Obituaries

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

Petra Maria Robosson

Petra Maria Robosson

Mar 12, 2004

PETRA MARIA ROBOSSON, age 60, of Abingdon, Maryland died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air, Maryland on March 12, 2004. Born in Bamburg, Germany, she was the daughter of the late Frantz and Lisalotta Langer, and the wife of the late James Wilson Robosson. She worked as a sales associate at Ames Department Store. She had lived in Essex...

Dave L. Costanza

Dave L. Costanza

Mar 12, 2004

DAVE L. COSTANZA, age 71, of Ocean City, MD, formerly Edgewood, MD, died in Johns Hopkins Hospital on March 12, 2004. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Anthony Peter and Jeanette Frattantono Costanza. He retired after 30 years of service for ARMCO Steel where he worked as a metallurgist in stainless steel production. He was a...

Mildred Ida Taylor

Mildred Ida Taylor

Mar 10, 2004

MILDRED IDA TAYLOR, age 80, of Bel Air, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on March 10, 2004. Born in Finksburg, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Archie Leo and Florence Gertrude Yakel Taylor. She had retired after 46 years of service as a billing clerk at Locke Insulator. She was a member of Bel Air United Methodist...

Edward A. Shattuck

Edward A. Shattuck

Mar 9, 2004

EDWARD A. SHATTUCK, age 79, died at his home in Bel Air, Maryland on March 9, 2004. Born in Quincy, Massachusetts, he was the son of the late Arthur Hayden and Marybelle Catto Shattuck. When he graduated from high school he went to a trade school and studied pattern making. He used this skill in his avocation in his wood...

Doris Ann Gray

Doris Ann Gray

Mar 7, 2004

DORIS ANN GRAY, age 47, of Street, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on March 7, 2004. Born in Richland, Virginia, she was the daughter of Ira Toby Sullivan of Akron, Ohio and Orthie Ball Hannah of Waterloo, Alabama. She worked at Holiday Hair Fashion as a cosmetologist and a beautician. She was also a cafeteria worker at North Bend...

Ronald Boyd Bare

Ronald Boyd Bare

Mar 6, 2004

RONALD BOYD BARE, age 50, of Abingdon, died at his home on March 6, 2004. Born in Havre de Grace, he was the son of Thelma Jean McMillan Bare of Bel Air and the late Ules Bornie Bare. He worked for many years in construction as a drywall installer. He was the owner and operator of Rite-Way Drywall. A life...

Alberta Fairbrothers Bland

Alberta Fairbrothers Bland

Mar 6, 2004

ALBERTA FAIRBROTHERS BLAND, of Glen Arm, Maryland, died at Good Samaritan Hospital in Baltimore on March 6, 2004. Born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, she was the daughter of the late Godfrey and Melvina Louise Wischman Fairbrothers, and the wife for 58 years of the late Albert John Bland. She was a member of the Eastern Star in New Jersey...

Donald N. Kelly

Donald N. Kelly

Mar 6, 2004

DONALD N. KELLYOn March 6, 2004 at his home in Fallston. He was 71.Loving Husband of Nathalie Kelly (nee Worrell), father of 3; John Patrick Kelly of Forest Hill, Donna K. Edwards of White Hall and Rebecca K. Betzko of Fallston. 8 grandchildren.

C. Bill Ash, Sr.

C. Bill Ash, Sr.

Mar 6, 2004

C. BILL ASH, SR., age 74, of Joppa, died in Perry Point VA Hospital on March 6, 2004. Born in Alma, West Virginia, he was the son of the late Homer Ash and Mildred Helen Montgomery Stevens. He worked as a construction foreman. A resident of Harford County for 46 years, he enjoyed his grandchildren, gardening and the company of...

Marguerite R. Waters

Marguerite R. Waters

Mar 3, 2004

MARGUERITE R. WATERS, age 85, of New Port Richey, Florida, formerly of Edgewood, died at her home on March 3, 2004. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late William H. and Caroline Peters Myer, and the wife of the late Curtis R. Waters. She had worked in retail sales at the Epsteins Department Store in Joppa. She...

Margaret P. Dennis

Margaret P. Dennis

Mar 2, 2004

MARGARET P. DENNIS, age 97, of Bel Air, died at Calvert Manor Health Care Center, Rising Sun, Maryland on March 2, 2004. Born in Towson, November 16, 1906, she was the daughter of the late Edmund George and Martha Virginia Lyons Prince and the wife of the late Wayne E. Dennis. She worked at Getz Jewelry Store for a number...

Robert Earl Grafton

Robert Earl Grafton

Mar 2, 2004

Contributions may be made toRockfield Manor501 Churchville RoadBel Air, Maryland 21014

Norman Hill

Norman Hill

Mar 2, 2004

NORMAN “BUCK” HILL, age 77, of Monkton, died at Mariner Health of Forest Hill on March 2, 2004. Born in Bel Air (Frogtown), Maryland he was the son of the late Floyd and Frances Walton Hill and one of nine children. He worked as a farmer all of his life and raised beef cattle. He was an avid hunter and...

Thelma M. Mumich

Thelma M. Mumich

Mar 2, 2004

ROBERT EARL GRAFTON, age 73 of Bel Air died in Mariner Health of Bel Air on March 2, 2004. Born in Forest Hill, he was the son of the late Ellwood E. and Bettie Ennis Toliver Grafton and husband of the late Elizabeth Theresa Maenner Grafton. He worked for the State Highway Administration in the maintenance shop. A life time...

Warner Marion Richter, Iii

Warner Marion Richter, Iii

Mar 1, 2004

WARNER “SONNY” MARION RICHTER, III, age 66, of Frederick, died at his home on March 14, 2004. Born in Forest Hill, he was the son of Mary Marcia Huson Richter of Carpenters Point, MD and the late Warner Marion Richter. He had retired from Harford County where he worked as a Chief Plumbing Inspector. He lived in Harford County all...

Howard F. Childers, Sr.

Howard F. Childers, Sr.

Feb 29, 2004

HOWARD F. CHILDERS, SR., age 86, of Aberdeen, died in Harford Memorial Hospital on February 29, 2004. Born in Grassy Creek, North Carolina, he was the son of the late Joseph Cephas and Susann Caudill Childers, and the husband of the late Frances N. Graybeal Childers. He worked as a harvest manager for Paul Harlan in Churchville. He also worked...

Elizabeth Bowen

Elizabeth Bowen

Feb 28, 2004

Elizabeth Bowen, of Bel Air, Maryland, passed away at her home on February 15, 2004 at the age of 87.Mrs. Bowen was born in Washington, DC to the late Carrie Elizabeth Marion Maddox and Benjamin Elkins Maddox. She was the wife of the late William Bowen to whom she was married for 33 years and with whom she had 6...

Manhart Latci Galambos

Manhart Latci Galambos

Feb 28, 2004

LES GALAMBOS, age 76, of Joppa, died in Lorien Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Belcamp on February 15, 2004. Born in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Stephen and Julia Toth Galambos. He worked for the U.S. Postal Service where he retired in 1992. A resident of Joppa for 38 years, he was a member of Trinity...

Elizabeth Mason Hoopes

Elizabeth Mason Hoopes

Feb 28, 2004

ELIZABETH MASON BLACK HOOPES, a loved and respected first grade teacher at Forest Hill Elementary School, died on February 20, 2004 at Broadmead Retirement Home in Cockeysville. She was 89.Born October 11, 1914 in Forest Hill, she was the daughter of the late Barnet Harper Black and Laura Mason Black.She attended Forest Hill Elementary School and Bel Air High School....

Ernest Edward Walters

Ernest Edward Walters

Feb 25, 2004

ERNEST EDWARD WALTERS, age 76, of Joppa, an artist and writer whose paintings have been shown in museums, universities and commercial galleries in the U.S. and Europe, died at Lorien Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of Bel Air, MD on February 25, 2004. Born in Elizabethtown, Kentucky on November 11, 1927, he was the son of the late William Paul and...

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