Obituaries

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

Edward Preston Burton, Sr.

Edward Preston Burton, Sr.

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...

Denise Lovett Villani

Denise Lovett Villani

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...

James Carroll Lockard Sr.

James Carroll Lockard Sr.

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...

Patricia A. Furlong

Patricia A. Furlong

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)...

Gillard ''Gil'' A. Sutherland

Gillard ''Gil'' A. Sutherland

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...

Hazel Wildason Wells

Hazel Wildason Wells

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...

Alta Cora Sargable

Alta Cora Sargable

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....

Helen L. Crowl Freeze

Helen L. Crowl Freeze

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...

Allene Salmons

Allene Salmons

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...

Herbert N. Pace, Sr.

Herbert N. Pace, Sr.

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...

Eleanore ''Bobbie'' Lee Kunkel

Eleanore ''Bobbie'' Lee Kunkel

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...

Harrison Blackburn

Harrison Blackburn

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,...

Thelma I. Haviland

Thelma I. Haviland

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,...

Joe  Harry Brewer

Joe Harry Brewer

May 11, 2009

Joe Harry Brewer, age 69, died at his home in Deal Island, MD, on May 11, 2009. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late William George and Christine Levy Brewer.Mr. Brewer is survived by his wife, Patricia Ann Brewer; his children, Bonnie Lynn Foley, Cheryl Ann Vail, Albert John Foley, Jr., Kimberly Ann Helmbrecht, and Nicole Evelyn...

Florence Isabelle Sullivan

Florence Isabelle Sullivan

May 10, 2009

Florence Isabelle Sullivan died peacefully at her home on May10, 2009 with family at her side. She was 91. Mrs. Sullivan was born on Nov. 23, 1917, in Fork Md. to Burgan and Florence Dilworth. She married Paul D. "Kelly" Sullivan in June 1942.She was affectionately known as "Belle" to family, friends and acquaintances.Belle attended St. Margaret School in Bel...

Bettie (Edna) May Rigsby

Bettie (Edna) May Rigsby

May 9, 2009

Bettie (Edna) May Rigsby, age 79, of Joppa, MD died on May 9, 2009 at St. Francis Hospital in Wilmington, DE. Born in Joppa, MD she was the daughter of the late William Carroll and Anna Augusta Benser Ryan. She had worked as a food service worker for the Army, Air Force Exchange Services and loved her family, gardening and...

Mary  Catherine Mcavoy Roberts

Mary Catherine Mcavoy Roberts

May 9, 2009

Mary Catherine McAvoy Roberts of Ellicott City, formerly of Bel Air, MD, died Saturday, May 9, 2009 at Gilchrist Hospice Center. She was 84 years old. Mrs. Roberts lived at Brighton Gardens of Towson for two and a half years. She is the daughter of the late William D. and Mary C. McAvoy, of Osceola Mills, PA.Mrs. Roberts received her...

Lillie Mae Norfleet

Lillie Mae Norfleet

May 8, 2009

Lillie Mae Norfleet, age 84, of Havre de Grace, MD, died on May 8, 2009 at her home. Born in Fries, VA, she was the daughter of the late John Wilson and Ruby Mae Crouse Williams. A resident of Harford County for most of her life, she had worked at Bata Shoe Company as a seamstress, at APG as a...

Lucille  Robb Chapman

Lucille Robb Chapman

May 8, 2009

Lucille Robb Chapman, age 87, of Frederick, MD, died on May 8, 2009 at Somerford House in Frederick, MD. Born in Oilton, OK, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Silas and Maud Mae Bernard Robb and wife of the late Ruben Answorth Chapman. A resident of Harford County for over 35 years, she had worked as a bookkeeping...