Obituaries

Jan 28, 2003

ANNA L. BRINEGAR, age 84, of Bel Air, died at her home on January 28, 2003. Born in Sparta, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Charlie Franklyn and Ada Lou Blevins Brinegar. She had worked at the Bata Shoe Co. for 30 years as a shoe inspector. A Harford County resident for 50 years, she accepted Jesus...

Jan 28, 2003

STEPHEN THEODORE SPEAR, JR., age 88, of Joppa, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on January 28, 2003. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Stephen Theodore, Sr. and Marie Leheka Spear, and the husband of the late Anna Marie Heil Spear. He worked as a mechanical maintenance foreman for Bethlehem Steel. A Harford County resident...

Jan 27, 2003

ONETA CHEEK LOCHARY, age 78, of Forest Hill, died at Stella Maris on January 27, 2003. Born in Emmorton, she was the daughter of the late Reid Dewey and Tressie Hazel Edwards Cheek. She was a branch officer for First National Bank of Maryland at several locations in Harford County. She was a member of St. Ignatius Catholic Church. She...

Jan 27, 2003

KATHERINE KELLY JONES (PICTURE) Katherine Kelly Jones of Fallston, died at her home on January 27, 2003. She was 80. Born on February 24, 1922, she was the daughter of the late William Tell Kelly and Grace Elizabeth Thomas and the wife of the late Gilbert B. Jones. A housewife, she was a member of Aberdeen Homemakers. Mrs. Jones is...

Jan 27, 2003

BARBARA JEAN WARFIELD, age 60, of Edgewood, died in Franklin Square Hospital on January 27, 2003. Born in Michigan, she was the daughter of the late Peter, Sr.and Mildred Thompson Bush, and the wife of the late Charles Lee Warfield. Mrs. Warfield is survived by one son, Michael E. Hughes of Michigan; three daughters, Marianne Scobee of Kansas; Karen M....

Jan 26, 2003

VICTOR VINCENT WISNIEWSKI, age 78, of Baltimore, died at Johns Hopkins Bayview on January 26, 2003. Born in Kankakee, Illinois, he was the son of the late Adam and Anna Monik Wisniewski, and the husband of the late Elizabeth Leatrice Abell Wisniewski. He worked as a computer repairman. He served his country in the U.S. Navy during WW II. Mr....

Jan 25, 2003

ELIZABETH MARGARET RENSTROM, age 93, of Bel Air, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on January 25, 2003. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late William and Bridget Sullivan Beddoe, and the wife for 62 years of the late C. George Renstrom. A resident of Harford County for 5 years, she had lived in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida...

Jan 23, 2003

WILBUR “WILL” G. TRUCKENMILLER, age 71, of BelAir, died at his residence on January 23, 2003. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late LeRoy Wilbur and Edith Loraine Stiffler Truckenmiller. He had retired after 31 years of service at Bethlehem Steel where he worked as an inspector planner. He was a member of AA in Baltimore and...

Jan 21, 2003

PAULINE EDNA MARSH, age 57, of Abingdon, died in Franklin Square Hospital on January 21, 2003. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Samuel J. and Sarah Eva Schoor Rose. A health care provider, she had worked for 19 years with United Cerebral Palsy working with the severely handicapped. She had been employed at Brightview Assisted Living...

Jan 20, 2003

GILBERT “GIL” V. WOOD, age 63, of Bel Air, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on January 20, 2003. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late John Sherman and Orphia Ovella Anderson Wood. He was a postal supervisor at the Edgewood Post Office. He had been a Pentecostal pastor for 10 years at the Church of Jesus...

Jan 19, 2003

HELEN M. HODGES YOUNG, age 94, of Joppa, died at her home on January 19, 2003. Born in Washington, D.C., she was the daughter of the late Thomas Finneghan and Grace Victoria Beall Hodges and the wife of the late Louis Young. She graduated from the Jacob Tome Institute in Port Deposit, Maryland. She was an avid bowler, gardener, and...

Jan 19, 2003

J.D. COLE, age 78, of Edgewood, Maryland, died at Mariner Health of Bel Air, Maryland, on January 19, 2003. Born in Murphy, North Carolina, he was the son of the late Frank and Winifred Warren Cole. He worked as a steel inspector for Bethlehem Steel Corporation. He enjoyed his motor home, camping, traveling, hiking and walking. He also enjoyed his...

Jan 17, 2003

EDMUND JAMES MAZAN, age 78, of Baltimore, formerly of Harford County, died in Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD on January 17, 2003. Born in Baltimore City, he was the son of the late Joseph and Josephine Valerie Pasek Mazan. He had retired in 1986 after 37 years of service with Baltimore County as a highway inspector. All of his life...

Jan 17, 2003

JOSEPH WILLIAM ALBRECHT, age 79, of Elkton, died in Mariner Health of Forest Hill on January 17, 2003. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Herman and Margaret Albrecht. Born and raised in Harford County, he moved to Montana after military service in the Army during WW II. He worked as a carpenter in Great Falls, Montana...

Jan 16, 2003

DONALD “JAKE” W. WALKER, age 69, of Aberdeen, died in Harford Memorial Hospital on January 16, 2003. Born in Aberdeen, he was the son of the late Robert Stanley Walker and Phyllis Eleanor Knight Burkintine. He retired after 46 years of service at Paidon Products in Aberdeen. Mr. Walker is survived by two brothers, Robert S. Walker, Jr. of Aberdeen;...

Jan 15, 2003

WILLIAM “BILL”R. HERNDON, age 72, of Edgewood, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on January 15, 2003. Born in Amonate, Virginia, he was the son of the late Garnet Gray and Bessie Mae Barker Herndon. He had retired after 30 years of service at APG as an engineering technician. He was the president of the Harford Cecil County Bowling Association....

Jan 15, 2003

BETTY MESSINA, age 69, of Edgewood, died at her home on January 15, 2003. Born in Greenup, Kentucky, she was the daughter of the late James Arthur and Cassie Traylor Little. A Patterson Park High School graduate, she was a resident of Harford County since 1971. Mrs. Messina is survived by her husband of 51 years, Frank G. Messina, Sr.;...

Jan 14, 2003

NORMA ELLENA SOVA, 72, of Bel Air, died at her home on January 14, 2003. Born in Doylestown, PA, she was the daughter of the late Neil Phillips and Lucille Black Jost Leary. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church where she was a chairman of the missions committee for Presbyterian Women. She taught elementary school at St....

Jan 13, 2003

ROZIER “BOB” L. STEINBACH, JR., age 79, of Joppa, died at Calvert Memorial Hospital, Prince Frederick, Calvert County, on January 13, 2003. Born in Joppa, he was the son the late Rozier Lewis Sr. and Edna May Watkins Steinbach and the husband of the late Christine Koyne Steinbach. He was retired from Aberdeen Proving Ground after 35 years of service...

Jan 12, 2003