Obituaries

Bonnie Ruth Hull

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...