Obituaries

Jan 30, 2015

Paul R. LaBrush, 80, of Boonsboro, Maryland, passed away while surrounded by his wife and family on Friday, January 30, 2015 at Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown, Maryland.

He was deeply loved and will be greatly missed by his wife of 55 years, Dorothy V. (Fisher) LaBrush.

Born on January 6, 1935, in  Frederick, Maryland,...

Jan 29, 2015

Mr. Ronald Lee "Ron" Fallwell, 76, of Frederick, died Thursday, January 29, 2015 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was the loving husband of Rachel Fallwell for 51 years. Born June 12, 1938 in Roanoke, VA, he was the son of the late James Berkeley and Orpha Christine Fallwell. Ron retired after 49 years with State Farm Insurance. He was a...

Jan 29, 2015

Carolyn Elaine (Gross) Schaffer, 76, of Hagerstown, Maryland, passed from this life on Thursday, January 29, 2015, at the Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC.

Born on February 6, 1938, in Mt. Carmel, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Woodrow Slifer and Hilda Pearl (Smith) Gross.

Carolyn was a 1956 graduate from Boonsboro...

Jan 28, 2015

Mr. Clifton Joseph Falcon, Jr., "Cliff" "CJ" (age 78) Of Monrovia, MD, on Wed., January 28, 2015. Born in Long Beach, CA to the late Clifton, Sr. and Elizabeth White. Survived by his beloved wife of 24 years Karen L. Behrendt Falcon. Former husband and dear friend of Kristin. Loving father of Scott (Laura) and Michele (Augie). Cherished brother of...

Jan 27, 2015

Mr. Michael H. Sincevich, 85, of Frederick, Maryland, passed away on Tuesday morning, January 27, 2015, at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Born on September 23, 1929, in West Brownsville, Pennsylvania,  he was the son of the late Stanley P. and Sophia S. (Lucas) Sincevich.  His wife, Marilyn A. (Hoffmann) Sincevich, predeceased him on April 22, 2006. Michael was the beloved father of Marcy...

Jan 27, 2015

Mr. Donald Reese Maxey, 84, of Clarksburg, Mount Airy, and most recently Frederick Maryland, passed away on January 27, 2015. Captain Maxey was a Korean War veteran and is survived by his wife of 66 years, Anne, 5 children; Carol Gazunis, Becky Maxey Lorenz, John Maxey, Beth Maxey, Martha Ehlman; and 8 grandchildren.  Mr. Maxey was a science teacher in Montgomery...

Jan 27, 2015

On January 27, 2015 from an apparent heart attack.  Born March 9, 1932 and raised in her beloved PA, Greta was a longtime Arlington, VA resident before her move to Fahrney Keedy Home & Village, MD. She graduated from Doylestown High School in 1950 and married.  In the early years of raising her family, Greta pursued her talents in...

Jan 27, 2015

Mrs. Rowena Mayse Cremeans died on Tuesday, January 27, at her home in Frederick, Maryland.  She was the beloved wife of C. Odell Cremeans, who predeceased her in 2001.  Born in Jackson County, Kentucky, on July 10, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Rosa Griffith Mayse and the late Patrick Mayse. Mrs. Cremeans was a graduate of Marshall University in...

Jan 26, 2015

On Monday, January 26, 2015 of Woodbine, MD.  Beloved wife of the late Donald G. Herr.  She is survived by son Joseph Rockstroh (Simone) and daughter Mary Ellen Liebowitz; grandchildren Shawn and Pat Moriarty and Jamie Rockstroh; 4 great-grandchildren; brother Jack Steudl She worked as a Telephone Operator for C&P Telephone. She enjoyed traveling and golfing.  Friends may call at Stauffer Funeral Home,...

Jan 26, 2015

Thomas Harry Remsburg, 85, of Boonsboro, Maryland, passed from this life on Monday, January 26, 2015, at Reeders Memorial Home in Boonsboro.

Born on November 28, 1929, in Keedysville, Maryland, he was the son of the late Harry M. and Olive Virginia (Clopper) Remsburg.

He was  1947 graduate from Boonsboro High School.

Thomas...

Jan 26, 2015

Roy Edward James, 78, of Mount Airy, passed away on  Monday, January 26, 2015, at Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was the husband of Bertie L. James, his wife of 57 years. Born on May 23, 1936, in Lee County, VA, he was the son of the late Samuel James and Bonnie M. Livesay James. He attended Sherwood High School. Roy worked...

Jan 26, 2015

Mr. Thomas S. Litras of Frederick, MD, died on Monday, January 26, 2015 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Born August 7, 1929 in Oshkosh, WI, he was the son of the late Angel and Leone Litras. Mr. Litras is survived by his wife, Harriet, of 64 years; two sons, Christopher and his wife, Teri; Jonathan and his fiancée, Debbie; four grandchildren;...

Jan 26, 2015

Robert T. Walsleben, of Mt. Airy MD (formerly of Hempstead, Massapequa and Hauppauge NY) died at age 78, after a long, courageous battle with Parkinson’s disease. Bob, who will be remembered as a robust, happy outdoorsman, was Chief Court Stenographer of the Suffolk County District Court for 20+ years. Prior to that he worked as a stenographer in Nassau County...

Jan 25, 2015

John Gary Kevilly of Urbana, Maryland, went home to his Lord and savior on Jan. 25, 2015, at the age of 67. Gary fought his lifelong battle with cystic fibrosis with courage and strength until his final breath. At his time of death, he was surrounded by his family, and he is survived by his wife Mary, his daughters Stephanie...

Jan 24, 2015

Dennis M. Ebersole, 85, of Sharpsburg, Maryland, passed from this life on Saturday, January 24, 2015 at Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown, Maryland.

Born on June 21, 1929, in Antietam, Maryland, he was the son of the late Leonard Guy and Mary Ethel (Metz) Ebersole.

Dennis was veteran of the United States Army, serving during...

Jan 24, 2015

Mr. Harold Wesley Young, 92, of Frederick, MD., passed away Saturday, January 24, 2015 at Frederick Memorial Hospital.  He was the husband of the late Mary Madeline Young. Born October 5, 1922 in Legore, Maryland, he was the son of Harry Atlee and Mary Lee Hape Young. Mr. Young retired from Fort Detrick, after many years of service,  as an engineering technician.  He...

Jan 22, 2015

Gertrude M. (Baile) Barnes After several years of declining health, Gertrude M. Barnes, age 80, died early the morning of January 22 at Frederick Memorial Hospital in Frederick, MD.   She was the daughter  of the late Nathan J. Baile and Hjalmar E. Roelke, stepdaughter of the late Franklin L. Thomas, and sister of the late Arnold L. Thomas.  She was the last...

Jan 22, 2015

Mr. Robert P. Schildt, 82, a lifelong resident of Thurmont, Maryland, passed into Eternity on Thursday, January 22, 2015, at his home, with his wife, son, and daughters by his side. Robert was born in Thurmont, Maryland on May 2, 1932, to the late Paul Leonard and Laurel E. Leona (Wollard) Schildt.  He remained a lifelong resident there with his wife...

Jan 21, 2015

Elmer Allen (Bud) Stone Jr, 87, a lifelong resident of Boonsboro, died at Meritus Medical Center on January 21, 2015.

Born December 11, 1927, he was the son of the late Elmer Allen Stone Sr. and Hattie Mae Keedy Stone.

He was preceded in death by sisters Mary E. Gross and Pauline L. Ewald and...

Jan 21, 2015

David Wayne Delph, born May 7th 1953 of Mt. Airy, husband of Rozzetta Sullivan Delph, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday January 21, 2015. He was the son of the late Palmer Delph and Ella Delph of Mt. Airy, Maryland. David was the father of four children Dewayne Delph, and wife Sandra, daughters Kate Foels and Stephanie...