Obituaries

Jun 10, 2013

Mr. Donald Lee (Tank) Rippeon, Sr., 64 of Frederick, Maryland passed away on Monday, June 10, 2013 at his home. He was the husband of Lucinda Elaine Rippeon. Born September 26, 1948 in Frederick, Maryland he was the son of the late Charles L. Rippeon and Jean H. Powell. Donald was a 1966 graduate of Linganore High School. He was...

Jun 8, 2013

William Woodrow Stull, 73, of Boonsboro, Maryland passed from this life on Saturday, June 8, 2013 at the Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown.

Born on April 10, 1940, in Washington County, Maryland, he was the son of the late William and Daisy (Earley) Stull.  He was also preceded in death by his aunt and uncle who raised...

Jun 8, 2013

Mrs. Sandra  "Sandy" Kay Thorpe, 55, of Brunswick, Maryland, passed away  Saturday, June 8, 2013, after a courageous battle with MS for 17 years, at the Frederick Memorial Hospital.  She was the wife of  James Michael Thorpe, her husband of 32+ years. Born February 22, 1958 in Bethesda, MD, she was the daughter of Gladys E. McNall Holsinger of Silver Spring and the late...

Jun 8, 2013

Mrs. Virginia L. Smith, 91, of Thurmont, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, June 8, 2013 at St. Joseph's Ministries Nursing Center in Emmitsburg, MD. Born June 3, 1922 in Shenandoah, VA, she was the daughter of the late Ellis L. and Mary L. Wood.  Twice married, she was the wife of the late George M. Shifflett and...

Jun 5, 2013

Mr. Phillip Richard Heflin, 65, of Woodsboro passed away on June 5, 2013 at Frederick Memorial Hospital after a bravely fought eight month battle with cancer. He was the husband of Kenda S. Heflin. Born on October 17, 1947 in Olney, MD, Phil was the son of Margaret D. Heflin and the late Edgar W. Heflin of Woodsboro. Phil was...

Jun 4, 2013

Doris Anne  Catherine Lane Czarra, 89, of Boonsboro, Maryland and formerly of Rohrersville Maryland, Potomac, Maryland, and Bethesda, Maryland departed this life peacefully on Tuesday, June 4, 2013 at the Fahrney-Keedy Memorial Home also located in Boonsboro.  She was surrounded by her loving family and friends. Born on August 8, 1923 in Derby, Connecticut, she was the daughter of...

Jun 4, 2013

Mr. Ray W. Young, Jr.  86, of Frederick died on Tuesday June 4, 2013 at Northampton Manor Nursing Home, Frederick. He was the husband of the late Beryl Louise Young. He was born on October 14, 1926 in Altoona PA. He was the son of the late Ray W. Sr and Lois Young. He enjoyed music and playing the violin and...

Jun 3, 2013

Dorothy N. Merchant (nee Taulton), 86, of York, PA, beloved wife of Paul O. Merchant, passed to eternal life on June 3,2013, at Country Meadows Retirement Community, W. York, PA. Born on February 17, 1927, in Knoxville, MD, Dorothy was the daughter of the late Harold and Catherine (Beachley) Taulton. Dorothy, a 1943 graduate of Brunswick High School, lived most...

Jun 3, 2013

Herbert E.Mullican Jr., 59, of Frederick, passed away on  June 3, 2013 at the Frederick Memorial Hospital with his loving wife Barbara A. Mullican at his side. He was born on September 9, 1953 in Frederick he was the son of Shirley Wilcox Mullican of Frederick and the late Herbert E. Mullican Sr. He served in the U. S. Air Force...

Jun 3, 2013

Mr. Roy “Gene” Eugene Zimmerman, 86, of Frederick, Maryland, passed away Monday, June 3, 2013 at the Frederick Memorial Hospital.  He was the husband of Frances Smith Zimmerman, his wife of 65 years. Born October 30, 1926 in Frederick, he was the son of the late Roy McHenry and Lillie Irene Lantz Zimmerman. Gene served his country in the U.S. Army...

Jun 3, 2013

Mr. James Leonard Gue, Jr. 64, of Biglerville, PA passed away Monday, June 3, 2013 at his home. Born on February 3, 1949 in Olney, MD he was the son of the late James Gue, Sr. and Willie Britton Gue. Mr. Gue proudly served his country in the United States Navy.  He enjoyed fishing, camping, gardening, hunting and woodworking.  He was an...

Jun 2, 2013

Ellen Thea (Bohmer) Tripp, 83, of Sharpsburg, Maryland, formerly from California, passed from this life on Sunday, June 2, 2013.

She was born on January 26, 1931, to German immigrant parents, the late Jacob and Kathe (Metzler) Bohmer, in a row house in the German quarter of Brooklyn, New York. She grew up bilingual in a bustling...

Jun 2, 2013

James Michael McCoy, 53, of Middletown went home to be with his Heavenly Father on June 2, 2013. Michael was born on March 2, 1960 in Morgantown, West Virginia, the son of the late James Lloyd McCoy and Anna Walters Stewart. Michael was married to the love of his life, Elisa (Stanton) McCoy on November 15, 1983 in Loveland, Colorado,...

Jun 1, 2013

Mrs. Thelma Pauline Cecil, 91, of Brunswick, went to be with the Lord on  Saturday, June 1, 2013 at Northampton Manor Nursing Home.  She was the wife of  William D. Cecil who predeceased her in February 1973. She was born on July 31, 1921 in Lovettsville, VA, she was the daughter of the late Myrland and Dorothea Frye. Thelma became a member of...

Jun 1, 2013

Mrs. Marilouise Metz, 89, of Frederick, MD passed away Saturday, June 1, 2013 at the Golden Living Center.  She was the wife of the late Thurston Metz. Born on October 13, 1923 in Baltimore, MD she was the daughter of the late  Alma Poffinberger Mrs. Metz loved spending time with her family and going out to eat.  She looked forward to the Utica...

Jun 1, 2013

Mrs. Ora Lee Ackerman  93, of Frederick, passed away on  June 1, 2013 at her home. She was the wife of the late Robert E. Ackerman. Born on November 24, 1919 in Twilight, South Dakota she was the daughter of the late Todd and Bertha Keegan Culver. She was a member of Circle of Friends, she worked in the church nursery and...

May 31, 2013

John David "Dave" Fadeley, a man whose robust spirit and strong sense of moral conviction served as an inspiration to all those who knew him, went home to be with his Lord in the early morning hours of May 31, 2013, at Frederick Memorial Hospital in Frederick, Maryland. A lifelong Christian, Dave passed away displaying the same quiet dignity and...

May 31, 2013

Mr. Jeffrey Vaughn Pearsall, 49, of Frederick, Maryland went to be with his Lord and Savior Friday, May 31, 2013 surrounded by family and friends at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland. He was the much beloved husband of Sharon L. Turner Pearsall, wife of 19 years, and much beloved father of Sharon Elizabeth Comer Pearsall. He...

May 30, 2013

Mr. George Robert (Bob) Sanner IV, 66, of Frederick, passed away on May 30, 2013 after an acute illness at the Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was the loving husband of Diana M. Sanner of Frederick, MD. Born on June 4, 1946 in Hagerstown, he was the son of the late George R. Sanner III and Anna Las Sanner of Homewood,...

May 30, 2013

Mr. Joseph "Joe" Hooker Clabaugh, 93, of Rocky Ridge, passed away Thursday, May 30, 2013 at his home.  He was the husband of Shirley Long Clabaugh for 65 years. Born December 28, 1919 to the late Elmer and Carrie Lewis Clabaugh at Clabaughs Orchard, now Orchard Hills. He went in the CCC in the thirties, then the service in the 40’s.  He...