Obituaries

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

Phleet Hartley

Phleet Hartley

May 9, 2008

PHLEET HARTLEY, age 90, of Bel Air, MD, died on May 9, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Melville, MT, he was the son of the late Louis David and Callie Hash Hartley. He worked 42 years with Hartley's Painting and Decorating in Harford County, which was his brother's business. An avid gardener, he...

Frederick G. Dameron

Frederick G. Dameron

May 9, 2008

FREDERICK G. DAMERON, age 87, of Joppa, MD, died on May 9, 2008 at University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Born in Hague, VA, he was the son of the late Edward G. and Della Nethery Dameron. A Harford county resident since 1960, he was employed with Bethlehem Steel for 38 years as a furnace operator. A veteran of...

Richard L. Palardy Sr.

Richard L. Palardy Sr.

May 8, 2008

RICHARD L. PALARDY SR., age 82, of Bel Air, MD, died on May 8, 2008 at St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Howard Joseph and Frances Ann Mueller Palardy. He served in the U.S. Navy in WWII in both the Atlantic and Pacific Theaters. While in the Pacific...

Irvin ''Irv'' C. Stobie Jr.

Irvin ''Irv'' C. Stobie Jr.

May 7, 2008

IRVIN "IRV" C. STOBIE, JR., age 66, of Joppatowne, MD, died at his home on May 7, 2008. Born in St. Louis, MO, he was the son of the late Irvin Clem Stobie, Sr. and the late Edith Johanna Schaum Stobie. He retired from Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD after 33 years of service where he worked at the Ballistics Research...

Ernest ''Ernie'' Rizzuti

Ernest ''Ernie'' Rizzuti

May 7, 2008

ERNEST "ERNIE" RIZZUTI, age 77, of Bel Air, MD, died at Stella Maris Hospice, Timonium, MD on May 7, 2008. Born in Newark, NJ, he was the son of the late Santo Ernest and Rosa Theresa Costa Rizzuti. An assistant director in health care, he moved from the Poconos to Harford County in 2005 and enjoyed fishing, boating, and reading....

Terry Ellen Bedard

Terry Ellen Bedard

May 6, 2008

TERRY ELLEN BEDARD, age 74, of Edgewood, MD, died on May 6, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air, MD. Born in Cuddy, PA, she was the daughter of the late Malachi David and Lucy Elizabeth Trigg Boldon. She lived in Germany, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Colorado, and Maryland. An avid bowler, she was the secretary for many leagues. She loved...

Tessie Dimarino

Tessie Dimarino

May 5, 2008

TESSIE DiMARINO, age 93, of Edgewood, MD, died on May 5, 2008 at Stella Maris Hospice, Timonium, MD. Born in Manhattan, NY, she was the daughter of the late Antonio and AnnaMarie Anorino Guercio and wife of the late Joseph Paul DiMarino. She had worked as a seamtress and sales representative at Epsteins Department Store for over 45 years. She...

Virginia W. Norris

Virginia W. Norris

May 5, 2008

VIRGINIA W. NORRIS, age 94, of Havre de Grace, MD, died on May 5, 2008 at Citizens Care Center in Havre de Grace. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Walter Lee and Pattie Nelson Williams Watson and wife of the late Rev. Alden F. Norris. An avid reader, she loved the Orioles and the Ravens,...

Rieta E. Howell

Rieta E. Howell

May 5, 2008

RIETA E. HOWELL, age 88, of Bel Air, MD, died on May 5, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Upton, NC, she was the daughter of the late David Madison and Mollie Day Estes. She retired from Edgewood Arsenal in 1974 where she was a Post Publication Control Officer. She was a hardworker and...

Gabe Kovac

Gabe Kovac

May 4, 2008

GABE KOVAC, age 86, of Aberdeen, MD, died on May 4, 2008 at Lorien Riverside in Belcamp, MD. Born in New York, NY, he was the oldest of seven children of the late Charles and Anna Kovac and husband of the late Oonagh Kovac. He was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corp serving during WWII in the Pacific Theater,...

Alvie E. Hodge

Alvie E. Hodge

May 4, 2008

Alvie Eugene Hodge, 85, slipped away from this life on Sunday, May 4, 2008. He was born August 14, 1922, in Hinton, West Virginia, to Minor Crayton Hodge and Cora Belle Pitzer Hodge. He was preceded in death by his wife of 58 years, Mabel Gautier Hodge.Also preceding him in death were his brothers George, John, Joe, Ted, Tommy, and...

Doris Emge

Doris Emge

May 3, 2008

DORIS EMGE, age 86, of Joppa, MD, died on May 3, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Lawrence Henry and Eva Reese Chenoweth and the wife of David E. Emge of Joppa, MD, who she married on January 1, 1945. Her family said she was...

Gustav C. Biedermann

Gustav C. Biedermann

May 2, 2008

GUSTAV C. BIEDERMANN, age 69, of Jarrettsville, MD, died on May 2, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Gustav Buehler Biedermann and Catherine Mary Coster Biedermann. He began teaching at Eastern Vocational Technical High School as an automotive teacher and finished his career 25 years...

Raymond Nesbit White

Raymond Nesbit White

Apr 30, 2008

RAYMOND NESBIT WHITE, age 95, of Bel Air, MD, died on April 30, 2008 at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium, MD. Born in Kennesaw, GA, he was the son of the late Henry McCoy and Annie Senger White and husband of the late Katherine Giess White. Formerly of Perry Hall, MD, he retired from Glenn L. Martin Company after 32...

Danny Wayne Christian

Danny Wayne Christian

Apr 28, 2008

DANNY WAYNE CHRISTIAN, age 43, of Elkton, MD, died on April 28, 2008 at his home. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Rose Carol Dillon Givens of Elkton, MD and the late Daniel Crockett Christian. He worked as a tree trimmer and liked hunting and working on cars. He played the guitar and was a talented musician...

Lorna Maria Schloer

Lorna Maria Schloer

Apr 27, 2008

LORNA MARIA BLIGH SCHLOER, age 75, of Aberdeen, MD, died on April 27, 2008 at Franklin Square Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Leroy Mallard and Ellanora Frederika Stein Bligh. The wife for 53 years, of the late Robert Joseph Schloer. She was a longtime parishioner of St. Francis de Sales...

Cecilia Sills

Cecilia Sills

Apr 26, 2008

CECILIA SILLS, age 78, of Bel Air, MD, died on April 26, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Wytheville, VA, she was the daughter of the late Arthur Henry and Virginia Mary Freeman Johnson and wife of the late Charles L. Sills Jr. She lived most of her life in Harford County, and for...

Rose Cervin

Rose Cervin

Apr 26, 2008

ROSE CERVIN, age 95, of Abingdon, MD, died on April 26, 2008 at Citizens Nursing Home in Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Chicago, IL, she was the daughter of the late Jan Kortus and Rose Voldrich and wife of the late John Cervin. She lived 22 years in Chicago, for awhile in Berwyn, and at one time had seen...

Coralie Hill

Coralie Hill

Apr 26, 2008

CORALIE HILL, age 65, of Bel Air, MD, died on April 25, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, she was the daughter of the late Samuel Nathaniel Booth and Marion Louise Pearce Green and wife, for 28 years, of the late Kenneth P. Hill. She was a graduate of Edgewood...

Bruce N. Brown

Bruce N. Brown

Apr 25, 2008

BRUCE N. BROWN, age 87, of Joppa, MD, died on April 25, 2008 at Stella Maris in Timonium, MD. Born in Kansas City, MO, he was the son of the late Bruce J. and Ursula M. Wild Brown and husband, since 1947, of the late Isabelle Winning Kilgore Brown. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force, he was a Captain...