Obituaries

Feb 26, 2005

BLANCHE MARGARITE SWISHER, age 73, of Baltimore, died in Franklin Square Hospital on February 26, 2005. Born in Baltimore City, she was the daughter of the late August Henry, Sr. and Margarite Bessie Lloyd Spliedt, and the wife for 53 years of her high school sweetheart, the late James Thomas Swisher, Sr.Mrs. Swisher is survived by one son, James Thomas...

Feb 24, 2005

Respected and loved E. MAE FLEISHMAN, age 90, of Aberdeen, passed away peacefully at her home on February 24, 2005. Born in Rock Hall, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Monnie James, Sr. and Beryl Smith White, and the wife of the late William Jacob Fleishman. She was a graduate of Towson High School and Strayer Business College....

Feb 24, 2005

WALTER “BUD” M. HARE, JR., age 80, of Edgewood, died in Greater Baltimore Medical Center on February 24, 2005. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Walter Morrison, Sr. and Agnes Koyne Hare. He had retired after 38 years of service at Bethlehem Steel where he worked as a loader. He was a member of Prince of...

Feb 23, 2005

RUTH VIRGINIA BAKER, age 85, of Bel Air, died in Mariner Health of Bel Air on February 23, 2005. Born in Baltimore City, she was the daughter of the late Arthur Payne and Martha Eve Corbin Smith. She worked as a cashier at Food Fair Grocery and later Pantry Pride Grocery store from which she retired in 1981. She was...

Feb 23, 2005

EDGAR DONOVAN ANDERSON, age 89, of Aberdeen, died in Eagle View Elder Care in Whiteford on February 23, 2005. Born in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, he was the son of the late Frank and Minnie Cleary Anderson and the husband of the late Thelma F. Anderson and Helen Anderson Boggs. He was a truck driver all his life and worked...

Feb 22, 2005

RONALD JOHN CHESLOCK, age 63, of Edgewood, died at his home on February 22, 2005. Born in Shamokin, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late John and Florence Sadowski Cheslock, and the husband of the late Jeanette Merle Wilde Cheslock. He was a steel worker for Bethlehem Steel. He served his country in the U.S. Army during Vietnam Conflict....

Feb 22, 2005

ROSEMARY FEAZELL, age 74, of Bel Air, MD, died at St. Joseph Medical Center, Towson, MD, on February 22, 2005. Born in Oak Hill, West Virginia, she was the daughter of Katie Blizzard Pinson of Oak Hill, West Virginia and the late Benjamin Pinson, and the wife of the late Dorma Feazell. A resident of Harford County, Maryland since 1962,...

Feb 22, 2005

LORA KING BIZICH, age 89, of Abingdon, died at her home on February 22, 2005. Born in Sugar Grove, Virginia, she was the oldest of 10 children born to William Gilbert and Jenny Ardell Hall Parks. She was the wife for 7 years of the late Henry Howard King who was killed in WW II and she was the wife...

Feb 21, 2005

KENNETH R. POTTER, age 86, of Baltimore, died at Franklin Square Hospital on February 21, 2005. Originally from Baltimore County, he lived in Harford County since 1963. He worked as a superintendent for Panitz Brothers Builders during the construction of Joppatowne. He played semi-pro baseball and enjoyed playing golf, bowling and cards. He was a member of the Homebuilders Association...

Feb 21, 2005

WILLIAM ROSS KELLY, SR., age 97, a retiree from the Martin Marietta Corp. and from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, passed away February 21, 2005 in Bel Air, MD. He was born October 13, 1907 in Bladen County, North Carolina, the sixth of ten children born to John Nathan Kelly and Catherine Isabelle Davis Kelly. He graduated from Bladenboro...

Feb 21, 2005

DEBBIE VAN VALKENBURG MACIAS, age 40, of Darlington, died in Stella Maris Hospice on February 21, 2005. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Edgar James Van Valkenburg and the late Lynn Anne Scholl. She was a very devoted mother to her son. A horse groomer, she had worked with animals for 25 years. She loved horses...

Feb 20, 2005

CHARLES W. RILEY, age 75, of Abingdon, died in St. Joseph Hospital on February 20, 2005. Born in Upper Cross Roads, he was the son of the late Wilmer and Beatrice Marion Overmeyer Riley. For 25 years he was a part owner of Paidon Products in Aberdeen. He graduated from Bel Air High School in 1949. He ran track for...

Feb 20, 2005

GENE CLIFF “BEAR” HOSTETTER, age 61, of Edgewood, Maryland, died in Gilchrist Center at Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Towson, MD on February 20, 2005. Born in Lexington, Virginia, he was the son of the late William Owen and Leona Estelle Hostetter. He worked as an auto mechanic for Fullerton Auto Parts in White Marsh, MD. A resident of Harford...

Feb 19, 2005

MARY GUNTHER TILLEY, of Bel Air died on February 19, 2005 at the home of her son, Dennis M. Tilley of Forest Hill following a two year battle with ovarian cancer. She was 79.Born August 7, 1925 in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late A. Melvin Gunther and Mary E. Gunther of Cambridge, and the beloved wife for...

Feb 18, 2005

MATILDA M. BOLANDER, of Abingdon, MD, formerly of Dundalk, died on February 18, 2005 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center from congestive heart failure. Her daughter, MaryLee was by her side.Born on March 23, 1918 in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Wasyl and Mary Moroz, who immigrated from the Ukraine in 1916. She grew up in Canton and...

Feb 18, 2005

Feb 17, 2005

SALVATORE L. ALLESSIE, age 69, of Bel Air, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on February17, 2005. Born in North East, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Louis and Florence J. Guarino Allessee. He worked in the home health care industry.

Feb 17, 2005

E. LOUISE HECKNER, age 82, of Kingsville, died in Good Samaritan Hospital on February 17, 2005. Born in Bel Air, she was the daughter of the late George Heuisler, Jr. and Cassandra Marie Harkins Poole. Born and raised in Harford County, she was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary for the Kingsville Fire Company and of the VFW Post in...

Feb 17, 2005

HAZEL RUTH HASH, age 76, of Bel Air, died in Mariner Health of Bel Air on February 17, 2005. Born in Rocks, she was the daughter of the late Earl McKee and Lola Virginia Hash. She had worked for 44 years at the Gleneagles, Inc. as a machine operator. Born and raised in Harford County, she enjoyed reading and following...

Feb 16, 2005

DORA “PAT” M. MAGEE, age 94, of Joppa, formerly of Parkville, MD, died in Young at Heart, Joppa on February 16, 2005. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late John Matranga, and the wife of the late Craig “Sam” Magee. She had worked as a seamstress making men’s suits at L. Grelf & Son in Baltimore. She...