Obituaries

Dec 24, 2008

Dec 23, 2008

Phillip Steven Hom Jr., age 55, of Belcamp, MD, died on December 23, 2008 at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center in Richmond, VA. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Mabel Charlotte Wendler Hom of Baltimore, MD and the late Phillip Steven Hom Sr. He was the owner and operator of Criterion Electric in Belcamp. He enjoyed family...

Dec 21, 2008

Norman Paul Rose, age 89, of Havre de Grace, MD, died on December 21, 2008. Born in Perman, KY, he was the son of the late John Franklin Rose and Amy Lou Pruitt Rose. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving our country during WWII. He was the owner and operator of Rose's Body Shop in Churchville, from...

Dec 19, 2008

David Franklin Howell Jr., age 35, of Havre de Grace, MD, died on December 19, 2008 at his home. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of David Franklin Howell Sr. of Port Deposit, MD and Vickie Lynn Pillsbury Trojanowski of Abingdon, MD. A graduate of Perryville High School class of 1991, he worked for Mark Trece Inc. in...

Dec 18, 2008

William Caldwell, age 72, of Edgewood, MD, died on December 18, 2008 at the Gilchrist Center @ GBMC in Towson, MD. Born in Harford County, MD, he was the son of the late Betty White and husband of the late Ellen Alice Thomas Caldwell. He faithfully attended Edgewood Assembly of God Church and enjoyed fishing and hunting. Mr. Caldwell is...

Dec 18, 2008

LeRoy Beatley, age 89, of Aberdeen, MD, died on December 18, 2008 at Citizens Care Center in Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Charles L. and Margaret Gross Beatley and husband of the late Lottie H. Beatley. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and had earned his Doctorate Degree...

Dec 18, 2008

John Michael "Jack" Rill, age 45, of Abingdon, MD, died on December 18, 2008 at his home. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Ronald Tilden Rill of White Hall, MD and the late Carol Elaine Cochran. He attended Bel Air High School and worked at Commercial Bank in Bel Air for 15 years. He enjoyed building and...

Dec 17, 2008

Lenore M. Pfeiffer, age 85, of Joppa, MD, died on December 17, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Slatington, PA, she was the daughter of the late Arthur Paul and Marion Irene Bailey Peters. She was a member of St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Abingdon since 1962.Mrs. Pfeiffer is survived by her husband of...

Dec 16, 2008

Judith Lynn Heitz, age 64, of Bel Air, MD, died on December 16, 2008 at her home in Bel Air, MD. Born in Wilmington, DE, she was the daughter of Dorothy Elizabeth Starr Mearns of Lancaster, PA and the late John Robert Mearns. Judith was a loving and dedicated elementary school teacher who taught first through third grades at William...

Dec 15, 2008

Richard Sellers II of Bel Air, MD, entered into rest on December 15, 2008 at the Franklin Square Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Born on October 31, 1934 in Bryn Mawr, PA, he was the son of the late William Sellers and Helen Chance Morgan. Richard is survived by his wife of 32 years, Norma Jo Sellers. Richard was employed by...

Dec 14, 2008

Pearl Mae Hayes, age 85, of Bel Air, MD, died on December 14, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Wilkes County, NC, she was the daughter of the late James Garfield and Cora Bell Lovett Eller. Mrs. Hayes is survived by a grateful and loving family to include her husband, James W. Hayes of...

Dec 14, 2008

Charles Roy Greaver, age 61, of Abingdon, MD, died on December 14, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Marie Brendel Greaver of Baltimore, MD and the late Albert Greaver. He was a veteran of the U.S. Marines. An avid golfer, he was a Baltimore County police officer...

Dec 13, 2008

Edith P. Tilley, age 73, of Fallston, MD, died on December 13, 2008 at her home. Born in Upper Crossroads, MD, she was the daughter of the late Richard Rogers and Harriet Lois Terry Proctor. An office volunteer at Fallston United Methodist Church, she loved international travel with her husband and friends. She also enjoyed her aerobic dance for over...

Dec 13, 2008

Marlene Curry-Taylor, age 68, of Churchville, MD, died on December 13, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late James Oscar and Virgie Irene Phillips Beck. A lifetime resident of Harford County, she retired after 12 years from the Harford County Public Schools where she was a...

Dec 12, 2008

Dr. Donald J. Forno, a retired family dentist, died on Friday of complications from interstitial pulmonary fibrosis at Upper Chesapeake Hospital in Bel Air. The Maryland native, who was 69, was the son of Joseph and Lillian Forno. After graduating from Mt. Carmel primary School in 1954 and then Kenwood High School in 1957, Dr. Forno earned his B.A. from...

Dec 12, 2008

MICHAEL ALTON CLAYTON, age 50, of Aberdeen, MD, died on December 12, 2008 at Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Killeen, TX, he was the son of Albert Wayne and Carol Jean Wilburn Clayton of Harker Heights, TX. An Edgewood High School graduate, he worked at Acadia Manufacturing since 1978 and was an avid Oriole and...

Dec 12, 2008

James Pruitt Mitchell, age 78, of Joppa, MD, died on December 12, 2008 at his home. Born in Lavonia, GA, he was the son of the late James Burette and Mary Vella Pruitt Mitchell, also preceded by his sons, James Steven and Steven Keith Mitchell. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he worked as an Assurance Manager for NASA for...

Dec 11, 2008

Mrs. Brucie Katherine Burkett Greer, went home to be with the Lord on December 11, 2008 at Oak Crest Village in Baltimore. She was born in Jefferson, NC and raised in Grassy Creek, NC until around the age of six, when her family relocated to Harford County, MD. At a young age, she accepted the Lord Jesus as her Savior....

Dec 11, 2008

William J. "Billy" Kahoe, age 57, of Abingdon, MD, died on December 11, 2008 at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Robert Francis and Ellen Elizabeth Kurtz Kahoe. He owned his own business where he was an energy consultant. An avid hunter, fisherman, and poker player, he played in...

Dec 10, 2008

Wanda Louise Wiederkehr, age 59, of Joppa, MD, died on December 10, 2008 at Stella Maris Hospice in Towson, MD. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, she was the daughter of the late John Wesley and Ruth Helen Wassum Norman and wife of the late Dennis William Wiederkehr. Years ago she had been employed at F. O. Mitchell Corn Factory...