Margaret Mae Bowers
Feb 23, 2014
Mrs. Margaret Mae Lewis Bowers, 92, of Frederick, passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 23, 2014, at the Golden Living Center in Frederick. She was the loving wife of the late E. Eugene Bowers, Jr., who died on June 15, 2009. Born on November 15, 1921 near Sharpsburg in Washington County, she was a daughter of the late Edward and...
Geraldine Droneburg
Feb 18, 2014
Mrs. Geraldine "Gerry" Droneburg, age 82 of Frederick passed away on Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at Northampton Manor. She was the loving wife of the late Gene J. Droneburg who passed away on October 15, 2013. Born on January 11, 1932 in Frederick, she was the daughter of the late Grayson and Mary Phelps. Mrs. Droneburg was a graduate of...
William Updegraff Jr
Feb 18, 2014
William J. Updegraff, Jr., 64, of Cascade, Md, passed away on Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at Waynesboro Hospital. After graduation from Smithsburg High School, he went to Hagerstown Junior College where he played baseball from 1969 to 1971. In 1970 his team won the Region 19 Tournament and he was named to the All-Tournament Team. In 1971 he was honored...
Howard Pearl
Feb 16, 2014
Mr. Howard Austin Pearl, 89, of Jefferson, died on February 16 at Northampton Manor Nursing Home, Frederick. He was the husband of Ruth Bruchey Pearl. Born on June 11, 1924, he was the son of the late Francis Carlton Pearl and Mary Lillian Harris. Mr. Pearl was a dairy farmer in the Jefferson area for many years. He was a...
R. Rogers Nicklas
Feb 15, 2014
Mr. R. Rogers Nicklas, 82, long time resident of Buckeystown, passed away peacefully on Saturday, February 15, 2014, at his home. He was the loving husband of the late Mabel "Jitter" May Nicklas, who died in October 2011. They were married on January 14, 1956. Born on October 8, 1931 in Maryland he was a son of the late Oliver...
Frances Viola Hildebrand
Feb 14, 2014
Mrs. Frances Viola (Lininger) Hildebrand, 98, of Frederick, died Friday, February 14, 2014. She was the wife of the late Elmer Hildebrand, Jr. Born October 21, 1915, in Fort Loudoun, PA, she was the daughter of the late David Martin and Sarah Elizabeth (Johnson) Lininger. She was the last of her immediate family. Mrs. Hildebrand is survived by her daughters,...
Franklin Waters, Jr.
Feb 13, 2014
Franklin Gordon "Banky" Waters Jr, 85 of Frederick, Maryland passed away on Thursday, February 13, 2014 at his home. He was the husband of 58 years to the late Ardis J. (Study) Waters. Born October 14, 1928 he was the son of the late Franklin Gordon and Charlotte (Worthington) Waters. He was the owner and operator of Tollhouse Amaco located...
Lacy Elizabeth Smalley
Feb 12, 2014
Mrs. Lacy Elizabeth (Waltz) Smalley, age 89 of Gettysburg, PA, passed away on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at the York General Hospital, York, PA. She was the wife of the late George Richard Smalley who passed away in 2000. Born on July 9, 1924 in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Margaret (Runkles) Waltz. She was...
Edward Carlton Carey, Jr.
Feb 12, 2014
Mr. Edward Carlton Carey, Jr., 83, of Frederick, died on Wednesday, February 12, 2014, at the Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was the loving husband of Gladys Shultz Carey. They were married on May 13, 1950. Born in Frederick County on April 2, 1930, he was a son of the late Edward C., Sr., and Katherine Kanode Carey. Carlton was a...
Mary Plummer Strailman
Feb 11, 2014
Mrs. Mary Plummer Strailman, 87, of Adamstown and more recently a resident of the Sunrise Assisted Living of Frederick, died on Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at the Frederick Memorial Hospital. She was the wife of the late Robert F. Strailman, who died on January 7, 2011. Born in Adamstown on September 20, 1926, she was the daughter of the late...
Virginia Marie Ervin
Feb 11, 2014
Virginia "Ginny" Marie Ervin, 83, of Frederick, Maryland passed away on February 11, 2014. She was a loving, spirited woman and a devoted sister, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Ginny was a critical care nurse for over 30 years, and a leader in creating the hospice program in Frederick in 1979. Ginny is survived by five children, Andrew Gaspar, Lorraine Tyeryar,...
Kenneth Lee Santmier
Feb 10, 2014
Kenneth Lee Santmier, age 58 of Frederick, MD passed away at home on Monday, February 10, 2014. Born on March 13, 1955, he was the son of Virginia Lee Santmier. In addition to his mother, he is survived by his sisters Barbara Santmier, Dale Wilhide and husband Ernie, Donna Fogle and husband Terry and Brother Doug Santmier, Jr., one son...
Lillian Barthlow
Feb 9, 2014
**** The visitation & funeral service are being postponed due to weather. The visitation will be on Friday 2-4 & 6-8 at the funeral home. The funeral will be held on Saturday morning at 10 AM #There is a time change#. Please check back for details. ***** Lillian Vesta (Long) Barthlow, 99 of Frederick, Maryland passed away on February 9,...
Mr. Carl Frederick Ruff Jr.
Feb 9, 2014
Mr. Carl Frederick Ruff Jr. passed away at his home after a long illness on February 9, 2014 at the age of 69. He was the husband of Rose Ann Ruff. Born October 26, 1944 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Carl Frederick Ruff Sr. and Massalina Ruff (Wortley). Mr. Ruff served in the U.S. Air...
Doris O'Neal
Feb 6, 2014
Mrs. Doris Moats O'Neal, 75, of Frederick died on February 6 at Northampton Manor Nursing Home. Born on December 17, 1938, she was the daughter of the late Davis Moats and Katherine Snyder Moats. Doris is survived by her children, Timothy O'Neal and Cindy Shelton and her husband Edward as well as grandchildren Candace Wolfe and Joseph Wolfe, Jr. She...
Marshall David, Jr.
Feb 5, 2014
Marshall Davis Jr., 80 of Frederick, Maryland passed away on Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was the husband of almost 45 years to "Pinny" Gingell Davis. Born September 25, 1933 in Washington D.C. he was the son of the late Marshall and Louise Gude Davis. Marshall was a founding member of the Urbana Fire Company and...
Isabel Dick Simmons
Feb 3, 2014
Isabel Dick Simmons, 88, of Rockville, MD passed away on Monday, February 3, 2014. She was the wife of the late Richard Branson Simmons and a life-long Rockville resident, graduating from Richard Montgomery High School in 1943. Isabel was the co-owner of Maryvale Market (formerly Dick's Store) in the 1950's. She was employed as a Montgomery County Public Schools Bus...
Elizabeth "Betty" Dreyhaupt
Feb 3, 2014
Elizabeth "Betty" Dreyhaupt, 99, of Rosemont, MD, died peacefully on Monday, February 3, 2014 at Edenton Retirement Community. Betty was born in New York City on July 2, 1914, to the late Edward and Maude Walsh Smith. She grew up in Queens, NY, where she met and married the late Joseph Dreyhaupt, her husband of 63 years. They made their...
Willard Leon Brown, Sr.
Feb 2, 2014
Mr. Willard "Bill" Leon Brown, Sr., age 89, a lifetime resident of Jefferson, passed away on Sunday, February 2, 2014 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was the devoted husband of nearly 62 years of Doris Eileen (Stull) Brown. Born on December 2, 1924 in Jefferson he was the son of the late Chester Wright and Evelyn Catherine (Rice) Brown. Mr....
Lynnda Johnson
Feb 2, 2014
Mrs. Lynnda Lee (Whitlock) Johnson, 71, of Jefferson, died Sunday, February 2, 2014, at Frederick Memorial Hospital. She was the wife of the late Oscar D. Johnson, Jr. Born February 5, 1942, in Phillipi, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late John C. and Jennettia (Langley) Whitlock, Sr. Mrs. Johnson was a social worker for Frederick County working...
