Ruth C. Merkle
Jan 7, 2015
Ruth C. Merkle, 89, a resident of Millersville, passed away on January 7, 2015 at Glen Burnie Health & Rehabilitation Center in Glen Burnie. She was born on March 15, 1925 in Connecticut, and has previously lived in Severna Park for many years. Ruth enjoyed doll making and being a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, George...
Andrew Henry Kurtinitis
Jan 5, 2015
Andrew Henry Kurtinitis, 60, a 17 year resident of Annapolis, passed away on January 5, 2015, at his home. He was born on April 7, 1954 in Hartford, CT, was raised in Cheverly, MD and attended Bladensburg High School. He served in the U.S. Army from 1972-1975. Andrew was an auto technician, working for Al's Auto for 35 years and...
Sean W. Mcclure
Jan 5, 2015
Master Sergeant Sean W. McClure, 42, a soldier with the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) died January 5th unexpectedly while on holiday leave. MSG McClure, a resident of Niceville, Florida was born December 19, 1972 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was a 1991 graduate of Severna Park Senior High School in Severna Park, Maryland. MSG McClure enjoyed boating, fishing, hunting, and...
Jacqueline May Langer
Jan 5, 2015
There will be a Mass of Christian Burial on Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at 11:00 am in St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church, 689 Ritchie Hwy, in Severna Park. There will be an entombment in Our Lady Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Fort Lauderdale, Florida later in the week.
Karin Lisbeth Gorman
Jan 4, 2015
Karin Lisbeth Gorman, 69, passed away on Sunday, January 4, 2015 surrounded by her loving family. She was born on January 27, 1945 in Germany where she was raised before moving to Maryland. Karin's passion was caring for children. For many years, she ran a day care center, allowing her to live out her passion for touching the lives of...
Catherine S. Staab
Jan 1, 2015
Friends may visit on Tuesday January 6, 2015 from 2-4 & 6-8:00pm at the Barranco & Sons, P.A Severna Park Funeral Home 495 Ritchie Hwy. Severna Park, MD 21146. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Wednesday January 7, 2015 at 10:00am in the St. Andrew by the Bay Catholic Church 701 College Pkwy. Annapolis, MD 21401. The...
George William Walker, Jr.
Jan 1, 2015
George William "Bill" Walker Jr., age 69, passed away on January 1, 2015. Bill was born to the late George William and Mildred Walker in Baltimore, Maryland. He attended Maryvale Preparatory School and Loyola Blakefield High School. He then graduated from Loyola University Maryland with a degree in political science in 1965. He also attended University of Maryland, where he...
Jo Anne Pittaway
Jan 1, 2015
Jo Anne Pittaway passed away on January 1, 2015, after a brief illness. She was born in 1930 to her parents Guy and Josephine in Topeka, Kansas, where she grew up in the house her father built. Her only brother, Jack, preceded her in death in 1992. She attended Highland Park High School and Washburn University in Topeka before marrying...
Guy Stephen Deitz
Dec 31, 2014
Beloved husband, father, and friend Guy Stephen Deitz passed away on December 31, 2014 at approximately 9:30 PM at his home in Glen Burnie, MD. Guy was a Maryland native, growing up in Pasadena MD and attending Severna Park High School. He went onto attend the University of Maryland with a football scholarship playing defensive guard. He played for Maryland...
Doris R. Seville
Dec 28, 2014
Doris Rachel (Hilkert) Seville, 84, formerly of Annapolis and Severna Park, MD, passed away Sunday, December 28 at Riverwoods Nursing Home, Lewisburg, where she had been a resident the last four and one half years. She was born December 20, 1930 in Lewisburg, the daughter of the late Raymond Lee and Hellen Moll (Baker) Hilkert. On December 24, 1950 she...
Marjorie E. Welch
Dec 25, 2014
Marjorie Eleanor (Stevens) Welch, resident of Severna Park died peacefully on December 25 at her home. Born October 12, 1926 in Glen Burnie, MD she attended Glen Burnie High School class of 1944 Marge worked at the Fort Meade Headquarters, 2nd Army, Fort Meade Comptroller's Office. Marge married her sweetheart, James Franklin Welch on November 8, 1947 and started their...
Mary Haythornthwaite
Dec 25, 2014
December 30, 2014 B. Mary (Swift) Haythornthwaite, mother, grandmother and sister, is remembered today in Severna Park, Maryland, for her lifetime of family and role as a physician. Born March 7, 1927 in Bradford, England to Herbert and Maisie Swift, Mary grew up in Sheffield with her sister Joan and spent many happy summers with her grandparents at Tanyard, the...
Helen Kathleen Urban
Dec 23, 2014
Helen Kathleen Urban, 88, passed away on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 at Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown, MD. Helen was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary at Earleigh Heights Fire Department as well as a member of the Elks Lodge, and the American Legion Post #10. Helen is survived by her daughter Gail Kohls and her husband David as well...
Leona Evelyn Mcgreevy
Dec 20, 2014
On December 20, 2014 Leona E. McGreevy beloved wife of the late William H. McGreevy. Wonderful mother to William McGreevy Jr., John McGreevy, Nancy Shockey, Laura Kimes, and the late Daniel McGreevy. Dear sister of Henry Darnall and Bertha Smith. Also survived by eight grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, and two step-grandsons. Memorial service on Friday, January 2 at 1:00 pm at...
Earl Dean Hicks
Dec 20, 2014
Earl Dean Hicks, 85, passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 20, 2014 at home. Earl was born on August 24, 1929 in Cookeville, Tennessee to Clay and Una Hicks. He was raised in Cookeville but later moved to Richmond, Virginia and also spent time in Huntington, West Virginia. Earl earned a Bachelor's degree in accounting from Tennessee Technical University. He...
Barbara Schroedel Buxton
Dec 19, 2014
Barbara S. Buxton, 81, of Severna Park, MD died peacefully on December 19, 2014 at the University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center. Barbara was born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, where she spent the first 20 years of her life. It was here that she met and married John W. Buxton, Jr. Barbara and John first moved to Cleveland,...
Joan C. Ford
Dec 17, 2014
Joan Carol Ford completed her life Journey on December 17, 2014 surrounded by her loving family. Joan was born in Baltimore, MD on March 21, 1939 to Robert Briggeman and Ruth Rebecca Barham. She leaves behind sister Lois King and Donna Korneluk, and brother Richard Briggeman. In Dec. 1959 Joan met the love of her life, Thomas Francis Ford, Jr....
Mary R. Norris
Dec 15, 2014
Mary Elizabeth Ryon ("Sue"), 91, a longtime resident of Severna Park, died peacefully on December 15, 2014 following complications from surgery after a minor fall at home. Sue was born April 25th, 1923 and grew up in Washington D.C., third child of Norman Eugene Ryon and Mary Dwinell Shipley. Her older brothers were Thomas and David. David died in WWII...
Mary Kathryn Schafer
Dec 14, 2014
After a three year battle with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, Katy Schafer peacefully passed away at her home on December 14, 2014 at the age of 54. Katy grew up in Aberdeen, Washington and was very proud of her Grays Harbor pioneer heritage. A graduate of Weatherwax High School, she studied at United World College of the...
