Obituaries

Jun 11, 2003

JOAN AGNES HOWARD, age 67, of Joppa, died at Franklin Square Hospital on June 11, 2003. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Ernest Paul and Mary Elizabeth Lannon Grove. She worked as a bank administrator. She was a miniaturist and enjoyed building dollhouse scenes. She enjoyed her family, especially her grandchildren.Mrs. Howard is survived by her...

Jun 9, 2003

Jun 7, 2003

GOLDIE MARIE BARCASE, age 77, of Abingdon, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on June 7, 2003. Born in Romney, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Charles Robert and Birdie Catherine Poland Ganoe and the wife of the late Frederick Joseph Barcase. A homemaker, she had also worked at McDonald’s on Plumtree Road for several years and...

Jun 7, 2003

BOBBY DAVID SMITH, SR., age 74, of Bel Air, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on June 7, 2003. Born in Glendinen, West Virginia, he was the son of the late Virgil Lewis and Lona Rebecca Smith and the husband of the late Tressie M. Smith. A resident of Harford County since 1963, he had worked as an electrical lineman...

Jun 4, 2003

ELZY D. STANLEY, SR., 84, of Edgewood, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on June 4, 2003. Born in Kimball, West Virginia, he was the son of the late Robert Riley and Arvillia Workman Stanley. He had been a coal miner in Virginia and West Virginia. He was a member of Edgewood Assembly of God Church.Mr. Stanley is survived by...

Jun 4, 2003

LENA C. PEERY, age 99, of Bel Air, died at her home on June 4, 2003. Born in Dublin, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late John William, Sr. and Rose Ella Troutner Conner, and the wife of the late Joseph P. Peery who died in 1979. She was a graduate of State Normal School at Towson, which is...

Jun 3, 2003

MARY E. GRIFFITH, age 70, of Aberdeen, died in Harford Memorial Hospital on June 3, 2003. Born in Perryman, she was the daughter of the late Charles Frederick and Ethel Mae Baldwin Griffith. She had retired after 30 years of service with the C & P Telephone Company where she worked as a telephone operator.Ms. Griffith is survived by a...

Jun 2, 2003

CAPTAIN GEORGE WOODRUFF FORBES, JR., U.S.N. (Ret.), age 85, of Fallston, died in Lorien Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of Bel Air on June 2, 2003. Born in Jackson, Mississippi, he was the son of the late George Woodruff, Sr. and Ruth Anne Merselis Forbes. A submarine captain with the U.S. Navy, he was the Commander of the Torsek Submarine which...

Jun 1, 2003

EDITH VIRGINIA SMITH, age 82, of Street, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on June 1, 2003. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Edward Hamilton and Edith Florence McFadden Robinson, and the wife of the late Francis George Smith. A cosmetologist, she owned and operated her own beauty shop. Her first husband, Frank Cassell, Jr. was...

May 31, 2003

DORIS MAE WERNIG, age 74, of Edgewood, Maryland, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air, Maryland on May 31, 2003. Born in Everett, Massachusetts, she was the daughter of the late George Arthur, Sr. and Edmee Marie Mercier Battershall and the wife for 54 years of the late Philip William Wernig, Sr. A resident of Harford County for 31...

May 31, 2003

STEPHEN JAMES HALL, age 44, of Joppa, died at his residence on May 31, 2003. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late James Joseph and Catherine Margaret Hohmes Hall. A lifelong resident of Harford County, he had worked for Harford County Department of Water and Sewer for 17 years where he was a chemical analyst.Mr Hall is...

May 31, 2003

WILLIAM RICHARD SAYERS, SR., age 60, of Edgewood, died in West Virginia on May 31, 2003. Born in Tazewell, Virginia, he was the son of Earl Frederick Sayers, Sr. of Bastian, Virginia and Virginia B. Murray Sayers of Holtwood, Pennsylvania. A resident of Harford County for 15 years, he worked as a carpenter for the V.A. Medical Center. He was...

May 30, 2003

M. THELMA DAVIS, age 94, of Forest Hill, died in Rock Spring Village on May 30, 2003. Born in Richwood, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late William Walker and Maude Stella Wheeler Winchell. She grew up on a farm in Ewan, New Jersey. After graduating from Glassboro High School in 1927, she moved to Philadelphia and worked at...

May 30, 2003

LEONA (NONIE) SCHMIDT, (nee DORNER), age 97, of Joppa, died in Quail Run Assisted Living in Bel Air on May 30, 2003. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Lillie Barbara Dorner Sauerwein and the wife of the late Howard L. Schmidt. Previously a resident of Woodlawn in Baltimore County, she had lived at Quail Run Assisted...

May 30, 2003

EDWARD LOUIS SHIMEK, age 71, of Aberdeen, formerly of Edgewood for over 40 years, died at Lorien Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Belcamp on May 31, 2003. Born in Aberdeen, he was the son of the late James Phillip, Sr. and Clementine Josephine Supik Shimek. In 1993, he had retired from the Belko Corporation, Kingsville, Maryland after 39 years of...

May 29, 2003

JOSEPH M. DAVIS, age 60, of Forest Hill, died in Sinai Hospital, Baltimore on May 29, 2003. Born in Washington, D.C., he was the son of Florence E. Fallin Cox of Warsaw, Virginia and the late Clarence Middleton Davis. He had worked as a lineman for 32 years for Verizon, formerly Bell Atlantic and C&P Telephone Company. He loved his...

May 29, 2003

MARGARET F. BALLADARSCH, age 94, of Bel Air, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on May 29, 2003. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Anthony and Lina Dietz Gritz, and the wife of the late Edmund Balladarsch. A Harford County resident since 1982, she was one of the first residents of Harford Senior Housing.Mrs. Balladarsch is...

May 29, 2003

RAY LINTZ JOYNES, age 70, of Joppa, died in Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore on May 29, 2003. Born in New Port News, Virginia, he was the son of the late Thomas Lintz and Lilly Vianna Fox Joynes. He had worked for American Yeast Co. as a supervisor. He had served his country in the Army and Navy during the Korean...

May 28, 2003

P. DIANE MCMILLEN, age 60, of Joppa, died at University of Maryland Medical Center on May 28, 2003. Born in Norton, West Virginia, she was the daughter of Burt and Violet Stevenson. She has lived in Harford County for 40 years. She enjoyed working around the house, especially in the garden. She enjoyed collecting bells. Mrs. McMillen is survived by...

May 28, 2003

CLARENCE EDWARD SONNTAG, age 91, of Joppa, died at his residence on May 28, 2003. Born in New Castle, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Jacob Christopher and Caroline Ziegler Sonntage. He had retired after 40 years of service at Bethlehem Steel where he worked as a crane operator. He was a member of Towne Baptist Church.Mr. Sonntag...