J. Noble Mentzer, 90, Of Havre de Grace

J. Noble Mentzer of Havre de Grace passed away on May 25, 2018. He was 90.

Mentzer, a retired contract specialist at Aberdeen Proving Ground, had a long history of public service. He was a member of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Army and was a veteran of the Korean War. He was also a past president of the Susquehanna Hose Company, where he held the rank of lieutenant and served as chaplain, among other roles since joining the fire company in 1954.

For several years, he volunteered monthly at Perry Point. In addition, Mentzer was a member and Past Master of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, Lodge 130 since 1984. He was a member of the American Legion Post 47, VFW Post 8126 and Young at Heart, and he was the Grand Marshal of the Havre de Grace Independence Day Parade in 2017.

Mentzer coached Havre de Grace Little League and was a former Boy Scout Leader. Since 1943, he had been an active member of Havre de Grace United Methodist Church.

Skilled as a decoy carver, Mentzer was also a member and volunteer for the Havre de Grace Decoy Museum.

A visitation will be held on Wednesday, May 30, 2018, from 5-8 p.m., at Zellman Funeral Home, P.A., 123 S. Washington St., Havre de Grace, MD.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday, May 31, 2018, at 11 a.m., at Havre de Grace United Methodist Church, 101 South Union Avenue, Havre de Grace, MD.

Interment will be held at Angel Hill Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in his memory to Havre de Grace United Methodist Church. Online condolences may be made at www.zellmanfuneralhome.com.

Mentzer was born in Elkton to John C. Mentzer and Clara L. Jones Mentzer. He was the devoted husband of the late Dorothy Anne Mentzer, loving father of Mark F. Mentzer and his wife Jackie, of Havre de Grace and Eileen Susan Smith and her husband Ronald of Bel Air. He was the adored grandfather of Christopher Michael Mentzer and his wife Renee, Keri Elizabeth Cargo and her husband Brian, Emily Michelle Smith and Adam Keith Smith, and great-grandfather of Kenny Cargo, Caleb Richardson, Tommy Cargo, Hailey Mentzer, Lanie Mentzer, Kinsey Mentzer and Mattie Mentzer. He was the dear brother of William “Bill” Webster Mentzer, and the late James C. Mentzer, Ralph Andrew Mentzer, Roy D. Mentzer, Margaret Irene Mentzer Danner, Betty Anne Hutchison.

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