Obituaries

Alfred Leeds

Alfred Leeds

Feb 13, 2016

Alfred "Al" Kurtz Leeds, 83, passed away on February 13, 2016 at the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Mr. Leeds had been in ill health for a while; for four months prior to his death he had been a resident of the Lorien Riverside nursing home in Belcamp, MD. Al was born on November 1, 1932, in...

George Burns

George Burns

Feb 8, 2016

George Barry Burns, of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away on February 8, 2016. He was 80. Mr. Burns was born in Havre de Grace, MD, to George W. Burns and Hannah Hipple Burns. He received his Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics from Washington College, in Chestertown, MD, and then he worked as a computer specialist for National Cash Register, and...

Mary Francis

Mary Francis

Feb 8, 2016

Mary E. Francis, of Aberdeen, MD, passed away on February 8, 2016. She was 91. Mrs. Francis was born in Darlington, MD, to William Thomas Wright and Edna Carr Wright. She was the wife of the late William Howard Francis, Sr., loving mother of Toni F. Rembold and her husband, Nelson, of Aberdeen, MD, William H. Francis, II and his...

Lois Markland

Lois Markland

Feb 7, 2016

Lois W. Markland, of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away peacefully on February 7, 2016. She was 85. Mrs. Markland was born in Baltimore, MD, to William Elmer Wentworth and Anna Micheau Wentworth. She was the wife of the late William Thomas Markland, loving mother of Timothy C. Markland, Sr., and his wife Catherine, of Abingdon, MD; adored grandmother of...

Donald Baker

Donald Baker

Feb 3, 2016

Donald "Duck" Lee Baker of Havre de Grace, MD passed away at home on February 3, 2016. He was 65. He was the loving husband of the late Sandra Lee Baker. Mr. Baker was born in Havre de Grace, MD to the late Clifton C. and Margaret J. (Owens) Baker. He was the devoted father to Sandra Annette Wright and...

Christine  Kovach

Christine Kovach

Feb 2, 2016

Christine M. Kovach of Havre de Grace, MD passed away on February 2, 2016 at the Harford Memorial Hospital. She was 68. She was the devoted wife of the late Michael Kovach. She was born in Utica, NY to the late William J. and Virginia (Dahl) Schaefer. She was the loving mother of Russell W. Kovach and Peter J. Kovach....

Christopher Harlan

Christopher Harlan

Jan 29, 2016

Christopher M. Harlan of Aberdeen, MD passed away on January 29, 2016 at the Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace, MD. He was 45. He was born in Havre de Grace, MD to William J. and Margaret L. (Sturtevant) Harlan. He was the devoted father to Courtney Brown, Payton, Evelynn and Draven Harlan. He was the adoring poppy to...

Georgia Downs

Georgia Downs

Jan 23, 2016

Georgia C. Downs of Aberdeen, MD passed away surrounded by the love of her family on January 23, 2016. She was 82. She was the devoted wife of the late Alan R. Downs. Mrs. Downs was born in North Carolina to the late George and Mollie (Russell) Osborne. She was the loving mother of Jimmy Dobbs and his partner Robert...

Gilbert Bowers

Gilbert Bowers

Jan 22, 2016

Gilbert Aloysius "Gil" Bowers, 82, of Aberdeen, MD, passed away peacefully on January 22, 2016 at Gilchrist Center Hospice in Towson, MD. Gil was born in Chase, Maryland to Milton Joseph Bowers and Mary Catherine Strehlen Bowers. The youngest of 7 children, Gil grew up on farms near the Chesapeake Bay where he acquired a life-long enthusiasm for hunting, fishing...

Donald Tag

Donald Tag

Jan 13, 2016

Donald Kimball Tag, Jr., known as "Don" to some and "Kimmy" to others, age 73, of Havre de Grace, MD, died on Wednesday, January 13, 2016, at Gilchrist Hospice Center in Towson, MD, after being diagnosed with metastatic cancer of the omentum in August 2015. This cancer from an unknown origin was discovered while being treated for pharyngeal cancer in...

George Eason

George Eason

Jan 12, 2016

George Washington Eason, Jr. passed away on January 12, 2016 at his home in Aberdeen, Maryland. He was 68. He was the husband of the late Sharon L. Eason. Mr. Eason was born in Giessen, Germany to the late George W. Eason, Sr. and Mary Lou (Jernigan) Eason. He was the devoted father to David Eason and his fiance Randi...

Larue Anderson

Larue Anderson

Jan 11, 2016

La Rue Garner Anderson, an Aberdeen, MD, resident for over 50 years, died January 11, 2016, at Oak Crest Village, Parkville, MD, where she resided for the past 18 years. Her family meant everything to her and she is survived by her children Terri Ward and her husband, Lewis, of Havre de Grace, Jonell Hook and her husband, Bruce of...

Robert Hastings

Robert Hastings

Jan 8, 2016

Robert Franklin Hastings, of Salisbury, passed away on January 8, 2016, at the Perry Point VA Medical Center in Perryville, Maryland. He was 67. Mr. Hastings was born in Salisbury on October 13, 1948, to the late Franklin H. and Laura F. (Nickerson) Hastings. A graduate of James M. Bennett High School, he enlisted in the United States Air Force,...

Peter Burns

Peter Burns

Jan 7, 2016

James Peter "Pete" Burns, of Belcamp, MD, passed away on January 7, 2016, of natural causes. He was 68. He was born in Fort Bragg, North Carolina to Peter Ervin Burns and Ruth Larson Burns. Pete will be remembered as the life of the party. He was unfailingly generous, a gentleman who always had a kind word for everyone. As...

Deborah Lowe

Deborah Lowe

Jan 6, 2016

Deborah Ruth Lowe of Forest Hill, MD, passed away on January 6, 2016. She was 55. She was born in Kingsport, TN. She was the daughter Charles D. Lowe and his fiancé, Gail Pyle, of Havre de Grace, MD, and the late June Hawkins Lowe. She was the fiancé of 18 years to Bill Burkley. She enjoyed walking and watching...

Joan Kaylor

Joan Kaylor

Dec 27, 2015

Joan D. Kaylor, of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away on December 27, 2015. She was 80. Mrs. Kaylor was born in Glasgow, PA, to Roy L. Dixon and Eldine L. Boone Dixon. She was the wife of the late John Thomas Kaylor, loving step-mother of Scott L. Kaylor and his wife Rose, of Jacksonville, FL, and Wesley W. Kaylor...

Hazel Bartlebaugh

Hazel Bartlebaugh

Dec 21, 2015

Hazel Helene Bartlebaugh, of Conowingo, MD, passed away on December 21, 2015. She was 93. She was born in Sparta, NC, to Kelly Anderson and Sarah Jane Watson Anderson. She was the wife of the late James Warren Bartlebaugh, loving mother of David William Bartlebaugh and his wife Judith Ann Bartlebaugh, of Conowingo, MD, Nancy Craig and her husband James...

Russell Geter

Russell Geter

Dec 19, 2015

Russell Geter, of Perry Point, MD, passed away on December 19, 2015. He was 84. He was born in Charlotte, NC. Mr. Geter served in the U.S. Marine Corps., from 1952-1954. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, January 7, 2016, at 10:00 AM, at Zellman Funeral Home, P.A., 123 South Washington St., Havre de Grace, MD. US Marine Corps...

Susan Zachry

Susan Zachry

Dec 5, 2015

Susan Gaye Zachry, of Halethorpe, MD, passed away suddenly, on December 5, 2015. She was 48. She was born in Annapolis, MD to Ralph Curtis Zachry of Halethorpe, MD, and Helen Reid Sheaffer of Havre de Grace, MD. She was the loving sister of Sharon Yvonne Zachry and Bobbi Maxine Zachry, both of Havre de Grace, MD, and was the...