Obituaries

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

Walter Alhimook

Walter Alhimook

Jun 9, 2008

WALTER ALHIMOOK, age 79, of Joppa, MD, died on June 9, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Peter and Helen Rusinek Alhimook. A lifelong resident of Joppa, he worked at C. Curtis Morgan Company and was shop foreman, for 20 years, at Saco Supply. He...

Donald Kelly Miner, Sr.

Donald Kelly Miner, Sr.

Jun 8, 2008

DONALD KELLY MINER SR., age 48, of Bel Air, MD, died on June 8, 2008 at his home. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Dolores Marie Miner (nee Haney) of Dundalk, MD and the late John Ambrose Miner. A resident of Harford County since 1984, he worked 27 years for the State of Maryland Toll Facilities which...

Everette Wayne Noel

Everette Wayne Noel

Jun 8, 2008

EVERETTE WAYNE NOEL, age 65, of Abingdon, MD, died on June 8, 2008 at his home. Born in Norton, VA, he was the son of Geraldine Kennedy Noel of Abingdon, MD and the late William Jack Noel. A resident of Harford County for forty years, he worked for JSI Automotive in Kingsville, MD where he was the service manager. He...

Jo Ann P. Long

Jo Ann P. Long

Jun 8, 2008

JO ANN P. LONG, age 76, of Joppa, MD, beloved wife and mother, died on June 8, 2008 at Johns Hopkins Bayview in Baltimore, MD. Born in Franklin, IN, she was the daughter of the late Floyd Allen and Georgia Good Pritchard. She was an educator for over 30 years, teaching in both Indiana and Baltimore County Public schools. After...

Dolores A. Vrhovac

Dolores A. Vrhovac

Jun 7, 2008

DOLORES CATHERINE MARY ALTVATER VROHOVAC, age 91, of Edgewood, MD, died on June 7, 2008 at Jacobs Well Assisted Living in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late William LJ and Ellanora Legg Altvater and wife of the late John Vrhovac. A native of Baltimore City and Catonsville, she moved to Dundalk when...

Edward Donald Jehnert Sr.

Edward Donald Jehnert Sr.

Jun 7, 2008

EDWARD DONALD JEHNERT SR., age 74, of Forest Hill, MD, died on June 7, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Parkville, MD, he was the son of the late Walter Edward and Alva Wilkinson Jehnert. He retired after 43 years at Koppers/United Manufactured Machines where he was a machinist and was a member of...

Raymond Joseph Miller

Raymond Joseph Miller

Jun 7, 2008

RAYMOND JOSEPH MILLER, age 80, of Edgewood, MD, died on June 7, 2008 at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, MD. Born in Ambridge, PA, he was the son of the late Jozef Pal Molnar and Margaret Leginy Kircher. An Edgewood resident since 1964, he was a veteran of the U.S. Army where he served for 20 years, and...

Tommy Lee Prater

Tommy Lee Prater

Jun 5, 2008

TOMMY LEE PRATER, age 71, of Edgewood, MD, died on June 5, 2008 at his home. Born in Piedmont, AL, he was the son of the late Shannon Thompson and Mary Magnolia Prater Johnson. A resident of Harford County since 1979, he retired from the U.S. Army with over 20 years of service. A veteran of the Vietnam War, he...

Philip Leroy Scarff Jr.

Philip Leroy Scarff Jr.

Jun 5, 2008

Philip LeRoy Scarff Jr., born in Harford County, MD, died on June 5, 2008, in Winchester, MA. He was 84.The son of Alice Wiley Scarff and Philip LeRoy Scarff, Sr., he grew up in Forest Hill, MD, and had wonderful memories of his small town childhood. He graduated from Bel Air High School in 1941, and began his college education...

Shelia Jean Rice

Shelia Jean Rice

Jun 4, 2008

SHELIA JEAN RICE, age 61, of Edgewood, MD, died at Good Samaritan Hospital, Baltimore, MD, on June 4, 2008. Born in Clarksburg, WV, she was the daughter of the late Robert Haynes and Mary Lucille Humphrey Caynor. She worked at Bel Loc Diner for 35 years as a waitress where she loved her boss, co-workers, and customers. She adored her...

Joseph Anthony Nawrocki Jr.

Joseph Anthony Nawrocki Jr.

Jun 4, 2008

JOSEPH ANTHONY NAWROCKI JR., age 46, of White Marsh, MD, died on June 4, 2008 at his home. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Mary Louise Goeb Nawrocki of Abingdon, MD and the late Joseph Anthony Nawrocki Sr. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he was a member of the American Legion in Rossville. He loved his...

Mary Frances Blake Prescott

Mary Frances Blake Prescott

Jun 3, 2008

MARY FRANCES BLAKE PRESCOTT, age 89, of Bel Air, MD, died at University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD on June 3, 2008. She was the most delightful and gifted story teller, cherished mother and wife, devoted friend, whose great humor and infectious laugh touched us all. She was born in Fairfield, AL, on September 22, 1918. She was the...

Bernard ''Bernie'' M. Oktavec Sr.

Bernard ''Bernie'' M. Oktavec Sr.

Jun 3, 2008

BERNARD "BERNIE" M. OKTAVEC, SR., age 88, of Bel Air, MD, died at Good Samaritan Hospital, Baltimore, MD on June 3, 2008. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late William Anton and Theresa Soler Oktavec and the husband of 65 years of the late Florence Rita Kuczynski Oktavec. For many years, he and his family owned...

Wayne W. Ross

Wayne W. Ross

Jun 2, 2008

Wayne W. Ross, age 67, a Baltimore native and 25 year veteran of the Baltimore County Police Department and a 9 year veteran of the Berlin Police Department, died at his home in Auburndale, Florida early Monday, June 2, 2008. Born to George Harry Ross and Rita Grace (Ellinghaus) Ross in 1940, Wayne's adventurous spirit and passion for life earned...

Alice Virginia Levoff

Alice Virginia Levoff

Jun 2, 2008

Alice Virginia Morgan Levoff, 91, of Raleigh, NC, died Monday, June 2, 2008 at Rex Healthcare in Raleigh. Alice was born March 10, 1917 in Torrington, Connecticut to Thomas and Augustus Rosier Morgan. She was married to Philip Levoff in 1938. Lt. Colonel Levoff was a career Army officer which gave them the opportunity to live both in Europe and...

Norma Kathleen Gentile

Norma Kathleen Gentile

May 30, 2008

NORMA KATHLEEN GENTILE, age 86, of Edgewood, MD, died on May 30, 2008 at Lorien Nursing and Rehabilitation in Belcamp, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late William Earl and Florence Herz Yingling. She worked for the U.S. Government and retired from Edgewood Arsenal. During WWII, she worked at Glen L. Martin where they assembled...

Bruce A. Eller

Bruce A. Eller

May 29, 2008

BRUCE A. ELLER, age 61, of Ellicott City, MD, formerly of Harford County, passed on May 29, 2008 at his home with friends and family by his side. Born in Abingdon, MD, he was the son of Warren G. Eller of Abingdon, MD and the late Lessie Mae Church Eller. A former member of the Abingdon Volunteer Fire Company, he...

Joyce C. O'Leary

Joyce C. O'Leary

May 29, 2008

On May 29, 2008, Joyce Collier O'Leary died of natural causes at the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, Maryland at age 84. Born and raised in Meadville, Pennsylvania, daughter of Blanche Yoset and Clarence Collier, she was previously married, in 1944, to John F. O'Leary, of Queenstown, MD, and moved to Bel Air in 1954. There she raised...

Bob Fricke

Bob Fricke

May 29, 2008

BOB FRICKE, age 61, of Abingdon, MD, died on May 29, 2008 at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, MD. Born in Huntington, NY, he was the son of the late Edwin Francis and Harriet Harmon Gronbeck Fricke. A graduate of the University of Illinois, he received a Ph.D. from Indiana University School of Medicine in 1975. A retired...

Winona Evelyn Gardner

Winona Evelyn Gardner

May 28, 2008

WINONA "NONIE" EVELYN GARDNER, age 93, of Bel Air, MD, died on May 28, 2008 at Forest Hill Health and Rehabilitation in Forest Hill, MD. Born in Morgantown, WV, she was the daughter of the late Robert Hermann and Lillian Evelyn Schultz Grumbach and wife of the late Wilbur Lewis Gardner. Formerly of Fairfax County, Virginia and Baltimore, Maryland, she...

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