Obituaries

Helen Tate

Mar 27, 2013

Helen Jackson Tate suffered many years with Diabetes passed from Aortic Stenosis.  She passed on to glory in the arms of Jesus on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at home surrounded by her family and close friends.  She was 85, Born June 3, 1927 in Greensboro, NC and resided most of her life in Ashton, MD. She was a devoted...

Edward Kohlhepp

Mar 26, 2013

Edward  Kohlhepp, Jr. (formerly of  West Babylon), passed away peacefully, Tuesday, March 26, 2013.  Ed was an avid consumer of sugary treats and a master practitioner  of practical jokes. Born August 10, 1932, he was the son of Edward and Louise Kohlhepp. He is survived by his son Edward and wife Kate; son John and wife Lynn; grandchildren  Kerri, Kevin, and Kara; brother Bobby; sister...

Doris Sandberg

Mar 26, 2013

Mrs. Doris V. Sandberg, 96, of Frederick, died peacefully Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. She was the wife of the late Albert Sandberg who died in 1999. Born January 16, 1917 in Washington, DC, she was the daughter of the late William and Mabel Willoughby Brown. In younger years, she worked as a secretary for the federal...

John Lum

Mar 26, 2013

John Dale Lum, 68, of Mt. Lena, Maryland, graduated to glory peacefully on Tuesday, March 26, 2013, at Meritus Medical Center near Hagerstown.

Born on December 11, 1944, in Hagerstown, Maryland, he was the son of the late John Samuel and Julia Ellen (Haupt) Lum. John was a 1962 graduate of Boonsboro High School. He was a lifelong...

Beverly Shipley

Mar 25, 2013

Beverly Jean Shipley, age 67, of Damascus, MD, passed away on March 25, 2013, at Frederick Memorial Hospital surrounded by her family. She was the wife of Maurice Linwood Shipley.

Born on August 13, 1945, in Frederick she was the daughter of the late Raymond and...

Dale Frushour

Mar 25, 2013

Dale Eugene Frushour, 76, of Hagerstown, Maryland, passed from this life on Monday, March 25, 2013 at his daughter's home in Fairplay while surrounded by his family.

Born on  July 18, 1936 in Wolfsville, Maryland, he was the son of the late Edgar Martin and Ethel Irene (Winfield) Frushour.  He was preceded in death by his wife, Bonnie...

Dennis "Bernie" Creager

Mar 25, 2013

Mr. Dennis "Bernie" Aaron Creager, 62, of Ocean Pines and formerly of Frederick, MD, died unexpectedly Monday, March 25, 2013 at his home. Born February 19, 1951 in Frederick, he was the son of the late Charles L. and Shirley Ann Shull Creager. Dennis was a Level IV Waste Water Operator for the Town of Ocean City. He moved from...

Mary Ridgely

Mar 24, 2013

Mary Evelyn Ridgely, 94, of Mt Airy died on Sunday, March 24, 2013, at Frederick Memorial Hospital. She was the wife of the late Marvin L. Ridgely Sr. they were married on September 2, 1935. Mary was born on July 25, 1918, in Frederick County, Maryland. She was the daughter of the late Arthur and Catherine Thompson of Glenelg, Maryland....

Denis Reen

Mar 24, 2013

Mr. Denis Edward Reen, 64, of Adamstown, died Sunday, March 24, 2013 at his home surrounded by his family. He was the husband of Kathleen Reen. Born October 26, 1948 in Washington, DC, he was the son of the late Jeremiah J. and Ann T. Shalvey Reen. Denis served in the Vietnam War with "Lima" CO , 3rd BN...

Abram Goldsworthy

Mar 24, 2013

Mr. Abram Craig Goldsworthy, 62, of Point of Rocks, MD, went home to be with Jesus Palm Sunday, March 24, 2013, at his home. Craig was surrounded by his loving family when his LORD and Good Shepherd opened the “narrow gate” and said, “Welcome home, good and faithful servant.” He was born June 20, 1950, in Keyser, WV, to the...

Louise Edwards

Mar 24, 2013

Mrs. Louise C. Edwards, 91, of Frederick, died peacefully Sunday, March 24, 2013 at Edenton Retirement Community. She was the wife of the late Joseph Jackson Edwards. Born November 3, 1921 in Danville, VA., she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Dora Belle Dickerson Cash. In younger years, Mrs. Edwards worked as a clerk for the Social Security...

Naomi Naylor

Mar 24, 2013

Naomi F. Naylor  95, of Frederick, passed away on  March 24, 2013 at the College View Nursing Home, Frederick. She was the wife of the late Roger E. Naylor. Born on January 18, 1918 in Frederick she was the daughter of the late Abraham and Elizabeth Diggs Brown. Surviving are her daughters Frances Mitchell and Loretta Long of Frederick. Granddaughter Karen Naylor...

Mary Shaughnessy

Mar 24, 2013

Hours before her death Sunday evening, Mary Shaughnessy’s friend and helper picked a fistful of bright yellow daffodils from the flower bed and brought it in to brighten her kitchen. It added a springtime feeling to the family home Mary had run since the mid-1970s, as a hub for eight children and 15 grandchildren. Since her youth, Mary had a...

Harry Diehl

Mar 23, 2013

Mr. Harry David Diehl, 79, of Fairfield, PA went to be with his wife "Mary" and our Lord on March 23, 2013.  He was the husband of Mary Frances Wetzel Diehl, who passed on December 10, 2009. Born on March 8, 1934 in Carroll County, he was the son of the late George Henry and Mary Belle Yingling Diehl. Harry worked...

Norman Geary

Mar 23, 2013

Mr. Norman T. Geary, 44, of Jefferson passed away, surrounded by his family, on Saturday March 23, 2013 at Citizens Care and Rehabilitation Center, Frederick. Born on January 29, 1969 in Frederick, MD, he was the son of Thomas Geary and the late Nancy Hood Geary. He was an avid drag racing enthusiast and a former crew chief of the...

Marie Derflinger

Mar 22, 2013

Mrs. Marie Ethel Derflinger, 93 of Brunswick, died Friday March 22 , 2013 at North Hampton Manor Nursing Home, Frederick. She was the wife of the late John Edgar Derflinger who preceded her in death in 1975. They were married for 35 years. Born on April 1, 1919, in Erie County, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Frank...

Rosie Forney

Mar 22, 2013

Mrs. Rosie Ellen Forney, 76, of Thurmont, MD, passed away Friday, March 22, 2013, at Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, MD, surrounded by her family. Born November 18, 1936, in Graceham, MD, she was the daughter of the late John and Evelyn Ogle. She was the beloved wife of Carroll Forney, Sr. for 57 years. Rosie graduated from Thurmont High School. She...

Loren Bearce

Mar 22, 2013

LOREN S. BEARCE (Age 86) Passed away on March 22, 2013 at Frederick Memorial Hospital surrounded by his family.  He is survived by his loving wife, Ruth, and children:  Jennifer Bearce, Jeannine Bearce, Jenniece Guevara (Victor), and Jennelle Cyr (James), as well as thirteen grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and a host of other relatives.  Visitation will be held at Stauffer Funeral Home, 1621...

Arthur Bruce

Mar 22, 2013

Mr. Arthur C. Bruce, 88, of Huntingtown, MD passed away Friday, March 22, 2013 at the Frederick Memorial Hospital.  He was the husband of the late Sadie Bruce. Born on October 17, 1924 in Baltimore, MD he was the son of the late Edward and Nellie Bruce. Mr. Bruce proudly served his country in the United States Navy during World War...

Mary Fulmer

Mar 20, 2013

Mary Gladys(Blank) Fulmer, of Frederick, MD, died on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at Frederick Memorial Hospital at the age of 80. She was the loving wife of George W. Fulmer, Sr for 63 years.

Born on December 24, 1932 in Frederick, MD she was the daughter of the late Grayson and Marguerite Hildebrand Blank.

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