Obituaries
John Allen Smith, Sr.
Jul 30, 2008
Mr. John Allen Smith, Sr., 79 of Taneytown, MD., died Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at his home. He was the husband of June Tressler Smith his wife of 52 years. Born March 29, 1929 in Frederick, MD., he was the son of the late Clarence and Minnie Brashears Smith. Mr. Smith was a member of the Piney Creek Church...

Kenneth Stottlemyer
Jul 30, 2008
Kenneth Lee Stottlemyer, age 70, of Randolph St., Hagerstown, died Wednesday, July 30, 2008, at Washington County Hospital. Born March 9, 1938 in Sharpsburg, he was a son of the late Stacy and Hattie Butts Stottlemyer. He had been employed with Goodwill Industries in Hagerstown. He was a member of Burnside Church of God. He is survived by his wife,...
Donald Reddick
Jul 30, 2008
Donald Reddick, distinguished educator and devoted family man, died peacefully in his sleep on July 30th. He was 80 years old. Know as Dr. Reddick, Don, Dad, and Dides, he will be remembered and celebrated for his remarkable kindness and dignity, gentle sense of humor, formidable work ethic, and unflagging optimism. More than anything, he loved spending time with...
Louise Ellen {Peters} Trout
Jul 29, 2008
Louise Ellen Peters Trout, 82 of Walkersville, MD passed away on Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at Vindobona Nursing Home. She was the wife of Nelson Trout. Born January 27, 1926 in Gaithersburg, MD she was the daughter of the late John H. Peters and Nannie Thompson Peters. Louise was very loving and kind. She loved animals, flowers and traveling....
Shawn Langley
Jul 27, 2008
Shawn M. Langley, 17, of Amos Reeder Road went to be with his Lord from Washington County Hospital on Sunday, July 27, 2008. Born October 30, 1990 in Hagerstown, he was the son of Tony and Tammy Lohman Langley of Boonsboro. This fall he was continuing his education in Hagerstown Technical High School and would have graduated from Boonsboro...
Marian J. Kwasneski
Jul 26, 2008
Mrs. Marian J. Kwasneski, 84, of Frederick, MD., died Saturday, July 26, 2008 at the Frederick Memorial Hospital. She was the wife of the late Ambrose Kwasneski. Born December 8, 1923 in Blossburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Ellen Manikowski Majchrzak. Mrs. Kwasneski was a member of St. Timothy's Catholic Church. She thoroughly enjoyed...

Glenn Thomas Gincley
Jul 24, 2008
Mr. Glenn Thomas Gincley, 60 of Frederick, MD., died Thursday, July 24, 2008 at the Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was the husband of Leslie Redding Gincley, sharing 12 years of marriage. Glenn was born December 8, 1947 in West Chester, PA, the son of Elizabeth Yatsko Frisco and the late Earl Gincley. Glenn received his bachelor's degree from West...

Earl C. Cook, Jr.
Jul 23, 2008
Mr. Earl C. Cook, Jr, 85, of Frederick, died on Wednesday, July 23, 2008, at Homewood at Crumland Farms, Frederick. He was the husband of Louise L. Cooke, his wife of 64 years. Born on November 18, 1922, in Brandywine, MD, he was the son of the late Earl C., Sr. and Anna Letcher Cooke. He was an engineer...
Gale Burwell
Jul 22, 2008
Mrs. Gale Burwell, 74 of Adamstown, MD, died Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at her home. She was the wife of the late Spottswood Blair Burwell. Born June 15, 1934 in San Francisco, CA, she was the daughter of the late Manley Hale and Louise Bedell Simons. Gale was treasurer of the League of Women Voters in Frederick. During her...
Edward {Regis} Dowling
Jul 21, 2008
Edward Regis Dowling, 45 of Brunswick, Maryland passed away on Monday, July 21, 2008. He was the husband of Dollie Dowling. Born January 21, 1963 in McKeesport, PA he was the son of Edward Dowling of Middletown, MD and the late Patricia F. Dowling. Regis was a member of the Potomac Believer's Fellowship Church in Brunswick. Regis was a...
Handford C. Cook, Sr.
Jul 19, 2008
Mr. Hanford C. Cook, Sr., 93 of Woodsboro died on Saturday July 19, 2008 at Northampton Manor Nursing Home, Frederick. He was the husband of Florence Baker Cook. Born on March 12, 1915 in Frederick he was the son of the late John C. and Marsella Hawkins Cook. Mr. Cook was a dairy farmer and also worked for the...

Mary Dorsey
Jul 19, 2008
Mary Elizabeth Flook Dorsey, 75, formerly of Maple Avenue, Boonsboro, died Saturday, July 19, 2008 at Julia Manor Health Care Center in Hagerstown. Born May 9, 1933 in Boonsboro, she was the daughter of the late Roy H. and Vada Irene Reeder Flook. She was preceded in death by her husband, William E. Dorsey, in 2001. She was a graduate...

Charlotte Bowman
Jul 18, 2008
Charlotte May Schildt Bowman, 95, of Greenbrier Road, Boonsboro, died Friday, July 18, 2008 at Washington County Hospital. Born January 18, 1913 in Washington County, she was the daughter of the late Walter Clarence and Leah Snyder Schildt. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ira Glenn Bowman, April 15, 1988. She was a homemaker and farmer. She was...

Daniel E. Herbst
Jul 16, 2008
Mr. Daniel E. Herbst, 89, of Frederick died on Wednesday July 16, 2008 at Northampton Manor Nursing Home, Frederick. He was the husband of the late Winifred Denyer Herbst. Born on January 2, 1919 in Chewsville, MD he was the son of the late Raymond and Mary Leathers Herbst. Mr. Herbst worked for W. E. Miller Farm. He was...
Judy A. Fouche
Jul 16, 2008
Mrs. Judy A. Fouche, 59 of Frederick, passed away from complications of ovarian cancer, on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at College View Center. She was the wife of Thomas Fouche, her husband of 35 years. Born June 12, 1949 in Olney, MD, she was the daughter of Edgar and Josephine Bible Burriss of Silver Spring, MD. Judy was a...

Ruth Stockslager
Jul 14, 2008
Ruth F. Stockslager, age 92, of Funkstown, MD, died Monday, July 14, 2008, at her home surrounded by her loving family. Born Aug. 1, 1915 in Benevola, MD, she was a daughter of the late Charles W. and Mary V. Kline Fisher. Ruth was preceded in death by her husband, Paul Coffman Stockslager, on Feb. 8, 1982. She was a...
John Michael Sullivan
Jul 12, 2008
Mr. John Michael Sullivan, 66, of Woodbine, MD, a retired Department of Homeland Security official, died after a long battle with cancer July 12, 2008 at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. He was the husband of Nancy L. Sullivan, his wife of 46 years. Born on September 7, 1941 in Alexandria, Va he was the son...
Jay Franklin Fisher
Jul 12, 2008
Mr. Jay Franklin Fisher, 49, of Walkersville, MD died Saturday July 12, 2008. Born in Reading, PA on February 7, 1959, hew as the son of Nancy Fisher Layman of Crestwood Village in Frederick, and the late James L. Fisher who preceded him in death in 1971. Jay was also the grandson of the late Rev. Franklin A. Rosenberger...
Wilda Kathryn {Kay} Shafer
Jul 11, 2008
Wilda Kathryn (Kay) Shafer Kay lost her brief battle against bone cancer and passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on July 11, 2008. She was married to Ronald W. Shafer for 44 years. Kay was born on September 2, 1943. She was the daughter of the late Willard S. and Kathryn Zimmerman Holter of Middletown. In addition to...
Freda N. Shriver
Jul 9, 2008
Freda N. Shriver, 88, formerly of 6 East D St., Brunswick went peacefully home to be with her Lord on Wednesday, July 9, 2008, at Homewood at Crumland Farms, Frederick, MD surrounded by her daughters. Born on May 7, 1920, in Brunswick, she was the daughter of the late Paul and Mamie Gaither. Freda dedicated her life to raising...