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Mary Ruth Zaks

Mary Ruth Zaks

Mar 16, 2024

Mary Ruth Zaks, 70, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, entered the gates of heaven on Saturday, March 16, 2024.  Born on April 14, 1953, in Baltimore, Mary was the youngest daughter of Franklin and Eleanor Rappold. As a young child Mary grew up in Baltimore and her family moved to Ellicott City, and then to New Market as a teenager.  She attended...

Kathryn Marie "Kathie" Tucker

Kathryn Marie "Kathie" Tucker

Mar 15, 2024

Kathryn M. Tucker, 60, passed on to her eternal home Friday, March 15, 2024, due to complications of ALS, with family by her side. She was born in Frederick on September 21, 1963 to Jay and Virginia (Palmer) Fifer. She married her high school sweetheart Michael T. Tucker. They would have celebrated their 40th anniversary in May.Kathie graduated from Middletown...

Kyi Cha West

Kyi Cha West

Mar 15, 2024

Kyi Cha West, 80, of Frederick, Maryland, passed from this life on Friday, March 15, 2024, at Frederick Health Hospital. She was the loving wife of James V. West II. They were married for 59 years. Born on September 13, 1943, in Busan, South Korea to the late Pyungju Cho and Dongya Kim, Kyi was the youngest of nine children. She...

Calvin Eugene Smith

Calvin Eugene Smith

Mar 15, 2024

Mr. Calvin “Pete” Smith, 77, of Boonsboro, passed away on Friday, March 15, 2024 at home. Born November 16, 1946. He was the son of the late Harry Wilson Smith, Sr. and Rosalie Biddinger Smith. He was a dedicated employee of Rudy’s Trucking for 39 years. He enjoyed spending time with his friends at the Frederick Moose, Redman’s Club and Eagles. Pete is...

Mark Eugene Ropp

Mark Eugene Ropp

Mar 14, 2024

Mark Eugene Ropp, 67, of Frederick, Maryland passed away on March 14, 2024. Mark was born to Harrison and M. Christine Ropp on June 22, 1956. He graduated from Governor Thomas Johnson High School in 1974. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, NASCAR, riding motorcycles, singing karaoke and spending time with his family as well as his dogs Layla, Jake and Henry. Mark...

Breena Williams

Breena Williams

Mar 14, 2024

Breena Williams, 60, of Frederick, Maryland, passed from this life on Thursday, March 14 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. She was married to her loving husband, Clay R. Williams, for 26 years.

Born on September 9, 1963, in Frederick, MD, she was the daughter of the late Russell Eugene Roberts, Sr. and Shirley “Anna Mae” (Shores) Stokes of Frederick.

Breena graduated from Brunswick...

Rodger Lane Schmidt

Rodger Lane Schmidt

Mar 14, 2024

Rodger L. Schmidt, 88, of Fort Myers, Florida, passed from this life on Thursday, March 14, 2024 at Country Meadows in Frederick, Maryland.

Born on January 29, 1936, in Birmingham, Michigan, he was the son of the late Henry Schmidt and Virginia (Lane) Schmidt. 

A graduate of Michigan State University, Rodger mastered residential design and drafting and was hired by Bill Pulte...

Tony Edward Nicholson

Tony Edward Nicholson

Mar 13, 2024

 Tony Edward Nicholson of Detour, Maryland, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. Born on July 6, 1965, and son of the late Jo Ann (Frazier) and Franklin Delanor Nicholson.  

Tony was an ‘83 graduate of Lingaore High School. Tony worked as a truck driver for Noland Company for nearly 23 years. Throughout his life Tony enjoyed spending time...

Mary Elizabeth Ambrose

Mary Elizabeth Ambrose

Mar 12, 2024

Mary Elizabeth Ambrose, 81, of Frederick, Maryland, peacefully passed from this life on Tuesday, March 12, 2024.  Born February 26, 1943, she was the oldest child of the late Richard Harry and Lillian Utterback Arnold. She grew up on the family dairy farm along Sundays Lane and worked beside her father and siblings in all aspects of the farm operation....

Connie Louise Hoffman

Connie Louise Hoffman

Mar 12, 2024

Connie Louise Hoffman, 84, of Frederick, passed away on March 12, 2024, at Frederick Health Hospital.  Born on August 8, 1939, she was the fourth of five children of the late Leo and Ruth Amelia Kuhn Brandenburg.Connie attended Frederick High School, and then began a lifelong career in retail working for various stores such as Rovin’s Corner, Sidney’s and most...

William Fincham

William Fincham

Mar 12, 2024

William “Frank” Fincham, 85, of Mount Airy, MD, passed from this life on Tuesday, March 12, 2024 at Frederick Health & Rehab in Frederick, MD.Born on July 3, 1938, in Little Washington, VA, he was the son of the late Ernest W. Fincham and Annie May (Frazier) Fincham.He went to school in Flint Hill, VA.Frank worked at IBM from 1973-1992,...

Shirley Ann Lunny

Shirley Ann Lunny

Mar 11, 2024

Shirley Ann Lunny, a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother of Chesterfield, Missouri and Towson, Maryland passed away peacefully on March 11, 2024 at the age of 84 after a brave battle with cancer.

Born on June 21, 1939 in Taunton, Massachusetts to Frank and Helen Zeiba, Shirley grew up in Taunton and relished her New England roots. Despite more than five...

Doris (Dottie) N. Main

Doris (Dottie) N. Main

Mar 11, 2024

Doris (Dottie) N. Main 94 previously of Walkersville, MD passed away on March 11, 2024 at Village Crossing in Frederick, MD.Born October 25, 1929 in Frederick, MD, she was the daughter of the late William T. and Beulah C. Delawter. Dottie was a lifelong member of the Mt. Pleasant Reformed United Church of Christ and choir member for many years. Dottie...

Nancy H. Crum

Nancy H. Crum

Mar 10, 2024

Nancy Hammaker Crum, wife of the late Robert E. Crum Sr., died Sunday, March 10, 2024 at Sunrise Assisted Living in Frederick, Maryland. Born in Libertytown, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Wilbur F. Hammaker and Bernice Kiracofe Hammaker. She was a lifelong member of Calvary United Methodist Church, Frederick, where over the years she taught Sunday School, chaired the...

Roy Franklin Beverage

Roy Franklin Beverage

Mar 9, 2024

Roy Franklin Beverage of Thurmont, Maryland passed away on March 9, 2024, at the age of 74. Roy was born in Hyde Park, Maryland on March 2, 1950. Roy had many fond memories of growing up in Hyde Park such as playing baseball and helping his father do the repairs and upkeep at Mars Hill Baptist Church.  Roy’s best friend Garry...

Allan Jeffrey Athey

Allan Jeffrey Athey

Mar 8, 2024

Allan Jeffrey "Jeff" Athey, 66, of Woodsboro, entered into eternal rest on Friday, March 8, 2024, with family by his side.Beloved son, brother, father, and grandfather, Jeff was born March 23, 1957 in Frederick, Maryland, to the late Joseph W. Athey and Madora L. (Miskell) Athey. Jeff was a valuable employee of the Southland Corporation for more than 25 years, having...

James Carl Gadow

James Carl Gadow

Mar 8, 2024

James Carl Gadow, Jim, Jimmy, Jimbo and when in trouble, James, was born to Helen and Carl Gadow in 1956. He was the middle child of their three children.  Jim’s lifetime accomplishments include:  Putt Putt Golf Pro, Pizza Hut Manager, Bartender extraordinaire, Racquetball aficionado, Eagle eyed dart player, Coin trader and collector, Computer geek, Ardent fan of the Three Stooges, Elvis, and Frank Sinatra, Esteemed guest in Vegas and Atlantic City, Orioles...

John Charles Vaughan

John Charles Vaughan

Mar 8, 2024

John Charles Vaughan, of Frederick, Maryland, passed away peacefully in his sleep on March 8, 2024, at Frederick Health Hospital.  He was born in Detroit, Michigan on May 7, 1927, to Thomas Vaughan and Violet Eichen.  Upon the early death of his father, he and his mother moved to Washington, DC.  He attended the Calvert School at St. Matthew’s Cathedral...

Martha Louise Easton

Martha Louise Easton

Mar 6, 2024

Martha Louise (Phelps) EastonApril 21, 1934 – March 6, 2024Martha Louise Easton – known as Louise – was the youngest of three children born to Olan P. Phelps, Sr. & Anna (Linthicum) Phelps. Louise and her siblings, Eleanor and Olan, Jr. (Sonny), grew up in a lovely three story home “across the parking lot” from their father's general store in...

Sylvia Kaufman Cable

Sylvia Kaufman Cable

Mar 6, 2024

Sylvia Kaufman Cable passed away on March 6, 2024 at Homewood at Crumland Farms. She was born in New York City on October 5, 1936 to Elizabeth and Michael Kaufman. She was the wife of the late Dr. Dana G. Cable who passed away in 2010.  Sylvia was born in New York City, later moving to Old Greenwich Connecticut.  She...

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