Obituaries
Clarence Lee Taylor, Jr.
Apr 2, 2023
Clarence Lee Taylor, Jr., 93, long-time Thurmont resident, passed from this life on Sunday, April 2, 2023 at Homewood at Crumland Farms in Frederick. He was the loving husband of Irene Taylor, who predeceased him in 2013.
Born on April 12, 1929, in Huntington, WV, he was the son of the late Clarence Lee Taylor, Sr. and Lulu Belle (Petit)...
Stanley (Stan) M. Demich
Apr 2, 2023
Stanley (Stan) M. Demich, 86, of Frederick, MD, peacefully entered eternal rest on April 2, 2023, with his family by his side. He was born in Lorain, Ohio, the son of the late Stanley and Mary (Blanish) Demich. He was a graduate of Clearview HS in Lorain, the class of 1954. Stan served our Country in the U.S Army,...
Charles K. Ramsburg, Jr.
Apr 2, 2023
Mr. Charles “Chuck” K. Ramsburg , Jr., 63, of Frederick, passed away Sunday, April 2, 2023, at Frederick Health Hospital. He was born on October 16, 1959, in Olney Maryland and was the son of Charles K. Ramsburg Sr. and Mary Virginia Shaw Ramsburg. Chuck attended Damascus High School. He worked over 20 years at Racal Communications and various jobs...
Eugene (Gene) Ganssle
Apr 1, 2023
Eugene (Gene) Ganssle, 95 of Frederick, MD, passed away on April 1, 2023 with family present.
Born on December 29, 1927 in New Jersey, as the first child of John and Catherine (Meyer) Ganssle. Gene graduated from MIT with a degree in mechanical engineering. He enjoyed a long career in the aerospace industry and was a pioneer in...
Norma Cornnell Day
Apr 1, 2023
Norma Cornnell Day passed away on April 1, 2023. Norma was born in Cottage City, Maryland, December 22, 1920 to Walter Cornnell and Beulah McDaniel Cornnell. She is a 1937 graduate of Mount Ranier High School and a 1941 graduate of the University of Maryland’s College of Home Economics. While at Maryland, she was a member of Sigma Kappa sorority....
Rita J. Anderson
Apr 1, 2023
Mrs. Rita Jean Anderson, 78, of Frederick died Saturday, April 1, 2023 at Frederick Health Hospital. She was the wife of Joseph M. Anderson, they were married on May 20, 1972.
Born April 10, 1944, in Brunswick, she was the daughter of the late Charles Marshall Cannon and Mildred Josephine Cannon.
In addition to her husband, Joseph, she is survived...
Maureen "Mo" Gass Smith
Mar 31, 2023
Maureen Gass Smith, aka Mo, aka Reenie, passed away on March 31, 2023, comfortably at her new residence Somerford Assisting Living House in Frederick, Maryland after a battle with Parkinson’s Disease.
This fun, passionate, crazy, loving, affectionate, unselfish, hard-working, patriotic woman will be sorely missed. Maureen had a talent for entertaining people with all her funny stories....
Gery Craig Jordan
Mar 31, 2023
Mr. Gery “Jay Bird” Craig Jordan, 65, of Frederick, Maryland, died on Friday March 31, 2023 in his home. Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico on November 10, 1957, he was the son of the late Dorothy and Nelson Marsh.
Gery graduated from Thomas Johnson High School in 1974, in Frederick, Maryland. He immediately joined the United States Navy...
Paula Walsh
Mar 30, 2023
Paula Lee Walsh passed away on March 30, 2023 at Frederick Health Hospital in Frederick, Maryland.
Paula was born on March 24, 1952 in Cumberland, Maryland, the daughter of the late Thomas F. and Hazel L. (Lechliter) Walsh, Fogle.
She was a graduate of Allegany High School in Cumberland and attended Allegany Community College of Maryland.
Paula later moved to...
Sylvester Edward "Ed" Pickens
Mar 30, 2023
Sylvester Edward "Ed" Pickens, 84, passed away at Frederick Heath Hospital on Thursday, March 30, 2023. He was the beloved husband of 64 years to Judy Pickens. Born in Wheeling, WV, on November 2, 1938, he was the son of Willard and Alice Pickens.
Known as "Ed" to his friends and family, he was a 1957 graduate of Wheeling High...
Richard H. Smith
Mar 30, 2023
Richard Smith (Rick), Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at McDaniel College, passed away on March 30th after a brief illness. Rick taught first at Western Maryland and then McDaniel College for 44 years, retiring in 2015. He loved teaching above all else and taught courses that ranged from Organic Chemistry to History of Science to Trees on the Hill. He won...
Frances Sue Murphy
Mar 29, 2023
Frances Sue Murphy, 81, of Mount Airy, MD died peacefully on Wednesday, March 29, 2023, at her home in Mount Airy. Born June 11, 1941, in Renick West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Wayne and Gladys Tayler. She was the devoted wife of Wendell Lee Murphy, to whom she was happily married for 63 years.
Frances...
Faye R. Greenawalt
Mar 29, 2023
Faye R. Greenawalt, age 82, of Middletown, MD, passed away at home on Wednesday, March 29, 2023 under the care of Frederick Hospice. Faye was born on July 31, 1940 in Middletown to the late Clarence and Miriam (Huffer) Rice. She is survived by her husband, Richard L. Greenawalt, of 62 years; her daughters, Teresa L. Rhodes, Tanya R. Miller...
Anna "Annie" Mary Nicodemus
Mar 27, 2023
Anna "Annie" Mary Nicodemus, 88, of Boonsboro, Maryland, passed from this life on Monday, March 27, 2023 at Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown, Maryland. She was the beloved wife of the late Donald "Nick" Lee Nicodemus.
Born on April 5, 1934, in Sharpsburg, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Roy Richard Rowe and Sarah Ellen (Stoner)...
Terri Lee Smith
Mar 27, 2023
Terri Lee Smith, 57, of Hagerstown, Maryland, passed from this life on Monday, March 27, 2023 at Doey's House in Hagerstown, MD. She was the beloved wife of Dwight Smith for 31 years.
Born on April 8, 1965, in Hagerstown, MD she was the daughter of the late Howard Lee Tracey and Olive Geraldine (Bothwell) Nusbaum.
Terri graduated from...
Betty Jean Roach
Mar 27, 2023
Betty Jean Roach, 92, of Mount Airy, Maryland, passed from this life on Monday, March 27, 2023 at Bridging Life Hospice in Westminster, MD. She was the wife of the late William Robert Roach who died in 2020.
Born on December 6, 1930, in Cincinnati, OH, she was the daughter of the late Louis A. and Beatrice Turner Fiel. Betty graduated...
Cheryl Jeanne Kershner
Mar 26, 2023
Cheryl Jeanne Gettys Kershner, age 78, of Knoxville MD, passed away at home under the care of Frederick Hospice on March 26, 2023. Cheryl was born in Hartford City, Indiana on April 4, 1944 to James and Edna Gettys. She is survived by her husband Dr John W Kershner of 54 years, her brother Donald (Cyndie) Gettys, daughter Heidi (Rob)...
Anna "Ruth" Jones
Mar 25, 2023
Anna "Ruth" Jones, 87,of Frederick, MD, passed from this life on Saturday, March 25, 2023 at Frederick Health Hospital in Frederick, MD.
Born on May 24, 1935, in Carroll County, MD she was the daughter of the late George Bedford Davis and Dora Della (Epperson) Davis.
She was the loving wife of the late James Fitzue Jones of 65...
Vernon "Butchie" Jacob Smith, IV
Mar 25, 2023
Vernon Jacob "Butchie" Smith, IV, 48, of Frederick, passed away on Saturday, March 25, 2023 at his home. Born on August 15, 1974, in Cheverly, he was the son of Sarah Smith and the late Vernon Jacob Smith, III.
Butchie is survived by his mother, Sarah Smith, as well as his children: Tyler Price and Adriana Smith; a grand-daughter, Moon...
Ralph Franklin Howell
Mar 23, 2023
Ralph Franklin Howell, of Hagerstown, Maryland, passed away peacefully on March 23, 2023 at the age of 83 years. Ralph was born Jan. 3, 1940 to the late Mary Killian. He spent most of his life in Maryland but later moved to a small town near Ocala, Florida.
Ralph's love of horses was evident in everything he did. He...
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