Obituaries
Pamela Susan Drager
Dec 5, 2013
Pamela Susan Drager 8/3/1960 Pamela Susan Drager, 53, of Hagerstown, died on December 5, 2013, under the care of Frederick County Hospice. Born August 3, 1960, in Plattsburg, NY, she was the daughter of William Louis Drager and Joyce M. (Sanchez) Drager of Hagerstown. She was a 1978 graduate of North Hagerstown High School. Pamela was a former employee at...
John Walter Neugebauer
Dec 4, 2013
Hagerstown, MD John Walter Neugebauer John Walter Neugebauer, 91, of Hagerstown, formerly of Parsippany, New Jersey, passed away, Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at the home of his daughter, Cynthia E. Neugebauer, in Keedysville, Maryland. Born, January 24, 1922 in Newark, New Jersey, he was the son of the late William and Erna (Witt) Neugebauer. In addition to his parents, he...
James Martin Thompson
Dec 3, 2013
Hagerstown, MD James Martin "Pap" Thompson James Martin "Pap" Thompson, 93, of Hagerstown, passed away on Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at his home. Born September 19, 1920 in Springfield, West Virginia, he was the son of the late Charles Taylor and Estella Mae (Martin) Thompson. James was a veteran of W.W.II, who served in Patton's 3rd Army. He fought in...
Irvin Lester Turner
Dec 1, 2013
Hagerstown, MD Irvin Lester Turner Irvin Lester Turner, 89, of Hagerstown, passed away on Sunday, December 1, 2013 at his home. Born October 16, 1924 in Williamsport, he was the son of the late Hollie H. and Minnie I. (Bower) Turner. Irvin served in the United States Army Airforce during W.W.II. in the Western Pacific and Asiatic Pacific battles. He...
Ricky Lynn Delauter
Dec 1, 2013
Hagerstown, MD Ricky Lynn Delauter Ricky Lynn Delauter, 61, of Williamsport, passed away on Sunday, December 1, 2013 at his home. Born November 10, 1952 in Hagerstown, he was the son of the late Forney Lester Reagan and Catherine Lorraine (Deibert) Delauter. He was a 1970 graduate of North Hagerstown High School. Ricky retired in 2012, as a water treatment...
Samuel Harrison Shaffer
Nov 29, 2013
Samuel Harrison (Sam) Shaffer of Hagerstown went to be with the Lord on Friday, Nov. 29, 2013, surrounded by his family. Samuel was born in Hagerstown, Md., a son of the late Freida C. (Young) and Samuel Monroe Shaffer. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by four sisters; one brother; and one granddaughter. He served in...
Thomas Leroy Dunn
Nov 28, 2013
Thomas Leroy Dunn Sr., 72, of Clear Spring passed away Thursday, Nov. 28, 2013, at his home. Born June 21, 1941, in Hagerstown, he was the son of the late Preston Walter Dunn Sr. and Mildred Kathryn (Zimmerman) Dunn. Mr. Dunn was a U.S. Army and U.S. Navy veteran and a member of VFW Post 1936, Morris Frock American Legion...
Jean Louise Snook
Nov 26, 2013
Jean Louise Snook, 87, of Hagerstown went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013, at Fahrney-Keedy Home and Village in Boonsboro. Born Oct. 20, 1926, in Hagerstown, she was the daughter of the late Walter S. and Dolly V. (Shank) Eyler. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Roger L. Snook,...
Russell Frederick Hillyard
Nov 26, 2013
Russell Frederick Hillyard, 86, of Hagerstown, Md., passed away Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013, at the University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore. Born March 4, 1927, in Hagerstown, he was the son of the late Benjamin F. and Ester E. (Rice) Hillyard. In addition to his parents, he also was preceded in death by his wife, Betty Virginia (Pike) Hillyard, whom...
John Marshall McMurtrie
Nov 25, 2013
John Marshall McMurtrie, 85, of Hagerstown, Md., passed away Monday, Nov. 25, 2013, at Meritus Medical Center. Born March 8, 1928, in Huntingdon, Pa., he was the son of the late Charles Brubaker and Mildred Alice (Hoffman) McMurtrie. John was a 1946 graduate of Hagerstown High School. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, where he was stationed in...
John W. Bussard
Nov 24, 2013
John Wayne Bussard, 71, of Mount Ulla, N.C., passed away Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013, at Carolinas Medical Center-NorthEast in Concord, N.C. Born March 19, 1942, in Breathedsville, Md., he was the son of Margaret Fae Baker Bussard Campbell of Williamsport, Md., and the late John Francis Bussard, who was killed in World War II, and the late Herbert Edwin Campbell....
Susan Ruth Stealey
Nov 22, 2013
Hagerstown, MD Susan Ruth Stealey Susan Ruth Stealey, 75, of Hagerstown, died on Friday, November 22, 2013 at her home surrounded by her loving family and family friend, Janet Purdie. Born September 2, 1938 in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Donald Vincent, Sr. and Mary (Nelson) Schlimme. Susan retired from the Seagram's Distillery in Dundalk Maryland as...
John Richard Kelly
Nov 22, 2013
Hagerstown, MD John Richard Kelly John Richard Kelly, 81, of Hagerstown, passed away on Friday, November 22, 2013 at his home. Born December 24, 1931 in Hagerstown, he was a son of the late Melvin Franklin and Lillian Grace Kelly. He was a 1949 graduated from Hagerstown High School. John was a veteran of the U.S. Army during the Korean...
Diane Marie Starliper
Nov 22, 2013
Hagerstown, MD Diane Marie (Williams) Starliper April 8, 1951 - November 22, 2013 Diane Marie (Williams) Starliper, 62, of Hagerstown, went to be with the Lord on Friday, November 22, 2013 at her home while surrounded by family. Born April 8, 1951 in Hagerstown, she was the daughter of the late George Vernon, Jr. and Beverly Ellen (Bloom) Williams. She...
Willis Calvin Fox
Nov 20, 2013
Hagerstown, MD Willis Calvin Fox Willis Calvin Fox, 89, of Hagerstown, passed away, on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at his home. Born May 22, 1924 in Hampshire County, West Virginia, he was the son of the late Samuel J. and Minnie Love (Brill) Fox. He was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Funkstown; the Funkstown American Legion; and...
Alice Marie Bell
Nov 20, 2013
Alice Marie Bell, 94, of Hagerstown, died Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013, at Waynesboro Hospital, Waynesboro, Pa. She was the daughter of the late James M. McGinnis and Mamie Logan McGinnis of DeLeon, Texas. She was preceded in death by her husband, Elmer R. Bell; brothers, Thomas McGinnis, Joseph McGinnis and Van McGinnis of DeLeon; and sisters, Dorothy Davis and Agnes...
Paul Clinton Burkett
Nov 16, 2013
Paul Clinton Burkett, 86, of Hagerstown, passed away, Saturday, November 16, 2013 at his home. Born, July 30, 1927 in Washington County, Maryland, he was the son of the late, George and Sallie (Gossard) Burkett. Mr. Burkett, was a US Army veteran veteran of WW II. He was a member of Paramount Baptist Church, Hagerstown and a member of the...
Virginia Rose Brown
Nov 15, 2013
Virginia Rose (Chapman) Brown, 87, of Boonsboro, passed away, Friday, November 15, 2013, at Reeders Memorial home, Boonsboro. Born, January 19, 1926, in Hagerstown, she was the daughter of the late, Clarence Waters and Rose Ellen (Cameron) Chapman. Mrs. Brown retired from the Washington County Hospital where she had worked for Central Services. She is survived by three sons, Thomas...
Ronald Orleen DeHart, Sr.
Nov 14, 2013
Hagerstown, MD Ronald Ordean "Pappy" DeHart, Sr., 71, of Hagerstown, passed away, Thursday, November 14, 2013 at Meritus Medical Center, surrounded by his family and friends. Born, March 29, 1942, in Franklin County Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late, John Croft and Mary Isabelle (Gossert) DeHart. Mr. DeHart had worked as a brakeman and painter for the Western...
Wanda Will Lowry
Nov 13, 2013
Hagerstown, MD Wanda Lee (Will) Lowry Wanda Lee (Will) Lowry, 77, of Hagerstown, passed away on Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at Western Maryland Hospital Center. Born in Washington County, she was the daughter of the late Norman P. and Frances Emma (Swain) Will. Wanda worked as a homemaker She was Methodist by faith. Wanda enjoyed her family, watching children, cooking,...