Obituaries

Jul 17, 2004

BETTY L. MESSMAN, age 80, of Arlington, Virginia, formerly of Bel Air, Maryland, died in Arlington Hospital on July 17, 2004. Born in Spelter, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Roy Hayward and Letha Hazel Rollins Jones, and the wife of the late Marvin C. Messman. Mrs. Messman is survived by five sons, Jack L. Messman of...

Jul 16, 2004

JOAN EARLINE OLSZEWSKI (nee DAVIES), age 60, of Edgewood, died in Good Samaritan Hospital on July 16, 2004. Born in Chester, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late James Earl and Madalyn Theresa Lavin Davies. She had retired in 1989 as a secretary for the Joint Chief of Staff for the Department of Defense . She was a 1961...

Jul 13, 2004

TERRIE ANN MOORE, age 41, of Elkton, died in Baltimore on July 13, 2004. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of Earl Wallace Moore, Sr. of Virginia Beach, Virginia and the late Dorothy Audrey Meneger Riggold. In addition to her father, Ms. Moore is survived by a son, Douglas M. Gardner of Fallston; a daughter, Christina E. Gardner of...

Jul 12, 2004

GEORGE “JR.” FRANKLIN CLARK, age 69, of Darlington, died at his residence on July 12, 2004. Born in Darlington, he was the son of the late George Lewis Clark and the late Cora Elizabeth Reeves Myers and the husband of the late JoAnn Green Clark. He retired from Aberdeen Proving Ground in 1990 where he was a test driver. Prior...

Jul 12, 2004

JAY D. DUNCAN, age 79, of Bel Air, died in Mariner Health of Bel Air on July 12, 2004. Born in West Jefferson, North Carolina, he was the son of the late Flake Evans and Gertrude Jones Duncan. He was a skilled cabinet maker and machinist. He helped his father construct a scale model working steam locomotive that operated at...

Jul 12, 2004

JOHN (CARL) LYNCH, age 73, of Bel Air, died at Gilchrist Center, Towson, on July 12, 2004. A life long resident of Harford County, he was born in Fallston the son of the late Paul and Margaret Regina Lynch. In 1947 at the age of 17, he joined the Army Air Corp. He participated in the Berlin Air Lift and...

Jul 10, 2004

Jul 10, 2004

DORIS C. WATSON, age 73, of Bel Air, made her journey from her home to heaven on July 10, 2004. Born in Aberdeen, she was the devoted daughter of the late George John and Martha Elizabeth Fletcher Creswell, and the beloved wife of the late Louden Archer Watson. Mrs. Watson’s spirit lives on through her two sons, L. Blane Watson...

Jul 10, 2004

AUDREY FAYE GOOD, age 89, of Forest Hill, died at Harford Memorial Hospital on July 10, 2004. Born in Renick, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Isaac Moffitt and Maudie Elizabeth Brown, and the wife of the late Elvin Verl Good who died in 1990. A resident of Harford County for 72 years, she has been an...

Jul 10, 2004

CARL “DINK” HARRY SHUNK, age 68, of Edgewood, died at Franklin Square Hospital, Rossville, Maryland on July 10, 2004. Born in Perryville, he was the son of the late Carl Henry, Sr. and Marcella Elizabeth Pearce Shunk. He was a brick mason. He loved fishing, crabbing, and hunting. He enjoyed setting up his model trains for his family to enjoy....

Jul 10, 2004

F. JAMES NORRIS, age 72, of Bel Air, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on July 10, 2004. Born in Bel Air, he was the son of the late James Edgar and Nellie A. Jaworsky Norris. A lifelong Harford Countian, he attended St. Margaret as a child and was a member of the last graduating class from the Old Bel...

Jul 8, 2004

BILL LOVETTE, age 72, of Joppa, died at Greater Baltimore Medical Center on July 8, 2004. Born in Millers Creek, North Carolina, he was the son of the late Walter Eugene Lovette and Blanche Ethel Blackburn Vannoy. A resident of Harford County for 41 years, he worked as an engineering technician manufacturing medical equipment. Later in his life he was...

Jul 6, 2004

NELSON LOUIS MENGEL, SR., died on July 6, 2004 at University of Maryland Hospital Shock Trauma, as a result of injuries sustained from a tragic accident on the Gabler’s Shore Property on June 1, 2004, while employed with Campbell Nolan Associates in Forest Hill. His wife and children were at his side.Born on May 26, 1937, in Fountain Spring, Schuylkill...

Jul 5, 2004

MARGARET C. RAY (nee Edelman) 98, of Fallston, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on July 5, 2004. She was the wife of 66 years of the late Howard M. Ray. She loved flowers, was very active, loved to travel and enjoyed bowling well into her 80’s. She was a member of Grandview Christian Church, Fallston.Mrs. Ray is survived by...

Jul 5, 2004

HENRY D. STURR, JR. age 67, of Bel Air, Maryland, died in Jarrettsville on July 5, 2004. Born December 14, 1936 in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Captain Henry Dixon, Sr. and Mildred Rogers Sturr. He graduated from Granby High School in Norfolk, VA in 1954 and from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1958. He received a...

Jul 4, 2004

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Jul 4, 2004

VON MILLARD PLATT, age 43, of Edgewood, died at his residence on July 4, 2004. Born in Bethesda, he was the son of Donald Millard Platt, Sr. of Upper Saddle River, New Jersey and Linda M. Salsinger Moser of Green Valley, Arizona. He worked as a sheet metal mechanic doing air conditioning duct work. A resident of Harford County for...

Jul 3, 2004

EDWARD CARL WILSON, age 76, of Darlington, died at Mariner Health of Bel Air on July 3, 2004. Born in Coalwood, West Virginia, he was the son of the late John Marvin Wilson and the late Vera Caroline Poole Irwin. He was a warehouse worker at Bata Shoe Company until it closed and then became a custodian at Fallston High...

Jul 2, 2004

GLADYS L. BROPHY, age 78, of Yardley, Pennsylvania, formerly of Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania, died at her home on July 2, 2004. Born in Joppa, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Harry Wilburn and Mary Ellen Spicer Lewis, and the wife of the late John A. Brophy. She was a typesetter and was the owner and operator of Brophy...

Jun 30, 2004

ALBERT “BUD” ARMSTRONG PRESTON, age 77, of Forest Hill, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on June 30, 2004. Born in Chester, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Albert Ferguson and Miriam Armstrong Preston. He was retired from Edgewood Arsenal where he was a chemical engineer. He served in the Navy during WWII and the Korean Conflict. He...