her son's home in Abingdon. Born in Ziar, Czechoslovakia, she was the daughter of Matthew and Anna Duroska and wife, for 40 years, of the late John William Vesely. She had immigrated to America from Czechoslovakia at the age of 16 to save her family's farm....

Mar 18, 2010

Gordon Nelson Anderson, age 85, of Bel Air, MD, died on March 18, 2010. Born in Moose Lake, MN, he was the son of Claude and Clara Anderson. Upon graduating high school in 1942, Gordy took a bus to Fargo, ND to join the Carl Coby Orchestra as a trumpet player. He toured the Midwest playing one-nighters at ballrooms, and...

Mar 18, 2010

Adriene Carol Rainey, age 49, of Edgewood, MD, died on March 18, 2010 at her home. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, she was the daughter of Clarence Burnett and Shirley Marie McMillan Tittle of Jarrettsville, MD. She worked for Social Services where she was an executive assistant. Her hobbies included gardening, arts and crafts, and she also volunteered wherever...

Mar 18, 2010

Curtis Edward Brewster, age 65, of Bel Air, MD, died on March 18, 2010 at his home. Born in Richlands, VA, he was the son of the late John Andrew and Stella Virginia Price Brewster. He had worked as a supervisor for a chemical company and was a member of the Moose Lodge, as well as a lifetime member of...

Mar 17, 2010

LT Col Jerome Peter Geurts (Ret) was born to Henry and Frances Geurts in Freedom, WI on April 27, 1930. Jerome was preceded in death by his wife Shirley (nee Wolfgram) Geurts, parents, Henry and Frances (nee Rickert) Geurts; infant brother Jackie (John) Geurts, brothers-in- law Raymond P. Bissing and Jerome Scheuerell. He is survived by daughters, Pamela (Michael) Warren,...

Mar 16, 2010

Lillian V. Weller, age 88, died on March 16, 2010 at the Bel Air Health & Rehabilitation Center in Bel Air, MD. She was the wife of the late Oscar Nelson Weller Sr. Born in Summit Point, WV, she was the daughter of the late Otho C. and Lillian Estelle Boyd Via. She moved to Baltimore MD in 1942 and...

Mar 16, 2010

Gilbert Lawrence Hamilton, age 87, life-long resident of Harford County, died Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Mr. Hamilton was the loving husband of Elizabeth Singleton Hamilton of Forest Hill for 53 years. He was the loving father to their only child, William Oliver Hamilton and his wife, Susan, and granddaughters, Joanna and...

Mar 16, 2010

T. Carroll Brown, age 93, died on March 16, 2010 at Blakehurst Health Center in Towson, MD. Born and raised in Havre de Grace, MD, he was the son of the late Augustus Freeborn Brown Jr. and Mary Josephine Busch Brown. A Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, he served our country during WWII in the Pacific Theater. He graduated from...

Mar 15, 2010

John Burton, 63, of Churchville, MD, passed away on March 15, 2010 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. John was born July 14, 1946 in Macomb, IL, to the late Lloyd and Darlyne Wilson Burton. He was raised in Illinois and graduated from Colchester High School. He was a member of First Christian Church in Colchester. From...

Mar 15, 2010

Frank J. Shepherd, age 88, of Joppa, MD, died March 15, 2010 at Bel Air Health and Rehabilitation in Bel Air. Born in Prudence, WV, he was the son of the late Frank William Shepherd and Essie Hazel Burdette Shepherd, and husband, of 68 years, to Vada Emma Legg Shepherd. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served as a...

Mar 13, 2010

Deborah Ann Pleines, age 54, of Conowingo, MD, died on March 13, 2010 at her home. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Edward Donald and Melva Ann Brocato Jehnert. She worked in customer service and was a master gardener who enjoyed working with plants. She loved her three German Shepherds; Baron, Max, and Shane. Mrs....

Mar 12, 2010

Brenda S. Thompson, age 38, of Abingdon, MD, died on March 12, 2010 at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, MD. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, she was the daughter of Freddy Lee and Juanita Joyce Leonard Thompson of Havre de Grace, MD. Born and raised in Harford County, she was a 1989 graduate of Edgewood High School...

Mar 12, 2010

John E. Hall, age 78, of Bel Air, MD, died on March 12, 2010 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Stewartstown, PA, he was the son of the late Russell Eugene and Sara Grace Jenkins Hall. He graduated from West Chester University in 1953, earned his Masters Degree from Appalachian State; and attended Teachers College....

Mar 12, 2010

Rudolph John Knott Jr., of Fallston, died Friday, March 12, 2010. He was born May 16, 1931, in Baltimore, MD to Ethel Louise and Rudolph John Knott, Sr. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Betty Jane Tipton, two brothers, George Knott and Harold Corbin. He is survived by three children, Janet (Ralph) Beckwith,...