Obituary Listing

Kenneth Eugene Smith

Kenneth Eugene Smith

May 13, 2010

Kenneth Eugene Smith, 82, of Hampstead died Thursday, May 13, 2010 at his residence. Born in Greenmount on June 18, 1927, he was the son of the late William Smith and Martha Lohmeyer Smith. He was the husband of Patricia Anne "Annie" Williams Smith, his wife of 42 years, who died on Saturday, May 31, 2003. He was a carpenter...

Lloyd A. Lyons

Lloyd A. Lyons

May 9, 2010

Lloyd Asberry Lyons, 65, of Manchester, died Sunday May 9, 2010 at his residence. Born on October 7, 1944 in Westminster, he was the son of the late Lawrence Asberry Lyons and Printie Bell Quesenberry Lyons. He was the husband of Rachel I. Bull Lyons, his wife of 46 years. He served his country in the United States Army during...

Howard M. Stierhoff

Howard M. Stierhoff

May 8, 2010

Howard M. Stierhoff, 80, of Westminster died Saturday, May 8, 2010 at the Dove House in Westminster. Born August 19, 1929 in Pikesville, he was the son of the late Oscar Free Stierhoff and Mary Emma Eck man Stierhoff. He was the companion of 45 years of Y. Darlene Thrasher Stierhoff, who was married to for 33 years. He was...

James Raymond "Ray" Rau, Jr.

James Raymond "Ray" Rau, Jr.

May 5, 2010

James Raymond " Ray" Rau, Jr. 85 years old of Carroll Lutheran Village in Westminster, died on Wednesday, May 5, 2010 at the Carroll Hospice Dove House. Born September 25, 1924 in Baltimore, he was the son of the late James Raymond, Sr., and Minnie Fehrer Rau. He was twice married; the late Shirley E. Doelle Rau who died in...

John L. Frost, Jr.

John L. Frost, Jr.

May 4, 2010

John Lawrence Frost Jr., age 92, of Reisterstown died Tuesday May 4, 2010 at his home after a brief illness. Born January 13, 1918 in Norfolk Virginia, he was the son of the late John L. Frost Sr. and Clara Forbes Frost. He was the husband of the late Florence Dean Frost who died in 1995. Mr. Frost was a...

Barbara Vyskocil

Barbara Vyskocil

May 2, 2010

Barbara Vyskocil, 58, of Glen Rock, PA died Sunday, May 2, 2010 at Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, PA. Born on February 28, 1952 in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late John Szymanski and Helen Rydzewski Szymanski. She was the wife of Michael Vyskocil, her husband of 33 years. She was a homemaker and a member of St....

Carolyn Ann Price

Carolyn Ann Price

May 1, 2010

Carolyn Ann Price age 69 of Manchester, MD died Saturday May 1, 2010 at the Carroll Hospital Center in Westminster. Born on April 30, 1941 in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late George Jacob and Frances Catherine Knoll Meyer. She had worked in the deli, produce and seafood departments at the Weis Food Market in Hampstead, MD. Years...

Pastor Peter Whitting

Pastor Peter Whitting

May 1, 2010

Pastor Peter W.T. Whitting, 63 years old of Pikesville, MD., died Saturday, May 1, 2010 at his home. Born June 4, 1946 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, he was the son of the late Thomas and Rose (Fraser) Whitting. Peter was the husband of Charlotte Ann Whitting (nee Cordell). Mr. Whitting pastored the New Life Fellowship congregation of Baltimore, MD...

Carol Olson

Carol Olson

April 30, 2010

Carol Martin Olson Born 8/13/1938 in Folcroft, PA. Died 4/30/2010 in a snorkeling accident in Freeport, Grand Bahama, Bahamas while on a cruise. Carol was the elder daughter of Richard "Roy" and Emily Martin. She is survived by her husband, Dr. Harry A. Olson, son David Barclay Olson and sister Bonnie Lee Cupples. Carol resided in the Beckett Green Community...

Robert Wayne Thompson, Sr.

Robert Wayne Thompson, Sr.

April 28, 2010

Robert Wayne Thompson, Sr., 70, of Hampstead died Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Born on January 21, 1940 in Maryland, he was the son of the late Donald McClellan Thompson and Martha Elizabeth Long Thompson. He was the husband of Betty Ruth Rill Thompson, his wife of 42 years. He was a retired mechanic for...

Gerald Gilbert Reese

Gerald Gilbert Reese

April 26, 2010

Gerald Gilbert Reese, 58, of Lineboro died Monday, April 26, 2010 at the Dove House in Westminster. Born on November 11, 1951 in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Gilbert Lee Reese and Virginia Caroline Stoner. He was the husband of Linda Lewis, his wife of 32 years. He was a chemist for Davison Chemical, W.R. Grace for...

Clara Maria Murray

Clara Maria Murray

April 23, 2010

Clara Maria Murray, 91 years old, of Reisterstown, died on Friday April 23, 2010 at her home. Born January 31, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Irving L. and Katherine Schmidt Green. She was the wife of the late George H. Murray, who died in 1986. She was a graduate of Franklin High School. At one time she...

Donna Jean Gerkin

Donna Jean Gerkin

April 15, 2010

On Thursday, April 15, 2010, DONNA JEAN GERKIN, nee Dively, 60, of Reisterstown died at her residence. She was the mother of Patricia Ann Novac, grandmother of Stephen, Kyle, and Shelby Hartley and Rachelle Novac, sister of Kitty Tracey and Robin DeCicco and also survived numerous nieces and nephews. At the request of Ms. Gerkin, her service and interment are...

Gladys Wheeler-Cofiell

Gladys Wheeler-Cofiell

April 14, 2010

Gladys Wheeler-Cofiell, 80 years old of Westminster, died Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at Transitions Health Care in Sykesville. Born July 11, 1929 in Texas, She was the daughter of the late Religh H. Hargett and Edna Ethel Strahan Hargett. She was the wife of Robert M. Cofiell. She was a seamstress, an accomplished painter and enjoyed other arts and crafts...

Mary Irene Newberry

Mary Irene Newberry

April 10, 2010

On Saturday, April 10, 2010, MARY IRENE NEWBERRY, nee Commarata, 88, of Owings Mills, died at Cherrywood in Reisterstown. She was the beloved wife of the late Charles E. Newberry, her husband of 48 years, who died in 1989; devoted mother of Marilyn Lemmerman and her husband John; loving grandmother of Shari Mako and Mandi Taylor; step grandmother of John...

Hilda Mielke Lang

Hilda Mielke Lang

April 10, 2010

Hilda Leola Bosley Mielke Lang, 94, of Upperco, died Saturday, April 10, 2010, at Cross Keys Brethren Home. Born May 10, 1915, in Parkton, she was the daughter of the late Clarence Henry Bosley and Lily Viola Naylor Bosley. She was the wife of the late George Lewis Mielke, and of Jacob Oliver Lang Jr., her husband of 38 years....

Samuel Joseph Collett

Samuel Joseph Collett

April 6, 2010

Samuel Joseph Collett age 92 of Finksburg, MD. died Tuesday April 6,2010 at the Golden Living Nursing Center in Westminster, MD. Born Feb. 17, 1918 in Baltimore, MD. he was the son of the late Thomas Collett and Sadie Brown Collett. He was the husband of the late Margaret E. Collett, who died in 2004. He was a manager for...

William George Russell "G.R." Bell

William George Russell "G.R." Bell

April 5, 2010

William George Russell Bell, 92, of Uniontown, died Monday, April 5, 2010. Born March 26, 1918, in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Eleanor Russell Bell and Thomas Walter Bell. He was the husband of the late Elizabeth Ridgely Nagle. He was a railroad man for 35 years, and was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen....

Charlotte "Chotts" E. Harmon

Charlotte "Chotts" E. Harmon

April 4, 2010

Charlotte "Chotts" E. Harmon age 82 of Reisterstown, MD. died Sunday April 4, 2010 at the Bond's Forest Country Care in Finksburg, MD. Born Feb. 26, 1928 in Linthicum Heights, MD. she was the daughter of the late Charles Albert and Jennie Evans Schneider. She was the wife of the late Virgil Eugene "Gene" Harmon who died Nov. 13, 1992....

Rosalie Frances Lorenzet

Rosalie Frances Lorenzet

April 4, 2010

On April 4, 2010, Rosalie Frances, 91 years old of Reisterstown, beloved wife for 73 years of Ottavio Lorenzet. Loving mother of Steven Lorenzet, his wife Maria and the late Rosalie O. Lorenzet who died in 1996. Grandmother of Steven Joseph Lorenzet, his wife Kimberly and Dina Maria Lorenzet. Great grandmother of Emilia and Stephanie. Friends may call on Thursday...