Obituaries
Robert Roelkey
Mar 17, 2022
Robert Wesley "Rock" Roelkey, 93, passed away peacefully, at his home, surrounded by his family. He was the loving husband to Ellie Roelkey for 64 beautiful years.
Born on April 4, 1928 in Knoxville, MD, he was the son of the late Helen (Hightman) and David Henry Roelkey, Jr.
Bob was a graduate of Brunswick...
James Geraghty
Mar 17, 2022
****UPDATED SERVICE INFORMATION**** A memorial service will be held Sunday, June 26th, 2022 from 12 noon to 4pm at the Keedysville Community Center located at 40 Mount Vernon Drive, Keedysville, MD. James T. Geraghty, 62, died of cardiomyopathy at his home in Keedysville, MD, on March 17. Known as Jamie to family and Jim to coworkers, he was...
Samuel Summers III
Mar 17, 2022
Samuel P. Summers III aka Bub or Sam, 74 of Frederick, passed away on March 17, 2022, at Autumn Lake Nursing Facility in Walkersville.
Born on September 22, 1947, in Frederick, he was the son of the late Samuel and Violet (Smith) Summers. Sam was known for his ability to fix anything and worked for several years...
Horace Clinton "Clint" Tucker, Jr.
Mar 16, 2022
Horace Clinton "Clint" Tucker,Jr., 82, of Jefferson, Maryland, passed from this life on Wednesday, March 16, 2022, at Citizens Care and Rehabilitation Center in Frederick, MD. He was the beloved husband of LeeAnn Taylor for 44 years.
Born on October 6, 1939, in Wildwood, FL, he was the son of the late Horace Clinton Tucker, Sr. and...
Mildred "Millie" Cline
Mar 16, 2022
Mildred L. (Millie) Cline, age 90, passed away on Wednesday, March 16, 2022, at home.
Born on March 15,1935 in Frederick County, she was the daughter of the late Oscar H. and Flora Wachter Michael. On April 21, 1967, she married Roy E. Cline, Jr. and they shared almost 55 years of marriage. Millie was the head...
William Longerbeam
Mar 15, 2022
William Clayton Longerbeam passed from this life on March 15, 2022 at WVU Medicine Berkley Medical Center. He was born June 12, 1944 in Loudoun County, VA to the late Arnold Clayton Longerbeam and Frances Elizabeth Bramhall. William was a graduate from Loudoun County High School in Leesburg, VA.
William was a hard worker and a farmer....
Neil Bechtol
Mar 15, 2022
Neil Ford Bechtol, 86, of Fairfield, PA passed away Tuesday, March 15, 2022. He was the loving husband, of 67 years, to Erma Beatrice (Davis) Bechtol.
Born in Paw Paw, WV on March 5, 1936, he was the son of the late Edward Ford and Leona Ida Mae (Whisner) Bechtol.
Surviving, in addition to his...
Virginia Arneson
Mar 15, 2022
Virginia Lee Arneson, 89, died peacefully at Frederick Memorial Hospital on March 15, after a six month difficult health battle. She was born September 6, 1932 in Minneapolis, Minnesota and spent her childhood in Golden Valley, Minnesota. She was predeceased in death by her father, Monroe Gerhert Arneson and her mother, Edythe Arneson.
Virginia moved to Springfield,...
Ann Martino
Mar 13, 2022
Ann Marie Martino, 89, of Damascus, Maryland, passed from this life on Sunday, March 13, 2022 surrounded by her family.
Born on February 25, 1933, in New York, she was the daughter of the late John Hannefy and Letitia (Meagher) Hannefy.
She was the beloved wife of the late Guy Martino.
Ann was...
Elsa Bennett
Mar 13, 2022
Elsa P. Bennett, 86, of Mount Airy, Maryland, and formerly of Vineland, NJ and Dover, DE, passed from this life on Sunday, March 13, 2022 at her home in Mount Airy. She was the loving wife of the late Stephen D. Bennett.
Born on October 7, 1935, in Passaic, NJ, she was the daughter of the late...
Evelyn Wilson
Mar 13, 2022
Evelyn F Wilson, 94, of Brunswick, Maryland, passed from this life on Sunday March 13, 2022 at Tranquility at Fredericktowne, at the age of 94. She was born on October 1, 1927, a daughter to Jesse Lee and Sarah Ann (Harmon) Garrott. She was one of seven children.
She graduated from Brunswick High School in 1945.
...Mary Holford Delaney
Mar 13, 2022
Mary Holford Delaney, 81, of Frederick, Maryland, passed from this life on Sunday, March 13, 2022 in Frederick, MD. She was the beloved wife of William "Bill" Delaney for 61years.
Born in February 1941 in Washington, DC, she was the daughter of the late James Leo and Velma (Coppers) Holford.
She graduated from Blair High School...

Robert "Bob" McMillen
Mar 12, 2022
Mr. Robert "Bob" McMillen, 73, of Frederick, died on March 12, 2022 at his home. He was the husband of Louise McMillen for nearly 33 years. He was the son of Clarence and Arlene (Bowser) McMillen. Bob served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1967 to 1970, including a tour of Vietnam as a radio engineer, having received several...
Ana Kedhi
Mar 12, 2022
Ana Kedhi was born June 10, 1939 in Permet, southeast Albania. The oldest daughter of llia and Thomaidha Angjeli. Ana and her younger sister Donika were born into an area of Albania that was the birthplace of the beginning of the Greco-Italian war known as “Oxi War” of 1940. To survive, her family fled to the mountainous area of this...
Daniel Mark Kern
Mar 12, 2022
On Saturday March 12, 2022, Daniel Mark Kern, 59, of Boonsboro became an eternal angel when he passed away unexpectedly. He was the loving husband of Teresa A. Kern for 40 years. Born May 19, 1962 in Milwaukee, WI, he was the son of Donna (Nenn) Kern of Hagerstown, and the late, Richard Kern. He worked as a superintendent...
Beatrice Bentz
Mar 11, 2022
Beatrice Virginia Stitely Bentz, 95, of Thurmont, MD went to her eternal home in heaven on Friday, March 11, 2022, at Gettysburg Hospital in Gettysburg, PA. She was the wife of the late Charles William Bentz who passed away August 26, 2012.
Born December 14, 1926, in her family home in Catoctin Furnace, she was the daughter...
Robert Schwaab
Mar 10, 2022
Robert Earl Schwaab of Mt. Airy passed away on Thursday, March 10, 2022 at his home. He was born in Baltimore on May 28, 1928 to Flora, and William Schwaab, one of five boys. He was a 1948 graduate of Southern High School. He married his wife Elizabeth (Betty) Barron, in 1951 and was drafted into the US Army...
Pauline Compher Stup
Mar 10, 2022
Pauline Elizabeth Compher Stup 98, of Frederick, passed away on Thursday, March 10, 2022 at Country Meadows in Frederick. She was the wife of the late Charles Clayton Stup. At the time of Charles's death, they had been married for over 68 years.
Pauline was born on October 26, 1923 at Bethel in Frederick County, Maryland. She...

Joseph F. Brown III
Mar 8, 2022
Joseph Freolia Brown III, 72, of Burkittsville, Maryland, passed away on Tuesday, March 8, 2022 at the Kline Hospice House in Mount Airy, MD.
Born on March 26, 1949, in Maryland, he was the son of the late Joseph F. Brown Jr. and Anna Lee (Stark) Brown.
Mr. Brown was an avid golfer with a...
Bertie James
Mar 8, 2022
Bertie Lou James, 80, of Mount Airy, passed away peacefully in her home on Tuesday, March 8, 2022.
She was the wife of the late Roy Edward James, her husband of 57 years.
Born on May 7, 1941, in Hamblen County, TN, she was the daughter of the late John Rosco Purkey and Hassie Livesay....