Obituaries

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,...

Mar 11, 2010

Rosemary Margaret Willis, age 72, of Bel Air, MD, died on March 11, 2010 at her home. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Vernon Osborn Lutz Sr. and Rosemary Slaysman Lutz. A Harford County resident for 11 years, she worked as a secretary for the State of Maryland. She was generous with her time and...

Mar 10, 2010

Helen Hampton Yeakle, age 84, of Bel Air, MD, died on March 10, 2010 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Philadelphia, PA, she was the daughter of the late Elmer Burley Hampton Sr. and Edna St. Clair McFadden Hampton and wife of 50 years to the late Charles W. Yeakle. A member of the Daughters...

Mar 9, 2010

Shirley Joan Weber, age 74, of Bel Air, MD, died on March 9, 2010 at Hart Heritage in Forest Hill, MD. Born in Runnemede, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Francis Maher Sr. and Ruth Naomi Voss Holter, and wife of the late Charles Terre Weber. She retired, after 20 years, from C&P Telephone Company where she...

Mar 9, 2010

Mary-Louise "Rosebud" Gertrude Bauer, BSN, RN, age 78, of Forest Hill, MD, formerly of Bel Air, died on March 9, 2010 at Hart Heritage in Forest Hill, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late William Everett and Mary Theresa Haus Bauer. She was a nursing graduate from the University of Maryland, and had worked at...

Mar 9, 2010

James Gilbert Elliott, died at his home at the age of 80. Mr. Elliott was born in Rosedale, MD, son of the late Margaret Vogel Elliott and the late Edward Francis Elliott, both of Baltimore, MD. In 1951, he married Veralee (Gainey) Elliott and resided in the Parkville-Perry Hall area of Baltimore County from 1951-1986. The couple then moved to...

Mar 8, 2010

Dorothy Marie Williams, age 61, of Bel Air, MD, died on March 8, 2010 at Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Miami, FL, she was the daughter of the late Helen Louise deRonde Williams. She had worked as a Nurses Aide and loved to help others. She had the biggest heart and would give the shirt...

Mar 8, 2010

Mar 8, 2010

Dorsey Derr Miller, age 86, of Bel Air, MD, died on March 8, 2010 at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. Born in Laurel Springs, NC, he was the son of the late Britten Earns Miller and Mary M. Bare Miller Dotson, and husband, for nearly 50 years, of the late Frances Robinson Miller. A veteran of the U.S....

Mar 7, 2010

Kenneth Ronald Manos, age 70, of Edgewood, MD, died on March 7, 2010 at his home. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Gust and Lydia Howard Moore Manos. A lifelong resident of Harford County, he was raised in Joppa and was a 1957 graduate of Bel Air High School. He had worked at Bethlehem Steel,...

Mar 7, 2010

On Sunday March 7, 2010, John Warren Noonan of White Hall, Maryland, husband of Dawn Wilson Noonan, Father of Sean, Christopher, Crystal Noonan, and Lavinia Smith, and brother of Betty Soltynski, William Noonan, III, Donald Noonan, Sr., Patricia Kildruff. Viewing will be Wednesday March 10, 2010 from the Kurtz Funeral Home 1114 Baldwin Mill Road Jarrettsville, Maryland 21084, from 2-4...