Obituaries

Aug 3, 2008

RUBY LEE MILLER, age 85, of Bel Air, MD, died on August 3, 2008 at her home. Born in Capels, WV, she was one of eight children of the late Thomas Riley and Alberta Lee Short Wilson and wife of the late Ray O. Miller. A resident of Harford County for 47 years, she had worked at Don's Floors in...

Aug 2, 2008

FLORA MAY STREETT STEIN, age 98, of Bel Air, MD, living at Brightview Assisted Living of Bel Air, passed away at Bel Air Health and Rehabilitation on August 2, 2008. She was the wife of the late Charles E. Stein. Born in Harford County, she was a graduate of Jarrettsville High School, the Towson Normal School, and held a B.S....

Aug 2, 2008

EDITH A. BLEVINS, age 82, of Bel Air, MD, died on August 2, 2008 at Citizens Care Center in Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Atkins, VA, she was the daughter of the late Arthur Bailey Wassum Sr. and Edna Earl Leftridge Wassum and wife of the late Rev. John W. Blevins. A resident of Harford County her entire life,...

Aug 2, 2008

GARRY LEE MILLER, age 46, of Edgewood, MD, died on August 2, 2008 at his home. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, he was the son of Dorothy Mae Kammerer Miller of Edgewood, MD, and the late Glenn Miller. A lifelong resident of Harford County, he spent his career as a pressman working 15 years for Collateral Group in Woodlawn,...

Aug 2, 2008

EDNA MAY BARRINGER, age 85, of Abingdon, MD, died on August 2, 2008 at her home. Born in Ennis, NC, she was the daughter of the late Andrew Mack and Anna Caroline Reed Cochran. A Harford County resident for 83 years, she had worked at Bata Shoe Company, was a riveter at Martin Aircraft Company, and a cook at The...

Aug 1, 2008

THOMAS MACK ROSE, better known as Tom, age 80, of Warrensville, NC, died Friday, August 1, 2008 at his home. Mr. Rose was born May 10, 1928 in Bridle Creek, VA to the late Walker and Ester Lonia Ward Rose. Formerly of Bel Air, he moved in 1999. He was retired from Bethlehem Steel after 31 years, where he worked...

Jul 31, 2008

CONNIE MARIE WORKINGER, age 53, of Havre de Grace, MD, died on July 31, 2008 at her home. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, she was the daughter of the late Rev. Roy Lee Turner and Nancy Irene Worrell Turner. A loving Christian wife and mother, she was a devoted aunt to her many nieces and nephews which she had...

Jul 30, 2008

Mary Lee Himmer, age 76, of Ellicott City, MD, died on July 30, 2008 at Morningside Assisted Living in Ellicott City, MD and formerly lived in Harford County for over 35 years. She was the daughter of the late Edison Lee Wallis and Mary Byer Epperley Wallis and wife of the late David George Himmer. She was involved in helping...

Jul 29, 2008

HELEN MAXINE McCOMBS, age 83, of Joppa, MD, died on July 29, 2008 at her home. Born in Highpoint, NC, she was the daughter of the late Olin Belvin Levina Sr. and Violet Wordel Kerr Levina and wife, for 40 years, of the late Woodrow Richard McCombs. A Harford County resident since 1977, she loved country music and making crafts....

Jul 28, 2008

KEN DIEHL, age 84, of Baldwin, MD, died on July 28, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Hancock, MD, he was the son of the late Russell Earl and Mildred Powers Diehl and husband of the late Lillian E. Walshe Diehl. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he retired from CSX Corporation where he...

Jul 26, 2008

Jul 25, 2008

ESTELLA KESSLER, age 92, of Rising Sun, MD, died on July 25, 2008 at Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Boone, NC, she was the daughter of the late George Washington and Claudia Rebecca Day Triplett and wife of the late Paul K. Kessler Sr. She had worked at Woolworth's in Bel Air and the Harford...

Jul 25, 2008

RICHARD "DICK" V. FONZI SR., age 79, of Bel Air, MD for the past 12 years, formerly of Middle River for 52 years, died on July 25, 2008 at Lorien of Bel Air. Born in Port Royal, PA, he was the son of the late James Victor Fonzi and the late Pearl Leone McMillion Timm. He retired from Eastern Stainless...

Jul 24, 2008

SYLVIA L. HENNESSEY, age 65, of Bel Air, MD, died peacefully on July 24. Born in Lenoir, NC, she was the daughter of Donald Folk Campbell Jr. of Lenoir, NC and the late Julia Alice Carlisle Campbell. She graduated from Longwood College in Farmville, VA with a degree in English. Upon graduation, she taught high school in Richmond, VA and...

Jul 22, 2008

FRANK J. LUCAS JR., age 67, of Abingdon, MD, died on July 22, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Frank John Lucas Sr. and the late Catherine Agnes Seglinski Lucas. He worked as a Deputy for the Harford County Sheriff's Office from 1962-1972. He went...

Jul 20, 2008

WILMA "BILLIE" PILACHOWSKI, age 69, of Joppatowne, MD, died on July 20, 2008 at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Leonard and Myrtle Gertrude Akehurst Forrest and wife of the late Edward Joseph Pilachowski. She worked for Harford County Public Schools for 37 years where she was...

Jul 20, 2008

ROBERT E. DUFFY Jr., age 41, of Abingdon, MD, died suddenly on July 20, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Camden, NJ, he was the son of Mary E. McCosker Frey of Abindgon, MD and the late Robert Edward Duffy Sr. A resident of Harford County for one year, he lived 40 years in...

Jul 18, 2008

Barbara Rose Mitchell, age 68 of Bel Air, MD went to be with the Lord on July 18, 2008 at Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace, MD. She was born in Port Deposit, MD, she was the daughter of the late Melvin George and Ella Frances McDowell Snelling. A resident of Harford County for 47 years, she had worked...

Jul 18, 2008

CURTIS LEROY TEAGUE, age 71, of Bel Air, MD, died on July 18, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Forest Hill, MD, he was the son of the late Grant and Martha Elizabeth Doyle Teague and the husband of the late Elsie Marie Thompson Teague. A 1955 graduate of North Harford High School, he...

Jul 16, 2008

NORA MARIE GERMAN, age 54, of Edgewood, MD, died on July 16, 2008 at her home. Born in Ravenna, OH, she was the daughter of the late Orley Burton Cottrell Sr. and the late Dana Marie McCumbers Cottrell. A resident of Harford County since 1985, she loved plants and animals. She also liked making collages with pictures. Mrs. German is...