Obituaries

Sep 16, 2019

Mrs. Ruth Eloise Grove, 91, of Frederick, died Monday,September 16, 2019, at the Record Street Home, she was the wife of the late Kenneth Eugene Grove. Born April 1, 1928 in Jefferson, she is the daughter of the late R. Leroy and Ruth Poffinberger. She is survived by her siblings, Joyce Hale, Jean Gilbert (Jim), Alice Fisher and Barry Poffinberger...

Sep 16, 2019

Nellie Louise Raber, 92, of Frederick, passed on September 16, 2019 surrounded by her family. Born June 6, 1927 in Frederick, MD, to the late Raymond Crebbs and Ethel Tucker Crebbs Eppley. She was the beloved wife to the late Maurice A. Raber.

Nellie was a homemaker who loved her family, maintaining her home and puzzles.

Sep 16, 2019

Mr. Rodney Rudell Kelly, 82, of Araby, passed away on Monday, September 16, 2019, at the Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was the husband of Dorothy Virginia Geisbert Kelly, they were married for 60 years, 3 months, 9 days, 8 hours and 45 minutes. Born in Buckeystown on March 28, 1937, he was a son of the late Rodney Russell and...

Sep 13, 2019

Thomas Bernard Hane, Jr. (Pete), 83, passed away Friday, September 13, 2019 at his home in West Fenwick, Delaware surrounded by his loving family. He was the loving husband of Jacqueline Hane for 65 years. He was born on November 6, 1935 in Frederick to Thomas B. and Pauline Keeney Hane. He was raised by his grandparents Elder and...

Sep 12, 2019

Robert D. Berkebile of Frederick passed away on Thursday, September 12 at Frederick Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Born on November 3, 1928, in Johnstown, PA., he was the son of the late Harold E. Berkebile and Bertha Haas Berkebile and was the husband of Avalon W. Berkebile. After graduating from Penn State University, he served in the...

Sep 9, 2019

Mrs. Betty Correne (Renn) Shaw died of natural causes on Monday morning (9/9/19) at the Vindabona Nursing Home in Braddock Heights, where she had gone for brief rehabilitation following a fall in her home. She was born on 2/11/1925, the daughter of the late Louis Howard Renn and Bessie May (Stimmel) Renn. She was the widow of Kenneth Woodrow Shaw....

Sep 7, 2019

Mrs. Annabelle V. Lenhart, 102 – matriarch of the Lenhart family has entered the gates of heaven on Saturday, September 7, 2019 from her son-in-law’s home.  She was the wife of the late Ralph C. Lenhart.  They had been married 68 years. Born, October 12, 1916, Mrs. Lenhart was the daughter of the late Agnes R. Mercer and the...

Sep 6, 2019

On Friday, September 6, 2019, William Ernest Utt, known to his family as Bill, Dad and Daddy Bill passed away at the age of 88.   Bill was born on November 16, 1930 in Hurlock, Maryland to Paul E. Utt and Mary V. Phillips Utt.   Reared in Wilmington, Delaware, Bill attended A. I. DuPont High School and the University of Delaware...

Sep 5, 2019

Douglas Hemp III, “Doug,” 69, passed on September 5, 2019. Born October 3, 1949 in Frederick, MD, he was a lifelong resident of Jefferson and was an owner of Hemp’s Meat Inc.

Doug graduated from Brunswick High School in 1968. He went on to serve in the USAF and the WV National Air Guard as an Aircraft Mechanic. Doug...

Sep 3, 2019

Mr. Hamilton R. Geisbert, 97, passed away on September 3, 2019, at the Royal Oak Health Care Center in Sun City, Arizona. Hamilton was born and raised in Thurmont, Maryland; but spent his last 41 years in Sun City. He is survived by his loving wife of 75 years, Bunny Geisbert, a sister, Hazel Fox of, Charles Town, WV,...

Sep 2, 2019

Doreen Ruth Robinson, 94, of Frederick, Maryland, passed from this life on Monday, September 2, 2019 at Kline Hospice House. She was the wife of the late Carl Robinson, who died in 2004. They were married for 58 years. Born on March 15, 1925 in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. She lived in Montana until the age of 21, when...

Sep 1, 2019

Stacy Lynn Tobery, 34, of Frederick, passed away on Sunday, September 1, 2019, at the Kline Hospice House. Born in Frederick on August 11, 1985, she was a daughter of David Tobery, Jr., of Frederick and the late Kimberly Hillary. Surviving are her children; Brandon, Justice, Jocelyn and Victoria, her sisters Bobbi Jo and Dixie, also aunts, uncles, cousins,...

Aug 30, 2019

Mrs. Hilda Ruth Hutchison, 82, of Middletown, passed away at her home surrounded by family on August 30, 2019. She was the wife of the late Richard Hutchison. She was born in Lovettsville, Virginia on May 7, 1937.  She was the youngest of thirteen children born to the late Harvey Arthur and Ruth Alberta Cole.

She greatly...

Aug 29, 2019

Mrs. Shirley Crampton, 87, of Frederick, died on Thursday, August 29, 2019 at her home. She was the wife of Keefer R. “Sonny” Crampton, Jr. Born July 12, 1932, she was a daughter of Hilda Brandenburg Greene. Shirley attended Elm Street School and was a 1950 graduate of Frederick High School. Early in her life she worked for the...

Aug 29, 2019

Nancy Ella Sexton Lidie, age 71, long time resident of Frederick, passed away on August 29, 2019, in Kearneysville, WV. She was born on May 23, 1948, in Frederick, MD to James and Beatrice Cheeks Sexton.  She was the former wife of Gary “Pee Wee” Lidie.

Nancy had a fun and outgoing personality.  She loved...

Aug 25, 2019

Marcia Jean Stevenson, 77, of Ocean City, New Jersey and Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, passed away on Sunday,August 25, 2019, in Frederick, MD, where she was surrounded by her family. She was the loving wife of the late John A. Stevenson. She was born on October 18, 1941, in Glassport, PA, she was a daughter of the late Charles...

Aug 22, 2019

James Hoke Bowers Jr. of Frederick, avid golfer, generous father, and most proud of his half-century marriage to “the prettiest girl in Frederick,” died Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019, of complications from Alzheimer’s disease at Somerford House Frederick. He was 91. He was the husband of the late Rebecca Elkins Bowers. Born in Baltimore on Jan. 28, 1928, he was the...

Aug 21, 2019

Frederick Wilson Clemson, Jr., “Fred,” 66, of Frederick, passed on Wednesday August 21, 2019. Born October 27, 1952 he was the son to the late Frederick Wilson and Ruth Ester (nee Grove) Clemson, Sr.

Fred grew up on his family farm and went on to graduate from Thomas Johnson High School in 1969. He retired as a...

Aug 21, 2019

They have traveled no farther from us than to God and God is always as near as a prayer.

Mrs. Arletta Ann Gilbert, 72, of Frederick, passed away on Wednesday, August 21, 2019 to join here heavenly family. She was the high school sweetheart and loving wife of 55 years to Dorsey B. "Bunk" Gilbert III. Born...

Aug 20, 2019

Mrs. Myra Jean Lee, 83, of Emmitsburg, passed away on Tuesday, August 20, 2019, at the Gettysburg Hospital. She was the loving wife of 64 years to Raymond J. Lee, Jr. Born in Frederick on October 31, 1935, she was a daughter of the late William E. and Edna Mae Keith Crummitt. Jean had worked as a nurse's aide...