Obituaries

Mar 10, 2008

WILLARD GENE JENNINGS, age 77, of Churchville, MD, died on March 10, 2008 at his home. Born in Darlington, MD, he was the son of the late Joseph Emmett and Ada Boyles Jennings. An Army veteran, he worked 40 years on Aberdeen Proving Ground in the Foreign Science and Technology Center as an ordinance specialist. A lifelong resident of Harford...

Mar 9, 2008

HELEN L. GILLESPIE, age 87, of Abingdon, MD, formerly of Aberdeen, died on March 9, 2008 at Hart Hertiage in Street, MD. Born in Bay City, MI, she was the daughter of the late Andrew and Sarah Gwizdala Lewandowski and wife of the late Lt. Col. John W. Gillespie Jr. (USA Ret). She retired from Harford County Public Schools where...

Mar 9, 2008

THOMAS SCOTT MECKELNBURG, age 46, of Abingdon, MD died in California on March 9, 2008. Born in Detroit, MI, he was the son of Dr. Robert Lee Meckelnburg and Katharine Ann Loman Meckelnburg of Landenberg, PA. A Harford County resident for 19 years, he worked as a Geohydrologist for the U. S. Army, Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine....

Mar 9, 2008

MORGAN T. REEDY, age 84, of Bel Air, MD, died on March 9, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Rugby, VA, he was the son of the late James Franklin and Phoebe Jane Waddell Reedy. He worked for 30 years at Aberdeen Proving Ground as an Electronic Technician in the Ballistics Research Laboratory. He...

Mar 8, 2008

AGNES "NAN" M. POLSON, age 90, of Abingdon, MD, died on March 8, 2008 at Hart Heritage in Street, MD. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, she was the daughter of the late Alexander and Helen Currie Mackintosh, and wife of the late Joseph Polson. She immigrated to the U.S.A. with her parents at age 9. She grew up in Detroit, Michigan....

Mar 7, 2008

EDWARD G. HAMMEN SR., age 60, of Joppa, MD, died on March 7, 2008 at University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of George V. and Amelia Zyglarski Hammen of Joppa, MD. He was the owner of Ed Hammen Tile Company in Joppa, MD. A veteran of the U.S. Marines, he served...

Mar 7, 2008

SAMANTHA ARLINE COBERT, of Abingdon, MD, died on March 7, 2008 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. She was 18. Born at USAH 130th Station Hospital in Heidelberg, Germany, she was the daughter and stepdaughter of Jeffrey Dale Cobert and Anne Bernadette Lapointe, of Abingdon, MD. She graduated from Edgewood High School in 2007 as an honor roll student....

Mar 7, 2008

THOMAS C. WALKER SR., age 76, of Bel Air, MD, died on March 7, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Street, MD, he was the son of the late Challie Thomas and Hazel Bernice Hash Walker. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force, he served our country during the Korean War. He retired from...

Mar 6, 2008

ROBERT P. BRANNAN SR., age 84, of Bel Air, MD, died on March 6, 2008 at Perry Point VA Hospital in Perrville, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Joseph Walter and Margaret Theresa Reape Brannan. He was an Army veteran serving during WWII in Company L 24th Infantry Regiment. He fought in the Battle...

Mar 6, 2008

THOMAS AUSTIN TURNER SR., the son of the late Henry Turner and Edith Peters Turner, was born July 12, 1930 in Gunpowder Neck, MD. He departed this life at home, after a long illness, on March 6, 2008. Thomas was raised on the shores of the Gunpowder Neck, and attended the Harford County Colored School System. He resided in Joppa,...

Mar 6, 2008

ADAM RATTMAN, age 19, of Joppa, MD, died on March 6, 2008 at his home. Born in Baltimore, MD, he is survived by his loving parents, William Anthony and Faith Susan Dickerson Rattman of Joppa, MD. Adam attended Youth Benefit Elementary School and Fallston Middle School. Adam truly lived a full life. He loved cowboys, the circus, knights, clowns, Barney,...

Mar 5, 2008

MARGARET (PEG) SAWYER HORKY, age 90, of Bel Air, MD, died peacefully surrounded by family on March 5, 2008 at Harford Memorial Hospital, Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Elizabeth City, NC, she was the daughter of the late William Edward and Stella Margaret Owen Sawyer and wife of the late John Ralph Horky, M.D who passed away in 1971....

Mar 5, 2008

JANET LEE MCKEE, age 63, of Edgewood, MD, died on March 5, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Latrobe, PA, she was the daughter of the late Ober and Beatrice Fernberg Piper. She worked for Harford County Public Schools where she was a school bus driver. Mrs. McKee is survived by her husband of...

Mar 5, 2008

JOHN JOSEPH FLOOD, age 63, of Forest Hill, MD, died on March 5, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Buffalo, NY, he was the son of the late John Joseph Flood and Alice Josephine DelVecho. He was currently working at Fox Industries in Baltimore as a National Account Manager. He was a veteran of...

Mar 4, 2008

VIRGINIA M. MOFFITT, age 87, of Forest Hill, MD, died on March 4, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Austinville, VA, she was the daughter of the late Jasper Charles and Elizabeth Bowers Newman. She worked five years for the John Archer School where she was a teacher's aide. She enjoyed crafts and attending...

Mar 3, 2008

RONALD MOFFITT MERGENTHALER, age 81, of Fallston, MD, died on March 3, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born January 22, 1927 in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Gerold Edmund and Helen Moffitt Mergenthaler. He grew up in the Howard Park section of the city and attended Baltimore Polytechnic Institute A course....

Mar 3, 2008

Mar 2, 2008

BEATRICE ANN HIERONIMUS, age 77, of Edgewood, MD, died on March 2, 2008 at her home. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the youngest of eleven children of the late David Remington and the late Mary Catherine Finnegan and wife, for 42 years, of the late Richard Frederick Hieronimus. She worked and retired from Baltimore City in the School Crossing...

Mar 2, 2008

EDWARD V. OLESZCZUK, age 90, of Bel Air, MD, died on March 2, 2008 at Forest Hill Health and Rehabilitation in Forest Hill, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Stanislaus and Stella Block Oleszczuk and husband, for 48 years, of the late Marcella M. Hartman Oleszczuk. He was an Army veteran serving our country...

Mar 2, 2008

FLETCHER PRICE WILLIAMS JR., of Bel Air, MD, died on March 2, 2008 at Perry Point Veteran's Hospital. He was 86 years of age. Mr. Williams was born October 6, 1921 in Cherry Hill, MD to the late Fletcher P. Williams and Cornelia Cooper Williams of Happy Valley Camp, Port Deposit, MD. He graduated from McDonogh School in 1941 and...