Obituaries
Mary Ruth Zaks
Mar 16, 2024
Mary Ruth Zaks, 70, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, entered the gates of heaven on Saturday, March 16, 2024. Born on April 14, 1953, in Baltimore, Mary was the youngest daughter of Franklin and Eleanor Rappold. As a young child Mary grew up in Baltimore and her family moved to Ellicott City, and then to New Market as a teenager. She attended...
Kathryn Marie "Kathie" Tucker
Mar 15, 2024
Kathryn M. Tucker, 60, passed on to her eternal home Friday, March 15, 2024, due to complications of ALS, with family by her side. She was born in Frederick on September 21, 1963 to Jay and Virginia (Palmer) Fifer. She married her high school sweetheart Michael T. Tucker. They would have celebrated their 40th anniversary in May.Kathie graduated from Middletown...
Kyi Cha West
Mar 15, 2024
Kyi Cha West, 80, of Frederick, Maryland, passed from this life on Friday, March 15, 2024, at Frederick Health Hospital. She was the loving wife of James V. West II. They were married for 59 years. Born on September 13, 1943, in Busan, South Korea to the late Pyungju Cho and Dongya Kim, Kyi was the youngest of nine children. She...
Calvin Eugene Smith
Mar 15, 2024
Mr. Calvin “Pete” Smith, 77, of Boonsboro, passed away on Friday, March 15, 2024 at home. Born November 16, 1946. He was the son of the late Harry Wilson Smith, Sr. and Rosalie Biddinger Smith. He was a dedicated employee of Rudy’s Trucking for 39 years. He enjoyed spending time with his friends at the Frederick Moose, Redman’s Club and Eagles. Pete is...
Mark Eugene Ropp
Mar 14, 2024
Mark Eugene Ropp, 67, of Frederick, Maryland passed away on March 14, 2024. Mark was born to Harrison and M. Christine Ropp on June 22, 1956. He graduated from Governor Thomas Johnson High School in 1974. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, NASCAR, riding motorcycles, singing karaoke and spending time with his family as well as his dogs Layla, Jake and Henry. Mark...
Breena Williams
Mar 14, 2024
Breena Williams, 60, of Frederick, Maryland, passed from this life on Thursday, March 14 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. She was married to her loving husband, Clay R. Williams, for 26 years.
Born on September 9, 1963, in Frederick, MD, she was the daughter of the late Russell Eugene Roberts, Sr. and Shirley “Anna Mae” (Shores) Stokes of Frederick.
Breena graduated from Brunswick...
Rodger Lane Schmidt
Mar 14, 2024
Rodger L. Schmidt, 88, of Fort Myers, Florida, passed from this life on Thursday, March 14, 2024 at Country Meadows in Frederick, Maryland.
Born on January 29, 1936, in Birmingham, Michigan, he was the son of the late Henry Schmidt and Virginia (Lane) Schmidt.
A graduate of Michigan State University, Rodger mastered residential design and drafting and was hired by Bill Pulte...
James Post Rosenkrans IV
Mar 13, 2024
James Post Rosenkrans IV, 87, of Frederick, MD, died in Frederick on March 13, 2024. James (Jim) was born in Newburgh, New York, on October 15, 1936, to the late Arlene and James Post Rosenkrans III. He attended school in Brazil for a few years as a child when he lived in São Paulo, Brazil. He also attended Newburgh Free...
Tony Edward Nicholson
Mar 13, 2024
Tony Edward Nicholson of Detour, Maryland, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. Born on July 6, 1965, and son of the late Jo Ann (Frazier) and Franklin Delanor Nicholson.
Tony was an ‘83 graduate of Lingaore High School. Tony worked as a truck driver for Noland Company for nearly 23 years. Throughout his life Tony enjoyed spending time...
Mary Elizabeth Ambrose
Mar 12, 2024
Mary Elizabeth Ambrose, 81, of Frederick, Maryland, peacefully passed from this life on Tuesday, March 12, 2024. Born February 26, 1943, she was the oldest child of the late Richard Harry and Lillian Utterback Arnold. She grew up on the family dairy farm along Sundays Lane and worked beside her father and siblings in all aspects of the farm operation....
Connie Louise Hoffman
Mar 12, 2024
Connie Louise Hoffman, 84, of Frederick, passed away on March 12, 2024, at Frederick Health Hospital. Born on August 8, 1939, she was the fourth of five children of the late Leo and Ruth Amelia Kuhn Brandenburg.Connie attended Frederick High School, and then began a lifelong career in retail working for various stores such as Rovin’s Corner, Sidney’s and most...
William Fincham
Mar 12, 2024
William “Frank” Fincham, 85, of Mount Airy, MD, passed from this life on Tuesday, March 12, 2024 at Frederick Health & Rehab in Frederick, MD.Born on July 3, 1938, in Little Washington, VA, he was the son of the late Ernest W. Fincham and Annie May (Frazier) Fincham.He went to school in Flint Hill, VA.Frank worked at IBM from 1973-1992,...
Shirley Ann Lunny
Mar 11, 2024
Shirley Ann Lunny, a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother of Chesterfield, Missouri and Towson, Maryland passed away peacefully on March 11, 2024 at the age of 84 after a brave battle with cancer.
Born on June 21, 1939 in Taunton, Massachusetts to Frank and Helen Zeiba, Shirley grew up in Taunton and relished her New England roots. Despite more than five...
Doris (Dottie) N. Main
Mar 11, 2024
Doris (Dottie) N. Main 94 previously of Walkersville, MD passed away on March 11, 2024 at Village Crossing in Frederick, MD.Born October 25, 1929 in Frederick, MD, she was the daughter of the late William T. and Beulah C. Delawter. Dottie was a lifelong member of the Mt. Pleasant Reformed United Church of Christ and choir member for many years. Dottie...
Nancy H. Crum
Mar 10, 2024
Nancy Hammaker Crum, wife of the late Robert E. Crum Sr., died Sunday, March 10, 2024 at Sunrise Assisted Living in Frederick, Maryland. Born in Libertytown, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Wilbur F. Hammaker and Bernice Kiracofe Hammaker. She was a lifelong member of Calvary United Methodist Church, Frederick, where over the years she taught Sunday School, chaired the...
Roy Franklin Beverage
Mar 9, 2024
Roy Franklin Beverage of Thurmont, Maryland passed away on March 9, 2024, at the age of 74. Roy was born in Hyde Park, Maryland on March 2, 1950. Roy had many fond memories of growing up in Hyde Park such as playing baseball and helping his father do the repairs and upkeep at Mars Hill Baptist Church. Roy’s best friend Garry...
Allan Jeffrey Athey
Mar 8, 2024
Allan Jeffrey "Jeff" Athey, 66, of Woodsboro, entered into eternal rest on Friday, March 8, 2024, with family by his side.Beloved son, brother, father, and grandfather, Jeff was born March 23, 1957 in Frederick, Maryland, to the late Joseph W. Athey and Madora L. (Miskell) Athey. Jeff was a valuable employee of the Southland Corporation for more than 25 years, having...
James Carl Gadow
Mar 8, 2024
James Carl Gadow, Jim, Jimmy, Jimbo and when in trouble, James, was born to Helen and Carl Gadow in 1956. He was the middle child of their three children. Jim’s lifetime accomplishments include: Putt Putt Golf Pro, Pizza Hut Manager, Bartender extraordinaire, Racquetball aficionado, Eagle eyed dart player, Coin trader and collector, Computer geek, Ardent fan of the Three Stooges, Elvis, and Frank Sinatra, Esteemed guest in Vegas and Atlantic City, Orioles...
John Charles Vaughan
Mar 8, 2024
John Charles Vaughan, of Frederick, Maryland, passed away peacefully in his sleep on March 8, 2024, at Frederick Health Hospital. He was born in Detroit, Michigan on May 7, 1927, to Thomas Vaughan and Violet Eichen. Upon the early death of his father, he and his mother moved to Washington, DC. He attended the Calvert School at St. Matthew’s Cathedral...
Martha Louise Easton
Mar 6, 2024
Martha Louise (Phelps) EastonApril 21, 1934 – March 6, 2024Martha Louise Easton – known as Louise – was the youngest of three children born to Olan P. Phelps, Sr. & Anna (Linthicum) Phelps. Louise and her siblings, Eleanor and Olan, Jr. (Sonny), grew up in a lovely three story home “across the parking lot” from their father's general store in...