Obituaries

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

Daryk Jourdan Bush

Daryk Jourdan Bush

Feb 4, 2006

DARYK JOURDAN BUSH, age 18, of Bel Air, MD, died on February 4, 2006 at the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Virginia Rae Bush of Bel Air, MD and Bryan Nicholas McGlothlin of Bel Air, MD. He was a resident of Harford County for 14 Years. He was a pressure washer for...

Ruth L. Shaw-Reitma

Ruth L. Shaw-Reitma

Feb 4, 2006

RUTH L. SHAW-REITSMA, age 92, of Baltimore, MD, died on February 4, 2006 at the House of Jubilee in Fallston, MD. Born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA, she was the daughter of the late William David and Rose Mae Livingston Rabold, and was a Pittsburgh resident for 62 years. She was the wife of the late Mordecai B. Shaw and...

George I. Seybold

George I. Seybold

Feb 3, 2006

GEORGE I. SEYBOLD, age 76, of Churchville, MD, died on February 3, 2006 at Harford Memorial Hospital. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late George Ignatius and Helen Virginia Gill Seybold. He was a Master Electrician who worked 20 years for General Motors as the Superintendent of the Electrical Maintenance Department. He also worked with his...

Stephen Thomas Toth, Jr.

Stephen Thomas Toth, Jr.

Feb 3, 2006

STEPHEN THOMAS TOTH, JR., age 19, of Street, MD, died on February 3, 2006 at his home. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Stephen Thomas Sr. and Catherine LaBroure Tebben Toth of Street, MD. He was a life-long resident of Harford County who attended St. Margaret School, and was a 2004 graduate of North Harford High School....

Wilbur H. Knight, Jr.

Wilbur H. Knight, Jr.

Feb 3, 2006

WILBUR H. KNIGHT, JR., age 70, of Joppatowne, MD, died on February 3, 2006 at his home. Born in Parkville, MD, he was the son of the late Wilbur Henry Sr. and Mae Elizabeth Copenhaver Knight. He was a resident of Harford County and Joppatowne for 42 years, and was an electrician who owned Knico Electronics of Bel Air, MD...

Benjamin Frederick Wood, Jr.

Benjamin Frederick Wood, Jr.

Feb 1, 2006

BENJAMIN FREDERICK WOOD, JR., age 87, of Bel Air, MD, died on February 1, 2006 at Lorien Riverside following a long illness. Born in Crumpler, WV on September 8, 1918, he was the son of the late Benjamin Frederick, Sr., and Ida Hall Wood. He was a retiree from government service as an engineer at Aberdeen Proving Ground. He was...

Judy Ellen Delaney

Judy Ellen Delaney

Feb 1, 2006

JUDY ELLEN DELANEY, age 55, of Aberdeen, MD, died on February 1, 2006 at her home. Born in Kentucky, she was the daughter of Frances Marie Gibbs Roller and the late John Allen Roller and of Aberdeen, MD. She was a homemaker who lived in Harford County for 28 years. Mrs. Delaney also worked in the cafeteria at Edgewood High...

Judy Ellen Delaney

Judy Ellen Delaney

Feb 1, 2006

Those who desire may contribute to:American Cancer SocietyP.O. Box 572Bel Air, MD 21014

Nellie Mae Elliott

Nellie Mae Elliott

Jan 30, 2006

NELLIE MAE ELLIOTT, age 82, of Darlington, MD, died on January 30, 2006 at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Born in Hardy, VA, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Mary Clark Bandy. She was a homemaker, a resident of Harford County for 60 years, and enjoyed quilting, sewing and canning. She was a member of...

Joan Miriam Grubb

Joan Miriam Grubb

Jan 29, 2006

JOAN PETRASEK GRUBB, age 62, of Bel Air, MD, died on January 29, 2006 at her home. Born in Haddonfield, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Aurel George and Joyce Divine Weaver Petrasek. She was a computer systems analyst for Millennium Inorganic Chemicals in Hunt Valley, MD. She also directed light aerobics classes in Bel Air for the...

William Nyle Stewart

William Nyle Stewart

Jan 28, 2006

WILLIAM NYLE STEWART, age 66, of Edgewood, MD, died on January 28, 2006 at his home. Born in Cumberland, MD, he was the son of the late Harry Ronald Sr. and Mary Frances Shanholtz Stewart. He had retired in May, 1994 after working as an assembly worker for General Motors. He was a member of American Legion Post 17 in...

Dan Fanning

Dan Fanning

Jan 27, 2006

DAN FANNING, age 48, of Joppa, MD, died on January 27, 2006 at the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Born in Roncevert, WV, he was the son of Daniel Patrick Sr. and Juanita Kathryn Foltz Fanning of Aberdeen, MD. He was a self-employed Heavy Duty Mechanic at D&T Repairs, who enjoyed restoring his 1965 Pontiac GTO and listening to Elvis Presley...

Madeline C. Tapscott

Madeline C. Tapscott

Jan 27, 2006

MADELINE C. TAPSCOTT, age 77, of Bel Air, MD, died on January 27, 2006 at her residence. Born in Hadensville, VA, she was the daughter of the late Robert Daniel and Willie Archer Payne Condrey. She was married to the late W. Cecil Tapscott, and a homemaker who enjoyed spending time with her family. She was also a very active...

Philip James Nelson

Philip James Nelson

Jan 27, 2006

PHILLIP JAMES NELSON, age 50, of Havre de Grace, MD, died on January 27, 2006 at his home. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Robert Nicholas and Elizabeth Ann Moore Nelson. He was a printer who was also known as a talented artist and musician who loved his children and grandchildren.Mr. Nelson is survived by...

Charlotte H. Lockard

Charlotte H. Lockard

Jan 27, 2006

CHARLOTTE H. LOCKARD, age 71, of Street, MD, died on January 27, 2006 at her home. Born in Scott County, VA, she was the daughter of the late Sylvester Tillman Morris and the late Ora Venus Hall Montgomery. She was a homemaker and a member of the Franklin Missionary Baptist Church.Mrs. Lockard is survived by her husband of 36 years,...

James Richard Parsons, Sr.

James Richard Parsons, Sr.

Jan 26, 2006

JAMES RICHARD PARSONS, SR., age 82, of Bel Air, MD, died on January 26, 2006 at the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Born in Leon, WV, he was the son of the late Clinton Hilton and Pearl Ferguson Chambers Parsons. He served in the US Army during WWII, and later was a supervisor for the US Government. He lived in Harford...

Col (R) Louis W. Dornbush

Col (R) Louis W. Dornbush

Jan 26, 2006

COL. (RET.) LOUIS W. DORNBUSH, age 82, of Bel Air, MD, died on January 26, 2006 at the Gilchrist Center in Towson, MD. Born in Aberdeen, SD, he was the son of the late Isaac Henry and Beatrice Yocum Dornbush. He enlisted in the US Army in November, 1942 and served in the Army Air Corps during WWII. He earned...

James Homer Roberson

James Homer Roberson

Jan 26, 2006

JAMES HOMER ROBERSON, age 45, of Whiteford, died on January 26, 2006 at the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, he was the son of the late Ralph William, Jr. and Mildred Elizabeth Craig Roberson. A life-long resident of Harford County, he worked in construction in Harford County for over 20 years, and was employed by...

Ernest Gordon (Ernie) Warner

Ernest Gordon (Ernie) Warner

Jan 25, 2006

ERNEST GORDON “ERNIE” WARNER, age 74, of Bel Air, MD, died on January 25, 2006 at the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Born on July 25, 1931, in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Ernest Gordon, Sr., and Ruth Nelson Warner. Ernie worked for Elite Laundry for many years. He was a Sun Carrier for 12 years in...

Shirley Ann Jacobs

Shirley Ann Jacobs

Jan 24, 2006

SHIRLEY ANN JACOBS, age 70, of Essex, formerly of Harford County, died on January 24, 2006 at Manor Care, Rossville. Born in Auburn, NY, she was the daughter of the late Anthony and Josephine Beecher Hruby. She was a homemaker and a member of the Ladies’ Auxiliary of American Legion Post #148.Ms. Jacobs is survived by her husband, Paul V....