Obituaries

Jul 16, 2007

Jul 14, 2007

EULA MAE PARRIGAN, age 84, of Forest Hill, MD, died on July 14, 2007 at Top of the Hill Manor, Street, MD. Born in McGaheysville, VA, she was the daughter of the late Eugene Landes and Dessie Gertrude Kyger Herring. She worked as a presser in a sewing factory. A member of Baptist View Church, she loved to read the...

Jul 14, 2007

JOHN “JACK” H. NUSSLE SR., age 57, of Joppa, MD, died on July 14, 2007 at St. Joseph Medical Center, Towson, MD. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, he was the son of Pearl Marie Hoxter Nussle of Joppa, MD and the late William Henry Nussle. He was a Facilities Director for Penn-Marr Organization, an assisted living for disabled adults,...

Jul 14, 2007

REV. RAYMOND B. CUFFLEY SR., age 76, of Havre de Grace, MD, died on July 14, 2007 at his home. Born in Lansdowne, MD, he was the son of the late Dewey Leroy Cuffley Sr. and the late Clara Catherine Rosenburg Cuffley, and husband of the late Edith M. Anderson Cuffley. For 34 years he served as a minister, pastoring...

Jul 13, 2007

HERBERT R. HOOPES, age 97, of Cockeysville, MD, died on July 13, 2007 at Broadmead Retirement Center, Cockeysville, MD. Born in Forest Hill, MD, he was the son of the late Herbert and Annie Jean Watson Hoopes and wife of the late Elizabeth Black Hoopes. Mr. Hoopes is survived by two sons, James W. Hoopes and Donald M. Hoopes, both...

Jul 13, 2007

VIRGINIA REYNOLDS WRIGHT, age 91, of Clarksburg, MD, formerly of Edgewood and Whiteford, died on July 13, 2007 at Shady Grove Hospital, Rockville, MD. Born in Richmond, VA, she was the daughter of the late Jeremiah Maurice and Annie Lyle Reynolds Moore and wife of the late Thomas Harry Wright. She worked in the health care field as a registered...

Jul 13, 2007

MERRELL “BUGGS” L. GRAFTON, age 86, of Bel Air, MD, died on July 13, 2007 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air, MD. Born in Sharon, MD, he was the son of the late Merrell John and Bessie Lee Bailey Grafton. An army veteran, he served our country during WWII. He graduated from Bel Air High School and the University...

Jul 11, 2007

MEGAN E. BOESCH, age 15, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on July 11, 2007 at John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of Thomas Anthony Boesch of Baltimore, MD and Jenny Elizabeth Stetler Boesch of Bel Air, MD. She was a ninth grader at C. Milton Wright High School and enjoyed playing lacrosse....

Jul 10, 2007

JOHN P. STEVENS, age 72, of Edgewood, MD, died on July 10, 2007 at Forest Hill Health and Rehabilitation, Forest Hill, MD. Born in Greenville, SC, he was the son of the late Preston McManus and Minnie Lee Thompson Stevens. He owned and operated John Preston Stevens Inc. where he was an electrical contractor, retiring after 25 years. An avid...

Jul 8, 2007

STEPHEN THOMAS FLOTTEMESCH, age 88, of Joppa, MD, died on July 8, 2007 at Lorien Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Belcamp, MD. Born in Joppa, MD, he was the son of the late Henry Joseph and Mary Elizabeth Dwaayer Flottemesch. Born and raised in Harford county, he worked for the county roads for over ten years. From the 1930’s until 1966,...

Jul 8, 2007

BOBBY EDWARD BUCHANAN, age 69, of Havre de Grace, MD, died on July 8, 2007 at Harford Memorial Hospital, Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Bluefield, WV, he was the son of the late Robert Crockett and Martha Kathleen Brewer Buchanan. An Air Force veteran, he served our country during the Korean War. He enjoyed the outdoors, especially hunting, fishing,...

Jul 7, 2007

MARIO JOSEPH MAURO JR., age 53, of Street, MD, died on July 7, 2007 at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Regina Irene Blackburn Mauro of Street, MD and the late Mario John Mauro Sr. A Hamilton resident for most of his life, he had a very outgoing personality and enjoyed people....

Jul 6, 2007

FLORENCE RITA OKTAVEC, age 87, of Bel Air, MD, died on July 6, 2007 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Anthony and Aleksandra Sumowski Kuczynski. She worked as a lab assistant in research. She was a member of St. Margaret Catholic Church in Bel Air and her...

Jul 6, 2007

JOAN DECKELMAN EADER, age 72, of Pylesville, MD, died on July 6, 2007 at her home. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Frederick Albert and Elizabeth Agnes Burgan Deckelman. A Harford county resident since 1976, she held various jobs including medical secretary and property management secretary. She later was executive secretary for Jim Harkins during...

Jul 6, 2007

M. CARL JOHNSON, age 85, of Bel Air, MD, died on July 6, 2007 at his home. Born in Bel Air, MD, he was the son of the late Melvin Pyle and Winifred Olivia Hawkins Johnson. A lifelong resident of Bel Air, he attended Bel Air High School and later, Mercersburg Academy in Pennsylvania, where he played baseball and football....

Jul 5, 2007

LEO GRZANOWSKI, age 80, of Edgewood, MD, died on July 5, 2007 at Perry Point Veterans Hospital, Perryville, MD. Born in Detroit, MI, he was one of nine children of the late Frank Grzanowski Sr. and the late Mary Kowalkoska Grzanowski, and husband of 39 years, to the late Janice C. Jones Grzanowski. He was a biological medical labs manager...

Jul 5, 2007

ELIZABETH ANNA MOYER, age 79, of Bel Air, MD, died on July 5, 2007 at her home. Born in Heckscherville, PA, she was the daughter of the late John and Mary Szada Vuxta. She was a homemaker and enjoyed family functions, sports, knitting, crocheting and birdwatching. She was member of St. Ignatius Catholic Church for 42 years. Mrs. Moyer is...

Jul 3, 2007

FREDERICK WILLIAM SMITH, age 94, of Bel Air, MD, died on July 3, 2007 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Frederick and Minnie Smith and husband, for 70 years, of the late Catherine F. Smith. A Navy veteran, he served our country during WWII. He worked for...

Jul 2, 2007

MARGIE B. CRISS, age 72, of Bel Air, MD, died on July 2, 2007 at her daughter’s home. Born June 27, 1935 in Baltimore, MD, she was the youngest daughter of the late Earl Edward and Virgie Clyde Hart Roe and wife, for 40 years, of the late Manford Guy Criss and companion for eleven years, to the late Ellis...

Jul 1, 2007

NANCY DICKSON MITCHELL, age 92, of Havre de Grace, MD, died on July 1, 2007 at Citizens Care Center, Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Harford Furnace, MD, she was the daughter of the late Robert William and Isabella Oliver Dickson and wife of the late Lawrence I. Mitchell. A 1932 graduate of Aberdeen High School, she owned and operated...