Obituaries

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

Yolanda Guevara Landes

Yolanda Guevara Landes

Sep 29, 2010

On September 29, 2010, Yolanda Rosa Josefa Landes (nee Guevara), beloved wife of the late Woodrow Wilson Landes Sr., passed away at her home surrounded by her loving family, due to pancreatic cancer. She was 85 years young. Yolanda was born in San Marcos de Colon, Honduras, Central America, on May 19, 1925. She was the mother of 7 children,...

Nancy Lynne Shircliff

Nancy Lynne Shircliff

Sep 28, 2010

Nancy Lynne Shircliff, age 75, of Bel Air, MD, died on Sept 28, 2010 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late William Ernest and Ruth Margaret Coppersmith DeGrafft. She had been employed as a medical transcriptionist. Mrs. Shircliff is survived by her husband, John F. Davey of...

Mark  A. Herrold

Mark A. Herrold

Sep 26, 2010

Mark A. Herrold, age 51, of Baltimore, MD, died on September 26, 2010 at Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Glenn Lowell and Selma Regina Spear Herrold. He was an avid bowler, bird watcher, and nature lover, and also enjoyed woodworking. Mr. Herrold is survived by his...

Guy Raymond Botterill Jr.

Guy Raymond Botterill Jr.

Sep 26, 2010

Guy Raymond Botterill Jr., age 82, of Baltimore, MD, died on September 26, 2010 at his home. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Guy Raymond Botterill Sr. and Ruth Louisa Sagle Botterill. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served our country during the Korean Conflict. A graduate of Baltimore City College, he had worked for...

Inez Laberta Harris

Inez Laberta Harris

Sep 26, 2010

Inez Laberta Harris, age 92, of Edgewood, MD, died on September 26, 2010 at Bel Air Health and Rehabilitation in Bel Air, MD. Born in Parkton, MD, she was the daughter of the late George A. and Sadie C. Spicer Perry. Mrs. Harris was known as good cook who shared her talents with her friends and family. She enjoyed helping...

Claire J. Pritcher

Claire J. Pritcher

Sep 25, 2010

Claire J. Pritcher, of Bel Air, formerly of Sinking Spring, Pa., died September 25, 2010 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. She was 94. Born in Philadelphia, PA, she was the daughter of the late Julius and Marianne Grenda Apanewicz and wife of 66 years to the late Marvin H. Pritcher. Mrs. Pritcher lived for 25 years...

Walter Henry Sherman Jr.

Walter Henry Sherman Jr.

Sep 25, 2010

Walter Henry Sherman Jr., age 82, of Street, MD, died on September 25, 2010 at Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Forest Hill, MD, he was the son of the late Walter Henry Sherman Sr. and Bessie Mae Bodt Sherman, and husband of the late M. Joyce K. Sherman. He owned and operated Sherman's Beer and...

Jean Gloria Kochowicz

Jean Gloria Kochowicz

Sep 25, 2010

Jean G. Salamone Kochowicz, of Forest Hill MD, passed away on September 25th, 2010. Jean was born in White Deer, PA in 1929, and moved to the Washington DC area following WWII. Jean worked for Arthur Andersen until the birth of her children starting in 1958. After raising her two sons, Jean began her career at Citizens Bank of Maryland...

Paul Beatty Harlan Jr.

Paul Beatty Harlan Jr.

Sep 24, 2010

On September 24, 2010, Paul Harlan, Jr. a retired farmer, died at home after a long illness. He was 80. Mr. Harlan, son of the late Paul and Katharine Harlan, was a graduate of the University of Maryland and a lifetime resident of Churchville. Survivors include brothers Henry and George, sisters Oleita Genshaw and Louise Umbarger. Also nephews Michael Harlan...

Danita Vernetta Carter

Danita Vernetta Carter

Sep 24, 2010

On September 24, 2010, beloved life partner of Russell Garrison and beloved mother of Leslie Harper. Dear daughter of Esther M. Carter and cherished sister of brothers, John, Jerrance, and Johnathan Carter and sisters, Christine Ryales, Darlene Collins, and Dalarie Hall. She is also survived by her precious grandchildren, Trinity, Christian, and Zion; and many aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends....

Paul R. Neeper

Paul R. Neeper

Sep 22, 2010

Paul R. Neeper, Jr., age 79, of Bel Air, died on September 22, 2010 at GilchrIst Hospice. He was the husband of Edie (Patzig) Neeper for over 54 years. He has two sons and daughters-in-law: Michael Neeper and Kathryn Hofmann of Collegeville, Pennsylvania, and Lawrence and Donna Neeper of Stillwater, Oklahoma. In addition, he has two grandchildren, Ellen Neeper and...

Naomi Goetze

Naomi Goetze

Sep 22, 2010

Naomi R. Goetze, age 89, of Abingdon, MD, died on September 22, 2010 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Simon E. Seekford and Rhufell Cameron, and wife, for 50 years, of the late Walter H. Goetze Jr. She was employed at Ben Franklin for over 20...

Stephen Keith Bradley

Stephen Keith Bradley

Sep 21, 2010

Stephen Keith Bradley, age 54, of Abingdon, MD, died on September 21, 2010 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Detroit, MI, he was the son of Walter Raymond Bradley Jr. and Martha Lorine Runkle Bradley, of Bel Air, MD. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his wife, Rachel Ann Chamberlain Bradley of...

Wanda E. Mcmillion

Wanda E. Mcmillion

Sep 21, 2010

Wanda E. McMillion, age 50, of Aberdeen, MD, died on September 21, 2010 at her home. Born in Newnan, GA, she was the daughter of the late Marshall Vernon and Mary Juanita Roberts Hodge. She worked in retail warehouse distribution. Mrs. McMillion is survived by her husband, Michael W. McMillion of Aberdeen, MD; son, Christopher Forbus of Aberdeen, MD; daughters,...

Joan Beverly Keller-Strong

Joan Beverly Keller-Strong

Sep 20, 2010

On September 20th, 2010, Joan B. Strong (nee Keller) beloved wife of husband, Wilson E. Strong, Sr. formerly having lived in Joppa, MD. They retired to Longs, South Carolina in 2005. She is survived by the following: She was the devoted mother of Karen Strunk Wentworth and Kathy Strunk Carver of Pennsylvania. Joan was stepmother to Jennifer Petrik of Abingdon,...

Virginia Ann Jordan

Virginia Ann Jordan

Sep 19, 2010

Virginia Ann Jordan, age 76, of Timonium, MD, died on September 19, 2010 at Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Towson, MD. Born in Pittston, PA, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Simon and Eleanor Hopkins Dargis. She received her elementary education at St. John Parochial School in Pittston, PA and earned her B.S. at the College of Misericordia....

David E. Cubbage

David E. Cubbage

Sep 18, 2010

David E. Cubbage, age 60, of Laurel, DE, died on September 18, 2010 at his home. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Carmelita Humphries Cubbage of Aberdeen, MD and the late Enoch E. Cubbage. He worked as an Automated Packing Systems Technician and Lithograph Production Line Mechanic. He also worked for the Delmarva Shorebirds Baseball Organization. A...

Doris Katherine Kohl

Doris Katherine Kohl

Sep 17, 2010

Doris Katherine Kohl, age 70, a resident of Manor Care of Dulaney, and formerly of Abingdon, MD, died on September 17, 2010 at Gilchrist Center in Towson, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Eugene Stanford and Florence Evaline Rader Miller and wife of the late James Kohl. Growing up in Parkville, she had worked...

Joseph ''Joey'' Paul D'Entremont Iii

Joseph ''Joey'' Paul D'Entremont Iii

Sep 17, 2010

Joseph Paul d'Entremont III (Joey), age 14, of Fallston, MD, died on September 17, 2010 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Attleboro, MA, he was the son of Joseph Paul d'Entremont Jr. of Fallston, MD and Faith Ann Stevens of Forest Hill, MD. A student at Fallston High School, he played on the football team...