Obituaries

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

Velma Martin

Velma Martin

May 5, 2005

VELMA MARTIN, age 88, of Abingdon, died at her home on May 5, 2005. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Frank Joseph and Florence May Bolstridge Peters (Pitera), and the wife of the late Joseph C. Martin. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star in Dundalk and a member of Presbury United...

Helen Magdeline Childs

Helen Magdeline Childs

May 4, 2005

HELEN MAGDELINE CHILDS, age 93, of Bel Air, died at Quail Run Assisted Living, Bel Air, on May 4, 2005. Born in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Adam Charles and Gertrude Agnes Funk Dukehart and the wife of 45 years of the late Roland Ruff Childs. She was a member of the St. Margaret Catholic Church...

Edward M. Hallahan

Edward M. Hallahan

Apr 30, 2005

EDWARD M. HALLAHAN, age 82, of Bel Air, died at his residence on April 30, 2005. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Michael Joseph and Mary Elizabeth Hoban Hallahan. He was a manager for the Baltimore County Parks and Recreation. He was an avid golfer and photographer. Mr. Hallahan is survived by his wife, Mary...

Richard Herbert Felts, Sr.

Richard Herbert Felts, Sr.

Apr 29, 2005

RICHARD HERBERT FELTS, SR., age 68, of Aberdeen, died in Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore on April 29, 2005. Born in Rosedale, he was the son of the late Baker and Mildred Gray Felts. He worked as an administrative specialist for the government. He served his country in the U.S. Army for 26 years during the Korean and...

John Anthony Sebree

John Anthony Sebree

Apr 28, 2005

JOHN ANTHONY SEBREE, age 57, of Bel Air, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on April 28, 2005. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of Rosie Theresa Bubnich Sebree of Bel Air and the late Carey Ambrose Sebree. He had served as a choir boy at Shrine of the Little Flower Catholic School in Baltimore. He graduated from Polytechnic...

Michael Carl Todd

Michael Carl Todd

Apr 27, 2005

Those who desire may contribute to:Harford Hospice 8003 Corporate Drive, Suite G Baltimore, MD 21236 ORHarford County Ducks Unlimited2503 Derby DriveFallston, MD 21047For the Michael Todd Harford County Wetland Habitat Restoration Fund

John Mathew Hurban

John Mathew Hurban

Apr 27, 2005

JOHN MATHEW HURBAN, age 72, of Bel Air, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on April 27, 2005. Born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Matthew Paul and Mary Catherine Moncman Hurban. He had retired from the Ballistics Research Lab (BRL) at Aberdeen Proving Ground where he was a mechanical engineer. He was a member of...

William D. Taylor, Jr.

William D. Taylor, Jr.

Apr 26, 2005

WILLIAM D. TAYLOR, JR., age 53, of Bel Air, died at his home on April 26, 2005. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late William Durham, Sr. and Virginia Savin Taylor. He was a shipping and receiving warehouseman at TIC Gums, Inc., Belcamp. He had worked at Courtland Hardware as a store manager and at Boyle Buick...

William George Mcdermott

William George Mcdermott

Apr 26, 2005

HMCM WILLIAM GEORGE McDERMOTT (USCG Ret.), age 77, of Joppatowne died at Stella Maris Hospice of Timonium on April 26, 2005. Born in New York City, he was the son of the late George and Ethel Fox McDermott and the husband for 33 years of the late Joan Kathryn Cooney McDermott. A resident of Harford County for 40 years, he...

Shawn Driscoll

Shawn Driscoll

Apr 26, 2005

SHAWN DRISCOLL, age 38, of Perryville, died at his residence on April 26, 2005. Born in Aspen, Colorado, he was the son of Linda Lee Endsley Driscoll of Hotchkiss, Colorado and the late Larry Driscoll. He was a co-owner of Family Recreation Products in Bel Air. He loved his family and home. He enjoyed yardwork and gardening. He served his...

Charlie Hudler

Charlie Hudler

Apr 26, 2005

CHARLIE HUDLER, age 56, of Bel Air died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on April 26, 2005. Born in Havre de Grace, he was the son of Helen Theresa Monahan Hudler of Bel Air and the late William Ray Hudler, Sr. and the husband of the late L. Diane Hensley Hudler. He served in the US Marine Corps during the...

Harold A. Osborne

Harold A. Osborne

Apr 21, 2005

HAROLD A. OSBORNE, age 91, of Churchville, died in Citizens Care Center, Havre de Grace on April 21, 2005. Born in Creston, North Carolina, he was the son of the late Floyd and Vergie Robinson Osborne. He had retired after 42 years of service at Aberdeen Proving Ground where he worked as a lab technician. He served his country in...

Jerome Joseph Kahl

Jerome Joseph Kahl

Apr 21, 2005

JEROME JOSEPH KAHL, age 89, of Abingdon, died in Mariner Health of Bel Air on April 21, 2005. Born in Baltimore County, he was the son of the late Henry W. and Catherine R. Butt Kahl. He was a carpenter and enjoyed woodworking, yard work and playing cards. A member of St. Stephen Catholic Church in Bradshaw, he was always...

Josephine Belanger

Josephine Belanger

Apr 21, 2005

JOSEPHINE BELANGER, age 79, of Abingdon, died at her home on April 21, 2005. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, she was the daughter of the late Silvio and Carmella Mizzoni Zinanni and the wife of the late Robert Belanger. She was very involved with her family.Mrs. Belanger is survived by a daughter, Sylvia C. Violette of Abingdon; a brother, Raymond Zinanni...

Beatrice ''Bea'' A. Pearce

Beatrice ''Bea'' A. Pearce

Apr 19, 2005

BEATRICE “BEA” A. PEARCE, age 87, of Frederick, MD, formerly of Wilna, died at the Homewood Crumland Farms in Frederick on April 19, 2005. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Raymond Bertram and Severn Diana Schmidt Leight and the wife of the late Harry W. Pearce. She had been a bank clerk at the First National...

Elizabeth ''Betty'' Carole Tracey

Elizabeth ''Betty'' Carole Tracey

Apr 19, 2005

ELIZABETH “BETTY” CAROLE TRACEY, age 60, of Bel Air, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on April 19, 2005. Born in Benson, she was the daughter of the late Clarence Joseph, Sr. and Priscilla Frances Ward Lynch. A life long resident of Harford County, she grew up in Fallston and graduated from Bel Air High School. She was a member...

Ida Regina Buser

Ida Regina Buser

Apr 16, 2005

IDA REGINA BUSER, age 94, of Joppa, died in Lorien Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Belcamp on April 16, 2005. Born in Maryland, she was the daughter of the late William Bennit and Julianna Murphy Langley and the wife for 59 years of the late Edward James Buser, Sr. She was a member of St. Stephen Catholic Church and belonged...

Myrtle M. Coale

Myrtle M. Coale

Apr 14, 2005

MYRTLE M. COALE, age 90, of Abingdon, died at Lorien of Bel Air on April 14, 2005. Born in Fallston, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Emma Beckley Riley and the wife of the late Eugene M. White and the late Charles Coale. She had worked at Edgewood Arsenal for 16 years as an assembly line worker....

Helen Elizabeth Ryan

Helen Elizabeth Ryan

Apr 14, 2005

HELEN ELIZABETH RYAN, age 84, of Abingdon, died at her residence on April 14, 2005. Born in Ellicott City, she was the daughter of the late William Charles and Mary Elizabeth Miller Cavey. She retired in 1996 from Mariner Health of Bel Air where she worked as a licensed practical nurse. She and her husband lived in Florida from 1967-78...

Julia Hundley

Julia Hundley

Apr 13, 2005

JULIA HUNDLEY, age 94, of Abingdon, died at Mariner Health of Bel Air, on April 13, 2005. Born in Toano, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Richard Minor Garrett Jr. and Mary Alice Mahone Garrett.Mrs. Hundley is survived by a son, Clarence H. Hundley of Fallston; a sister, Ella Etheridge of Portsmouth, VA; a granddaughter, Stacey Farrington of...