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William Arnold Benton, Sr.

William Arnold Benton, Sr.

Jul 11, 2014

The family will receive friends on Sunday, July 13 from 6:00-9:00 PM at Keeney and Basford PA Funeral Home, 106 East Church Street, Frederick. A funeral service will be held on Monday, July 14 at 10:00 AM in the Etchison Memorial Chapel of the funeral home. Interment will be in Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Frederick. A full obituary will be added...

Richard Dutrow Miller

Richard Dutrow Miller

Jul 8, 2014

Richard Dutrow Miller, 85 of Frederick, passed away Tuesday, June 8, 2014 at his home. He was the husband of the late Ruth Lorraine Cook Miller whom he married on July 11, 1953. Born on May 5, 1929 in Frederick, he was the son of the late Grayson Alonzo and Mary Margaret (Dutrow) Miller. Mr. Miller graduated from Saint John's...

Roland R. Hiltner

Roland R. Hiltner

Jul 8, 2014

Roland R. Hiltner, age 73 of Frederick, passed away on Tuesday, July 8, 2014 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Born on August 9, 1940 in Frederick, he was the son of the late Robert and Blanche Hiltner. Mr. Hiltner is survived by his five siblings, Rosemary Morgan of Frederick, Shirley Smith of Hagerstown, Ralph Hiltner of Frederick, Sherry Racey of Frederick...

Marsha Anne Reeder

Marsha Anne Reeder

Jul 5, 2014

Marsha Ann Reeder, 61, of Frederick, MD passed away on July 5, 2014. She was born in Fort Dodge, IA on August 9, 1952, to the late Barbara and Dewey Higgins. She graduated from Beaman Conrad High School in 1970. She married the late Ralph Reeder in 1984. Marsha was a great mother, wife, sister, aunt, and friend. She was...

Lena Mae Brown

Lena Mae Brown

Jul 4, 2014

Mrs. Lena Mae Brown, 96 of Frederick, Maryland went home to the Angels on Friday, July 4, 2014 at Northampton Manor. She was the devoted wife of the late Howard G. Brown who died in 1973. Born on February 23, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Anna (Hartsock) Coyle. Lena was the last of her immediate...

Hilda Roelke Watkins

Hilda Roelke Watkins

Jul 4, 2014

Mrs. Hilda Roelke Watkins, 94, of Frederick, passed away peacefully, on Friday, July 4, 2014, at her daughter's home. Twice married, she was the wife of the late Charles W. Roelke and the late Arthur L. Watkins, Jr. Born on March 28, 1920 in Damascus, Maryland , she was a daughter of the late Herbert and Beulah Souder Hyatt. Hilda...

Joan Theresa Chaney

Joan Theresa Chaney

Jul 4, 2014

Joan Theresa Chaney, née Muren, took her final breath on July 4th. Her loving husband of 59 years, John Lester Chaney, and her oldest son, Jack Robert Chaney (Prince Frederick, MD), were holding her hand. She also leaves behind her three other children, Catherine Ann Chaney (Seattle, WA, Peter Camiel), Donald Jeffrey Chaney (Westport, CT, Hana Chaney) and Ann Margaret...

Patrick Aylward

Patrick Aylward

Jul 4, 2014

Patrick Michael Aylward, 77 of Frederick, Maryland passed away on Friday, July 4, 2014 at Edenton Retirement Home. Born on April 4, 1937, he was the son of the late Richard Francis and Sara-Ann (Murphy) Aylward. Patrick was proud to serve active duty for 26 years in the United States Army. He was a proud retired service member and proud...

Orville Alfred Yingling

Orville Alfred Yingling

Jul 3, 2014

Mr. Orville Alfred Yingling, 83, of Frederick, MD died July 3, 2014 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was born in Union Bridge, MD on May 30, 1931. He was the son of the late John Yingling and Gladys Millen of Union Bridge. Mr. Yingling graduated in 1948 from Frederick High School. He went on to serve in the United States...

John Vere Risser, Dvm

John Vere Risser, Dvm

Jun 29, 2014

Dr. John Vere Risser, DVM, 88, of Adamstown, MD passed away on Sunday, June 29, 2014. He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Ruth Shuey Risser. Born on October 21, 1925 in Lancaster County, PA, he was the son of the late Clarence Baker Risser and Mary Cathryn Shank Risser. John proudly served his country in the US...

Paul Carmack Summers

Paul Carmack Summers

Jun 29, 2014

Mr. Paul C. Summers, Sr. 76, of Frederick, died unexpectedly on June 29 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was the husband of Elaine Summers. Born on November 26, 1937, he was a son of the late Walter E. Summers, Sr. and Madeline Carmack Summers. Mr. Summers was an accomplished welder. He began his career with Frederick Welding Company prior to...

Marie Haller

Marie Haller

Jun 24, 2014

Mrs. Marie Botzum Haller, 90 of Frederick, passed away on Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. She was the loving wife of 27 years to George W. Haller III. Born on November 21, 1923 in Heidelberg, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late John Warren and Flossie May (Wolfe) Stiely. Mrs. Haller worked as the executive secretary...

Linda Spangler Berkheimer

Linda Spangler Berkheimer

Jun 24, 2014

Mrs. Linda Spangler Berkheimer, 70, a resident of Frederick, Maryland, since 1975, died suddenly on June 24, 2014, at the Norfolk General Hospital, in Norfolk, Virginia. She was the wife of Philip A. Berkheimer. Born in Front Royal, Virginia on May 3, 1944, she was a daughter of the late Robert C. and Martha Finch Spangler. Linda was a graduate...

Robert Morgan

Robert Morgan

Jun 24, 2014

Mr. Robert Morgan, age 65 of Frederick, passed away on Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at his residence. Born on November 11, 1948 in Pennsylvania he was the son of the late Jean and Osborne Morgan. Mr. Morgan was a decorated military veteran serving in Vietnam. Following his military service, he worked at Catholic University and later for the Army Corps...

Franklin Nelson Weller

Franklin Nelson Weller

Jun 24, 2014

Franklin Nelson Weller, 65 of Frederick, Maryland passed away on June 24, 2014 at his home. He was the husband of the late Mary Katherine Weller. Born October 11, 1948 he was the son of the late Franklin Thomas and Eva Virginia Weller. Franklin was retired from the Frederick County Public Schools as a custodian. He also worked as a...

Samuel Luke Rohrer

Samuel Luke Rohrer

Jun 24, 2014

Mr. Samuel Luke Rohrer, age 63 of Frederick passed away on Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at the University of Maryland Hospital. Born on September 8, 1950 he was the son of the late Harold and Helen Rohrer. Mr. Rohrer was a plumber by trade, working for 30 years. In his free time he enjoyed helping his friends and neighbors, repairing...

Alma Whitehouse

Alma Whitehouse

Jun 24, 2014

Alma Roney Whitehouse passed away peacefully on Tuesday, June 24th at her home surrounded by her loving family. She had just celebrated her 92nd birthday on June 12, 2014. Alma was the first child of Clyde M. and Olga O. Roney who preceded her in death. She married John Frederick Whitehouse in 1945 and had a long and happy marriage...

Winifred Wheeler O'Neill

Winifred Wheeler O'Neill

Jun 22, 2014

Mrs. Winifred Wheeler O'Neill, 99, of Frederick, formerly of Baltimore, died Sunday, June 22, 2014 at Record Street Home, Frederick. She was the wife of the late James Patrick O'Neill, Jr. who preceded her in death in 1985. Born February 21, 1915 in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Margaret (Siems) Wheeler. She is survived by...

Charlotte Emma Poffenberger

Charlotte Emma Poffenberger

Jun 19, 2014

Mrs. Charlotte Emma Eckelt Poffenberger, 90, of Frederick, Maryland, passed away on June 19, 2014 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. The wife of the late Charles Orville Poffenberger, she had been a resident of Somerford Place in Frederick for 11 years. Born July 6, 1923 in Essex, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Carl P. and Charlotte Flick Eckelt....

Shirley Ann Freed

Shirley Ann Freed

Jun 18, 2014

Mrs. Shirley Ann (Wills) Freed, 76, of Frederick, died Wednesday, June 18, 2014, at Washington Hospital Center. She was the wife of the late Richard Freed, who preceded her in death in 2007. Born April 3, 1938, in Frederick, she was the daughter of the late John Wills, Sr. and Dorothy (Schultz) Baker. Mrs. Freed was survived by her children,...

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