Obituaries
Joseph L. Spriggs
Mar 23, 2009
Joseph L. Spriggs, 77 of Fredericksburg VA died March 23, 2009 at Frederick Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. Born January 28, 1932 in Burkittsville MD, he was the son of the late Catherine L. Dorsey, stepson of the late Roy C. Dorsey. He was predeceased by his wife Lucy Duvall Spriggs in 1994. He was a graduate of...
Ralph Coolidge Rohrer
Mar 22, 2009
Ralph Coolidge Rohrer, 84, of Frederick, died Sunday, March 22, 2009 at Homewood at Crumland Farms. Born October 20, 1924 in Harmony MD he was the youngest child of the late Harry Davis and Sarah Elizabeth Lutz Rohrer. A 1941 graduate of Middletown High School, after graduation Ralph was employed by McCain's Orchards until his entry into the Army...
Lester Selders
Mar 21, 2009
Lester Lawrence Selders, age 73, of Reedville, VA, passed away on Saturday, March 21, 2009, at Rappahannock Medical Center in Kilmarnock, VA. He was born on Nov. 2, 1935, in Aurora, WV, a son of the late Elmer (Pat) and Goldie May (Sims) Selders. Lester retired after 38 years as vice president of manufacturing with North American Housing, Inc., in...
Lieutenant Richard Lewis Welch
Mar 21, 2009
Lieutenant Richard Lewis Welch, 82, passed away on Saturday, March 21, 2009 at the Northampton Manor Health Care Center. He was the husband of Alice(Alma) Nevin Welch whom he married in London in 1951. Born February 5, 1927 in Columbus, OH, he was the son of the late Lewis and Elsie (Barber) Welch. He was also preceded in death...
Frank R. Strunk, Sr.
Mar 20, 2009
Mr. Frank R. Strunk, Sr., 82, of Mt. Airy died on Friday, March 20, 2009, at his residence. He was the husband of the late Helen M. Strunk who died in 1999. Born on December 10, 1926, in Washington, DC he was the son of the late Maxwell and Lillian Strunk. Mr. Strunk was an engineer specializing in designing...
Nancy Bikle
Mar 19, 2009
Nancy Jane Bast Bikle, age 84, of Old National Pike, Boonsboro, died Thursday, March 19, 2009, at Washington County Hospital. Born Dec. 13, 1924 in Hagerstown, she was the daughter of the late John Harlan Bast Sr. and Caroline K. Sparrow Bast. Nancy Jane was a 1942 graduate of Boonsboro High School and a 1945 graduate of the Washington County...
Etta Louise Travis
Mar 19, 2009
Mrs. Etta Louise Travis, 81, of Frederick died on Thursday, March 19, 2009, at Northampton Manor Nursing Home, Frederick She was wife of Charles L. Bud Travis, his wife of more than 50 years. Born on February 2, 1928, in Akron, OH she was the daughter of the late Sherman and Bernice Francis. She was a member of the...
Blanche S. White
Mar 19, 2009
Blanche S. White, 85 of Frederick, MD passed away on Thursday, March 19, 2009 at the Frederick Memorial Hospital. Born August 9, 1923 in Greenville, SC., she was the daughter of the late Edgar and Marie Souther. She was previously an active member at Hillandale Baptist Church and currently a member of Montgomery Hills Baptist Church. She is survived...
Anita Worley
Mar 19, 2009
Mrs. Anita S. Worley, 82 of Boonsboro, MD, died Thursday, March 19, 2009 at the Fahrney-Keedy Home. She was the wife of the late Joseph Worley. Born September 25, 1926 in Boonsboro, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Leila Michael Stouffer. Mrs. Worley was a member of the Georgetown Lutheran Church in Washington, D. C. She retired...
Laura Ann Guthrie
Mar 19, 2009
Mrs. Laura Ann Guthrie, 62, of Frederick, went to be with the Lord Thursday, March 19, 2009, at Hospice Kline House, Mt. Airy after waging a courageous 3-year battle against ovarian cancer. She was the loving wife of the Reverend Clinton C. Guthrie, Jr. her husband of 39 years. Born Sept. 21, 1946, in Sherman, Tx., she was the...
Catherine Nicoludis Flizanes
Mar 17, 2009
Mrs. Catherine Nicoludis Flizanes, 78, of Mount Airy, MD went to join her Heavenly Father and family on Tuesday, March 17, 2009. She was born on October 15, 1930, in McKeesport, PA to the late Michael Nicoludis and Anna Katsarelis Nicoludis. She was married on May 16, 1954. She had been a member of the Annunciation Church in White...
Bernard Lerner
Mar 16, 2009
Mr. Bernard Lerner, 85 of Silver Spring, MD., died Monday, March 16, 2009 at the Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was the husband of Anita Greenberg Lerner, his wife of 61 years. Born August 22, 1923 in Bronx, NY he was the son of the late Abraham and Jennie Progger Lerner. He was a Sales/Driver for Ottenberg's Bakery in Washington,...
Donald Reeder
Mar 15, 2009
Donald Lee "Bud" Reeder, age 82, of 8507 Mapleville Road, Boonsboro, and formerly of Main St., died Sunday, March 15, 2009, at Fahrney-Keedy Home near Boonsboro. Born Feb. 3, 1927 in Benevola, MD, he was a son of the late Roland Hubert and Isabel C. Martz Reeder. He had been employed for 25 years as a correctional officer at Maryland...
Commander Jacques Benonie {Ben} LaPerche
Mar 14, 2009
Commander Jacques Benonie (Ben) LaPerche, 85, of Thurmont, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 14, 2009 at his residence. He was born December 7, 1923, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and was the son of the late Benonie LaPerche and Marie Brindamoor. He was retired from the U. S Navy, a veteran of 22 years naval service. He served overseas...
Charles Rowe III
Mar 14, 2009
Charles Victor "Charlie" Rowe III, age 55, of 18437 Woodside Dr., Hagerstown, died Saturday, March 14, 2009, at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Washington, DC. Born Nov. 2, 1953 in Hagerstown, Charlie was a son of Elaine V. Stottlemyer Rowe of Hagerstown and the late Charles Victor Rowe Jr. He was employed as a passport clerk with the U.S. Postal...
Artye Barbara Reed Hellner
Mar 14, 2009
Mrs. Artye Barbara Reed Hellner, age 87, died on Saturday, March 14, 2009, in the health care center of Buckingham's Choice in Buckeystown, Maryland due to esophageal cancer. Artye was the daughter of Anna Grebneau and Arthur C. Reed of Los Angeles, California. Artye was the devoted wife of Dr. Maurice H. Hellner and beloved mother of Maurine Rosenberg...
Evelyn M. Hale
Mar 13, 2009
Mrs. Evelyn M. Hale, 77, of Frederick died on Friday March 13, 2009 at Glade Valley Nursing Home, Walkersville. She was the wife of the late John W. Flickinger and the late Bernard Hale. Born on August 13, 1931 in Ladysburg, she was the daughter of the late George and Nettie Hoffman Clabaugh. Surviving are two children Sharon Loy...
William Duffey
Mar 12, 2009
Mr. William "Bill" Thomas Duffey, 82 of Boonsboro, MD, died Thursday, March 12, 2009 at the Washington County Hospital. He was the husband of Thelma Jones Duffey. Born May 10, 1926 In Hagerstown, MD he was the son of the late Otho and Alice Summers Duffey. Mr. Duffey attended St. Mary's Catholic School in Hagerstown and went on to serve...
Warren Jeffries
Mar 10, 2009
Warren Donald Jeffries, age 61, of El Rancho Road, Boonsboro, died Tuesday, March 10, 2009, at his home. Born Oct. 9, 1947 in Allegany County, MD, he was a son of Edith Marie Elliott Jeffries of Midland, MD, and the late John Henry Jeffries. Warren was preceded in death by his wife, Anilla Braidotti Jeffries, on Oct. 10, 2005. He...
Peter D. {Dave} Hess
Mar 8, 2009
Mr. Peter D. Dave Hess, 69 of Frederick,MD., went to be with Jesus on Sunday, March 8, 2009, at his home. He is survived by his loving wife Rita Skarbonkiewicz Hess. Born December 27, 1939 in Frederick, MD., he was the son of Margaret Whisner Hess of Blue Ridge Summit, PA and the late Robert E. Hess. Peter was...
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