Obituaries

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

Judy Mae Newsome

Judy Mae Newsome

Oct 19, 2022

Judy Mae Newsome, age 75, passed away on October 19, 2022 at home in Street, Maryland. Born in York, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Lawrence and Amy (Gentzler) Bolyard and wife of Richard Newsome Sr. She was a member of Salem Lutheran Church in Jarrettsville, MD, for over fifty years. She and her husband were also members...

Thomas Calvin Dessecker, Jr.

Thomas Calvin Dessecker, Jr.

Oct 18, 2022

Thomas Calvin Dessecker Jr., age 58, of Fallston, Maryland passed away on October 18, 2022 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, Maryland. Born in Washington, DC, he was the son of the late Thomas Dessecker Sr. and Patricia (Rose) Dessecker.

Thomas was a graduate of Patapsco High School in Dundalk, Maryland. Afterwards, he went on to college attending the...

Harry D. Gilbert

Harry D. Gilbert

Oct 17, 2022

Harry D. Gilbert, age 86, of Aberdeen, Maryland passed away on October 17, 2022 at his home. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the son of Robert Slaughter and Anna (Gilbert) Soul and husband of the late Shirley (Garecht) Gilbert. He was a veteran of the Maryland Army National Guard 29th Division and was a lifetime member of American Legion...

Rodney Lee Wood, Sr.

Rodney Lee Wood, Sr.

Oct 17, 2022

Rodney Lee Wood Sr., age 86, of Joppa, Maryland passed away on October 17, 2022 at his home. Born in Elkton, Maryland, he was the son of Frank and Mildred (Nickle) Wood. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and a member of the Lion’s Club. Rodney was a loving husband, father and grandfather. He was a jokester and...

Robert Royal Souders

Robert Royal Souders

Oct 17, 2022

Robert Royal Souders, age 98, of Bel Air, Maryland passed away on October 17, 2022 at his home. Born in Easton, Pennsylvania, he was the son of Stanley Stephen Souders and Anna (Kutz) Souders and husband of 60+ years to the late Angelina Stella (Barranco) Souders. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and served his country in WWII...

Margaret "Peggy" L. Richardson

Margaret "Peggy" L. Richardson

Oct 16, 2022

On October 16, 2022, Margaret “Peggy” L. Richardson passed away at the home of her daughter and son-in-law in Jarrettsville, MD. She was 92. Peggy is preceded in death by her husband of six decades, Lawrence “Larry” A. Richardson, Sr.

A devoted and loving mother of four children, she is survived by Lawrence A. Richardson, Jr. and his wife, Maryjo, of...

Henry Stanley Sebula

Henry Stanley Sebula

Oct 15, 2022

Henry Stanley Sebula, age 85, of Joppa, Maryland passed away on October 15, 2022, at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, Maryland. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, he was the son of the late Stanley and Mary (Bonk) Sebula. Also, proceeding him in death are his sisters, Florence Pichnarczyk, Eleanor Zur, and Carol Sebula.

Henry married the love of...

Ruth M. Sheridan

Ruth M. Sheridan

Oct 15, 2022

On Saturday October 15, 2022, Ruth Mary Sheridan, devoted wife, loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away at home in Sarasota Florida. Ruth passed peacefully in her sleep at the age of ninety.

Ruth was born March 12, 1932, in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey and lived in Manhattan, New York City with her father Clifford H. Owen a prominent New York...

Mary Ellen Dumps

Mary Ellen Dumps

Oct 14, 2022

Mary Ellen Shadell Dumps, age 85, of Abingdon, Maryland passed away on October 14, 2022 at home in Abingdon, Maryland. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of James and Kathryn (Dersam) Shadell and wife of the late William F. Dumps. She belonged to both St. Margaret Catholic Church of Bel Air, MD and St. Francis de Sales Catholic...

Henry Edmund "Ed" Koehler

Henry Edmund "Ed" Koehler

Oct 13, 2022

Henry Edmund "Ed" Koehler, age 84, of Baltimore, Maryland passed away on October 13, 2022 at Sterling Care Riverside in Belcamp, Maryland. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the son of Edmund and Marie Koehler and husband of the late Mary Ann Koehler. He was a veteran of the U.S. National Guard and a member of American Legion Post #180....

Raymond Scarboro

Raymond Scarboro

Oct 13, 2022

Raymond Curtis Scarboro Jr. aka Ray, Sonny, Poppy, Dad, age 83, passed peacefully on October 13, 2022. He was born in his parent’s home in Cooptown, Maryland on January 28, 1939. He graduated from North Harford High School in 1956. It was at North Harford he met his future wife of 57 years, Shirley Jean Anders. He initially worked for...

William "Bill" Leroy Geary. Jr.

William "Bill" Leroy Geary. Jr.

Oct 11, 2022

William "Bill" Leroy Geary Jr., age 87, of Nanticoke, Maryland passed away on October 11, 2022 at his home. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the son of William Geary Sr. and Elma (Starr) Geary. He served in the Army National Guard and worked as a building inspector for the state of Maryland. He enjoyed fishing, boating, and old westerns....

Joseph Engers

Joseph Engers

Oct 10, 2022

Joseph P. Engers, Jr., Born on June 9, 1944 passed away comfortably on October 10, 2022

He was born in Baltimore, MD. Son of the late Joseph P. Engers, Sr. and Virginia Engers.

He graduated from Bel Air high school 1962. He worked for C&P telephone company until he retired. He enjoyed fishing and making wine. He had (3) children Joseph P...

Robert Nicholas Schumacher

Robert Nicholas Schumacher

Oct 10, 2022

Robert Nicholas Schumacher, age 90, of Williamsburg, Virginia, passed away on Monday, October 10, 2022. Robert or "Bob" was born in Gary Indiana to Alice (Marbach) Schumacher and Anthony Schumacher on November 25, 1931. After serving in the Army, he graduated from Purdue University with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He worked for the Martin Co. (now Lockheed Martin) and...

Herbert J. Davis, Sr.

Herbert J. Davis, Sr.

Oct 9, 2022

Herbert Jackson Davis, Sr., 85, of Bel Air, passed away comfortably on October 9, 2022. Born in Chesapeake City, he was the son of Herbert and Anna (Moore) Davis. He married Joyce (Rozell) Davis in 1958 in Plattsmouth, Nebraska. Herb graduated high school in Bel Air in 1955. He was then drafted and served 4 years in the US Air Force...

Elizabeth Rose Niswonger

Elizabeth Rose Niswonger

Oct 8, 2022

Elizabeth Rose Niswonger, age 99, of Aberdeen, Maryland passed away on October 8, 2022 at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland. Born in Ashe County, North Carolina, she was the daughter of Horace and Mattie (Johnston) Moretz and wife of the late Harvey Niswonger. She was a member of the Aberdeen Senior Center, Grace United Methodist Church and...

Everett J. Flynn, Jr.

Everett J. Flynn, Jr.

Oct 8, 2022

Everett J. Flynn, Jr., age 88, of Belcamp, Maryland passed away on October 8, 2022 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, Maryland. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the son of Everett and Flora (Floyd) Flynn and husband of the late Dorothy Jean Flynn. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and retired from Bethlehem Steel in...

Adriana Hepner

Adriana Hepner

Oct 8, 2022

Adriana Hepner, age 86, of Colora, Maryland passed away on October 8, 2022 at Sterling Care Riverside in Belcamp, Maryland. Born in Triestse, Italy, she was the daughter of Mario and Maria Geogetti and wife of the late Edward Hepner.

She had worked at Bata Shoe Company as a seamstress for many years. Her life was dedicated to the care of...

Dr. Larry Gordon Tilley

Dr. Larry Gordon Tilley

Oct 8, 2022

Dr. Larry G. Tilley, 86 years old, of Fallston, MD passed away on Saturday, October 8, 2022. Dr. Tilley was predeceased by his parents George and Evelyn Tilley and his beloved wife of 50 years, Edith P. Tilley.

Dr. Tilley is survived by his sons, David Tilley, Brian Oudemans-Tilley (Elysia Oudemans-Tilley) and Mark Tilley (Tina Tilley); grandchildren, Lauren Foley (Tyler Foley),...

Fat-Chun Tony Chang

Fat-Chun Tony Chang

Oct 7, 2022

Fat-Chun Tony Chang - dedicated husband, father, and scientist - passed away on October 7, 2022 at the age of 72 in Bel Air, Maryland. Fat-Chun was born to Berlin Chang and BiYun Xing in Shanghai, China and spent his early life in Shanghai and Hong Kong before immigrating to America.

Upon first arriving in the US, Fat-Chun worked several jobs,...