Obituaries

Mar 22, 2010

Anna Bolling, died peacefully of natural causes at The Virginian, a health care facility in Fairfax, Virginia, on March 22nd. She was 100, ten days' short of her 101st birthday, and suffered from dementia. Mrs. Bolling was born in 1909 in Dungannon, Virginia. She married Dr, Harlis Bolling in 1934, and raised her two sons on a farm near...

Mar 19, 2010

Mrs. Ermine Norma Layer (Midge) 82, formally of Adamstown, was called to be with the Lord on March 19, 2010 at North Hampton HealthCare Center in Frederick. Born on August 11, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Fulton Thomas and Anna Alberta Weedon. Ermine was a homemaker and worked at a sewing and canning factory in her...

Mar 19, 2010

Mrs. Jill Hoover Yetter of Frederick passed away Friday, March 19, 2010. She was the wife of John H. Yetter, her husband of 57 years. She was born June 22nd, 1933 in Hagerstown and was the daughter of the late John Leroy and Kathryne S. Hoover. She is survived by her son J. Brooks Yetter, 2 daughters, Tricia Yetter...

Mar 18, 2010

Mr. Paul Bindeman, 78 of Frederick, formerly of Fallston, MD passed away on Thursday, March 18, 2010. He was the husband of Carolyn Bindeman. Born September 9, 1931 he was the son of the late Charles and Mary Bindeman. He served in the US Navy and was a retired fire fighter for Baltimore City. In addition to his wife,...

Mar 18, 2010

Mr. James Jim F. Grimes, 57, of Frederick, MD, died Thursday, March 18, 2010 at the Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was the husband of Sandra Moberly Grimes, his wife of 38 years. Born March 10, 1953 in Frederick, he was the son of Shirley Grimes Baker. Mr. Grimes was part owner of Kenneth Grimes Masonry where he was an...

Mar 17, 2010

Mr. William D. Andersen, 47, of Mt. Airy died on Wednesday March 17, at the Dove House in Westminster. Born on July 29, 1963 in Yakima, Washington he was the son of Darlene Dieren and her husband Larry of Millersville. He was a member of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Damascus. Surviving in addition to his mother are two sons...

Mar 16, 2010

Mr. Mark Alan Reed, 51, of Mt. Airy died on Tuesday March 16, 2010 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was the husband of Susan L. Reed. Born in Cumberland, Maryland on May 24, 1958, he was the son of William P. Reed Sr. and Naomi Willetts Reed of Charlestown, WV. Mark worked for GEICO for 28 years and was...

Mar 15, 2010

Ronald Eugene Clem, 54, of Hagerstown, Maryland died on Monday, March 15, 2010. Born on October 2, 1955, he was the son of the late Donald E. And Mary L. (Jameson) Clem. Ronnie was a graduate of Linganore High School and was Veteran of the U.S. Army having served in Germany. He is survived by his former wife, Doris Clem...

Mar 15, 2010

Mr. Douglas L. Cooke, 67, of New Market, passed away Monday, March 15, 2010, at his residence, following a courageous battle with cancer. He was born May 11, 1942, in Gilbert, West Virginia, and was the son of the late Norwood Cook and Ollie Mae Cook. Mr. Cooke served in the U.S. Marine Corps and was an accomplished mason...

Mar 14, 2010

Mrs. Evelyn V. Schattenberg, 85, of Frederick, MD., died Sunday, March 14, 2010 at Tranquility at Fredericktowne. She was the wife of the late Donald B. Schattenberg. Born September 19, 1924 in Frederick, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Lucy Barrett Kemp. Mrs. Schattenberg was a member of Calvary United Methodist Church. In earlier years, she...

Mar 14, 2010

Judith B. Saunders of Mt. Airy, age 77, went to be with our Lord on March 14, 2010 after battling complications of Alzhiemers. Judy was a beloved wife, devoted mother of 12, grandmother of 35 and great grandmother of 20. Born in Richmond, VA, she would later meet and marry her soul mate, Robert L. Saunders, while he was...

Mar 14, 2010

Dorothy L. Billard, 91, former round dance instructor, yoga teacher, and bridge enthusiast, died March 14 at Frederick Memorial Hospital following a long illness. She was a long-time Bethesda resident before moving to Thurmont and then Frederick, Maryland. Mrs. Billard was active in many women's clubs in Bethesda and Frederick, MD, including Town Club, Chevy Chase Woman's Club and...

Mar 12, 2010

Mrs. June L. Veihmeyer, 82, passed away peacefully Friday, March 12, 2010 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Born June 27, 1927 in Manteo on Roanoke Island, North Carolina, she was the daughter of late Laurence and Thalia Lamphear, and the wife of the late Francis X. Veihmeyer, her husband for 50 years. June received her nursing degree at Georgetown University...

Mar 11, 2010

Helen Virginia (Beachley) Purdy, 77, formerly of Falling Waters, West Virginia died peacefully on Thursday, March 11, 2010 at the Somerfield House and Place in Hagerstown.

Born on March 31, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Hubert W. and Mary V. (Sines) Beachley.

Her husband of 58 years, Lawrence G. "Jack" Purdy, Jr.,...

Mar 11, 2010

Mr. Morgan Wardlaw Platt, 24, of New Market died on Thursday March 11, 2010. Born on March 7, 1986 in Silver Spring he was the son of Philip K. Platt of New Market and Laura Duvall Chavies of Somerset, KY. Morgan was a conservationalist , and a naturalist and guardian of the majestic Redwoods. He was a volunteer for...

Mar 11, 2010

Elaine Mae Bowers, 88, of Frederick, Maryland passed away on Thursday, March 11 in Richmond, Virginia. She and her late husband, Richard Clay Bowers, were married almost 65 years. Born March 7, 1922 in Brunswick, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Paul William Koogle and Viola Greene Koogle. Mrs. Bowers was a member of the Evangelical Lutheran...

Mar 10, 2010

Mrs. Reba Alice Schildt Staley, 96, of Walkersville departed this life on Wednesday March 10, at Frederick Memorial Hospital. She was the wife of the late Raymond E. Staley who died on June 28, 1976. Born on May 13, 1913 in New Midway, She was the daughter of the late Silas C. and Clara Virginia Hummer Schildt. She was...

Mar 8, 2010

Helen Irma (Tygrett) Nichols, born February 2, 1922, died peacefully on Monday, March 8, 2010 from complications of Parkinson's disease. She was surrounded by her loving family at Homewood at Crumland Farms, Frederick, MD, where she resided since November, 2007. She was a former resident of Crestwood Village, Frederick, MD, as well as Oak Hill, WV and Hyattsville, MD....

Mar 5, 2010

Stuart Garrison Brennan, 25, of Frederick, MD, died suddenly Friday, March 5, in Frederick, Maryland. He is survived by his loving parents Martha Jane Marti and George Gary Brennan and his younger brother Spencer formally of New Market, MD and now residing in Naples, FL. A 2002 graduate of Linganore High School in New Market, MD, Stuart was an...

Mar 4, 2010

Mrs. Minnie Earle Hargett, 95, died Thursday, March 4, 2010, at the Vindobona Nursing Home in Braddock Heights, Maryland. She was predeceased by her husband of almost 72 years, Arthur L. Hargett who passed away on January 13,2007. Born in Frederick County on May 19, 1914, she was the daughter of the late John William Molesworth, Jr. and Edith...