Obituaries
Elizabeth Frances Robison
May 18, 2011
Elizabeth Frances (Price) Robison, 86, of Hagerstown, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, May 18, 2011, at her home. Born July 26, 1924, in Luray, Va., she was the daughter of the late Earl Edward and Regora Alice (Sours) Price. During World War II, she worked at Fairchild Aircraft. She went on to retire from Mack Trucks as...
Doreen Hope Shoemaker
May 18, 2011
Doreen Hope (Hurley) Shoemaker, 46, of Hagerstown, passed away on Wednesday, May 18, 2011, at her home. Born July 2, 1964, in Rahway, N.J., she was the daughter of Arlene Maye (Goodreds) and the late Wayne Lowell Hurley Sr. Doreen was a 1982 graduate of Severna Park High School and went on to earn her Associate of Arts degree in...
Wanda Jean Rayner
May 17, 2011
Wanda Jean (Miller) Rayner, 61, of Chambersburg, passed away on Tuesday, May 17, 2011, at Manor Care Health Services in Chambersburg. Born Sept. 7, 1949, in Hagerstown, she was the daughter of the late Earl Emerson and Ethel May (Divel) Miller. She was a member of St. Johnâ??s Lutheran Church in Hagerstown. She is survived by three daughters and a...
John Ervin Spessard
May 14, 2011
John Ervin Spessard, 90, of Hagerstown, passed away Saturday, May 14, 2011, at Broadmore Senior Living in Hagerstown. Born Nov. 20, 1920, in Washington Township, Pa., he was the son of the late John B. and Lela Maude (Downin) Spessard. Mr. Spessard was a graduate of Washington Township High School. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. He...
Robert Edwin Sr. Beck
May 14, 2011
Robert Edwin Beck Sr., 91, of Hagerstown, passed away Saturday, May 14, 2011, at Fahrney-Keedy Home and Village. Born Oct. 8, 1919, in Hagerstown, he was the son of the late William Granville and Edna Adele (Baker) Beck. He retired as the owner and operator of Carpets Inc. in Hagerstown. He was a member of First Christian Church in Hagerstown...
Mildred E. Benchoff
May 13, 2011
Mildred Myers (MacNamee) Benchoff, 94, of Williamsport, formerly of Cascade, passed away Friday, May 13, 2011, at Williamsport Nursing Home. Born Dec. 26, 1916, in Hagerstown, she was the daughter of the late Pierce and Helen (Nail) MacNamee. Mildred retired from Fort Ritchie as a senior accounting supervisor. Prior to that, she worked in the accounting department at Sharrett Motors....
Perry IV Gene Line
May 12, 2011
Perry Gene Line IV, infant, died Thursday, May 12, 2011, at University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore. A private graveside service will be in Rest Haven Cemetery, Hagerstown, at the convenience of the family.
Mary Jane Koontz
May 11, 2011
Mary Jane Koontz, 90, of Boonsboro, went home to be with the Lord, surrounded by her family, on Wednesday, May 11, 2011, at her home, where she was under family and hospice care. Born Nov. 6, 1920 in Clear Spring, Md., she was the daughter of the late Bernard and Goldie (Mann) Repp. She had worked as a hand sewer...
Carolyn Semler
May 5, 2011
Carolyn Semler, 56, of Smithsburg, Md., lost her courageous 5 1/2-year battle with ovarian cancer on May 5, 2011, at her home, surrounded by her loving family. Born in Orange, N.J., she was the third of four children of the late Robert and Dorothy Collinson. As a child, her family resided in New Jersey and Michigan before settling in Washington...
Alice Marie Kline
May 4, 2011
Alice Marie (Flook) Kline, 64, of Smithsburg, passed away Wednesday, May 4, 2011, at Meritus Medical Center near Hagerstown. Born Nov. 21, 1946, in Hagerstown, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Martha (Butts) Flook. She worked as a clerk at Nu-Way Cleaners in Waynesboro, Pa., for the past 26 years. She attended Waynesboro Bible Church. Alice is...
Doris Louise Wood
May 3, 2011
Doris Louise Wood, 76, of Hagerstown, passed away Tuesday, May 3, 2011, at Meritus Medical Center near Hagerstown. Born June 14, 1934, in Washington County, she was the daughter of the late Thurman Charles and Helen Louise (Hessong) Baker. Mrs. Wood retired as a laborer with the Rotorex Co. of Walkersville, Md., in 1998. She had previously worked at the...
Helen Elizabeth Leasure
May 2, 2011
Helen Elizabeth Leasure, of Oak Hill Ave., Hagerstown, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, May 2, 2011, at Meritus Medical Center. Born Aug. 27, 1923, in Hollidaysburg, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Lynn K. and Myrtle (Taylor) Fasnacht. In 2005, Helen was preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth Vernon Leasure. She graduated...
Mary Lois Dunning
Apr 29, 2011
Mary Lois Dunning, a longtime Hagerstown resident, died peacefully in her sleep Friday, April 29, 2011. She was 94. She was born in Tamms, Ill., the daughter of the late Henry Dunning and Maisie Isler. In the early 1940s, she worked at the State Department in Washington, D.C. Encouraged by her family to return to the Midwest, she then worked...
David MacDonald Sanner
Apr 29, 2011
David MacDonald Sanner, 89, of Houston, Texas, and formerly of Hagerstown, Md., passed away Friday, April 29, 2011, at Fallbrook Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Houston. Born May 7, 1921, in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Samuel and Kate (Shenton) Sanner. Mr. Sanner was a veteran of World War II, serving with the 9th Infantry in the...
Sally Ann Marquiss
Apr 29, 2011
Sally Ann Marquiss, 94, of Hagerstown, passed away Friday, April 29, 2011, at Williamsport Nursing Home in Williamsport. Born Aug. 11, 1916, in Romney, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late John and Ora (Haines) Hott. Mrs. Marquiss was a homemaker and a very good cook. She was a member of the Church of God Universal in Hagerstown. She...
Helen R. Smeak
Apr 24, 2011
Helen Rohrer Smeak, 92, of Hagerstown, formerly of Bethesda, Md., passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by her loving family, on Sunday, April 24, 2011. She was the wife of the late Clarence O. Smeak Jr., who preceded her in 1987. Born June 18, 1918, in Hagerstown, she was the daughter of the late Edgar and Marie Carter Rohrer. Her...
Doris Mae Ellen Wissinger
Apr 24, 2011
Doris Mae Ellen Wissinger, 85, of Hagerstown, passed away Sunday, April 24, 2011, at Meritus Medical Center, Hagerstown. Born Dec. 29, 1925, in Washington County, Md., she was the daughter of the late Clarence and Grace (Malone) Koontz. Mrs. Wissinger was a homemaker and a member of Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, Hagerstown. She is survived by her daughter, Donna J....
Carleton Ted Lawson
Apr 20, 2011
Carleton "Ted" Lawson, 56, of Adamstown, Md., passed away on Wednesday, April 20, 2011. Born Jan. 18, 1955, in Washington, D.C., he was the son of the late Wilson Carl and Jean Rae (Murray) Lawson. He was an avid fisherman Carleton is survived by a sister, Meredith Lawson, of Hagerstown; two brothers, Steven M. Lawson of Amissville, Va., and Richard...
Geraldine Mae Harmon
Apr 18, 2011
Geraldine Mae Harmon, 86, of Hagerstown, passed away Tuesday, April 19, 2011, at Meritus Medical Center near Hagerstown. Born May 13, 1924, in Hagerstown, she was the daughter of the late Reno Sr. and Elsie Mae (Mongan) Powell. She retired as a secretary for Argonne National Laboratories, Chicago, where she had worked on the Manhattan Project to build the first...
James Wayne Shank
Apr 16, 2011
J. Wayne "Shanky" Shank, 75, of Hagerstown, passed away on Saturday, April 16, 2011, at his home. Born Oct. 26, 1935, in Big Pool, Md., he was the son of the late Carl Thurston and Dorothy (Cameron) Shank. Wayne was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He was of the Protestant faith. He worked as a mechanic at the AG...
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