Obituaries

Dec 13, 2020

John D. "Jack" Allan, age 74 years, of Delta, PA died at his home at 5:10 a.m. on Sunday, December 13, 2020. He was the husband of Sharon Ann (Aldinger) Allan and they observed their 6th. wedding anniversary on August 17, 2020.

Jack was born in Baltimore, MD on April 15, 1946, a son of the late...

Dec 12, 2020

THOMAS EVAN COOPER, 91 of Kingsville, MD, died on Saturday, December 12, 2020 in the Awakenings of Bel Air. He was the beloved husband of Anne Teresa (Hushon) Cooper who passed in August 2015.

Born on January 14, 1929 in Delta, PA, he was one of three sons born to the late Evan J. Cooper and Susie...

Dec 8, 2020

JOHN DENNIS GIBSON, 39 of Bel Air, MD, passed away in his home with his family by his side, on Tuesday, December 8, 2020 after a courageous battle with cancer over the past year. He was the beloved husband of Heather Marie (Bandy) Gibson with whom he had shared 9 years of marriage.

Born on September 22,...

Dec 5, 2020

VONDA E. FREIMILLER, 80 of Delta, PA, passed away on Saturday, December 5, 2020 in Spring Creek Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Harrisburg, PA. She was the beloved wife of George E. Freimiller who died in February 2006.

Born on March 16, 1940 in Waterford, OH, she was a daughter of the late Elbert Bryce and Grace...

Dec 4, 2020

Joseph F. "Joe" Ailes, age 85 years of Delta, PA died at York Hospital in York, PA at 2:05 p.m. on Friday, December 4, 2020. He was the husband of M. Lois (Harrington) Ailes with whom he celebrated 64 years of marriage on September 2, 2020.

Born on January 8, 1935, at the Ailes Farm, Delta where...

Nov 30, 2020

Tina Louise Phillips, age 58 years, of Street, MD died at her home on Monday, November 30, 2020.

Born in Havre de Grace, MD on November 3, 1962, she was the daughter of Buges "Kookie" Testerman of Street, MD and Barbara (Comer) Smith of Brogue, PA. Tina had previously worked for Burns Security at the Peach Bottom...

Nov 27, 2020

DARREN WENTWORTH SANBORN, 47 of Gaithersburg, MD, died on Friday, November 27, 2020. Born in Hartford, CT, he was the son of David McLellen Sanborn and Martha (Wentworth) Sanborn of Street, MD.

Darren spent his adolescent years in CT and attended Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, PA, where he forged many of his lifelong friendships and...

Nov 25, 2020

Gary Ray Richards, Sr., affectionately known as "Pop," died at 8:58 p.m. on Wednesday, November 25, 2020, at York Hospital in York, PA. He was the husband of Peggy (Sizemore) Richards and they observed their 39th. wedding anniversary on July 11, 2020.

Gary was born in Baltimore, MD on March 30, 1962, a son of the late...

Nov 25, 2020

CHRISTIAN DAVID DOCKENEY, 50 of Street, MD, died in his home on Wednesday, November 25, 2020 – the same day his grandson, Brayden was born. It could be said that Brayden came to fill the empty space that his grandfather left in the Dockeney Family. Christian was the beloved husband of Marleen F. (Rineholt) Dockeney; she preceded in in...

Nov 22, 2020

Josephine Kosiba Leyko (née Josephine Theresa Kosiba), born January 12th, 1925, loving mother of seven children, and beloved wife of the late Milton Anthony Leyko, Sr., passed away on November 22nd, 2020 at 95 years old.

Josephine worked as a sales associate in a fine jewelry store, secretary in the Standard Oil Building off St. Paul St...

Nov 21, 2020

June E. Patrick, age 94 years of Bel Air, MD died at her home at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 21, 2020. She and her husband, Reverend Hubert L. Patrick, shared 62 years of marriage before his death on April 8, 2010.

Born in Macton (Street), MD on June 5, 1926, she was the daughter of the...

Nov 18, 2020

William J. Scott, age 72 years of Coatesville, PA and a former lifetime resident of Fawn Grove, PA died at his home on Wednesday, November 18, 2020 after a brief illness. He was the husband of Diane (Eaton) Scott and they observed their 51st. wedding anniversary on May 24, 2020.

Born in the borough of Fawn Grove...

Nov 13, 2020

RUTH ANNA ZELL, 77 of Whiteford, MD, passed away on Friday, November 13, 2020 at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, MD. She was the beloved wife of George Leo Zell, Sr. who passed on July 3, 2008. At the time of his death, they had shared 47 years of marriage.

Born on September 23, 1943...

Nov 13, 2020

CHARLES HARRY DERAN OF Bel Air, MD died at the age of 82 on Friday, November 13, 2020. Born in Baltimore, MD on July 26, 1938, he was a son of the late James Joseph DeRan, Jr., and Helen (Harry) DeRan. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Carole Absher DeRan; by his son, Craig H. DeRan...

Nov 11, 2020

Helen Elizabeth Vaccarino, age 87 years of Whiteford, MD died at Hart Heritage Estates in Street, MD at 12:36 pm on Wednesday, November 11, 2020. She was the wife of Peter Isadore Vaccarino who died on June 13, 1986.

Born in Baltimore City on July 30, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Charles F. and...

Nov 11, 2020

Louis M. "Butch" Grafton, II, age 73 years of Delta, PA died at his home at 8:15 a.m. on Wednesday, November 11, 2020. He was the husband of Sandra L. (Thompson) Grafton. They were married on November 27, 1965.

Butch was born in York, PA on October 29, 1947, a son of the late Louis M. and...

Nov 8, 2020

Dorothy O. Farley, age 92 years of Whiteford, MD passed away at 5:29 a.m. on Sunday, November 8, 2020, at the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. She shared 52 years of marriage with her husband, Jerry Farley who died in June 2000.

Born in Whiteford, MD on May 5, 1928, she was a daughter...

Nov 7, 2020

SAMUEL PAUL SPARKS, SR., 45 of Delta, PA, died suddenly on Saturday night, November 7, 2020 in Windsor Township, York Co., PA. Born on September 1, 1975 in York, PA, he was a son of George Raymond Sparks, Sr., of Airville, PA and Valerie Dale (Irwin) Griffith of Delta, PA.

Sam was the outdoors type loving hunting,...

Nov 6, 2020

Joseph Bruce Spencer, Jr., age 82 years of Fawn Grove, PA died on Friday, November 6, 2020 at York Hospital in York, PA. He was the husband of Clair (Glenn) Spencer who passed in 1998.

Born on October 16, 1938 in Creswell, MD, he was the son of the late Joseph Bruce, Sr. and Guida L. (Faircloth)...

Nov 5, 2020

Hubert R. "Tommy" Thompson, age 76 years of Whiteford, MD died on Thursday afternoon, November 5, 2020 at the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. He was the husband of Georgia L. (Cochran) Thompson who died on July 29, 2013.

Tommy was born in Darlington, MD on October 8, 1944 a son of the late...