Obituaries

Jan 9, 2012

Mr. Francis D. Tarleton, Sr., 78 of Frederick, MD passed away on Monday, January 9th, 2012 at the Frederick Memorial Hospital surrounded by his loving family. He was the husband of Doris M. Tarleton. His wife of 58 years. Born May 8, 1933 in Drayden, MD he was the son of the late Malcolm and Mary Tarleton. Francis retired as...

Jan 8, 2012

Mr. Eddie M. Godwin, III, 51, of Adamstown passed away Sunday, January 8, 2012 at Frederick Memorial Hospital.  He was the husband of Angela Godwin for twenty years. Born January 14, 1960 in Washington, D.C. he is the son of Helen Godwin of Silver Spring and the late Eddie M. Godwin, II. Mr. Godwin was a Stationary Engineer for the Bureau...

Jan 8, 2012

Mr. Charles R. Frushour, 79, of Thurmont, MD., passed away Sunday, January 8, 2012 at his home.  He was the husband of the late Betty E. Stull Frushour. Born January 30, 1932 in Rocky Ridge, Maryland, he was the son of Charles E. and Bertha E. Eigenbrode Frushour. Mr. Frushour was a member of Trinity United  Church of Christ.  He retired after 33...

Jan 8, 2012

Wilma M. (Walls) Smith, 83, of Boonsboro, Maryland, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, January 8, 2012 at Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown.

Born on March 30, 1928 in Park Head, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Alston and Bonita (Colbert) Walls. Her husband of 43 years, Eugene "Gappy" C. Smith,...

Jan 7, 2012

Mrs. Victoria B. Wolfhard, 57, of Mount Airy, died on Saturday,  January 7, 2012 at her residence. She was the wife of Bernd Wolfhard, her husband of 37 years. Born on December 24, 1954, in Washington, DC, she was the daughter of  Patricia McDargh Bee of Laurel, MD and the late Thomas Bee, Sr. Victoria worked as a Policy Analyst for the...

Jan 7, 2012

Mrs. Mary Florence Ingalls (Dee), 89 of Frederick, MD passed away on Saturday, January 7, 2012 at the Kline Hospice House in Frederick. She was the wife of the late Albert L. Ingalls who passed away in 1991. Born July 1, 1922 in Charlotte, NC she was the daughter of the late Walter and LuLu DeFriest. Dee was a Navy...

Jan 6, 2012

Mr. Milton “Mickey” Daniel Kowalewski, Jr.,70, of Frederick, Maryland (formerly of Baltimore), passed away Friday, January 6, 2012 at the Washington Hospital Center.  He was the husband of the late Anna Eileen Wilder Kowalewski. Born July 17, 1941  in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Milton Daniel, Sr., and Laura Chrzanowski Kowalewski. Mickey was a graduate of Loyola College...

Jan 6, 2012

Carmene “Dolly” Pittleman, 91, of Frederick died Friday January 6, 2012 at Homewood at Crumland Farms.  She was the wife of the late Zeke Pittleman her husband of 40 years.  Born February 7, 1920 in Chicago, IL she was the daughter of the late Marie and Pierce Sweig.  “Dolly” grew up in Escanaba, MI and moved to Washington, DC in her teens.  She graduated...

Jan 6, 2012

Mrs. Linda Gates Skaggs, 65, of Urbana, died peacefully Friday, January 6th, 2012 at her home. She was the loving wife of 46 years to Hiram Hubert Skaggs Jr. ( married Oct. 16th, 1965 ). Born in Telford, TN on April 10th, 1946, she was a daughter of the late Rev. Walter Lee Gates and Willie Mae Gates. She was...

Jan 4, 2012

Mrs. Alice Virginia Boykin, 93, of Frederick, Maryland, went to be with her Lord on  Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at the Kline Hospice House.  She was preceded in death by her first husband and father of her children Oscar H. Crigger; and late husbands, Stanley Ellis and Jiles Boykin. She was born  August 8, 1918 in Tazewell County in Pocohontas, VA.  She was the...

Jan 4, 2012

James Wade "Buddy" Benson, 89, of Damascus, MD, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, January 4, 2012.  He is survived by his loving wife of 20 years, Sharon Benson.  Born August 12, 1922, in Washington, D.C., he was the son of the late James Wade Benson, Sr. and Temperance McCrossin Benson of Travilah, MD. As a paratrooper and member of the 462nd Field...

Jan 4, 2012

Dr. Louis Allen Liljedahl, 82, Farm Equipment Specialist. Lou Liljedahl, a retired engineer with the USDA Agricultural Research Service at Beltsville, MD, who was active in church and community service, died peacefully on January 4th, 2012 after a long battle with several illnesses. Dr. Liljedahl was born in Essex, IA.  He was educated at the University of Minnesota and Iowa State...

Jan 4, 2012

Mrs. Sandra L. Ashcroft, 65, of Frederick, MD passed away Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at Frederick Memorial Hospital.  She was the beloved wife of the late Edward J. Ashcroft. Born April 9, 1946 in Rockville, MD she was the daughter of the late Archibald A. and Maude L. Stitley Davis. Mrs. Ashcroft worked as a chef for Marriott prior to retirement.  After...

Jan 4, 2012

Ms. Kitty Lee Gross, age 77, of Frederick, MD, passed away on January 4,2012 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. She was born in Hagerstown, MD., on December 13, 1934, daughter of the late Mabel and Leland Gross. Kitty was a member of Asbury United Methodist Church and especially enjoyed attending the choir practices of The Sisters of Joy. She attended school...

Jan 3, 2012

Mrs. Karen S. Simms, 53, went home to be with the Lord on January 3, 2012 at her home in Boston, Massachusetts after a lengthy illness. Born in Frederick, Maryland on July 5, 1958, she was the daughter of Regina Thomas and the late Leonard Thomas. She was the devoted wife of Jessie Lee Simms, who she married on July...

Jan 3, 2012

Mr. Jack Harold Walker, 91, of Frederick, Maryland, where he was a resident of Tranquility, passed away  Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at Northampton Manor Health Care..    He was the husband of Marie E. Shull Walker, his wife of 68 years. Born May 22, 1920 in Florence, South Carolina, he was the son of the late Harry Grady and Julia Young Walker. Mr....

Jan 2, 2012

Herbert "Herb" C. Darling, 92, of Keedysville, Maryland and formerly of Sidney, New York, passed from this life on Monday, January 2, 2012 at the Martinsburg Veteran's Hospital in Martinsburg, West Virginia. Born on November 10, 1919, in Binghamton, New York, he was the son of the late Orson Lester and Sara Idell (Smith) Darling. Mr. Darling was a...

Jan 2, 2012

Michael Scott Butts, 48, of Broadfording Road in Hagerstown, died from cancer on Monday, January 2, 2012 at his home. Born on April 16, 1963 in Martinsburg, West Virginia, he is the son of Janet L. Dove of Winchester, Virginia and the late Boyd B. Butts.  He was preceded in death by his brother, Lawrence Butts. Michael was an...

Jan 2, 2012

Mr. Donald DeWitt, 72, of Oakland, MD, passed away Monday, January 2, 2012. Born October 18, 1939, he was the son of the late Richard and Daisy DeWitt. He was the husband of Erma DeWitt, and was preceded in death by his wife, Beverly Ruth DeWitt. Prior to retiring, Don was employed for many years by H.B. Duvall, Dairymen Incorporated,...

Jan 2, 2012

Mr. Donald David Blizzard, 69, of Mount Airy, died on Monday, January 2, 2012, at his residence. He was the husband of Sharon L. Perry Blizzard of Westminster. Born on December 15, 1942, in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Howard G. and Dorothy I. Blizzard. Donald worked as a Supervisor for Columbia Gas Transmission for over forty...