Obituaries

Jan 7, 2022

REBECCA HENRIETTA GJERDAHL, 88 of Delta, PA, passed quietly the morning of Friday, January 7, 2022 in her home. She was the beloved wife of the late James Merle Gjerdahl; they had shared 50 years of marriage at the time of his death on December 5, 2001.

Born on February 18, 1933 in Camden, NJ, she was...

Jan 6, 2022

James Hart Smyth, Jr., 54, of Darlington, MD, died on Thursday, January 6, 2022 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. James was born to his mother, Caroline (Calvin) Smyth and his late father, James Hart Smyth, Sr. in Jersey City, NJ. He was married to Jessica Evans-Smyth.

James moved to the area in 2018...

Jan 5, 2022

Thomas R. Sadler, 88, of Red Lion, PA, died at his home on Wednesday, January 5, 2022. He was born in Street, MD to his late parents, William E. and Anna P. (Beason) Sadler. He was married to the late Margaret Lucille Sadler who died in 2020.

Thomas proudly served his country as a member of the...

Jan 3, 2022

LIFE STORY PROUDLY PREPARED BY THE FAMILY:

Wilmer E. Wise died on January 3rd, 2022 from complications of a stroke. He was born on August 6, 1931 on a 140 acre dairy farm in York County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Walter and Clara (Wiley) Wise.

Wilmer graduated from the former Delta High School...

Jan 2, 2022

Marvel Junior Bonham, 62, or Airville, died at home on Sunday, January 2, 2022. Marvel was born in Havre de Grace, MD to his father, Marvel Kermit Bonham and his mother, the late Alice Inez (Cochran) Stoltzfus. He is survived by his wife of 44 years, LaDonna (Kettell) Bonham.

Marvel worked for years as a State Highway...

Jan 2, 2022

Obituary written by his family-

Larry Dale Robinson of Delta, Pennsylvania, child of God, lifelong dairy farmer and community friend, went to be with his Savior, January 2, 2022 at age 65. Larry was born in York County Pennsylvania to the late Dale and Ruth (Miller) Robinson on November 5th 1956. Larry was the loving husband of...

Jan 1, 2022

DOROTHY I. MORRIS, 93 of Airville, PA, died on Saturday, New Year's Day 2022 in her home. Born on November 15, 1928 in the Airville area of Lower Chanceford Township, she was the only child of the late Thomas P. and Emma I. (Smith) Morris.

A lifetime resident of York County, Dorothy was a longtime member of...

Jan 1, 2022

JOYCE MARIE KOPHER, 61 of Darlington, MD, passed away in her home on Saturday, New Year's Day 2022. Married on August 1, 2003, she was the beloved wife for 18 years of Kenneth Anthony Kopher.

Born on April 25, 1960 in Rosedale, MD, she was a daughter of the late George J. Suehs and Anna M. (Schweiger)...

Dec 28, 2021

J. Carter Seibel, 74, died Tuesday, December 28, at his home at 401 Main Street, Delta, following a brief illness. He was the beloved husband of Cynthia DeWitt Seibel, to whom he was married for 51 years.

Mr. Seibel was born April 9, 1947, in Baltimore City, Maryland. He was the son of the late Shirley Carter...

Dec 28, 2021

Hugh Eugene (Gene) Jones, 77, of Whiteford, MD, died at Broad Creek Manor Assisted Living on Tuesday, December 28, 2021. Hugh was born in Havre de Grace, MD, to the late Hugh and Jean (Sliver) Jones. He was married to the late Karen Sue Jones, who died in 2018.

Gene graduated from North Harford High School in...

Dec 27, 2021

RONALD WILBUR DONOHUE, 84 of Delta, PA, died in his home on Monday, December 27, 2021. He was the beloved husband of Rebecca (Butler) Brown-Donohue with whom he celebrated their silver anniversary on November 1, 2021.

Born on February 20, 1937 in Washington, D.C., he was the only child of the late Wilbur Washym Donohue and Margaret...

Dec 26, 2021

BETTY RAE RUDD, 80 years of Darlington, MD, went home on the Lord's Day, Sunday December 26, 2021 from Havre de Grace, MD. She was the beloved wife of James Clifford Rudd, Sr., with whom she had shared 57 years of marriage at the time of his death in 2016.

Born on June 12, 1941 in Sparta,...

Dec 24, 2021

PATRICIA MARIE KIEBLER, 67 of Whiteford, MD, died on Christmas Eve, 2021 in Bayview Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Married on April 16, 1976, she was the beloved wife of Raymond Allen Kiebler for 45 years.

Born on September 12, 1954 in Havre de Grace, MD, she was one of seven children born to the late...

Dec 23, 2021

MARY ALICE WALLACE, 78 of Airville, PA, died on Thursday, December 23, 2021 in the WellSpan Surgery and Rehabilitation Hospital at Apple Hill Medical Campus in York, PA. She was the beloved wife for 57 years of Horace Monroe Wallace.

Born on May 16, 1943 in Essex, MD, she was one of five children born to the...

Dec 22, 2021

DENNIS LEE STUMPF, 69 of Stewartstown, PA, passed away on Wednesday, December 22, 2021, in WellSpan York Hospital. Born on New Year's Eve in 1951, he was a son of the late William Morgan Stumpf, Sr., and Helen Agnes (Raivel) Stumpf. He graduated in 1971 from Southern High School in Baltimore. Dennis then went on to work 37 years...

Dec 21, 2021

Ruth A. "Annie" Paxton, 54, of Boyertown, PA, died at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest in Allentown, PA, on Tuesday, December 21, 2021. Annie was the beloved wife of Erik Paxton also of Boyertown and the daughter of Edward and Ruth A. (Belcher) Bonham of Street, MD.

Annie spent her childhood and early adult life in Harford County,...

Dec 19, 2021

Life story prepared by her family-

BETTY LOU TURNER, 70, of Delta, PA, passed away on Sunday, December 19, 2021 at York Hospital. She was the beloved wife of Charles (Mike) Turner, Sr., with whom she shared 51 beautiful years of marriage.

Born in 1951 to the late Walter and Helen Barnett, Betty grew up...

Dec 19, 2021

Emma Lou Swearingen, age 100 years, peacefully went to her heavenly home on Sunday, December 19, 2021

She was born on October 2, 1921, in Bel Air, MD, a daughter of the late Edgar Lee and Lilly Jane (Joines) Fortner.

Emma Lou's faith was an essential part of her life, and she was a long-time...

Dec 19, 2021

ANNA LEE CULLER, 91 years of Havre de Grace, MD passed away on Sunday, December 19, 2021 in Harford Memorial Hospital. Born on April 23, 1930 in Oldtown, MD, she was a daughter of the late Andrew Jackson Rexroad and Mary Gladys (Turner) Rexroad.

Anna Lee was a graduate of Flintstone High School in Flintstone, MD followed...

Dec 18, 2021

Life story written by his family: Russell H. Bullen Jr. of Pylesville, MD passed away on Saturday, December 18th, 2021. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland on November 12, 1941, the son of Russell H. Bullen Sr. and Angela (Ingoglia) Bullen.

Russell proudly served his country in the United States Marine Corps before serving as an officer...