Obituaries

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

Winifred Alene Mcdole

Winifred Alene Mcdole

Nov 8, 2002

WINIFRED McDOLE, age 82, of Longview, Washington, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on November 8, 2002. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, she was the wife of the late Robert Martin McDole. She worked as a security guard for the Weyerheuser Paper Company. She was a member of the Faith Temple Church. She loved to sew. She was visiting with...

Tillie G. Leal

Tillie G. Leal

Nov 7, 2002

TILLIE G. LEAL, age 80, of Fort Washington, Maryland, died on November 7, 2002 at Rock Spring Village, Forest Hill. Born in San Antonio, Texas, she was the daughter of the late Gustavo and Alberta Coindreau Guerrero and the wife for 61 years of the late CW 4 Samuel Alfaro Leal, Sr. whom she married in 1941. A homemaker, she...

Mary Kelly Reinmann

Mary Kelly Reinmann

Nov 6, 2002

MARY KELLY REINMANN, age 82, of Bel Air, died in Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, on November 6, 2002. Born in Columbus, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Clement Timothy and Winifred Gladhart Kelly. She attended St. Mary's College of Notre Dame in Indiana, Franklin Business School, Columbus School of Art in Columbus, Ohio, and Columbia Basin College in...

Carter Ray

Carter Ray

Nov 6, 2002

CARTER RAY, age 63 of Abingdon, died at his home on November 6, 2002. Born in Marion, North Carolina, he was the son of the late Edward Smith and Annie Elizabeth Woody Ray. He was a steel worker for Bethlehem Steel retiring after 38 years of service. He also served for 22 years as the caretaker at Inverness Park, Dundalk....

Clara Hope Summers

Clara Hope Summers

Nov 6, 2002

CLARA HOPE SUMMERS, age 92, of Jarrettsville, died at Nichols Sheltered Home for the Elderly in Edgewood on November 6, 2002. Born in London, Canada, she was the daughter of the late George McIntyre and Agnes Cole, and the wife of the late William A. Summers. She worked for Park Davis for several years. Graveside services will be held in...

Peter Kolb

Peter Kolb

Nov 4, 2002

PETER KOLB, age 86, of Joppa, died at Nichols Sheltered Home for the Elderly, Edgewood, MD, on November 4, 2002. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Martin and Frances Kolb, and the husband for 61 years of the late Laura Magalski Kolb. He worked in maintenance for General Motors for 40 years. Mr. Kolb is survived...

Trudy Compton

Trudy Compton

Nov 4, 2002

TRUDY COMPTON, age 66, of Edgewood, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on November 4, 2002. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Wiley Reed and Gertrude Ellen Datson Wright. She was a retired licensed practical nurse. Mrs. Compton is survived by four sons, Michael K. Compton of Dayton, Ohio; Mark M. Compton of Aberdeen; Scott...

Raili M. Milliner

Raili M. Milliner

Nov 4, 2002

RAILI M. MILLINER, age 67, of Edgewood, Maryland, died at her residence on November 4, 2002. Born in Rico, Finland, she was the daughter of the late Elko and Toni Myller and the wife of the late Jack L. Milliner. She worked as a waitress for the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida. Mr. Milliner is survived by one son,...

Jack Cochran

Jack Cochran

Nov 4, 2002

JACK COCHRAN, age 50, of Joppa, died at his residence on November 4, 2002. Born in Street, he was the son of Ellen Romaine Arnold Plummer of Joppa, and the late Eugene Isom Cochran. He worked as a dry wall finisher. In addition to his mother, Mr. Cochran is survived by two daughters, Ginger Stec of Bel Air; Jackie Emerson...

Francis (Frank) William Du Bois, Sr.

Francis (Frank) William Du Bois, Sr.

Nov 1, 2002

FRANK Du BOIS, SR., age 81, of Glen Arm, formerly of Perryman, died at Glen Arm Retirement Community on November 1, 2002. Born April 8, 1921 in Malone, New York, he was the son of the late Frank Roy Du Bois and Marie Catherine Amell Foy. A Navy veteran, stationed on board a munitions ship in the South Pacific during...

Scott A. Bishop

Scott A. Bishop

Nov 1, 2002

SCOTT A. BISHOP, age 17, of Edgewood, died on November 1, 2002. Born in Towson, he was the son of Michael Raymond and Donna Lee Bittner Bishop of Edgewood. He worked at Bob Evans Restaurant as a waiter and a host. A graduate from Joppatowne High School in 2002, he played varsity football. He was a member of the Chesapeake...

H. Smith Walter

H. Smith Walter

Oct 31, 2002

HUGH SMITH WALTER, age 90, a native and lifelong resident of Forest Hill, died at his home on October 31, 2002. A career miller, he was the fourth generation Walter to own and operate a water powered mill. Walter’s Mill, located on Deer Creek, was the last water wheel operated corn meal, buckwheat flour and wheat flour mill in Harford...

Jerome A. Meusel

Jerome A. Meusel

Oct 28, 2002

JEROME A. MEUSEL, age 87, formerly of Bel Air where he had lived for 15 years, died in Oak Crest Village, Baltimore, on October 28, 2002. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Clarence Earl and Catherine Kmieciak Meusel. He was Vice President of Research and Development at Baltimore Spice Company. He was one of the developers...

Martha Susan Martin

Martha Susan Martin

Oct 27, 2002

MARTHA SUSAN MARTIN, age 92, of Bel Air, died in Mariner of Forest Hill on October 27, 2002. Born in Terra Alta, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Oscar Dority and Louisa Browning Whetsell, and the wife of the late Wade Hampton Martin. She retired in 1972 after 20 years of service as a registered nurse with...

Mary Belle Dickerson

Mary Belle Dickerson

Oct 25, 2002

MARY BELLE DICKERSON, age 76, of Edgewood, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on October 25, 2002. Born in White Hall, she was the daughter of the late William Bryan and Mary Elizabeth Adams Neal, and the wife of the late Ralph A. Dickerson. She retired after 32 years of service at Bata Shoe Company where she worked as a...

Frank Robert Gill

Frank Robert Gill

Oct 24, 2002

FRANK ROBERT GILL, age 55, of Havre de Grace, died in Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore on October 23, 2002. Born in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, he was the son of Helen Dorothy Gill Williams of Bel Air and the late Frank Joseph Gill. He graduated from Essex Community College with a business degree with highest honors and first in his class at...

Evelyn Jane Carroll

Evelyn Jane Carroll

Oct 23, 2002

EVELYN JANE CARROLL, age 80, of Towson, died in Dulaney Towson Health Care Center on October 23, 2002. Born in Baltimore City, she was the daughter of the late William Edward and Lula Mae Alder Carroll. She was a member of the Edgewood Golden Age Club, the Presbury Methodist Church of Edgewood, and the People of Loch Raven United Methodist...

Robert (Bob) Blake

Robert (Bob) Blake

Oct 21, 2002

ROBERT (BOB) BLAKE, age 68, of Forest Hill, died at his residence on October 21, 2002. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Robert Blake and Frances Novak Ludwig. For 35 years, he worked for Western Electric which later became AT& T. He was the supervisor for cable splicing. He traveled a lot with his job, laying...

Patsy Nehez

Patsy Nehez

Oct 21, 2002

Patsy J. Bentley-Nehez of Abingdon died Oct 21 at the Gilchrist Hospice Center. She was 52. Born in Jenkins, KY., she was the daughter of the late Davis Solomon and Anna Thomas Bentley. She is survived by two daughters, Victoria Anjelica and Briana Katheryn of Abingdon; two brothers, Davis Bentley, Jr., and wife, Christine, of Ennis, Texas and James Bentley...

Donald Battele Shoff, Jr.

Donald Battele Shoff, Jr.

Oct 20, 2002

DONALD BATTELE SHOFF, JR., age 46, of Bel Air, died in Salisbury, England on October 20, 2002. Born in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, he was the son of Donald Battele Shoff, Sr. of Apache Junction, Arizona and Joyce Elaine Powell Shoff of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He worked as an engineering technician with the U.S. Army. He enjoyed golfing, fishing, home projects, hiking, and...

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