Obituaries

Jun 28, 2005

MARY L. KERN, age 86, of Bel Air, died at Mariner Health of Forest Hill on June 28, 2005. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Lillian Jubb Quade and the wife of the late Frederick G. Kern, Sr. She was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary at Mercy Hospital for 25 years. A resident...

Jun 28, 2005

JEROME (JERRY) EDWARD MEANY, age 58, of Edgewood, died at Johns Hopkins Bayview, Baltimore, on June 28, 2005. Born in Linz, Austria, he was the son of the late Jerome Patrick and Elfriede “Mike” Hofer Meany. A resident of Harford County for 19 years, he was a member of St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church, Abingdon, and the Knights of...

Jun 24, 2005

Evelyn Annabelle Gordon of Bel Air died Friday, June 24th at Mariner Health of Bel Air after a short battle with liver cancer. She was 82.Born in Everett, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Alvey Elmer Smith and Alice Ritchey Smith. She graduated with her sister, Lulu, with the class of 1940 from the Everett Area High School.Throughout...

Jun 24, 2005

GARNET E. “JOE” AFFLECK, JR., age 76, of Havre de Grace, died at St. Joseph Medical Center on June 24, 2005. Born in Winchester, Virginia, December 3, 1928 he was the son of the late Garnet Edward and Martha Walker Affleck.He was an athlete and 1947 graduate of Catonsville High School, where he excelled in lacrosse and track and field...

Jun 23, 2005

HOWARD COSTA PIMENTAL, age 80, of Leesburg, Florida, formerly of Bel Air died at Kindred Hosptial, Green Cove Springs, Florida, on June 23, 2005. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, he was the son of the late Charles Costa and Violet Vasconcellos Pimental. He served in both the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy. A Christian man, he was a member of...

Jun 22, 2005

GERTRUDE “GERTIE” TUCKER, age 90, of Edgewood, died at Mariner Health of Bel Air on June 22, 2005. Born in Randolph, Vermont, she was the daughter of the late William Stanley and Mary Elizabeth Brunnell Loso and the wife of the late Oscar L. Tucker. She was a member and past president of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit #17 of...

Jun 21, 2005

GLADYS MARIE SIMMONS, age 85, of Aberdeen, died at Harford Memorial Hospital on June 21, 2005. Born in Hillsboro, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Calvin Lee and Ressie Marie Cutlip Blake and the wife of 25 years of the late Clinton A. Simmons. She enjoyed sewing and cooking and loved spending time with her grandchildren and...

Jun 18, 2005

GENIE R. (RANDY) TURNER, of Aberdeen, born in Suffolk, Virginia on November 16, 1928, passed away on June 18th at his home. After his retirement as an accountant with Suffolk Equipment, Randy and his wife, Shirley, moved to Harford County. Randy was a WWII veteran and enjoyed reading the Foxhole News and reminiscing about his old army buddies. In addition,...

Jun 18, 2005

ROBERT ARTHUR WELSH, age 73, of Joppa, died at his home on June 18, 2005. Born in Jamaica, New York, he was the son of the late Thomas Welsh and Violette Heineken Hoaglin. After retiring from Commercial Credit where he was a benefits administrator, he worked for Baltimore Gas and Electric. He was a graduate of Penn State University. He...

Jun 17, 2005

CLARA E. GORRELL, age 98, of Forest Hill, died at her home on June17, 2005. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Henry Conrad and Elizabeth Anna Pohl Horstman and the wife of the late S. Wilson Gorrell, Jr. A homemaker, she had also been an organist at the Centre Methodist Church. She was a member of...

Jun 16, 2005

NED ALVARD SMITH, age 79, of Edgewood, died in Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center on June 16, 2005. Born in Orland, Indiana, he was the son of the late Ned Alvard Smith, Sr. and Ruth Myrtle McMullen Fair. He served his country in the U.S. Army from 1945-1952 and then he went into the Reserves retiring in 1980 as a...

Jun 16, 2005

ARLIE DALE HORTON, a resident of the Citizens Care Center, Havre de Grace, passed away on June 16, 2005. He was 90 years old. Mr. Horton was born on October 25, 1914 in Independence, Virginia to the late Dennie and Lucinda Horton. Mr. Horton had two brothers, Otis Horton of Winston-Salem, North Carolina and the late Jerry Horton, formerly of...

Jun 14, 2005

“LIB” WEAVER, age 79, of Bel Air, died in Mariner Health of Bel Air on June 14, 2005. Born in Jefferson, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Lillard and Nettie Belle Green Oliver and the wife of the late Roby Jones Weaver. She had retired after 25 years of service for Harford County where she worked...

Jun 14, 2005

MICHAEL JAY WRIGHT, age 49, of Bel Air, died in Potomac Hospital, Woodbridge, VA on June 14, 2005. Born in Miami, Florida, he was the son of (Pat) Floyd Wesley Wright of Rochester, New Hampshire and Nicky Fortin of Florida. He worked for the Army Air Force Exchange Services as an area manager. In 1984, he graduated from Arizona State...

Jun 9, 2005

THOMAS LEE GENTRY, age 93, of Churchville, died at his home on June 9, 2005. Born in Todd, North Carolina, he was the son of the late Charles Wesley and Minnie Wilcox Gentry. In 1945 he founded Churchville Construction Co., Inc. which he operated until 1972. His company is well-known for building homes, businesses, and many churches in Harford County...

Jun 9, 2005

BREECE LEFTRIDGE, age 75, of Nottingham, Maryland, formerly of Joppa, died at Franklin Square Hospital on June 9, 2005. Born in Rock Run, Maryland, he was the son of the late William Denton, Sr. and Clara Hazel Reedy Leftridge, and the husband for 43 years of the late Martha Elizabeth Leftridge. He served his country in the U.S. Army, the...

Jun 9, 2005

HOWARD GEORGE POTEET, age 56, of Towson, formerly of Creswell, died at his residence on June 9, 2005. Born in Oak Hill, West Virginia, he was the son of the late George Cummings and the late Grace Mae Moran Poteet. He had been a resident of Citizens Nursing Home for 15 years.Mr. Poteet is survived by three brothers, Richard B....

Jun 8, 2005

JOSEPH W. KUCHAREK, SR., age 66, of Aberdeen, died at Harford Memorial Hospital, on June 8, 2005. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Walter and Cecelia Kucharek. He had retired after 20 years of service at Eskay in Baltimore where he worked as a butcher. He was an avid fisherman, gardener and Oriole fan.Mr. Kucharek is...

Jun 7, 2005

NORA L. COMBS, age 87, of Bel Air, died at Lorien of Bel Air, on June 7, 2005. Born in Aberdeen, she was the daughter of the late Daniel Eugene and Edna Cullum Harman and the wife of the late S. Clifford Combs. Born and raised in Harford County, she was a bus driver for the Board of Education. She...

Jun 7, 2005