Obituaries

May 26, 2011

Milton Roger Streifel,  71, of Keedysville, Maryland, passed away on Thursday,  May 26, 2011 at the Fahrney-Keedy Home & Village in Boonsboro, Maryland. Born on August 7, 1939 in North Dakota, he was the son of the late Casper and Alice (Savelsberg) Streifel. Milton attended St. Patrick's Elementary School in Dickinson, North Dakota and completed his high school education at the Monks...

May 25, 2011

Mr. Alvie N. Covell, 90 of Walkersville, MD passed away Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at the Northampton Manor Health Care Center in Frederick. He was the husband of the late Anna Mae Covell. They were married for 54 years. Born September 4, 1920 in Ijamsville, MD he was the son of the late Alonzo and Bessie Covell. Alvie was a...

May 25, 2011

Mr. Wilbur R. Keefer, 78, of Frederick , died on Wednesday May 25, 2011 , at Kline Hospice House, Mt. Airy . He was the husband of Ruth V. Keefer.

Born on March 17, 1933 in Mt. Airy , he was the son of the late Oliver O. and Florence Gartrell Keefer....

May 25, 2011

Mr. Christopher Kent Klein, 48 of Frederick, MD, died Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at his home. Born on April 23, 1963 in Washington, D.C. he is the son of Lenora Best of Orlando, FL and the recently deceased Bernard Klein. Christopher was a research and development manager for Daly Computers Inc. for over 21 years.  He was an avid Redskins...

May 24, 2011

Mrs. Margaret Louise Harrison, 99 of Knoxville, MD passed away on Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at Reeder’s Nursing Home. She was the wife of the late Leslie Barrett Harrison. Born March 30, 1912 in Washington County she was the daughter of the late Henry James Holder and Katie Lorena Nelson. She was a member of Sandy Hook United Methodist Church....

May 22, 2011

Elizabeth (born Olive Elizabeth) Yourtee Anderson, tireless worker for her family, church, community, and for historic preservation, departed quickly and peacefully from this world on May 22, 2011. Betty, as she was commonly known, was born January 23, 1926, in Hagerstown, Maryland, daughter of the late Justice Leon Ryno Yourtee and Olive Grace (Ahalt) Yourtee. Growing up at...

May 21, 2011

Mrs. Estelle M. Geesling, 86, of Frederick, Maryland, died on Saturday, May 21, 2011 at her home. She was the wife of the late Chester Geesling.

Born on September 28, 1924 in Ft. Washington, MD she was the daughter of the late Madison and Virgie Sullivan Kennedy. Estelle was a Nursing Assistant for Carriage...

May 21, 2011

Clark "John" Eichelberger, 71, of Hagerstown, died on Saturday, May 21, 2011 at NMS Health Care in Hagerstown. Born on February 8, 1940, in Keedysville, Maryland, he was the son of the late Floyd Alvin and Della E. (Myers) Eichelberger. Clark retired from AT&T after 35 years as a Communications Technician.  He most recently was an employee with Walmart in Hagerstown.  He...

May 21, 2011

Mr. Carlton Theodore "Ted" King II, 42, a resident of Frederick died peacefully on May 21 at Frederick Memorial Hospital after complications from surgery.

Born on June 21, 1968, he was the son of the late Susan Hammond McHenry and the late Carlton Lamar King.

Ted graduated from Frederick High School in...

May 16, 2011

Mrs. Frances Pauline Kauffman, 89, of Frederick, MD passed away Monday, May 16, 2011 at her home. She was the wife of the late Leonard Kauffman.

Born on July 11, 1921 in Rocky Ridge, MD she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Belva Baugher Keeney.

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May 15, 2011

OBITUARY, William DeVries Sampselle

Reverend William DeVries Sampselle, son of the late William F. and Gladys S. Sampselle, beloved husband of Joan Sampselle for 65 years, passed away on May 15 after a protracted illness following his 88 th birthday. Rev. Sampselle graduated from McKinley Tech H.S....

May 15, 2011

Marchone, Thomas John Sr., On Sunday May 15, 2011 , Mr. Thomas John Marchone Sr., 90. Son of the late Nicola Macchione and Jessie Torrell Fato. Husband of the late Mary Erlenbach Marchone. Father of Thomas Marchone Jr. and wife Linda of Harpers Ferry, WV, Kathleen Marth and husband Skip of Monrovia, MD, Jessie Doucette...

May 14, 2011

Mrs. Anita L. Pyle, 94, of Walkersville, MD. (formerly of Hyattsville, MD), passed away Saturday, May 14, 2011 at her home.

Born August 11, 1916 in Washington, D. C., she was the daughter of Frederick and Rose Levy Lutz. Mrs. Pyle was an office manager for the...

May 13, 2011

Mr. Alexander N. "Alex" Brown, 24, a resident of Hampton and Newport News for 3 years, died on Friday, May 13, 2011. He was currently employed as a Research Assistant for the University of Maryland, A. James Clark School of Engineering, Morpheus Lab, and working for the National Institute of Aerospace in Hampton. Alex was an Aerospace...

May 10, 2011

Mrs. Marie Bernadette Geisinger, 83, passed away on Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at her home.  She was the wife of Joseph Daniel Geisinger for 62 years. Born on July 13, 1927 in Carroll County, MD she was the daughter of the late Roger B. and M. Eleanor Gardner Knott. Marie enjoyed sewing and tending to her flower beds. Surviving in addition...

May 10, 2011

Mr. Donald L. Long, 73, a longtime resident of Community Living, Frederick. Donald was the last of his immediate family. Born on May 23, 1937 in Clear Spring, MD, he was the son of the late Jas. W. and Ada Holland Long. Donald worked in the janitorial department at the Scott Key Center. His three favorite things he loved were...

May 9, 2011

Justin Adam Gluscev i ch

Ju stin A da m Gl us cev i c h, 33, of F r eder i c k, pass e d aw a y on Mon d ay , May 9 , at h i...

May 8, 2011

Arlene Fay Detrow, 79, of Frederick, Maryland, died on Sunday, May 8, 2011 at her home. Born on November 11, 1931, in Smoketown, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Webster Franklin and Stella Kathleen (Haupt) Detrow. Arlene was a member of Calvary United Methodist Church in Frederick and attended Mt. Lena United Methodist Church near Hagerstown when she...

May 7, 2011

Mr. Notley Joseph Offutt, Sr., 70, of Walkersville, died on Saturday, May 7, 2011 at Kline Hospice House, Mt. Airy after valiantly fighting Lewy Body disease for 10 years. He was survived by his wife Billie Elizabeth Swingle Offutt.

Born on March 10, 1941 , in Barnesville MD, he was the son...

May 7, 2011

On May 7, 2011 Justin peacefully passed away at his residence in Frederick. Born Justin Kirk Walker Emswiler on June 4, 1986 in Frederick, Maryland, he was the eldest of four sons born to Kirk and Kimberly Knill Emswiler. Justin was a member of the Christian Life Center Church where he was a member of the youth choir, KidzZone and...