Obituaries

Dec 9, 2002

CHARLES A. ECKLOFF, SR., 63, of Bel Air died at his home on December 9, 2002. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Millard and Laura Barret Eckloff. A Harford County resident for six years, he worked for Larry Hilte Construction for 35 years where he was a supervisor. He attended St. Margaret Catholic Church and was...

Dec 9, 2002

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Dec 7, 2002

Contributions may be made to: Bel Air United Methodist Church Music Ministry Fund 21 Linwood Avenue Bel Air, Maryland 21014 Or Hopewell United Methodist Church 3602 Level Village Road Havre de Grace, Maryland 21078

Dec 7, 2002

KATHERINE “KITTY” C. KELLY, age 77, of Bel Air, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on December 7, 2002. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Charles Gilbert and Elsie Crowell Cooley, and the wife of the late Earl Scarborough Kelly. She was a lifetime member of the First Presbyterian Church in Bel Air where she served...

Dec 6, 2002

TERESA DARLENE RICHARDSON, age 41, of Bel Air, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on December 6, 2002. Born in Havre de Grace, she was the daughter of Peggy Lorraine Anders Coleman of Joppa and the late Roger Elmer Richardson. She worked as a cook. She was very active with the Open Doors Center in Bel Air and Aberdeen. She...

Dec 6, 2002

BETTY M. RABORG, age 64, of Abingdon, died in Lorien Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on Frankford Avenue, Baltimore, on December 6, 2002. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Louis Lawrence and Catherine Marie Dunn Pasco. She was a member of St. Anthony’s Parish in Baltimore. Mrs. Raborg is survived by her husband of 46 years, Robert...

Dec 6, 2002

CORRINA WHITTINGTON, age 91, of Bel Air, died in Mariner Health of Bel Air on December 6, 2002. Born in Poole, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Lewis and Carrie Elsie Bell Gwynn and the wife of the late James Alfred Whittington. She had been a faithful member of Clarks United Methodist Church for many years. She joined...

Dec 5, 2002

WILLIAM KNEALE (BILL) LAURITSEN, 71, of Bel Air, Maryland, died on December 5, 2002 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air, Maryland. Born in Rahway, New Jersey, he was the son of the late William Peter and Helen Aludra Dockstader Lauritsen. He was employed for 37 years at Chevron Oil Company where he was a Marketing Service Manager. He served...

Dec 5, 2002

MARY O’BRIEN WHITE, age 87, of Joppa, Maryland, formerly of West Chester, Pennsylvania, died at her residence on December 5, 2002. Born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Joseph O’Brien and the late Elizabeth Margaret Wall Sheehan, and the wife of the late Thomas J. White, Jr. She had worked as the Registrar at Immaculata...

Dec 4, 2002

NORMAN S. KABINA, age 65, of Carrollton, Georgia, formerly of Bel Air, died in Wellstar Cobb Hospital, Austell, Georgia on December 4, 2002. Born in Berlin, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Steve and Martha Kabina, and the husband of the late M. Ellen Blevins Kabina. He worked as a security officer for the Tanner Villa Rica Hospital,...

Dec 3, 2002

CHARLES M. FLORA, age 67, of Bel Air, died at his home on December 3, 2002. Born in Roanoke, Virginia, he was the son of Martha Helen Crumpacker Flory of Montgomery, Illinois and the late Quentin J. Flora. He had retired after 35 years of service with G.M. working as a mechanical engineer. As a youth he was active in...

Dec 2, 2002

JOSEPH ANTHONY ATCHISON, age 68, of Abingdon, died at Harford Memorial Hospital on December 2, 2002. Born in Washington, D.C., he was the son of the late Julius Ignatius and Mary Josephine McMullen Atchison. A resident of Harford County since 1977, he served his country in the U.S. Army during the Korean and the Vietnam Conflict. He earned the Meritorious...

Dec 2, 2002

PAULINE SHUMATE, age 61, of Joppa, died at Lorien Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Belcamp on December 2, 2002. Born in Edgewood, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late George Washington and Effie Billings Shumate. She was a life long resident of Harford County. Ms. Shumate is survived by two brothers, Jimmy Howard Shumate of Forest Hill; Robert Edward...

Dec 2, 2002

KILROY JOHN (SCHMUCK) GEISLER, age 56, of Bel Air, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on December 2, 2002. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late John and Annetta Geisler. He worked as a stevedore on a tugboat. He was a resident of Harford County for 23 years. Mr. Geisler is survived by two sons, Ronnie Geisler;...

Dec 2, 2002

DOROTHY I. WILLIAMS, age 72, of Bel Air, died in Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home, Crisfield, Maryland on December 2, 2002. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Forrest Hudson and Mabel A. Tilley Boggs and the wife of the late Elroy Williams, who died in 1984. She was a bank teller at Forest Hill Bank in...

Dec 1, 2002

ANTHONY “AGGIE” F. AGNELLO, age 54, of Belcamp, died at his home on December 1, 2002. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he was the son of Raymond John and Michielina C. Panaro Agnello of Queens, New York. A jockey since 1966, he had retired from horse racing in 1993. With 3000 winning races in his career, purses of over ...

Nov 27, 2002

KATHY J. DAUGHERTY, 67, of Kilmarnock, Virginia, formerly of Bel Air, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on November 27, 2002. Born in Irvington, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Lamuel Franklin Jett and the late Mable Elizabeth Luckham Burner. Mrs. Daugherty is survived by her husband of 50 years as of August 17, 2002, Edward L. Daugherty,...

Nov 27, 2002

ROBERT JOHN GRAY, age 43, of Havre de Grace, died at his home on November 27, 2002. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of Karyn Louise Kotys Gray of Bel Air and the late David Leslie Gray. He worked as an event manager in automotive marketing. He graduated from Bel Air High School in 1976. In addition to his...

Nov 26, 2002

Nov 22, 2002

Gertrude “Trudy” M. Copeland of Edgewood died of malignant melanoma November 22 at Upper Chesapeake in Bel Air. She was 78. Born in Vienna, Austria, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Viktoria Mucha. A resident of Harford County since 1968, she was a member of the Edgewood Arsenal Chapel where she enjoyed singing in the choir for...