Obituaries

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

Thelma Aretta Heaps

Thelma Aretta Heaps

May 14, 2003

THELMA ARETTA HEAPS, age 84, of Fincastle, Virginia, died in Brian Center Nursing Facility in Fincastle, Virginia on May 14, 2003. Born in Enola, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Roy Jacob and Grace Danner Darr. She had worked as a beautician.Mrs. Heaps is survived by her husband since 1942, Quentin F. Heaps, Sr. one son, Roy Kenneth...

Gloria Wehrman

Gloria Wehrman

May 14, 2003

GLORIA WEHRMAN, age 71, of Forest Hill, died at her son’s residence in Bel Air of natural causes on May 14, 2003. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late John and Mary Kannler and the wife of the late Melvin J. Wehrman, Sr. She worked as a rural letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service. She volunteered...

Fred Spies

Fred Spies

May 14, 2003

FRED SPIES, age 62, of Aberdeen, died in Harford Memorial Hospital on May 14, 2003, Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Frederick Joseph Spies, Sr. and Winifred Augusta Morgan Spies. He had retired after 35 years of service from the Maryland State Government where he worked for the Highway Administration in maintenance of Interstate 95. A...

Robert Steven Waskiewicz

Robert Steven Waskiewicz

May 13, 2003

ROBERT STEVEN WASKIEWICZ, age 50, of Edgewood, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on May 13, 2003. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of Zigmund Stanley and Wanda Listick Waskiewicz of Edgewood. He had retired from General Motors. He was a member of American Legion Post 17 and an avid hunter, fisherman, and crabber. He ran APA Pool League...

Kevin Cameron Macgillivary

Kevin Cameron Macgillivary

May 12, 2003

KEVIN CAMERON MacGILLIVARY, age 41, of Bel Air, died at his home on May 12, 2003. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of Cornelia Greta Bielski MacGillivary of Madonna and the late John Joseph MacGillivary. He worked as a supervisor at the Comstar Warehouse in Havre de Grace where they manufacture plastic bottles. He was a member of the...

Dorothy Catherine Lochte

Dorothy Catherine Lochte

May 12, 2003

DOROTHY CATHERINE LOCHTE, 68, of Abingdon died at her home on May 12, 2003. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Francis Edward and Rose Regina Duffy Lochte. She was a resident of Harford County for 10 years. A graduate of Mercy Hospital School of Nursing, she had worked as an industrial nurse at Westinghouse and as...

Arthur Gorman Hopkins, Jr.

Arthur Gorman Hopkins, Jr.

May 11, 2003

ARTHUR GORMAN HOPKINS, JR., age 75, of Havre de Grace, died at Gilchrist Center, Towson, on May 11, 2003. Born in Havre de Grace, he was the son of the late Arthur Gorman, Sr. and Ella Morris Hopkins. He was the owner and operator of a dairy farm called Level Green Farm, Havre de Grace and spent most of his...

Thurston Larue Jones

Thurston Larue Jones

May 8, 2003

THURSTON LaRUE JONES, age 71, of Bel Air, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on May 8, 2003. Born in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, he was the son of Mable Agnes Lovell Jones of Wellsboro, Pennsylvania and the late Thurston L. Jones. He was an industrial engineer manager for the Martin Marietta and T.R.W. Co. A member of Oak Grove Baptist Church,...

Magdalen Tobithia Williams

Magdalen Tobithia Williams

May 7, 2003

MAGDALEN TOBITHIA WILLIAMS, 82, of Bel Air, formerly of Essex, died at Johns Hopkins Hospital on May 7, 2003. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Matthew Sr. and Tobithia Wehner. She was a PBX Operator at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Mrs. Williams is survived by a son, William Howard Williams, Jr., of California; two daughters, Judith M....

Lena M. Hawkins

Lena M. Hawkins

May 7, 2003

ETHEL HOOKER, age 93, of Bel Air died at her home on May 4, 2003. Born in Republic of Panama, she was the daughter of the late John and Alice Elizabeth Chambers Gayle and the wife of the late Ivan Burton Hooker. Mrs. Hooker is survived by one son, Carlos M. Hooker of Miami, Florida; three daughters, Anna M. Allen...

Edward Cyrill Kotras

Edward Cyrill Kotras

May 6, 2003

EDWARD CYRILL KOTRAS, age 84, died May 6, 2003 at his home in Bel Air. Born August 26, 1918 in Harford Furnace, Maryland, he was the son of the late Cyrill and Anna Kotras. A graduate of Aberdeen High School, he attended the University of Baltimore and the University of Maryland. He served in the Army during WW II, and...

Philip William Wernig, Sr.

Philip William Wernig, Sr.

May 5, 2003

PHILIP WILLIAM WERNIG, SR., age 74, of Edgewood, Maryland, died at his home on May 5, 2003. Born in Everett, Massachusetts, he was the son of the late Frederick and Lillian J. Faucy Wernig. He was a resident of Harford County, Maryland for 31 years. He served his country in the U.S. Navy during WW II. He worked for the...

William Joseph Krenzer, Jr.

William Joseph Krenzer, Jr.

May 4, 2003

WILLIAM JOSEPH KRENZER, JR., age 61, of Edgewood, Maryland, died at his home on May 4, 2003. Born in Rochester, New York, he was the son of the late William Joseph, Sr. and Mary Therese Bridges Krenzer. He had retired from Texaco Petroleum Company after 32 years of service in the quality control department. A resident of Harford County, Maryland...

Lois Ona Holloway

Lois Ona Holloway

May 3, 2003

LOIS ONA HOLLOWAY, age 90, of Bel Air, died at her home on May 3, 2003. Born in Grassy Creek, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Rush and Dorsey Jones Blevins, and the wife of the late Lee Staley Holloway. A Harford County resident for 60 years, she was the oldest member of Franklin Missionary Baptist Church,...

Ariel Fristoe

Ariel Fristoe

May 1, 2003

ARIEL FOARD FRISTOE, age 92, of Bel Air, a native of Harford County, died in Mariner Health of Bel Air on May 1, 2003. Born July 9, 1910 on her grandfather Standiford’s farm in Jarrettsville, she was the second oldest child of the late Frank Oliver Foard and Ariel Elizabeth Foard. She was raised on her father’s hedge farm on...

William H. Mears

William H. Mears

May 1, 2003

WILLIAM H. MEARS, age 96, of Parkton, Maryland, died in Barbara J. Egan Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania on May 1, 2003. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late John Edward, Sr. and Winnie Mae Dutton Mears. He was a third generation barber and owned his own shop on Pennsylvania Avenue, later selling it...

Nina Caldwell Brown

Nina Caldwell Brown

Apr 28, 2003

NINA CALDWELL BROWN, age 91, of Belcamp, MD formerly of Darlington, MD, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air, MD on April 28, 2003. Born in Alleghany County, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late George Kenneth and Luella Paisley Caldwell, and the wife of the late Arley Vince Brown. She was a member of Conowingo Baptist...

Joseph Ernest Troy

Joseph Ernest Troy

Apr 26, 2003

JOSEPH ERNEST TROY, age 62, of Forest Hill, Maryland, formerly of Clearfield, Pennsylvania, died in University of Maryland Hospital, Baltimore on April 26, 2003. Born in Olanta, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Calvin Filamore and Betty Jeanette Lucas Troy. He was a heavy duty equipment operator for Maryland Environmental in Baltimore County, MD. He served his country...

Blanche Elizabeth Burk

Blanche Elizabeth Burk

Apr 26, 2003

BLANCHE E. BURK, age 77, of Forest Hill, died in Greater Baltimore Medical Center on April 26, 2003. Born in Keene, New Hampshire, she was the daughter of the late Winfield L. and Charlotte L. Larner Ells, and the wife of the late Harold R. Burk, Sr. She was a member of the Bel Air VFW Auxiliary and volunteered throughout...

Carl H. Lentz

Carl H. Lentz

Apr 24, 2003

CARL H. LENTZ, age 88, of Bel Air, died in Baldwin, Maryland on April 24, 2003. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late William and Lillie Winterling Lentz, and the husband of the late Bertha Engler Lentz. He had retired from Bethlehem Steel Co. after 34 years of service as a steel worker. He was a very...

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