Obituaries

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

Shirley A. Cantow

Shirley A. Cantow

Jan 13, 2010

Shirley A. Cantow, age 75, of Forest Hill, MD, was taken into God's eternal rest on January 13, 2010 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born between Odenton and Severn, she was the daughter of the late Jessie and Cecelia Friedel Jurnigan. She had worked at the DMV in Glen Burnie, was a counselor at the Hickey...

Irma Edith Nay

Irma Edith Nay

Jan 12, 2010

Irma Edith Nay, age 81, of Forest Hill, MD, died on January 12, 2010. Born in Karlsruhe, Germany, she was the daughter of the late Richard and Ottilie Schultz Ruhm and wife of the late Francis L. Nay. Mrs. Nay is survived by her daughter, Gina A. Isom and husband, George C. Isom; and grandsons, George A. and William C....

Kathy  S. Gorrera

Kathy S. Gorrera

Jan 12, 2010

Kathy S. Gorrera, age 48, of Berlin, MD, died on January 12, 2010 at her home. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of Melvin George and Katherine Joan Frey Lang of Kingsville, MD. She was a bar manager for 18 years at Coins Restaurant in Ocean City, MD and wrote several articles for the Coconut Times. An avid...

Joyce Urban Corso

Joyce Urban Corso

Jan 11, 2010

Joyce Urban Corso, passed peacefully on January 11, 2010 at John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD, after a courageous battle with cancer. A resident of Harford County for 36 years, she was born in Baltimore, MD on March 25, 1941 to the late Henry and Dorothy Helen Kress Williams. She was united in marriage to Charles Nunzio Urban and had...

Margaret Elizabeth Scott

Margaret Elizabeth Scott

Jan 11, 2010

Margaret Elizabeth Scott, age 84, of Bel Air, MD, died on January 11, 2010 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Chester, SC, she was the daughter of the late Irvin P. and Edna Carter Kelly and wife, for 65 years, of the late Thomas Turner Scott Sr. A graduate of Union High School in South...

Terry Ann Long Burnett

Terry Ann Long Burnett

Jan 9, 2010

Terry Ann Burnett (nee Long), age 49, of Aberdeen, MD, died on January 9, 2010 at Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Havre de Grace, she was the daughter of Patsy Carolyn Gilliam Long of Aberdeen, MD and the late Sidney Eugene Long. In addition to her mother, Ms. Burnett is survived by her son, Thomas...

Vincent K.  Younger Sr.

Vincent K. Younger Sr.

Jan 9, 2010

Vincent K. Younger, of Forest Hill, passed away January 9, 2010. He was 92. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Howard I. and Alvina R. Younger. He graduated from the University of Baltimore. He retired, after 35 years, from Aberdeen Proving Ground, where he was an Industrial Engineer. Mr. Younger was in World War II and...

Bonnie Jo Goodman

Bonnie Jo Goodman

Jan 5, 2010

Bonnie Jo Goodman of Creswell, died in the early morning hours of January 6, 2010, after a short bout with pneumonia and complications from a myriad of immune disorders. Bonnie was 63. Bonnie was born at Mercy Hospital and raised in Sparrows Point. Graduating Sparrows Point High School in 1964, she continued on to Frostburg State College, where she contracted...

James L. Brown

James L. Brown

Jan 5, 2010

James L. Brown, age 63, of South Boston, MA, died on January 5, 2010 at his home. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, he was the son of Margaret Janelle Johnson of Aberdeen, MD and the late William Gwen Brown. A veteran, he served our country in the U.S. Navy. Mr. Brown is survived by his wife, Cheryl A. Brown...

Ruth C. Stutelberg

Ruth C. Stutelberg

Jan 3, 2010

Ruth C. Stutelberg, age 82, of Bel Air, MD, died on January 3, 2010 at Bel Air Health and Rehabilitation in Bel Air, MD. Born in North Bergen, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Margaruite Laub Stewart and wife, for 25 years, of the late Warren Harry Stutelberg. A resident of Harford County since 1978, she...

Steve Matasovsky

Steve Matasovsky

Jan 3, 2010

Steve Matasovsky, age 87, died on January 3, 2010 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Slovensky Zipov, Czechoslovakia, he was the son of the late Stefan and Terezia Hric Matasovsky, and husband of the late Loretta Mae Matasovsky, who he married in 1947. A resident of Harford County since 1940, he lived nearly six decades...

Daniel M. Skorupski

Daniel M. Skorupski

Jan 1, 2010

Daniel M. Skorupski, age 81, of Joppa, MD, died on January 1, 2010 at Mercy Suburban Hospital in Norristown, PA. Born in Buffalo, NY, he was the son of the late Matthew Frank and Emily Jaczyz Skorupski and husband, for 54 years, of the late Regis Mary Skorupski. He was a veteran of the Korean War and retired from Bethlehem...

Richard Lee Minnick, Sr.

Richard Lee Minnick, Sr.

Dec 30, 2009

Richard Lee Minnick, Sr., age 84, of Bel Air, MD died on December 30, 2009 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Bel Air, he was the son of the late John and Bertha Flowers Minnick and husband, for over 50 years, of the late Dorothy Jane Minnick. He had worked at the Edgewood Arsenal for...

Mary Magdalene Gilbert

Mary Magdalene Gilbert

Dec 27, 2009

Mary Magdalene Gilbert was born on August 15, 1911 to the union of the late, Jerry and Martha Toliver in Lignum, Virginia. She grew up in Culpepper, Virginia with her four brothers and four sisters. She was educated in the public school system of Culpepper, Virginia. She was preceded in death by her parents and 7 of her siblings, two...

Mary Clyde Spencer Streett

Mary Clyde Spencer Streett

Dec 26, 2009

A woman who endured the death of her mother when she was 12, and worked beside her father on their Forest Hill farm and canning operation, until his death of a heat-stroke working on the farm, has died at the age of 98. Mary Clyde Spencer Streett was born July 21, 1911 in the village of Forest Hill. Her mother,...

Deborah C. Wilcox

Deborah C. Wilcox

Dec 26, 2009

Deborah C. Wilcox, age 56, of Edgewood, MD, died on December 26, 2009 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, she was the daughter of the late Delmar Franklin and Mary Louise Eldreth Carter. A resident of Harford County for 31 years, she worked as a paralegal for Wilber Bolton III, Esquire....

Ernest C. Muths Jr.

Ernest C. Muths Jr.

Dec 26, 2009

Ernest C. Muths Jr., age 87, of Bel Air, MD, died on December 26, 2009 at his home. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Ernest Conrad Muths Sr. and Marian Waters. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force serving as a pilot in World War II. He worked for Waverly Press printing and...

Gladys Taylor Rupert

Gladys Taylor Rupert

Dec 24, 2009

Gladys Taylor Rupert, age 86, of Bel Air, MD, died on December 24, 2009 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Louis Thomas Taylor and Grace Viola Groth. A resident of Harford County since 1972, she was a longtime member of Trinity Lutheran Church where she taught...