Obituaries

Aug 26, 2006

Aug 26, 2006

ELLEN BUCKLAND, age 82, of Bel Air, MD, died on August 26, 2006 at her home. Born in Tazewell County, VA, she was the daughter of the late Robert Ellis and Geneva May Neal Caudill and the wife of the late Hubert Francis Buckland. She retired in 1986 from I.C. Isaacs & Co. in Baltimore where she was a presser....

Aug 25, 2006

MONTY HALE VAUGHT, age 57, of Abingdon, MD, died on August 25, 2006 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Born in Galax, VA, he was the son of Irene Barnes Vaught of Abingdon, MD and the late Thomas Earl Vaught. He retired from the Harford County Board of Education where he spent most of his 33 years as a custodian at...

Aug 23, 2006

WAYNE “STEVE” STEVENSON SMITH, age 46, of Churchville, MD, died suddenly at his home on August 23, 2006. Born in Havre de Grace, he was the son of Herbert Wayne and Betty Jane Sheets Smith of Churchville. Steve, as he was known by friends and family, was a very devoted son, husband, father, and grandfather. He enjoyed playing guitar. He...

Aug 22, 2006

ROBERT “BOB” C. WILKERSON, SR., age 56, of Aberdeen, MD, died on August 22, 2006 at the St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Clarence Oliver Wilkerson of Brooksville, FL and the late Lois Rebecca Gilbert Wilkerson. Since 1989, he was the sales manager for the Room Store in Bel Air, MD....

Aug 21, 2006

John H. Willig, Sr., of Fallston, a landscaper who owned and operated Stoney Batter Nursery since 1945, died at his home on Monday, Aug. 21. He was two weeks shy of his 90th birthday.Born on Sept. 6, 1916 in Fork, MD, he was the son of the late Herman and Tressie Mast Willig of Kingsville. During World War II, he...

Aug 21, 2006

JESSIE MACK ANDERSON, age 66, of Edgewood, MD, died on August 21, 2006 at the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Born in Sparta, NC, he was the son of the late Camey Edmund and Martha Jane Irwin Anderson. An Edgewood resident for 30 years, he worked for JW & Sons, Inc. as a Construction Supervisor. He was an avid golfer and...

Aug 19, 2006

GEORGE “DICK” DIXON RODES CURRY, age 63, of Fallston, MD, died on August 19, 2006 at the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Harley Oliver Curry, Jr., and the late Jessie Howard Rodes Curry. He was a commercial pilot and a certified private and commercial flight instructor. He served 13 years...

Aug 19, 2006

JOSEPH ALLEN McGUIRE, age 73, of Street, MD, died on August 19, 2006 at the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Born in Toliver, NC, he was the son of the late Isam Garfield and Danford Diane Jones McGuire. He served in the US Navy, and worked 32 years before going on medical disability from the Columbia Gas Corp. He enjoyed hunting,...

Aug 17, 2006

Thomas William Greene, age 82, passed away on August 17, 2006 at Veteran’s Hospital, Perry Point, MD. Born on October 12, 1923, Mr. Greene resided in Van Bibber, MD. Mr. Greene was preceded in death by his father, the Honorable Thomas Greene and his beloved mother Elizabeth. “Billy”, as he was known, was a retired federal employee of Edgewood Arsenal....

Aug 17, 2006

Rebecca Watts Guercio, a retired Harford County educator, died at home in Bel Air on August 17th after a prolonged battle with lung cancer. She was 61.Born on April 28, 1945 she was raised in Marblehead, MA, and was a graduate of Marblehead High School, and Bethany College in West Virginia. She taught in Harford County schools for 30 years...

Aug 17, 2006

DR. EVAN HARRIS WALKER, age 71, of Aberdeen, MD, died on August 17, 2006 at Harford Memorial Hospital. Born in Birmingham, AL, he was the son of the late James Whittman and Eva Victoria Harris Walker. He was a physicist, an artist and an author. He was the founder and the director of the Walker Cancer Institute in Aberdeen, MD....

Aug 16, 2006

EDITH M. FELDT, age 83, of Joppa, MD, died on August 16, 2006 at the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Allen Goodwin and Virginia Madeline Fawcett Rhodes. She was a homemaker. A past member of Perry Hall Baptist Church, she was a current member of Rosedale Baptist Church and a...

Aug 16, 2006

JAMES BUFARD BLACK, SR., age 75, of Joppa, MD, died on August 16, 2006 at his home. Born in Luray, VA, he was the son of the late James John Black and the late Virginia Taylor Boch. He was a crane operator in the steel industry. An avid collector of coins, he was a member of the MRCC Coin Club....

Aug 15, 2006

RAY O. GERMAN, age 71, of Forest Hill, MD, died on August 15, 2006 at his home. Born in Romney, IN, he was the son of the late Otis Alfred and Geneva Laura Bender German, and the husband for 27 years of the late Patricia B. Forwood German. He was retired from the Operating Engineers Local Union 37 and was...

Aug 11, 2006

CHARLIE GLASSMAN, age 82, of Aberdeen, MD, formerly of Edgewood, MD, died on August 11, 2006 at the Lorien Riverside Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center in Belcamp, MD. Born in Churchville, MD, he was the son of the late Charles William Glassman, Sr. and the late Josephine Burchett Glassman, and the husband of the late Mary J. Gibney Glassman. He...

Aug 11, 2006

REV. LEWIS F. COLE, JR., age 79, of Bel Air, MD, died on August 11, 2006 at the Lorien Bel Air Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Utica, NY, he was the son of the late Lewis Furbeck Cole, Sr. and the late Natalie Olmstead Holcomb Cole. He was an Episcopal Minister who served at...

Aug 8, 2006

JOHN C. HARRIS, age 64, of Woodbridge, VA, died on August 8, 2006 at his home. Born in Harford County, he was the son of the late Paul and Georgianna Harris. He served in the US Army for four years. Mr. Harris worked for Exxon for over 30 years in trucking, retiring as a trucking manager. He took a lot...

Aug 5, 2006

Leonard Aaron Abrams, age 82, of Joppatowne, MD died Saturday, August 5, 2006. He is survived by his wife Carol, sons John Vines of Maryland, Henny, Brian, Ron and Scott Abrams of Delaware; grandfather to Ashley and Brooke Abrams and Alex and Shaun Vines; sister Elaine Beuchler of New Jersey. In addition to his parents, Lenny was preceded in death...

Aug 4, 2006

MILDRED IRENE WEST, age 85, of Bel Air, MD, died on August 4, 2006 at the Four Seasons Assisted Living Home in Bel Air, MD. Born in Meadow Grove, NE, she was the daughter of the late Arthur Jackson and Flora Isabelle Garris West. She retired in 1985 after 35 years of service with the US Department of Labor where...