Obituaries

Elizabeth Wakefield

Sep 25, 2012

Elizabeth Carlson Wakefield, 88, died on September 25 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Born in Concord, New Hampshire, she was the daughter of Ernest and Rosalie Carlson. Betty graduated from Concord High School in 1942, leaving shortly after to work as a secretary for the War Production Board during World War II. Returning to New Hampshire after the war she married...

Margaret Palmer

Sep 25, 2012

Mrs. Margaret H. Palmer, 79, of Thurmont, MD., passed away Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at her residence.  She was the wife of the late Robert W. Palmer who died in 2011. Born on September 18, 1933 in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late John Milton and Christina H. Sommer Hecker. She enjoyed to read, and well as crafting and...

Jack Printz

Sep 24, 2012

Jack Arnold Gochenour Printz, age 72, of Mt. Airy, MD, passed away on September 24, 2012, at the Frederick Memorial Hospital, Frederick, MD. He was born December 30, 1939 in Luray, VA the son of Charles Henry and Ollie Virginia Runyon Gochenour. He was adopted as a young child by Ray and Margaret Gochenour Printz. Jack retired from Shell Oil...

Elsie Schildt

Sep 24, 2012

Mrs. Elsie M. Schildt, 79, of Frederick, died Monday, September 24, 2012 at Citizens Care and Rehabilitation Center with her loving family by her side. She was the wife of Harold Wolfe Schildt, Sr., whom she married on February 8, 1958. Born March 9, 1933 in Mt. Airy, she was the daughter of the late Harry B. and Irene C....

Edward Clipp, Jr.

Sep 22, 2012

Edward "Eddie" Lee Clipp, Jr., 45, of Boonsboro, Maryland, passed sudddenly from this life on Saturday, September 22, 2012, at his home.

Born August 2, 1967, in Hagerstown, Maryland, he is the son of Mary Louise (Coulter) Horman and her husband Jerry, of Germantown, Maryland and the late Edward Lee Clipp, Sr.  His wife, Pam Clipp, preceded him...

Jessamine Kallenbach

Sep 21, 2012

Jessamine Shively Kallenbach (Jes), loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, died Friday, September 21, 2012, at Frederick Memorial Hospital in Frederick, MD. She was 96. Jes was born October 22, 1915, in Laconia, NH, second of four daughters of John L. Shively, First Congregational Church minister, and Jessie Robertson Shively, pianist and musician.  In 1920, the family moved to Southport, CT,...

Shawn Laudick

Sep 21, 2012

Mr. Shawn Michael Laudick, 22, the world suffered a great loss on Friday September 21, 2012 when our beloved Shawn Michael passed away suddenly from cardiac arrest. Shawn was born on August 8, 1990 in Golden, Colorado and has lived in Mt. Airy since 1999. He was the son of Glen and Donna Arneson Laudick. In addition to his parents...

Reuben Poole

Sep 21, 2012

Reuben  D. "Cess" Poole  91, of Frederick, passed away on  September 21, 2012 at the Kline Hospice House, Mt. Airy. He was the husband of the late Margaret E. Poole. He was born in Maryland on September 2, 1921 to the late Reginald Darby and  Adeline Davis Poole. Reuben  worked as a Installer for the C&P Telephone Co. for 35 years He is survived by...

Frenis Hoffman

Sep 20, 2012

Frenis William Hoffman, Sr., 91, of Frederick, passed away at Edenton Assisted Living on Thursday, September 20, 2012 after a lengthy battle with dementia.  Born in Cumberland, Maryland, October 23, 1920, he was the son of the late Frank W. and Clara Sheetz Hoffman. He married Mabel V. Bishop in Cumberland on July 16, 1939 and they celebrated 73 years of...

Robert Fink

Sep 20, 2012

Robert Eugene "Buck" Fink, 85, of Boonsboro, Maryland, passed from this life on Thursday, September 20, 2012 at his home.

Born on May 28, 1927 in Middletown, Maryland, he was the son of the late John Alvie and Bessie Mae (Long) Fink. His wife of 47 years, Louella Mary (Shoemaker) Fink, preceded him in death on August 22,...

Francis Favorite

Sep 20, 2012

Mr. Francis E. Favorite, 75, of Thurmont, MD, passed away,  Thursday, September 20, 2012.  He was the husband of Doris Spielman Favorite, his wife of 16 years. Born April 7, 1937 in Thurmont, he was the son of the late Francis and Catherine Lewis Favorite. Mr. Favorite was a member of the American Legion Post #168.  He retired after 37 years of service...

Pansy Stover

Sep 18, 2012

Pansy Jane Stover, 94, a lifelong resident of Tilghmanton, Maryland, most recently of Golden Living Center in Hagerstown, Maryland passed from this life on Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown.

Born on August 9, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Ferdinand Andrew and Bertha (Dogherty) Stover. Pansy was employed with Londontown Manufacturing...

Arthur Volpe

Sep 18, 2012

Mr. Arthur "Art" Caesar Volpe, 87, of Frederick, MD passed away Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at Frederick Memorial Hospital.  He was married to Mildred Angstodty, she passed away in 2007. Born February 14, 1925 in New York, NY he was the son of the late Arthur C. and Anna Rottella Volpe and a brother to Lolly Schaller.  He also leaves three nephews...

Newton Goncalves

Sep 17, 2012

Mr. Newton Lopes Goncalves, 47, of Mt. Airy, MD., passed away  suddenly,  Monday, September 17, 2012 at his home. Born November 11, 1964 in Takoma Park, MD, he was the son of Jorge and Ruth Lopes Goncalves. Newton was an avid collector, especially of coins.  He helped a lot of charitable organizations throughout his life and was a very loving father and son....

Joan Howard

Sep 17, 2012

Joan DeEtte Howard, 91, of Homewood Retirement Home died Monday, September 17th.  She was the daughter of Dr. Ralph and Ethel Green.  She was the eldest of two daughters.  Joan was born and raised in Beaver City and Lincoln, Nebraska.  She graduated from the University of Nebraska.  While there she met her future husband, Grant W. Howard.  They were married July 15, 1942 and recently celebrated...

Carla Dick

Sep 15, 2012

Mrs. Carla E. Dick, 69 of Thurmont, Maryland, passed away suddenly on Saturday, September 15, 2012 at the Frederick Memorial Hospital. She the beloved companion  of Gerald Powell for ten years. Born May 11, 1943 in Frederick, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Charles  and Pauline Remsburg Studebaker. Carla was a member of the Fairfield AMVETS Post #172 and the...

Mildred Reed

Sep 14, 2012

MILDRED "PETEY" "MILLIE" MAE WEDDLE REED Mildred "Petey" "Millie" Weddle Reed, of Thurmont, MD, passed peacefully at home after a long illness. In May, she celebrated sixty years of marriage with her husband, Roy Charles William Reed, who survives her. Born May 24, 1931, in Mountaindale, she was the daughter of Charles and Mary Weddle. She was a devoted mother...

Olive McGovern

Sep 14, 2012

Mrs. Olive Viola McGovern, 84, of 70 Sherwood Drive, Walkersville, MD, died Friday, September 14, 2012 at Glade Valley Nursing Home, Walkersville, after a brief illness. Born on January 6, 1928 in Sellersville, PA, she was the daughter of the late Walter Essling Beadling and Olive Viola Schriner. Mrs. McGovern was a home maker, stay at home mother, and in-home...

Clayton Schaeffer

Sep 13, 2012

Mr. Clayton B. Schaeffer, 88, of New Market, MD, died, Thursday, September 13, at the Frederick Memorial Hospital.  He was the husband for 46 years of the late Marion Goding Schaeffer whom he married on December 27, 1957. Born October 13, 1923 in Easton, PA, he was the son of the late E. Burke and Helen Kessler Schaeffer. He graduated from...

Donna Preudhomme

Sep 13, 2012

Our beloved daughter, Donna Lucille Preudhomme, of Frederick, MD, passed away suddenly on September 13, 2012.  Donna was born on February 21, 1987 in Rockville, Md. to Bruce and Suzanne Preudhomme, of Frederick, MD, and that day was one of the happiest days of their lives. Donna graduated with honors from Frederick High School in 2005.  She earned a Presidential scholarship to...