Obituaries

James Lynn Potter

James Lynn Potter

Jan 26, 2009

Mr. James Lynn Potter, 73 of New Market, died on Monday, January 26, 2009 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was the husband of Phyllis Jean Scalf Potter, his wife of 47 years. Born on March 23, 1935 in War, WV, he was the son of the late Manasseh J. and Anna Sparks Potter. He was a communications analyst at...

Morris Ella McKissick

Morris Ella McKissick

Jan 25, 2009

Mrs. Morris Ella McKissick, 81 of Thurmont, MD., died Sunday, January 25, 2009 at John's Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. She was the wife of the late Eugene Mc Kissick. Born May 13, 1927 in Thurmont, MD., she was the daughter of the late Morris and Ella Jane Hahn Jackson. Mrs. McKissick was a member of Thurmont United Methodist Church. She...

W. Davis DeLauder Sr.

W. Davis DeLauder Sr.

Jan 24, 2009

W. Davis DeLauder Sr., age 98, of Coffman Avenue, Hagerstown, died Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009, at his home. Born March 9, 1910 in Hagerstown, he was the son of the late Walter Scott and Rebecca Marie Davis DeLauder. He was preceded in death by his wife, Louise Roulette DeLauder, Nov. 20, 2008. He had been employed by Fridinger's, Inc. for...

Dorothy Irene {Wisnom} Kuhrmann

Dorothy Irene {Wisnom} Kuhrmann

Jan 23, 2009

Dorothy Irene (Wisnom) Kuhrmann, 85, of New Market, MD died at her home on January 23, 2009. Born June 6, 1923 in Glen Arm, MD, Dottie was the daughter of the late Raymond Wisnom and Irene Kavanaugh. Through her life Dottie had many occupations, from bank teller to landscaper to builder. She was a retired school bus driver with...

Jack Andrew Pinion

Jack Andrew Pinion

Jan 22, 2009

Mr. Jack Andrew Pinion, 95 of Emmitsburg, MD (formerly of Bethesda) died Thursday, January 22, 2009 at St. Catherine's Nursing Home, in Emmitsburg. He was the husband of the late Eleanor Whitacre Pinion. Born January 27, 1913 in Wynot, NE he was the son of the late Mr. & Mrs. Paul Pinion. Mr. Pinion was a graduate of North...

Barbara Jean Yeatman

Barbara Jean Yeatman

Jan 22, 2009

Barbara Jean Yeatman, age 49, of Luray, VA., formally of Frederick and Mt. Airy, MD. died Thursday, January 22, 2009 in Luray, VA after a long courageous 11 year battle with breast cancer. Barbara was a Financial Analyst for Intelsat. She was the daughter of the late Harry William White and Marion Eloise (Straley) White. She is survived by...

Kelly {Holler} Gloyd

Kelly {Holler} Gloyd

Jan 22, 2009

Mrs. Kelly ( Holler ) Gloyd, 45, of Mount Airy, died on Thursday, January 22, 2009 at Frederick Memorial Hospital, after a long and courageous battle with breast cancer. She is survived by her loving husband James A. Gloyd. Born on August 27th, 1963 in Frederick, she was a daughter of the late Ralph and Barbara Holler. She was...

Mary Kimons

Mary Kimons

Jan 22, 2009

Mary J. Christopher Kimons, age 89, of Hunter Hill Dr., Hagerstown, and formerly of Reno, Nev., died Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009, at her home. Born Jan. 27, 1919 in Youngstown, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Nicholas and Julia Fisher Christopher. She was preceded in death by her husband, George E. Kimons. She had managed various retail apparel...

Tyler Eric Condren

Tyler Eric Condren

Jan 21, 2009

Tyler Eric Condren, 12, of Walkersville, died on Wednesday, January 21, 2009, at Children's Hospital in Washington, DC. Born on December 30, 1996, in Olney, MD he was the son of Eric and Pauleen Aker Condren. Tyler was in the 7th Grade at Walkersville Middle School where he was an honor student. He enjoyed playing baseball and being on...

Marie V. Stauffer

Marie V. Stauffer

Jan 20, 2009

On Tuesday, January 20, 2009 Marie V. Stauffer slipped the bonds of Earth to rejoin her beloved parents, the late Claude S. and Emma J. Hahn. Marie was the wife of George Clayton Stauffer of Walkersville, whom she married in 1991. Surviving in addition to her husband is a sister, Betty L. Randolph of Idaho Falls, Idaho, a sister-in-law...

William {Bill} Donald Pleasants, Sr.

William {Bill} Donald Pleasants, Sr.

Jan 20, 2009

Mr. William (Bill) Donald Pleasants, Sr., 81 of Frederick, MD died Tuesday, at the Frederick Memorial Hospital. Born in North Carolina, on September 18, 1927, he was the son of the late Arete Nelms and James Marvin Pleasants. Bill was the owner and operator from 1964 to 1980 of Pleasant Excavating Company. Upon his retirement he went back to...

Sharon Lynn Davis

Sharon Lynn Davis

Jan 20, 2009

Sharon Lynn Davis, 52 of Middletown, Maryland passed away on Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at the Frederick Memorial Hospital. She was the loving wife of Wayne Davis. They were married for 34 years. Born July 16, 1956 in Lewistown, MD she was the daughter of the late John and Dorothy Bowers. Sharon had an in home daycare for over...

Alan M. { Big Al } Miller

Alan M. { Big Al } Miller

Jan 20, 2009

Big Al passed away on Tuesday, January 20, 2009, at Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was eighty years old. He was the husband of Donna J. Parkhurst Miller, his wife of 54 years. Born on September 20, 1928, in New Jersey, he was the son of the late Milton and Estelle Wilhelm Miller. He received a degree in agriculture from...

Judge Herbert L. Rollins

Judge Herbert L. Rollins

Jan 20, 2009

Judge Herbert L. Rollins died Tuesday, January 20, 2009. Judge Rollins was born November 15, 1928 in Frederick County at Bell's Mill, (near Brunswick), the son of the late Lester Alfred and Irene Mann Rollins. He is survived by his wife, Betty Thomas Rollins. They were married on June 18, 1955. He is also survived by his son, Thomas...

Donald {Donnie} L. Shepley

Donald {Donnie} L. Shepley

Jan 19, 2009

Mr. Donald Donnie L. Shepley, 65, of 138 Coquina Sands Drive, Waynesboro, PA, passed away and went to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, January 19, 2009, surrounded by his family and friends. He was the husband of Shirley (Greer) Shepley, his wife of 17 years. He was born February 14, 1943 in Frederick and was the...

Melba Kramer Downey

Melba Kramer Downey

Jan 19, 2009

On Monday, January 19, 2009, of Monrovia, MD; 20 year teacher at Maryvale Elementary School, Rockville; beloved wife of the late Frederick M. Downey; mother of Frederick M. Downey and wife Claudia of Fairfax, George K. Downey and wife Judy Miller of Cabin John, Vera Viehmann of Monrovia; grandmother of Dawn Harvey, Kelly Emery, Bryce Downey, Kristina Talley and...

Evelyn M. Weddle

Evelyn M. Weddle

Jan 19, 2009

Mrs. Evelyn M. Weddle, 96, of Frederick died on Monday January 19, 2009 at Citizens Nursing Home, Frederick. She was the wife of the late John C. Weddle Sr. Born on July 30, 1912 in Sabillasville she was the daughter of the late Emma Manahan. She was a homemaker. She was a member of Evangelical Lutheran Church, Frederick. Surviving...

Lori Anne Geldner Shipley

Lori Anne Geldner Shipley

Jan 19, 2009

Mrs. Lori Anne Geldner Shipley, 50, of Frederick died on Monday, January 19, 2009. She was the loving wife of Gregory A. Shipley. Born on August 23, 1958 in Washington, D.C. she was the daughter Millie Cerstvik and her husband Steve of Frederick and the late John F. Geldner Sr. Lori had a special love and devotion for her...

Margaret E. {Hargett} Lewis

Margaret E. {Hargett} Lewis

Jan 19, 2009

Mrs. Margaret E. ( Hargett ) Lewis, 90, of Middletown, died on Monday, January 19, 2009 at Kline Hospice House. She was the wife of the late Herbert D. Lewis. Born on June 25th, 1918 in Baltimore, she was a daughter of the late Edgar S. and Beatrice M. ( Houff ) Hargett. Mrs. Lewis was a member of...

Ruth E. {Long} Singer

Ruth E. {Long} Singer

Jan 18, 2009

Mrs. Ruth E. ( Long ) Singer, of Frederick, died on Sunday, January 18th, 2009 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. She was preceded in death by her husband Elmer W. Singer on April 25th, 1980. She was born in Frederick County a daughter of the late Elmer E. Long, Sr. and Bertha M.. ( Gerrick ) Long. Mrs. Singer was...