Obituaries

Jul 18, 2003

MARTHA H. OAKS, 59, of Rural Retreat, Virginia, died at Wesley Long Community Hospital, Greensboro, North Carolina, on July 18, 2003. Born and raised in Harford County, she was the daughter of the late Miles Olney and Arbutus Gentry Howell. She enjoyed traveling, gardening, antiques, reading, going to the beach and being around family and friends.Mrs. Oaks is survived by...

Jul 18, 2003

BETTY JO LITTLE, age 61, of Belcamp, died at her home on July 18, 2003. Born in Pineville, West Virginia, she was the daughter of Richard Roscoe Cook of Forest Hill and the late Gertrude Ellen Olinger Cook. She had retired from the Army Chemical Center where she worked as a secretary at Aberdeen Proving Ground. She was a past...

Jul 17, 2003

LAURA ANN THOMAS, age 81, of Bel Air, died in Lorien Riverside Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on July 17, 2003. Born in Patterson, New Jersey, she was the daughter of the late Charles Kreiger and the late Josephine Mozzella Carmen and was the wife of the late Anthony Robert “Bob” Thomas, Sr., a Cecil-Harford Counties Bowling Association Hall of Fame...

Jul 17, 2003

PHYLLIS CRITZER, age 78, of Red Lion, Pennsylvania, died at her residence on July 17, 2003. Born in Beckley, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Dewey Price and Edith Pearl Rader Canterbury, and the wife for 49 ½ years of the late Joseph Edward Critzer. She worked as a telephone operator for the main post office in...

Jul 15, 2003

ROBIN JEAN PRUETT, age 43, of Edgewood, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on July 15, 2003. Born in Havre de Grace, she was the daughter of the Annie Lea Dancy Calvin of Bel Air and the late Arthur Amos Pearce. She worked as a sales assistant at Preston’s Stationary in Bel Air.In addition to her mother, Mrs. Pruett is...

Jul 15, 2003

JUANITA M. WYMER, age 79, of Bel Air, died at her residence on July 15, 2003. Born in Canton, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Thurman and Samantha Bare and the wife of the late Cecil Wymer.Mrs. Wymer is survived by two sons, Elmer L. Wymer of Colora, Maryland; Riley D. Wymer of Conowingo; one daughter, Myrtle R....

Jul 15, 2003

DAISY REMBOLD, age 91, of Bel Air, died in Mariner Health of Forest Hill on July 15, 2003. Born in Floyd County, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late James O. and Mary Peters Underwood, and the wife for 58 years of the late Howard “Dick” Rembold. She was retired from Aberdeen Proving Ground, Edgewood Area after 25 years...

Jul 15, 2003

BEVERLY ANN LYONS HAVA, age 45, of Baltimore, formerly of Harford County, died in Ivy Hall Nursing Home, Middle River, on July 15, 2003. Born in Havre de Grace, she was the beloved daughter of Fred (Jim) and Freda Elizabeth Dodson Lyons of Middle River. She worked at Silvertop Manufacturing as an assembler.In addition to her parents, Mrs. Hava is...

Jul 14, 2003

BERNICE E. JOHNSON, age 87, of Port Deposit, died at Citizen Nursing Home in Havre de Grace on July 14, 2003. Born in Sparta, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Garfield Martin and Verna Bennett Wilson and the wife for 57 years of the late James Monroe Johnson.Mrs. Johnson is survived by one son, James M. Johnson...

Jul 12, 2003

G. MICHAEL SEED, age 48, of Bel Air, died in University of Maryland Hospital on July 12, 2003. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of Marian Cantey Seed of Baltimore and the late Paul Palmer Seed, Sr. A Harford County resident for 16 years, he had graduated from Northern High School. He was an information technology director at Cequent...

Jul 12, 2003

HELEN AUGUSTA ADELSBERGER, age 97, of Springfield, Pennsylvania, formerly of Bel Air, died at Riddle Hospital, Media, Pennsylvania on July 12, 2003. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late John H. and Katherine Berry Urspruch and the wife of the late John Lloyd Adelsberger. Mrs. Adelsberger is survived by one son, John E. Adelsberger and his wife,...

Jul 10, 2003

DORIS ELOISE SEVRA, age 83, of Bel Air, died at her residence on July 10, 2003. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, she was the wife of the late Robert F. Sevra. Mrs. Sevra is survived by one daughter, Dian L. Hughes of Bel Air; two grandchildren, Erin Sevra Hughes and Megan Lee Hughes, both of Bel Air. In addition to...

Jul 10, 2003

JOYCE JOHNSON BLEVINS, age 74, of Pylesville, formerly of Bel Air, died at her home on July 10, 2003, Born in Harford County, she was the daughter of the late Melvin Pyle and Winifred Olivia Hawkins Johnson, and the wife of the late Ralph T. Blevins and the late Calvin Michael. She had retired in 1987 from her position as...

Jul 10, 2003

FLORENCE FREW, age 87, of Bel Air, died in St. Joseph Medical Center, Baltimore on July 10, 2003. Born in Magnolia, she was the daughter of the late John Oscar and Martha Priscila Hill Timmons and the wife for 47 years of the late Thomas L. Frew, Sr. A homemaker, she enjoyed traveling and camping.Mrs. Frew is survived by four...

Jul 9, 2003

HAROLD BARTON TATTERSALL, (“SUT”) age 80, of Bel Air, Maryland died at the University of Maryland Medical Center on July 9, 2003. Born on the Hillgirt Farm in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Harold and Ruth Singley Tattersall. He served his country as a Lieutenant in the Army Air Corp and flew in a P-61...

Jul 8, 2003

Jul 7, 2003

MARY VIRGINIA MINOR, age 85, of Bel Air, died at her son¡¦s home in Whiteford on July 7, 2003. Born in Piney Creek, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Rudolph and Rebecca Ann Moxley McMillan and the wife of the late Robert Edmund Minor. She relocated to Bel Air in the mid 1940¡¦s. She worked as a...

Jul 7, 2003

SARAH MABLE CRAIG, 69, of Abingdon, died at Harford Memorial Hospital, July 7, 2003. Born in Shandakein, New York, she was the daughter of the late Russell Bennett, Sr and Myrtle Bush Frasier. A huge Oriole fan, she also was an avid bowler and enjoyed her grandchildren.Mrs. Craig is survived by her husband of 49 years, Stanley J. Craig; four...

Jul 6, 2003

ROBERT ¡§BOB¡¨ ¡§R.J.¡¨ JOSEPH TOMPKINS, age 77, of Edgewood, died at his home on July 6, 2003. Born in New York City, New York, he was the son of the late Isaac Joseph and Margaret Huller Tompkins. He had retired as a U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 from Edgewood Arsenal in 1971 where he worked as an Intelligence Liaison...

Jul 6, 2003

VIRGINIA I. TURNER, age 91, of Havre de Grace, formerly of Catonsville, died in Copper Ridge-Baltimore House on July 6, 2003. Born on March 1, 1912 in Catonsville, she was the daughter of the late George Frederick and Irene Elizabeth Rose Turner. She had retired from Edgewood Arsenal many years ago where she worked as a secretary.Ms. Turner is survived...