Obituaries

Apr 20, 2003

DAVID JOHN KLINGLER, age 46, of Bel Air, died at his residence on April 20, 2003. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of John Henry Klingler, Abingdon and the late Helen Catherine (nee Thompson) Klingler. He was the Director of Radiological Sciences at Anne Arundel Medical Center. Mr. Klingler is survived by a son, Jeffrey David Klingler, Bel Air;...

Apr 18, 2003

ALEJANDRINA LOPEZ DE GARCIA, age 78, died on April 18, 2003. Born in Aguado, Puerto Rico, she was the daughter of Juan Lopez and Juana Jimenez Lopez of Aquado, Puerto Rico. She is survived by her husband of 58 years, Erasmo A. Garcia, of Edgewood, Maryland, sons, Edwin Garcia, Sr. of Perryville, Md.; Hector M. Garcia of Joppa, Md.; Alvin...

Apr 18, 2003

MARILYN SCHORAH PARK, age 56, of Churchville, died in Lorien Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Belcamp on April 18, 2003. Born in Havre de Grace, she was the daughter of Thomas Herbert, Sr. and Audrey Roberts Schorah of Havre de Grace. She had battled breast cancer for 2 1/2 years. She was a member of Tabernacle Baptist Church since 1989....

Apr 17, 2003

MARY ROWLEY THOMAS, age 80, of Wilmington, Delaware, died at Manor Care Nursing Home, Wilmington, Delaware on April 17, 2003. Born in Horntown, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late J. Grover and M. Holland Sedgwick Rowley, and the wife of the late Richard H. Thomas. Retiring in 1983, she worked as a draftsman for the Delmarva Power and...

Apr 17, 2003

M. REBECCA SNODGRASS, 84, of Bel Air, died at Mariner Health of Forest Hill on April 17, 2003. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Dale and Sadie M. Hurley Smith and the step-daughter of Ramsey Lee Magness. She was the wife of the late Alvin E. Snodgrass, Sr. to whom she was married for 62 years...

Apr 17, 2003

EDWARD D. WOLFF, age 80, of Bel Air, died at Mariner Health of Forest Hill on April 17, 2003. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Roland Clearance, Sr. and Genevieve Willow Barton Wolff. He worked as a carpenter for the Putty Hill Signs, Inc. He served his country in the U.S. Army during WW II. Mr....

Apr 16, 2003

CATHERINE ZELLINGER, 92, of Bel Air, died at Mariner Health of Forest Hill on April 16, 2003. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late John Edward and Isabella Gail Erdman and the wife of the late George E. Zellinger. She worked for Commercial Credit for 10 years. She enjoyed crocheting and cooking was her passion. She loved...

Apr 15, 2003

ADDIE MAYE SEGROVES, age 86, of Bel Air, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on April 15, 2003. Born in Abbeyville, Kansas, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Goggin Bachelor and the late Hazel May Klingensmith Bachelor, and the wife of over 50 years of the late John Thomas Segroves, known as JT Segroves. She taught in the...

Apr 13, 2003

DON KIVINSKI, age 67, of Joppatowne, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on April 13, 2003. Born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Stanley Zachary and Katherine Crooker Kivinski. A Harford County resident since 1965, he worked as an industrial engineer at Westinghouse & Bendix Corp. and Doxee Foods in Baltimore. After retirement he worked at...

Apr 13, 2003

LESSIE MABLE WALLS, age 87, of Bel Air, died in Mariner Health of Forest Hill on April 13, 2003. Born May 7, 1915 near Rugby, Virginia, she was predeceased by her husband Wint E. Walls with whom she enjoyed 57 years of marriage. Lessie and Wint Walls had lived in Maryland for over 65 years, the majority of which they...

Apr 13, 2003

PHYLLIS FLYNN, age 75, of Abingdon died at her home overlooking Bush River on April 10, 2003. Born on January 19, 1928 in Charleston, West Virginia, she was the beloved daughter of the late Laban Everett and Eula Gertrude Cantrell Cooley. She enthusiastically pursued her hobbies of reading, flower gardening, needlework, and crossword puzzles; but most of all she enjoyed...

Apr 12, 2003

WILLIAM H. DAVIS, of Edgewood went home to be with the Lord on April 12, 2003. He was 66. He died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Born on November 2, 1936 in Batesville, Virginia, he was the son of the late Clarence Coleman and Hattie Lillian Wells Davis. He was one of 8 children. He retired from the U.S. Air...

Apr 12, 2003

Apr 11, 2003

ELIZABETH WIRTS ADKINS, age 81, of Bel Air, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on April 10, 2003. Born in Glyndon, Baltimore County, she was the daughter of the late George Wealtha and Mildred Eugina Peltzer Wirts. She had worked in customer relations for BG & E in Bel Air from 1951-1961. She was a life member of Bel Air...

Apr 10, 2003

BRENDA MATHIS PEASE, age 58, of Bel Air, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on April 7, 2003. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Hugh Lawton and Sueda Cooper Mathis. She worked as an executive secretary for the Lagusa Bus Company in Riverside. She was a member of the CFA, Cat Fanciers Association, and TICA, The...

Apr 10, 2003

VANESSA DALE HICKMAN, age 48, of Bel Air, died in St. Joseph Medical Center, Baltimore after a long illness on April 4, 2003. Born in Aberdeen, she was the daughter of the late Louis Albert, Sr. and Margaret Myrtle Boyden Hickman. Vanessa affectionately known as “Nellie” graduated from Bel Air High School and then went on to attend Harford Community...

Apr 9, 2003

DRUZELLA MAE BUSCHER, age 90, of Aberdeen, formerly of the Harford Senior Housing, Bel Air, died at her home on April 9, 2003. Born in Ridgewood, New Jersey, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Roderick and Bertha Ann Bowley Miller and the wife of the late Stanley L. Buscher. She was a member of Maple View Baptist Church...

Apr 9, 2003

JAMES CHARLES ANDERSON, SR., age 83, of Overlea, Maryland, died at his daughter’s home in Edgewood on April 9, 2003. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late William Thomas and Anna Theresa Dennis Anderson. The youngest of 16 children, he had retired from Bethlehem Steel Corporation in 1981 where he had been an ironworker for 43 years....

Apr 9, 2003

G. MILTON BEATLEY, age 75, of Perry Hall, died on April 9, 2003. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Charles Lawrence and Margaret Gross Beatley. He had retired after 30 years of service as a printer for the Sun Life Insurance Company. He was a member of Mountain Christian Church. He served in the Army during...

Apr 8, 2003

STEVE SEMENKOW, age 38, of Joppa, Maryland, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air, MD on April 8, 2003. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of Norbert Joseph and Judith Eileen Boord Semenkow of Joppa. He worked for the Carnaude Metal Box Co. in Belcamp, MD and formerly for 14 years for Boeing in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania. In...