obituaries

Jan 28, 2015

Family and friends are welcomed for a memorial visitation on Friday, January 30, 2015 from 5:00pm-7:00pm at Barranco and Sons, P.A. Severna Park Funeral Home. A memorial service will be held on Friday, January 30, 2015 at 7:00pm at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the ALS Association at www.alsa.org Please check back for the full obituary....

Jan 27, 2015

Michael Christopher Wood Father, husband, friend & coach, passed to God on January 27th 2015 after fighting complications of pneumonia. He was 50 years old. Chris was born September 27, 1964 in Baltimore. He was raised in Sherwood Forest and attended St. Mary's and Annapolis High Schools. He graduated from the University of Maryland in 1988, working his way through...

Jan 24, 2015

Constance "Connie" Ledger Lavallee, 75 years old, a 36 year resident of Severna Park, Maryland passed away peacefully from cancer at home surrounded by her loving family. The daughter of the late Edgar and Mary Sullivan Ledger was born in Springfield, MA on January 16, 1940. She was predeceased by her sister, Elizabeth Ryan. She graduated from University of Massachusetts...

Jan 23, 2015

Edward Joseph McCafferty of Severna Park, Maryland died peacefully Friday January 23, 2015 at his son's home surrounded by family. He was 75 years old and is survived by four children, Edward (Lisa) McCafferty of South Riding, VA, Kenneth (Camille) of Port Republic, MD, Brendan of Severna Park, MD and Katherine Meehan (Patrick) of Red Bank, NJ.  He is...

Jan 23, 2015

Margaret Wilkens Saffran Margaret passed away peacefully on January 23rd at Sunrise of Severna Park at the age of 95. She was married to the late Louis W. Saffran and was the loving mother of three children: the late Louis W. Saffran, Jr., daughter Jean Saffran Dinkel of San Diego, California and Richard W. Saffran of Pasadena. She was also...

Jan 22, 2015

Audrey Ellen Netterstrom, age 68, past peacefully in her sleep on January 22, 2015. She was born in East Rainelle, West Virginia, the 4th of nine daughters. She moved to Washington D.C. where she began working as a receptionist and was married to Bobby Greenway. Their marriage resulted in 3 daughters. The union ended in divorce. She remarried in 1985...

Jan 21, 2015

Valerie A. Littleton, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Kingsley Gorman of Severn, MD., passed away on January 21, 2015. Valerie was born in January 1957 in Cheverly, MD. She graduated from Duval High School and later attended Tayler University in Upland, IN., and Washington Bible College in Lanham, MD. She is survived by daughters Nicole and Alisha, brother Nathan F....

Jan 20, 2015

A long-time resident of Arnold, Maryland, Charlene died Tuesday, January 20th, at University of Maryland Medical Center of complications following open-heart surgery. Born in 1947 in Greenville, SC, in 1965 graduate of Highlands High School, San Antonio, she travelled the world with her Air Force family and her Navy husband and family. She taught in the pre-school in Yokohama, Japan;...

Jan 20, 2015

Helen Ward Tilghman, age 90, of Severna Park, MD passed away on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at Brightview of Severna Park. Born and raised in Crisfield, Maryland, Helen had lived in Severna Park since 1965. She worked as a bookkeeper for the Anne Arundel County Public School System at Severna Park Middle School for more than 19 years. She was...

Jan 20, 2015

Claire B. Larson, 101, a resident of Severna Park, passed away on January 20, 2015 at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis. She was born on December 19th, 1913 in Hackensack, NJ and was raised in a busy home with her extended multigenerational family. Claire spent her twenties working in a local hospital. She met her husband, Tom, and married...

Jan 18, 2015

Gloria Gertrude McGowan (Retired USAF), age 87, of Severna Park, MD, formerly of San Antonio, TX went to be with the Lord on Sunday, January 18, 2015 after a brief illness. She was born on April 7, 1927 in Norfolk, VA. She was preceded in death by her parents, Worth W. and Ida Sauls; her husband, Major Frank "Mac" McGowan,...

Jan 17, 2015

Peggy Corcoran Kueberth, age 66 beloved wife of Leo Kueberth Jr passed away at home on January 17, 2015 from a heart attack after a brief respiratory virus. Born on January 6, 1949 in Washington DC and has lived in Arnold for the last 40 years where she was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend to many. She...

Jan 16, 2015

Roy T. Watts, 52, a resident of Severna Park, passed away on January 16, 2015 at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis. He was born on July 28, 1962 in Maryland and worked in Construction and Home Improvements. He loved watching the Baltimore Orioles and enjoyed gardening. Roy was preceded in death by his father, David F. Watts. He is...

Jan 14, 2015

Schmidlein, Elizabeth (Betsy) C. (nee Clark) Age 94, Betsy passed away peacefully with family and friends surrounding her, January 14, 2015. She was preceded in death by her husband Joseph, and siblings Alexander Clark and Winthrop Clark. She will be dearly missed by her sister Jane Atkins, son Jeffrey Schmidlein, daughter in law Faith Hackett, daughter Carol Margolis, son in...

Jan 14, 2015

Robert Paul Kavanagh, father of 5, grandfather of 10, great grandfather of 1, and husband of 58 years, passed on January 14, 2015, after a battle with cancer, and was surrounded by his immediate family. The Severna Park resident was 84. Born in Baltimore in 1930 and raised in Pimlico and Brooklyn MD, he was the son of James Joseph...

Jan 14, 2015

Betty M. Jager, 88, passed away peacefully on January 14, 2015. Betty was born in Oxford, England, the third child and only daughter of the late Ernest and Hannah Barnes. Betty married Rhine Jager in 1960 and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1986. She was a homemaker who enjoyed reading and listening to talking books, camping, and traveling, particularly...

Jan 13, 2015

Earl W. Bohlman, 88, died January 13, 2015 with his family by his side. Born August 29, 1926 to John and Marie Bohlman, he was raised in Baltimore City, MD. He attended the public elementary school and Baltimore Poly Technic High School. He enlisted and served in the U.S. Navy, aboard a submarine repair ship, the USS Sperry, where he...

Jan 10, 2015

Philip Arthur Clark, 76, a resident of Annapolis, MD, died of natural causes on January 10, 2015. Mr. Clark was born October 13, 1938 in Great Falls, Montana and was raised in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Sacramento, California. He graduated from El Camino High School in 1956, and received his BA from Dartmouth College in 1960. Some of his...

Jan 8, 2015

Edward P. Wilson, Jr., also affectionately known as "Coach" or "Coach Baby" to friends and family, a longtime resident of Severna Park, MD, died at age 92 after a brief illness on January 8, 2015 at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis.

Coach Wilson was born on April 18, 1922 in Annapolis, MD, and raised in Beloit,...

Jan 8, 2015

Barbara Derwin, daughter of the late Mary and Joseph Smergulineo, devoted mother, wife, sister, daughter, aunt, and friend passed away peacefully on January 8th surrounded by her family. Barbara's death follows her heroic two year battle with cancer. Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, Barbara moved to Maryland in 1969, but never lost her Brooklyn accent. She cherished her time...