Obituaries

Aug 12, 2021

Kathryn Elizabeth Snider, 36, passed away peacefully at home with her family by her side Thursday, August 12, 2021, in Smithsburg, Maryland after her 5 year long and very courageous battle against brain cancer. She was the loving wife of Dan Snider and mother of Noah and Adeline.

In addition to her loving husband and children, Kathryn is...

Aug 12, 2021

April Sue (Roberts) Fithian, 54,  of Hagerstown, Maryland, passed away on August 12, 2021, at her home.

Born on June 15, 1967, in Hagerstown, Maryland she was the daughter of Betty Jane (Dodson) Roberts and the late Roland Roberts. April worked for several years for her family’s automotive business but primarily was a homemaker, staying home to...

Aug 10, 2021

Betty Ann Lease Thompson, 94 (“almost 95”), daughter of the late Norman Stone Lease and Edith Burall Lease, passed away on August 10th, 2021 at the home of her daughter, Jennifer, surrounded by her loving family.  She was born in New Market on August 20th, 1926.  Betty was happily married for 67 years to the late John Leonard Thompson,...

Aug 10, 2021

Karen Knight, 75, previously of Middletown, MD, passed away on August 10, 2021, in New Jersey.

She was born on October 20, 1945, in Washington, DC.

She is survived by daughter Kathi Jackson, and son John King Jr. and wife Debbie. Grandchildren Robert, Nathan, and Kayla as well as numerous great grandchildren,...

Aug 9, 2021

Abbie Cobler Haws, 57 of Frederick Maryland, passed away on August 9, 2021 after a difficult battle with advanced lung disease. Abbie spent the last year admitted to the hospital (mostly in the ICU) after complications following a double lung transplant. Born March 5, 1964 to the late Lawrence Edward Cobler and the late Imogene (Imy) Klingler Cobler. She...

Aug 9, 2021

Stanley Roy Campbell, 89, of Boonsboro, passed away on Monday, August 9, 2021 at his home. Born on January 8, 1932, in Hagerstown, he was the son of the late Stansie Washington Campbell and Ethel Verona (McKeever) Campbell. He will be remembered by his wife of 67 years, Thelma Mae Moser Campbell. He was co-owner of F&C Distributing Company,...

Aug 7, 2021

Justice Luis Perez, 24, passed away unexpectedly at home on August 4, 2021. Born on September 3, 1996 in Lewistown, Pennsylvania, he was the son of Julie (Ritchey) and Luis Perez. Justice graduated from Tuscarora High School, class of 2015 and continued his education at Frederick Community College. He worked for Siemens Industries and most recently, The Dispensary in...

Aug 7, 2021

Shirley A. Stone, 68, of Boonsboro died Saturday, August 7, 2021 at her home.

Born September 28, 1952 in Hillsville, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Payton Elmo Turman and Julia Dean (McPeak) Turman.

Shirley received her GED in 2006 from Frederick High School, and she worked in the food industry for many...

Aug 7, 2021

The world lost a beloved mother, Ruby Louise McKinney-Stevens, 85, of Boonsboro, Maryland Saturday, August 7, 2021. Ruby passed at Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown, Maryland. She was the loving wife of Billy Richard Stevens. Born on September 5, 1935, in Williamsport, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Chester C. and Beulah V. (Wright) Keyton. A graduate...

Aug 7, 2021

Herman Ira Shelton , 92, of Walkersville, Maryland, departed his physical body on Saturday, August 7, 2021 in his home surrounded by his family.  He was married to his high school sweetheart, Joan McEwen Shelton on July 29, 1950; she died September 2, 2011.

Born at home in Pumpkin Center, in the first house built in Walkersville...

Aug 6, 2021

Donald Melvin Ely Jr., 37, of Thurmont, Maryland, passed from this life unexpectedly on Friday, August 6, 2021.

Born on June 8, 1984, he was the son of Donald Melvin Ely Sr. and Jan Ely and the late Margaret Louise (Curtis) Brigham and Don Brigham. Donald graduated from Walkersville High School, class of 2002.

Donald...

Aug 5, 2021

Malachi Mil Renn, the son of Josephine Faith Renn and Adrián Mil Martínez, was born on August 3rd, 2021 and passed away on August 5th, 2021. His life was short, but he was surrounded by people who loved him. His mother, father, and maternal grandparents were with him until the very end, and he died in his mother’s loving...

Aug 5, 2021

Mary Redman Palmer Chinnis passed away peacefully in her sleep August 5, 2021 at 91 years of age.

Mary was born January 2, 1930 in the family home to Nettie Allen Daiger and Milton “Yours” Palmer in Tidwells, a small community in Northern Neck Virginia. An only child, she grew up fishing on the docks and getting...

Aug 5, 2021

Mr. Albert Denton Easterday, 51, died unexpectedly on August 5, 2021 in Hagerstown Maryland. He was born in Frederick Maryland on August 14th, 1969 to the parents of Louis Daniel Easterday and Deborah Warfield Ruppert. Albert “Denny” graduated from Damascus High school in 1987. He went on to work for the family business, L. F. Easterday Well Drilling Inc....

Aug 5, 2021

Harry James “Jim” Hofrichter, passed away unexpectedly at the age of 77, in his home in Adamstown, Maryland on August 5, 2021. Jim was preceded in death by his wife Priscilla and parents Charles and Harriet.  He is survived by his sons, Brian (wife Laura) and Jeff; his grandchildren Rebecca, Alex (wife Elise) and Abigail, his great grandchildren Charlotte and...