Obituaries

Mar 29, 2010

Hilda L. Bosley, age 78, of Aberdeen, MD, died on March 29, 2010 at her home. Born in Towson, MD, she was the daughter of the late Park Francis and Dorothy Virginia Sampson Egbert, and wife of the late Earl S. Bosley and Hugh C. Gilbert. A resident of Harford County since 1963, she attended St. Francis de Sales Catholic...

Mar 27, 2010

Sophie H. Olszewski, age 87, of Aberdeen, MD, died on March 27, 2010 at her home. Born in Wilkes Barre, PA, she was the daughter of the late Stanley Katusz Sr. and Frances Olsiefski Katusz and wife of the late Leon T. Olszewski. Formerly of Dundalk, she has been a resident of Harford County for 17 years. A past member...

Mar 26, 2010

John K. Fassel Jr., age 87, of Bel Air, MD, died on March 26, 2010 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late John Kimbell Fassel Sr. and Alice Shue Fassel. A resident of Harford County since 1970, he worked for Anchor Construction Company where he was a...

Mar 26, 2010

Michael J. Switalski Jr., age 85, of Edgewood, MD, died on March 26, 2010 after a prolonged illness. Michael was born in Chicago, IL, the son of Michael Sr. and Marie Switalski. He spoke often of his extended family and the close-knit Polish community in which he was raised. Michael joined the Army in 1943 and after serving 20 years,...

Mar 26, 2010

Mrs. Myrtle Ruth Quinn, age 88, of Aberdeen, died on March 26, 2010 at Lorien at Riverside Nursing Home. She was the loving wife of the late William "Bill" Quinn, whom she married on August 19, 1939. She was born July 6, 1921 in Galax, VA, the daughter of the late Roy and Clittis Sparks Moxley. She spent most of...

Mar 25, 2010

Myrtle Jeanette Burcham died at her home on 25 March 2010 at 78 years of age after an 18 month battle with pancreatic cancer.She was born on May 1, 1931 in Dublin MD, the daughter of the late Jane Yale Cheek Marcum and Wayne Edward Cheek.She graduated from Bel Air High School in 1948 and attended Harford Community College in...

Mar 25, 2010

Mar 25, 2010

Mary Christine Henn, age 84, of Bel Air, MD, formerly of Randallstown, died on March 25, 2010 at her home. Born in Capitol Heights, MD, she was the daughter of the late William and Viola Wooten McCormac. She was a homemaker and member of Evangelical Methodist Church in Dublin, MD. Mrs. Henn is survived by her husband of 63 years,...

Mar 24, 2010

Ellen Flint Marsiglia, age 94, died on March 24, 2010 in North Carolina. Born in Fairport, VA, she was the daughter of the late Walter Lee and Nesta Elizabeth Timbs Flint and wife of the late Vincent Leonard Marsiglia. She moved to Baltimore in 1933 where she became a registered nurse, training and working at Maryland General Hospital. She was...

Mar 23, 2010

On March 23, 2010, Thomas Edwin Sturgill of Darlington, Maryland. Husband of the late Frances Blaney Sturgill, son of Katharine (Betty) Pyle Sturgill,and the late Reece C. Sturgill, and brother of Bill Sturgill and wife Emily, and Joan Wiater and husband, Richard. Visitation will be from the Kurtz Funeral Home 1114 Baldwin Mill Road, Jarrettsville. On Friday March 26, 2010...

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...