Obituaries

Victor Junior {Bill} Woodward

Victor Junior {Bill} Woodward

Dec 12, 2008

Mr. Victor Junior (Bill) Woodward, 65, of New Market died on Friday, December 12, 2008, at Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was the husband of Frances Ann Burdiss Woodward, his wife of 46 � years. Born on February 24, 1943, in Clarksburg, WV, he was the son of the late Victor and Leoma Marie Cross Woodward. Bill was fortunate enough...

Hugh A. McGovern, Sr.

Hugh A. McGovern, Sr.

Dec 12, 2008

Mr. Hugh A. McGovern, Sr. 71, died Friday, December 12, 2008 at Glade Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Walkersville, MD. He was the husband for 42 years to Olive V. Beadling McGovern. Born in Palmyra, NJ on February 25, 1937 he was the son of the late Mary C. (Bradley) and Joseph H. McGovern, Sr. Hugh served in...

Leon {Lee} Vincent Koiro

Leon {Lee} Vincent Koiro

Dec 11, 2008

Mr. Leon Lee Vincent Koiro 73 of Frederick, MD died December 11, 2008 at home. Born October 14, 1935 in Edwardsville, PA, he was the son of the late Catherine Peterson Koiro and Leo M. Koiro. He was an active member of St. Timothy's Roman Catholic Church in Walkersville, MD and a 4th degree Knight of Columbus. He leaves...

Helen Andre

Helen Andre

Dec 9, 2008

Helen Virginia Heit Andre, age 90, of NW 31st Ave., Gainesville, Fla., died Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008, at Washington County Hospital. Born Aug. 1, 1918 in Portsmouth, VA, she was a daughter of the late Henry and Otello Kimitt Heit. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Albert Andre, on Dec. 6, 2005. She had been employed for...

Joseph Gonzalez

Joseph Gonzalez

Dec 8, 2008

Joseph Manuel "Joe" Gonzalez, age 87, of Buhrman Drive West, Waynesboro, PA, passed into Heaven peacefully with his entire family at his side on Monday, Dec. 8, 2008, at Waynesboro Hospital. Born Dec. 4, 1921 in Buffalo, NY, he was a son of the late Andrew and Concepcion Gonzalez. Joe was married on Nov. 1, 1943 to Madge L. Jones...

Shelly Beth Molesworth Ramirez

Shelly Beth Molesworth Ramirez

Dec 8, 2008

Shelly Beth Molesworth Ramirez, 38, of Frederick, died suddenly Monday, December 8, 2008, at Frederick Memorial Hospital. She was born April 15, 1970 in Frederick, MD. Shelly graduated from Governor Thomas Johnson High School in 1988, and from Frederick Community College in 1991. She was the loving mother of Brooke Ashley Molesworth, age 17, and McKenzie Kathlyn Ortiz, age...

Malcolm Barger

Malcolm Barger

Dec 7, 2008

Mr. Malcolm Barger, 84, of Homewood/Crumland Farms, Frederick, died Sunday, December 07, 2008. He was the husband of Pat Haller Barger, his wife of 56 years who preceded him in death in2003. Born November 19, 1924, he was the son of the late Marshall E. and Claudia Mohler Barger. He was a veteran of World War II serving in...

Thelma Kephart

Thelma Kephart

Dec 7, 2008

Thelma Catharine Rand Zeigler Kephart, age 86, a resident of Ravenwood Lutheran Village in Hagerstown, died Sunday, Dec. 7, 2008, at Washington County Hospital. Born Jan. 26, 1922 in Zulllinger, PA, she was a daughter of the late Frank Bernard and Vada Angeline Gardner Kesselring, and foster daughter of the late John Wesley and Myrtle Stover. She was preceded in...

Sherry Ann Wages

Sherry Ann Wages

Dec 5, 2008

Mrs. Sherry Ann Wages, 59, of Frederick died at home peacefully in her sleep on December 5th, 2008. Born September 29, 1949 in Frederick Maryland. She was the wife of John L. Wages. They were married 35 wonderful years. Sherry loved to learn and expand her personal growth and was within four months from receiving her Master's Degree as...

Donald Harbaugh

Donald Harbaugh

Dec 5, 2008

Mr. Donald Harbaugh, 79, of Sabillasville, died on Friday, December 5, 2008 at The Village of Laurel Run, nursing facility, Fayettville, PA. He was preceded in death by his wife Betty Jane ( Green ) Harbaugh in 1996. Mr. Harbaughs' life career was farming in the Sabillasville area. He was mechanically inclined and in his earlier years worked as...

Barbara Jean Simmons

Barbara Jean Simmons

Dec 4, 2008

Mrs. Barbara Jean Simmons, born July 29, 1932 in Garrett Park, MD, passed away peacefully and unexpectedly at her home on December 4, 2008, after a short illness. She was the daughter of Gladys Noreen Goggans. She is survived by her husband of 58 years, Marvin Wheaton Simmons, Jr. They were wed on February 9, 1950. Both she and...

Andrew {Andy} Franklin Maught

Andrew {Andy} Franklin Maught

Dec 4, 2008

Andrew Andy Franklin Maught, 26 of Jefferson, MD passed away on Thursday, December 4, 2008. Born August 3, 1982 in Frederick, Maryland he was the son of Charles and Daphne Maught of Jefferson. Andy was a 2000 graduate of Brunswick High School and a 2005 graduate of West Virginia State College. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, bowling and he was...

Charles Eddie {Frog} Stimmel

Charles Eddie {Frog} Stimmel

Dec 3, 2008

Mr. Charles Eddie Frog Stimmel, 61, of Frederick, died on Wednesday, December 3, at his home. Born on February 16, 1947, in Frederick County, he was the son of the late Charles Andrew and Ethel B. Harding Stimmel. He was a carpenter for over 41 years. A giving person, Eddie was always there to lend a helping hand to...

Franklin Kline

Franklin Kline

Dec 3, 2008

Franklin E. Kline, 71, of 6214 Clevelandtown Road, Boonsboro, died December 3, 2008 at Washington County Hospital. Born September 4, 1937 in Wolfsville, Md., he was the son of the late Woodrow and May A. Pryer Kline. He served in the United States Army. He was employed with Wolfe & Son Construction. He was a member of Grossnickle Church of...

Doris E. Kiser

Doris E. Kiser

Dec 3, 2008

Doris E. Kiser, 81, of Lewisburg, PA died Wednesday afternoon, December 3,2008 at the Evangelical Community Hospital after being suddenly stricken at her home Sunday night. Doris was born in Thurmont, MD, December 9, 1926 a daughter of the late Albert Merhle and Edith Elizabeth (Tressler) Ecker. She married Charles Jack Kiser, February, 2,1946 and her death breaks a...

Mildred Burkett

Mildred Burkett

Dec 3, 2008

Mildred F. Moats Younker Burkett, 81, of Mercersburg Road, Greencastle, Pa. died Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at Washington County Hospital. Born January 31, 1927 in Hancock, she was the daughter of the late John R. and Mary E. Moats. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Lloyd W. Younker in 1948 and by her second husband, Allen T....

Thomas Kennedy

Thomas Kennedy

Dec 3, 2008

Mr. Thomas Kennedy, 77, Thurmont, died Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at Glade Valley Nursing Home. He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Maureen Kennedy, and his brother Roger Kennedy. He was born on October 23, 1931 in Long Island, New York, and was the son of the late Thomas and Gertude (Reed) Kennedy. He later lived in...

David Snyder

David Snyder

Dec 2, 2008

David Matthew "Dave" Snyder, 41, of Dogstreet Road, Keedysville, Md. died Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at Washington County Hospital. Born July 27, 1967 in Frederick, he was the son of the late Jackie Wayne and Elva Sue Moats Snyder of Boonsboro. He had been employed for 20 years by Custom Siding in Frederick. He was a member of Church...

Carroll Lescalleet

Carroll Lescalleet

Dec 1, 2008

Carroll William Lescalleet, age 66, of 10931 Haugh's Church Road, Keymar, MD, died from natural causes Monday, Dec. 1, 2008, at his home. Born April 19, 1942 in Lewistown, MD, he was a son of the late Harvey Alton and Lula Idalee Whitmore Lescalleet. He was preceded in death by his life partner, June Marie Shewbridge. He had been employed...

Bernard Ganley

Bernard Ganley

Dec 1, 2008

Bernard Manning "Bernie" Ganley, 73, of Porterstown Road, Keedysville, died Monday, December 1, 2008 at his home. Born October 4, 1935 in Boyds, Md., he was the son of the late Joseph M. and Nettie Schwartzbeck Ganley. He retired from the Montgomery County Board of Education as a bus driver. He was a member of the Maryland Nite Hunters Association....