Obituaries
Connie G. Cramer
Feb 1, 2009
Miss Connie G. Cramer, 59, of Walkersville, died on Sunday, February 1st, 2009 at Mercy Hospital. Born on July 7th, 1949 in Baltimore, she was a daughter of the late Merhl G. and Thelma ( Fogle ) Cramer. Connie was a graduate of Walkersville High School, Class of 1968 . She was employed in administration for 29 years with...

Catherine Lorraine {Nina} Neel
Feb 1, 2009
Catherine Lorraine Neel, 92, passed away peacefully on Feb 1st at the home she shared with her sister, Theresa N. Bohrer on Long Corner Road, Mt. Airy. She was born in Boyds, Maryland on December 29th, 1916 . She was the daughter of the late Joseph Thomas and Laura Dorsey Neel. She was a 1941 graduate of the University...

Iva Jean Heltibridle
Feb 1, 2009
Iva Jean Reeder Heltibridle, age 82, a resident of Ravenwood Lutheran Village in Hagerstown, and formerly of Sharpsburg, died Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009, at the home. Born Aug. 17, 1926 in Park Hall, MD, she was a daughter of the late William Clarence and Iola Gertrude Poffenberger Reeder. She had formerly been employed at Melart's Jewelers in Hagerstown. She was...
Louraine Knight
Feb 1, 2009
Mrs. Louraine Knight, 87, of Mt Airy, died on Sunday, February 1, at Glade Valley Nursing Center, Walkersville. She was the wife of the late Alexander Knight, Sr, who died in 1971. Born on January 6, 1922 in Greene County, VA, she was the daughter of the late Prentis and Ronie Williams Morris. She operated a child care business...

Robert A. McPherson
Jan 31, 2009
Mr. Robert A. McPherson, Jr., 72, of Mt. Airy, died on Saturday, January 31, 2009, at his residence. He was the husband of the late Caroline Carr McPherson who died in 2006. Born on January 16, 1937, in Alexandria, VA, he was the son of the late Robert A., Sr and Marian Liles McPherson. Bob's career was spent as...

Gilbert Myers
Jan 31, 2009
Gilbert Theodore "Gil & Jr" Myers, age 82, of Harpers Ferry Road, Sharpsburg, died Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009, at his home. Born Sept. 15, 1926 in Dargan, MD, he was a son of the late Charles Theodore and Mary Elva Grim Myers. He had been employed for 36 years with the B&O Railroad in Brunswick. He was a veteran of...

Tatiana Gagarine
Jan 29, 2009
Mrs. Tatiana V. Gagarine, age 89, of Boonsboro, MD, died Thursday, January 29, 2009 at her home. Born February 13, 1919 in Pensacola, Fla., she was a daughter of the late Leonid and Ludmila Kourtener Vassilieff. She was preceded in death by her husband, Alexis Gagarine in Jan. of 1994. She is survived by two children, Michael Gagarine of Boonsboro,...
Mary Kraft Gorelick
Jan 29, 2009
Mrs. Mary Kraft Gorelick, 84, was born in Madison, WI on September 6th, 1924, the only daughter in the family of 6 children born to the late Alphons Kraft and Lena ( Niehus ) Kraft. She died on January 29th, 2009 at Frederick memorial Hospital after a short illness. Mary graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Home...
Ruth Irene Johnson
Jan 29, 2009
Ruth Irene Johnson (Irene), 82, of Frederick, went to be with the Lord on January 29, 2009 at Kline Hospice House. Born July 30, 1926 in Newport News, VA, she was the daughter of the late Franklin Fitzhugh and Ruth Lavinia (Llewellyn) Hopkins. She was predeceased by her husband, Walter Edward (Buck) Johnson, who passed away in 1973. She...

J. Robert Boyer
Jan 29, 2009
John Robert "Bob" Boyer, age 80, of Clear Spring, MD, and formerly of Boonsboro and Frederick, entered eternal life Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009, at his home surrounded by his loving family. Bob bravely struggled with a long illness. Bob was the beloved husband of his wife Elizabeth "Libby" Boyer, who was his primary caregiver during his illness. Born Oct. 2,...
Gary L. Moore
Jan 28, 2009
Mr. Gary L. Moore, Commander, U.S. Navy, Ret., 72, of Frederick, highly decorated navel aviator, died on Wednesday, January 28, 2009, Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was the beloved husband of Margaret B. Moore, his wife of 6 � years. Born on March 14, 1936, in Crescent, CA, he was the son of the late Lorin A. and Rachel Bosch...

Kaylyn Rose Parks
Jan 28, 2009
Kaylyn Rose Parks our beautiful little angel was born on January 28,2009 and went home to Jesus immediately. She touched many lives during the pregnancy and everyone was so excited to be getting a little girl however instead we now and forever have a guardian angel. Kaylyn Rose was the precious daughter of Keith and Kimberly Parks. sister of...

Theresa Neel Bohrer
Jan 28, 2009
Theresa Neel Bohrer, 90, passed away peacefully Thursday, January 28th at her home of 50 years, on Long Corner Road, Mt. Airy, surrounded by her family. She was born in Boyds, Maryland on November 20, 1918. She was the daughter of Joseph Thomas and Laura Dorsey Neel. She was married for 57 years to the late Benjamin F. Bohrer...
Johanna {Nan} Wolfe
Jan 28, 2009
Mrs. Johanna Wolfe ( Nan ) 93, of Taney Village, Frederick, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, January 28, 2009 . She was born in Glasgow, Scotland and emigrated to Wall Township, NJ, where she married Edward Wolfe. They retired to Ocala, FL. After her husband death she moved to Frederick. Johanna was a member of...
Clara Hampton
Jan 28, 2009
Clara Lucile Hampton was born in Warwick, Rhode Island, on June 11, 1927, the sixth of seven children, born to the late Walter L. and Lettie H (Robinson) Waite. She departed this life at the Golden Living Center in Hagerstown, MD, on Jan. 28, 2009, after an short illness. Clara met and married Charles R. Hampton. From that union their...

Charles {Charlie} H. Frey
Jan 27, 2009
Charles Charlie H. Frey, 88 of Frederick, MD passed away on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at Homewood at Crumland Farms. He was the husband of Sally Fox Frey, whom he married in 1948. Born July 14, 1920 in Lancaster, PA he was the son of the late Charles H. Frey, Jr and Emma Helen Evans. He graduated from Franklin...
Howard C. Akers
Jan 27, 2009
Mr. Howard C. Akers, 83 of Frederick, MD., died Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at College View Center. He was the husband of the late Bertha E. Righter Akers. Born March 9, 1925 in Richmond, Va., he was the son of the late Wilbert and Ida Akers. Mr. Akers enjoyed Nascar racing and watching the Dallas Cowboys. He is survived...

Wilson E. Clay
Jan 27, 2009
Mr. Wilson E. Clay, 83, of Thurmont, died Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009, at Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was the husband of the late Mary F. Clay. Born in Montgomery County on July 20, 1925, he was the son of the late Wilson Carroll and Edna King Clay. Mr. Clay was a lifelong farmer and spent much of his time...
Ray T. {Tom} Lescalleet
Jan 27, 2009
Ray T.(Tom) Lescalleet, 61, of Middletown, died Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009, at the Frederick Memorial Hospital after a battle with cancer. He was the loving husband of Dixie Green Lescalleet. Tsg. Ray T. Tom Lescalleet was born March 22, 1947 in Gettysburg, Pa., to Ray A. and Ida Belle Chipley Lescalleet. He attended school in Walkersville and was the...

Robert Clingan McCardell
Jan 26, 2009
Robert Clingan McCardell of Frederick, died January 26 after a brief illness, at the age of 95. Mr. McCardell was born June 8, 1913, in the house at 301 Rockwell Terrace where he lived his entire life. He was the son of Adrian LeRoy McCardell and Eleanor Clingan McCardell. He attended North Market Street School, Church Street School, and...