Obituaries

Mar 2, 2015

Mr. Richard Lloyd "Dick" Dietrick, Sr., 90, of Rockville, died Monday, March 2, 2015 at Holy Cross Hospital. He was the loving husband of Garnetta Josephine Dietrick for 67 years. Born November 15, 1924 in New York, New York, he was the only child born to the late Arthur Lloyd and Nancy Ebert Dietrick. He was a veteran of WWII...

Mar 1, 2015

Mrs. Marjorie A. Ford, 86 of Frederick passed away on Sunday, March 1, 2015 at College View. She was the wife of the late Bernard A. Ford. Born March 12, 1928 in New York she was the daughter of the late Wallace T. and Sarah Frances Austin. She is survived by her two children, Deborah Ann Eury and husband Ronald...

Feb 27, 2015

Mrs. Anne McLean Conwell, 103, longtime resident of Frederick, MD (former resident of Columbia, MO), died Friday, February 27, 2015 at College View Center in Frederick. She was the wife of the late John O. Conwell, who predeceased her in 1966. The daughter of Arthur and Helen Thomas McLean, she was born February 11, 1912, in Granite City, Illinois, and...

Feb 26, 2015

Mr. William H. Loudon, 79, of Frederick, Maryland, passed away peacefully on Thursday afternoon, February 26, 2015, at Frederick Memorial Hospital, surrounded by his loving family. Born on January 15, 1936, in Bay Shore, New York, he was the son of the late Joseph and Dorothy (Lyon) Loudon. A skilled artist and people-person, Bill worked for over 30 years at...

Feb 26, 2015

Mr. Harry Eugene Ward, 77, of Adamstown, died unexpectedly Thursday, February 26, 2015 at his home. He was the loving husband of Virginia Ward. Born July 10, 1937 in Jay, New York, he was the son of the late Harry G. and Marguerite Ward. Harry was a mechanic for many years. He was an outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting and fishing....

Feb 26, 2015

Kenneth “Snook” Franklin Rice Sr., 72 of Edinburg Virginia, passed away February 26, 2015 surrounded by Family at his daughter’s home in Frederick, MD. Kenny was born in New Market, Virginia on January 10, to the late Vista Bridget Dellinger Hoover and Raymond Franklin Rice.  Raised in MD by his mom and Step-Father Harold Douglas Hoover.  He has One Sister, Dixie Gochenour...

Feb 25, 2015

Mrs. Eleanor Virginia Ohler, 93, of Thurmont, Maryland, passed away  Wednesday, February 25, 2015  at  Twin Oaks Assisted Living in Williamsport.  She was the wife of the late Russell B. Ohler, Jr.  They were married more than 54 years. Born May 4, 1921 in Rocky Ridge, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Roy F. and Grace O. Bollinger Valentine. Eleanor retired, after 42...

Feb 25, 2015

Mr. Harold H. Thompson, 92, departed this life on Wednesday, February 25 2015, at the Pleasant View Nursing Home in Mt. Airy. He was the husband of the late Mary Thompson who died in 2001. Born on December 14, 1922 in Poolesville, he was the son of the late John Wesley and Sally Martha Hagy Thompson. Harold was a graduate...

Feb 25, 2015

Charles "Charlie" or "Rick" Edward Rickman, 73, a resident of Homewood at Frederick, died suddenly and of natural causes on Wednesday, February 25, 2015.  He was the husband of Barbara "Bobby" Lee Campbell Rickman, whom he married on July 28, 1963 in Coffman Chapel at Hood College. Born on September 9, 1941 in Silver Spring, he and his family moved to...

Feb 24, 2015

F. Calvin Leatherman, 72, of Boonsboro, Maryland, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 24, 2015, at his home with his family by his side.

Born on April 8, 1942, in Middletown, Maryland, he was the son of the late R. Glenn and Dessie D. (Koogle) Leatherman.

Calvin was a veteran of the United States Army....

Feb 24, 2015

Mrs. Beulah (Heath) Kidwiler, 87, of Knoxville, Maryland, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 24, 2015, at her home, surrounded by her loving family. She was the beloved wife for 57 years of the late George " Bill" W. Kidwiler, who passed away on August 19, 2004. Born on July 30, 1927, in Fleet, Virginia, she was the daughter of...

Feb 23, 2015

On February 23, 2015, Mrs. Melissa C. Krepps, D.O., 38, of Middletown, MD, took the hand of her Father, somewhat unexpectedly, in the home that she loved, surrounded by her family, after a long fight with melanoma. She was born on May 19, 1976, to Terry and Mary Burns of Chesterfield, MO.  She was preceded in death by her sister Elizabeth...

Feb 23, 2015

Mr. Lyn E. Sturdevant Jr. of Frederick went to meet his heavenly father on February 23rd where he will for wait for his loving wife, Jan, of 68 years.  He was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on January 16, 1922 to Maude Eury and Lyn Sturdevant Sr.  He spent his early years in north east New York. He later moved to Butler, PA...

Feb 23, 2015

Mr. Kenneth J. Lee, 63, of Mount Airy, MD passed away peaceful on February 23, 2015.  He was proceeded in death by his wife, Margaret A. Lee and was the son of the late James H. and Lorraine S. Lee.  Ken is survived by William Lee and his wife Bridgett, Jenifer Roush, Kenneth Lee, Jr and his wife Lauren, and Martin Lee...

Feb 23, 2015

Donald Grayson Weddle, 88, lifelong resident of Thurmont, passed away on February 23 at Frederick Memorial Hospital.  He is survived by his loving wife, Pat, of 62 years. Born November 16, 1926, he was the son of Curtis Ray and Beulah Troxell Weddle.  Don graduated from Thurmont High, Class of 1943.  At 17, he enlisted in the Navy and served on a destroyer...

Feb 23, 2015

Mr. Leon Manly Borden, 91, of Frederick, died peacefully in his sleep Monday, February 23, 2015. He was the loving husband of June Borden, the love of his life for 69 years. Born May 5, 1923 in Johnson City, NY, he was the son of the late Lila H. and Leon M. Borden. Mr. Borden graduated from Union College in...

Feb 22, 2015

Mrs. Mary Lou Pavlinsky, 75 of New Market, died on Sunday, February 22, 2015 at her residence. She was the wife of Edward S. Pavlinsky, her husband of 54 years. Born on May 30, 1939 in Clearfield, PA she was the daughter of the late Bowman and Edna Wright Jury. Surviving in addition to her husband are a daughter, Andrea...

Feb 21, 2015

Mrs. Helen Virginia Russell, 94 of  Windsor Mill, MD passed away Saturday, February 21, 2015.  She was the beloved wife of the late Kenneth Russell. Born on January 29, 1921 in Frederick, MD she was the daughter of the late Frank and Daisey Hooper. Helen was a 1938 graduate of Frederick High School.  She was a long time member of Grace Trinity United...

Feb 21, 2015

Mr. Carroll Edward Sayler, 84 of Frederick died on Saturday, February 21, 2015, in Frederick. Born of March 31, 1930 in Ladiesburg, he was the son of the late Willard Edward and Esther Rebecca Martz Sayler. Carroll was a 1947 graduate of Walkersville High School; in his younger years he   worked on several farms but on August 5, 1955 he...

Feb 21, 2015

Mrs. Bernice Main Haugh, 91, of Frederick, Maryland, passed away February 21, 2015.  Born August 15, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Archie Thomas and Beulah Main Fogle, and granddaughter of the late John E. and Selma Bernice Poole Main.  She was preceded in death by two brothers Donald E. Fogle and John Edward Hoffman. Raised in Mt. Pleasant, Mrs....