Obituaries

Jan 10, 2018

Michael John Katafiasz 54 of Mount Airy, MD passed away Wednesday, January 10, 2018, quietly at home surrounded by his loved ones. Beloved husband of Maureen Moriarty. Born July 14, 1963 in Michigan, the son of Virginia and the late Raymond Katafiasz. Michael was a Navy veteran and a retired Captain in the Howard County Fire and Rescue Service. He...

Jan 10, 2018

Mary Jane Pahl (nee Cunningham), 87, of Pikesville, MD died Wednesday, January 10, 2018 at Season's Hospice at Northwest Hospital in Randallstown, MD. Mary Jane was the wife of Leslie C. Pahl, Sr., for 67 years. She was born November 26, 1930 in Baltimore, Maryland, daughter of the late Ormond G. Sr., and Augusta (Gussie) Cunningham. She was predeceased by...

Jan 7, 2018

Gilbert Cullins Mayne, Sr., 86 of Mt. Airy, MD died Sunday, January 7, 2018. Beloved husband of the late Betty Louise (nee Frizzell) Mayne. He was born November 15, 1931 in Florence, MD, the son of the late William & Mary Elizabeth (Shipley) Mayne. Mr. Mayne was a Dairy Farmer; and loved wildlife, Farming and horse racing. He was a...

Jan 7, 2018

John H. “Jack” Whittington, age 72, of Frederick, MD., formerly of Union Bridge, MD, died Sunday, January 7, 2018 at Frederick Memorial Hospital in Frederick, MD. Jack was born December 28, 1945 in Baltimore, MD; the son of the late Emory M. Whittington and the late Marjorie Buck Whittington. He was retired from Verizon as a Supervisor; former owner of...

Jan 6, 2018

Marilyn Naill (nee Smith), 71 of Union Bridge, MD died on Saturday, January 6, 2018 at her home. She was born June 10, 1946 in Charlottesville, VA the daughter of late Ruby Hawkins (nee Rush) and the late Willard Smith. The loving wife of Ernest S. Naill, Sr. She was a retired Mail Carrier. Member of Locust Grove Church of...

Jan 6, 2018

Joyce Mathis, 78, of Sykesville, MD died Saturday, January 6, 2018 at Carroll Hospital Center. Joyce was the spouse of the late Dewey Mathis. She was born July 10, 1939 in Lemont Furnace, Pennsylvania, the daughter of the late Frank James & the late Gladys Weaver (nee Yauger). Joyce held several employment positions over her lifetime including being a nanny,...

Jan 5, 2018

On January 5, 2017 Mary Louise “Mary Lou” Reed (nee Brown) 87, of Carroll Lutheran Village formerly of Randallstown. Beloved wife of the late J. Edward Reed. Devoted mother of Deborah L. Reed, James E. Reed (Christine) & Sang Truong (Tien). Loving Grandmother of Brandon, Brianna & Brittany Reed Lt.j.g Andrew & Tiffany Truong. The family will receive friends on...

Jan 2, 2018

Glenn Taylor, 50 of Finksburg Passed January 2, 2018. He was born April 26, 1967 in Prince George’s County The son of Millard “Dale” Taylor and Gladys Ruth Arlene (Hurley) Taylor Glenn loved music and writing music, he majored in Jazz Piano Performance at Towson State University. Surviving him in addition to his parents are daughters: Lauren and Kathryn and...

Jan 1, 2018

Robert E. “Bob” Franklin, age 81, of Mt. Airy, died Monday, January 1, 2018 at his home. He was born November 27, 1936 in Taylorsville, MD., the son of the late James Arthur Franklin and the late Helen Sier Franklin. He was the loving husband of Sharon Wright Franklin for 59 years. Bob graduated from Mt. Airy High School in...

Dec 25, 2017

Sarah Ellen Duff (McIntyre), age 72, of Westminster, died Monday, December 25, 2017 at Frederick Memorial Hospital in Frederick, MD. She was born January 31, 1945 in Quarrier, West Virginia, the daughter of the late William E. McIntyre and the late Ellen Elizabeth “Nellie” McIntyre (nee Challis). She was the husband of the late Nathan Edgar Duff, Jr. She was...

Dec 25, 2017

Gary Nathaniel Bowen, age 74, of Havre De Grace, Maryland died on Monday, December 25, 2017, at his home. Gary was born in Baltimore, Maryland on May 13, 1943, the son of the late Carl Sylvester Close and the late Geraldine Elizabeth Calvert Close. He had been a member of the United States Army 82nd Airborne division as a paratrooper....

Dec 24, 2017

Erna Meyer Bunn, 90 Erna Meyer Bunn, 90, of Columbia, MD, passed away at 1:45 AM on Sunday, December 24, 2017 from ovarian cancer at Homestead Assisted Living at Sun Valley in Eldersburg, MD. She was born August 3, 1927 in Grohn, Germany to Carl and Sophie Meyer. Erna married the late Paul Meredith Bunn on July 20, 1949 in...

Dec 21, 2017

Robert “Bob” Smolar, 72 of Sykesville, MD passed away on Thursday, December 21, 2017. Bob was the companion of Carolyn Mae Davis for 38 years. Bob was born September 9, 1945 in Holton, Maine, the son of the late Florence and Anton Smolar. Bob was also preceded in death by his brother Ronald Smolar. He served in the United States...

Dec 20, 2017

Dec 20, 2017

Rose Marie Mettle July 13, 1934 - December 20, 2017 Rose Marie Mettle (née Arena) of Eldersburg, Maryland, passed away on December 20, 2017 in Westminster, Maryland, after a brief illness. She was 83. The third of four children, Rose was born July 13, 1934 in Baltimore to Rosario Dominic Arena and Asunta "Susie" Angela Arena (née Roccisano), Rose, known...

Dec 15, 2017

Stanley “Stan” Joseph O’Brien, 53 of Mt. Airy, MD passed on to our Heavenly Father on December 15, 2017. He was born August 25, 1964, in Baltimore, MD the son of Wayne G. O’Brien & Delia (nee Doxzen) O’Brien. Stan worked for the Federal Government in Information Technology. He loved the outdoors, playing guitar and fishing. He is also survived...

Dec 13, 2017

Jeanne A. McKean (nee Pfeiffer), age 88, of Sykesville, MD, passed away, Wednesday, December 13, 2017 at the Dove House, an affiliate of Carroll Hospital. Born August 2, 1929, she was the widow of Thomas J. McKean (the love of her life) and the daughter of the late W. Albert Pfeiffer and Margaret Tober Pfeiffer. She lived the first half...

Dec 11, 2017

Mrs. Madeline Franklin Strader, age 91, died on Monday 11th December 2017 at Fairhaven Retirement Community in Sykesville, MD, her home since 2006. She was born in Woodbine, MD on October 13, 1926, the daughter of the late Herman McKinley Franklin and Elzie Iris Ripley Franklin. She was predeceased by her beloved husband of 57 years, Warren V. Strader in...

Dec 5, 2017

Robert G. Bookhultz, 31 of Sykesville formerly of Laurel Passed Suddenly December 5, 2017 He was the spouse of Amber Bookhultz Mr. Bookhultz was born June 1, 1986 in Baltimore, MD the son of Sandy Bianco and Robert G. Bookhultz, Sr. and wife Marlene Bookhultz. He had attended Century High School. Surviving him in addition to his wife and parents...

Dec 3, 2017

Waddell Thomas Sims Services will be held at 1 p.m. for Waddell Thomas Sims (Simmie) age 83 at Burrier-Queen Funeral Home and Crematory 1212 W. Old Liberty Rd. Winfield, Maryland 21784 . He was a resident of Columbia, S.C. for over four decades. He died on Sunday morning, December 3, 2017 at the WJB Dorn VA hospital in South Carolina....