Obituaries

Feb 13, 2022

Audrey Vogel Emley, 88, of Frederick, MD,  passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 13, 2022 at Kline Hospice House. She was the loving wife of the late William Emley Jr. They were married 57 years at the time of his death in 2014.

Born September 30, 1933 in Red Bank, New Jersey, she was the daughter of...

Feb 12, 2022

Ann M. Gambrill age 92 passed away February 12, 2022. Born August 1, 1929 in Brunswick, MD, Ann was the daughter of the late Dr. Stanley Joseph and Katherine Gardner Meadows.

Ann began school in Baltimore, MD where the family had moved in the 1930’s. It was here Ann found her life-long interest in current events listening to...

Feb 12, 2022

Karen Jane Sheckler Fogg, 78, of Frederick, passed from this life with her son and daughter by her side on Saturday, February 12, 2022 at Frederick Health Hospital.

Born on August 23, 1943, in Bellefonte, PA, she was the youngest of children to the late Charles Sheckler and Margaret (Aikey) Peters. Her husband, Sherman P. Fogg, of...

Feb 12, 2022

Alfredo R. “Al” Ferraioli, 88, of Monrovia, departed this world to be with our Lord on Saturday, February 12, 2022, at his residence.  He was the husband of Marlene A. Ferraioli (Robinson).  They would have celebrated their 67thAnniversary on March 1.

Born on July 27, 1933 he is now reunited with his father the late Carmen Ferraioli...

Feb 12, 2022

Robert Eugene Zimmerman, 75, of Stone Road, Frederick, died on Saturday, February 12, 2022 at his home, after a hard fought 3-year battle with prostate cancer.  He was the husband of Faye Mathews Zimmerman.  Born on September 24, 1946 in Frederick, MD, he was the son of Mary Mayetta and the late Roger E. Zimmerman.

In his early...

Feb 12, 2022

Mr. Anthony F. (Andy/Tony) Marick 82, of Mount Airy, MD died February 12, 2022, at Carroll Hospital Center in Westminster, MD Mr. Marick was born on 18 June 1939 the son of the late George Joseph and Norma Rossi Marick. He was the husband of Waltraud Dieges Marick of Mt Airy his wife of 42 years. Mr. Marick was a 1957...

Feb 9, 2022

Nummer Brice Nash, Jr., 91, of Frederick, passed away to be with Jesus on Wednesday, February 9, 2022 at Frederick Health Hospital. Brice was born on June 18, 1930 to the late Nummer Brice Nash, Sr. and Flossie Mae Nash. He was the husband of 69 years to the late Florance Ellen Nash, who preceded him in death.

Feb 9, 2022

James Moody McCormick, 85, of Adamstown, MD, died on February 9, 2022, at his home.

Born on March 15, 1936, in Charleston, WV, he grew up in St. Albans, WV, attending school there as a child before spending four years at the Greenbrier Military School in Lewisburg, WV.  He graduated from Greenbrier in 1954, and went on...

Feb 9, 2022

Raymond Burtner, 84, of Frederick, passed from this life on Wednesday, February 9, 2022 at his home.

Born on April 13, 1937, in Frederick, he was the son of the late Lloyd W.  and Carrie M. (Huffer) Burtner. Raymond was married for 60 years to his loving wife, Ollie Burtner.

He was a 1955 graduate...

Feb 8, 2022

Patricia Grace (Wachter) Hammond Carey of Frederick, Maryland died peacefully on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022 at Kline Hospice House.

She was the wife of Jerry G. Carey for 34 years and the wife of Charles L. (Lenny) Hammond, her first beloved husband, of 27 years.

Born October 23, 1939 in Frederick, she was the daughter...

Feb 8, 2022

On February 8, 2022, God decided He needed Dorlene and she passed peacefully into the arms of Jesus, surrounded by her loving husband, Jimmy, of 59 years and beloved three daughters.

Born on June 5, 1942, in Washington, DC, she was the daughter of the late Leonard Pearson and Doris Cole Benner.

She was a...

Feb 7, 2022

Mrs. Freda Louise "Hagan" Leopold went home to be with the Lord on Monday, February 07, 2022, with family by her side. She was born on February 12, 1935. She was the daughter of the late Thomas and Louise Hagan of Broad Run, Jefferson, MD.

Freda graduated from Middletown High School in 1953. Before retiring, Freda was...

Feb 7, 2022

James Christopher "Jimmy" "Pappy" Payne, 70, of Thurmont, Maryland, passed from this life on Monday, February 7, 2022 at his home in Thurmont.

Born on April 5, 1951, in Washington DC, he was the son of James Louis Payne and Christina Lucille (Ford) Payne. Jimmy graduated from DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland where he played...

Feb 7, 2022

Gerald E. “Butch” Taulton Sr., 77, of Knoxville, Maryland passed away on February 7, 2022, at Meritus Medical Center with his wife and daughters by his side. Born on March 5, 1944, in Knoxville, Maryland he was the son of the late Harold and Catherine (Beachley) Taulton. Butch was a farmer for most of his life. In recent years...

Feb 7, 2022

Mary Claire Horan Smith, age 94, passed peacefully February 7th, 2022. Mary was born September 24th, 1927 to Raymond and Mary Horan in Wilkes Barre, PA. Mary Claire was the second of three children. She had two brothers who pre-deceased her, Raymond Horan in 2013 and younger brother Robert Horan in 2020.

Mary Claire moved to Washington...

Feb 7, 2022

David Lincoln Keffer of Monrovia, MD, age 59, was born April 4, 1962, in Washington, DC to Ruth Daley and the late Robert Keffer and went to be with his Lord and Savior February 7, 2022. Even though he did not achieve all his goals here on Earth, he achieved his ultimate goal: being in the arms of Jesus. He...

Feb 7, 2022

Myra “Penny” Beattie Eiker (Gadomski), quietly passed away on the morning of 7 February 2022 at 8:15 at her home in Altadena, California. She was surrounded by family during her passing. She was 75-years-of-age. She passed away from complications due to heart disease.

Penny Eiker was born in Frederick, Maryland on 7 April 1946. She was the...

Feb 7, 2022

William Blanchard Jr. loved toe-tapping Dixieland jazz and crooning Italian balladeers.

He spent hours trying to solve the puzzles of poker and thoroughbred horse races.

He loved literature - he had Wolfe and Cheever and Frost and Carver on his bookshelf - but he would gut-laugh at a bawdy joke.

He was a...

Feb 7, 2022

Debra Lynn Ensor of Mt. Pleasant, Md went to be with the lord on Febuary 7, 2022. She was born January 23, 1958 to the late Clifford R. Eader and Shirley Bowers Eader at Frederick Memorial Hospital.

Debi met her husband of 44 years, William D. Ensor, in the second grade at Liberty Elementary School. After graduating...

Feb 6, 2022

Bobby Newell Irby, 89, of Boonsboro, Maryland, passed away peacefully Sunday, February 6, 2022. Always easygoing and perpetually smiling, he embraced all life had to offer, insisting it was important to “get it done.” And that is what he always did. He will be greatly missed.

Born March 17, 1932, in Meridian, Mississippi, the son of William...