Obituaries

Dec 9, 2008

Clarabelle Seaman, age 89, of Aberdeen, MD, died on December 9, 2008 at her home. Born in Burnsville, WV, she was the daughter of the late Charles Ova and Emma Lee Hanshuemaker Scarff. She had been employed at Victor's, in Aberdeen, where she loved being a beautician, especially cutting the kids hair. She also enjoyed crocheting. Mrs. Seaman is survived...

Dec 9, 2008

Esther I. Scarborough, age 89, of Darlington, MD, died on December 9, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Churchville, MD, she was the daughter of the late James A. V. and Grace Street Mahan. A longtime member of Smith's Chapel, she sang in the choir and was very active in the ladies church organizations....

Dec 8, 2008

Steven Burke Sell, age 75, of Joppa, MD, died on December 8, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Roaring Spring, PA, he was the son of the late Brice Sell and Hester Burke Phillips. He retired, after 45 years, from Commercial Credit Health and Life Insurance where he was Vice President. A member of...

Dec 8, 2008

Teresa Ann Anderson of Jarrettsville, MD, died on December 8, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, surrounded by her family. She had courageously battled a longtime heart condition and an infection for several months. She was 61.Born in Fountain Green, MD, she was the daughter of the late William and Marie Weaver. She graduated from North Harford...

Dec 7, 2008

Elizabeth Stancill Osborne, age 89, of Reidsville, NC, died December 7, 2008 at Annie Penn Hospital in Reidsville, NC. Born in Pittco, NC, she was the daughter of the late Jesse Stancill Sr. and Annie Stancill and wife of Rev. Spencer Eugene Osborne. Formerly of Bel Air, MD, she moved to Reidsville 30 years ago. She was a member of...

Dec 7, 2008

Marion I. Brooks, age 84, of Edgewood, MD, died on December 7, 2008 at Lancaster General Hospital in Lancaster, PA. Born in Macungie, PA, she was the daughter of the late Vernon Samuel and Bertha Mae Moyer Lorish and wife of William M. Brooks. She had worked as a secretary and bookkeeper for Bel Air Memorial Gardens and had been...

Dec 6, 2008

In lieu of flowers a contributions can be made to: American Cancer SocietyP.O. Box 572Bel Air, MD 21014

Dec 6, 2008

Gertrude Amelia Dufour, age 76, of Edgewood, MD, died on December 6, 2008 at her home. Born in Edgewood, MD, she was the daughter of the late Hanson Herman and Sadie S. Johnson Litchfield and wife, for 42 years, of the late Victor A. Dufour Jr. A graduate of Old Post High School, she was a volunteer at the Red...

Dec 5, 2008

CARROLL "DUDY" R. DEEMS, age 80, of Churchville, MD, died on December 5, 2008 at his home. Born in Baltimore, MD he was the son of the late Harry and Mary Elizabeth Thomas. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving our country during the Korean War. A faithful follower of Jesus Christ, a Harford County resident for 25...

Dec 4, 2008

MARGARET ELIZABETH SHEPPARD, age 65, of Bel Air, MD, died on December 4, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Bernard George Wagner and Doris A Elizabeth Doering France and wife of William K. Sheppard Sr. She had worked with handicapped children in Harford County Public Schools...

Dec 4, 2008

ROBERT WILLIAM FOOR, age 78, of Bel Air, MD, died on December 4, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air, MD. Born in Harrisburg, PA, he was the son of the late Jennings Brian Foor and Mildred Barton Foor. A U.S. Army veteran, he served our country in the Korean War. He was a lifetime Harford County resident and...

Dec 4, 2008

EDWARD T. PAPE, age 61, of Abingdon, MD, died on December 4, 2008 at St. Francis Hospital in Wilmington, DE. Born in Frostburg, MD, he was the son of the late Clement Edward and Elizabeth Jane McCarthy Pape. A Harford County resident for 35 years, he was the owner of a construction company. He coached both baseball and soccer for...

Dec 3, 2008

Denis David Canavan, age 60, of Bel Air, MD, formerly of Rumson, NJ, died on December 3, 2008 at his son's home in Havre de Grace, MD after a hard fought battle with cancer. A graduate of Christian Brothers Academy, St. Anselms College, and Morgan State University, he was influential across the state in providing his expertise in the areas...

Dec 2, 2008

LOUISE J. HASH, age 68, of Havre de Grace, MD, died on December 2, 2008 at her home. Born in Virginia, she was the daughter of the late James Leonard and Sallie Belle Crouse Morrison. A resident of Harford County all her life, she grew up on a farm in Carsins Run. A kind and gentle person, she was an...

Dec 1, 2008

Clarence Nelson Burns Sr., age 75, of Bel Air, MD, died on December 1, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, surrounded by loving family. Born in West Chester, PA, he was the son of the late Benjamin and Matilda Elizabeth Burke Burns. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served our country during the Korean War and...

Nov 30, 2008

On November 30, 2008, Teresa Clark Di Pietro, beloved wife of David A. Di Pietro; mother of newborn, Rocco William; daughter of William F. and Deborah Morris Clark; sister of Emily Clark Coyne and Anne Clark McFadden and brothers-in-law, Brendan Coyne and Chris McFadden. Also survived by her paternal grandmother, Gertrude I. Clark, formerly of Bel Air; maternal grandparents, Kemp...

Nov 29, 2008

William Carroll Craig Jr., age 89, of Havre de Grace, MD, died on November 29, 2008 at his home. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, he was the son of the late William Carroll Craig Sr. and Minnie May Cooper Craig and husband, for 66 years, of Frances Worthington Craig. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served our country...

Nov 27, 2008

Edna Dolan, age 99, of Elkton, MD, formerly of Bel Air, MD, died on November 27, 2008 at SunBridge Care and Rehabilitation in Elkton, MD. Born in Sparta, NC, she was the daughter of the late William Green and Cora Ellen Crouse Sheppard and wife of the late William Edgar Dolan Sr. She retired after 40 years with Boyd &...

Nov 25, 2008

Nov 24, 2008

June Potter, age 81, of Joppa, MD, died on November 24, 2008 at her home. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Robert Lee Watson and Myrtle Lavina Dryden Leight, and wife of the late Kenneth R. Potter Sr. A resident of Harford County for 40 years, she worked for the county at the Department of...