Obituaries
John H. Bauer
May 15, 2007
Mr. John H. Bauer, 59, of Frederick died Tuesday, May 15th, 2007, at home after a long battle with lung cancer. He was the beloved husband of Diane Bauer his wife of 26 years. Born Jan 16, 1948 in Louviers, France he was the son of Maria Chychy Bauer and the late Johannes H Bauer. John was a veteran...
Grace Naomi Rowe Freeze
May 14, 2007
Mrs. Grace Naomi Rowe Freeze, 96 of Thurmont died Monday, May 14, 2007 at the Frederick Memorial Hospital. She was the wife of the late Edgar Merriman Freeze. Born at her home in Eylers's Valley on April 9, 1911 she was the daughter of the late Pauline Elizabeth (Clabaugh) and Elmer Trit Rowe. Grace attended nursing school at George...

Lucy M. Trentacosti
May 12, 2007
Mrs. Lucy M. Trentacosti, 79, Frederick died on Saturday, May 12, 2007, at Kline Hospice House, Mt. Airy. She was the wife of Frank C. Trentacosti, her husband of years. Born on January 2, 1928, in Brooklyn, NY she was the daughter of the late Ignzio and Mary Milillo Selvaggio. She was a secretary for J.P. Morgan Company and...
Nova Virginia Ruffner
May 12, 2007
Mrs. Nova Virginia Ruffner, 81, of Frederick died on Saturday May 12, 2007 at the Kline Hospice House, Mt. Airy after a courageous battle with cancer. She was the wife of the late Willard D. Ruffner Sr. Born in Lewistown on July 28, 1925 she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Annie Stansbury Smith. Mrs. Ruffner was...
Darrell Lee Droneburg
May 11, 2007
Mr. Darrell Lee Droneburg, 45, of Brunswick died on Friday, May 11, 2007 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was the husband of Norma Jean Adkins Droneburg, his wife of 24 years. Born on February 5, 1962, in Frederick, he was the son of the late Russell Franklin Droneburg and Carol Lee Remsburg Droneburg Daugherty and husband Ronnie of Knoxville....
Muriel Jurvelin Bonanno
May 11, 2007
Mrs. Muriel Jurvelin Bonanno, 85, of Ijamsville, MD died on Friday, May 11, 2007 at her home. She was the wife of Anthony Bonanno. Born on November 7, 1921 in Madison, SD, she was the daughter of the late Nordahl and Hannah Hexom Bergheim. Mrs. Bonanno was past president of the Prince Georges Senior Club, she enjoyed gardening, sewing...
Maurice M. Brooks, Sr.
May 9, 2007
Maurice M. Brooks, Sr., 80 of Gerradstown, West Virginia, formerly of Brunswick died Wednesday, May 9, 2007. He was the husband of the late Doris Brooks. Born July 3, 1926 in Brunswick, Maryland he was the son of the late Eugene and Mattie Brooks. Maurice served in the US Army during WWII. He retired from Acme as produce manager....

Virginia Schwartz Breeden
May 8, 2007
Mrs. Virginia Schwartz Breeden, 64, of Frederick died on May 8, 2007, at her residence. She was the wife of the late Luther Garfield Breeden, Jr. who died in 2004. Born on September 12, 1942 in Washington, DC she was the daughter of the late Lawrence Deen and Mary Kampmann Schwartz. Virginia was raised in Glencoe, IL and Rye,...

Reinhard O. Rothauge
May 8, 2007
Mr. Reinhard O. Rothauge, 77, of Frederick, died on Tuesday, May 8, at Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was the husband of Berna Nickelsen Rothauge, his wife of 13 years. Born on November 18, 1929, in Germany, he was the son of the late Carl and Mattilde Herbold Rothauge. Surviving in addition to his wife are two daughters, Sherry Baker...
Elizabeth Betty Kroeger
May 7, 2007
Mrs. Elizabeth Betty Kroeger, 94 of Frederick, MD passed away on Monday, May 7, 2007 at the Frederick Memorial Hospital. She was the wife of Bernard F. Kroeger. They were married for 58 years. Born July 28, 1912 in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Stephan Hubay and Mary Szitar...
Arlene Valentine
May 7, 2007
Mrs. Arlene Valentine, 86 of Walkersville, MD. (formerly of Seat Pleasant, MD.) died Monday, May 7, 2007 at her home. She was the wife of the late William Lavon Valentine. Born November 21, 1920 in Wilkes Barre, PA, she was the daughter of the late Frank John and Agnes Mary Schneider Dippenworth. Mrs. Valentine was a member of St....

Shirley D. {Dachenbach} Shanks
May 6, 2007
Ms. Shirley D. ( Dachenbach ) Shanks, 70, of Frederick, MD, passed away at her home on May 6, 2007 after a long illness. Born on May 2, 1937 in Urbana, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Donna (Siegenthaler) Dachenbach. Shirley graduated from nursing school in Springfield, OH and practiced as a RN for 40...
Mary Jo Cameron
May 6, 2007
Mrs. Mary Jo Cameron, 68, of Frederick, died on Sunday, May 6, 2007 at College View Center, Frederick. Born on March 10, 1939, in Washington, DC, she was the daughter of the late John and Edna Lane Beaton. She was a 1957 graduate of Bladensburg High School, received her registered nursing degree from Sibley Hospital in Washington, DC and...
Ms. Bonita Ann Minor
May 6, 2007
Ms. Bonita Ann Minor, 62 of Frederick, MD, passed away on Sunday, May 6, 2007 at her daughter's home in Walkersville. Born in Washington, D.C., she was the eldest daughter of the late John Richard Hitaffer and Anne Josephine Hitaffer. Bonnie loved to travel, which led to her serving in the ministry in Maryland, Ohio and Oklahoma over the...
Robert A. {Dr. Bob} Redmond
May 5, 2007
Robert A. Redmond, Dr. Bob, 68, died on May 5, 2007 after a long struggle with lung cancer. He is survived by his beloved wife of 33 years, Patricia Tyson Redmond. Born on December 30, 1938, in Utica, NY, he was the son of the late Dr. Albert and Louise (Wingert) Redmond, and stepmother Nancy (Congleton) Redmond. Also surviving...

James P. McRorie
May 5, 2007
Mr. James P. McRorie, 77, of Urbana died on Monday, May 5, 2008, at Washington Hospital Center. He was husband of Romualda C. McRorie, his wife of 51 years. Born on May 26, 1930 in North Carolina he was the son of the late Clyde F. and Ellen Phillips McRorie. He was a senior design draftsman for COMSAT. James...

Rita Agnes Stanbrough
May 5, 2007
Mrs. Rita Agnes Stanbrough, 85 of Frederick and formerly of Silver Spring, died Saturday, May, 5, 2007 at the Frederick Memorial Hospital. She was the wife of the late Amos John Stanbrough who died in 1995. Born in Washington DC on January 25, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Cora Agnes (Sartain) and Lewis West. Mrs. Stanbrough...
Charles D. Burrier
May 5, 2007
It is with much sorrow that his family announces the death of Charles D. Burrier on May 5, 2007. Born in Walkersville on June 2, 1916, he was one of 11 children of D. Grayson and Mae C. Ramsburg Burrier. Charles was born in the same house as his father and his grandfather on the farm known as Deerfield,...
Lillian V. {Storm} Pasquarette
May 4, 2007
Mrs. Lillian V. {Storm} Pasquarette, 86 of Frederick, MD, died Friday, May 4, 2007 at the Frederick Memorial Hospital. She was the wife of Michael Mike Pasquarette her husband of 34 years. Born May 22, 1920 in Frederick County, MD., she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Rena Wachter Tressler. Mrs. Pasquarette was a member of the...

William Curtis Gooding
May 3, 2007
Mr. William Curtis Gooding, 70, of Mt. Airy died on Thursday, May 3, 2007 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was the husband of Helen Evelyn Grimes Gooding his wife of 49 years. Born on August 14, 1936 in Kensington, he was the son of the late Preston Forrest Gooding, Sr. and Alice Virginia Curtis Gooding. Mr. Gooding was a...