Obituaries

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...

Andrew Whelan

Andrew Whelan

Oct 7, 2019

Andrew (Andy) John Whelan, a long-time resident of Maryland, passed away on October 7th at the age of 77.

He was a successful entrepreneur in a wide array of industries.  In 2001, he founded and was the President of BioElectronics Corporation, the makers of an award winning FDA approved medical device.

Andy is survived by...

Hedwig Robinson

Hedwig Robinson

Oct 6, 2019

Hedwig Rosalie Robinson, 92, of Frederick, Maryland, passed from this life on Sunday, October 6, 2019 at Country Meadows Retirement home while in hospice care.

Born on August 29, 1927, in Rosenberg, Germany, she was the daughter of the late Josef Goricke and Rosalie Goricke (nee Wloka).

She was the loving wife of Isaac Robinson...

Phyllis Keller

Phyllis Keller

Oct 5, 2019

Phyllis Lorraine Keller, 97, of Hagerstown, Maryland, passed away on October 5, 2019 at Ravenwood Lutheran Village. She was the wife of the late Earl John Keller.

Born on September 12, 1922 in Boonsboro, Maryland she was the daughter of the late Lewis Edgar and Edna Cloda (Beachley) Hoffman. Phyllis was primarily a homemaker who enjoyed staying...

Lottie Goines

Lottie Goines

Oct 5, 2019

The Celebration of the Life of

Lottie Lorraine Goines

March 17,1955 to October 5, 2019

Lottie Lorraine Lewis (Lil-Lottie) was born in Champaign, Illinois March 17, 1955 and departed this life after many months of being ill on Saturday October 5, 2019, at Frederick Memorial Hospital (FMH), Frederick, Md.

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Paul Shuff

Paul Shuff

Oct 5, 2019

Paul William Shuff, 67, of Frederick, passed from this life on October 5, 2019.  Born on August 25, 1952 in Frederick, he was the son of the late Sherman William Shuff and H. Dolores (Angell) Shuff.

Paul was a 1970 graduate of Thomas Johnson High School.  He retired after nearly 25 years from Frederick County Government as...

Edward Pollock, Jr.

Edward Pollock, Jr.

Oct 5, 2019

Edward Oliver Pollock Jr., 77, of Mt. Airy, MD died at home from complications of Pancreatic Cancer on 10/5/2019. He was born 5/13/1942, to Edward O. Pollock & Dolly M. Kelly Pollock in Canonsburg, PA. He married Dorothy A. Dietz on 6/1/1968 in Cleveland, OH. Ed earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Physics and a Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering...

Helen Plunkard

Helen Plunkard

Oct 4, 2019

Helen Michael Plunkard (Hoffman), 84 formerly of Mt. Airy, Maryland passed away on October 4, 2019 in Frederick, Maryland. Loving wife to Franklin Plunkard, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother.

She is survived by her husband Franklin Plunkard of Frederick, son Don Plunkard of Smithsburg, grand-daughters Christy Purdum (Plunkard) and husband Mike Purdum of Libertytown, Md and Chasidy...