Obituaries
Cheryl Sewell
May 9, 2022
Cheryl Renee Sewell, 57, of Frederick passed away on Monday, May 9, 2022 at her home surrounded by her family. She was predeceased by her husband, Andrew Ernest Sewell Jr., on October 22, 1991.
Born November 14, 1964 in Frederick, she was the daughter of Geraldine (Hoy) James and the late William James.
Cheryl worked...
William Griffin, Jr.
May 9, 2022
William G. "Bill" Griffin, Jr., 83, of Mount Airy, departed from this life on Monday, May 9, 2022 at his residence. He was the husband of the late Janet L. Griffin who passed on April 24, 2022, his wife of more than 60 years. Born on June 22, 1938, in Waycross, GA, he was the son of the late William...
Hildegarde MacInnes
May 8, 2022
Hildegarde F. MacInnes 91, of Frederick and formerly Montgomery County, Maryland, passed from this life on Sunday, May 8, 2022 at her home. She was the beloved wife of 40 years to the late Christopher MacInnes.
Born on September 23, 1930, in Pittston, PA, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Hilda...
Marilyn Arney
May 8, 2022
Mrs. Marilyn J. Arney, 81, of Ijamsville (Hyattstown), Maryland passed from this life on Sunday May 8, 2022 at Johns Hopkins Oncology Center in Baltimore, MD. She was the wife of Harold William Arney, who died in November 1996. Born on October 23, 1940, in Washington, DC, she was the daughter of the late Ralph Jones and Hazel McClung...
Suzanne Williams
May 6, 2022
Suzanne Martha Patton Williams, 80, of Frederick, Maryland, died May 6, 2022.
Suzanne was born in New Orleans and spent her childhood in Baton Rouge, moving to Utica as a teenager. She attended Frederick High School, where she was active in many extracurricular activities, especially theater, and graduated with the Class of 1959. She studied nursing at...
Helen Heller
May 5, 2022
Helen Lucille Heller, 90, of Frederick, passed from this life on Thursday, May 5, 2022, at Frederick Health Hospital. She was the wife of James W. Heller, her husband of 71 years. Born on February 16, 1932, in Frederick, she was the daughter of the late James Harvey and Clemma Viola Bidle May. Helen was a 1950 graduate of Frederick High...
Connie Ford
May 5, 2022
Connie M. Ford, 73, of Boonsboro, passed from this life, tragically, on Thursday, May 5, 2022 as a result of an automobile accident.
Born on April 5, 1949, in Hagerstown, she was the daughter of the late James E. and Vivian M. (Babington) Harrison. Her husband, Richard Wayne Ford, passed away October 19, 2000.
She...
Thomas Martin, Sr.
May 5, 2022
Thomas E. Martin, Sr., 92, of Frederick, passed from this life on Thursday, May 5, 2022 at his home. He was the husband to the late Gladys Ann Martin. Born on January 24, 1930, in Cumberland, VA, he was the son of Clarence Martin and Ruby (Ayers) Martin.
Mr. Martin is survived by a daughter, Valerie Ohler;...
Clem Beck
May 5, 2022
Clem Monroe Beck, 80, of Walkersville, passed away on Thursday, May 5, 2022 at Autumn Lake Healthcare at Glade Valley, Walkersville. He was the husband of the late Mary Frances Nikirk Beck. Born on March 14, 1942, in Oxford, WV, he was the son of James Beck and Athlea (Smith) Beck.
Clem served in the US Navy...
Darwin Lawson
May 5, 2022
Darwin Gene Lawson, 84, of Mount Airy, passed from this life on Thursday, May 5, 2022 at his home. He was the husband of Sue Lawson. Born on September 6, 1937, in Fountain Mills, MD, he was the son of Clyde Leroy Lawson, Sr. and Mazie Eudora Lawson.
Darwin was a route driver for Ideal Farms Dairy...
Helen Bullington
May 4, 2022
Helen Louise Bullington, 97, of Monrovia, Maryland, passed from this life on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, at Sunrise Assisted Living in Frederick, MD. She was the beloved wife of the late Elzie Bullington.
Born on August 2, 1924, in Essex, MD, she was the daughter of the late Charles Lawrence and Martha Ellen (Brawner) Brandenburg.
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Paul Feys
May 4, 2022
Paul Feys, 96, of Frederick, MD, passed away on Wednesday, May 4, 2022. He was born in 1926 in Ostend, Belgium, the second of four brothers. He and his family survived German occupation and British bombing during World War II, and after finishing high school in 1944, he joined the order of the Missionaries of Africa. He spent 25...
Thomas Schuerger
May 3, 2022
Thomas Robert Schuerger, 96, of Frederick, Maryland, passed from this life on Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at Frederick Health Hospital in Frederick, MD.
Born on November 1, 1925, in Lakewood, OH, he was the son of the late Richard Schuerger and Rita (Dennerle) Schuerger. He was a descendant of immigrants from the German village of Metzenseifen and...
Paul Stafford
Apr 30, 2022
Paul Y. Stafford of Shepherdstown, WV passed away at home on Saturday, April 30, 2022 at the age of 70. This is a terrible loss and we already miss him greatly.
He was an estimator and spent more than twenty years with Gabe's Services in Frederick, MD where he ended his career as a Senior Estimator.
...Kendi Patterson
Apr 30, 2022
Kendi Lewis Fisher Patterson, 67, of Thurmont, MD died at Citizens Nursing Home on April 30, 2022 due to complications related to a fall. She was the daughter of the late David and Polly Fisher.
Ms. Patterson worked in a variety of settings, including the Frederick Post Office and Open Minds in Gettysburg. She left employment to...

Barbara Mullen
Apr 29, 2022
Barbara Louise (Ballinger) Mullen , 82, of Thurmont, Maryland, passed from this life on April 29, 2022 at her home with her family by her side.
Born on March 6, 1940, in Bridgton, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Charles William Ballinger and Margaret Elizabeth (Munyon) Ballinger. She graduated in 1958 from Bridgeton High School,...
Francine Brady
Apr 27, 2022
Francine Georgiana Brady, 78, of Ashburn, Va., passed away on April 25, 2022, at INOVA Fairfax Hospital. She was the beloved wife of the late James Thomas Brady who passed away in September 2021.
Born on July 14, 1943, in New York, N.Y., she was the daughter of the late Mario and Concetta Palermo. Francine graduated in 1962...
Nicholas Sheahin
Apr 25, 2022
Nicholas James Sheahin, 36, of Germantown, Maryland, passed from this life on Monday, April 25, 2022 at Frederick Health Hospital with his family by his side.
Born on January 24, 1986, in Rockville, MD, he was the son of Dennis and Deborah Ann (Sheahin) Reighard of Germantown.
Nick graduated from Seneca Valley High School. He...
Aleta Fox
Apr 25, 2022
Aleta Lynn (Rickard) Fox, of Rocky Ridge, MD, began her heavenly journey all too soon on April 25, 2022.
Born July 24, 1957, in Washington DC, she was the eldest child and daughter of Glenn Oliver Jr. and Eleanor Louise (Griffith) Rickard, and for over 46 years she has been married to husband Gary...
John Knott
Apr 25, 2022
Mr. John Bernard Knott, 75, of Thurmont, died on Monday, April 25, 2022 at his home surrounded by his family.
He was the loving husband of Barbara J. Knott. They were happily married for 52 years.
Born March 7, 1947, he was the youngest of 10 children born to the late Charles A. and Ruth...