Obituaries

Feb 24, 2003

VETRA L. SHAW, age 51, of Reisterstown, died at her home on February 24, 2003. Born in Havre de Grace, she was the daughter of Howard Franklin, Sr. and Reba Virginia Bryant McMillan of Jarrettsville. She worked for the Sweetheart Cup Corporation as an operator. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Shaw is survived by one son, Troy D. Shaw...

Feb 24, 2003

ROBERT EDWARD HUTSON, age 69, of Joppa, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on February 24, 2003. Born in Magnolia, he was the son of the late William Henry and Mariam Rebecca Litzinger Hutson. He was a self-employed master plumber. He was a Joppa Magnolia paramedic for 20 years. Born and raised in Harford County, he graduated from Bel Air...

Feb 23, 2003

ROBERT LEWIS BRADLEY, SR. On 23 February 2003, Robert Lewis Bradley, Sr, of Bel Air died at his home. He was 75. He was the beloved husband of Ethel (nee Sparks) Bradley, devoted father of Robert L. Bradley, Jr. of Bel Air; Thomas S. Bradley of Bel Air; and Charles F. Bradley of Shepherd, Texas. He is survived by four...

Feb 23, 2003

DIANE P. ANDERSON, formerly of Bel Air, died on February 23, 2003 at Mariner Health Care of Forest Hill. She was 86. Born in New York City on October 7, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Theresa Kacheray and Joseph Podlesney, and the wife of the late Russell S. Anderson. She attended Iowa State University and New York...

Feb 20, 2003

EDNA WALKER BLEVINS, age 93, born September 22, 1909 in Ashe County, North Carolina; lived in Bel Air for most of her life; died in McKendree Health Care, Hermitage, Tennessee, on February 20, 2003. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gwyn W. Blevins, Sr. She was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church in Bel Air, MD. Mrs....

Feb 20, 2003

RONALD EUGENE JONES, age 59, of Bel Air, died at his residence on February 20, 2003. Born and raised in Harford County, he was the son of the late Clarence Lee and Ernestine Lois Lambert Jones and the husband for 35 years of the late Carole Jones. He worked as a production scheduler at Boeing for the Hubble Space Telescope....

Feb 19, 2003

Feb 18, 2003

DAVID HENRY BRYANT, JR., age 78, of Forest Hill, died at Mariner Health of Bel Air on February 18, 2003. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late David Henry, Sr. and Marie Elizabeth Eckstorm Bryant. He had worked for the M.T.A. for 40 years as a bus operator. Prior to working for the M.T.A., he was a...

Feb 17, 2003

MARK H. HUNDLEY, age 42, of Bel Air, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on February 17, 2003. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of Clarence Hinton and Barbara Ann Vandeburg Hundley of Fallston. He worked as a security guard supervisor for 10 years at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center and at Fallston General Hospital. He was a member of...

Feb 17, 2003

FRANK LaPORTE OLIVER, age 96, of Aberdeen, died at his residence on February 17, 2003. Born on October 19, 1906, in Creswell, Harford County, he was the son of the late Charles E. and Caroline Taylor Oliver. Mr. Oliver grew up on a 700 acre farm which is now known as Belcamp, Maryland. After leaving the farm, one of his...

Feb 17, 2003

AUDREY LEAH HUNT, age 79, of Darlington, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on February 17, 2003. Born in Tangier Isle, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Holly Robinson and Dolly Jane Crockett Laird and the wife of the late Carl Edward Hunt. She had worked at Bendix on the production line. A resident of Harford County for...

Feb 16, 2003

ELIZABETH ANN GREER MILLS, a resident of Houston, Texas, passed away on February 16, 2003. She was born in February 1932, and died after a long illness, just short of her seventy-first birthday. She was a native of Bel Air, Maryland, but she lived much of her life in Columbus, Ohio and Louisville, Kentucky. She is survived by her husband,...

Feb 16, 2003

R. WALTER WARD, 78, of Abingdon died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on February 16, 2003. Born in Boone, North Carolina, he was the son of the late Walter L. and Eliza Yates Ward. Mr. Ward and his now deceased business partner, Melvin G. Bosely, formed the most prestigious real estate organization of Ward and Bosely Real Estate in Harford...

Feb 15, 2003

PATRICK HOGAN, age 45, of Port Deposit, passed away unexpectedly in Washington, D.C. on February 15, 2003. Mr. Hogan was employed by DMJM Harris Consultants as the Traffic Operations Manager for the District of Columbia. Born in Havre de Grace, on October 28, 1957, he was the son of Edna Mae Holloway Bennett of Middle River and the late John...

Feb 13, 2003

ALLAN WILLIAM SMITH, age 52, of Aberdeen, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on February 13, 2003. Born in Germany, he was the son of Cecil and Renee Kohl Smith of New Mexico. A 1968 graduate of Aberdeen High School, he worked as a medical technologist for the Veterans Administration. He served his country in the U.S. Army. Contributions may...

Feb 12, 2003

NAOMI FOX McHENRY, 71, of Glen Burnie formerly of Baltimore died at North Arundel General Hospital on February 12, 2003. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late James Medford and Catherine Barbara Dietz Lashley and the wife of the late James F. McHenry. Mrs. McHenry is survived by two sons, Charles E. Fox of Bel Air and...

Feb 9, 2003

BLANCHE BRENDLE CORN, formerly of Benson, died Sunday, February 9, 2003 at the Maryland Masonic Homes Bonnie Blink in Hunt Valley. She was 88. Born in Haywood County, North Carolina on May 17, 1914, she was the daughter of Marle Berlin Brendle and Mary Ellen McClure Brendle. Mrs. Corn attended schools in Ashville, North Carolina, working during WW II in...

Feb 9, 2003

DOROTHY EDITH TALLEY, age 88, of Joppa, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on February 9, 2003. Born in Batesville, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Russell Custo and Elette Virginia Ervine Pritchett, and the wife of the late Risdon Talley. She had worked as a seamstress in a garment factory. She was a member of the Salvation...

Feb 8, 2003

ELIZABETH BROOKES GEORGE, age 90, of Wilmington, Delaware, died in Wilmington Hospital on February 8, 2003. Born in Bel Air, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Roy and Hannah T. Munnikhyusen Brookes. She went to Emmorton Grammar School and then Bel Air High School. She earned a B.S. Degree from the University of Delaware, College of Home Economics...

Feb 7, 2003

JEAN UNVERZAGT WHITE, age 65, of Bel Air, died at University of Maryland Hospital on February 7, 2003. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Albert Jonathan and Elsie Elizabeth Goldschmidt Unverzagt. She was a member of the Mt. Zion United Methodist Church in Bel Air. She enjoyed her grandchildren and was a blessing to so many...