Robert Calvin Orner
Feb 16, 2012
Robert Calvin Orner, age 87, of Emmitsburg, MD died Thursday, February 16, 2012 at Gettysburg Hospital in Gettysburg, PA. Born July 12, 1924 in Harney, MD, he was the son of the late Dewey and Margaret Auchinbaugh Orner. He was the husband of Blanche R. Harbaugh Orner, his wife of 62 years. He was a member of Elias Lutheran Church...
Rosalie Mae Halter
Feb 14, 2012
Rosalie Mae Halter, age 88, of Taneytown, MD, died peacefully Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at the home of her son. Born June 9, 1923 in Taneytown, she was the daughter of the late Elmer and Marie Eckenrode Reaver. She was the wife of the late Charles L. Halter, her husband of 64 years, who died in August, 2007. She worked...
Rodney Gene Hutzell
Feb 14, 2012
Rodney Gene Hutzell, age 44, of Fairfield, PA, died Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Born January 3, 1968 in Washington County, MD, he was the son of Loretta Carbaugh Shorb and the late Roscoe A. Hutzell. He was self-employed as owner/operator of Rodney’s Caulking. He enjoyed riding his motorcycle and was an avid Pittsburgh Steelers fan. He...
Lucy Webb
Feb 6, 2012
Lucy Webb, 65, of Sykesville, Md., died Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, at Carroll Hospice Dove House, Westminster, Md. Born March 8, 1946, in Havana, Cuba, she was the daughter of Samuel B. Webb and Ernestina (DeLaTorre) Webb. Ms. Webb owned and trained thoroughbred race horses for 60 years. She was of the Methodist faith. Lucy was a member of the...
Joseph A. Ferrare
Feb 5, 2012
Joseph Ferrare, age 78, of Taneytown, died peacefully at the home of his daughter on Sunday, February 5, 2012. Born December 23, 1933 in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Joseph (Giuseppe) and Josephine Marie Frilsch Ferrare. He was the husband of the late Judy K. Pease Ferrare, to whom he was married for 32 years. He was...
Charles Robert Cook
Feb 1, 2012
Charles Robert Cook, age 92, of Keymar, Maryland, died on Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at the St. Joseph’s Ministries/St. Catherine’s Nursing Center in Emmitsburg, MD; following a long courageous battle with Pancreatic Cancer. Born July 21, 1919 in Monkton, Maryland, he was the son of the late Charles H. and Dorothy M. (Rider) Cook. Twice married he was predeceased by...
Stanley R. Rossman
Jan 31, 2012
Stanley R. Rossman, age 93, of Westminster, Maryland, died on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at Golden Living Center in Westminster. Born June 16, 1918 in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Charles and Florence (Roth) Rossman. He was predeceased by his wife Elizabeth C. Rossman. He was a veteran of WWII, serving in the U.S. Air Force...
John William Harvey
Jan 30, 2012
John William Harvey, age 84, of Taneytown, died Monday, January 30, 2012 at Gettysburg Hospital in Gettysburg, PA. Born June 5, 1927 in Frederick County, MD, he was the son of the late Raymond Kirks and Laura Chick Harvey. He was the husband of Anne (Poole) Harvey, his wife of 64 years. He was a farmer in Carroll County for...
Judith Lee Bixler
Jan 30, 2012
Judith Lee Bixler, 71, of Lawrenceville, VA died Monday, January 30, 2012. Born September 14th, 1940, in Pensylvania, she was the daughter of the late Robert E. Lee and Ida Mae Oberlag Lee. She was the wife of Donald W. Bixler. She grew up in Westminster, MD and graduated from Westminster High School, Class of 1958. She attended Villa Julie...
Thomas B. Fogle, Sr
Jan 28, 2012
Thomas B. Fogle, Sr., age 76, of Emmitsburg, Maryland, died peacefully on Saturday, January 28, 2012 at the Frederick Memorial Hospital following a brief illness. Born May 5, 1935 in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the son of the late Harry O. and Alva (Eyler) Fogle. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Mary E. (Stouter) Fogle. He served...
Phyllis Ray Wilson
Jan 27, 2012
Phyllis Ray Wilson, age 68, of Sykesville, Maryland, died on Friday, January 27, 2012 at home. Born January 5, 1944 in Charlottesville, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Ruth Louise Null and Forest Ray Cook. She is survived by her husband of 47 years, Marion Wayne Wilson. Phyllis attended Westminster High School Class of 1962. She was a...
Charles E. Swinderman
Jan 24, 2012
Charles Edward Swinderman, age 92 of Westminster died Monday January 24, 2012 at Carroll Hospice Dove House. He was born January 2, 1920 in Baltimore, son of the late William Henry Sharp and Mary Agnes Swinderman. He graduated in 1936 from St. John Catholic School and was a 1940 graduate of Western Maryland College where he majored in chemistry and...
Romaine A. Shirley
Jan 20, 2012
Romaine A. Shirley, age 62, of Westminster, Maryland, died on Friday, January 20, 2012 at the Carroll Hospital Center. Born March 3, 1949 in Carroll County she was the daughter of the late Elmer and Elvir (Magruder) Gibson. She is survived by her husband, Roy L. Shirley. She worked as a nurses aide and later retired from Random House in...
Geneva P. Dell
Jan 16, 2012
Geneva P. Dell, age 88 of Manchester died Monday January 16, 2012. She was born April 26, 1923 in Baltimore, daughter of the late Vernon T. and Ida Miller Bull. She was the wife of the late Walter Grant Dell who died in 1969. She is survived by son and daughter-in-law, Daniel A. and Wanda Dell of Manchester and son,...
Robert "Bob" F. Manahan, Sr
Jan 15, 2012
Robert “Bob” F. Manahan, Sr., age 69, of Emmitsburg, Maryland, died on Sunday, January 15, 2012 at the Frederick Memorial Hospital in Frederick, MD. Born May 26, 1942 in Lantz, Maryland, he was the son of the late Lloyd and Ruth (Bowman) Manahan. He is survived by his wife of 31 years, Judy Elaine (Smith) Manahan. Bob owned and operated...
Opal D. Overturf
Jan 15, 2012
Opal D. Overturf, age 84 of Westminster, died Sunday January 15, 2012 at Carroll Hospice Dove House. He was born April 16, 1927 in Buckner, Illinois, son of the late Willie and Flora Zella Smith Overturf. He was the husband of Sharon Ann Woods Ralston, his wife of 14 years. Opal served in the U.S. Navy during World War II....
Vera A. Eiker
Jan 13, 2012
Vera Annabelle Andrew Eiker, age 80, of Emmitsburg, MD died Friday, January 13, 2012 at Johns-Hopkins Medical Center in Baltimore. Born October 11, 1931 in Emmitsburg, MD, she was the daughter of the late Russell and Nellie Bowser Andrew and step-daughter of the late Elsie Springer Andrew. She was the wife of the late Elwood Eiker, her husband of 56...
Charles "Bill" Weidner
Jan 11, 2012
Charles William “Bill” Weidner, age 64, of Emmitsburg, died Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at St. Catherine Nursing Center in Emmitsburg. Born December 5, 1947 in Gettysburg, PA, he was the son of the late William Charles Weidner and Ruth Ashbaugh Weidner who resides at the Brethren Home in New Oxford, PA. He worked during his early years at the Emmitsburg...
Clarence Edwin Eyler, Sr
Jan 11, 2012
Clarence Edwin Eyler, Sr., age 89, of Scottsboro, Alabama, died on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at the Highlands Medical Center in Scottsboro, AL. Born May 14, 1922 in Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late John William and Margaret (McCleaf) Eyler. He is survived by his wife of 69 years, Lucy Virginia Eyler. He was a life long dairy...
Doris Mae Young
Jan 10, 2012
Doris Mae Young, age 79, of Taneytown, MD, died Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at Carroll Hospital Center in Westminster. Born April 18, 1932 in Taneytown, she was the daughter of the late Wilbur & Inez Angell Fair. Doris worked for many years in the housekeeping department at Carroll Hospital Center. Earlier in life, she was employed by Cambridge Rubber Company...




