Obituaries
Aletha Grant
Jul 14, 2019
Aletha (Louise) Grant, 80, of Hagerstown, Maryland, passed away on Sunday, July 14, 2019 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. She was the wife of 52 years to the late Ronald Lee Grant.
Born on December 28, 1938, in South Bend, Indiana, she was the daughter of the late Louise and Robert McCarthy. Louise was a longtime member of...
Joseph Leitner
Jul 12, 2019
Joseph Paul Leitner, born December 5, 1962, died Friday, July 12, 2019 after a hard fought battle with illness. He is survived by : his parents, Marilyn and Leo Leitner; wife, Laurie; sons, Matthew, Leo, Mac, Travis ( and partner Danielle); Brenda S. Leitner, mother to Travis, Matthew and Leo; brother, Leo and his wife Suzanne; brothers, Paul and...
Bekele Cherinet
Jul 11, 2019
Bekele Cherinet, age 76, died Thursday, July 11, 2019 surrounded by his loving family at his home in Maryland. Bekele was born in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia to Mr. Cherinet W/Mariam and Mrs. Laketch Mulat on November 24, 1942. Bekele had a life-long passion for tennis and listening to classical music and in his younger days also enjoyed reading books, playing soccer...
Jobe Everline
Jul 10, 2019
*Harmonica music by Buzzy Everline*
Jobe Gilbert (Buzzy) Everline, age 96, died on July 10, 2019 at Homewood of Williamsport, where he resided for two years. He was known by family as Bus and by most of his friends and acquaintances as Buzzy. Born in Cumberland, MD, February 26, 1923, he was the third child and second...

Jose Camargo Michel
Jul 9, 2019
Jose Luis Camargo Michel passed away at Vindobona Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Frederick, Maryland on Tuesday July 9th, 2019. Jose lost a 3-year-long hard-fought battle with gastric cancer, even after several trials at NIH. He would have turned 60 in 10 months.
He was born in La Paz, Bolivia on April 21st, 1960. Jose came to...
John Loesch
Jul 8, 2019
John T. Loesch, 81, of New Market, Maryland, passed away on Monday, July 8, 2019 at Genesis/Glade Valley in Walkersville, Md. He was the husband of Geraldine Loesch.
Born on January 3, 1938 in Cincinnati, Ohio, he was the son of the late John Loesch and Luella (Kirby) Loesch.
John was an active member of St. Ignatius...
John Tyeryar
Jul 7, 2019
John Tyeryar, 38 of Mount Airy, Maryland, passed from his life on Sunday, July 7, 2019 in Mount Airy, Maryland. John Tyeryar was born July 21, 1980, in Frederick, Maryland. He was the son of Charles Tyeryar and Denise (Garnder) Tyeryar. John graduated from South Carroll High school. He was employed at Schuster Concrete as a CDL truck driver. John was...
Nancy Gaydar
Jul 6, 2019
Nancy Jane Gaydar, 83, died on Saturday, July 6, 2019 at her Frederick, Maryland home following a long bout with cancer. Nancy was born in Dover, Ohio on December 1, 1935, the daughter of Archie and Sivilla Domer. She graduated from Ohio University in 1957. It was at OU that she met her husband of 34 years, the late...
Paul Donnelly Sr.
Jul 6, 2019
Paul Boyce Donnelly, Sr., age 86, of Frederick, MD, passed away peacefully at Frederick Memorial Hospital in the Hospice Care Unit on Saturday, July 6th. He was born in 1932 in Providence, Rhode Island. Paul was the son of the late Francis J. Donnelly and Mildred H. (Boyce) Donnelly. He was the loving husband of Marie Rose (Fiorino) Donnelly...
Irene Pound
Jul 6, 2019
Irene E. Pound, 95, of Keedysville, Maryland, passed from this life on Saturday, July 6, 2019 at Coffman Nursing Home in Hagerstown.
Born on November 14, 1923, she was the daughter of the late John Wellington and Flossie Mae (Clopper) Long. Her husband, Eldon Pound, preceded her in death.
Irene was a lifelong resident of...
Rebekah Schaffer
Jul 4, 2019
Rebekah Schaffer, 91, of Frederick, Maryland, passed from this life on Thursday, July 4, 2019 at Homewood at Williamsport.
Born on July 5, 1927, in Frederick, MD, she was the daughter of the late Harry S. and Anna (Beard) Derr. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, R. James Schaffer.
She graduated from...
Mary Stickley
Jul 4, 2019
Mary Virginia Stickley, 86, of New Market, Maryland, died peacefully at home on Thursday, July 4, 2019.
Born on July 9, 1932, in Jersey City, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Hugh and Rosemary (Butler) McLaughlin.
She is survived by her five children, Victoria Lynch, Douglas (Gabi) Stickley, Stephanie Stickley, Alexandra (Walter) Albright,...
Margaret Powers
Jul 3, 2019
Margaret Catharine Sayler Powers, 97, of Walkersville, died on July 3 at her niece's residence in Thurmont. Born on September 15, 1921 in Johnsville, she was the daughter of the late Willard and Esther (Martz) Sayler. Margaret graduated from Walkersville High School, as well as being a student in Spanish at Towson University. Her fifteen year marriage to Alan...
Catherine Johnson
Jul 2, 2019
Catherine “Kate” Burger Johnson died peacefully on Tuesday July 2nd. She is now in the arms of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Kate was born on May 10th 1933 in Newark NJ. She graduated from Our Lady of the Valley High School in Orange NJ a year early in 1950. She graduated from Caldwell College in Caldwell NJ...
Frances Naomi Summers
Jul 2, 2019
Frances Naomi Ruth Summers, 98, of Boonsboro, passed from this life on Tuesday, July 2, 2019 at Sterling Care South Mountain in Boonsboro.
Born on April 23, 1921, in Mapleville, she was the daughter of the late Harry E. and Sadie V. (Shoemaker) Kephart. She was the loving wife of the late Robert R. Summers.
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Rosa Stringer
Jul 1, 2019
Mrs. Rosa Johanna (Brendelberger) Stringer, age 93, long time resident of Frederick, Maryland, passed away unexpectedly on July 1, 2019, at Frederick Memorial Hospital. She was predeceased by her loving husband of over 25 years, Jack Frank Stringer; her parents, Johanna and Eduardo Brendelberger; brothers, Edward and Karl Brendelberger; and sister, Annie Reyes.
Rosa was born January...
Paul James
Jul 1, 2019
Paul Joseph James, 71, of Adamstown, passed away on Monday, July 1 at his home. Born on November 26, 1947, in Shenandoah, PA, he was the son of the late Paul and Justine Helen (Jenis) James.
Paul graduated form Wilson High School in West Lawn, PA in 1965. He joined the US Navy, serving honorably from 1965-1968. ...
Patricia Fincham
Jun 30, 2019
Patricia A. Fincham, 76, of Hagerstown, passed from this life on Sunday, June 30, 2019 at Sterling Care South Mountain in Boonsboro. Born on June 25, 1943, in Locust Point, MD, she was the daughter of the late Stanley and Anna Mary (Lenivy) Walzak. She was the loving wife of the late Roy Fincham.
She was a...
Arnold Porter
Jun 29, 2019
Arnold Tschantre Porter
November 5, 1919- June 29, 2019
Born in his parents’ home on Clifton Ave. in Northwest Baltimore. He had a very happy childhood which he often reminisced. Playing baseball, adventures in Druid Hill Park, sledding in Patterson Park, and ice skating on local ponds and streams. He delivered newspapers to neighbors and...
William Michael, Sr.
Jun 29, 2019
William Hope Michael, Sr., “Mike,” 89, of Adamstown, MD, died on Saturday, June 29, 2019, at Frederick Memorial Hospital, in Frederick, MD. He is survived by his wife of nearly 69 years, Bobbie J. Michael; his son, William H. Michael, Jr., “Billy,” of Adamstown, MD; his brother, Olaff T. Michael, Jr., “Butch,” of Land O’Lakes, FL; and many nieces,...