Julia Ann Damuth Whidden

Mrs. Julia Ann Damuth Whidden, 75, of Frederick, MD died Saturday, December 30, 2006 at the Kline Hospice House. She was married on August 27, 1950 to Guy C. Whidden, II.

Born in Thurmont, MD on October 5, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Howard R. and Lillian O. Zentz Damuth. The last of her immediate family, she was predeceased by two brothers, Howard R. Damuth, Jr., and K. Joseph Damuth.

After graduating from Thurmont High School, Julia attended Western Maryland College and the State Teachers' College at Salisbury. She was a secretary at the central office of the Board of Education of Frederick County.

She was a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Frederick.

Apart from her consuming enjoyment of her family, Julie found great pleasure in music, cats, writing, and composing poems. She spent several summer seasons providing organ dinner music at an Ocean City, MD hotel, and with her husband , promoted many numismatic shows.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by two children, Guy C. Whidden, III of Braddock Heights and his fiance Sue Arshadi, and Keith Bradley Whidden and wife, Lisa of Point of Rocks; two grandchildren, Marissa Brooke Whidden and Elise Claire Whidden and former daughter-in-law Sandra Whidden.



The family would like to add that the above obituary was written by Julia herself, who was an extremely modest person. They would like it to be known that before her death, she was authoring a book detailing her husband's time spent as an army soldier during World War II.

Visitation: See above information

Services: A memorial service celebrating Julia's life will be held on Saturday, January 6, 2007 at 3:00 PM at the Stauffer Funeral Home, 104 E. Main Street, Thurmont, MD, ( a building constructed by her great grandfather Rouzer). The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to the Kline Hospice House, 7000 Kimmel Road, Mt. Airy, MD 21771.