Atlee "Junior" Barkdoll Sheiss, Jr., 75, of Boonsboro, Maryland, passed from this life on Sunday, April 28, 2013 at his home.
Born on September 3, 1937, in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Atlee B. Sheiss, Sr. and Ruth L. (Rhines) Sheiss. He was preceded in death by his companion, Mary E. Hepner, on April 14, 2013.
Atlee was a 1956 graduate from Hagerstown High School and he was a veteran of the United States Air Force.
Atlee worked as a brick mason for over 50 years. He loved gardening and NASCAR.
He is survived by his daughter, Christine L. Dattilio and husband Darren of Hagerstown; and two sisters, Margaret Ann McCoy and husband William "Buck" of Funkstown, Maryland, and Bonnie Lou Keltner and husband Curtis of Hagerstown.
A funeral ceremony will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, May 2, 2013, at the Bast-Stauffer Funeral Home, 7606 Old National Pike in Boonsboro. Rev. Shawn Bushman will officiate. Final resting place ceremonies will follow at the Boonsboro Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at the funeral home.