Obituaries
Local obituaries for Abingdon, Bel Air, Jarrettsville, MD, and surrounding areas.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Joseph Leo Rink
May 28, 2008
JOSEPH LEO RINK, age 77, of Bel Air, MD died at his home on May 28, 2008 surrounded by his family. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Leo Rink and the late Juliana Jasasciute Wangus. Raised at the St. Vincent Orphanage for Boys by the Sisters of Mercy, Mr. Rink attended Calvert Hall College High School...
Gordon L. Lasley
May 28, 2008
GORDON L. LASLEY, age 78, of Edgewood, MD, died on May 28, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Kentucky, he was the son of the late Joseph Clarence and Mattie Franklin Robertson Lasley. A resident of Harford County since the 1950's, he worked in security all his life, including Aberdeen Proving Ground and Merry...
Rev. William M. Hoard
May 27, 2008
REV. WILLIAM M. HOARD, age 88, of Aberdeen, MD, died on May 27, 2008 at Lorien Nursing and Rehabilitation in Belcamp, MD. Born in St. Clair County, AL, he was the son of the late John Thomas and Eula Drummond Hoard. He preached more than 60 years before his retirement in the 1990's, and during that time, he received an...
Virginia ''Jinny'' Huston Campbell
May 26, 2008
VIRGINIA (JINNY) CAMPBELL, formerly of Bel Air, went home to be with the Lord Jesus and loved ones who preceded her on Memorial Day, May 26, 2008. She has been a resident of Ft. Myers, Florida for the last 18 years. She was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1927 and grew up in Bellevue, OH. She graduated from Ohio...
Marlin Mitchell Mckaughan Jr.
May 26, 2008
MARLIN MITCHELL McKAUGHAN JR., age 75, of Joppa, MD, died on May 26, 2008 at his daughter's home. Born in Atkins, VA, he was the son of the late Marlin Mitchell McKaughan Sr. and Ruth Marie Umbarger McKaughan, and husband, for over 50 years, of the late Betty Jo McKaughan. A resident of Joppa for 52 years, he enjoyed working...
Robert C. ''Uncle Russ'' Russell
May 26, 2008
ROBERT C. "UNCLE RUSS" RUSSELL, age 73, of Street, MD, died on May 26, 2008 at his home, surrounded by his family. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Raymond Earl and Ruth C. Sims Russell. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and enjoyed eating crabs, fishing, model trains and watching his grandchildren's sporting...
Clyde Edward Barlow
May 25, 2008
CLYDE EDWARD BARLOW, age 78, of Darlington, MD, died on May 25, 2008 at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, MD. Born in Lecompte, LA, he was the son of the late Johnnie and Sadie Duncan Barlow and husband of the late Peggy Barlow. A Harford County resident for 60 years, he worked for Crouse Construction where he was...
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