Obituaries

Donna Griffith

Donna Griffith

Mar 23, 2015

Donna Lea Griffith of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away on March 23, 2015 at home. She was 61. Ms. Griffith was born in Havre de Grace, MD to the late William H. and Virginia M. (Maurice) Griffith. She was the devoted sister to Sheila A. McCutcheon and her husband Edward and William Griffith, Jr. and his wife Edith. She...

Muriel Gerdom

Muriel Gerdom

Mar 20, 2015

Muriel Frances Gerdom, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on Friday, March 20, 2015. She was 102 years old. Born in Highlands, New Jersey, she was the daughter of the late Frank O. and Carrie (Liming) Thompson. She was married to the late Earnest G. Gerdom who passed away in 1967. Muriel moved to Harford County in 1917 when her...

Carl Logan

Carl Logan

Mar 19, 2015

Carl A. Logan of Oxford, PA, passed away on March 19, 2015. He was 50. He was born in Havre de Grace, MD to Paul Logan and the late Helen B. Barker. Carl was the loving brother to Jim Logan and his wife Dawn, Terry Logan-Bowlan and her husband Donald, Tony Logan, Brenda Logan-Heller, Cynthia Boyd and her husband Michael,...

Barbara Charles

Barbara Charles

Mar 19, 2015

Barbara H. Charles of Havre de Grace, MD passed away surrounded by her family on March 19, 2015. She was 94. She was born in Palmyra, PA to the late John Harold and Viola Blanche (Sanders) Hess. She was the loving mother of Dina Steffie. She was the devoted grandmother to Jennifer Kuck and her husband George, Robin Johnson and...

Elizabeth Borneman

Elizabeth Borneman

Mar 15, 2015

Elizabeth Turner Borneman, of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away on March 15, 2015. She was 94. She was born in Cape Charles, Virginia to Charles Smith Turner, and Virginia Pitts Turner. She was the devoted wife of the late Thomas Earl Borneman, loving mother of Barbara Lockman and her husband James, of Charlotte, NC, and Janice Borneman-Eckels and her...

Roxanne Lapaglia

Roxanne Lapaglia

Mar 11, 2015

Roxanne M. LaPaglia of Churchville, MD passed away surrounded by the love of her family on March 11, 2015 at the Lorien Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was 69. She was the wife of 30 years to Tom LaPaglia. She was born in Baltimore, MD to the Late Guy and Bessie (Bloom) Staley. She was the mother to Jacinda Ewing...

Mary Acker

Mary Acker

Mar 10, 2015

Mary "Joann" Acker, of Conowingo, MD, passed away on March 10, 2015. She was 60 years old. Mrs. Acker was the daughter of William Spicer and Florence Louise Dutton Spicer. She was the devoted wife of 25 years to Theodore Acker, loving mother of Bobbie Jo Farrington and her wife, Pam Haacke of Edgewood, MD, Brenda Jean Farrington and her...

Robert Osborne

Robert Osborne

Mar 6, 2015

Robert E. Osborne of Havre de Grace, MD passed away at home on March 6, 2015. He was 76. He is survived by his loving wife Angela R. Osborne. Mr. Osborne was born in Newhall, WV to the late Edward and Mary Elizabeth (Day) Osborne. He was the father of Tammy Buchanan, Bobbi Jean Huntington, Mona Workman and the late...

Ernest Testerman

Ernest Testerman

Mar 5, 2015

Ernest David "Ernie" Testerman of Darlington passed away suddenly on March 5, 2015. He was 59. Ernie was a lifelong Harford County resident. He graduated from Havre de Grace High school in 1973 and from University of Maryland at Baltimore, School of Pharmacy in 1979, with honors. In 1975 he married Robin Head. After graduation from pharmacy school, Ernie worked...

Richard  Kirkendall

Richard Kirkendall

Mar 2, 2015

Richard D. "Dick" Kirkendall of Havre de Grace, MD passed away on March 2, 2015 at the Citizens Care Center. He was 84 and the devoted husband of 62 years to Jane P. (Kirk) Kirkendall. Mr. Kirkendall was born in Sioux Falls, SD to the late Guy E. and Dorothy (Moss) Kirkendall. He was the loving father of Gary D....

Dr. Paul Grant

Dr. Paul Grant

Mar 1, 2015

Dr. Paul L. Grant passed away at home on March 1, 2015. He was 74. He was the beloved husband of the late Sally Ann Grant. Dr. Grant was born in Baltimore, MD, He was the son of George "Bud" and Mary Myers. He was the loving father to Paul Douglas Grant and his wife Lisa, Andrew Lee Grant and...

René  Lambert

René Lambert

Feb 28, 2015

René A. Lambert passed away at his home surrounded by his family on February 28, 2015. He was 85. He is survived by his loving wife of 60 years Mary (Clark) Lambert. Mr. Lambert was born in Massena, NY to the late Rene and Nora (Dumas) Lambert. He was the devoted father of Karen L. Gorsuch and her husband Scott...

Arthur Coakley

Arthur Coakley

Feb 27, 2015

Arthur E. Coakley, of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away on February 27, 2015. He was 79. Mr. Coakley was born in Havre de Grace, MD, to William C. Coakley and Margaret F. Walker Coakley. He was the devoted husband of the late Patricia Sue Coakley, loving father of Dwayne Coakley and his wife Tammy, Diane Susan Marks, Donna Louise...

Maria Nogales

Maria Nogales

Feb 24, 2015

Maria Luisa Nogales, of Abingdon, MD, passed away on February 24, 2015. She was 80 years old. Mrs. Nogales was born in Lima, Peru, to Alberto Castro and Maria Luisa Franco Castro. She was the devoted wife of the late Vicente Nogales, loving mother of Hernan Robert Nogales and his wife Ida of Lima, Peru, Jorge Enrique Nogales and his...

Frances Oals

Frances Oals

Feb 23, 2015

Frances P. (Fallon) Oals passed away surrounded by the love of her family on February 23, 2015 at the Gilchrist Center in Towson, MD. She was 76. She is survived by her devoted husband James O. Oals. Mrs. Oals was born in Havre de Grace, MD to the late Joseph and Stella (Price) Fallon. She was the devoted mother to...

Richard Garcia

Richard Garcia

Feb 21, 2015

Richard Angel Garcia, of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away on February 21, 2015. He was 57. He was born in San Antonio, TX, to Dionicio Garcia of San Antonio, TX, and Grace Briones Garcia of Los Angeles, CA. Mr. Garcia was the devoted husband of 28 years to Deborah Jo Garcia née Amato. He was the loving father of...

Patricia Anderson

Patricia Anderson

Feb 16, 2015

Patricia Lee Anderson, nee Sand, of Aberdeen, MD, passed away on February 16, 2015. She was 57. She was born in Devil's Lake, North Dakota and adopted by Jacquelyn Marie Walker and Duane Francis Sand (deceased). She was the loving wife of Bruce Anderson of four years. She was the loving step-mother of Shelly Renee Dotson of Sterling, Va, Wendy...

Jean Spudis

Jean Spudis

Feb 6, 2015

Jean B. Spudis, of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away on February 6, 2015. She was 93. Mrs. Spudis was born in Minersville, PA, to Helen Ray. She was the wife of the late Albert A. Spudis, loving mother of Barbara J. Bullock of Rising Sun, MD, and the late Ronald Spudis. Mrs. Spudis was the grandmother of Tony Bullock,...

Bruce Mckinney

Bruce Mckinney

Feb 6, 2015

Bruce Jeffrey McKinney, of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away on February 6, 2015. He was 62. He was born in Pittsburgh, PA, to Joel McKinney and Miriam Dillon McKinney. He was the loving husband of Peggy McKinney (nee Margaret Elizabeth Burns). He was the dear brother of Dr. Cynthia McKinney of Spartanburg, SC, and Brian McKinney of Pittsburgh, PA....

Laurence O'Brien

Laurence O'Brien

Jan 29, 2015

Laurence E. O'Brien of Havre de Grace, MD passed away on January 29, 2015 at the Harford Memorial Hospital surrounded by his family. He was 91. He is survived by his devoted wife of 63 years Mildred C. O'Brien. He was born in New York City, NY to the late Edmund and Helen (Clancy) O'Brien. Mr. O'Brien was the devoted...