Obituaries
Bonnie Ruth Hull
Aug 31, 2013
Hagerstown, MD Bonnie Ruth (Miller) Hull Bonnie Ruth (Miller) Hull, 81, of Williamsport, passed away on Saturday, August 31, 2013 at Meritus Medical Center. Born May 30, 1932 in Martinsburg, West Virginia she was the daughter of the late M. Hilton and Lydia W. (Miller) Barney. She was a graduate of the Washington County Hospital School of Nursing, class of...
Janet W. Richards
Aug 27, 2013
Hagerstown, MD Janet Willene Richards Janet Willene Richards, 50, of Greencastle, passed away on Tuesday, August 27, 2013 at her home. Born March 4, 1963 in Williamsport, she was the daughter of the late Mack Dowell and Jocie Emmajean (Guilliams) Richards. She was a graduate of South Hagerstown High School. Janet was a member of the Church of God Universal...
Thomas Lee Moats
Aug 24, 2013
Thomas Lee Moats, 67, of Hagerstown, passed away on Saturday, August 24, 2013 at Meritus Medical Center. Born May 14, 1946 in Downsville, Maryland, he was the son of the late John and Dorothy (Cavendar) Moats. He had worked as an assembler for Grove Manufacturing. Thomas was a member of the Needmore Full Gospel Church. He is survived by his...
Raymond Russell Wollard
Aug 23, 2013
Raymond Russell Wollard, Sr., 88, of Hagerstown, passed away, Friday, August 23, 2013 at Meritus Medical Center, Hagerstown, surrounded by his loving family. Born September 6, 1924 in Thurmont, Maryland he was the son of the late James Franklin , Sr. and Daisy Lee (Pleasant) Wollard. He also was preceded in death by a brother, James Franklin Wollard, Jr. and...
Grover Cleveland Smith
Aug 23, 2013
Grover Cleveland "Clevie" Smith, Jr., 92, of Hagerstown, passed away, Friday, August 23, 2013, at Meritus Medical Center, Hagerstown. Born April 7, 1921 in Hagerstown he was the son of the late Grover Cleveland, Sr. and Clara May (Alexander) Smith. Clevie was a US Army veteran of WW II serving in Europe with the 3rd Division 7th Infantry. He retired...
Richard John Gossard
Aug 23, 2013
Richard John Gossard, Sr., 80, of Maugansville, went to be with the lord, Friday, August 23rd, 2013 surrounded by his loving family. Born June 15, 1933 in Greencastle, he was the son of the late Earl F. Sr. and Estella Irene (Benchoff) Gossard. Richard served in the Korean War where he earned three bronze stars and a meritourious medal. He...
Elizabeth Cromer Keefer
Aug 21, 2013
Elizabeth Cromer Keefer, 91, of Hagerstown, passed away, Wednesday, August 21, 2013, at her home. Born November 14, 1921 in Hagerstown, she was the daughter of the late Charles Ellis and Mary Blanche (Cole) Cromer. Mrs. Keefer was a 1939 graduate of Hagerstown High School. She was a member of Zion Reformed Church and retired as a bookkeeper with Saums...
Jill Floann Conahan
Aug 20, 2013
Hagerstown, MD Jill Floann (Miller) Conahan Jill Floann (Miller) Conahan, 79, of Hagerstown, passed away on Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at Meritus Medical Center. Born February 19, 1934 she was the daughter of the late Ray S. and Gladys (Fogle) Miller. Jill was a 1952 graduate of Hagerstown High School. She was a long time employee of Ingram's Mens Store...
Jack Lewis Hammersla
Aug 20, 2013
Jack Lewis Hammersla, Sr., 81, of Hagerstown, formerly of Smithsburg, passed away, Monday, August 19, 2013, at NMS Healthcare, Hagerstown. Born, March 14, 1932 in Hagerstown he was the son of the late Russell E. and Helen C. (Dailey) Hammersla. Mr. Hammersla retired from PPG where he had worked as a glazer. He is survived by one son, Jack L....
Teresa Lea King
Aug 17, 2013
Hagerstown, MD Teresa Lea (Nave) King Teresa Lea (Nave) King, 57, of Hagerstown, passed away on Saturday, August 17, 2013 at Johns Hopkins Hospital, in Baltimore. Born July 1, 1956 in Funkstown, she was the daughter of James and Ann (Walker) Nave of Hagerstown. Teresa was a 1974 graduate of South Hagerstown High School. She attended Crosswalk Church in Waynesboro,...
Martha Elizabeth Locke
Aug 14, 2013
Martha Elizabeth (Brown) Locke, 87, of Hagerstown, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, August 14, 2013 at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Born August 8, 1926 in Clear Ridge, PA., she was the daughter of the late Ambrose and Anna Mary (Winegardner) Brown. Martha worked as a homemaker. She was Brethren by faith. Martha enjoyed sewing and...
Ardella May Sweigert
Aug 11, 2013
Ardella May (McKee) Sweigert, 88, of Hagerstown, passed away on Sunday, August 11, 2013 at Homewood at Williamsport. Born November 20, 1924 in Beaver Creek, she was the daughter of the late Allen and Lula May (Newcomer) McKee. Ardella was a 1943 graduate of Hagerstown High School. She worked as a secretary for Potomac Edison before she went to work...
Frances Newkirk Speck
Aug 10, 2013
Frances Newkirk Speck, passed away to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, August 10, 2013, at Fahrney-Keedy Home, surrounded by her loving family. Born July 29, 1915 at her home in Little Georgetown, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late James C. and Nellie V. (Ellis) Newkirk. Her husband of 52 years, Winter Newnam Speck, preceded her...
Doris Evelyn Harp Miller
Aug 7, 2013
Doris Evelyn (Harp) Miller, 90, of Hagerstown, passed away, Wednesday, August 7, 2013 at her home, in company of her family. Born September 6, 1922 in Roxbury, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late, Wilbur Paul Harp and Pauline (Walters) Harp Bennett. Mrs. Miller was a 1945 graduate of Hagerstown Business College. She retired as a school secretary with...
Donald Arnold Smith
Aug 7, 2013
Hagerstown, MD Donald Arnold Smith Donald Arnold Smith, 81, of Hagerstown, died on Wednesday, August 7, 2013 at his home. Born August 9, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois, he was the son of the late Claude Arnold Smith and Anastasia Ann Smith. He is survived by his loving wife, Millicent Alene (Nicholson) Smith; a son, Donald "Joe" Smith; a daughter, Linda...
William Henry Sayles
Aug 6, 2013
William H. Sayles, 90 years, of Dayton Ohio, formerly of Hagerstown, died on Tuesday August 6, at the Hillspring Nursing Home. Born in Hagerstown, he was the son of the late William H. and Ruth Margaret (Tetlow) Sayles. He was a veteran of World War II serving in the US Army Air Corp. William was a retired employee of the...
Kenneth Robert Hartman
Aug 1, 2013
Kenneth Robert "Buck" Hartman, 69, of Hagerstown, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, August 1, 2013 at Meritus Medical Center after a courageous battle with lung cancer. Born February 15, 1944 in Hagerstown, he was the son of the late Kenneth N. Hatfield and Anna Helen "Ike" Hartman. He was employed as a supervisor for 32 years at...
Zella Pearl Weaver
Jul 25, 2013
Hagerstown, MD Zella Pearl (Heasty) Weaver Zella Pearl (Heasty) Weaver, 87, of Hagerstown, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, July 25, 2013 at Williamsport Nursing Home. Born July 27, 1925 in Lake Township, Michigan, she was the daughter of the late Robert Francis and Vivian Pearl (Bostwick) Heasty. Zella was a 1943 graduate of Elkton High School in...
Vivian Jean Wilkins
Jul 25, 2013
Vivian Jean "Bib" Wilkins, 86, of Hagerstown, passed away at home, Thursday, July 25th, 2013 surrounded by her loving family. Born August 12, 1926 in Hagerstown, she was the daughter of the late Leroy and Sylvia (Shry) Holden. She was a member of American Legion Post 42, Morris Frock women's auxiliary and attended Otterbein United Methodist Church in Hagerstown. Bib...
Johanna Elizabeth Coursey
Jul 23, 2013
Hagerstown, MD Johanna Elizabeth Coursey, 70, of Hagerstown, passed away, Tuesday, July 23, 2013, at her home. Born April 4, 1943 in Hustontown, Pennsylvania she was the daughter of the late Leroy Ellis and Beatrice Elizabeth (Shaw) Snyder. In addition to being a mother and homemaker she also had worked in the cafeteria at the Maugansville Elementary School for 15...