Obituaries

Lois G. Holda
Jun 29, 2007
Holda, Lois G., 74 of Mount Airy, MD, formally of Wheaton, MD, wife of the late Thomas M. Holda, passed on to be with the Lord with her family by her side, Friday, June 29th, 2007. She is survived by her four children; Mary Holda Clark of Damascus, MD and her husband Rick, Thomas M. (Mike) Holda, II of...

Mary Mae West
Jun 29, 2007
Mrs. Mary Mae West, 93 of Frederick, died Friday, June 29, 2007 at the Frederick Memorial Hospital. She was the wife of the late Clarence G. West who passed away on May 19, 2007. Born in Sandy Hook, MD on May 18, 1914, she was the daughter of the late Charles Luther and Renos (Riley) Shumaker. A graduate of...
Roy Elden Smith
Jun 28, 2007
Mr. Roy Elden Smith, 76, of Mt. Airy, MD., passed away Thursday, June 28, 2007 at his home. He is survived by his loving wife Alberta Sickler Smith. They had recently celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary. Born August 12, 1930 in Hagerstown, MD he was the son of the late Roy and Carrie Rowe Smith. Mr. Smith retired as...
Annabel K. Ruppert
Jun 27, 2007
Mrs. Annabel K. Ruppert, 86, of Thurmont died peacefully at her home on Wednesday, June 27, 2007. She was the wife of the late Walter M. Ruppert, Sr who died in 1977. Born in Graceham, MD on July 26, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Harry W. and Mabel G. Miller) Null. A homemaker, she will be...

Preston Crampton
Jun 26, 2007
Preston Allen Crampton, age 94, formerly of Loyalton and South Pointe in Hagerstown, and a long-time resident of Boonsboro, died at Reeder's Memorial Home on Tuesday, June, 26, 2007. Born April 28, 1913 in Sharpsburg, MD, he was the son of the late Helen Hines Brashears. His beloved wife of 62 years, Mary Amelia Coffman Crampton, died December 31, 2005....
Michael Aaron Horst
Jun 26, 2007
Mr. Michael Aaron Horst, 51, of Ijamsville, MD., died Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at the Frederick Memorial Hospital. Born December 18, 1955 in Frederick, MD., he was the son of Aaron Horst of Wilmington, N. C. and the late Gloria Specht Horst. Mr. Horst worked as an auto mechanic for Burdette Brothers Pontiac for over 30 years. In earlier...
James R. Manard
Jun 26, 2007
Mr. James R. Manard, 57, of Knoxville died on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at his residence. He was husband of Denise D. Manard, his wife of 3 years. Born on October 8, 1949, in Washington, DC he was the son of the late Raymond Joseph and Barbara Jean Burdis Manard. He was a real estate agent. James was a...

Bertha Bussard
Jun 25, 2007
Bertha E. Grim Bussard, 85, of Kenly Avenue, Hagerstown, died Monday, June, 25, 2007 at Washington County Hospital. Born April 17, 1922 in Bakerton, WV, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Howell and Laura Ethel Giffin Grim. She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank G. Bussard, August 8, 1979. She was employed by E.J. Fennel in...
Barbara C. McAllister
Jun 24, 2007
Mrs. Barbara C. (Pressler) McAllister, 66, of Frederick, died on Sunday, June 24, 2007 at Glade Valley Nursing Center. She is survived by her husband of 46 years John D. McAllister. Cherished Wife, Loving Mother and Caring Friend, Barb's love, strength and happiness affected and infected all of her friends and family. Barb has been there for so many...

Shelby Mose
Jun 24, 2007
Shelby Jean Breeden Mose, 70, of 17431 General Lee Drive, Sharpsburg, died Sunday June 24, 2007. Born October 20, 1936 in Martinsburg, WV, she was the daughter of the late Harry Allen and Mary Elizabeth Clemons Breeden. She was a homemaker. She was a member of Christ Reformed United Church of Christ in Shepherdstown, WV. She is survived by her...
Mildred Davis {Millie} Conroy
Jun 23, 2007
Mrs. Mildred Davis (Millie) Conroy, 59, of Green Cove Springs, FL (formerly of Walkersville, MD) died Saturday, June 23, 2007 in Florida. She was the wife of Gerald T. Conroy, Sr., her husband of 38 years. Millie was born October 1, 1947 in Washington, D.C., the daughter of the late Henry S. and Hilda Magruder Davis. Mrs. Conroy enjoyed...

Joan Mankins
Jun 22, 2007
Joan Marie Cunningham Mankins, 64, of Charlottesville, VA and formerly of Boonsboro, MD, died Friday, June 22, 2007 at her home in Charlottesville. Born September 3, 1942 in Franklin County, PA, she was the daughter of the late Luther Irvin and Madeline May Ausherman Cunningham. She was also preceded in death by her step mother, Jane E. Cunningham. She was...
Charlotte W. Owens
Jun 22, 2007
Mrs. Charlotte W. Owens, 73, of Damascus died on Friday, June 22, 2007 at Montgomery General Hospital. She was the wife of the late William Donald Whiddon. Born on January 30, 1934 in Bethesda, she was the daughter of the late William and Freda Hartley. Mrs. Owens was raised in Damascus, MD. by Sterling and Lola Day. Mrs. Owens...
Russell E. {Barney} Barnard
Jun 21, 2007
Mr. Russell E. {Barney} Barnard, 85, of Frederick, died on Thursday, June 21, 2007 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was preceded in death by his wife Charlotte (Ray). Barnard on February 28, 2003. Born on March 28, 1922 in Bloomington, MD he was a son of the late Washington and Julia May (Jones) Barnard. Mr. Barnard was a veteran...

Betty Law
Jun 21, 2007
Betty J. Law, 82 of Frederick, Maryland passed away on Thursday, June 21, 2007 at Homewood at Crumland Farms. Before moving to Frederick, Betty resided in Eagleville, PA Born April 29, 1925 in Mifflin, PA, she was the daughter of the late Ross S. Dalton and Evelyn Wetzler Dalton. Betty retired from Hanover Insurance Company. She is survived by...

Margaret Mumma
Jun 19, 2007
Margaret Louise Wyand Mumma, age 93, of 55 E. Washington St., Hagerstown, died Tuesday, June 19, 207, at Ravenwood Lutheran Village in Hagerstown. Born January 21, 1914 in Keedysville, MD, she was the daughter of the late George M. and Sarah Goldie Leatherman Wyand. She was preceded in death by her husband, Elwood M. Mumma, in 1992. She was a...
James Kenneth {Butch} Flohr
Jun 16, 2007
Mr. James Kenneth Butch Flohr, 60 of Frederick, MD., died Saturday, June 16, 2007 at the Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was the husband of Joyce Keeney Flohr. Born May 28, 1947 in Frederick, MD. he was the son of Elsie V. Lamm Roberts of Augusta, W.VA. and the late Kenneth Monroe Flohr. Butch loved working on trucks, lawn mowers...
Ralph Edgar Gates
Jun 16, 2007
Mr. Ralph Edgar Gates, 78, of Mt. Airy died Saturday, June 16, 2007 at the Carroll Hospice Dove House. He was the husband of the late Fay Brooke Gates who died in September of 1997. Born in Sandy Springs, MD on June 15, 1929, he was the son of the late Ellen Gates Whalen. Ralph was the owner and...
Margaret Salena Furness
Jun 16, 2007
Margaret Selena Furness, 88, died in Frederick, MD on June 16, 2007. She was born in Newark, NJ in 1918, and she led a life of service to God, her family, and Christian ministry. As a child, she helped her father, superintendent of Newark's Goodwill Home and Rescue Mission, distribute bread during the depression. She taught Sunday school and...

Walter Lawson
Jun 13, 2007
Walter A. Lawson, horn player with the Baltimore Symphony for 28 years and later a French horn designer and builder, died June 13, 2007 of congestive heart failure at Reeders Memorial Home in Boonsboro. He was born March 9, 1923 in Binghamton, NY to Frank B. and Alice E. Allen Lawson. As a World War II veteran, serving in the...