Obituaries

Mary Gorton
Jun 3, 2009
Mary Jane Gorton, 87, of Mt. Airy died Wednesday, June 3, 2009. Born June 27, 1921 in Washington, D.C. She was the only child of Dr. William Howard and Marie (Conway) Gorton. She was the wife of the late Fred Beuchert, Jr and the former wife of James Craighead. She was a secretary with the Largo, Florida Department of Transportation...

Earl Hyde
Jun 3, 2009
Earl Lantz Hyde, Jr. 87 of Linwood, MD, died Wednesday June 3, 2009 after an extended Illness. He was the spouse of Nannie Larue (Gosnell) Hyde. He was born June 18, 1921 in New Windsor, MD the son of the late Earl Lantz Hyde, Sr. and the late Lena (Gutman) Hyde. Mr. Hyde worked for C & P Telephone for...

Dorothy Brickerd
May 28, 2009
Dorothy Brickerd (nee Selby), age 75, of Reisterstown, died Thursday May 28, 2009 at Gilchrist Hospice Care, Inc., Towson, MD. She was born December 1, 1933 in Mt. Airy, MD the daughter of the late Leona Selby and the late Helen Lindsay Selby. She was a housewife. She was the mother of late Debra Brickerd, late Mark Brickerd, and late...

Ruby Duerling
May 25, 2009
Ruby L. Duerling (nee Boughan), age 82, died Monday May 25, 2009, at Carroll Lutheran Village Health Care Center in Westminster, MD. She was born May 18, 1927 in Baltimore, MD the daughter of the late Larkin H. Boughan and the late Fannie Mae Boughan (nee Covington). She was a housewife. She was a member of Reisterstown Baptist Church. She...

Harriett Layton
May 24, 2009
Harriett Elizabeth “Hattie” Layton (nee Moyer), age 97, of Woodbine, died Sunday May 24, 2009 at her home. She was born February 24, 1912 in Rockville, MD the daughter of the late George D. Moyer and the late Anna Gertrude Gilliss Moyer. She was a housewife. She was a graduate From Damascus High School and a member of Jennings Chapel...

Harold Heeter
May 23, 2009
Harold E. Heeter, age 77, of Randallstown, died Saturday May 23, 2009 at Northwest Hospital Center, in Randallstown. He was born July 11, 1931 in Akron, Ohio, the son of the late David Heeter and the late Helen Roeger Heeter. He was the husband of the late Sally Walker Heeter. He was an optician for United Optical. He served in...

Ethel Keller
May 22, 2009
Ethel Mae (Dugan) Keller, age 87 of Randallstown, MD died Friday, May 22, 2009 at Gilchrist Hospice Center. She was the wife of Milton Joseph Keller. She was born December 2, 1921 in Maryland, the daughter of the late William Garfield Dugan and Virgie (Duffmeyer) Dugan. She was a retired bus driver for Baltimore County schools, where she worked for...

Emily Gosnell
May 22, 2009
Emily Barbara Gosnell 86 of Sykesville formerly of Reisterstown, died Friday May 22, 2009 at Transitions Health Care. She was the spouse of the late Russell E. Gosnell. She was born June 21, 1922 in Houtzdale, PA. The daughter of the late Valentine Thompson and the late Mary (Wolbeski) Thompson. She was a Bookkeeper for Gosnell Builders. Surviving are children...

Joseph Stephenson
May 21, 2009
Joseph Sykes Stephenson, 77 of Taylorsville formerly of Wheaton, died Thursday May 21, 2009 at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. Joe was the Loving Spouse of over 50 years to Elsie Heflin Stephenson of Taylorsville. He was born July 8, 1931 in Patterson, NJ the son of the late George W. and Miriam Sykes Stephenson. Joe was employed by Goddard Space...

Joyce Fertitta
May 14, 2009
Joyce Lynn (nee McDonaldson) Fertitta, 54 of Baltimore, died Thursday May 14, 2009 at St. Agnes Hospital. She was born May 23, 1954 the daughter of the late Charles Minor McDonaldson and the late Audrey May Poist McDonaldson. Beloved wife of Stephen P. Fertitta, Jr. She was a homemaker. Devoted mother of Lisa Fertitta, Michelle Simpson and Theresa Gibson, dearest...

Roy Ashley
May 5, 2009
Roy Smith Ashley, age 93, of Woodbine, died Tuesday May 5, 2009 at Baltimore Washington Hospital in Glen Burnie, MD. He was born August 28, 1915 in Clifton, N.C. the son of the late Ira Franklin Ashley and the late Minnie Hartsog Ashley. He was the husband of the late Daisy Marie Ashley (nee Roten). He was an Operator/Engineer for...

Sallie Kendall
May 5, 2009
Sallie J. Kendall 67 of Upper Marlboro formerly of Rockville, passed Away Tuesday May 5, 2009 at Washington Hospital Center. She was born March 23, 1942 in Minersville, PA the daughter of the late James Kendall, Sr. and the late Agnes Melvina Giffiths Kendall. Ms. Kendall was an Accounting Manager for Howrey Law Firm. She enjoyed doing crafts and was...

M. Dorsey
May 3, 2009
M. Katherine Dorsey (nee Lowman), age 91, of Baltimore, died Sunday May 3, 2009 at her home. She was born December 17, 1917 in Woodbine, MD the daughter of the late John Lowman and the late Fannie Berry Lowman. She was the wife of the late John A. Dorsey. She retired from transport patient services at Johns Hopkins Hospital in...

Leona House
May 1, 2009
Leona Joyce House (nee Tatum), age 76, of Pikesville, died Friday May 1, 2009 at her home. She was born February 5, 1933 in Virginia the daughter of the late Howard L. Tatum and the late Essie Mae Lewis Tatum. She was the wife of the late Ernest I House. She was an executive for Department of Transportation. She was...

James Bryant
Apr 26, 2009
James E. “Buddy” Bryant, Sr., age 81, of Granite, died Sunday April 26, 2009 at his daughter’s home in Granite. He was born April 11, 1928 in Sneedville, TN, the son of the late Robert Bryant and the late Vina Livesay Bryant. He was the husband of the late RoseMary Dennis Bryant who died on December 2, 2005. He retired...

Mary Sturgeon
Apr 23, 2009
Mary ” Gertrude” Sturgeon, 89 of New Windsor formerly of Catonsville, died Thursday April 23, 2009 at Golden Living in Westminster, MD. She was the spouse of the late Carroll T. Sturgeon, Sr. She was born December 3, 1919 in Baltimore, MD the daughter of the late Arthur Sims and late Ada Jones Sims. She was homemaker . Member of...

Margaret King
Apr 19, 2009
Margaret V. “Auntie” King, 69 of Westminster died Sunday April 19, 2009 after a long illness due to a heart condition. She was born March 22, 1940 in Lewisdale, MD. She was the daughter of the late William and Annie Lyles. In later years she was a resident of Carroll County living in both Eldersburg and Westminster. She had several...

Anne Neher
Apr 18, 2009
Anne C. Neher 54 of Taylorsville, MD, died Saturday April 18, 2009 at home. She was the daughter of the late Benjamin Henry Neher and the late Catherine Rita (O’Neill) Neher. Ms. Neher attended the CHANGE Inc. program held in the Senior Center in Westminster. She loved music, jig saw puzzles,bowling, crafts, shopping and going on trips to Disney World....

James Previti
Apr 17, 2009
Mr. James Previti, 82 of Mt. Airy, passed away at his home on April 17, 2009. He was the beloved husband of Charlotte Elizabeth Martin Previti for 43 years. He always stated proudly that he had never removed his Wedding Band during that time. He was born July 19, 1926 in Philadelphia, PA the son of the late Samuel and...

Ruth Conaway
Apr 16, 2009
Ruth Louise Fleming Conaway, 95, of Woodbine died Thursday, April 16, 2009, at Lorien Nursing Home in Mt. Airy where she had resided for 3 ½ years. Born September 21, 1913, in Woodbine, she was the daughter of the late Charles A. and Josephine Sellman Fleming. She was the wife of Raymond N. “Bud” Conaway, who died in 1992, after...