Obituaries

May 24, 2009

Herman Procell, age 82, of Edgewood, MD, died on May 24, 2009 at Johns Hopkins Bayview, Baltimore, MD. Born in Noble, LA, he was one of seven children of the late Henry C. and Annie Leone Procell. A 20 year veteran with the U.S. Army, he worked for 26 years with the Ordnance Center and School at Aberdeen Proving Ground....

May 23, 2009

May 23, 2009

Jessie Hazel Wagner, age 86, of Elkton, MD, died on May 23, 2009 at SunBridge Care and Rehabilitation in Elkton, MD. Born in Troutdale, VA, she was the daughter of the late Orley Gordon and Dora Belle Comer Reedy. A 1940 graduate of Bel Air High School, she worked for Sears and retired from there in 1984. She was a...

May 23, 2009

Charles Louis Brockmeyer Jr., age 59, of Bel Air, MD, died on May 23, 2009 at his home. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Charles Louis Brockmeyer Sr. and Chrystelle Thelma Brewer Brockmeyer of Joppa, MD. He enjoyed hunting and fishing and was an Eagle Scout from Troop #877 Chartered at St. Stephen's Catholic Church. In addition...

May 22, 2009

Christina K. Blevins, age 68, of Edgewood, MD, died on May 22, 2009 at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium, MD. Born in Germany, she was the daughter of the late Otto and Katharina Wolf Simon. Ms. Blevins is survived by her son James A. Blevins, and wife Hilda, of Farmersville, TX; and her sister Ilona Swidersky, and husband Hienz, and...

May 22, 2009

Meshack "Buddy" Meadows Jr., age 72, of Edgewood, MD, died on May 22, 2009 at Perry Point Veterans Medical Center in Perry Point, MD. Born in Creswell, MD, he was the son of the late Meshack Meadows Sr. and Polly Gibson Meadows. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served as an MP and on the U.S. Army All American...

May 22, 2009

Lillian A. Weirauch, age 88, of Bel Air, MD, died on May 22, 2009 at her home. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Henry J. and Margaret M. Horn and wife of the late Charles A. Weirauch Sr. She loved her African Gray bird named Boo Boo and was a very caring family person and...

May 21, 2009

Edward Preston Burton Sr., age 89, died May 21, 2009 at the Berlin Nursing Home surrounded by loved ones. He will be joining his late wife Edith Belle Burton to rest in peace. Born January 4, 1920 in Hamilton, MD, he was the son of the late John C. Burton Sr. and Bessie Bierwirth.He served in the United States Navy...

May 19, 2009

Denise Lovett Villani, age 54, of Bel Air, MD, died on May 19, 2009 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Springville, NY, she was the daughter of the late Mack and Barbara Lovett. She was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and had worked at Aberdeen Proving Ground as an administrative assistant. She was a...

May 19, 2009

James Carroll Lockard Sr., age 85, of Bel Air, MD, died on May 19, 2009 at St. Joseph Medical Center in Baltimore, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Charles Edward and Ruby Amelia Lloyd Lockard. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served our country during WWII. A resident of Harford County for 43...

May 18, 2009

Patricia Arena (Moats) (Plunkett) Furlong, of Forest Hill, MD, passed away on May 18, 2009 after a lengthy battle with cancer.Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on October 13, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Woodrow B. and Julia F. (Fiorentino) Moats.Mrs. Furlong is survived by two daughters; Steffanie Arena (Plunkett) Frey and partner, Victor Woodell, and Judith E. (Plunkett)...

May 17, 2009

Gillard "Gil" A. Sutherland, age 82, of Joppa, MD, died on May 17, 2009 at his home. Born in Coeburn, VA, he was the youngest of eleven children of the late George Brittian and Sarah Lavinia Holbrook Sutherland. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served our country during WWII. He worked in customer sales service for a paper manufacturing...

May 17, 2009

Hazel Wildason Wells, age 93, of Bel Air, MD, died on May 17, 2009 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Bel Air, MD, she was the daughter of the late Claude and Emma Miller Wildason and wife of the late John E. Wells. A lifelong resident of Harford County, she was a life member of...

May 16, 2009

Alta Cora Sargable, age 84, of Aberdeen, MD, died on May 16, 2009 at Lorien Nursing and Rehabilitation in Riverside. Born in Grassy Creek, NC, she was the daughter of the late Wiley Bradford and Rosa Lura Plummer Reedy and wife of the late Vernon Nelson Sargable. She was a member of Antioch Baptist Church in Havre de Grace, MD....

May 16, 2009

Helen L. Crowl Freeze, age 100, of White Hall, MD, died on May 16, 2009 at her home. Born in Sullivan, IN, she was the daughter of the late John Hamilton and Maggie Lee Tabor Miller and wife of the late Norman Crowl and John Freeze. A graduate of Oxford Pennsylvania High School, she had worked for Stewarts Department Store...

May 16, 2009

Allene Salmons, age 73, of Joppa, MD, died on May 16, 2009 at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Born in Matewan, WV, she was the daughter of Cordia McCoy Steele of Joppa, MD and the late Ralph Steele. She had worked at Aberdeen Proving Ground in the supply department. In addition to her mother, Mrs. Salmons is survived by her...

May 12, 2009

Herbert N. Pace Sr., age 79, of Abingdon, MD, died on May 12, 2009 at Bel Air Health and Rehabilitation in Bel Air, MD. Born in Pickens, SC, he was the son of the late Clarice O. and Annie Louise Grant Pace. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served our country during WWII. He was a resident of Harford...

May 12, 2009

Eleanore "Bobbie" Lee Kunkel, wife of 60 years of Gerald F. Kunkel of Bel Air, MD. A loving wife, mother and grandmother, Bobbie passed at her home surrounded by family on Tuesday, May 12, 2009.Bobbie, 81 years old, a Harford County native, and daughter of the late Ruth Walsh and Norman J. Lee of Perryman, attended Perryman Public, St. Stephen...

May 12, 2009

Harrison Blackburn, age 90, of Reading, PA, died on May 12, 2009 at Berkshire Center in Reading, PA. Born in West Jefferson, NC, he was one of eleven children, born to the late Mack and Carmen DeBoard Blackburn. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving our country in WWII. He married his wife of 62 years, Emily Wilson,...

May 11, 2009

Thelma I. Haviland, age 74, of Bel Air, MD, died on May 11, 2009 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Harford County, she was the daughter of the late William and Elizabeth Standiford. She was a dedicated wife, mother and grandmother.Mrs. Haviland is survived by her husband, W. Paul Haviland of Bel Air, MD; children,...