Obituaries

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

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...

Regina Brennan Lee

Regina Brennan Lee

Jan 11, 2007

REGINA BRENNAN LEE, age 69, of Edgewood, MD, died on January 11, 2007, at her home. Born July 29, 1937, in Wilkes-Barre, PA, she was the daughter of the late Edward James and Anna Elizabeth Fisher Brennan. She was educated at St. Nicholas High School, Wilkes-Barre, PA. She graduated from the College Misericordia, Dallas, PA, in 1959, earning a degree...

Wilson Bradford Grace Jr.

Wilson Bradford Grace Jr.

Jan 10, 2007

WILSON BRADFORD “BRAD” GRACE JR., age 64, of Edgewood, MD died on January 10, 2007, at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. He was a lifelong resident of Harford County, where he resided with his loving wife of 46 years, Darlene C. Maners Grace of Edgewood, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Lillian Marie...

Lawrence Adams

Lawrence Adams

Jan 10, 2007

LAWRENCE “LARRY” C. ADAMS, age 75, of Joppa, MD, died on January 10, 2007 at Franklin Square Hospital, Baltimore, MD. Born in Westbrook, Maine, he was the son of the late Hebron Mayhew Adams and the late Dorothy Adams Craft Adams Tilton. He was a regional manager in the retail industry. Mr. Adams is survived by his wife, Sandra Gannon...

Ethel E. Baxter

Ethel E. Baxter

Jan 8, 2007

ETHEL E. BAXTER, age 81, of Abingdon, MD, died on January 8, 2007 at Good Samaritan Hospital, Baltimore, MD. Born in New Park, PA, she was the daughter of the late Rev. Lewis Henry Jiles Sr. and the late Blanche Amelia Nolan Jiles, and wife of the late Wendell Glasgow Baxter Sr. A longtime Harford county resident, she was a...

Cecilia Seibert

Cecilia Seibert

Jan 7, 2007

CECILIA “CEIL” ANNA SEIBERT, age 84, of Forest Hill, MD, died on January 7, 2007, in Forest Hill, MD. Born in Omaha, NE, she was the daughter of the late Walter J. and Anna Buglewicz Norris and the wife of the late Charles H. Seibert. As a teenager, Ceil pitched for a minor league softball team in Nebraska that went...

Lawrence A. Flagler

Lawrence A. Flagler

Jan 7, 2007

LAWRENCE A. FLAGLER, age 62, of Bel Air, MD, died on January 7, 2007, at University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD. Born in Summit, NJ, he was the son of the late Lawrence Arthur and Helen Catherine Berk Flagler. He was an account representative for Nabisco/Kraft. An avid golfer, he was a member of the Maryland Golf and Country...

Mildred Magness Preston

Mildred Magness Preston

Jan 7, 2007

MILDRED MAGNESS PRESTON, age 99, of Bel Air, MD, died on January 7, 2007, at Lorien Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Bel Air, MD. Born in Bel Air, MD, she was the daughter of the Robert Lee and Florence Beatrice Winkler Magness and the wife of the late Edwin R. Preston. She was a secretary for the Harford County Circuit Court...

Jean Abbott Ault

Jean Abbott Ault

Jan 7, 2007

JEAN ABBOTT AULT, age 84, of Gibson Island, MD, died on January 7, 2007, at her home. Born Jean Hall Abbott, to Frank Farnam Abbott and Rosamond Elizabeth nee Hall in Elmira, NY, on June 21, 1922. Mrs. Ault grew up in Western Springs and LaGrange, Illinois, graduating from Lyons Township High School. She followed in her father’s footsteps attending...

Hobert M. Simmons

Hobert M. Simmons

Jan 6, 2007

HOBERT M. SIMMONS, age 70, of Aberdeen, MD, died on January 6, 2007, at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air, MD. Born in Tazwell County, VA, he was the son of the late Oliver Druey and Hazel Katie Brown Simmons, and the husband of the late Mary Jean Simmons. He worked all of his life as a carpenter and was...

Mary Betty Handy

Mary Betty Handy

Jan 6, 2007

MARY “BETTY” HANDY, age 69, of Edgewood, MD, died on January 6, 2007 at Lorien Nursing & Rehabilitation Center of Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Walter Earl and Ethel Mae Carter Bond. She was a homemaker who loved to listen to country music, especially Elvis and collected memorabilia. She was an...

Robert James Mcauley, Jr., Col. Us Army Retired

Robert James Mcauley, Jr., Col. Us Army Retired

Jan 6, 2007

ROBERT JAMES MCAULEY JR., COL, (USA RETIRED), age 61, of Bel Air, MD, died on January 6, 2007, at his home. Born in Trenton, NJ, he was the son of the late Robert James McAuley Sr. and the late Elizabeth Beatrice Trerotola McAuley. He resided in Harford County since 1993. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy in 1968,...