Obituaries

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

Helen L. Crouse

Helen L. Crouse

Nov 5, 2006

HELEN LOUISE CROUSE, age 73, of Joppa, MD, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air, MD, on November 5, 2006. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Roy W. and Dorothy L. Tracey Ayers. She retired in 1996 from the US Army Ordinance Center and School at APG where she was a library technician. She...

Fred C. Smith

Fred C. Smith

Nov 4, 2006

FRED C. SMITH, age 76, of Edgewood, MD, died on November 4, 2006 at his home. Born in Chatham Hill, VA, he was the son of the late James Edmonson and Annie Mae Wyatt Smith. He was a carpenter in the construction business. A U.S. Army veteran, he served his country during the Korean war. A long time member of...

Elmer C. Jarusek

Elmer C. Jarusek

Nov 4, 2006

ELMER “ANDY” C. JARUSEK, age 80, of Abingdon, MD, died on November 4, 2006 at Perry Point VA Hospital, Perry Point, MD after a long term battle with Parkinsons Disease. Born in Abingdon, MD, he was the son of Francis Elmer and Helena Pacholik Jarusek. He worked at LWL (Limited War Labs) at Aberdeen Proving Ground and then became Chief...

Lester V. Jones

Lester V. Jones

Nov 3, 2006

Lester V. Jones died November 3, 2006 at Gilchrist Center at GBMC, Towson, MD from complications of lung cancer. Born October 18, 1932 in Kingsville, MD, he grew up and lived most of his life in Baltimore County. He attended Bradshaw and Raspeburg public schools and graduated from Kenwood High School. After serving in the U.S. Army from 1952 to...

Carlos Goncalves

Carlos Goncalves

Nov 3, 2006

CARLOS GONCALVES, age 57, of Abingdon, MD, formerly of New Bedford, MA, died on November 3, 2006 at Harford Memorial Hospital, Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Covas De Barroso, Portugal, he was the son of the late Venancio and Maria Celeste Goncalves. He had worked for Valley Crest Landscaping in Boston, MA. He enjoyed gardening, traveling and reading and...

Elva Elizabeth Dukes

Elva Elizabeth Dukes

Nov 2, 2006

ELVA ELIZABETH DUKES, age 80, of Joppa, MD, died on November, 2, 2006 at Upper Chespeake Medical Center, Bel Air, MD. Born in Perryville, MD, she was the daughter of the late Ernest Cooley and Mary Elizabeth Flood Weaver and the wife of the late Edward Jesse Dukes Sr. She was a homemaker who enjoyed her family and was loved...

Robert M. Keefer Sr,

Robert M. Keefer Sr,

Nov 1, 2006

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Bonnie L. Wilson

Bonnie L. Wilson

Nov 1, 2006

BONNIE L. WILSON, age 68, of Bel Air, MD, died on November 1, 2006 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air, MD. Born in Bristol TN, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Maggie Louise South. She was a clerk in the grocery business. She enjoyed bowling both ten pins and duckpins, in Middlesex and Forest Hill. Mrs....

Helen Hopkins Spicer

Helen Hopkins Spicer

Nov 1, 2006

HELEN “BOBBY” HOPKINS SPICER, age 83, of Bel Air, MD, died on November 1, 2006 at Lorien Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Belcamp, MD. Born in Bel Air, MD, she was the daughter of the late Herbert Howard and Cora Estelle Day Hopkins and the wife of the late J. Lester Spicer. She was a procurement supervisor for the U. S....

Robert Franklin Acker Jr.

Robert Franklin Acker Jr.

Oct 31, 2006

ROBERT FRANKLIN ACKER JR., age 46, of Abingdon, MD, died on October 31, 2006 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air, MD. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, he was the son of Robert Franklin Acker Sr. of Cononwingo, MD and the late Nancy Lou Miller Acker. He worked as a concrete finisher for Ronnie Cage and Foltz Enterprises and...

Michael Bruce Whitt

Michael Bruce Whitt

Oct 31, 2006

MICHAEL BRUCE WHITT, son of Lorraine Sayers Bush of Bel Air, MD, and the late Wilson E. Whitt of Radford, VA, died of heart failure, October 31, in Martinsburg, West Virginia. He was 51.Mr. Whitt was the father of Jessica Whitt Murphy and Natalie Whitt, and grandfather of Ashton J. Murphy, all of Springfield, Missouri. He is survived by his...

Virginia L. Stark

Virginia L. Stark

Oct 31, 2006

VIRGINIA L. STARK, age 65, of Bel Air, MD, died on October 31, 2006 at Seasons Hospice, Elkton, MD. Born in Chicago, IL, she was the daughter of the late Harold and Emmy Louise Plambeck Stark. She was a service worker in the food industry and was a resident supported by The Arc Northern Chesapeake Region.Ms. Swank is survived by...

Mattie Irene Schildtknecht

Mattie Irene Schildtknecht

Oct 31, 2006

MATTIE IRENE SCHILDTKNECHT, age 78, of Bel Air, MD, died on October 31, 2006, at her home. Born in Aberdeen, MD, she was the daughter of the late Dewey A. and Ethel F. Woodie Douglas and the wife of the late Merritt Lee Schildtknecht. She and her husband were married 14 years when he passed away. She loved cooking and...

Virginia Elizabeth Leonard

Virginia Elizabeth Leonard

Oct 30, 2006

VIRGINIA ELIZABETH LEONARD, age 77, of Havre de Grace, MD, died on October 30, 2006 at Harford Memorial Hospital, Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Whiteford, MD, she was the daughter of the late Paul Elmer and Nellie Elizabeth Beavers Cantler and the wife of the late John Joseph Leonard. A life long resident of Harford County, she worked at...

Gloria J. Warner

Gloria J. Warner

Oct 29, 2006

GLORIA J. WARNER, age 82, of Abingdon, MD, died on October, 29, 2006 at Lorien Riverside Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Belcamp, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Garrison Boyle Jr. and the late Eloise Hunter Boyle and the wife of the late James A. Warner. A longtime resident of Abingdon, she taught Sunday school...

Dora Ellen Cullum

Dora Ellen Cullum

Oct 29, 2006

DORA ELLEN CULLUM, age 78, of Street, MD, died on October 29, 2006 at Citizens Care Center, Havre de Grace, MD. Born on March 23, 1928 in Rose Hill, VA, she was the daughter of the late Murphy and Mollie Hensley and the wife, for 44 years, of the late Herbert Constance Cullum. She is a descendant of the founders...

Ellis V. Reeves

Ellis V. Reeves

Oct 28, 2006

ELLIS V. REEVES, age 88, of Bel Air, MD, died on October 28, 2006, at Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD. Born in Sparta, NC, he was the son of the late George Carl Reeves Sr. and the late Mallie Mary Moxley Reeves, and the husband of the late Madge Warden Reeves. A Harford County resident since 1918, he grew up...

Josephine G. Adams

Josephine G. Adams

Oct 28, 2006

JOSEPHINE GLASSMAN ADAMS, age 80, of Bel Air, MD, died Saturday, October 28, 2006 at Dorchester General Hospital, Cambridge, MD. Born in Churchville, MD on January 19, 1926, she was preceded in death by her husband, Herman E. Adams Sr., who died on November 25, 1955, leaving her to raise three young children. Mrs. Adams was a devoted and loving...

Elizabeth Jane Hoosier

Elizabeth Jane Hoosier

Oct 27, 2006

ELIZABETH ABETTY@ JANE HOOSIER, age 81, of Port Deposit, MD, died on October 27, 2006 at Laurelwood Center, Elkton, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Marcus Charles and Mary Elizabeth Reynolds Meyer and the wife of the late Barney Devern Hoosier. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Hoosier is survived by two sons, Richard D....

Alyce L. Marshall

Alyce L. Marshall

Oct 27, 2006

ALYCE L. MARSHALL, age 83, of Churchville, MD, died on October 27, 2006, at her home. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late James and Bertha Katherine Kral Leverton and the wife, for 20 years, of the late William R. Marshall Jr. She retired in June 1987 from the First National Bank, Bel Air Branch, where...

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