Obituaries
David C. DeGrange
Jun 22, 2008
Mr. David C. DeGrange, 54, of Frederick, died on Sunday, June 22, 2008 at his home. He is survived by his wife of thirty- three years Edith ( Burrier ) DeGrange. Born on June 19, 1954 in Frederick, he was the son of the late Melvin A. DeGrange, Sr. and Jospehine ( Keeney ) DeGrange. Mr. DeGrange was a...
Rev. Carroll L. Boyer
Jun 22, 2008
Rev. Carroll Lee "Pop" Boyer, 83, Pastor, Gardener, Carpenter, of Boonsboro, died Sunday, June 22, 2008 at Washington County Hospital. Born September 5, 1924 on the family farm, Carroll Boyer Road, Jefferson, Md., he was the son of the late Carroll Eugene and Beulah Pearl Ahalt Boyer. He was a veteran of the United States Navy serving during W.W.II and...

Mary E. Cramer
Jun 21, 2008
Mrs. Mary E. Cramer, 93 of Frederick, MD., died Saturday, June 21, 2008 at Sunrise Assisted Living. She was the wife of the late Austin L.Cramer who died in 1995. Born in Middletown, MD on August 4, 1914, she was the daughter of the late Mary F. (Fisher) and Edward N. Miller. Mary was retired from Hanover Shoe Company...

Kathryn Marea {Sayler} Beall
Jun 21, 2008
Mrs. Kathryn Marea{Sayler} Beall, 91, of Thurmont, passed away Saturday, June 21, 2008 at the Golden Living Nursing Home. She was the wife of the late Roland Otto Beall. During her last years she reside at Heartfileds Assisted Living, Frederick. Born on November 14, 1916 near Loys Station, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Florence {Fisher}...
Maria L. Mendez
Jun 21, 2008
Maria L. Mendez, 83, of Harpers Ferry, WV. formerly of New York died on Saturday June 21, at Frederick Memorial Hospital. She was the wife of the late Oscar Mendez. Born on March 4, 1925 in Puerto Rico she was the daughter of the late Diego and Maria Santiago Miranda. In 1951 she moved to Bronx , NY were...
Mabel M. {Sue} Molesworth
Jun 20, 2008
Mrs. Mabel M. Sue Molesworth, 84, of Mt. Airy died on Friday, June 20, 2008, at Frederick Memorial Hospital. She was the wife of Harold M. Mac Molesworth, her husband of 62 years. Born on May 27, 1924, in Frederick, she was the daughter of the late Henry C. and Mabel D. Molesworth Krantz. Sue graduated from the Frederick...
Geraldine Starleper
Jun 20, 2008
Geraldine Mae Starleper, 79, of Hagerstown, died Friday, June 20, 2008 at Washington County Hospital. Born December 18, 1928 in Zittlestown, MD, she was the daughter of the late Clifford Phillip and Virgie Eleanor DeWitt Derr. She was preceded in death by her husband, David A. Starleper, October 1, 1978. She was a homemaker and was employed by Middletown Shoe...
Heather Lynne Napoli Ryce
Jun 18, 2008
Heather Lynne Napoli Ryce, 23, of Boonsboro, Md., died unexpectedly Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at the Washington County Hospital. Born October 30, 1984, in Hagerstown, Heather was the daughter of James John and Cathy Lynne Hausler Napoli of Boonsboro. She was a 2002 graduate of Boonsboro High School. A member of Phi Theta Kappa, Heather graduated from Hagerstown Community College...

Gladys Eakle
Jun 16, 2008
Gladys Louise Smith Eakle, age 79, of 25 N. Potomac St., Waynesboro, PA, and formerly of Boonsboro, died Monday, June 16, 2008, at Quincy Home & Village in Quincy, PA. Born Aug. 21, 1928 in Ringgold, MD, she was a daughter of the late Geary Lee and Minta Viola Creager Smith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph...

Ella Mae Havens
Jun 16, 2008
Miss Ella Mae Havens, 68, of Frederick, MD, died on Monday, June 16, 2008 at Montgomery General Hospital. Born on August 17, 1939 in Rural Retreat, VA, she was the daughter of the late Ellis M. and Josie B. Havens. Ms. Havens was a member of the former Laytonsville Baptist Church, and she retired from Montgomery County Public Schools...
Beverly Bickford
Jun 15, 2008
Mrs. Beverly Bickford, 69 of Urbana, MD., passed away Sunday, June 15, 2008 at the Washington County Hospital. She was the wife of Nathan Bickford. Born May 28, 1939 in Bristol, N.H., she was the daughter of Edwin Lord of Bristol and the late Arlene Jones Lord. Mrs. Bickford loved to read and enjoyed watching womens softball games, shopping...

Rupert "Rupe" Cuneen
Jun 14, 2008
Rupert "Rupe" Cuneen, age 84, of Sharpsburg, MD, died Saturday, June 14, 2008, at Reeders Memorial Home in Boonsboro. Born July 22, 1923 in Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin, he was a son of the late Raymond and Mary Rubbert Cunneen. He was a retired real estate agent with Machat Realty in Hagerstown. He was a veteran of World War II, serving...
Theodore G. {Ted} Beddow, Sr.
Jun 13, 2008
Mr. Theodore G. Ted Beddow, Sr., 75 of Mt. Airy, MD., died Friday, June 13, 2008 at the Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was the husband of Joyce Burton Beddow, his wife of 51 years. Born July 14, 1932 in Philadelphia, PA, he was the son of the late Dr. David W., Sr. and Eva Wyatt Beddow. Ted was a...
Edith Johnson
Jun 13, 2008
Edith Johnson, 83, of New Market Maryland and La Crosse, Kansas, died peacefully on June 13, 2008, at Transitions Healthcare in Sykesville, Maryland. Edie was born on June 18, 1924 in La Crosse, Kansas, she was the daughter of the late Robert C. Wilson and Mabel A. Rankin. Mrs. Johnson graduated from La Crosse High School in 1942 and...
Helen E Tschiffely
Jun 11, 2008
Mrs. Helen E. Tschiffely, 86, a lifelong resident of Thurmont, died peacefully at her home of 60 years on Wednesday, June 11 2008. Born May 8, 1922, to the late James Ross Eyler, Sr. and Bertha Irene Rudy Eyler, she was the last of her immediate family having been pre-deceased by two brothers: C. Raymond Eyler and James Ross...
Theresa Virginia Whipp
Jun 9, 2008
Mrs. Theresa Virginia Whipp, 77, of Thurmont, died Monday, June 9, 2008 at the Georgetown University Hospital. She was the wife of the late Robert Franklin Whipp who died in 1993. Born in Frederick, MD on February 20, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Pauline Virginia (Hobbs) and Thomas Fred Firor. A graduate of the Academy of...
William Russell Koontz
Jun 6, 2008
William Russell Koontz of Frederick, a WWII veteran who served his country in the Philippines, passed away peacefully June 6 at Washington County Hospital. He was predeceased by his wife of 55 years, Virginia Thomas Koontz, in 2004. He is lovingly remembered by his four children and their spouses: Erin Sue Lawrence (Gary), Lois L. Stumpf (Chuck), W. Thomas...
Michael {Mike} Wayne Mercer
Jun 5, 2008
Mr. Michael Mike Wayne Mercer, 48 of King George, Va. (Formerly of Frederick) died Thursday June 5, 2008 at his residence. He was the husband of Dorothy Mercer. Born June 21, 1958 in Frederick, MD., he was the son of Leonard Mercer and wife Sharon and the late Nellie J. Reed Mercer. Mike enjoyed fishing, hunting and working on...

Luann Marie Goolsby
Jun 4, 2008
Mrs. Luann Marie Goolsby, 49, of Walkersville died on Wednesday June 4, at her home. She was the beloved wife of Wilbur W. Goolsby for 27 years. Born in Washington D. C. on April 16, 1959 she was the daughter of the late Richard and Joann Terrell Buck. Surviving in addition to her husband is a son Justin R....
Nina E. Valcarcel
Jun 3, 2008
Mrs. Nina E. Valcarcel, 68, of Walkersville died on Tuesday June 3, at her home. She was the loving wife for 45 years of Julio Valcarcel. Born on August 6, 1939 in Cinco, West Virginia she was the daughter of the late Edison and Della Buckland Campbell. Mrs. Valcarcel served in the U. S. Navy from 1958-1962. During her...