Obituaries

Charlotte W. Owens

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Stephen E. Peters, Jr.

Stephen E. Peters, Jr.

Jun 12, 2007

Stephen E. Peters, Jr., {Papal}, 55 of Walkersville, Maryland died suddenly on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 following a work related accident. He was the husband of Arlene Robinson Peters. They where married for 30 years. Born July 2, 1951 In Beckley, West Virginia he was the son of Stephen E. Peters, Sr. and Jodi Craddock Peters of Florida. Stephen...

Paul Revere Pennington

Paul Revere Pennington

Jun 11, 2007

Mr. Paul Revere Pennington, 51 of Brunswick, MD., died Monday, June 11, 2007 at the Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was the husband of Charlene McDonald Pennington, his wife of 32 years. Born August 5, 1955 in Leslie County, Kentucky, he was the son of the late Earl and Ruth Marie Blue Pennington. Mr. Pennington served his Country in the...

William D. {Bill} Baker

William D. {Bill} Baker

Jun 11, 2007

William D. Baker, 97, formerly of Walkersville, died at Northampton Manor in Frederick on June 11, 2007. He was the husband of Margaret Crum Baker, his wife of 71 years, who died January 8, 2003 Born March 14, 1910 in Woodsboro, he was the son of the late John D. Baker and Nellie Cramer Baker. Bill enjoyed hunting, fishing,...

Emma I. Ford

Emma I. Ford

Jun 11, 2007

Mrs. Emma I. Ford, 75, of Brunswick died on Monday, June 11, 2007, at Washington County General Hospital, Hagerstown. She was the wife of the late George Wesley Ford who died in 1981. Born on September 10, 1931, in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Frederick and Mary Rachel Ann Horton Miller. She was an artist. Emma...

Evelyn M. Shepley

Evelyn M. Shepley

Jun 11, 2007

Mrs. Evelyn M. Shepley, 84 of Hagerstown, MD., went to be with the Lord, Monday, June 11, 2007 at her home. She was the wife of the late Martin W. Shepley. Born August 25, 1922 in Frederick, MD., she was the daughter of the late Howard L. and Rosie Morningstar Kolb. Mrs. Shepley was a lifetime member of St....

Norma E. Turner

Norma E. Turner

Jun 10, 2007

Mrs. Norma E. Turner, 79, of Mt. Airy died on Sunday, June 10, 2007, at Lorien Life Center, Mt. Airy. She was the wife of the late Leslie L. Turner. Born on March 23, 1928, in Washington, DC she was the daughter of the late Frank Harold and Harriet Babington Harmon. Mrs. Turner was a sales clerk for Fredlin...

Carole Ann Adkins Gordon

Carole Ann Adkins Gordon

Jun 9, 2007

Carole Ann Adkins Gordon, 45 of Brunswick, Maryland passed away on Saturday, June 9,2007. Born January 31, 1962 in Florida she was the daughter of Jane Adkins of Brunswick and the late Austin Adkins. She was a beautiful strong woman who was devoted to making sure her kids and family knew what they meant to her. Carole loved spending...

Martha Brown

Martha Brown

Jun 9, 2007

Martha Irene Shipley Brown, 73, of South Main Street, Boonsboro, died Saturday, June 9, 2007, at her home. Born March 15, 1934, in Washington County, she was the daughter of the late Vernon W. Shipley Sr. and Mary E. Dayhoff Shipley. She was preceded in death by her husband, Albert Lee Brown, in 1976. She was a homemaker. She was...

Mary Louise Rippeon

Mary Louise Rippeon

Jun 9, 2007

Mrs. Mary Louise Rippeon, 76, of Frederick passed into the loving arms of Christ on June 9, 2007 at John's Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. She was the wife of John W. Rippeon Sr. and they had celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on April 26, 2007. They resided at Crestwood Village in Frederick. Born in Frederick County on November 10, 1930...

Tyler Curry

Tyler Curry

Jun 8, 2007

Tyler Patterson Curry, 22, of Williamsport, MD and formerly of Boonsboro, MD, died Friday, June 8, 2007 near Boonsboro. Born September 17, 1984 in Olney, MD, he was the son of the Michael M. and Ruth P. Curry of Boonsboro. He was a 2002 graduate of Boonsboro High School and had attended Hagerstown Community College. He was employed by RCD,...

George Conklin James {Reds} Spurrier

George Conklin James {Reds} Spurrier

Jun 8, 2007

Mr. George Conklin James Reds Spurrier, 91, of Frederick died on Friday, June 8, 2007 at Golden Living Center, Frederick. He was husband of the late Margaret Virginia Biddinger Spurrier who died in 1991. Born on September 5, 1915, in Frederick, he was the son of the late Roscoe Conklin and Mary Agnes Layman Spurrier. He was a heavy...

Richard Hoffman Sr.

Richard Hoffman Sr.

Jun 6, 2007

Richard Eugene Hoffman Sr., age 59, of 8434 Mountain Laurel Road, Boonsboro, MD, died Wednesday, June 6, 2007, at his home. Born June 23, 1947 in Washington County, he was a son of the late Ernest William and Bessie Jeannette Kephart Hoffman. Richard was a graduate of Boonsboro High School. He had been employed for over 18 years with Francis...