Obituaries

Susan Smith

Susan Smith

Dec 7, 2008

Susan Marie Smith, 64 of Mt Airy, MD, passed away peacefully on December 7, 2008 at Howard County General Hospital after a courageous battle with heart disease. She was born Susan Marie Gordon in Lebanon, PA, daughter of the late Forney Bachman Gordon and Frances Katherine (Rhine). She is survived by her loving husband of 47 years, Stewart L. Smith;...

Edna Leuba

Edna Leuba

Dec 5, 2008

Edna Mae Leuba (nee Keefer), age 89, formerly of Randallstown, died Friday December 5, 2008 at Carroll Hospital Center in Westminster. She was born March 8, 1919 in Baltimore, MD the daughter of the late Vance Keefer and the late Nora Mentzer Keefer. She was a Cafeteria Worker for Springfield State Hospital. A Member of Mt. Olive Church, Randallstown. She...

Marie Ridgley

Marie Ridgley

Dec 2, 2008

Marie Evelyn Ridgley (nee Leuba), age 67, of New Windsor, died Tuesday December 2, 2008 at Carroll Hospice-Dove House in Westminster, MD. She was born March 25, 1941 in Baltimore, MD the daughter of Edna Mae Keefer Leuba and the late Henri E. Leuba, Sr. She was a retired aide from Carroll Lutheran Village for 27 years. She loved gardening...

Allen White

Allen White

Nov 30, 2008

Allen Jay White, age 67, of Sykesville, died Sunday November 30, 2008 at his home. He was born June 16, 1941 in Murray, Utah the son of the late Allen Joseph White and the late Geneva Lucille White (nee Enquist). He was the husband of Janice Lee Widdison White. He was a Professional Consultant for Booz Allen Hamilton from 2004...

Eileeen Leake

Eileeen Leake

Nov 29, 2008

Eileen Ruth Leake (nee Bergman), age 65, of Mt. Airy, died Saturday November 29, 2008 at Carroll Hospital Center, Westminster, MD. She was born March 27, 1943 in Baltimore, MD the daughter of the late Gilbert Douglas Bergman and the late Edna A. McCulley Bergman. She worked at Arlington Baptist School for many years as a school bus driver and...

Olive Gassaway

Olive Gassaway

Nov 26, 2008

Olive Gwendoline Gassaway (nee Whittingham), age 82, of Baltimore, died Wednesday November 26, 2008 at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, MD. She was born September 25, 1926 in England, the daughter of the late John and Gladys (Dickens) Whittingham. She was a housewife. She was a member of the First Free Methodist Church, Baltimore. She was the wife of Samuel H....

Peter Tasch

Peter Tasch

Nov 25, 2008

Peter John Tasch, Sr., age 56, of Eldersburg, MD, died Tuesday November 25, 2008 at University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD. Peter John Tasch, Sr. was born on March 18, 1952 in Philadelphia, PA. As the owner and operator of Zi Pani Breads Café in Eldersburg, MD., Peter John Tasch, Sr. was extremely hardworking and a faithful provider for...

Lillian Sier

Lillian Sier

Nov 21, 2008

Lillian D. Thomas Sier of Mt. Airy, went home to be with the Lord Friday November 21, 2008 at Glade Valley Assisted Living and Rehab in Walkersville, MD. She was the spouse of the late James Carlton Sier. Mrs. Sier was born July 16, 1925 in Frederick MD the daughter of the late Guy Thomas and the late Elsie Davis...

Virginia Talbott

Virginia Talbott

Nov 21, 2008

Virginia Lee Adams Talbott, 80 of Westminster formerly of Woodlawn, died Friday November 21, 2008 at Carroll Hospital Center. She was the spouse of Walter M. Talbott, Jr. She was born January 1, 1928 in Baltimore, MD the daughter of the late Duncan L. and late Susan (Cox) Adams. Mrs. Talbott worked 12 years for Fidelity Deposit (Zurich) and was...

R. Seiler

R. Seiler

Nov 15, 2008

R. Jean Morgan Seiler, 84 of Winfield, MD, died November 15, 2008 at her home in Winfield. She was the spouse of the late Raymond Paul Seiler. She was born May 23, 1924 in Ohio, the daughter of the late Jessie Earl Morgan and late Matilda Florence Hughes Morgan. She was a retired from Springfield State Hospital where she had...

Mary Armfield

Mary Armfield

Nov 15, 2008

Mary Elizabeth (Conaway) Armfield 86 of Mt. Airy, MD, died Saturday November 15, 2008 at Lorien of Taneytown. She was the spouse of the late Joseph Thomas Armfield and a life long resident of Mt. Airy. Mrs. Armfield was born April 24, 1922 in Mt. Airy, MD the daughter of the late Thomas A. and late Nettie V. Conaway. She...

Doris Saffron

Doris Saffron

Nov 14, 2008

Doris E. Saffron (nee Euler), age 89, of Winfield, died Friday November 14, 2008, at St. Joseph Hospital. She was born June 13, 1919 in Rockdale, MD the daughter of the late John Wesley Euler and the late Edith May Clutz Euler. She Graduated from Catonsville High School. She was a retired Secretary for Principals for the Baltimore County Board...

Paul Churchill

Paul Churchill

Nov 7, 2008

Paul Gabriel Churchill, 63 of Eldersburg, MD, died Friday November 7, 2008 at his home. He was the spouse of the late Jo Ann (Grammer) Churchill. Who passed away in 1989. He was born July 31, 1945 in Washington, D.C. The son of the late Murray V. Churchill and Lucille (Craven) Churchill. Mr. Churchill was a graduate of The University...

Jay Conaway

Jay Conaway

Nov 5, 2008

Jay William Conaway 84 of Fairhaven, Sykesville, MD, died Wednesday November 5, 2008 at the Dove House in Westminster. Mr. Conaway was born September 15, 1924 in Winfield, MD the son of the late Jay and Amy Conaway. He was the husband of 62 years to Ethel L. Conaway. After graduation from Sykesville High School he was drafted and served...

Hilda Porter

Hilda Porter

Nov 5, 2008

Mrs. Hilda R. Porter, 85 of Mt. Airy, died Wednesday November 5, 2008 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. She was born October 1, 1923 in Sykesville, MD the daughter of the late Felix and late Minnie (Miller) Linton. She was the wife of the late William E. Porter who predeceased her in 2000. Mrs. Porter was a member of the Howard...

Jamison Whittington

Jamison Whittington

Nov 3, 2008

Jamison Ann Elizabeth Whittington, 4 of Mt. Airy, MD, died Monday November 3, 2008 at Children’s Hospital in Washington, D.C. She was born November 3, 2004 in Westminster, MD the daughter of John Timothy Whittington and Jennifer Lee (Ratliff) Whittingham. She loved going to school and playing with her brothers. She was the loving Granddaughter of Barbara and Billy Kempton...

George Wagner

George Wagner

Nov 2, 2008

George Everett Wagner (affectionately known as Pud and Pap Pap) died peacefully on November 02, 2008, at his home near Taylorsville, Mt. Airy, MD. He was born March 31, 1922, in Unionville, Frederick County, MD. He was the son of the late Charles and Esther Wagner of Misty Meadow Farm, Mt. Airy, MD. He was the devoted husband of Doris...

Ronald Smith

Ronald Smith

Oct 19, 2008

MACM Ronald James Smith, USN-RET, age 69, of Randallstown, died Sunday October 19, 2008 at Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, MD. He was born October 8, 1939 in Oneida, New York, the son of the late Jerald Smith and the late Alberta Wheedon Smith. He was the husband of Diane P. Davis. He was a Master Chief Master-At-Arms in The US Navy...

Cordelia Manger

Cordelia Manger

Oct 18, 2008

Cordelia Manger departed this life quietly early on Saturday, October 18 2008 in Baltimore, MD. She was born June 4, 1917 in Colby Wisconsin, the first child of the Rev. Albert and Sarah Scherry. She was preceded in death by her husband Walter C. Manger. Her early life was spent in Orrville, OH where she completed her secondary education. She...

Kathleen Snowden

Kathleen Snowden

Oct 16, 2008

Mrs. Kathleen Irene Snowden died Thursday, October 16, 2008 at her home in New Market. Born in Mount Airy on August 1, 1933, she was the wife of the late William Kenneth Snowden and daughter of the late Grafton Ignatius and Goldie Irene Dorsey. Mrs. Snowden was a member of Simpson Christian Community Church, New Market. She retired from the...