Obituaries

John "Jack" Bloomfield

John "Jack" Bloomfield

Oct 17, 2019

John "Jack" Joseph Bloomfield, 69, of Frederick, Maryland, passed from this life on Thursday, October 17, 2019 at Frederick Memorial Hospital in Frederick, MD

Born on May 13, 1950, in Troy, New York he was the son of late John  Bloomfield and Angelina  (Favata) Bloomfield.

He was the beloved husband of Susan Bloomfield, his wife...

Earl Lucas

Earl Lucas

Oct 16, 2019

It is with great sadness that the family of Earl J. Lucas,  Jr. announces his passing on October 16, 2019.  Born on April 20, 1965 in Frederick, MD, he was the son of Earl Lucas Sr. of Ranson, WV and Trudy Printz of Frederick, MD.

Earl began his work career on work study and ended in retail.  He...

Curtis Mabie, Jr.

Curtis Mabie, Jr.

Oct 16, 2019

Curtis P. Mabie, Jr., 87, of Frederick, Maryland, died Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at home.

Born on February 26, 1932, in Memphis, TN, he was the son of the late Curtis Parsons, Sr. and Emily (Sheets) Mabie.

Curt received a B.A. in chemistry from Case Western Reserve in Cleveland, Ohio and a M.S.C. in mineralogy...

Edgar Zander, Jr.

Edgar Zander, Jr.

Oct 15, 2019

Edgar A. (Bud) Zander, Jr., 95, of Thurmont, Maryland, passed from this life on Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at  his residence.

Born on March 2, 1924, he was the son of the late Edgar A. Zander, Sr. and Agnes Robinson Zander.

He was the husband of the late Theresa W. Zander.

He was...

Larry Boone

Larry Boone

Oct 14, 2019

Larry W. Boone, 73, of Mt. Pleasant, passed from this life on Monday, October 14, 2019 at Frederick Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. He was the husband of Arlyn J. Zentz Boone, his wife of 53 years.

Born on March 30, 1946, in Mt. Pleasant, he was the son of the late Paul Milton and Laura...

Mary Bowens

Mary Bowens

Oct 14, 2019

MARY ANN BOWENS Sunrise: June 6, 1958  -  Sunset: October 14, 2019 at 4:02 am

Mary Ann Bowens heard the call and accepted her angel wings on Monday, October 14, 2019 surrounded by her loving family. Born on June 6, 1958, Mary Ann was the second to last daughter of James E. and...

Thomas "T.J." Bomba

Thomas "T.J." Bomba

Oct 14, 2019

Montgomery County Police Officer, Thomas "T.J."  Bomba, age 38, passed away on Monday, October 14, 2019.

T.J. was born in Erie, PA. and grew up in Cambridge Springs, PA.  He attended Cambridge Springs High School and earned an Associate's degree in criminal justice at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.  He had a black belt in...

Amy Shinham

Amy Shinham

Oct 13, 2019

Amy Bethany Shinham, 53, of Sharpsburg, MD, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, October 13, 2019 peacefully at her home.

Born on November 30, 1965 in Elkton, MD, she was the daughter of Samuel C. and Lois J. (Kline) Shoemaker of Boonsboro, MD.

Amy was a graduate of Boonsboro High School, class of...

Earl Shipe

Earl Shipe

Oct 13, 2019

Earl Wilbert Shipe of Frederick, MD passed away at home Sunday morning, October 13th surrounded by family. Born in Washington, DC on October 4, 1932, he lived the majority of his life in Gaithersburg, MD and Crestwood Village in Frederick. He was a 1951 graduate of Richard Montgomery High School. He is survived by his wife of 65 years...

Leslie Bell

Leslie Bell

Oct 13, 2019

Leslie J. Bell, 95, of Frederick, Maryland, passed from this life on Sunday, October 13, 2019 at Homewood at Crumland Farms in Frederick, MD.  He was the beloved husband of Elfrieda Bell.

Born on January 17, 1924, in Hackensack, NJ, he was the son of the late James and Dorothy (Wolcott) Bell.

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Karen Favreau

Karen Favreau

Oct 12, 2019

Karen Marie Favreau passed away on Saturday October 12, 2019 in the comfort of hospice care.

Karen was born on August 9, 1951 in Washington DC, the daughter of the late Raymond and Anna Fanning of Olney, MD. She graduated with her RN from University of Maryland’s Nursing School in 1973, was married in 1977, and has...

Mark Shanaberger

Mark Shanaberger

Oct 11, 2019

Mark Wentz Shanaberger, 64, of Boonsboro, MD passed away on Friday, October 11, 2019 at his home. Born in Jarvisburg, NC to his father Carl Victor Shanaberger and his mother Betty Ruth “Craighead” Malatt. Mark spent the majority of his childhood growing up in Frederick county, graduating from Linganore High School, and eventually starting his own construction company. Mark was...

Franklin Plunkard

Franklin Plunkard

Oct 11, 2019

Franklin Lester Plunkard, October 22, 1932 - October 11, 2019

Franklin (“Frank” or “Poppy”) was a wonderful man that is loved and will be missed by all that knew him. He lived his life as a man of integrity, honor and grace. He gave us many memories that will forever be cherished in our hearts.

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Kurt Lidl

Kurt Lidl

Oct 10, 2019

Kurt Josef Lidl, of Potomac, MD, died on Thursday, October 10, 2019, of aggressive metastatic kidney cancer. He was born on May 11, 1968, in Rockville, MD, to the late Marilyn (Morton) Lidl and the late Ernst Lidl. He is survived by his partner of 31 years and wife of 23 years, Debbie, their sons, Zach and Leo, and...

Richard McGeehan

Richard McGeehan

Oct 10, 2019

Richard Lee McGeehan of Braddock Heights passed away at his home on October 10, 2019. He was born on June 14, 1962 in Washington, D.C. He was the son of Patricia George and the late Robert McGeehan.

Rick spent a lot of years working as a framing and trim carpenter where his attention to...

Daniel Sheedy

Daniel Sheedy

Oct 10, 2019

Daniel P. Sheedy, Frederick, MD, 85, passed away Thursday, October 10, 2019 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Mr. Sheedy was born in East Lansing Michigan on June 13, 1934 the second son of Joseph W. and Thora (Zook) Sheedy.  He graduated from East Lansing High School in 1952 and served two years in the US Army, 1954 to 1956.  Upon...

Roberta Dougherty

Roberta Dougherty

Oct 9, 2019

Roberta Dougherty, 66, of Frederick, Maryland, passed from this life on Wednesday, October 9, 2019 at Frederick Memorial Hospital in Frederick.

Born on August 20, 1953, in Brownsville, PA, she was the daughter of the late John Catterall and Doris Jean (Percy) Lamb.

Mrs. Dougherty graduated with an Associates Degree in special education. She worked...

Ann Grossnickle

Ann Grossnickle

Oct 8, 2019

Ann Jeanette "AJ" Grossnickle , 81, of Frederick, passed from this life on Tuesday, October 8, at Frederick Memorial Hospital.  She was the wife of 63 years to Rogerlee Grossnickle.  They were married on August 24, 1956.  Born on May 26, 1938, in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Edwin D. Albaugh and Caroline (Baumgardner) Albaugh.

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Edward Plews

Edward Plews

Oct 8, 2019

Edward Robert Plews, 89, of Boonsboro, formerly of Philadelphia, PA, passed away, Tuesday, October 8, 2019, at Fahrney-Keedy Senior Living Community.

Born September 5, 1930 in Philadelphia, PA, he was the son of the late Edward Thomas Plews and Louise Anna Egloff Plews.

Ed graduated from Olney High School, Philadelphia, PA in...

Lois Schwin

Lois Schwin

Oct 7, 2019

Lois Mae Schwin, age 93, passed away at Homewood in Frederick, Maryland on Monday, October 7, 2019.  She had been challenged by Alzheimer’s for many years and lived at Homewood’s Willows Memory Center since April, 2014. The special care given to her by the Homewood Staff and Carroll Hospice Care are greatly appreciated.

Lois was the wife...