Obituaries

Earl Conner

Earl Conner

Feb 8, 2009

Earl Emery Conner, age 81, of Chestnut Grove Road, Sharpsburg, MD, died Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009, at his home. Born Oct. 10, 1927 in Albright, WV, he was a son of the late George Anderson and Lottie Bell Litchliter Conner. He had been employed in construction as a finish carpenter. He was a veteran of the Korean War, serving in...

Raylene Dotson

Raylene Dotson

Feb 8, 2009

Raylene Dotson, 49, of Frederick died on Sunday, February 8, at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. She was the 7 year companion of Joseph Eyler with whom she resided. Born on July 28, 1959, in Frederick she was the daughter of the late John Albert, Sr. and Anna Mae Myers Dotson. She was a general nursing assistant...

Martin Roland Biser

Martin Roland Biser

Feb 8, 2009

Martin Roland Biser, 85, of Brunswick , passed away at his home on Sunday February 8, 2009. He was married to Lorraine Stup Biser, his wife of 61 years. Born August 25, 1923 near Adamstown to Erie Calvin and Lizzie Adlyn Coblentz Biser. Roland was the 8th of 11 children born into a farming family. He owned and operated...

Samuel J. Futrowsky

Samuel J. Futrowsky

Feb 7, 2009

Mr. Samuel J. Futrowsky, 57, of Frederick died on Saturday February 7, at his home. Born in Washington D. C. on September 18, 1951 he was the son of the late Charles and Mary Eason Futrowsky. Surviving are one sister Arva Sounder and her husband John of Georgia. God Daughters Krystal Thompson and Jennifer Backus and her husband Peter...

Carylne Ruth Rasberry

Carylne Ruth Rasberry

Feb 7, 2009

Mrs. Carlyne Ruth Rasberry, 59 of Walkersville, passed away Saturday, February 7, 2009 at the Frederick Memorial Hospital after a short battle with cancer. She was the wife of Michael Rasberry, her husband of 40 years. Born September 18, 1949 in Arlington, Virginia, she was the daughter of Walter and Dorothy Cox Robinett of Frederick. Mrs. Rasberry was employed...

Dorothy Mitlehner

Dorothy Mitlehner

Feb 6, 2009

Dorothy Anne Schmitt Mitlehner, 69, of Frederick passed away on Friday, February 6th,2009. She was the devoted wife of the late Carl H. Mitlehner. They had been married for 49 years. She was born on October 20, 1939, in Hempstead, New York and was the daughter of the late Margaret (Reddoch) and Paul Schmitt. She attended Harpur College in...

Rita Virginia Webber

Rita Virginia Webber

Feb 6, 2009

Mrs. Rita Virginia Webber, 85 of Brunswick, died Friday, February 6, 2009 at the Frederick Memorial Hospital. She was the wife of the late Millard Phillips Webber, who died May 17, 1956 . Born April 16, 1923 in Brunswick, MD she was the daughter of the late Paul William and Mamie Ruth Barger Gaither. Mrs. Webber retired from the...

Clara R. Chapman

Clara R. Chapman

Feb 6, 2009

Mrs. Clara R. Chapman, 90, of Frederick and formerly of Johnstown, PA, died Friday, February 6th, at the Glade Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Walkersville, MD. She was the wife of the late Donald Chapman. Born in Johnstown, PA on February 23, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Mary M. (Claffey) and Bernard F. Snyder. She...

Randolph {Randy} Lee Black

Randolph {Randy} Lee Black

Feb 5, 2009

Randolph(Randy)Lee Black,age 73, of Middletown, MD, died suddenly Thursday,February 5, 2009, at Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was the husband of Mary Black. Born in Pinehurst, NC,he was the son of the late Carson R. and Florence Coon Black. He was raised as a Baptist. Randy was self-employed for many years as a residential home builder at his company, Randy...

Donald Edwin Eaves

Donald Edwin Eaves

Feb 5, 2009

Mr. Donald Edwin Eaves passed away Thursday, February 5th, 2009 at the age of 89. Born and raised in Walkersville, MD , Donald called this home until 2001 when he moved to Ocean City to reside with family in his final years. Born November 9th, 1919, he was the son of the late Thomas Eaves and Florence (Biddinger )...

George A. Daigneault

George A. Daigneault

Feb 5, 2009

Mr. George A. Daigneault, 80, of Thurmont, departed to Heaven peacefully surrounded by his loving wife and family on Thursday, February 5, 2009 at the Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was the husband of Marilyn Eichwurtzle Daigneault for 43 years. Born in Jackmon Station, ME, he was the son of the late Rhea (St. Jacques) and Joseph A. Daigneault. After...

Tomasa V. {Tomi} Daly

Tomasa V. {Tomi} Daly

Feb 4, 2009

Mrs. Tomasa V.(Tomi) Daly, 66, of Woodbine passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday, February 4, 2009. She was the wife of K. Craig Daly, her husband of 43 years. Born on May 11, 1942 in Deming, NM.. She was a teacher's secretary at Glenwood Middle School. Tomi served in the U.S. Army. She enjoyed gardening, but was...

Stephen Eugene Long

Stephen Eugene Long

Feb 4, 2009

Mr. Stephen Eugene Long, 59 of Myersville passed away at his residence on February 4, 2009. He was the husband of the late Christine Elefson Long who died on July 5, 1997. Born in Rockville, MD on January 31, 1950, he was the son of the late Margaret Virginia Pryor and William Joseph Long. A veteran of the US...

Paul Lamperti

Paul Lamperti

Feb 4, 2009

Paul Lamperti, 74, of Damascus, Maryland, died of pancreatic cancer on February 4, 2009. Mr. Lamperti was a retired government physicist who spent his entire 43-year career at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). During the first part of his career, which began in 1960 at the then-National Bureau of Standards, Mr. Lamperti developed the low-energy x-ray...

Alice Drake

Alice Drake

Feb 3, 2009

Alice Mae Ecton Drake, age 81, a resident of Ravenwood Lutheran Village in Hagerstown, and formerly of Keedysville, MD, died Tuesday, Feb. 3, at Washington County Hospital with her family and friends by her side. Born April 21, 1927 at Antietam Furnace, MD, Alice was a daughter of the late Norman and Nina Mae Ebersole Ecton. She was preceded in...

Charlotte Louise Boone

Charlotte Louise Boone

Feb 3, 2009

Charlotte Louise Boone, 87 of Frederick, MD passed away Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at Northampton Manor Nursing Home. She was the wife of the late Robert M. Boone, Sr. who passed away in March 1991. Born February 22, 1921 she was the daughter of the late Jacob and Lydia Altvater. She is survived by a daughter, Bonnie D. Clabaugh...

Belva White

Belva White

Feb 3, 2009

Belva Lavena Gaver White, age 88, of Hagerstown, and formerly of Boonsboro, died Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009, at Homewood Retirement Center in Williamsport. Born Aug. 28, 1920 in Middletown, MD, she was the daughter of the late Roelkey Lee and Ruth E. Crone Gaver. She was preceded in death by her husband, Matthew Joseph White, on Feb. 6, 1973. She...

Dorothy Ziegler Herbold

Dorothy Ziegler Herbold

Feb 2, 2009

Mrs. Dorothy Ziegler Herbold of Frederick, MD passed away Tuesday morning, February 2, 2009 at Northampton Manor after a long struggle with Alzheimer's Disease. Born in Baltimore, MD on December 27, 1919 she was the daughter of the late Harry and Margaret Minton Ziegler and the loving wife of Charles Frederick Herbold, Jr. who passed away in 1958. She...

Charles Strother

Charles Strother

Feb 2, 2009

Charles Marion Strother, age 87, of Kernersville, NC, and formerly of Boonsboro, died Monday, Feb. 2, 2009, in Largo, Fla. Born Aug. 19, 1921 in Martinsburg, WV, he was a son of the late William Edward and Laurel Viola Bailey Strother. He was a member of the Seventy-day Adventist Church. He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Ruth...

Ralph Jones

Ralph Jones

Feb 2, 2009

Ralph Leon Jones, age 83, of Amos Reeder Road, Boonsboro, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, Feb. 2, 2009, at Reeders Memorial Home in Boonsboro. Born July 25, 2009 at Zittlestown, Ralph was a son of the late Luther Martin and Mary Etta Long Jones. He had attended Park Hall School. Ralph had helped farm...