Obituaries

Oct 14, 2007

THOMAS H. TURNER, age 55, of Edgewood, MD, died on October 14, 2007 at his home. Born in Greensboro, GA, he was the son of the late William Henry Turner and the late Kathleen Vivian Hembree Reed. He was a veteran serving in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. A heavy equipment operator, he worked for American Infrastructure...

Oct 13, 2007

IRIS MEYER LUFBURROW, age 80, of Bel Air, MD, died on October 13, 2007 at Harford Memorial Hospital, Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Charles Meyer and the late Lula Tyler Cornelius. A Harford county resident for 21 years, she was also a member of Bel Air United Methodist Church for...

Oct 13, 2007

PAUL D. HINES, age 77, of Churchville, MD, died on October 13, 2007 at his home. Born in Omaha, NE, he was the son of the late Wallace Woodford and Marjorie Guinevere Kistler Hines. A veteran of the U.S Army, he retired after 20 years where he was a Signal Corps photo officer and instructor. He was employed with the...

Oct 12, 2007

DEBORAH “DEBBIE” KAYE SMITH, age 52, of Churchville, MD, died on October 12, 2007 at University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD. Born in Fayetteville, NC, she was the daughter of Lillian Barbara Pittman Reiber of Edgewood, MD and the late William Eugene Reiber Jr., and wife of the late Wayne “Steve” Stevenson Smith. A veterinary technician, she was very...

Oct 11, 2007

IRENE H. BOWYER, age 88, of Dundalk, MD, died on October 11, 2007 at John Hopkins Bayview, Baltimore, MD. Born in Draffin, KY, she was the daughter of the late James Emmitt Hawkins and the late Nancy Jane Mullins and wife of the late James H. Bowyer. She had worked as a seamstress in a sewing factory. She loved to...

Oct 11, 2007

GARY MICHAEL ENSOR, formerly of Bel Air, died suddenly on Thursday, October 11, 2007 at his Forest Hill residence. Born on October 29, 1953 in Havre de Grace, MD, he was the son of the late Benjamin Thomas and Rosetta Amrein Ensor. A 1971 graduate of Bel Air High School, he will always be remembered for his stellar portrayal of...

Oct 10, 2007

SADIE JUANITA NORMAN, age 65, of Aberdeen, MD, died on October 10, 2007 at Stella Maris Hospice, Timonium, MD. Born in Hickory, NC, she was the daughter of the late Fred Elmore and Sadie Belle Stillwell Setzer. She was a resident of Harford County for 47 years where she worked as a waitress before she and her husband established their...

Oct 10, 2007

ANTHONY MICHAEL JANOURIS, SR., age 46, of Bel Air, MD died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air, MD on October 10, 2007. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Betty Ann Meadows Janouris of Baltimore, MD and the late George Matthew Janouris. A resident of Harford County for 20 years, he was employed by the Harford County...

Oct 10, 2007

ELWOOD KENNETH COLLAR SR., age 82, of Aberdeen, MD, died on October 10, 2007 at his home. Born in Clearfield, PA, he was the son of the late Lewy Collar and the late Margaret Haynes, and husband of the late Barbara Vonderheid Collar. A veteran, serving during WWII and the Korean conflicit, he retired from the U.S. Army after 20...

Oct 9, 2007

DONALD JAMES KREINER, age 77, of Bel Air, MD, died at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD on October 9, 2007. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Harry John and Anna Marie Leonard Kreiner. He excelled at his masonry business where it began as Kreiner and Edwards Masonry and later became Kreiner Masonry. He was a...

Oct 8, 2007

Oct 8, 2007

BETTY JO O’BRIEN, age 74, of Towson, MD, formerly of Washington, D.C., died on October 8, 2007 at St. Joseph Medical Center, Towson, MD. Born in Evansville, IN, she was the daughter of the late Vernon Burdge and the late Maude Harris. She retired from Urban Land Institute, after 20 years, where she was a controller. She was an expert...

Oct 8, 2007

VIRGINIA M. GOWAN STREET, age 85, of Bel Air, MD, died on October 8, 2007 at Forest Hill Health and Rehabilitation, Forest Hill, MD. Born in Cattaraugus, NY, she was the daughter of the late Alton William and Anna Langhans Gowan and wife, for 61 years, of the late William Alpheus Street, LTC, US Army. Mrs. Street was in the...

Oct 7, 2007

LESSIE G. MORGAN, age 82, of Bel Air, MD, died on October 7, 2007 at her home. Born in Lumberton, NC, she was the daughter of the late Oscar and Mary Stone Abbott, and wife, for 55 years, of the late Howard Morgan. A life long Christian woman, she was active in church and taught Sunday school. She was a...

Oct 7, 2007

DOLORES L. HEARN, age 77, of Joppa, MD, died on October 7, 2007 at Young At Heart, Joppa, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Robert Taft Charlton and the late Laura Magalski Kolb. She spent time working in real estate and was a homemaker. Dolores was married to the love of her life, Charles...

Oct 7, 2007

MARGARET A. PETRICK, age 82, of Bel Air, MD, died on October 7, 2007 at University of Maryland Hospital, Baltimore, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Frank William Krebs Sr. and Maria Hannah Schwarz Krebs, and wife of the late Paul Joseph Petrick. A Harford County resident since 1948, she was a registered nurse,...

Oct 5, 2007

ELIZABETH J. ORR, age 80, of Abingdon, MD, died on October 5, 2007 at Bel Air Health and Rehabilitation, Bel Air, MD. Born in Ghent, WV, she was the daughter of the late Dovenor Dayton McGinnis and Jo Garnet Lilly, and wife of the late Hubert L. Orr. She loved going on vacations and dancing, as well as, playing horseshoes...

Oct 5, 2007

LEE EDWARD TATUM, age 72, of Edgewood, MD, died on October 5, 2007 at his home. Born in Virginia, he was the son of the late William Upton Horner Sr. and the late Julia Mae Whitlock Horner. A Harford county resident for over 50 years, he grew up working on a dairy farm. He then worked for the Maryland State...

Oct 5, 2007

RALPH GABRIEL STRAPPELLI, age 83, of Bel Air, Md, died on October 5, 2007 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Dominic and Anna Delbratto Strappelli. A veteran of the U.S. Army Air Force, he served our country during WWII and the Korean conflict. He worked for the...

Oct 4, 2007

FRANK ALBERT GEGOREK, age 75, of Abingdon, MD, died on October 4, 2007 at Harford Memorial Hospital, Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Baltimore City, MD, he was the son of the late Frank A. and Agnes Bundy Gegorek. A Harford county resident for twenty five years, he retired from Western Electric where he was an installer. He was a...