Obituaries

Evelyn Parks
Aug 9, 2009
Evelyn Dora Manger Parks, 80 of Eldersburg, MD, died Sunday August 9, 2009 at the Dove House in Westminster. She was the spouse of the late Clarence Cook Parks. She was born January 23, 1929 in Baltimore, MD the daughter of the late Andrew Charles Manger, Sr. and late Edna Grace Saunders Manger. Mrs. Parks was formerly a Telephone Operator...

Mildred Stem
Aug 5, 2009
Mildred Irene Stem (nee Glenn), age 80, of Sykesville, died Wednesday August 5, 2009 at Carroll Hospice, Inc.-Dove House in Westminster, MD. She was born March 19, 1929 in Inola, Oklahoma, the daughter of the late Charles Glenn and the late Gertrude Glenn (nee Farley). She was the wife of Carlton W. Stem. She retired in 1984 after 36 years...

Carolyn Block
Aug 4, 2009
Carolyn Arnold Block, age 79, of Catonsville, died Tuesday August 4, 2009 at her home. She was born September 12, 1929 in Baltimore, MD the daughter of the late Edward Arnold and the late Ruth Knight Arnold. She was the wife of the late Stanley Francis Block. She was a housewife. She was the mother of Tim, Mark, Stephen, Kurt,...

Connie Backof
Aug 2, 2009
Connie A. Backof (nee Adams), age 57, of Mt. Airy, died Sunday August 2, 2009 at Frederick Memorial Hospital, Frederick , MD., surrounded by her loving family. She was born May 7, 1952 in Louisville, KY. She was a Medical Secretary for Dr. McCorkle in Owings Mills for over 20 years. She was a member of St. Peter the Apostle...

Lena Ballard
Jul 29, 2009
Lena Finch Ballard, 80, of Ellicott City , died Wednesday, July 29, 2009 . Born November 4, 1928 , in Morgan County, Kentucky, she was the daughter of the late George W. and Thelma (Jones) Finch. She was the wife of the late Quentin L. Ballard. Dr. Ballard dedicated her professional life as an educator to the well being of...

Luann Kenzie
Jul 26, 2009
LuAnn Kenzie (formerly Beavers), age 67, of Mt. Airy, died Sunday July 26, 2009 at her home. She was born August 27, 1941 in Carson City, Michigan, the daughter of the late Bernard Frank Kenzie and the late Marjorie Hazelton Kenzie. LuAnn grew up on Pleasant Lake northeast of Jackson, MI. She graduated from Jackson High School, Class of 1959....

James Russell
Jul 23, 2009
James Thomas Russell, Sr., age 90, formerly of Eldersburg, died Thursday July 23, 2009 at Longview Nursing Home in Manchester. He was born May 21, 1919 in Maryland the son of the late John Joseph Russell and the late Clara Agnes Ross Russell. He was a truck driver for Motor Freight Express. He enjoyed Camping, crabbing and fishing. He was...

Dorothy Ostendorf
Jul 21, 2009
Dorothy Patricia Ostendorf (nee Brown), age 80, of Taylorsville formerly of Ellicott City, died on Tuesday July 21, 2009 at Ridge Overlook Assisted Living in Taylorsville. She was born September 20, 1928 in Baltimore, MD the daughter of the late Samuel T. Brown and the late Laura Stallings Brown. She was the devoted wife of the late Edgar David Ostendorf,...

Verna Roehrle
Jul 20, 2009
Verna Helen Roehrle, age 88, Formerly of Ellicott City, died Monday July 20, 2009 at Carroll Lutheran Village in Westminster, MD. She was born January 22, 1921 in Woodlawn, MD the daughter of the late Carroll G. Roehrle and late Helen A. Terry Roehrle. She was predeceased by her brother, Vernon C. Roehrle. She was a graduate of Catonsville High...

Thomas Zebroski
Jul 13, 2009
Mr. Thomas Edward Zebroski , 81 of Woodbine, MD, died Monday July 13, 2009 at home in Woodbine. He was the Fiancé’ of Virginia Arnold of Woodbine. He was born March 8, 1928 in Huntington, PA the son of the late John J Zebroski and Josephine (Ofiarski) Zebroski. He was the owner/operator of Zebroski Excavating He worked for the Railroad...

John Subock
Jul 11, 2009
Mr. John T. Subock 48 of Finksburg, MD, died Saturday July 11, 2009 after a long battle with Cancer that put him through 88 Chemotherapy Treatments. He was the spouse of Lisa Ann (Kennedy) Subock of Finksburg. He was born November 15, 1960 in Baltimore, MD the son of Faith A. (Watts) Subock of Randallstown and the late Robert Lewis...

Ruth Hickey
Jul 5, 2009
Ruth M. Hickey (nee Carman), age 85, of Sykesville, formerly of Anne Arundel County, died Sunday July 5, 2009 at Carroll Hospital Center in Westminster, MD. She was born August 14, 1923 in Baltimore, MD the daughter of the late William S. Carman and the late Lillian A. Carman (nee Newton). She was a Supervisor Data Processing Department for the...

Wilbur Fleagle
Jul 2, 2009
Wilbur J. Fleagle, 91 of Eldersburg formerly of Columbia, died Thursday July 2, 2009. He was the spouse of the late Harriette (Hayes) Fleagle. He was born March 22, 1918 in Waynesboro, PA the son of late Clarence W. Fleagle and late Marie (Utz) Fleagle. Retired after working 30 years at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab. He was a WWII...

Henry Shipley
Jun 25, 2009
Henry David Shipley, age 57, died Thursday June 25, 2009 at University Hospital, Baltimore, MD. He was born April 17, 1952 in Hanover, PA the son of the late George F. Shipley, Sr. and the late Pearl E. Shipley (nee Ford). He was the husband of Joyce M. Shipley (nee Morrow). He worked for Springfield State Hospital as a LPN...

Mary Kusterer
Jun 19, 2009
Mary Catherine Kusterer (nee Hastings), age 50, of Randallstown, died Friday June 19, 2009 at Seasons Hospice Center at Northwest Hospital Center in Randallstown, MD. She was born September 7, 1958 in Arlington, VA the daughter of Marguerite M. Hastings (nee Clarke) of Randallstown and the late Frank E. Hastings. She graduated from Randallstown High School in 1976 and was...

Edwin Yohn
Jun 18, 2009
Edwin Lionel Yohn 66 of Winfield, MD, died Thursday June 18, 2009 at Golden Living Nursing Home in Westminster, MD. Mr. Yohn was the spouse of Shirley Jean (Bishop) Yohn. Mr. Yohn was born April 22, 1943 in Frederick, MD the son of the late Lionel Yohn and late Margaret Lee (Dorsey) Yohn. Mr. Yohn was self Employed as a...

Marjorie Devries
Jun 12, 2009
Marjorie Lee DeVries (nee White), age 83, of Ellicott City died Friday June 12, 2009 at Howard County General Hospital. She was born July 11, 1925 in Baltimore, MD the daughter of the late Lewis M. White and the late Anna Capps White. She was a homemaker and loved gardening. Beloved wife of the late Edward Wadlow DeVries. Devoted mother...

June Becker
Jun 12, 2009
June Mildred Becker (nee Cummings), age 82, originally of Long Island, NY died Friday, June 12, 2009, at Ridge Overlook Assisted Living in Taylorsville. She was formerly living in Bellevue, Washington. She was the wife of the late Ira F. Becker, Jr. She was born January 1, 1927, in Bronx, NY, the daughter of the late Clarence & Florence Cummings....

Wayne Wagner
Jun 11, 2009
Wayne William Wagner 26, of Taylorsville, MD, died suddenly due to a Automobile accident Thursday June 11, 2009 in Clarksville, MD. He was born December 26, 1982 in Carroll County MD the son of Wayne Ernest Wagner of Taylorsville and Donna Gail (Wright ) Wagner of West Virginia. He was a student at Lincoln Technical Institute where he was studying...

William Moffitt
Jun 10, 2009
William M. Moffitt, Sr., age 82, of Mt. Airy, died Wednesday, June 10 2009. Born in Buladean, North Carolina, on May 4, 1927, he was the son of the late Elzia and Hester Francis Moffitt. He was the husband of M. Sue Moffit, his wife of 60 years and was the last of his immediate family. Extremely patriotic, he was...