Obituaries

Jun 8, 2021

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Vicki Ann Mills, 66, of Frederick passed away on June 8, 2021 at home after a prolonged period of declining health. She was born September 21, 1954 in Frederick. She is survived by two older brothers, Kevin Lee Mills of Reston, Virginia and Robert Dennis...

Jun 8, 2021

Rebecca Ann Crigger of Mount Airy, MD, passed away peacefully at the age of 75 on Tuesday, June 8th, 2021.

She was born on October 19, 1945 to the late  Benjamin C. and Pauline E. Hamilton.

Rebecca was a loving wife to Sherman Crigger Sr. for 57 years. She was a loving wife, daughter, mother, mother-in-law,...

Jun 7, 2021

Mrs. Bernice Lorene Etter, 83, of Middletown, Maryland died Monday, June 7, 2021 at Frederick Health Hospital following a lengthy illness. She was the loving wife of  Paul Etter for 62 years.

Born August 14, 1937 in Vansant, VA, she was the daughter of the late Buford and Eva (Lester) Singleton. She was the last of her...

Jun 7, 2021

Karen Elaine Shifler, 81, of Boonsboro, Maryland, passed from this life on Monday, June 7, 2021, in Boonsboro, Maryland. She was the wife of John W. Shifler for 58 years before his passing in 2017.

Born on March 30, 1940, in Middletown, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Arthur Millard Toms, Sr., and Ferne Virginia (Michael) Toms.

Jun 7, 2021

Dayne Curtis Barnhardt, 67, of Frederick, MD, unexpectedly left us June 7, 2021. He was born December 22, 1953 in Honolulu, Hawaii, the son of Jacqueline Joy Barnhardt and Deane DeVere Barnhardt who both predeceased him.  Dayne was a 1971 graduate of Governor Thomas Johnson High School.

Dayne started working young at the Holiday Inn, Watsons, Baskin-Robbins,...

Jun 7, 2021

David Cumming Meadows, 80, of Frederick, Maryland, passed from this life on Monday, June 7, 2021 at Tranquillity of Fredericktowne.

Born on July 7, 1940, in Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Alonzo Edward Meadows and Veronica Leila (Cumming) Meadows.

He was the loving husband of Martha Meadows, his wife of 60 years....

Jun 6, 2021

William Russell Collins, III, 58, of Hagerstown, Maryland passed away on Sunday, June 6, 2021 at Meritus Medical Center.

Born on August 28, 1962 in Michigan, he was the son of the late William Collins Jr. and Donna (Bastien) Collins. William graduated Heartland High School in Michigan before continuing his education, obtaining his Bachelors’ degree at Northern...

Jun 6, 2021

Florence C. Bassler , 90, of Emmitsburg, Maryland, passed from this life on Sunday, June 6, 2021 at Gettysburg Hospital Center.  She was the wife of the late George Laurence Bassler.  Born on July 4, 1930, in Florence, KY, she was the daughter of Raymond Baird and Jennie (Brown) Baird.

She is survived by her children, Jane Russom,...

Jun 5, 2021

Clara V. Carty , 88, of Walkersville, Maryland, passed from this life on Saturday, June 5, 2021 at Glade Valley Nursing & Rehab in Walkersville.  She was the wife of the late Joseph Henry Carty.  Born on October 7, 1932, in Keysville, MD, she was the daughter of Ernest R Ridge and Laura (Eckenrode) Ridge.

She is...

Jun 5, 2021

Alphonse ("Al") A. Zienda, 89, of Thurmont, MD died on Saturday, June 5, at home, following a lengthy illness.

Alphonse was born in Danville, PA on February 19, 1932 to the late Anthony and Felixa (Kowalewski) Zienda. He was the thirteenth of fourteen children.

He was married to Beverly A. May on June 13, 1964,...

Jun 5, 2021

Glenn Kirby Wiggs, 71, passed away on June 5, 2021, at Medstar Washington Hospital Center. Born in Alexandria, Virginia on June 27, 1949, he was the son of the late Wilbert K. Wiggs and the late Mildred (Etheridge) Wiggs.

Glenn and his family moved to Frederick when he was ten. In 1967, he graduated from Thomas Johnson...

Jun 4, 2021

Jesse Lee Loun, 19, of Mt. Airy, died unexpectedly from an ongoing medical condition at his home on Friday, June 4, 2021 .

Born December 5, 2001 in Frederick, he was the son of Tina and Roland (Trapper) Loun.

Jesse was a 2020 graduate of Linganore High School. He loved playing baseball, football and basketball...

Jun 4, 2021

Betty Lou Smith Lawton, age 91, a long-time resident of Washington, D.C., passed into Spirit

peacefully at the home she shared with her daughter in Frederick, MD on June 4, 2021.

Betty Lou was one of four children born to Clifford and Lee Russell Smith in Waterloo, IA. She majored

in Art at...

Jun 4, 2021

It is with deep sorrow and much love that the family of Stephen W. Alexander Jr. (42) of Falling Waters , WV passed away from this life on Friday , June 4, 2021

Steve was the best friend ( 25 years ) and husband ( 20 years ) to Hannah L. Alexander

Born on May...

Jun 4, 2021

Hubert "Ed" Woodward

November 8, 1951 - June 4, 2021

Hubert “Ed” Woodward of Maugansville, Maryland passed away on  Friday, June 4, 2021 at Sterling Care in Boonsboro, Maryland.

Born in Winchester, Virginia on November 8, 1951, he was the son of the late Hubert...

Jun 2, 2021

James Edward Parsons, 54, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, passed from this life on Monday, June 28, 2021 at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Virginia.

Born on July 22, 1966, in Washington DC, he was the son of James Joseph Parsons and the late Betty Ann (McCoy) Parsons.

In addition to his father, he is...

Jun 2, 2021

Carol Eugene Haller, Jr., 65, of Myersville, passed from this life on Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at his home. Born on March 2, 1956, in Frederick, he was the son of Rose (Blauvelt) Haller and the late Carol Eugene Haller, Sr.

Carol was a 1974 graduate of Thomas Johnson High School.  He worked as a surveyor, and...

Jun 2, 2021

Hilda Aileene Thomas , 89, of Boonsboro, Maryland, passed from this life on Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at Homewood at Williamsport in Williamsport, Maryland, where she has resided for the past 7 months.  She was the beloved wife of the late Gerald William Thomas for 57 years.

Born on March 23, 1932, in Locust Grove, Maryland, she...

Jun 1, 2021

Mrs. Agnes A Barachie, a resident of Homewood at Crumland Farms, passed away on Tuesday, June 1, 2021.  She was 86 years of age.  Agnes was preceded in her passing by her husband of 65 years, John Albert Barachie, also of Homewood.  Agnes was a member of Saint Katharine Drexel Catholic Church in Frederick, MD.  She was a lifelong,...

May 31, 2021

Phyllis Darlene Hose, 75, of Boonsboro, Maryland, passed from this life on Monday, May 31, 2021.

Born on September 15, 1945, in Hagerstown, MD she was the daughter of the late Chester Milton Norris and Frances Estelle Viola Renner Norris.

Darlene was a 1963 graduate of South Hagerstown High School.  She worked for Newsberry Credit...