Obituaries

Betty Smith

Dec 3, 2012

Betty Hammond Smith, 86, of Frederick and a resident of Homewood, passed away Monday, December 3, 2012 at Frederick Memorial Hospital surrounded by her family. She was the wife of Paul E Smith, who predeceased her in September of 2011. She is also preceded in death by her three brothers, Bob, Dick, and Lenny Hammond and one sister, Frances Hammond....

June Higdon

Dec 2, 2012

June I. (Lowman) Higdon, 86, of Brownsville, Maryland, passed from this life on Sunday, December 2, 2012 at her home while surrounded by her family.

Born on April 14, 1926, in Brownsville, she was the daughter of the late Roy Ellsworth and Mabel Josephine (Hoffmaster) Lowman. She was a member of the Class of 1944 at Boonsboro High...

Lawrence Covell

Dec 2, 2012

Lawrence L. "Larry" Covell  62, of Frederick, passed away on Sunday December 2, 2012 at his home. He is the husband of Joni Covell. He was born on October 15, 1950 in Baltimore he was the son of the late Clarence and Mildred Covell. He was an avid fisherman and a highly skilled craftsman. He enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren....

Maurice Deprey

Dec 2, 2012

Maurice L. Deprey, 68, of Frederick, MD, passed away on Sunday, December 2, 2012. Maurice was born in Wallagrass, ME.  He graduated from Caribou High School in 1962 and received a Bachelor’s degree from Bentley College and a Masters degree from Mount St. Mary’s College.  He also served in the U.S. Navy. Maurice was a CPA with his own CPA firm.  His business...

Glenda Hood

Dec 1, 2012

Mrs. Glenda Jean Hood, 65, of Frederick, MD passed away Saturday, December 1, 2012 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Born July 21, 1947 in Frederick, MD she was the daughter of the late Charles Edward Roderick, Sr. and Pauline Bell Roderick. Mrs. Hood was a graduate of Linganore High School.  Prior to her retirement she worked as a switch board operator at...

A. David Neal

Dec 1, 2012

A. David  Neal, 36, of Boonsboro, Maryland and formerly of Frederick, Maryland, passed away suddenly from this life on Saturday morning, December 1, 2012, as the result of an automobile accident. Born on July 30, 1976,  he is the son of Martin W. and Sandra L. (Hebb) Neal, of Boonsboro. David was a 1995 graduate of Governor Thomas Johnson...

William Blandford

Dec 1, 2012

William Barry Blandford "BARRY" (age 74) Of Adamstown, MD and formerly of Bethesdsa, MD, died Saturday, December 1, 2012 at Frederick Memorial Hospital.  As Barry requested, instead of a funeral service, friends are invited to gather at an informal celebration of his life at the home he shared with Henry Hoppler at Buckingham's Choice, on Sunday, January 6, 2013, from 2pm...

James McKnight

Nov 30, 2012

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Patsy Holsinger

Nov 30, 2012

Patsy  L. Holsinger  72, of Mount Airy, passed away on  November 30, 2012 at the Golden Living Nursing Home, Frederick. She was the loving wife of Robert N. "Bob" Holsinger. Born on October 7, 1940 in Frederick she was the daughter of the late Kenneth and Betty Snyder Baker. Surviving in addition to her husband are children, Larry Hawkins and wife Stacy, Connie...

Margaret Ray

Nov 28, 2012

Mrs. Margaret Ann Ray, 71, of Mt. Airy, MD passed away November 28, 2012.   She was the beloved wife of Stanley Louis Ray, Jr. for 46 years. Born January 5, 1941 in Clinton, MA she was the daughter of the late Joseph M. and Dorothy E. Kraft Ryan. Mrs. Ray was a 1958 graduate of Clinton High School and a...

Betty Rohrbaugh

Nov 28, 2012

Mrs. Betty Lou Rohrbaugh, 66, of Brunswick, Maryland (formerly of Frederick), passed away Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at her residence.   She was the companion of Lawrence Mills for 31 years. Born September 22, 1946 in Frederick, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Emory and Alice Holt Shafer. Mrs. Rohrbaugh was owner of Mills on the Hill Restaurant in...

Debra Mirabelli

Nov 27, 2012

Debra L (Folmar) Mirabelli Debbie Mirabelli, 52, passed away on November 27, 2012 after a courageous battle with breast cancer. She is predeceased by her parents, Kenneth and Jeanette Folmar of Vestal, NY; a sister Shirley Scarano of Vestal, NY; and a nephew, Aaron Savage of Webster, NY.  She is survived by one sister and brother-in-law, Diane and Chuck Savage of...

Regina Sweeney

Nov 27, 2012

Mrs. Regina V. “Dolly” Sweeney, 81, of Thurmont died on Tuesday November 27, 2012 surrounded by her family. She was the wife of the late Clifford Ford Sweeney who she married in November of 1948. Born on May 5, 1931 in Thurmont she was the daughter of the late Guy and Mary Miller Martin. She was a graduate of Thurmont...

Sarah Gilbert

Nov 27, 2012

Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Gilbert, 72, of Brunswick, MD passed away Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at Frederick Memorial Hospital.  She was the beloved wife of Ronald Gilbert, Sr. Born September 19, 1940 in Frederick, MD she was the daughter of the late Clarence Edward and Daisy Aphelia Beard Lawson. Mrs. Gilbert worked for National Geographic for 27 years prior to her retirement...

Alvey Fleming

Nov 27, 2012

Mr. Alvey W. Fleming, 94, of Mt. Airy, passed away on November 27, 2012 at Pleasant View Nursing Home. He was the husband of the late Virginia Stull Fleming, who predeceased him in 2002. Born November 3, 1918 in Frederick County, he was the son of the late George and Maggie Burdette Fleming. Alvey was a lifelong resident of the...

Mildred Moberly (Lescalleet)

Nov 27, 2012

Mildred Louise Moberly, 80, of Jefferson Maryland died after a brief illness at Frederick Memorial Hospital on November 27, 2012. Born September 29, 1932, near Taneytown Maryland, Mildred was the daughter of the late Harvey Alton Lescalleet and Mary Lula Idalee Whitmer Lescalleet. She was the wife of the late Wilber Wilhide Alexander of Taneytown, Maryland who passed away in...

Colleen Tibbetts

Nov 26, 2012

Mrs.Colleen G. (Ford) Tibbetts died peacefully in her Brunswick, MD home on Monday, November 26, 2012, after a bout with lung cancer. Born in Baltimore on August 27, 1955, she was the daughter of George and Emma (Susan) Miller Ford (both deceased), and sister to Debra S. (Ford) Perry, Theresa Chambers, and Sherilyn Lehman . After growing up in the...

David Cable

Nov 25, 2012

Mr. David Seasongood Cable died suddenly November 25, 2012 surrounded by his family and friends at Frederick Memorial Hospital from a massive brain hemorrhage.  He was the husband of 28 years to Carolyn Harbaugh Cable. David was the son of Sylvia Kaufman Cable of Frederick and the late Dana G. Cable, and George E. Moore, Jr., of Atlanta, GA. He worked...

Christopher Murrah

Nov 24, 2012

Master Christopher James Murrah, 20-month old son of Sheila Dawn Metz and Johnnie Wayne Murrah of Monrovia, became an Angel on Saturday, November 24, 2012 at Johns Hopkins Hospital following injuries from an accident. Born March 19, 2011 in Frederick, he was an active and energetic little boy. Described by his family as loving and funny, Christopher was “all boy”...

John "Pee Wee" Weakley

Nov 24, 2012

John G. "Pee Wee" Weakley, 79, of Boonsboro, Maryland, passed from this life on Saturday, November 24, 2012 at Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown. Born on August 20, 1933, in Stanley, Virginia, he was the son of the late Reed O. and Liza V. (Offenbacker) Weakley.  He was preceded in death by his wife, Pearl Jean (LaFourcade) Weakley....