Obituaries
NAVARATNE MAHENDRA
Mar 9, 2016
NAVARATNE – ASOKA MAHENDRA, 78 of Kandy Sri Lanka passed away peacefully in Maryland, USA on March 9, 2016. Loving husband of Shiranie Navaratne (nee Dissanayake), loving father of Eraj (UK ), Suraj (USA), Thanugee (USA) , father in-law of Kusum ( nee Teenakoon) (UK), Ruwani ( nee Abeykoon) (USA), & Ramesh Herath (USA), dearest Grand Father of Naveen,...
David Milam
Mar 8, 2016
David Wayne Milam, 48, of Thurmont, MD passed away Tuesday, March 8, 2016. He was the beloved father to Keenan, Ayla, Kyle and Changmi (Elizabeth) Milam. Born April 24, 1967 in Bethesda, MD he was the son of Wayne Milam of Nacogdoches, TX and Darlene Lawver of Gaithersburg, MD. David owned his own business and excelled at home improvement...
Hazel Runkles
Mar 8, 2016
Mrs. Hazel D. Runkles, 84, of Frederick, died Tuesday, March 8, 2016. She was the wife of Alton E. Runkles.
The family will receive friends from 10 until 11 a.m. on Friday, March 11, 2016 at Prospect United Methodist Church, 5923 Woodville Rd., Mt. Airy, with a funeral service to begin at 11.
Interment will...
Tammie Green
Mar 7, 2016
Tammie Lynn Green, age 57, of Boonsboro, MD, died suddenly on Monday, March 7, 2016. Loving daughter of Joan J. Niceley and the late Clarence O. Green; mother of Wesley Allen Green; sister of Kelly Green and Joyce, Kim Green and Connie; stepdaughter of Bruce M. Niceley and Carolyn Green; aunt of Jessica Green and Shannon, Michelle Green and...
Katherine Benson
Mar 7, 2016
Kathy Benson, 61, of Frederick, Maryland passed away on Monday March 7, 2016 at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore from liver disease complications. Born March 25, 1954, she was the daughter of Betty Tanner McLelland and the late Howard ‘Buddy’ McLelland. Kathy met her husband, James Daniel Benson, at Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville, MD;...
August Ballabina
Mar 7, 2016
Mr. August Ballabina, 93, of New Market died peacefully Monday, March 7, 2016 at his home. He was the beloved husband of Millie Ballabina. They were married nearly 55 years.
Born November 2, 1922 in Rome, he was the son of the late Ettore and Concetta (DiFederico) Ballabina.
August served in the US Army during...

Margaret Van Fossen
Mar 7, 2016
Margaret Elizabeth Slagle Van Fossen, 92 of Frederick. Died March 7, 2016 at the Kline Hospice House.
Born December 1, 1923 she was the daughter of Margaret Gertrude Blumenauer Slagle
and George Cornelius Slagle, Sr. She was the wife of Eldred Charles Van Fossen, whom she
married June 5, 1948 and who preceded...
Gerald Zimmerman
Mar 6, 2016
Gerald C. Zimmerman, 83, formerly of Allentown, Pennsylvania, passed from this life on Sunday, March 6, 2016 at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.
Born on December 6, 1932, in Allentown, he was the son of the late Charles W. and Helen M. (Schaller) Ehret.
Gerald was a 1950 graduate from Allentown High School....
Mary Alma Quill
Mar 5, 2016
Mrs. Mary Alma S. Quill, 93 of Adamstown, MD passed away Saturday, March 5, 2016 at Buckinghams's Choice. She was the beloved wife of the late Garnder C. Quill and the devoted mother of her late daughter Alma Quill.
Born January 31, 1923 in Frederick, MD she was the daughter of the late William Osborne and Alma...
Bena Halterman
Mar 5, 2016
Bena Faye (Stanifer) Halterman, 79, of Sykesville, Maryland, passed from this life on Saturday, March 5, 2016 at the Carroll County Center in Westminster, Maryland.
Born on August 4, 1936, in Sneedville, Tennessee, she was the daughter of the late App and Cecile Ruby (Jefferson) Stanifer. Her husband, Jennings Halterman, preceded her in death.
Services...
Okie Davis
Mar 1, 2016
Okie G. Bonham Davis, 76, of Hagerstown and formerly of Silver Spring, MD, died Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown. She was the loving wife of Herbert C. Davis for 55 years.
Born February 13, 1940 in Grayson County, VA, she was the daughter of the late Luna Luvena (Ball) and Wade Lugene...
Randall "Randy" Stafford
Mar 1, 2016
On a crisp sunny afternoon with his devoted parents and sisters by his side Randy went peacefully from this world.
Randy was born May 5, 1959 in Frederick, MD. He was the son of Henry Ira Stafford and Martha Jane Lewis Stafford of Lonaconing, MD. His paternal grandparents, Henry and Eloise Stafford and maternal...
Robert Hermann
Mar 1, 2016
Retired USAF Colonel Robert (Bob) Hermann died peacefully on March 1, 2016 surrounded by his family. He was 87 years old and dearly loved. He is survived by daughters Gwen (Ricardo) Ramirez of North Potomac, Maryland, and Karen Hermann of Reston, Virginia, son Steve (Susan) McCarthy of Pfafftown, North Carolina and grandsons Robert Ramirez, Kyle Brannigan, Tyler and Ian...
Ann Warner
Feb 29, 2016
Mrs. Ann E. (Schindler) Warner, 82, of Frederick, MD passed away peacefully Monday, February 29, 2016 at her home. She was the devoted wife of the late Wallace E. Warner for 55 years.
Born February 14, 1934 in Baltimore, MD she was the daughter of the late Henry E. and Janet Colgan Schindler.
Ann proudly...
Mary Ireland
Feb 29, 2016
Mary Esther Ireland, of Frederick Maryland, went home to our Lord to join her beloved husband in God’s gentle hands February 29, 2016. She passed peacefully surrounded by her loving family. She was 90 years old.
Essie, as she was fondly called, was born July 25, 1925 in Graiguecullen, Carlow, Ireland to Patrick and Elizabeth Callinan. She...
Garry Duvall
Feb 29, 2016
Mr. Garry Leonard Duvall, Sr., 87, of Boonsboro, formerly of Mt. Airy, went home to be with our Lord on Monday, February 29, 2016. He was husband of Shirley A. Koontz Duvall.
Born on September 25, 1928 in Frederick, he was the son of the late Charles and Maimie Duvall. He was a self employed...
Laura Kline
Feb 29, 2016
Laura Mae Kline, 92, of Hagerstown, Maryland passed away on Monday, February 29, 2016 at the Meritus Medical Center near Hagerstown. Born on August 21, 1923 at home in Park Head, Maryland, she is the daughter of the late Harry J. and Cealie (Reed) Trumpower.
She graduated from Clear Spring High School in 1942. That same year...
Donald "Mike" Fitzgerald
Feb 28, 2016
Donald “Mike” F. Fitzgerald passed away peacefully to his heavenly home on February 28th 2016 surrounded by his loving family in the log home he built with his own hands in the early 1950s. He was born July 2, 1930 in Philadelphia, Pa. to parents Thomas Allen Fitzgerald and Naomi Powell Fitzgerald. He is survived by high school...
Margaret Barton
Feb 28, 2016
Mrs. Margaret Patricia (Pat) Barton passed away peacefully February 28th. Pat was born in Cumberland Maryland on March 17th 1936 during the Cumberland St. Patrick’s Day Flood to Lawrence Andrew and Margaret Lucille Lindner. Raised on the family farm Pat had 5 younger siblings Rosemarie and her husband Mathew R. (deceased) Murray, Lawrence Joseph (deceased) and his wife Shirley...
Robert Creel, Jr.
Feb 28, 2016
Robert Samuel Creel, Jr., 82, recently of Parrish, Florida and previously from Frederick, Maryland, entered eternal life early morning February 28, 2016 with his wife of 29 years, Diane Newman Creel, at his side after a long battle with Carcinoid Syndrome. Bob was born July 14, 1933 in Washington, DC to the late Robert S. Creel, Sr. and Thelma...