Obituaries
Robert {Bobby} Preston Holland
Oct 24, 2008
Mr. Robert Bobby Preston Holland, 69, of Ijamsville, MD died Friday, October 24, 2008 at the Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was the husband for 9 years to Dorothy Carter Holland. Born in Frederick, MD on December 15, 1938 he was the son of the late Elizabeth Ellen (Gilbert) and Donald John Holland. Bobby served in the US Army and...
Georgia Groover Grunewald
Oct 24, 2008
Mrs. Georgia Groover Grunewald, 82, of Frederick passed on Friday, October 24, 2008 at Frederick Memorial hospital surrounded by her loving family and friends. She was the loving wife of Theodore C. Grunewald, her husband of 62 years. Born January 1, 1926 in Savannah Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Dr. Gordon L. Groover Jr. and Dorothy...
Barbara Ann Smith
Oct 24, 2008
Mrs. Barbara Ann Smith, 68, of Frederick, died on Friday, October 24, 2008 at her residence. She was the wife of Oscar T. Smith, her husband of 46 years. Born on March 13, 1940, in Huntington, PA she was the daughter of the late Charles D. and Merideth Dick Luke. She was a medical logistic secretary at Ft. Detrick...
Charles O. Lambert
Oct 24, 2008
Mr. Charles O. Lambert, 77, of Frederick died on Friday October 24, 2008 at University of Maryland Medical Center after a brief illness. He was the husband of Mary Denton Lambert. Born in Grafton, WV, on June 10, 1931 he was the son of the late Omar D. and Edna Tucker Lambert of Grafton. He served in the Air...

Brummett McClendon
Oct 23, 2008
Brummett Jerald "Jerry" McClendon, age 65, of 2603 Chestnut Grove Road, Sharpsburg, died Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008, at his home. Born Nov. 4, 1942 in Amarillo, Texas, he was a son of Brummett McClendon of Colorado Springs, CO, and the late Dorothy Morgan McClendon. Jerry was a happy and smart child as he grew up in Amarillo, always asking for...
Sydney Nicole Starkey
Oct 23, 2008
Sydney Nicole Starkey, 7, of Thurmont died on Thursday October 23, 2008 at the Dove House Hopice, Westminister. Born in Frederick on March 9, 2001 she was the daughter of Paul Garrison and Rebecca Trout Starkey. Sydney was a student at the Rock Creek School, Frederick. Surviving in addition to her parents are paternal great grandmother Audrey Young of...

Ruth B. Slocomb
Oct 23, 2008
Mrs. Ruth B. Slocomb, 85, long time resident of Frederick, died on Thursday, October 23, at University of Maryland Hospital, Baltimore. Born on January 10, 1923, in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late George Walter and Edith May Zeone Blome. Growing up in the Hamilton neighborhood, Ruth was a 1940 graduate of Eastern High School and of...

Daniel Netz Sr.
Oct 22, 2008
Daniel Elmer Netz Sr., age 69, of Hagerstown, died Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008, at Washington County Hospital. Born Jan. 29, 1939 in Boonsboro, MD, he was a son of the late Carmie Luther Netz Jr. and Viola Mae Morrison Netz. He had worked as a painter for G.M. Gehr in Hagerstown and self-employed. He was of the Pentecostal faith. He...

William Valentine
Oct 21, 2008
William Augustus "Bill" Valentine, age 79, of Keedysville, MD, died Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2008, at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore. Born Aug. 13, 1929 in Keedysville, he was the son of the late Calvin Foster and Martha Ellen Easterday Valentine. He was formerly employed at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Martinsburg, WV, retiring in 1989. He was a veteran of...
Magdalene Zella Fuller
Oct 20, 2008
Ms. Magdalene Zella Fuller, 87, of Frederick, died October 20, 2008 at Northampton Manor Nursing Home. Born November 2, 1920 in Barling, Arkansas, she was the daughter of the late Van and Zella Fuller. Ms. Fuller was a member of the First Baptist Church of Frederick. She was a former Associate Dean of Nursing at Indiana University School of...

Joseph O. Brashears
Oct 19, 2008
Mr. Joseph O. Brashears, 94 of Frederick, Maryland died Sunday, October 19, 2008 at his home. He was the husband of Vivian Stottlemeyer Brashears, his wife of 34 years. Born December 30, 1913 in Frederick, MD, he was the son of the late Alice and John Brashears. He was a member of Oak Hill Church of God. Mr. Brashears...
Ralph Joseph Kidwell, Jr.
Oct 19, 2008
Mr. Ralph Joseph Kidwell, Jr., 63 of Ijamsville, died Sunday, October 19, 2008 at the Regional Veterans Hospital in Martinsburg, WV. Born in Olney, MD on January 28, 1945 he was the son of the late Ralph Joseph Kidwell, Sr. He served in the US Army during the Viet Nam War era. Ralph was an accomplished self employed brick...
Rebecca {Fifer} Becky Williams
Oct 19, 2008
Mrs. Rebecca ( Fifer )Williams,{Becky} , 61, ended a long struggle with Pancreatic Cancer on Sunday, October 19, 2008. She was in hospice care during her last weeks and went to eternal sleep at home with her family at her side. Surely she is now back in the presence of our Lord in Heaven. She is survived by her...

Harold Green
Oct 18, 2008
Harold Perry Green, age 95, of 10116 Sharpsburg Pike, Hagerstown, and formerly of East Oak Ridge Drive near Funkstown, died Friday, Oct. 17, 2008, at Somerford House Assisted Living near Hagerstown. Born Oct. 30, 1912 in Beaver Creek, MD, he was a son of the late Perry Columbus and Cora Harrison Green. Harold was a graduate of Boonsboro High School...

Bonnie Louise Edwards
Oct 18, 2008
Mrs. Bonnie Louise Edwards, 65 of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, died Saturday October 18, 2008. She was the wife of Lawrence Edwards, Sr. Born August 19, 1943 in Richmond, VA, she was the daughter of Helen Cade Smith of Richmond, VA and the late William Thomas Smith. Bonnie enjoyed walking, gardening and spending time with her family. She was...
Alice K. Thompson
Oct 17, 2008
Mrs. Alice K. Thompson, 84, formerly of Frederick passed away Friday, October 17, 2008 at her home in Edinburg, VA. She was the wife of the late Joseph Morgan Thompson. Born on January 24, 1924 in Kemptown, MD, she was the daughter of the late Ivy Davis) and Charles Nehouse. Alice was a dietician for many years at the...
Robert Edwin Coop
Oct 16, 2008
Mr. Robert Edwin Coop, 48, of Frederick died on Thursday, October 16, 2008 at his residence . He was husband of Tina Jean Dinnis Coop, his wife of 19 years. Born on January 18, 1960, in the Sudan he was the son of Donald Charles and Ruby Mae Sullivan Coop of Hanover, PA. He was a former letter carrier...

Willie Ruth Lacy
Oct 16, 2008
Mrs. Willie Ruth Lacy, 76, of Falling Waters, W VA, passed away gracefully Thursday, October 16, 2008 at the Frederick Memorial Hospital. She was the wife of the late Gary Elwood Lacy. Born July 8, 1932 in Saltsville, VA, she was the daughter of the late Harry Lee and Susie Burgess Doane. Mrs. Lacy was currently a caregiver at...
Esther A. Phelps Barthlow
Oct 16, 2008
Esther A. Phelps Barthlow, 87 of Frederick passed away on Thursday, October 16, 2008 at Citizens Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center. Born March 13, 1921 in Frederick she was the daughter of the late Clara G. and John L. Pittinger. Twice married she was the wife of the late Charles A. Phelps and the late Millard E. Barthlow. Esther...
Margaret V. {Maggie} Stull
Oct 15, 2008
Margaret V. Stull (Maggie), 83 of Walkersville, passed away on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at the Frederick Memorial Hospital. She was the wife of the late Charles C.T. Stull, Jr. Born May 20, 1925 in Frederick, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Margaret Yinger. Maggie was a member of Bethel Lutheran Church, Frederick. She was a...