Obituary Listing

Jonathan D. Burgesen

Jonathan D. Burgesen

July 12, 2013

Jonathon D. Burgesen, 43 years old of Catonsville, died Friday, July 12, 2013 at his home. Born August 30, 1969 in Baltimore, he was the son of Michelle Y. Rosenberg Burgesen, stepson of Frederick Burgesen and son of Jonathon Johanson. He was the stepbrother of Carol Feeley. A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, July 20th at 11:00 AM...

Joan Emma Holland

Joan Emma Holland

July 11, 2013

Joan Emma Holland, 80 years old of Boring, MD died Thursday, July 11, 2013 at the Carroll Hospital Center. Born January 23, 1933 in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Edward Joseph Dunn and Katherine Ann Biegel Dunn. She was the wife of Robert C. Holland. She was a member of Christ the King Lutheran Church, and former...

Mary A. Schaffer

Mary A. Schaffer

July 7, 2013

Mary A. Schaffer, 96, of Manchester, died Sunday July 7, 2013 at her daughter's home in Westminster. Born February 14, 1917 in Jefferson, PA, she was the daughter of the late Harry Rudisill and Jennie Wildasin Miller. After retiring from Black and Decker, she enjoyed spending time with family and friends, traveling, quilting, and making "shoofly" pies. She was a...

Virginia B. Ensor

Virginia B. Ensor

July 5, 2013

Virginia B. Ensor, 84 years old of Owings Mills, died Friday, July 5, 2013 at the Seasons Hospice in Randallstown. Born May 29, 1929 in Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Gifford E. Blaylock and Lydia Sophia Bode Blaylock. She was the wife the late Roger L. Ensor, Sr. who died in 2000. She was in the real...

Barbara Lee Plempel-Lebrun

Barbara Lee Plempel-Lebrun

July 3, 2013

Barbara Lee Plempel-LeBrun, 73, of Monkton, died Wednesday, July 3, 2013, at Gilchrist Hospice in Towson. Born Dec. 25, 1939, in Fairmont, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Wilma Mayne Ellis and Richard DeWitt Ellis. Twice married, she was the wife of Alfred Clair Plempel, who died in 1999, her husband of 41 years; and of Howard "Lee"...

Francis Gene Custer

Francis Gene Custer

June 30, 2013

Francis Gene Custer, 77 years old of Westminster, died Sunday, June 30, 2013 at Westminster Ridge Assisted Living. Born June 19, 1936 in Baltimore County, he was the son of the late Maurice D. Custer and Evelyn Mulliniux Custer. He was the husband of the late Viola L. Greaser Custer who died in 2003. He served honorably with the U.S....

Mary Louise Miller

Mary Louise Miller

June 29, 2013

Mary Louise Miller, 94 years old of Upperco, died Saturday, June 29, 2013 at her son's home in Stow, Ohio. Born January 20, 1919 in Maple Grove, Carroll County, she was the daughter of the late William Henry Bortner and Minerva Dubs Bortner. She was the wife for 61 years of John Frank Miller who died in 2004. She was...

Mellow Pendergraph

Mellow Pendergraph

June 27, 2013

James "Mellow" Michael Pendergraph age 48 of Manchester, died Thursday June 27, 2013 at his home. Born January 30, 1965 in Silver Spring, he was the son of Mary Carroll Pendergraph of Beltsville and the late Eugene Ross Pendergraph. He was the husband of Margaret "Peggy" Mary O'Neill Pendergraph. He worked as a Warehouse Manager and IT tech for JMT...

Earl Gilbert Osborn, Jr.

Earl Gilbert Osborn, Jr.

June 27, 2013

Earl Gilbert Osborn, Jr. 52 years old of Owings Mills, died Thursday, June 27, 2013 at the Dove House in Westminster. Born May 22, 1961 in Baltimore, he was the son Martha D. Mellema Osborn and the late Earl Gilbert Osborn, Sr. In addition to his mother, he is survived by his children: Christina and Christopher Osborn, step-children Michael Halwick...

Ida E. Barley

Ida E. Barley

June 27, 2013

Ida E. Barley, 94 years old of Reisterstown, died Thursday, June 27, 2013 at the Cherrywood Nursing Home in Reisterstown. Born February 18, 1919 in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Harry Gamber and Margaret Elizabeth Yox Gamber. She was the wife of the late Robert Barley who died in 1995. She worked at Black & Decker in...

James Maurice Skidmore, Sr.

James Maurice Skidmore, Sr.

June 22, 2013

James Maurice Skidmore, Sr. 81 years old, died Saturday, June 22, 2013 at his Springsbury Township home in York, Pennsylvania. Born September 22, 1931 in Sutton, West Virginia, he was the son of the late Guy Edward Skidmore and Glenna M. James Skidmore. He was the husband of Dorothy Lillian Constantine Skidmore. He was a four year U.S. Navy Veteran....

Mary Louise Calp

Mary Louise Calp

June 21, 2013

Mary Louise Calp age 85 of Hampstead, MD. died Friday June 21, 2013 at the Gilchrist Hospice in Towson, MD. Born Oct. 30, 1927 in Snydersburg, MD. she was the daughter of the late Irvin George and Jenny Mildred Allender Rill. She was the wife of 67 years to Charles Calvin Calp. Years ago she worked at the Hampstead Sewing...

Thomas Straus Gordon, Sr.

Thomas Straus Gordon, Sr.

June 19, 2013

Thomas S. Gordon, age 89, of Westminster, died Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at Carroll Hospice Dove House. He was born on June 10, 1924 in Rochester NY, the son of Mack and Bessie Gordon. His mother died when he was the age of two and he was raised in Baltimore, MD by her sisters, Ada and Edith Straus. He was...

Miriam Elizabeth Armacost

Miriam Elizabeth Armacost

June 18, 2013

Miriam Elizabeth Armacost, 88, of Upperco formerly of Trenton died Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at Dove House in Westminster. Born March 4, 1925 in Hampstead, she was the daughter of the late George Barnhart and wife Margaret and Olive Frederick and husband William. She was the former wife of the late J. William Armacost, whom she was married to for...

Harvey Lewis Battle

Harvey Lewis Battle

June 18, 2013

Harvey Lewis Battle, 67 years old of Reisterstown, died Tuesday, June 18, 2013 in Baltimore. Friends may call on Friday from 5 -9 PM at the Eckhardt Funeral Chapel, P.A. 11605 Reisterstown Rd. Owings Mills and on Saturday at Mount Pleasant AME Church 235 Tollgate Rd. Owings Mills, MD 21117. Family hour from 10 -11 AM, with services at 11:00...

Dallas Jenkins

Dallas Jenkins

June 17, 2013

Dallas Jenkins, 62 years old of Owings Mills, died Monday, June 17, 2013 at his home. Born March 15, 1951 in Owings Mills, he was the son of the late Ernest W. and Thelma Lutz Jenkins. He was the husband of Margaret Terrell-Jenkins, his wife of 30 years. In addition to his wife, he is survived by his daughter: Nicki...

Walter William Connolly

Walter William Connolly

June 17, 2013

Walter William Connolly, 86 years old of Reisterstown, died Monday, June 17, 2013 in Timonium. Born January 13, 1927 in Toledo, Ohio, he was the son of the late Walter W. Connolly and Agnes Marie Connolly (nee McClean) He was the husband of the late Kathleen Ann Connolly (nee Carney) who died in 1996. He was a graduate of Central...

Joan Elizabeth Cornell

Joan Elizabeth Cornell

June 10, 2013

Joan Elizabeth Cornell, 76, of Manchester died Monday, June 10, 2013 At Long View Nursing Home in Manchester. Born October 4, 1936 in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late William Russell Shamer and Elizabeth Rebecca Study Shamer. She was the wife of Joseph Cornelious Cornell, Sr., her husband of 48 years, who died in 2006. Years ago, she...

Kay Church

Kay Church

June 6, 2013

Florence Kathleen (Kay) Church age 66 of Manchester, Md. passed away on Thursday June 6, 2013 at the Carroll Hospital Center in Westminster, MD. Born July 6, 1946 in Bluefield, West Virginia she was the daughter of the late Garland Wiley and Betty Jane Shupe and the wife of 43 years to Ronald Church. Surviving in addition to her husband...

Margaret C. Martin

Margaret C. Martin

June 4, 2013

On Tuesday, June 4, 2013, MARGARET MARTIN (nee Carroll), 81, of Reisterstown. She was the beloved wife of John T. Martin, Sr., her husband of 52 years; mother of Susan Miko and husband Don, John Martin, Jr. and wife Sandi, Carolyn Eichler and husband John, Jr., and Maryanne Bailey and husband Harold; grandmother of Donny, Shannon, Steve, Matty, Maggie, Katie,...