Obituaries

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...

Oct 4, 2007

M. KEITH CAUDILL, age 55, of Havre de Grace, MD, died on October 4, 2007 at John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, he was the son of Dennis Lee and Rosalie Norma Farmer Caudill of Churchville, MD. Born and raised in Harford County, he worked at the Edgewood Post Office for 20 years and was...

Oct 3, 2007

FREDERICK LEE TAYLOR, age 63, of Conowingo, MD, died on October 3, 2007 at his son’s home. Born in Level, MD, he was the son of the late Asa Carr and Anna Elizabeth Walter Taylor. He was a sewing machine mechanic for Bata Shoe Company for 20 years. A Harford county resident all of his life, he was the owner...

Oct 3, 2007

INEZ RACHEL WOOD, age 93, of Bel Air, MD, died on October 3, 2007 at Rock Spring Village, Forest Hill, MD. Born in Sparta, NC, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Letcher and Louisa Geneva Estep Irwin and wife of the late Bays F. Wood. A Harford county resident for over 80 years, she grew up on the...

Oct 2, 2007

DONNIE B. PRICE SR., age 26, of Elkton, MD, died on October 2, 2007 at his home. Born in Baltimore County, MD, he was the son of Henry McDonald Price of Baltimore, MD and Lila Marie Price of Joppa, MD. In addition to his parents, he is survived by a son, Donald Bruce Price Jr. of Elkton, MD; a daughter,...

Oct 1, 2007

RICHARD W. COCKERHAM, age 63, of Churchville, MD, died on October 1, 2007 at University of Maryland Hospital, Baltimore, MD. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, he was the son of the late Roy Bohnson Cockerham Sr. and the late Evelyn Elizabeth Castelow Cockerham. He was a member, and president, of Churchville Ruritan Club and was the owner and former...

Oct 1, 2007

Richard Allen Cotton, of Forest Hill, died peacefully at his home on October 1. He was 58. He was known to his family and friends as Rick.The oldest child of the late Guy Allen Cotton and Ruth Catherine Childs Cotton, Rick was born in Baltimore on October 29, 1948 and moved with his family to Bel Air in 1960.Rick attended...

Sep 29, 2007

LOTTIE RAE GILLEY, age 81, of Aberdeen, MD, died on September 29, 2007 at Harford Memorial Hospital, Havre de Grace, MD. Born in West Jefferson, NC, she was the daughter of the late Albert Byard and Elizabeth Enice Burkett Houck and wife of the late Vaughn Gilley. She had worked at Bata Shoe Company where she was an inspector. A...

Sep 29, 2007

MICHAEL RICHARD HILL, age 56, of Bel Air, MD, died on September 29, 2007 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Bernard Richard and Frances Louise Wiedeck Hill. A Harford County resident since 1968, he had worked in the sheet metal trade for 38 years. He was currently...

Sep 25, 2007

E. DANIEL EDMONSTON, age 51, of Edgewood, MD, died on September 25, 2007 at Stella Maris Hospice Center, Timonium, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Everett Jack and Josephine Gloria Ptak Edmonston. A Harford County resident for over 40 years, he enjoyed wood working and riding his motorcycle. He painted cars and had many...