Obituaries

Mar 8, 2009

Paulette Tanenbaum, age 79, formerly of Bel Air, MD, died on March 8, 2009 at her home in Street, MD. Born in Paris, she was the daughter of the late Rev. Jacob David Townsend and Berthe Simonnet Townsend. She had fled Nazi-occupied France in 1941, sailing on one of the last American ships to leave Lisbon. Ms. Tanenbaum graduated with...

Mar 7, 2009

Edna E. Walker, age 81, of Edgewood, MD, died on March 7, 2009 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Weavers Ford, NC, she was the daughter of the late John Cicero Walker Sr. and Winnie Marie Hash Walker. A resident of ARC, she was an avid painter and reader. She enjoyed eating and taking long...

Mar 7, 2009

John Barry Centineo, age 66, of Bel Air, MD, died on March 7, 2009 at his home. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late James Nicholas Centineo I and Cecilia Marie Barry Centineo. A 1960 graduate of Calvert Hall College High School, he also graduated from the Loyola Executive MBA Program. He was the C.F.O. for...

Mar 5, 2009

Katherine A. House, age 87, of Pocomoke City, MD, formerly of Edgewood, MD, died on March 5, 2009 at Hartley Hall Nursing Home in Pocomoke City, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Hilda Gartner Bean. She was a secretary for the Harford County Board of Education where she retired after 15 years....

Mar 4, 2009

John Calvin "Chick" Beers, age 83, of Airville, PA, died on March 4, 2009 at Forest Hill Health and Rehabilitation in Forest Hill, MD. Born in Madera, PA, he was the son of the late John Howard and Ruth P. Beers. A carpenter by trade, he had been employed as a heavy equipment operator in his early years, and then...

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Feb 28, 2009

Susie L. Joyce, age 82, of White Marsh, MD, died on February 28, 2009 at Citizens Care Center in Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Montcoal, WV in 1926, she was the daughter of the late Garland Thomas and Della Mae Pettry and for 55 years, the wife of the late Donald L. Joyce. She was employed as a bookkeeper...

Feb 28, 2009

Anthony D. Andrews, of Bel Air, died at home on Saturday, February 28, of congestive heart failure. He was 76.Born in Ithaca, New York, in 1932, he was the only son of the late Anthony and Ruby Litch Andrews, of Ithaca.He worked in Ithaca for many years as a department manager at the A&P Grocery store and in the evenings...

Feb 28, 2009

Vilma Ramos Dunlap, age 47, of Edgewood, MD, died on February 28, 2009 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Pangasinan, Philippines, she was the daughter of Gervacio and Erlinda Sison Ramos. An Edgewood resident for ten years, she was a highly devoted and caring employee of Wal-Mart in Abingdon, MD, who provided outstanding service to...

Feb 27, 2009

Donald H. Whitehurst, age 77, of Churchville, MD, died on February 27, 2009 at his home. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Harry Winchester and Margaret Ann Manner Whitehurst. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and had owned and operated a pet store and hobby shop. A member of the VFW in Edgewood,...

Feb 27, 2009

Georgia H. Reeves, age 89, of Havre de Grace, MD, died on February 27, 2009 at Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Glenville, MD she was the daughter of the late Thomas H. and Mega Spencer Hash and wife of the late Willard C. Reeves. Her family said she was an excellent seamstress. Mrs. Reeves is...

Feb 25, 2009

J. Howard Smith, age 83, of Churchville, MD, died on February 25, 2009 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Aberdeen, MD, he was the son of the late William Ellsworth and Margaret Elizabeth Treadwell Smith. The manager of Western Maryland Dairy in Churchville in the late 1940's, he also owned and operated Maiden Lane Farm,...

Feb 25, 2009

Marydella Pierne, age 86, of Bel Air, MD, died on February 25, 2009 at the home of her caregiver. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Ernest and Beatrice Eversole Deise Funk and wife, for 62 years, of the late Andrew Camille Pierne. She graduated from Eastern High School in the class of 1940 and her...

Feb 25, 2009

Marie Hess, age 67, of Fallston, MD, died on February 25, 2009 at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of Dorothy Mable Henderson Dixon of Bel Air, MD and the late Mack Dixon. A lifelong resident of Harford County she had been a member of Victorious Faith Fellowship in Forest Hill, MD...

Feb 23, 2009

Robert James Crytser Sr., age 89, of Bel Air, MD, died on February 23, 2009 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Duquesne, PA, he was the son of the late Charles Elmer and Eva Hunt Crytser. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he was a supervisor at Aberdeen Proving Ground were he retired after 41...

Feb 22, 2009

DONALD ROBERSTON MACFARLANE, age 74, of Abingdon, MD, died on February 22, 2009. Born in Detroit, Michigan, he was the son of the late Donald Macfarlane and Annie M. Muirhead Macfarlane, and husband of Nancy Jo Macfarlane. He grew up in Detroit, Michigan. After serving in the US Coast Guard, he graduated from Olivet College in Michigan and married in...

Feb 22, 2009

In lieu of flowers a contribution can be made to:American Heart AssociationP.O. Box 5216Glen Allen, VA 23058

Feb 21, 2009

Barry R. Magness, age 64, of Bel Air, MD, died on February 21, 2009 at his home. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late William Samuel and Thelma Margarite Duff Magness. He had served in the National Guard and had worked for the Town of Bel Air for 18 years as an Associate Engineer. Mr. Magness...

Feb 21, 2009

Martha "Marty" R. Baumgart, age 78, of Forest Hill, MD, formerly of Abingdon, MD, died on February 21, 2009 at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium, MD. Born in Binghamton, NY, she was the daughter of the late Louis and Jarvaslova Krajca and wife of the late Calvin "Buddy" Baumgart. An avid bowler, she enjoyed puzzles and was a member of...