Obituaries

Feb 8, 2023

David Wayne Hamrick, age 56, of Gettysburg, PA, died suddenly on Wednesday, February 8, 2023 in Gastonia, NC while preparing to return home from a visit to the area.

David, the third of five sons, was born on September 27, 1966 in Washington, DC to the late Rev. Kenneth C. Hamrick and Littie Mae (Oakes) Hamrick. David was a graduate...

Feb 8, 2023

 

On February 8, 2023, we lost and heaven received a beautiful soul. It’s with heavy hearts that we announce the death of our son Jason Urchasko, age 47, Sterling, VA, due to a house fire caused by an overheated ion-lithium battery. His beloved dogs Bruno and Peanut and cat Tom also succumbed as a result of the fire.

Jason...

Feb 8, 2023

Nelson Manuel Melendez, 69, of Silver Spring, Maryland, passed from this life on Wednesday, February 8, 2023 at Casey Hospice House in Derwood, MD.  Born on July 9, 1953, in Puerto Rico, he was the son of the late Jose Melendez and Maria (Rosario) Melendez. 

Nelson graduated from Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring in 1972.  He was a...

Feb 7, 2023

 

Emory “Buck” Zimmerman, 83, of Lewistown, Maryland, passed from this life on Tuesday, February 7, 2023, at Silverado Frederick Memory Care Community in Frederick, MD.  He was the beloved husband of Barbara “Walker” Zimmerman for 63 years. Born on June 4, 1939, in Frederick, MD, he was the son of the late Halfdan Joseph and E. Virginia (Biser) Zimmerman.

For...

Feb 6, 2023

Betty Lee (Rhoderick) Bures, 88, of Braddock Heights, Maryland, passed from this life on Monday, February 6, 2023 at Homewood at Crumland Farms.  She was the wife of Marvin Bures.  They would have been married 65 years on February 8, 2023.  Born on December 19, 1934, in Mt. Pleasant, MD, she was the daughter of John J. Rhoderick and Ella...

Feb 6, 2023

On Monday February 6, 2023, Anna (Anastasia) Gerhart entered Heaven the way she lived her life; with courage, dignity and grace. 

Born on February 15, 1938, in Macedonia, Greece she was the daughter of the late George  Paraskevopoulos and Theodora (Hordevora) Paraskevopoulos. Anna was born with the heart of a lion and unrelenting determination, "all people die but not all...

Feb 6, 2023

Grace Garabedian was born on  March 1, 1937 in Jackson Heights, NY.  Grace peacefully passed away on February 6, 2023.  

Grace later made her home in Silver Spring, Maryland where she married Ed Garabedian and raised her family.  She later settled in Mt. Airy, MD and lived there the past 20 years.

Grace leaves behind her beloved grandchildren: Mary...

Feb 5, 2023

 

Betty M.  Padgett, 99, of Mount Airy, Maryland, passed from this life on Sunday, February 5, 2023 surrounded by her family.

Born on November 24, 1923, in Washington, DC, she was the daughter of the late Robert Byron McQuin and Gertrude Isabelle (Hawkesworth) McQuin.

She was the loving wife of Bertie Lee Padgett, his wife for 49 years.

She...

Feb 5, 2023

Rebekah "Becky" Morgan Schultz, 32, of Walkersville, Maryland, passed away on Sunday, February 5, 2023 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. She departed this life peacefully and surrounded by her family. 

Born on January 12, 1991, in Frederick, Becky was the daughter of David Schultz and Noreen (Sowell) Schultz of Walkersville, MD. Becky was a passionate person, a fierce...

Feb 5, 2023

Feb 3, 2023

George Anest Koutras, a retired Federal Administrative Law Judge, passed away in the company of his family in Frederick, Maryland on February 3, 2023 at the age of 91.  He is survived by his wife of 64 years Bessie Antonopoulos Koutras and his children Theodore Koutras, Andrea Lay (Bart) and James Koutras (Lynn) and by his grandchildren Zoe, Alexander, Zachary,...

Feb 1, 2023

Eleanor M. O'Rangers, 87, of Adamstown, passed from this life on Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at Frederick Health Hospital. She was the wife of the late John J. O'Rangers, Jr. who died in 2013.

Born on May 12, 1935, in Ashley, PA, she was the daughter of the late Clement J. and Helen Strinkoski Jablonski.

Eleanor was a Registered Nurse and...

Feb 1, 2023

 

Richard Thomas Francella, 76, of Frederick, formerly of Silver Spring, died on Wednesday, February 1, 2023, of lung cancer.  Born on November 11, 1946, he was the son of Richard T. Francella, Sr. and Patricia Sullivan Francella.

He graduated from Wheaton High School and went to work at Federal Lithograph Company in Washington, D.C. where he served as a...

Feb 1, 2023

 

Ivy Valentini , 91, of Mount Airy, Maryland, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, February 1, 2023 surrounded by her family.

Born on December 22, 1931, in New Bedford, MA, she was the daughter of the late Maria St. Onge. She lived in Maryland for most of her life.

She was the loving wife of Walter...

Feb 1, 2023

Katherine Angela Bonney, 71, of Walkersville, Maryland, passed from this life on Wednesday, February 1, 2023, in Walkersville, MD. 

Born on November 12, 1951, in Providence, Rhode Island, she was the daughter of Ralph Antonio Amato and Katherine (Wallace) Amato.

Kathy graduated from North Smithfield High School in the Class of 1969. Upon graduation, she had a whirlwind romance with...

Jan 31, 2023

Richard “Rich” E. Hawkins, Sr., 79, of Boonsboro, Maryland, passed away peacefully at his home on Tuesday, January 31, 2023. He is survived by his loving wife, O. Christine (Kauffman) Hawkins, of Boonsboro, Maryland. He was a loving husband for nearly 53 years. Born on September 14, 1943 in Winchester, Virginia, Rich was the son of the late Wayne Pershing...

Jan 30, 2023

   Renate Charlote Wilson, 81 of Frederick, formerly of Smithsburg, MD died Monday Jan. 30, 2023, following complications from a stroke.  She was born Aug 1, 1941, in Berlin Germany.  Renate was preceded in death by husband Jon Henry Wilson and son Michael Jon Wilson.   Renate was also preceded in death by sisters Uschi Johnston and Hanni Moffit. 

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Jan 30, 2023

Barbara Ann Galloway, 84, of Frederick, Maryland, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, January 30, 2023.

Born on July 23, 1938, in Youngstown, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Richard Henry Dey and Wilma Louise (Reed) Dey.

She graduated from East Palestine High School in 1956 and studied nursing at Johns Hopkins where she met...

Jan 28, 2023

Ernestine “Erna” Rodgers, nee Hunger, passed on January 28, 2023, at Glade Valley Center in Walkersville, MD.  Erna is survived by her husband of 62 years, Robert “Bob” S. Rodgers; daughters Susie of Frederick, MD, and Sandra and her husband Dave Roll of Boyds, MD, and son Robert Rodgers and Jacki Weddle of Knoxville, MD; granddaughter Lauren with wife Britt...

Jan 28, 2023

 

Jennifer (Myers) Kokoskie of York, PA passed away surrounded by family on Saturday, January 28, 2023, at Albert Einstein Transplant Center in Philadelphia PA after a brief illness.  Born January 4, 1971, in Altoona PA, the daughter of Doris (Newkirk) Mitchell and stepfather Robert “Mitch” Mitchell. On May 10,1996, she married Tony Kokoskie, formerly of Houtzdale PA; the son of Larry...