Obituaries

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

Jennie Mosca Pyle

Jennie Mosca Pyle

Feb 7, 2010

On February 7, 2010, Jennie Mosca Pyle, of Bel Air, MD. Beloved wife, for 48 years, of the late John Alfred Pyle. Loving daughter of the late Rose Butterfield and Gaetano Mosca. Loving sister of John Mosca and his wife, Kay, and the late Sam Mosca, Raphael Mosca, Mary Kullman, Victoria Sowers, and Angela Rice. Sister-in-law of Frances Mosca, and...

Young Chul Joung

Young Chul Joung

Feb 5, 2010

Young Chul Joung, age 55, of Abingdon, MD, died on February 5, 2010 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Seoul, South Korea, he was the son of the late Ki Sik Joung and Bok Soon Kang. He attended Emmorton Baptist Church and was a visiting minister of local churches. He created the Early Dawn Mission...

Hank Offney

Hank Offney

Feb 4, 2010

Hank Offney, age 88, of Bel Air, MD, died on February 4, 2010 at Bel Air Health and Rehabilitation in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Charles and Elizabeth Tribull Offney. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he retired from Aberdeen Proving Ground where he was a Ballistics Engineer. He was an...

Margaret Frances Kohlerman

Margaret Frances Kohlerman

Feb 4, 2010

Margaret Frances Kohlerman, age 90, of Bel Air, MD, died on February 4, 2010 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born January 21, 1920 in Westover, PA, she was the daughter of the late Durwood Belmont and Rhoda Sharpe Ford Blake, and wife of the late Jim Kohlerman. She was raised in West Virginia where she went...

Edna L. Morrison

Edna L. Morrison

Feb 3, 2010

Edna L. Morrison, age 75, of Rosedale, MD, died on February 3, 2010 at her home. Born in Tazeville, VA, she was the daughter of the late Dewey Vance and Edna F. Christian, and wife of the late James Franklin Morrison. She loved taking care of her family, especially her grandchildren, and going to church on Sundays. Mrs. Morrison is...

Mark Stanley Plakatoris

Mark Stanley Plakatoris

Feb 2, 2010

Mark Stanley Plakatoris of Bel Air passed away on Tuesday February 2, 2010, at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. He was 82. His wife of 50 years, Janet, was with him when he peacefully went to be with his Father. He was blessed with many friends and a loving family and he will be missed. Mark was born on August...

Gladys Proctor Maxwell

Gladys Proctor Maxwell

Jan 31, 2010

Gladys Proctor Maxwell, age 92, of Forest Hill, MD, died on January 31, 2010 at her home. Born in Fallston, MD, she was the daughter of the late George Elwood and Bessie Irene Daughton Proctor and loving wife, for over 50 years, of the late Russell Maxwell. Known as Aunt Gladys to many, she was born and raised on a...

Dorcas Gale Snow

Dorcas Gale Snow

Jan 31, 2010

Dorcas Gale Snow, age 89, of Rising Sun, MD, died on January 31, 2010 at Union Hospital in Elkton, MD. Born in Wytheville, VA, she was the daughter of the late Charles Henry and Ida Virginia Pauley Sult and wife, for 46 years, of the late Thomas S. Snow. She received her G.E.D. at the age of 77 and loved...

Gregory Michael Skinner

Gregory Michael Skinner

Jan 31, 2010

Gregory Michael Skinner, 62, of Norrisville, Maryland, died Sunday January 31, 2010. Son of the late Louis A. - Elizabeth Hilton Skinner. He is the husband of 41 years Diana Waddell Skinner. In addition to his wife, Greg is survived by two daughters, Tricia Vanover - husband Brian, and Deidrah Reeves - husband Christopher, and three grandchildren, Katelyn Vanover, and...

Joey Wayne Dehaven Jr.

Joey Wayne Dehaven Jr.

Jan 30, 2010

Joey Wayne DeHaven Jr., age 29, of Aberdeen, MD, died on January 30, 2010 at Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Havre de Grace, he was the son of Joey Wayne DeHaven Sr. of Havre de Grace, MD and Bette Ann Cage DeHaven of Aberdeen, MD. A lifelong resident of Harford County, he graduated from Aberdeen...

George Mason

George Mason

Jan 28, 2010

George Mason, age 75, of Abingdon, MD died on January 28, 2010 at the Baltimore VA Medical Center. Born in Kearny, NJ, he was the son of the late Robert and Lillian Wild Mason. A veteran, he served our country in the U.S. Air Force. He was an airplane mechanic for the U.S. Government, and loved to work with his...

William  Michael Bates

William Michael Bates

Jan 28, 2010

William Michael Bates, age 53, of Fallston, MD died on January 28, 2010 at his home. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Rosalie Gloria Bates of Cockeysville, MD and the late William Hellier Kelley. A published author, his works included Images of America: Bel Air, Harford County in Vintage Postcards, Harford County Then & Now, Images of...

Juanita Knight Dunn

Juanita Knight Dunn

Jan 27, 2010

Juanita Knight Dunn, age 81, of Aberdeen, MD, died on January 27, 2010 at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, MD. Born in Churchville, MD, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Ethel Knight Walter and wife of the late Hilton L. Dunn. She was a proud recipient of many awards for her volunteer work including, VFW,...

John William Carroll Sr.

John William Carroll Sr.

Jan 27, 2010

Services will be rescheduled at a later date.John William Carroll Sr., age 86, of White Marsh, MD, died on January 27, 2010 at Franklin Square Hospital. Born in White Marsh, MD he was the son of the late William Edward and Lula May Alder Carroll and husband, of 41 years, to the late Edith Blye Wiles Carroll. A veteran, he...

John J. Collins Jr

John J. Collins Jr

Jan 26, 2010

John J. Collins Jr., age 73, of Churchville, MD, died on January 26, 2010 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Washington, DC, he was the son of Inez Laberta Perry Harris of Edgewood, MD, and the late John Jerome Collins. A veteran of the U.S. Marines, he retired from Peach Bottom Nuclear Power Plant where...

Ann Russo

Ann Russo

Jan 26, 2010

Ann Russo, age 74, of Bel Air, MD, died on January 26, 2010 at her home. Born in Oil City, PA, she was the daughter of the late Charles Albert Hunt Sr. and Hazel Mabel Myers Hunt. She graduated with Magna Cum Laude Honors from Waynesburg College, where she had also been voted May Queen, and from there, went on...

Helen Mildred Gengler Brown

Helen Mildred Gengler Brown

Jan 26, 2010

Helen G. Brown, a devout Mormon and devoted mother, died January 25 in Willow Street, PA after a bout with cancer. She was 92.Born Helen Mildred Gengler on August 6, 1917 in Egg Harbor, NJ, she excelled at school while working diligently on her parents' farm. While attending school in nearby Mays Landing, she won the regional spelling bee and...

Pamela  A. Britti

Pamela A. Britti

Jan 26, 2010

Pamela A. Britti, age 58, of White Marsh, MD, died on January 26, 2010 at her home. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Edward Britti and Dorothy Kortash. She worked in retail sales and loved making crafts, going to flea markets, Christmas holidays, and baking. Ms. Britti is survived by her daughter, Margeaux Britti...