Obituaries

Dec 8, 2009

Mr. Robert Robbie Keith Snurr Sr., 57, of Thurmont, died Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009, at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Born March 15, 1952, in Waynesboro, Pa., he was the son of Janet Eyler Snurr of Thurmont and the late Charles L. Snurr. Mr. Snurr was employed at Giant Food as a frozen food clerk. He was a member of the...

Dec 8, 2009

Mr. Ralph L. Baltzell, 87 of Thurmont, MD., died Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at the Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was the husband of the late Mary Ferguson Baltzell. Born August 19, 1922 in Maryland, he was the son of the late Charles and Edith Adams Baltzell. Mr. Baltzell retired after 35+ years working for the Maryland State Roads Commission....

Dec 8, 2009

Granville T. Easterday, Jr., 78, of Mt. Lena, Maryland died on Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at his home, following a long illness. Born on December 9, 1930 in Washington County , Maryland, he was the son of the late Granville T. and Ruth N. (Toms) Easterday. Mr. Easterday was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving during the Korean...

Dec 7, 2009

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Moberly, 89 of Walkersville died Monday. December 7, 2009 at the Glade Valley Nursing Home in Walkersville. She was the wife of the late Thomas Paul Moberly who died April 28, 1959. Born May 10, 1920 in Frederick County she was the daughter of the late Irving Victor and Anna Mary Holter Bell. She graduated from...

Dec 6, 2009

Mrs. Evelyn L. Green, 76 of Thurmont, MD., died Sunday, December 6, 2009 at the Glade Valley Nursing Home. She was the wife of Clifford Green, her husband of 60 years. Born March 22, 1933 in Mountaindale, MD., she was the daughter of the late Louis Spencer and Anna Elizabeth Fultz Rice. Mrs. Green was a member of the...

Dec 5, 2009

Mr. Francis Joseph Frank Duranko, Jr., 50, of Frederick, passed away on Saturday, December 5, 2009, at his residence. He was the husband of Charis Jill Harper Duranko, his wife of 25 years. Born on May 10, 1959, in Uniontown, PA, he was the son of Francis J. Duranko of Uniontown, PA and the late Marjorie Lucille Williams Duranko....

Dec 5, 2009

Mark Edward Collins, 50, of Keedysville, MD, succumbed to cancer surrounded by his family at his home.

Born on July 27, 1959, he was the son of Naureen P. Murphy Collins and the late Edward W. Collins of Mechanicsville, Maryland. In addition to his father, he is preceded in death by his niece, Amy Collins and his...

Dec 4, 2009

Mrs. Vina Mae (Halbert) Ricker, 92, of Frederick, died Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. She was the wife of the late Warren G. Ricker, who died in 2002. Born in Kansas City, Mo., on Oct. 1, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Leroy A. and Mary Latham Halbert. Surviving are three children, Mary Lou (Ricker) Mall and her...

Dec 4, 2009

Mr. William Bill Staley, 81 passed away peacefully at his home in Mountaindale surrounded by his family on Friday, December 4. He was the husband of the late Blanche Edna Smith Staley who died August 14, 1997. Born July 2, 1928 in Frederick, he was the son of Harry C. and Laura B. Staley of Bloomfield. After graduating from...

Dec 3, 2009

Mr. Michael Joseph Tyeryar, 50, of Falling Waters, WV passed away suddenly on Thursday, December 3, 2009, in Martinsburg, WV, from injuries sustained from a tragic motorcycle accident. Born on April 27 1959, in Frederick, he was the son of the late Edward Arold Gus and Louise Jane Tootie Shafer Tyeryar. For the past 19 years he was a...

Dec 2, 2009

Mrs. Betty L. Brown, 68 of Thurmont, MD., passed away after a courageous battle with cancer, Wednesday, December 2, 2009. She was the wife of John W. E. Brown. Mrs. Brown was born March 3, 1941 in Lantz, MD., the daughter of the late James Arthur and Catherine E. Wetzel McKissick. Mrs. Brown was co-owner of Brown's Jewelry and...

Dec 1, 2009

Mrs. Brenda Jane Windon , 70 of Frederick died at her home near Urbana on Tuesday, December 1, 2009 after a long illness. Born April 1, 1939 in the West Virginia hills near St. George, in a house built by her dad. She was the first child of Woodrow (Bill) and Ruth Spessert. She met the love of her...

Nov 30, 2009

Mr. Stephen Paul Hopko, of Frederick, passed away Monday, Nov. 30, 2009, at his home. He was the husband of Alexandra Tyron-Hopko. Born Jan. 18, 1927, in St. John's, Michigan, he was the son of the late Joseph and Mary Kandle Hopko. Mr. Hopko grew up in the St. Johns area and was the advertising manager and publisher of...

Nov 30, 2009

Catherine Kay Nowstrup died suddenly Monday, Nov. 30, 2009. Catherine was born into a large, hardworking and fun-loving family on April 24, 1929, on their New England, N.D., farm. Born to John and Emma Gall, Catherine was the 10th of 12 children. Kay met the love of her life, Eldon, in Williston, N.D., in 1948, and they were married...

Nov 30, 2009

Mrs. Shaleen "Shay" Murphy-Putman, 54, of Mt. Airy died on November 30, 2009 at her mothers home in Catonsville. She was the wife of the late Darrell E. Putman. Born on July 11, 1955 in Olney, Maryland she was the daughter of Mary Romnosky Murphy Pilot of Catonsville and the late Wallace W. Murphy. Shay owned and operated her...

Nov 30, 2009

Edgar Frank Czarra, Jr., 81, of Adamstown, Maryland and Potomac, Maryland, departed this life peacefully on Monday, November 30, 2009 at Frederick Memorial Hospital in Frederick, MD. He was surrounded by his loving family. Born on October 4, 1928 in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Edgar F. and Mary Agnes (Copeland) Czarra. Mr. Czarra graduated...

Nov 30, 2009

Mr. Joseph R. Pere, 75,of Frederick died on Monday November 30, 2009 at Northampton Manor Nursing Home, Frederick. He was the wife of Peggy L. Pere. Born on January 8, 1934 in Monticello N.Y. he was the son of the late Joseph and Edith Ernhout Pere. Joseph loved sports and was and avid New York Giants and New York...

Nov 28, 2009

Robert "Scotty" Scott Miner, 72, of Mapleville Road in Boonsboro, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, November 28, 2009 at Green Ridge State Park, Cumberland, MD. Born on July 17, 1937,  in Hagerstown, Maryland, he was the son of the late George S. and Ruth I. (Ebersole) Miner. Scotty spent his career in military service...

Nov 28, 2009

Justin Leon "Juck" Johnson, 89, of Harpers Ferry Road, Sharpsburg, died on Saturday, November 28, 2009 at the Washington County Hospital. Born on June 3, 1920 in Dargan, MD, he was a son of the late Daniel Edward and Viola Belle (Zimmerman) Johnson.  His wife, Dorothy Virginia (Martin) Johnson preceded him in death on September 23, 2006. Jack worked...

Nov 28, 2009

Charles Wilson Putman, of Thurmont, passed into eternal peace on November 28, 2009. He was born November 18, 1912, the son of the late Raymond C. And Bertha Zimmerman Putman. Mr. Putman was the loving husband of Anna Ruth Firor Putman. Mr. Putman was the beloved father of Marilee Putman McKissick and husband Edward, Thurmont and Barbara Ellen Poole...