Obituaries

Dec 24, 2014

Mr. William C. (Bill) Geisbert, 84,  of Crestwood Village, Frederick, passed on to his eternal home on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2014. Born on July 26, 1930, in Hagerstown, Maryland, he was the son of the late Raymond C. and Clara (Reed) Geisbert.  He was the husband of Ruthanna (Lewis) Geisbert, his wife of 58  years. Bill was a member of the Frederick...

Dec 22, 2014

Mr. Leroy Simms, 77, of Walkersville, MD, formerly of Frederick, died Monday, December 22, 2014 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was the loving husband for 58 years of Elsie Simms. Born May 8, 1937 in Lucketts, VA, he was the son of the late John and Gertrude Simms. Leroy retired from Essroc after 27 years in 1999. Leroy was a...

Dec 22, 2014

Ada Elizabeth (Liz) Schwartz, 95, of Boonsboro, Maryland, passed away Monday, December 22, 2014 at her home at Fahrney Keedy Village.  Born September 1, 1919, in Quincy, Illinois, she was the daughter of the late Ethyl and Clyde Schwartz.  Having never married, she is survived by four loving nephews, and 12 great nieces and nephews.  She was closest to...

Dec 22, 2014

Mr. John V. Burke, 93, of Fairfield, PA, passed away Monday, December 22, 2014 at his home.  He was the husband of Emma “Jenny” Burke. Born July 29, 1921 in Wildwood, NJ, he was the son of the late Horace and Emily Viereck Burke. Mr. Burke served his Country in the U.S. Navy during WWII. He won the volunteer of the...

Dec 21, 2014

Mr. Ronald Phillip Weygand, 65,  of  New Market, MD passed away Sunday, December 21, 2014 at Frederick Memorial Hospital.  He was the beloved husband of Frances Weygand. Born January 22, 1949 in Camden, NJ he was the son of the late Richard and Rita Mary Navone Weygand. Mr. Weygand proudly served his country in the U.S. AirForce.  Prior to his retirement he worked as...

Dec 21, 2014

Dec 20, 2014

Jack R. Phenicie, Jr., 55, died Saturday, December 20, 2014 at Frederick Memorial Hospital in Frederick, MD. Born June 23, 1959 in Cheverly, MD, he was the son of Donalda L. Phenicie of Woodstock, VA, and the late Jack R. Phenicie, Sr. Jack graduated from Paint Branch High School in 1977.  He loved his country and chose to serve in the...

Dec 20, 2014

Mr. Robert Paul Higdon, Sr. of Frederick, formerly of Mt. Airy, and Gaithersburg, MD died December 20, 2014 in Mount Airy, MD.  He was the husband of the late Kathleen Ruth (Baranowske) Higdon who passed away in May 2005. Born September 18, 1921 in Bristow, Oklahoma, he was the son of Robert Byrd and Beulah Marie (Cook) Higdon.  He spent most of...

Dec 19, 2014

Malcolm "Mac" Lee Loy, 84, formerly of Jefferson, devoted husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, son, brother, and dairy farmer, passed away peacefully on Friday morning, December 19, 2014.  He was surrounded by his loving family. Born as a twin on December 31, 1929, in Montgomery County, MD, he was the son of the late Joseph Spencer and Mary Imogene (Burdette) Loy.  He was...

Dec 19, 2014

Mr. Lloyd Kenneth "Ike" Vaughn, 84, of Emmitsburg died peacefully Friday morning, December 19, 2014 at his home with his family by his side. He was the loving husband of the late Barbara Louise Vaughn. They were married for 52 years prior to her death in 2002. Born January 14, 1930 near Taneytown, he was the son of the late...

Dec 18, 2014

Mrs. Cathryn Rozanne Greene Dooly died at her home in Crestwood Village on Thursday December 18, 2014, following a decade long struggle with dementia.  She was surrounded by her family and faithful caregivers.  She was the wife of the late William G. Dooly Jr. for 58 happy years.  For the past 3 years she could be seen walking in Crestwood with her loyal...

Dec 18, 2014

Frederick loses a local. Clark E. Phebus Jr. (62) of Frederick, MD passed away on Thursday Dec 18, 2014, following a yearlong fight with pancreatic cancer. Clark was born on September 23, 1952 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was the eldest of four children of Clark and Wilma (Mantz) Phebus. Clark was an 8th generation resident of Frederick, MD and...

Dec 18, 2014

Ross Joseph Stellabotte, 74, of Williamsport, Maryland, passed from this life on Thursday, December 18, 2014 at the Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown, Maryland.

Born on September 12, 1940, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Ross and Mary (Ragetti) Stellabotte.

Ross was a 1958 graduate from Altoona High School, in Altoona,...

Dec 16, 2014

Mrs. Jadwiga Zofia Wojciechowski, 91, of Ijamsville, Maryland, and formerly of Bethesda, Maryland, passed away on Tuesday morning, December 16, 2014, at her home.  Her husband, Longine Jan Wojciechowski, preceded her in death on September 18, 2013. Devoted mother of Eva Gegner and husband, Michael, of Mt. Airy, Maryland and Longina Akhtar and husband, Saeed of Ijamsville, Maryland.  Grandmother of Omar Akhtar...

Dec 16, 2014

Mrs. Linda Sue Beene, 68, of Germantown and more recently of Frederick, died Tuesday, December 16, 2014 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. She was the loving wife of the late Kenneth Beene, Sr., who predeceased on April 24, 2014. Born January 15, 1946 in Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Betty Moulden. Linda was a bus driver...

Dec 16, 2014

Pauline Virginia Koontz Rosensteel, 94, died Tuesday, December 16, 2014 at Heartfields Assisted Living of Frederick where she resided for nearly eight years.  She was born March 22, 1920 near Union Mills, MD to Jottie and Oliver Koontz.  Pauline was twice married, first to Robert C.  Stonesifer.  She is the mother of 2 daughers Donna C. Hargett of Frederick, MD and Connie M. Tribodeaux...

Dec 15, 2014

Mr. Fred Conley Easterling, Jr., 68, of Frederick, MD passed away Monday, December 15, 2014 at the Frederick Memorial Hospital.  He was the beloved husband of Karen Easterling. Born June 14, 1946 in Norton, VA he was the son of the late Fred Conley, Sr. and Elizabeth Owens Easterling. Mr. Easterling proudly served his country in the U.S. Air Force during...

Dec 14, 2014

Mr. Lloyd E. Ramey, 67 of Frederick, Maryland passed away suddenly on Sunday, December 14th, 2014. Born on February 12th, 1947 in Ashland, Kentucky, he is the beloved son of the late Lloyd Elden Ramey and Alma Marjorie Bowling of Ashland, Kentucky. Lloyd was a 1965 graduate of Paul G. Blazer High School and later went on to join the...

Dec 13, 2014

Col. Charles Hayden, retired Army, 85 , of Ijamsville, MD passed away Friday, December 12, 2014 at Frederick Memorial Hospital.  He was the beloved husband of Elsie Hayden for almost 64 years. Born January 30, 1929 in Washington, D.C. he was the son of the late Charles William and Lillian Hudson Hayden. Mr. Hayden proudly served his country in the U.S....

Dec 13, 2014

Mr. Raymond (Shadow) L Hewitt, 84 of Mountaindale passed away peacefully on December 13, 2014 at his home with his family by his side.                                                                                                                                      Born in Mountaindale on January 10, 1930 He was the son of the late Raymond W. and Leona Brice Hewitt. He was the loving husband of Mary Dolores Craver Hewitt, his wife of 61 years. Shadow retired...