Obituaries

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

Don Boats

Don Boats

Nov 17, 2021

Don Boats, age 76, of Aberdeen, Maryland passed away on November 17, 2021 at home in Aberdeen, Maryland. Born in Olean, New York, he was the son of the late Linus L. and Mildred (Newton) Boats and husband of Sarah R. Boats. He was a veteran of the U.S.Army. He enjoyed puttering around and making things. He was a part-time...

Lane Crawford Ikeler

Lane Crawford Ikeler

Nov 16, 2021

Lane Crawford Ikeler, 51, of Bel Air, MD, died of natural causes at his home on November 16, 2021. He was the husband of Laura (Harman) Ikeler. The couple would have celebrated 20 years of marriage in April.

Born on May 6, 1970 in York, PA, Lane was the beloved only child of Lucille and Larry Ikeler. He is survived by...

Eddie Myers

Eddie Myers

Nov 16, 2021

Eddie Myers, age 83, of Elkton, Maryland passed away on November 16, 2021 at Calvert Manor Healthcare Center in Rising Sun, Maryland. Born in New Martinsville, West Virginia, he was the son of the late Charles and Mary (Greathouse) Myers and husband of Sandra Sue Myers. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, bluegrass...

Justina M. Xenakis

Justina M. Xenakis

Nov 15, 2021

 

Justina DeVito Xenakis, age 64, of Forest Hill, Maryland passed away on November 15, 2021 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, Maryland. Justina was born in Long Branch, NJ. She was a graduate of Red Bank Catholic High School and Brookdale Community College. In 1975 she began a 38-year long career as a civilian employee of the U.S....

Janet Blankenship

Janet Blankenship

Nov 15, 2021

 

Janet Blankenship, age 86, of Kingsville, Maryland passed away on November 15, 2021 at her son’s home. Born in Yeager, West Virginia, she was the daughter of Edgar and Myra (Collins) Campbell and wife of the late Jimmie Blankenship. She worked at the A&P/SuperFresh Grocery Store in Joppa for 43 years. She enjoyed time with family, traveling and attending live...

Lythia Raye Smith

Lythia Raye Smith

Nov 15, 2021

Lythia Raye Smith, age 74, of Bel Air, Maryland passed away on November 15, 2021, at Bel Air Health and Rehabilitation in Bel Air, Maryland. Born in Havre de Grace, Maryland, she was the daughter of Donald Harley Smith, Sr. and Mardell Priscilla (nee Busler) Smith. She worked for Bata Shoe Company for 20 plus years before retiring.

Lythia is survived...

Marvin Rembold

Marvin Rembold

Nov 14, 2021

Marvin Murrell Rembold passed away due to an accident at his home on Sunday, November 14, 2021 at the age of 80.

Marvin was born in Joppa and lived his entire life in the area.  He retired in 1996 after 34 years of combined Army and civilian service with the United States Army at the U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center at...

Mie Harada Hartka

Mie Harada Hartka

Nov 14, 2021

Mie Harada Hartka, age 98, of Bel Air, Maryland passed away on November 14, 2021 at Commonwealth Care in Bel Air, Maryland. Born in Japan, she was the wife of the late Frank Stanley Hartka. She worked as a nurse in Japan through World War II before marrying in 1952 and emigrating to the United States. While raising her children,...

Dorothy R. Stambaugh

Dorothy R. Stambaugh

Nov 14, 2021

Dorothy R. Stambaugh, age 96 of Bel Air, Maryland passed away on November 14, 2021 surrounded by her family at home. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, she was the daughter of Gilbert and Margaret (Seeders) Kennedy and wife of 43 years to the late Wilbur Stambaugh. She worked as a Supervisor of Employee Benefits for Alexander & Alexander insurance company. She...

Charles Walter Hawks "Brown"

Charles Walter Hawks "Brown"

Nov 13, 2021

Charlie Walter Hawks “Brown”, age 83, of Bel Air, Maryland passed away on November 13, 2021 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, Maryland. Born in Campbell County, Virginia, he was the son of Charlie and Merlo (Hackworth) Hawks. He worked as a driver for a concrete company and enjoyed hunting, fishing, tending to his garden and he really...

Anna S. Tipton

Anna S. Tipton

Nov 13, 2021

Those who desire may make a contribution to Jarrettsville Volunteer Fire Company, P.O. Box 307, Jarrettsville, MD 21084.

 

The family is asking for masks to be worn while in the facility.

Robert "Bob" Keith Rockwood

Robert "Bob" Keith Rockwood

Nov 12, 2021

Robert K. Rockwood, age 87 of Fallston, MD, passed away on November 12, 2021. Born in Jamestown, NY, he was the son of the late Neil D. Rockwood and Geraldine Whittlesey.

He was devoted to his family and his church. He enjoyed photography, woodworking and gospel music. He graduated from Arcade Central High School in 1952, John Brown University in...

Richard Alessio Vitek

Richard Alessio Vitek

Nov 12, 2021

Rick Vitek was born on December 6, 1961, and was the beloved son of Albert Frank Vitek and Jane Catherine Cosentino Vitek, who predeceased him.  He is survived by his brother Greg (Laurie), nephew Alan (Lauren) and Adeline, Finley and Navy, and nephew Brannan of Gainesville, GA, and by brother Rodney (Joann), and nephew Ben and niece Lilly of Highland,...

Donald Lee Soul

Donald Lee Soul

Nov 12, 2021

 

Donald Soul, age 76, of Abingdon, Maryland passed away on November 12, 2021 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, Maryland. Born in Havre de Grace, Maryland, he was the son of the late Charles and Alice (Long) Soul and husband of Betty (Coldiron) Soul.

In addition to his wife, Donald is survived by his daughter, Connie S. Kern....

John Wesley Harkins

John Wesley Harkins

Nov 10, 2021

John Harkins, age 72, of Forest Hill, Maryland passed away on November 10, 2021 at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland. Born in Harford County, Maryland, he was the son of the late Harold and Ann (Lynch) Harkins and husband of M. Phyllis Harkins for 36 years.

John loved his wife Phyllis very much and his family, dogs,...

Tammy Lynn Lyons

Tammy Lynn Lyons

Nov 9, 2021

Tammy Lynn Lyons formerly of Havre de Grace, Md. was born on April 16, 1961, and passed away on November 9, 2021 at the age of 60. She was preceded in death by her loving parents Jack and Jane Lyons and is survived by her brother Jack Lyons Jr. and nephew Brandon Lyons. She is loved by all of her family...

Audrey Elizabeth Gross

Audrey Elizabeth Gross

Nov 9, 2021

Audrey Elizabeth Gross, 94, of Woodleaf, North Carolina, formerly of Joppa, Maryland, went home to be with her Lord and Savior at the Novant Health Glenn A. Kiser Hospice House in Salisbury, NC on November 9, 2021.

 

She was the daughter of the late Thomas Eichelberger and Gertrude McCoy Eichelberger, born in Carroll County, Md. on May 14, 1927.She was preceded...

Elizabeth Gelene Haulsey

Elizabeth Gelene Haulsey

Nov 8, 2021

Elizabeth Gelene Haulsey, age 93, of Bel Air, Maryland passed away on November 8, 2021 at Lorien Bulle Rock in Havre de Grace, Maryland. Born in Yadkinville, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Felix and Elsie Mae (Crouse) Edwards. She enjoyed watching the Baltimore O’s and talked about all the players as though she knew them personally....

Charles "Chuck"  W. Ruzicka

Charles "Chuck" W. Ruzicka

Nov 7, 2021

On November 7, 2021, Charles “Chuck” Ruzicka, age 85, of Abingdon, MD passed away at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, MD.  Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Charles and Ethel (Riley) Ruzicka. Chuck was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and served from 1956 to 1960.  He enjoyed tennis and boating and...

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