Frances Elaine Martin Ausherman

Frances Elaine Martin Ausherman age 89 of Hagerstown, Maryland, fell asleep in Jesus at her home on June 28.

She was the wife of LuRay C. Ausherman for 69 years.

Born December 11, 1931 in Ijamsville, MD she was the daughter of Roscoe B. and Laura Naomi Main Martin.  

She graduated from Frederick High School in 1950 and began a career as an executive secretary, working at NIH and later as the church secretary at the Frederick Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Frances Ausherman was a member of the Hagerstown SDA Church, and a former member of the Frederick SDA Church. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and was an avid homemaker.

She enjoyed the great outdoors, reading and traveling by motorcycle with her husband. She and her husband organized the Maryland Chapter of the National Retread Motorcycle Club in 1972, a chapter that is still active today. 

She is survived by her husband and daughters: Tanya Crummitt, Lori Anderson and Katrina Romanoff, 8 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and a brother Stanley R. Martin. She was preceded in death by a beloved grandson, Mark Curtis Crummitt, Jr. and siblings Margaret M. Jacobson, Carolyn Robinson, and Vernon M. Martin, all of Maryland.

A memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Sunday August 8, 2021 at the Hagerstown Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 11507 Robinwood Drive, Hagerstown, Maryland. Pastor Roger Larsen of Hagerstown Seventh-day Adventist Church will officiate.

Those desiring may make memorial contributions to Hospice of Washington County, 747 Northern Ave., Hagerstown, MD 21742..