Obituaries

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

Edmund James Mazan

Edmund James Mazan

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...

Joseph William Albrecht

Joseph William Albrecht

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...

Donald ''Jake'' W. Walker

Donald ''Jake'' W. Walker

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;...

William ''Bill'' R. Herndon

William ''Bill'' R. Herndon

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....

Betty Messina

Betty Messina

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.;...

Norma Ellena Sova

Norma Ellena Sova

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....

Rozier ''Bob'' L. Steinbach, Jr.

Rozier ''Bob'' L. Steinbach, Jr.

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...

Louis Giglio-Tos

Louis Giglio-Tos

Jan 11, 2003

LOUIS GIGLIO-TOS, age 70, of Churchville, died of a heart attack at Harford Memorial Hospital, Havre de Grace, on January 11, 2003. Born in Cascinette, Italy, he was the son of the late Giacamo and Adele Fornero Giglio-Tos and the husband of the late Bianca Mary Salvatore Giglio-Tos. He immigrated to the United States when he was 15 years old....

Mary Ann Serra

Mary Ann Serra

Jan 10, 2003

MARY ANN SERRA, age 77, of Bel Air, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on January 10, 2003. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Earl Watts and Mildred Baker, and the wife for 55 years of the late Alan D. Serra. She was a registered nurse and had worked at Johns Hopkins Hospital in the transplant...

Edith Frances Eveland

Edith Frances Eveland

Jan 9, 2003

EDITH FRANCES EVELAND, age 80, of Edgewood, MD, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air, MD on January 9, 2003. Born in Barren Springs, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Lonnie Dew and Thelma Edna Dotson Ogle and the wife of the late Daniel F. Eveland. She had worked as a nursing assistant for 20 years at...

Paul Cottrill

Paul Cottrill

Jan 9, 2003

PAUL COTTRILL, age 73, of Joppa, died in Franklin Square Hospital on January 9, 2003. Born in Frozen, West Virginia, he was the son of the late William Anderson and Birdie Groves Cottrill. He had retired after 42 years at Bethlehem Steel where he was a supervisor of the hot mill. He was a member of the New Life Baptist...

William Joseph Webb

William Joseph Webb

Jan 5, 2003

WILLIAM JOSEPH WEBB, age 69, of Forest Hill, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on January 5, 2003. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Delores O’Neal Webb and the late Joe Webb, and the husband for 36 years of the late Lona C. Webb, who was everything to him. She preceded him in death by just...

Doris Henkelman Horn

Doris Henkelman Horn

Jan 5, 2003

DORIS HENKELMAN HORN, age 90, of Abingdon, died at her home on January 5, 2003. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Edgar William and Mary Elizabeth Thome Henkelman, and the wife of the late Kenneth G. Horn who died in 1987. A public school teacher for 5 decades beginning around 1935, she was a graduate of...

James Wayne Bennett

James Wayne Bennett

Jan 4, 2003

JAMES WAYNE BENNETT, age 44, died on January 4, 2003. A native Harford Countian, Mr. Bennett graduated from Bel Air High School in 1977. After studies at Harford Community College, he was employed in waste water management in Harford County and Ocean City, Maryland. He continued studies in Biology and Chemistry at Wor-Wic Community College and Environmental Engineering at Del-Tech...

Judith P. Westing

Judith P. Westing

Jan 3, 2003

JUDITH P. WESTING, of Bel Air, retired Professor of Nursing at Harford Community College, died of cancer on January 3, 2003 after a long illness. She was 64. Born in Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Page M. Huff. In her 28 year career at Harford Community College, Mrs. Westing served as chairperson of the...

Charles Raymond Fox

Charles Raymond Fox

Jan 2, 2003

CHARLES RAYMOND FOX, age 47, of Bel Air, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on January 2, 2003. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Fharney Fisher and Ellen Laverne Suter Fox. A resident of Harford County for 16 years, he was a loving husband and devoted father. Mr. Fox is survived by his wife of 21...