Obituaries

Dorothy Mitlehner
Feb 6, 2009
Dorothy Anne Schmitt Mitlehner, 69, of Frederick passed away on Friday, February 6th,2009. She was the devoted wife of the late Carl H. Mitlehner. They had been married for 49 years. She was born on October 20, 1939, in Hempstead, New York and was the daughter of the late Margaret (Reddoch) and Paul Schmitt. She attended Harpur College in...

Rita Virginia Webber
Feb 6, 2009
Mrs. Rita Virginia Webber, 85 of Brunswick, died Friday, February 6, 2009 at the Frederick Memorial Hospital. She was the wife of the late Millard Phillips Webber, who died May 17, 1956 . Born April 16, 1923 in Brunswick, MD she was the daughter of the late Paul William and Mamie Ruth Barger Gaither. Mrs. Webber retired from the...

Clara R. Chapman
Feb 6, 2009
Mrs. Clara R. Chapman, 90, of Frederick and formerly of Johnstown, PA, died Friday, February 6th, at the Glade Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Walkersville, MD. She was the wife of the late Donald Chapman. Born in Johnstown, PA on February 23, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Mary M. (Claffey) and Bernard F. Snyder. She...
Randolph {Randy} Lee Black
Feb 5, 2009
Randolph(Randy)Lee Black,age 73, of Middletown, MD, died suddenly Thursday,February 5, 2009, at Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was the husband of Mary Black. Born in Pinehurst, NC,he was the son of the late Carson R. and Florence Coon Black. He was raised as a Baptist. Randy was self-employed for many years as a residential home builder at his company, Randy...
Donald Edwin Eaves
Feb 5, 2009
Mr. Donald Edwin Eaves passed away Thursday, February 5th, 2009 at the age of 89. Born and raised in Walkersville, MD , Donald called this home until 2001 when he moved to Ocean City to reside with family in his final years. Born November 9th, 1919, he was the son of the late Thomas Eaves and Florence (Biddinger )...
George A. Daigneault
Feb 5, 2009
Mr. George A. Daigneault, 80, of Thurmont, departed to Heaven peacefully surrounded by his loving wife and family on Thursday, February 5, 2009 at the Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was the husband of Marilyn Eichwurtzle Daigneault for 43 years. Born in Jackmon Station, ME, he was the son of the late Rhea (St. Jacques) and Joseph A. Daigneault. After...

Tomasa V. {Tomi} Daly
Feb 4, 2009
Mrs. Tomasa V.(Tomi) Daly, 66, of Woodbine passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday, February 4, 2009. She was the wife of K. Craig Daly, her husband of 43 years. Born on May 11, 1942 in Deming, NM.. She was a teacher's secretary at Glenwood Middle School. Tomi served in the U.S. Army. She enjoyed gardening, but was...
Stephen Eugene Long
Feb 4, 2009
Mr. Stephen Eugene Long, 59 of Myersville passed away at his residence on February 4, 2009. He was the husband of the late Christine Elefson Long who died on July 5, 1997. Born in Rockville, MD on January 31, 1950, he was the son of the late Margaret Virginia Pryor and William Joseph Long. A veteran of the US...
Paul Lamperti
Feb 4, 2009
Paul Lamperti, 74, of Damascus, Maryland, died of pancreatic cancer on February 4, 2009. Mr. Lamperti was a retired government physicist who spent his entire 43-year career at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). During the first part of his career, which began in 1960 at the then-National Bureau of Standards, Mr. Lamperti developed the low-energy x-ray...

Alice Drake
Feb 3, 2009
Alice Mae Ecton Drake, age 81, a resident of Ravenwood Lutheran Village in Hagerstown, and formerly of Keedysville, MD, died Tuesday, Feb. 3, at Washington County Hospital with her family and friends by her side. Born April 21, 1927 at Antietam Furnace, MD, Alice was a daughter of the late Norman and Nina Mae Ebersole Ecton. She was preceded in...
Charlotte Louise Boone
Feb 3, 2009
Charlotte Louise Boone, 87 of Frederick, MD passed away Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at Northampton Manor Nursing Home. She was the wife of the late Robert M. Boone, Sr. who passed away in March 1991. Born February 22, 1921 she was the daughter of the late Jacob and Lydia Altvater. She is survived by a daughter, Bonnie D. Clabaugh...

Belva White
Feb 3, 2009
Belva Lavena Gaver White, age 88, of Hagerstown, and formerly of Boonsboro, died Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009, at Homewood Retirement Center in Williamsport. Born Aug. 28, 1920 in Middletown, MD, she was the daughter of the late Roelkey Lee and Ruth E. Crone Gaver. She was preceded in death by her husband, Matthew Joseph White, on Feb. 6, 1973. She...

Dorothy Ziegler Herbold
Feb 2, 2009
Mrs. Dorothy Ziegler Herbold of Frederick, MD passed away Tuesday morning, February 2, 2009 at Northampton Manor after a long struggle with Alzheimer's Disease. Born in Baltimore, MD on December 27, 1919 she was the daughter of the late Harry and Margaret Minton Ziegler and the loving wife of Charles Frederick Herbold, Jr. who passed away in 1958. She...

Charles Strother
Feb 2, 2009
Charles Marion Strother, age 87, of Kernersville, NC, and formerly of Boonsboro, died Monday, Feb. 2, 2009, in Largo, Fla. Born Aug. 19, 1921 in Martinsburg, WV, he was a son of the late William Edward and Laurel Viola Bailey Strother. He was a member of the Seventy-day Adventist Church. He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Ruth...

Ralph Jones
Feb 2, 2009
Ralph Leon Jones, age 83, of Amos Reeder Road, Boonsboro, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, Feb. 2, 2009, at Reeders Memorial Home in Boonsboro. Born July 25, 2009 at Zittlestown, Ralph was a son of the late Luther Martin and Mary Etta Long Jones. He had attended Park Hall School. Ralph had helped farm...
Connie G. Cramer
Feb 1, 2009
Miss Connie G. Cramer, 59, of Walkersville, died on Sunday, February 1st, 2009 at Mercy Hospital. Born on July 7th, 1949 in Baltimore, she was a daughter of the late Merhl G. and Thelma ( Fogle ) Cramer. Connie was a graduate of Walkersville High School, Class of 1968 . She was employed in administration for 29 years with...

Catherine Lorraine {Nina} Neel
Feb 1, 2009
Catherine Lorraine Neel, 92, passed away peacefully on Feb 1st at the home she shared with her sister, Theresa N. Bohrer on Long Corner Road, Mt. Airy. She was born in Boyds, Maryland on December 29th, 1916 . She was the daughter of the late Joseph Thomas and Laura Dorsey Neel. She was a 1941 graduate of the University...

Iva Jean Heltibridle
Feb 1, 2009
Iva Jean Reeder Heltibridle, age 82, a resident of Ravenwood Lutheran Village in Hagerstown, and formerly of Sharpsburg, died Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009, at the home. Born Aug. 17, 1926 in Park Hall, MD, she was a daughter of the late William Clarence and Iola Gertrude Poffenberger Reeder. She had formerly been employed at Melart's Jewelers in Hagerstown. She was...
Louraine Knight
Feb 1, 2009
Mrs. Louraine Knight, 87, of Mt Airy, died on Sunday, February 1, at Glade Valley Nursing Center, Walkersville. She was the wife of the late Alexander Knight, Sr, who died in 1971. Born on January 6, 1922 in Greene County, VA, she was the daughter of the late Prentis and Ronie Williams Morris. She operated a child care business...

Robert A. McPherson
Jan 31, 2009
Mr. Robert A. McPherson, Jr., 72, of Mt. Airy, died on Saturday, January 31, 2009, at his residence. He was the husband of the late Caroline Carr McPherson who died in 2006. Born on January 16, 1937, in Alexandria, VA, he was the son of the late Robert A., Sr and Marian Liles McPherson. Bob's career was spent as...