Obituaries

Feb 10, 2014

Ms. Fay “DeDe” L. Webster, 78, of Thurmont, Maryland, passed away  Monday, February 10, 2014 at St. Catherine’s Nursing Home. Born July 25, 1935 in Franklinville, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Chester Allen and Lottie Marie Cline Stull. Mrs. Webster was a lifetime member of Weller United Methodist Church where she served on many committees  and sang in the...

Feb 9, 2014

Regina Frederika Blackburn died at Frederick Memorial Hospital surrounded by her family on 9 February, 2014. Regina was born on 23 October 1927 to Walter and Martha Stapel in Berlin, Germany. She endured the WWII era living in Berlin with nightly bombings by both the British and American. In her early years, she attended boarding schools in Austria and Poland....

Feb 9, 2014

Dean Fiery Elliott of Mount Airy, MD, departed this life at home on February 9, 2014. He was 90 years old, born August 28, 1923 in Hagerstown, MD, the son of the late Brant and Louise (Fiery) Elliott. He has four brothers, Ned who preceded him in death, Merle, Ralph and Ray Elliott. He was married to Opal Anna Elliott...

Feb 8, 2014

Mrs. Valene Imogene McLean, 91, of Frederick died Saturday, February 8, 2014 at Northampton Manor Health Care. She was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, John Cameron McLean. Born July 6, 1922 in Arnold, PA, she was the daughter of the late James A. Ewing and Laura Valena Mitchell. Valene had a career in retail sales and...

Feb 8, 2014

Mr. Paul A. McHugh, 81 of Bowie, Maryland died on Saturday, February 8, 2014, at the Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis. He was the husband of the late Dorothy Savage McHugh who died in 2008. Born on September 6, 1932 in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Thomas J and Margaret Regina Manning McHugh. He was the...

Feb 8, 2014

Mrs. Lila Belle Price, 87 of Frederick, MD died on Saturday, February 8, 2014 at Northampton Manor Healthcare. She was the wife of the late Rev. Eugene R. Price. They were married for 50 years. Born September 12, 1926 in Glade Springs, VA she was the daughter of the late Thomas Clinton Hackler and Melvina Hall Hackler. Lila was a...

Feb 8, 2014

Mr. Wilbur Franklin Stimmel, Sr., 84, of Thurmont, died unexpectedly on Saturday, February 8, 2014 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was the loving husband of nearly 64 years to Marie Stimmel. Born December 24, 1929 in Frederick, he was the son of the late Morris Stimmel and Carrie B. Moser. Mr. Stimmel formerly worked as a maintenance foreman for the...

Feb 7, 2014

Mrs. Agnes M. Eyler Stitely, 87, of Thurmont died on Friday February 7, 2014 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. She was the wife of the late Norman A. Eyler to whom she was married 45 years and the late Norman I. Stitely to whom she was married 18 years. Born on February 9, 1926 in Thurmont she was the daughter of...

Feb 6, 2014

Tylena "Ty" Ann Sigler, 42, of Boonsboro, Maryland, passed from this life on Thursday, February 6, 2014.

Born on November 20, 1971, in Hagerstown, she is the daughter of Mary Alice (Mann) Sigler of Boonsboro and the late Kenneth Eugene Sigler.

Ty was a 1989 graduate from Middletown High School.

She most recently...

Feb 6, 2014

Mr. Scott A. Nash, 24, of Mt. Airy died on Thursday February 6, 2014 at Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia. Born on February 8, 1989 in Rockville, he was the beloved son of Tom and Lisa Nash of Mt. Airy. He was a 2007 Graduate of Linganore High and a 2012 graduate of the Divers Academy. He was a certified above...

Feb 6, 2014

Mrs. Mary E. Thompson “Peengie”, 68, of Mt. Airy died on Thursday February 6, 2014 at the Baltimore Washington Medical Center, Glen Burnie. She was the wife of Clinton W. Thompson. Born on June 14, 1945 in Washington D. C., she was the daughter of the late Warren J. Sr. and Mary R. Caporaletti Hoffmaster. She was a member of...

Feb 6, 2014

Mr. Tyler Samuel Moore, 29, of Frederick died Thursday, February 6, 2014.  Born on July 23, 1984 in Provo, Utah, he was the beloved son of David and Carolyn Moore of Thurmont.  He lived in Federal Way, Washington until he was 13 years old when he moved to Waukesha, Wisconsin.  He moved to Maryland his senior year and graduated from Catoctin High School...

Feb 5, 2014

Mr. Daniel G. McDonald, III, 56, of Brunswick, MD passed away Wednesday, February 5, 2014. He was born on June 25, 1957 in Vallejo, CA and was the son of Daniel G., Jr. and Phyllis A. McDonald of Littlestown, PA. Dan worked at EMR in Baltimore for the past 22 years. He enjoyed his work and those he worked with....

Feb 5, 2014

Mrs. Jacqueline M. Dawson, 84, of Frederick, Maryland, died Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at Northampton Manor.  She was the wife of the late Raymond C. Dawson. Services and interment at a later date.

Feb 4, 2014

Mr. Larry Eugene Mercer, 71 of Middletown, MD passed away on Tuesday, February 4, 2014 at his home in Chincoteague, Virginia. Born on February 26, 1942 in Frederick he was the son of the late Joseph and Nancy Mercer. Larry was a firefighter for 45+ years and retired from Bethesda in Montgomery County. He was a lifetime member of Braddock...

Feb 3, 2014

Mr. George Rufus “Ronnie” Sexton, 67, of Frederick, MD passed away February 3, 2014 at his home. Born on November 15, 1946 in Frederick, MD, he was the son of James and Beatrice (Cheeks) Sexton. He is survived by two sisters.  Shirley Hildebrand and husband Billy, of New Market, MD; Nancy Lidie of Martinsburg, W. Va; one son, Ronnie Sexton and...

Feb 3, 2014

Mr. Richard "Dick" Allen Stambaugh, 75, of Thurmont, MD passed away Monday, February 3, 2014 at his home.  He was the beloved husband of Margaret Stambaugh. Born on July 11, 1938 in Thurmont, MD he was the son of the late Albert Vernon and Armatha Beard Stambaugh. Richard proudly served his country in the U.S. Army.  Prior to his retirement, he worked...

Feb 3, 2014

Mrs. Marsha Lee Opel, 67, of Thurmont, Maryland, passed away peacefully, on Monday February 3, to join the love of her life, her late husband Rickey Jay Opel. Born June 10, 1946, in Frederick, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Howard and Anna Mae Miller Minnick. Marsha worked at American Optical and Lonza. She was a graduate of...

Feb 3, 2014

Mr. Joseph E. Reed, Sr., 81 of Frederick, Maryland passed away on Monday, February 3, 2014 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Born January 5, 1933 in Montgomery County, Maryland he was the son of the late Mary Sullivan Reed and James Reed. Mr. Reed is survived by his devoted wife, Nancy Reed, his loving children Joseph Reed, Jr., Virginia Beck, Franklin...

Feb 2, 2014

SPC Tyler Brent Hammett, 21, of Frederick, MD passed away Sunday, February 2, 2014 in Montgomery, AL. Born on June 4, 1992 in Chambersburg, PA he was the son Kimberly Anne Walters and husband Bruce Walters of Smithsburg, MD. Brent proudly served his country in the United States Army, recently being promoted to SPC.  He was a graduate of Tuscarora High...