Obituaries

Cordie Barnard

Aug 28, 2013

Mrs. Cordie Lee Barnard, 79, of Mount Airy, MD passed peacefully to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, August 28, 2013. Born March 30, 1934 in Simpsonville, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Pearl I. Mathis and Mack H. Seal, Sr. Her husband of 37 years, J.C. Barnard, passed on December 16, 1992....

Margaretta Working

Aug 28, 2013

Mrs. Margaretta K. Working, 66, of Emmitsburg, Maryland, passed away Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at the York Hospital. She was the wife of John J. Working, her husband of 43+ years.

Born October 22, 1946 in Chambersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Oscar and Rhoda Burkholder Keefer.

Mrs. Working was a member...

Lawrence "Larry" Watson

Aug 27, 2013

Mr. Lawrence (Larry) McBride Watson, 95, of Frederick, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, August 27, 2013.  He was the loving husband of the late Doris Stirling Watson, whom he married October 6, 1940, at the Throggs Neck Presbyterian Church, Throggs Neck, NY. Born on March 14, 1918 in Philadelphia, PA he...

Gabriel Lamastra, Jr.

Aug 27, 2013

Mr. Gabriel Charles Lamastra, Jr., 64, of Ijamsville, Maryland, passed away Tuesday, August 27, 2013 at Northampton Manor.  He was the husband of Theresa Layne Lamastra.

Born March 19, 1949 in Washington, D.C., he was the son of Ruth Pettitt Lamastra of Bethany Beach, DE, and the late Gabriel C. Lamastra, Sr.

Mr. Lamastra retired...

Walter Knight

Aug 26, 2013

Walter "Wally" John Knight, 66, beloved husband, father and grandfather, passed away on August. 26, 2013 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Residing in Frederick for the past 10 years, he spent most of his adult life in the Waldorf area.  He was born on September 27, 1946 to Dillard J. and Alice Marie Knight in St. Louis, Missouri. Wally was...

Harry Fox

Aug 26, 2013

Harry Mathaney Fox of Bristol, Tennessee, died on Monday, August 26, 2013, at the Mt. Airy, Maryland, home of his sisters Ruth A. Fox and Clare Fox Archer, who had been caring for him in the last months of a long illness.  He was born November 10, 1951, in Baltimore to William Ernest Fox, a Lutheran pastor, and Ruth...

William McDermid

Aug 26, 2013

Mr. William “Bill” Blair McDermid , 85, of Frederick , MD passed away peacefully at Frederick Memorial Hospital on Monday, August 26, 2013. Born April 1, 1928, in New York City, he was the son of the late Mary Scully and Walter MacDermid . He is survived by...

Frank Sofinowski

Aug 26, 2013

Mr. Frank Emil Sofinowski, 75, of Walkersville, died Monday, August 26, 2013 from injuries sustained in a vehicular accident. He was the loving husband of Barbara Ann Sofinowski. They celebrated their 50th anniversary this past January.

Born July 6, 1938 in Dundalk, he was the son of Ruth Eva Sofinowski of Westminster and the late...

William "Billy" Barber

Aug 25, 2013

Mr. William "Billy" Roy Barber, 52, of Frederick joined his beloved mother and father on Sunday, August 25, 2013 at College View Center from complications of diabetes.

Born October 19, 1960 in Montgomery County, he was a the son of the late Donald and Betty Barber.

Billy was a selfless , caring, non-judgmental man. He...

Glenn Crone

Aug 24, 2013

Mr. Glenn Elwood Crone of Frederick died Saturday, August 24,2013. He was the husband of Clara Delauter Crone, his wife of 64 years. Born August 21, 1927 in Frederick, he was the son of the late Cecil Earl Crone and Martha Main Crone. He was previously employed at Fort Detrick for over 30 years and with Safeway Stores, Inc....

Elvin Wolfe, Jr.

Aug 24, 2013

Mr. Elvin R. Wolfe, Jr. “Peewee”, 63 of Frederick, Maryland passed away on Saturday, August 24, 2013 at John’s Hopkins. He was the husband of the late Barbara Ann Wolfe who passed away in 2009.

Born on July 19, 1950 in Frederick, MD he was the son of the late Elvin R. Wolfe, Sr. and Lorraine Lewis...

Alice Schmidt

Aug 23, 2013

Mrs. Alice L. Schmidt, 90, of Frederick, MD passed away peacefully at home with her family by her side on Friday, August 23, 2013 at her home. She was the beloved wife of the late Walter J. Schmidt.

Born on September 10, 1922 in Maine she was the daughter of the late Howard and Ethel Valentine Leighton....

Harold Whitmore

Aug 22, 2013

Harold Lee "Doc" Whitmore

February 23, 1939 - August 22, 2013 Doc Whitmore, retired East Tennessee State University (ETSU) professor and little league baseball coach in Johnson City, TN,  passed away peacefully from complications due to Alzheimer's disease  in Frederick MD on August 22, 2013. Born in Gettysburg, PA and raised in Detour, MD, he was the...

"June Bug" Vance

Aug 22, 2013

June "June Bug" Marie (Saville) Vance, 64, of Keedysville, Maryland, passed from this life to the next on Thursday, August 22, 2013 at Reeders Memorial Home in Boonsboro. Born on April 29, 1949, in Martinsburg, West Virginia, she is the daughter of Leona Saville of Keedysville and the late Hubert Oates Saville. June was a 1967 graduate from Boonsboro...

Barbara Brown

Aug 20, 2013

Mrs. Barbara May Brown of Frederick, passed away Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at her home with her family by her side. She is the loving wife of Wayne M. Brown, the love of his life. They have been married for 43 years and together for 45 years.

Barbara was born in Washington, DC and is...

Virginia "Jenny" Deal

Aug 19, 2013

Virginia "Jenny" Belle (Bowers) Deal, 76, of Boonsboro, Maryland, passed from this life on Monday, August 19, 2013 at the Western Maryland Hospital Center in Hagerstown.

Born on November 1, 1936 in Washington County, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Glenn Linford and Nettie (Worthington) Bowers. Jenny attended the Community Mennonite Church in Boonsboro. She was...

Dr. Albert Samuel

Aug 18, 2013

Dr. Albert Samuel, 76, of Middletown, MD went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on August 18, 2013, while vacationing in Michigan. Dr. Samuel was born on February 27, 1937, in Tanjore, South India to the late Rev. and Mrs. Samuel Duraikan.  He married his wife Jean on December 20, 1969, in Madison Heights, MI. Together they...

Charles Jackson, Sr.

Aug 16, 2013

Mr. Charles E. "Bud" Jackson, Sr., 81, of Frederick, died Friday, August 16, 2013 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was the husband of the late Margaret E. Fletcher Jackson, who predeceased him in 2001. Born July 19, 1932 in Frederick, he was the son of the late Grafton and Annabelle Nickens Jackson. In younger years, he was a nursing assistant...

Thelma Jones

Aug 16, 2013

Thelma Delilah (Fink) Jones, 83, of Hagerstown, Maryland, passed from this life on Friday, August 16, 2013 at Julie Manor Health Care Center in Hagerstown.

Born on April 22, 1930 in Derwood, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Charles Franklin and Ressie Delilah (Shipe) Fink. Her husband, Isaiah "Ike" Henry Jones, preceded her in death...

Nancy Soderlund

Aug 16, 2013

Mrs. Nancy C. Soderlund, 78 of King George, Virginia, formerly of Frederick,  passed away on Friday, August 16, 2013 in Fredericksburg, VA. She was the wife of the late Carl Soderlund. Born on September 22, 1934 in Washington, DC she was the daughter of  the late John and Pearl Campbell. Nancy enjoyed traveling on many mission trips all over the world. She...