Obituaries

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

James S. Brush

James S. Brush

Jan 26, 2004

JAMES S. BRUSH, age 85, of Street, died at his home on January 26, 2004. Born in Bradshaw, Maryland, he was the son of the late James and Stella Zielinska Brus. He had retired after 40 years of service with Bethlehem Steel as a machinist. He served his country in the U.S. Air Force during WW II and was in...

Marie Moxley Cox

Marie Moxley Cox

Jan 26, 2004

MARIE MOXLEY COX, age 83, of Jarrettsville, went to be with the Lord on January 26, 2004. She died at her home. Born in Harford County, she was the daughter of the late Octavia Cooper and Mack Coy Moxley, Sr. She was the wife of Herbert B. Cox for 62 years.Mrs. Cox was employed by the Harford County Board of...

Norman E. White

Norman E. White

Jan 25, 2004

NORMAN E. WHITE, age 56, of Street, died at his home on January 25, 2004 after a brief illness. Born in Chase, Maryland, he was the son of the late James S. White and Ruth V. Thompson White.Mr. White was an avid NASCAR fan and raced dirt track stock cars in the early 80’s. A Street resident all his life,...

George Bawtinhimer

George Bawtinhimer

Jan 25, 2004

GEORGE BAWTINHIMER, age 79, of Bel Air, died at his home on January 25, 2004. Born in Niagra Falls, Canada, he was the son of the late Derwood Red Bawtinhimer and Helen Hayes. A resident of Bel Air since 1962, he worked in golf sales. He was a member of the American Legion Post 39 and served his country in...

Robyn Marie Long

Robyn Marie Long

Jan 24, 2004

ROBYN MARIE LONG, age 16, of Kirby, West Virginia, formerly of Bel Air, Maryland, died at her home on January 24, 2004. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, she was the daughter of Terry Louise Jones Dalton of Bel Air and the late Frank Joseph Long. A resident of Kirby for the last 2 years, she worked as a drywaller. In addition...

Helen Marie Baker

Helen Marie Baker

Jan 23, 2004

HELEN MARIE BAKER, age 69, of Forest Hill died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on January 23, 2004. Born in Fallston, she was the daughter of the late Lester Howard and Ella Pearl Davis Mahaffey and the wife for 33 years of the late Joseph Harvey Baker, Jr. She had worked at Peppi’s Meat for over 15 years. A life...

Margaret "Peg" Cohee

Margaret "Peg" Cohee

Jan 21, 2004

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Margaret E. Young

Margaret E. Young

Jan 21, 2004

MARGARET E. YOUNG, age 85, of Fallston, died in Mariner Health of Forest Hill on January 21, 2004. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late William and Nettie Murphy Eason and the wife for 56 years of the late Robert A. Young. She had retired from Baltimore City Public Schools where she worked as a dietician. A...

Grace M. Phipps

Grace M. Phipps

Jan 21, 2004

GRACE M. PHIPPS, age 90, of Darlington died at her home on January 21, 2004. Born in Manor Township, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Christian A. and Elma Nookumer Miller Karr. She enjoyed working in the yard and cleaning her house.Mrs. Phipps is survived by two sons, Gene LeRoy Phipps of Bel Air; Joseph Christian Phipps of...

Margaret Cohee

Margaret Cohee

Jan 21, 2004

(MARGARET) “PEG” COHEE, age 86, of Edgewood, died at her residence on January 21, 2004. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Vernon Gresham and Laura Elizabeth White Corrie, and the wife for 50 years of the late Stephen William Cohee. A resident of Harford County for over 60 years, she enjoyed living on Bush River which...

Charles J. Eshinsky

Charles J. Eshinsky

Jan 20, 2004

CHARLES ”SKEE” J. ESHINSKY, age 88, of Edgewood, died at his residence on January 20, 2004. Born in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late John and Tekla Borawska Eshinsky. He had retired after 34 years from Edgewood Arsenal where he worked as a machinist. He was a life member of the Chapter 1 Pearl Harbor Survivors Maryland...

William B. Smith, Jr.

William B. Smith, Jr.

Jan 19, 2004

WILLIAM “BILL” B. SMITH, JR., age 69, of Darlington, died at St. Joseph’s Medical Center on January 19, 2004. Born in St. Joseph, Tennessee, he was the son of Lora Bell Perry Garland of St. Joseph, Tennessee, and the late William Brady Smith, Sr. He worked for the State Highway Department as a small engine mechanic. He had worked for...

Edward Donald Reilly, Sr.

Edward Donald Reilly, Sr.

Jan 19, 2004

EDWARD DONALD REILLY, SR., of Bel Air, died January 19, 2004. He was 77.Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Francis Sylvester and Catherine Anna Rooney Reilly.Mr. Reilly retired in 1981 after 36 years of employment with the Maryland Transit Authority. Since 1972, he served as executive secretary of the Authority. Since 1976, he served as Administrator...

Robert Thompson, Sr.

Robert Thompson, Sr.

Jan 19, 2004

ROBERT THOMPSON, SR., age 74, of Havre de Grace, died at Jacobs Well Assisted Living, Bel Air, on January 19, 2004. Born in Havre de Grace, he was the son of the late Millard Hawkins Thompson and and the late Rosa Adelaide Bradford Chapman. He had retired from the city of Havre de Grace after 25 years of service where...

Charles Wesley Tyson

Charles Wesley Tyson

Jan 18, 2004

After a six month illness, CHARLES WESLEY TYSON, age 76, died at his home in Bel Air on January 18, 2004 of complications resulting from West Nile Virus. A lifelong resident of Harford County, he was the son of the late Alfred and Helen Tyson, and was the husband of Carrie L. Magness Tyson, with whom he would have celebrated...

Ruth Carolyn Beard

Ruth Carolyn Beard

Jan 18, 2004

RUTH CAROLYN BEARD, age 90 of Bel Air, died in Lorien Riverside Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on January 18, 2004. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late John Henry and Margaret Barbara Krass Cunningham, and the wife of the late Stephen Collison Beard. She had retired after 22 years for Bendix Radio as an assembly line worker....

Juanita M. Raeke

Juanita M. Raeke

Jan 15, 2004

JUANITA M. RAEKE, age 81, of Joppa, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on January 15, 2004. Born in Baltimore City, she was the daughter of the late Edgar Allen and Annie Evans Dill, and the wife of the late Raymond C. Raeke, Sr.Mrs. Raeke is survived by one son, Raymond C. Raeke, Jr of Joppa; and one grandson, Raymond...

Anna Josephine Hall

Anna Josephine Hall

Jan 15, 2004

ANNA JOSEPHINE HALL, age 87, of Joppa, died at her residence on January 15, 2004. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Dominic and Margarete Savo Conturso and the wife of the late Herbert W. Hall. She worked as a caretaker of the developmentally disabled both adults and children. A Native of New Jersey, she settled...

Kenneth E. Norton, Sr.

Kenneth E. Norton, Sr.

Jan 14, 2004

KENNETH E. NORTON, SR, age 72, of Abingdon, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on January 14, 2004. Born in Havre de Grace, he was the son of the late Howard Authur and Viola Serena Hollingsworth Norton. He had retired from Harford County after 25 years of service as a meter reader and a mechanic. He was a member of...

Edythe J. Wolverton

Edythe J. Wolverton

Jan 14, 2004

EDYTHE J. WOLVERTON, age 86, of Bel Air died at Mariner Health of Bel Air on January 14, 2004. Born in Melcher, Iowa, she was the daughter of the late Chester Arthur and Sula Elizabeth Hain Hollingsworth, and the wife of the late Mayo T. Wolverton. She worked as a cosmetologist. A resident of Long Bar Harbor for 40 years,...

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