Obituaries
Local obituaries for Abingdon, Bel Air, Jarrettsville, MD, and surrounding areas.
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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...
Otis Lundy Cook
Oct 20, 2002
OTIS LUNDY COOK, age 69, of Havre de Grace, died in St. Joseph Hospital, Baltimore, on October 20, 2002. Born in Marion, Virginia, he was the son of the late Charles McKinley and Blanche Sexton Cook. He had retired after 20 years with General Motors where he worked as an electrician. He enjoyed horse racing and the outdoors. He served...
Joshua Michael Thompson
Oct 19, 2002
JOSHUA MICHAEL THOMPSON, 5 ½ month old son of Jorge Michael, Jr. and Charlene Louise Presberry Thompson of Joppa, died in Sinai Hospital, Baltimore on October 19, 2002. In addition to his parents, Joshua is survived by grandparents, Dorothy M. and Richard C. Presberry of Bel Air; Christal J. and Jorge M. Thompson, Sr. of Forest Hill; great grandfather, James...
Grace Eunice Kilgore
Oct 19, 2002
GRACE EUNICE KILGORE, age 86, of Joppa, died at Ivy Hall Geriatric and Rehabilitation Center in Middle River on October 19, 2002. Born in Sparta, Tennessee, she was the daughter of the late William Walter, Sr. and Isabella Thom Winning Kilgore. A graduate of Williamsburg College, she was an elementary school teacher in Kentucky and Maryland. She worked at Mars...
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