Obituaries

Jun 10, 2006

TALLULAH PERRY OWENS died on June 10, 2006 at her home in Abingdon, MD at the age of 74. Born on November 15, 1931, she was the third of four children born to the late Lonnie and Jessie Perry. She graduated from Tuskegee High School in 1950. Mrs. Owens then attended Tuskegee University where she met her future husband, Dr....

Jun 9, 2006

HELEN KIRK BREEDEN, age 103, recently of Wooster, OH, formerly of Fallston, MD, died on June 9, 2006 at West View Manor in Wooster, OH. Born in Fallston, MD, she was the daughter of the late Henry Columbus and Annie Bailey Kirk. She began the first grade at Youth’s Benefit School when it first opened in 1910. Her mother died...

Jun 9, 2006

LAWRENCE “LARRY” KLINE, age 87, OF Essex, MD, died on June 9, 2006 at Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Charles Edward and Leona Mary Staelen Kline. He was a carpenter who enjoyed gardening and watching the Orioles.Mr. Kline is survived by one daughter, Carol Ann Day-Meadows,...

Jun 8, 2006

WILLIAM “BILL” WHITE GALLION, III, age 51, of Havre de Grace, MD, died on June 8, 2006 at the Harbor Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Charlotte Mae Chenowith Gallion of Linthicum, MD and the late William White Gallion, Jr. He was a Commercial Refrigeration Service Technician who worked for Multi Marine Services...

Jun 7, 2006

MARIA “MARI” LUISA MERCADO, age 63, of Manchester, MD, formerly of Churchville, MD, died on June 7, 2006 at her home. Born in Manila, The Philippines, she was the daughter of Julia D. Barretto of Havre de Grace, MD and the late Jose Ramos Barretto. She was office manager for Orthopedic Associates in Havre de Grace, MD until recently. She...

Jun 5, 2006

THOMAS BERNARD RYAN, age 64, of Havre de Grace, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on June 5, 2006.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, on March 16, 1942, he was the son of Lillian Kiemer Ryan of Abingdon, MD and the late Richard C. Ryan. A resident of Harford County for 60 years, Mr. Ryan graduated from Edgewood High School in 1960,...

Jun 4, 2006

JUSTUS S. LETTS, age 88, of Bel Air, MD died on June 4, 2006 at Manor Care in Rossville, MD. Born in Jamaica, NY, he was the son of the late Samuel J. and Clara Hipperling Letts. He retired as the Plant Superintendent after 40 years with Grumman Aerospace in Glen Arm, MD. He was one of the founding members...

Jun 4, 2006

BOBBY L. OVERBAY, age 70, of Street, MD, died on June 4, 2006 at his home. Born in Marion, VA, he was the son of the late David Sylvannis and Gertrude Carter Overbay. He was a body and fender mechanic. His family said that he loved to play shuffleboard and sing karaoke. They also said that he enjoyed spending time...

Jun 3, 2006

HELEN ANN SOBOLEWSKI, age 91, of Palm Bay Florida, died at Palm Bay Community Hospital on June 3, 2006. Born in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the John Joseph and Catherine Anna Pluto Byorick and the wife of the late William Claude Sobolewski. A resident of Joppatowne most of her life, she also lived overseas as a wife...

Jun 3, 2006

WINNIE GRACE STURGILL, age 88, of Rising Sun, MD, formerly of Darlington, MD, died on June 3, 2006 at Union Hospital in Elkton, MD. Born in Piney Creek, NC, she was the daughter of the late Mastin and Caroline MacMeans Burchette, and the wife of the late Glen Sturgill. She was a homemaker who lived in Darlington, MD most of...

Jun 2, 2006

EDITH L. COPENHAVER, age 70, of Joppa, MD, died on June 2, 2006 at the Hospice of Baltimore-Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care in Towson, MD. Born in Allegany, MD, she was the daughter of the late John David and Eleanor Niner Pape. She was the wife of the late John David Copenhaver, Sr. She was a homemaker. Her family said...

Jun 2, 2006

DOLLY MAY STANIEC, age 85, of Abingdon, MD, died on June 2, 2006 at her home. Born in Henryton, MD, she was the daughter of the late John Peter and Ethel Josephine Condon Hayes, and the wife of the late Steven C. Staniec. She was a homemaker. Her family said that she was the caretaker of the entire family.Mrs. Staniec...

Jun 2, 2006

HAROLD “BOOTS” B. HESS, age 88, of Monkton, MD, died on June 2, 2006 at the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Born in Monkton, MD, he was the son of the late Benjamin Garfield and Lily May Base Hess. He retired after running a dairy farm, owned by him and his brother, for 50 years. He worked as a foreman for...

Jun 1, 2006

ROBERTA JOHNSON, age 81, of Bel Air, MD, died on June 1, 2006 at the Hart-Heritage Home in Street, MD. Born in Fallston, MD, she was the daughter of the late Milford Raymond and Annie Mary Walker Morgan and the wife of the late R. Wilson Johnson, Sr. She was a homemaker who enjoyed cooking and baking and was a...

Jun 1, 2006

JOHN CONRAD TAYLOR, age 68, of Rosedale, MD, died on June 1, 2006 at his home. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late John Edward and Leona Marie Kness Taylor. He was a delivery driver at the beginning and end of his working life, and a retail salesperson and manager who worked for Montgomery Wards from...

Jun 1, 2006

JUDY A. BOSLEY, age 56, of Edgewood, MD, died on June 1, 2006 at the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Edward and Alice Virginia Singleton Bosley. She was a homemaker. She was a collector of porcelain dolls, enjoyed country music and spending time outdoors in her gardens....

May 31, 2006

CURTIS CORNELIUS DAUGHERTY, of Aberdeen, MD, died on May 31, 2006 in Aberdeen, MD as a result of a car accident. He was 79 years old.Born in Clayton, MD, he was the son of the late Clarence Earl and Mary Elizabeth Johnson Daugherty.Mr. Daugherty served his country in the US Army during WWII. He retired from the Aberdeen Proving Ground.Mr....

May 30, 2006

WILLIAM “BILL” E. HARDY, age 58, of Bel Air, died at his home on May 30, 2006. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the son of the late Howard Nelson, Sr. and Margaret Lillian Coleman Hardy. He served in the US Army during Vietnam. He was a stocker for Klein’s Supermarket. He enjoyed sports, politics, and WWII history. Mr. Hardy...

May 29, 2006

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