Obituaries

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

William Stephens

William Stephens

Jan 23, 2007

WILLIAM “BILL” G. STEPHENS, age 77, of Bel Air, MD, died on January 23, 2007, at Bel Air Health and Rehabilitation Center, Bel Air, MD. Born in Caswell County, NC, he was the son of the late John A. and Lura Senate Stephens. He was a salesman of beauty shop supplies. He also worked at the Super Eight Motel, formerly...

Ruth Holzapfel

Ruth Holzapfel

Jan 21, 2007

RUTH HOLZAPFEL, age 73, of Bel Air, MD, died on January 21, 2007 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, after a long illness. Born in Fuerth, Germany, she was the daughter of the late Johann and Anna Betti Hatzel Meiler. She became a U. S. citizen in 1958 and worked as a secretary for the U.S. Government. She was a devoted...

Gladys Marie Yarbrough

Gladys Marie Yarbrough

Jan 20, 2007

GLADYS MARIE YARBROUGH, age 80, of Churchville, MD, died on January 20, 2007, at Harford Memorial Hospital, Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Gladys, VA, she was the daughter of the late William Wagg and Mallie Victorine Kinder Blevins and the wife, of 27 years, to the late Harold Lloyd Yarbrough. She was the sixth of eight children. She worked...

Naomi E. Cloman

Naomi E. Cloman

Jan 20, 2007

NAOMI E. CLOMAN, age 98, of Joppa, MD, died on January 20, 2007, at Citizens Care Center in Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Darlington, MD, she was the daughter of the late William Lewis and Bertha Melinda Deaver Dubree and the wife of the late Julian (Judy) E. Cloman. She was one of seven children. She was a homemaker...

Ruth Z. Brown

Ruth Z. Brown

Jan 19, 2007

RUTH Z. BROWN, age 75, of Bel Air, MD, died on January 19, 2007, at her home. Born in New York, NY, she was the daughter of the late Alfred Joseph and Mabel Grome Zimmerman. A Harford county resident for 50 years, she attended Bucknell University and earned her Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry. She then worked as a chemist at...

Darlene M. Mork

Darlene M. Mork

Jan 19, 2007

DARLENE M. MORK, age 85, of Aberdeen, MD, died on January 19, 2007, at Citizens Care Center, Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Quimby, IA, she was the daughter of the late Robert Louis and Bethel Edna Downs Stiner and the wife of the late C. Melvin Mork. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Mork is survived by a son, Gregory...

Jerome R. Shropshire Sr.

Jerome R. Shropshire Sr.

Jan 18, 2007

JEROME R. SHROPSHIRE, age 72, of Abingdon, MD, died on January 18, 2007, at his home. Born in Chattanooga, TN, he was the son of the late Archibald and Ermadell Smith Shropshire and the husband of the late Annette Milford Shropshire. He resided in Harford County for 17 years. He served our county in the Air force. He worked as...

Jhaniyah Imani Davis

Jhaniyah Imani Davis

Jan 18, 2007

Donald Terreance Author White, four years of age, Derrick Dana White, three years of age and Jhaniyah Imani Davis, nine months old. All children were born at Bayview Hospital in Baltimore, MD to Shaunette Shropshire, of Abingdon, MD and raised and loved dearly by Saheed Davis of Edgewood, MD. They parted this life together on January 18, 2007, along with...

Derrick Dana White

Derrick Dana White

Jan 18, 2007

Donald Terreance Author White, four years of age, Derrick Dana White, three years of age and Jhaniyah Imani Davis, nine months old. All children were born at Bayview Hospital in Baltimore, MD to Shaunette Shropshire, of Abingdon, MD and raised and loved dearly by Saheed Davis of Edgewood, MD. They parted this life together on January 18, 2007, along with...

Donald Terreance Author White

Donald Terreance Author White

Jan 18, 2007

Donald Terreance Author White, four years of age, Derrick Dana White, three years of age and Jhaniyah Imani Davis, nine months old. All children were born at Bayview Hospital in Baltimore, MD to Shaunette Shropshire, of Abingdon, MD and raised and loved dearly by Saheed Davis of Edgewood, MD. They parted this life together on January 18, 2007, along with...

Annette Milford Shropshire

Annette Milford Shropshire

Jan 18, 2007

ANNETTE MILFORD SHROPSHIRE, age 47, of Abingdon, MD, died on January 18, 2007, at her home. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Peter and Christine Anderson Milford and the wife of the late Jerome Roosevelt Shropshire. She resided in Harford County for 17 years. She was a homemaker, but worked at Shelley’s Deli in the...

Nancy Stefka Keyser

Nancy Stefka Keyser

Jan 17, 2007

NANCY STEFKA KEYSER, age 65, of Jarrettsville, MD, died on January 17, 2007, at Stella Maris Hospice Care, Timonium, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Stephen and Anna Marie Turnebak Guldan. She was a bookkeeper. Mrs. Keyser is survived by her husband, Edward W. Keyser, of Jarrettsville, MD.

Billy Baxter Gullion

Billy Baxter Gullion

Jan 17, 2007

BILLY BAXTER GULLION, age 82, of Fallston, MD, died on January 17, 2007, at Gilchrist Center, Baltimore, MD. Born in Boissevain, VA, he was the son of the late Joseph Allen and Sally Rose Baker Gullion. He was a professional engineer for Westinghouse, where he worked for 20 years. He also worked for RCA, Aerospace Service Division, where he worked...

John Peter Conti Sr.

John Peter Conti Sr.

Jan 17, 2007

JOHN PETER CONTI SR., age 91, of Abingdon, MD, died on January 17, 2007, at Forest Hill Health and Rehabilitation, Forest Hill, MD. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of the late Harry and Mamie Mary Donhue Conti and husband of the late Virginia Conti. He worked in the offset printing business. His family said he enjoyed Las...

Anne-Marie Reiber

Anne-Marie Reiber

Jan 14, 2007

ANNE-MARIE REIBER, age 33, of Aberdeen, MD, died on January 14, 2007, at her home. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of John Augustus Reiber of Baltimore, MD, and Linda Rae Maszaros Elasavage of Churchville, MD. She was a homemaker who volunteered at Church Creek Elementary School. She was a team mother for the Belcamp Recreation Center basketball...

Patton Miller

Patton Miller

Jan 13, 2007

PATTON MILLER, age 84, of Joppa, MD, died on January 13, 2007, at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air, MD. Born in Jefferson, NC, he was the son of the late Christopher Columbus and Ida Virginia Belcher Miller. He served our country in the US Navy during WWII. He was a truck driver for Genstar Campbell & Son, retiring after...

Cleo L. Smith

Cleo L. Smith

Jan 13, 2007

CLEO L. SMITH, age 89, of Washington, D.C., died on January 13, 2007, at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, MD. Born in Philadelphia, PA, She was the daughter of the late Grover Cleveland and Carrie Louise Hockaday Boone. A Harford County resident for 15 years, she was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church, including the Keenagers Group and...

Gloria D. Matthews

Gloria D. Matthews

Jan 13, 2007

GLORIA D. MATTHEWS, age 83, of Joppa, MD, died on January 13, 2007, at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Alvina Rebecca Bien Thielemann, and wife of the late Wayne T. Matthews. Her family moved to Joppa in 1950. She was very civic and community...

Celeste Rose

Celeste Rose

Jan 12, 2007

CELESTE ROSE (nee Blanton), age 82, of Middle River, MD, died on January 12, 2007, at her home. Born in Shelby, NC, she was the daughter of the late Roy Wreath and Carrie Belle Sims Blanton. She was a legal secretary to the Chief Judge in the Peoples Court of Baltimore City, and retired after 35 years. She was a...

Annie Estella Dilworth

Annie Estella Dilworth

Jan 11, 2007

ANNIE ESTELLA DILWORTH, age 98, of Bel Air, MD, died on January 11, 2007, at the home of her daughter. Born in Baltimore County, MD, she was one of five children of the late Robert Harrison and Betty May Orem Robertson and the wife of 46 years of the late James Benjamin Dilworth. She was a member of the Homemakers...

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