Obituaries

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

Mack Sheetz

Mack Sheetz

Mar 1, 2008

MACK SHEETZ, age 87, of Churchville, MD, died on March 1, 2008, at the VA Maryland Health Care System in Perry Point, MD, after a brief illness. Born in Helton, NC, he was the son of the late George and Lillie Duncan Sheetz and husband, for 55 years, of the late Grace Magnolia Waddell Sheetz. He was a veteran of...

Philip Walter Potter Jr.

Philip Walter Potter Jr.

Feb 29, 2008

PHILIP WALTER POTTER JR., age 88, of Bel Air, MD, died on February 29, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was one of five children of the late Philip Walter Potter Sr. and the late Augusta Walter Potter. He was a WWII Army veteran serving during the European Campaign and was...

Anna May White

Anna May White

Feb 27, 2008

ANNA MAY WHITE, age 88, of Bel Air, MD, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air, MD on February 27, 2008. Born in Forest Hill, MD, she was the daughter of the late John Raymond and Frances E. Johnson and the wife of the late Earl White. She resided at Hart Heritage Home, Street, MD for the past two...

Elsie I. Leizear

Elsie I. Leizear

Feb 25, 2008

ELSIE I. LEIZEAR, age 90, of Joppa, MD, died on February 25, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Riverside, NC, she was the daughter of the late Richard Filemore and Bina V. Wilcox Day and wife of the late Stanley F. Leizear Sr. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and worked for...

Lucy E. Keithley

Lucy E. Keithley

Feb 25, 2008

LUCY E. KEITHLEY, age 98, of Joppa, MD, died on February 25, 2008 at Lorien Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Belcamp, MD. Born in Towson, MD, she was the daughter of the late Charles Edward and Magdelina Chenowith Simms and wife of the late Coleman A. Keithley Jr. who she married in December 1923 at the age of 19, and...

Edward Francis Kaminski, Sr.

Edward Francis Kaminski, Sr.

Feb 24, 2008

EDWARD FRANCIS KAMINSKI SR., age 84, of Bel Air, MD, died on February 24, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late John Frank and Frieda Rosalie Seaderer Kaminski. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and a graduate of Polytechnic High School. He graduated from...

Bud Justice Jr.

Bud Justice Jr.

Feb 24, 2008

BUD JUSTICE JR., age 81, of Abingdon, MD, died on February 24, 2008 at Bel Air Health and Rehabilitation in Bel Air, MD. Born in Pikeville, KY, he was the son of the late Bud Justice Sr. and the late Geneva Charles Justice. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII and was a member of the American Legion and...

Margaret ''Peg'' E. Patterson

Margaret ''Peg'' E. Patterson

Feb 24, 2008

MARGARET "PEG" E. PATTERSON, age 90, of Manchester, PA, died on February 24, 2008 at York Hospital, York, PA. Born in Delta, PA, she was the daughter of the late James Robert and Florence E. Flaharty Wayne and wife of the late Benjamin E. Patterson Sr. She enjoyed caring for her family. Mrs. Patterson is survived by a son, Benjamin...

Thomas Allen Warfield

Thomas Allen Warfield

Feb 23, 2008

THOMAS ALLEN WARFIELD, age 59, of Fallston, MD, died on February 23, 2008 at Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Baltimore, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Barbara Warfield-Ehlers of Forest Hill, MD and the late Roy Day Warfield Jr. An avid sports fan of football, basketball, and baseball, he loved walking on his family farms. He...

Luther P. Appel

Luther P. Appel

Feb 21, 2008

LUTHER P. APPEL, age 80, of Street, MD, died on February 21, 2008 at his home. Born in Bradshaw, MD, he was the son of the late John Henry and Bertha Genevieve Mayes Appel. He was a WWII veteran who had served our country in the U.S. Army. He worked 29 years as a plasterer and 20 years for the...

Daniel J. Reardon Jr.

Daniel J. Reardon Jr.

Feb 20, 2008

DANIEL J. REARDON JR., of Bel Air, MD, age 71, died on February 20, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Richmond, VA, he was the son of the late Daniel Joseph Reardon Sr. and the late Marguerite Lynch White Reardon. He was a veteran and had served our country in the U.S. Air Force,...

Allen R. Catron

Allen R. Catron

Feb 20, 2008

ALLEN R. CATRON, age 60, of Bel Air, MD, died on February 20, 2008 at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, MD. Born in Roanoke, VA, he was the son of the late James Emory and Jesse Hubbard Ash Catron. He worked in construction and enjoyed surveying throughout Harford County. He was known as a one line jokester who...

Lydia Anne Miniter

Lydia Anne Miniter

Feb 20, 2008

Lydia Anne Miniter (nee: Appleyard)March 3, 1931 to February 20, 2008Of Bel Air, Maryland; formally of Oradell, New Jersey and Brooklyn, New York. Beloved wife of 51 years to the late Laurence D. Miniter. Loving mother of Karen Patrick and her husband James; Roberta Cappiello and her husband Chris, all of Bel Air, Maryland. Gracious Nana of Andrew and Amy...

Robert Franklin Acker Sr.

Robert Franklin Acker Sr.

Feb 20, 2008

ROBERT FRANKLIN ACKER, age 69, of Conowingo, MD, died on February 20, 2008 at Union Memorial Hospital in Elkton, MD. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, he was the son of the late Theodore and Anna Virginia Temple Acker. He was a lifelong resident of Harford and Cecil counties where he worked as an automotive mechanic. He was a good...

Mary K. Payne

Mary K. Payne

Feb 20, 2008

MARY K. PAYNE, age 83, of Baltimore, MD, died on February 20, 2008 at Genesis Health Care in Baltimore. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Louis Phillip and Catherine Agnes Murray Kotmair. She had worked for Pantry Pride where she was an administrative worker.Ms. Payne is survived by a daughter, Patricia Helen Payne of Baltimore,...

Dorothy M. Edwards

Dorothy M. Edwards

Feb 20, 2008

DOROTHY M. EDWARDS, age 67, of Edgewood, MD, died on February 20, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Ennice, NC, she was the daughter of the late Elmer Ray and Este Nellie Dancy Spurlin and wife of the late William Marshall Edwards Sr. She retired after 26 years from Best Western Hotel in Abingdon...

John Duane Reynolds

John Duane Reynolds

Feb 20, 2008

Those who desire may contribute to theSalem United Methodist Church Memorial Fund7901 Bradshaw RoadUpper Falls, MD 21156

John ''Jack'' W. Day

John ''Jack'' W. Day

Feb 19, 2008

JOHN "JACK" W. DAY, age 79, of Bel Air, MD, died on February 19, 2008 at his home. Born in Cardiff, MD, he was the son of the late Ray and Audrey Una Keller Day. He was a school teacher for Baltimore County Public Schools, retiring after 36 years and was a member of the National Education Association. A caretaker...

Brian Wallace Schatzschneider

Brian Wallace Schatzschneider

Feb 18, 2008

BRIAN WALLACE SCHATZSCHNEIDER, age 34, of Bel Air, MD, died on February 18, 2008 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Wallace George and Linda Mary Kantorski Schatzschneider of Bel Air, MD. A 1991 graduate of C. Milton Wright High School he then attended Harford Community College. He worked...