Obituaries

Melvin Castle

Nov 15, 2011

Mr. Melvin Lee "Mel" Castle Mr. Melvin Lee "Mel" Castle, 60, of Frederick, Maryland passed away suddenly on Tuesday, November 15th at his home.  Mel was born on June 3rd, 1951 in Frederick, Maryland.  He was the son of the late Marshall M. Castle and Mary H. Castle of Frederick County, Maryland. Mr. Castle is survived by his brother, William...

Shirley Alban

Nov 13, 2011

Mrs. Shirley T. Alban, 76, passed away Sunday, Nov.13, 2011 .She was wife of the late Sonny Alban who died in 1995. Born May, 1935 in Brunswick, Md., she was a daughter of the late Walt and Mildred Thomas.  She was predeceased by her brother Joe Thomas and an infant sister. Mrs. Alban worked as a switch board operator for the...

Ronald Alvarado

Nov 13, 2011

Mr. Ronald A. Alvarado, 56, of Mt. Airy, died on Sunday November 13, 2011 at his home. He was the husband of Cindy L. Alvarado. Born on September 30, 1955 in San Francisco, CA, he was the son of the late Alfred Paul and Floy May Crump Alvarado. Ronald was an Operating Room Technician for Shady Grove Adventist Hospital in...

C. Singleton

Nov 12, 2011

Mrs. C. Leigh Singleton, 70, of Frederick, Maryland, passed away Saturday, November 12, 2011 at her home. She was the wife of the late James Singleton.

Born October 15, 1941 in Washington, D. C., she was the daughter of the late William and Jane Donoghue Eastman.

Mrs. Singleton is survived...

Robert Osburn, Jr.

Nov 12, 2011

Mr. Robert D. Osburn, Jr., 66, of Frederick, MD passed away Saturday, November 12, 2011 at the Georgetown University Hospital.

Born June 7, 1945 he was the son of the late Robert Dudley and Doris Jones Osburn.

A graduate of the University of Maryland and the Law School at the University...

Robert Clayton

Nov 12, 2011

Mr. Robert W. Clayton, 54, of Frederick, MD passed away on Saturday, November 12, 2011, at his residence. He was the husband of Ellen M. Clayton, his wife of 27 years

Born on November 5, 1957, in Louisville, KY he was the son of James Richard Clayton, Sr. and the late Dolores Jean Krimm Garcia. Robert was...

Walter King

Nov 12, 2011

Mr. Walter W. "Bill" King, 73, of Jefferson, Md., passed away suddenly on Saturday, November 12, 2011 at his farm in Crystal Spring, PA. Born November 17, 1937 in Frederick, MD., he was the son of the late Clarence Albert, Sr. and Myrtle Marie Poole King. Mr. King served his country in the U.S. Army from 1955 to 1957. It was...

Rachel Shafer

Nov 10, 2011

Rachel (Palmer) Shafer, 89, of Middletown, Maryland, went to be with her Lord on Thursday, November 10, 2011 at Frederick Memorial Hospital in Frederick, Maryland. Born on July 29, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Malcolm and Mary (Remsburg) Palmer.  Mrs. Shafer was preceded in death by her husband of sixty years, Albert V. Shafer, on September...

Lorraine Taylor

Nov 10, 2011

Lorraine E. (Olden) Taylor, 79, a resident of Williamsport Nursing Home in Williamsport, Maryland and formerly of Boonsboro, Maryland, passed away on Thursday, November 10, 2011, surrounded by her family. Born on December 24, 1931, in Boonsboro, she was the daughter of the late Clarence W. and Pauline E. (Smith) Olden.  Her husband, Orville M. "Buddy" Taylor preceded her...

Goldie Authers

Nov 10, 2011

Goldie M. (Palmer) Authers, 94, a resident of Williamsport Nursing Home in Williamsport, Maryland, passed away peacefully from this life on Thursday, November 10, 2011. Born on December 15, 1916,  in Washington County, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Maude (Gabe) Palmer.  Her husband, Charles W. Authers, Sr. preceded her in death in 1980. She...

Betty Bradford

Nov 9, 2011

Betty B. Bradford, 95, of Frederick , died on Wednesday November 9, 2011 at Glade Valley Center , Walkersville. She was the wife of the late Arthur W. Bradford.

Born in Uniontown , PA. , she was the daughter of the late Charles and Emma Cunningham Betts.

Surviving is...

Alverta Carty

Nov 8, 2011

Mrs. Alverta F. Carty, 87, of Frederick, MD., peacefully went to be with our Lord and Savior Jesus, surrounded by her loving family, Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at her daughter’s home.

Born April 20, 1924 in Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late George F. and Marie Fogle Wilders.

Mrs. Carty...

Edna Mae Hawkins Smith Wisner

Nov 7, 2011

Mrs. Edna Mae Hawkins Smith Wisner, 91, passed away Monday, November 7, 2011 at her home. She was the former wife of the late Clarence E. Smith, Sr.

Born August 17, 1920 in Boyds, MD she was the daughter of the late Oscar and Maude Jones...

Ayline Tehansky

Nov 6, 2011

Mrs. Ayline M. Tehansky, 83 passed away on Sunday, November 6, 2011 at Tranquillity of Fredericktowne.

She was the wife of the late Eugene Basil Tehansky.

Born February 26, 1928 in McAdoo , PA she was the daughter of the late Stanley and Blanch Smosna.

Ayline was a devoted...

Gail Reeder

Nov 4, 2011

Gail Linwood Reeder, 74, of Boonsboro, Maryland, passed away peacefully on Friday, November 4, 2011 at Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown. Born on July 31, 1937, in Locust Grove, Maryland, he was the son of the late Ralph W. and Mabel M. (Poffenberger) Reeder. Gail was a 1955 graduate of Boonsboro High School. He had been employed with Capital...

Betty Mills

Nov 4, 2011

Mrs. Betty Ruth Mills, 82 of Martinsburg, WV, died on Friday, November 4, 2011 at City Hospital, Martinsburg, WV. She was the wife of the late George W. Mills.

Born on January 31, 1929 in Mt. Ranier, MD she was the daughter of the late William H. and Mary Eva Bladen. Betty was a homemaker. She was...

Ryan McCann

Nov 4, 2011

Mr. Ryan Joseph McCann, 20, of Mt. Airy , died on Friday November 4, 2011 .

Born on March 14, 1991 in Havre de Grace , MD , he was the son of David James and Karen Gradoni McCann.

Ryan was a biology major at...

Willard Mabry, Sr.

Nov 2, 2011

Mr. Willard Monroe Mabry, Sr . passed away November 2, 2011 at his home with his beloved wife and family. He was born July 16, 1933 in Amelia, Virginia. He was the son of the late Blanche Virginia Midkiff Nagao and Ernest Millard Monroe Mabry. He is survived by his loving wife of 57 years, June...

Hilda Forney

Nov 1, 2011

Mrs. Hilda Virginia Tucker Forney, 90 of Frederick, MD passed away on Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at Citizens Care & Rehab Center. Born February 20, 1921 in Frederick, MD she was the daughter of the late William and Catherine Tucker. She was an associate member of the Frederick Church of the Brethren in Frederick. She attended the BYDANHO...

Patsy Nestor

Oct 29, 2011

Mrs. Patsy Ann Hennessey Nestor, 78, passed away on Saturday, October 29, 2011 at Frederick Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Patsy Ann was born December 11, 1932 in Morgantown, W. VA. She was the daughter and only child of the late Moyer Edward and Ruth H. Lynch Hennessey.

Her family relocated to Alexandria, VA...