Obituaries

Dennis Baker
Mar 29, 2009
Dennis Paul Baker, age 63, of 674 Marion St., Hagerstown, died Sunday, March 29, 2009, at Washington County Hospital. Born Oct. 14, 1945 in Boonsboro, MD, he was a son of the late Paul Leon and Geraldine Lauretta Bond Baker. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Audrey Sensenbaugh Baker, on Sept. 19, 1991. He had been employed...
Charles {Buddy} E. Hagan, Jr.
Mar 29, 2009
Charles Buddy E. Hagan, Jr. 68 of Frederick, MD passed away on Sunday, March 29, 2009 at the Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was the husband of Dorothy Hagan. They were married for 49 years. Born June 4, 1940 in Frederick, MD he was the son of the late Charles and Margaret Hagan. He was a member of St. John...
Edna Pauline Titus
Mar 28, 2009
Mrs. Edna Pauline Titus, 95, of Mt Airy, died on Saturday, March 28, 2009, at the Golden Living Center in Frederick. Born on Sept 4, 1913, in Dawsonville, Montgomery County, she was the daughter of the late Martin Luther and Leola Savage Poole. Prior to her retirement, she was an employee of Sears, Roebuck & Co in Washington, DC....
Douglas Fred Horch
Mar 28, 2009
Mr. Douglas Fred Horch, 48, died Saturday, March 28, 2009 at Frederick Memorial Hospital after a short illness. He was the son of Dolores N. Doe Horch of Walkersville, MD and Richard M. Horch of Placida, Fla and Winthrop, ME. Doug was born on April 7, 1960 in Princeton, NJ. He was the owner of Olde Towne Hardwood Floors...
Charles Lare {Chick} Routzahn
Mar 27, 2009
Mr. Charles Lare Chick Routzahn, 84, of Walkersville, died on Friday, March 27, 2009, at Glade Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Walkersville. He was the husband of the late Carrie Irene Staley Routzahn who died in 1989 after 37 years of marriage. Born on August 19, 1924, in Walkersville he was the son of the late Charles Sherman...

Zelma E. Stager
Mar 27, 2009
Mrs. Zelma E. Stager, 83, of Monrovia, died Friday, March 27, 2009. She was the wife of the late Allen Stager who died in 2006 after 30 years of marriage. Born on May 29, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Edward Bouch and Jessie Bowser Bouch. Zelma worked in payroll for the Department of Navy. She was...

Aubrey Jackson Snoots
Mar 27, 2009
Mr. Aubrey Jackson Snoots, 92, of Thurmont, died on Friday, March 27, 2009, at Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was the husband of Dorothy L. Young Snoots, his wife of 71 years. Born on March 16, 1917, in Leesburg, VA he was the son of the late Harry and Alice Davis Snoots. He was a retired millwright at Ft. Detrick....
Douglas B. Leatherman
Mar 26, 2009
Mr. Douglas B. Leatherman , 44, of Walkersville, died on Thursday, March 26th, 2009 . He was the husband of Lori L. ( Vance ) Leatherman. Born on January 23, 1965 in Frederick, the son of R. Dwight Leatherman and Marlene ( Stottlemyer ) Megee. Mr. Leatherman was a member of the Fredericktowne Baptist Church. He enjoyed coaching baseball...
Paula Niznan
Mar 26, 2009
Paula Niznan, 91 of Frederick, MD passed away on Thursday, March 26 at Heartfields Assisted Living. She was the wife of the late Rudolph Niznan. Born October 30, 1917 in Bronx, New York she was the daughter of the late James and Concetta Romano. She was a member of St. Timothy's Roman Catholic Church in Walkersville, MD. She previously...
Charlotte M. Weddle
Mar 26, 2009
Mrs. Charlotte M. Weddle, 86 of Jefferson died on Thursday March 26 at the Kline Hospice House in Mt. Airy. She was the wife of the late Charles L. Weddle Sr. Born in Ijamsville on January 16, 1923. Mrs. Weddle worked at the former American Optical Company, retiring after 27 years of service. She enjoyed in her later years...
Clay Carr Peyton III
Mar 25, 2009
Mr. Clay Carr Peyton, III, 53, of Jefferson died on Wednesday, March 25, 2009, at his residence. He was the husband of Rose Y. Bogley. Born on May 22, 1955, in Cheverly, MD, he was the son of Ruth Ferrell Peyton of Falling Waters, WV and the late Clay C. Peyton, Jr. He was a bridge and road inspector...

Irene Forrest
Mar 24, 2009
Irene Corrine Draper Forrest, age 84, of 8507 Mapleville Road, Boonsboro, and formerly of Mt. Lena, MD, died Tuesday, March 24, 2009, at Fahrney-Keedy Home near Boonsboro. Born Jan. 27, 1925 in Mt. Lena, she was a daughter of the late Ora and Florence Mae Flockler Draper. She was preceded in death by her husband, Theodore Roosevelt Draper, in 1959....

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...