Obituaries

Elaine Marie (Kidd) Fry

Feb 2, 2021

Elaine Marie (Kidd) Fry passed away at her home in Catonsville, Maryland on February 2. 2021, she was 78. Elaine was born on November 6, 1942, in Washington, DC to the late Joseph Wilkinson Kidd and the late Alice Irene Spicer. She was preceded in death by her beloved daughter, Stefanie Camille (Fry) Knab. She is survived by four grandchildren,...

John J. Moriarty

Jan 30, 2021

John J. Moriarty, age 89, sadly passed away on January 30th, 2021. John was born in Providence, Rhode Island, to the late John J. Moriarty Sr., and the late Katherine F. (O'Connell) Moriarty. He is survived by his beloved wife Eileen M. (Reilly) Moriarty; daughter Kathleen M. (Gary) Stearman; son Daniel P. Moriarty: and treasured grandchildren Natalie K., Patrick...

Thomas J. O'Connell

Jan 29, 2021

Thomas J. O’Connell, age 77, suddenly passed away on January 29th, 2021. Thomas was born in Baltimore, Maryland to the late Jack E. O’Connell & the late Madeline O’Connell (nee Ernst). He is the beloved husband of Constance O’Connell; loving father of Elizabeth Kerby & her husband Lewis, Colleen Rahe & her husband Matthew, Kathleen Noonan & her husband...

Kevin Gallagher

Jan 27, 2021

Kevin John Gallagher was born in Baltimore Maryland October 22,1957 To John and Dorothy Gallagher (deceased) survived by Brenda Gallagher and brother Mike Gallagher and sister Colleen Demchak.

Francis B. Weiskopf, Jr.

Jan 21, 2021

Francis B. Weiskopf, Jr. (Frank) was born in Baltimore, MD on January 4, 1945, to Francis Weiskopf, Sr. and Rita Weiskopf.  The second of four children, he grew up in Perry Hall and graduated from Overlea High School in Baltimore, where he excelled in both academics and athletics.  He spent his summers working in the Bethlehem Steel mills in...

Loretta May (Dietz) Whitnall

Jan 20, 2021

Loretta May Whitnall (Nee Dietz) was born in Wisconsin on January 2, 1932 to Elmer and Evelyn Dietz. She passed on January 20, 2021 she was 89.  She was preceded in death by her parents as well as her loving husband, Edward Francis Whitnall, Jr.

She is survived by her devoted daughters, Nancy Whitnall (Tim Vaneman) and...

Norma Jean Zenter

Jan 15, 2021

Norma Jean Zenter, age 85, sadly passed away on January 15th, 2021. Norma was born in Washington D.C. to the late Roby Burris Clodfelter & the late Mary Geraldine Clodfelter (nee Sullivan). Norma was a nurse for 42 years and was also known as the Catonsville cat lady. Norma was the beloved wife of the late Frederick A. Zenter;...

Br. Charles M. Cully C.F.X.

Jan 11, 2021

Brother Charles M. Cully C.F.X. was born in Brooklyn, New York on April 26, 1944 to Peter and Katherine Cully. He passed on January 11, 2021, he was 76.  He was preceded in death by his parents as well as his brother, Peter.

He is survived by his brother, Br. Thomas Cully C.F.X. of Freehold, NY. Including...

Keith Shawn Lowe

Jan 11, 2021

Keith Shawn Lowe, age 46   May 7, 1974 - January 11,2021

Son of Jan Lowe (deceased) and Bonnie Walker Lowe, Brother of Michael Scott Lowe, Father of Jordan and Brian Lowe, well loved Uncle of Scotty and Jansen Lowe. His additional passions in life included Family Circus Cartoons, pets Millie and Murphy, Ocean City, Maryland, Music, especially...

Robert J. Slaght

Jan 2, 2021

Robert Jonathan Slaght, son of Arthur G. Slaght, D.D. and Florence Helmer Slaght, was born in Sodus, N.Y. 12-28-26. He grew up the son of a Baltimore City Presbyterian minister/missionary. He served in the Air Force Military Police (unit became US Army) during WWII and was an eyewitness to the Nuremberg Trials. He was married for 55 years to...

Eric James Thompson

Jan 1, 2021

Eric Thompson died suddenly on January 1, 2021 at his home in Hyattsville, Maryland.  He was born on February 28, 1958 in Bridgeport, Connecticut to the late Kenneth and Elizabeth Skevington Thompson.  He graduated from Trumbull High in Trumbull, Connecticut in 1976, where he played on the varsity football team.  In 1980, he graduated from the University of Notre...

Charlotte T. Holland

Dec 29, 2020

Charlotte Thornton Holland, born January 10, 1942 in Hyattsville, Maryland, died after a long illness on December 29, 2020, in Baltimore.  She was resident of Charlestown Senior Living Community in Catonsville at the time of her death.

Charlotte held a bachelor’s degree in English literature and a Master of Library Science degree, both from the University of...

Ardelle (Phillips) Giordano

Dec 28, 2020

On December 28, 2020, Ardelle Giordano (nee Phillips), passed away peacefully. Ardelle was the beloved wife of the late John Ralph Giordano, devoted mother of Linda Rainville and her husband Tom, loving grandmother of Rachel, Holly, Sydney and Jordan and great grandmother of Freddie.

Service and Interment, Saturday 1 pm, Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens.

Christel Treideris Surdokas

Dec 28, 2020

Christel Treideris Surdokas was born in Essen, Germany on March 27, 1956 to Vytautas and Elfriede Treideris. She passed on December 28, 2020, she was 64.  She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Linas Surdokas. As well as her father, Vytautas Treideris.

She is survived by her devoted daughter, Maria Surdokas and mother, Elfriede Treideris. ...

June Gregory Parr

Dec 28, 2020

June Gregory Parr passed away peacefully at her home in Charlestown Retirement Community after a brief illness.

Born Lois June Gregory in New Kensington, PA, June moved as an adolescent to Catonsville and attended Catonsville High School to become a legal secretary. She met many of her lifelong friends in Catonsville, including her future husband, Frank Timothy...

Raymond Hughes Fowler, Jr.

Dec 16, 2020

A Baltimore native, living in Ellicott City, Ray, 86 years old, was a graduate of Polytechnic High School, and the University of Baltimore with a B.S. degree in Business. He is survived by his loving wife of 51 years, Betty Fowler, 3 children Robert Fielder, Donald Fielder Sr, and Lynn Wetherell: one brother James Fowler, sisters-in-law Donna Fowler, Joann...

Joyce G. Spittel

Dec 12, 2020

Joyce Grauer Spittel passed from this world on December 12, 2020 in her home in Columbia, MD. She was born Joyce Hazel Miller, in Oswego, Michigan on December 15, 1927 to Karl and Alma Miller. Descended from immigrants who moved to Fort Detroit from Quebec in the early 1700s, Joyce grew up during the great depression in rural Michigan...

William Elmer (Jr.) Trieschman

Dec 11, 2020

William E. Trieschman Jr. of Catonsville Md. passed away peacefully on December 11, 2020 at the age of 89 at Encore of Turf Valley.  He was 5 days shy of his 90th birthday

Bill was born in Baltimore on December 16, 1930 to parents William E. Trieschman and Joanna (nee Saffel).  Bill lived in the Baltimore area...

Robert Gordon Lloyd

Dec 11, 2020

Robert G. Lloyd 1952-2020

Robert Gordon Lloyd passed peacefully on Friday, December 11, 2020, after a very brief illness.

Born in Princeton, New Jersey, he was a longtime resident of Catonsville, Maryland. After attending St. Mark elementary school, Rob graduated from Gilman School and from the University of Virginia in 1975, majoring in political science...

Catherine Rebecca (Whittington) Joneckis

Dec 8, 2020

Catherine Rebecca Joneckis (Whittington), 93, of Ellicott City, Maryland passed peacefully on Tuesday December 8th, 2020.

Catherine was born near Annapolis on September 9, 1927 and spent the early years growing up in and around Annapolis. She enjoyed country life, cycling and the Severn River.  With the death of her mother, she moved to Baltimore to live...