Irene Edna Woodward, age 91 of Baltimore, died Tuesday December 1, 2009 at Carroll Hospital Center. She was born February 25, 1918 in Argentina the daughter of the late Jeff and Lily Martin Woodward. She was the wife of the late Ralph R. Woodward who died in 1994. She is survived by her son, Robert R. Woodward and his wife...
Francis J. “Cuz” Myers, age 89, of Fairfield, Pennsylvania, died on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at the Green Acres Nursing Home in Gettysburg, PA. Born May 5, 1920 in Emmitsburg, Maryland, he was the son of the late William and Mary (Kreitz) Myers. He is survived by his loving wife of 64 ½ years, Marie A. (McGlaughlin) Myers. Cuz was...
Dennis Nusbaum Yingling, age 95, of Westminster died Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at Carroll Lutheran Village. He was born February 17, 1914 in Pleasant Valley, MD on the family farm, the son of the late C. Tobias and Ruth Nusbaum Yingling. He was the husband of the late Louise Cunningham Yingling and the late Betty Smith Yingling. He graduated from...
Claudia A. Smallwood, age 68, of Emmitsburg, Maryland, died on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at Montgomery Hospice Casey House in Rockville, MD. Memorial services will be announced at a later date. Arrangements are by the Myers-Durboraw Funeral Home in Emmitsburg, MD.
Doris Nadine Hansbrough, age 69, of Union Bridge, Maryland, died on Tuesday, November 24, 2009, following an extended illness. Born July 7, 1940 in Carroll County, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Jennings V. and Beulah V. (Keefer) Frock. She attended Pipe Creek Church of the Brethren, and was a member of V.F.W. Post #8806 in Union Bridge....
Madalyn Beck Weller, age 93, of Westminster, Maryland, died on Saturday, November 21, 2009, at Carroll Lutheran Village Health Care Center in Westminster. Born July 1, 1916 in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Charles Raymond and Margaret Ada (Dorsey) Beck. She was predeceased by her husband of 67 years, Donald C. Weller on March 20, 2009....
Lily Ann Koelber, 6 days, of Westminster, died on Thursday, November 19, 2009 at Sinai Hospital of a rare genetic disease, Walker-Warburg Syndrome. Born November 14, 2009 in Baltimore, she was the daughter of Melinda Kidd and Timothy Koelber. Surviving are grandparents Wendy Valonis, Robert Kidd, Kelly and Fred Koelber. Also surviving are greatgrandparents and numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins....
Linda Kea Bivens, age 64, of Emmitsburg, died on Sunday, November 15, 2009 at the York Hospital in York, PA. Born October 6, 1945 in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Louis and Kea (Martin) Strickland. She was predeceased by her husband, Tommie Alan Bivens in 2001. Linda was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in...
Imogene Faith Szymanski, age 86 of Westminster, died Sunday November 15, 2009 at Carroll Hospice Dove House. She was born January 14, 1923 in Baltimore the daughter of the late Joseph and Julia Selby Thomas. She was the wife of the late Konstanley William Szymanski who died in 1994. She is survived by children, William D. Szymanski and wife Agnes...
Henry Wallace “ Wally” Groves, Sr., age 75, of Westminster, Maryland, died on Saturday, November 14, 2009 at the Carroll Hospice Dove House in Westminster. Born March 8, 1934 in Front Royal, Virginia, he was the son of the late John H.Groves and Mattie Belle Martin. He was predeceased by his wife of 45 years, Muriel Alice (Hepner) Groves in...
Rev. Paul Michael Murphy, much beloved parish priest of St. Joseph Church at Emmitsburg suffered a fatal heart attack on the morning of November 12, 2009. This coming May 26, Fr. Paul would have celebrated fifty years of priesthood of the Catholic Church in the religious community of the Congregation of the Mission, commonly known as the Vincentian Fathers and...
Robert Louis Gosselin, age 82 of Manchester, died Monday November 9, 2009 at Carroll Hospice Dove House. He was born December 27, 1926 in Washington D.C. the son of the late Joseph and Ella Bertha Ritz Gosselin. He was the husband of Elizabeth M. Gosselin, his wife of 61 years. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II...
Albert Wayne Loughridge, Jr., age 45, of Taneytown, Maryland, died suddenly on Sunday, November 8, 2009 in Taneytown. Born December 23, 1963 in St. James, Missouri, he was the son of Albert W. Loughridge, Sr. of Altoona, PA, and the late Janet (Parsons) Loughridge. Al was an auto mechanic with Rob’s Service Center in Taneytown. He loved music, Harley Davidson...
Margaret Virginia Abrahams, age 74, of Emmitsburg, Maryland, died on Saturday, November 7, 2009 at the Frederick Memorial Hospital in Frederick, Maryland. Born June 25, 1935 in Carroll County, MD, she was the daughter of the late William D. and Alice (Cool) Curtis. She is survived by her loving husband of 58 years, Grant William Abrahams. Margaret was a homemaker...
Richard E. Fox, age 59 of Westminster, died Tuesday November 3, 2009 at Carroll Hospice Dove House. He was born June 26, 1950 in Gettysburg, PA. He was a veteran of U.S. Navy. A graveside service will be held Friday November 13, 2009, 1:00 P.M. at Garrison Forest Veterans Cemetery in Owings Mills, MD.
Floyd Wilbur Devilbiss, age 85, of Uniontown, Maryland, died suddenly on Thursday morning October 29, 2009 at his home. Born August 20, 1924 in Tyrone, Maryland, he was the son of the late Wilbur Henry and Blanche M. (Hahn) Devilbiss. He is survived by his loving wife of 63 years, Anna Marie (Arnold) Devilbiss. Floyd was a lifelong resident of...
Sammy Jean Johnson Schnetzler, age 79 of Westminster died Thursday October 29, 2009 at Carroll Hospital Center after a brief illness. She was born July 28, 1930 in Fort Scott, Kansas the daughter of the late Samuel R. and Bess Johnson. She worked as a medical office manager at a doctor’s office. She loved crossword puzzles, playing bridge, reading, shopping...
Carolyn “Pat” Stultz, age 61 of Hanover, PA, formerly of Westminster, died suddenly on Wednesday; October 28, 2009 at her home in Hanover, PA. She was born January 20, 1948 in Allegany County, Maryland, the daughter Roy Franklin Mills of Westminster and the late Violet Virginia Lease Mills. In addition to her father, she was survived by children, Tammy West...
Russell Eugene “R.J.” Boone, Jr., age 27 of Pleasant Valley, died Tuesday October 27, 2009 at Carroll Hospital Center following a lifelong struggle with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. He was born January 10, 1982 in Westminster, the son of Russell E. and Nancy L. Thomas Boone of Westminster. He was a 2000 graduate of Westminster High School. Besides being a computer...
Nicole “Nikki” Michelle Hill, age 29, of Chincoteague, Va., formerly of Taneytown, Md., died unexpectedly Sunday, October 25, 2009 at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore. Born July 11, 1980 in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of Pam and Denny Stambaugh of Chincoteague, Va; and step-daughter of Wayne and Brenda Little of Westminster, Md. She was...