Obituaries
Robert Percy Neisser
Mar 24, 2012
Robert Percy â??Bobâ? Neisser Jr., of Maugansville, passed away Saturday, March 24, 2012, at his home. Born Dec. 10, 1933, in Frederick, Md., he was the son of the late Robert P. Neisser Sr. and Anna R. (Smith) Neisser. He attended both Frederick High School and Hagerstown High School with the class of 1953, and graduated with a GED. He...
Phyllis L. Socks
Mar 22, 2012
Phyllis Lorraine (Reynolds) Socks, 80, of Hagerstown, Md., died Thursday, March 22, 2012, at Meritus Medical Center. Born Nov. 18, 1931, in Hagerstown, she was the daughter of the late Arthur C. and Katherine (Burger) Reynolds. She attended school at St. Mary's Catholic School in Hagerstown during her youth. Phyllis had worked as a waitress at the Elks Club in...
Gary Dennis Unger
Mar 21, 2012
Gary Dennis Unger, 67, of Hagerstown, died Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at the Baltimore Washington Medical Center in Glen Burnie, Md. Born Aug. 31, 1944, in Hancock, he was the son of the late Fonzie and Eleanor (McManus) Unger. He retired as the owner and operator of Elite Auto Sales in Hagerstown. Gary was a member of Paramount Baptist Church...
William Warren Renner
Mar 20, 2012
William Warren "Pepe" Renner, 75, of Hagerstown, died Tuesday, March 20, 2012, at his home. Born Sept. 23, 1936, in Hagerstown, he was the son of the late Harry David Renner and Marie Virginia (Swain) Lorshbaugh. He was a 1954 graduate of Hagerstown High School. Pepe was a veteran of the U.S. Army and served in Okinawa. He retired from...
Rose Ellen Johnston
Mar 19, 2012
Rose Ellen Johnston, 77, of Williamsport, passed away Monday, March 19, 2012, at Meritus Medical Center, Hagerstown. Born Nov. 1, 1934, in Hagerstown, she was the daughter of the late John Dennis and Alma Merle (Moon) Hewett. Mrs. Johnston retired from the Maryland Department of Motor Vehicles, Hagerstown, where she worked as a title clerk. She was a member of...
William Vernon Gipe
Mar 17, 2012
William "Bill" Vernon Gipe, 45, of Hagerstown, died Saturday, March 17, 2012, at Meritus Medical Center. Born June 24, 1966, in Hagerstown, he was the son of Nelson W. Gipe Sr. and Mary G. (Mills) Gipe of Hagerstown. William was formerly employed as a taxi cab driver for Miller Transportation in Hagerstown. He is survived by his four daughters, Ashley...
Howard Kenneth Mertz
Mar 17, 2012
Howard Kenneth Mertz, 84, of Williamsport, died Saturday, March 17, 2012, at his home. Born May 9, 1927, in Hagerstown, he was the son of the late Chris Preston and Flora May (Dunn) Mertz. He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 44 years, Daisy May Mertz, who died Oct. 19, 1999; and his three siblings, Harrison Mertz,...
Brent Evan Koontz
Mar 16, 2012
Veteran Airman 1st Class Brent Evan Koontz, 391st Combat Sustainment Support Battalion Operation Iraqi Freedom 08-10, age 23, died Friday, March 16, 2012, in Hagerstown. Brent served in the U.S. Air Force. He was deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, and later was stationed in Las Vegas. He was a graduate of North Hagerstown High School. Brent was proceded in death...
Constance Joanne Long Noll
Mar 15, 2012
Constance Joanne (Long) Noll, 77, of Hagerstown, died Thursday, March 15, 2012, at Meritus Medical Center. Born Jan. 23, 1935, in Hagerstown, she was the daughter of the late Joseph A. Sr. and Helena Bright (Davis) Long. Constance was a 1952 graduate of Hagerstown High School. She was a golden member of Grace United Methodist Church in Hagerstown for more...
Eugene Lynn Bitner
Mar 13, 2012
Eugene Lynn "Lotto" Bitner, 74, of Hagerstown, died on Tuesday, March 13, 2012, at his home. Born Jan. 24, 1938, in Chewsville, Md., he was the son of the late Roy Jacob and Rosie Mae (Witmer) Bitner. He had worked as a group leader for the Washington County Parks Dept. Eugene had previously worked as a sander in the furniture...
Ann Mary Fearnow
Mar 11, 2012
LaPLATA, Md. and ROMNEY, W.Va. â?? Ann Mary Fearnow, 90, formerly of Hagerstown, passed away, Sunday, March 11, 2012, at her daughterâ??s home in Romney. Born Sept. 18, 1921, in Martinsburg, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Carrie Marshall. In addition to being a homemaker, she also had worked in bookkeeping for J.J. Newberryâ??s of Hagerstown. She was...
Kenneth Earl Neal
Mar 10, 2012
Kenneth Earl Neal, 58, of San Francisco, Calif., formerly of Hagerstown, Md., died Saturday, March 10, 2012, in Maryland. Born June 9, 1953, in Hagerstown, he was the son of Ruth Marie (Lambert) Neal of Hagerstown and the late Henry Bascum Neal. Kenneth was a 1971 graduate of North Hagerstown High School. He was an established pressman and printer who...
Franklin Hoover
Mar 9, 2012
Franklin James Hoover, of Hagerstown, Md., passed away Friday, March 9, 2012, at Meritus Medical Center. He was born Sept. 22, 1924, in Washington County, Md., to Lillian and Leon Hoover. He attended St. Maryâ??s High School in Hagerstown. Mr. Hoover was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, serving in the Pacific Theater. He was meritoriously awarded the Victory Medal,...
Ralph Aldus Weaver
Feb 29, 2012
Ralph Aldus Weaver, 82, of Maugansville, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, at Meritus Medical Center. Born June 2, 1929, in Maugansville, he was the son of the late Harry and Oma (Kendle) Weaver. Mr. Weaver was a member of Salem Reformed Church in Hagerstown and Improved Order of Red Men in Williamsport. He was a former member of the...
Robert Coss Zeigler
Feb 26, 2012
Robert Coss Zeigler, 77, of Mercersburg, Pa., died Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, at Manor Care in Chambersburg, Pa. Born July 5, 1934, in Hagerstown, he was the son of the late Russell C. and Francis Elizabeth (Stralley) Zeigler. Robert was a veteran of the U.S. Army during World War II. He had worked as a farm hand for his brotherâ??s...
Erma Louise Swain
Feb 25, 2012
Erma Louise Garvin Swain, 91, of Williamsport, passed away Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012, at Homewood Retirement Center in Williamsport. Born Sept. 22, 1920, in Hagerstown, she was the daughter of the late Leslie Frank and Louise Jane (Ridenour) Kephart. She was a 1938 graduate of Hagerstown High School, and retired from Hagerstown Bookbinding and Printing Co. in 1985 after 35...
Thelma Mae Templon
Feb 24, 2012
Thelma Mae Templon, 96, of Hagerstown, died Friday, Feb. 24, 2012, at Meritus Medical Center near Hagerstown. Born Jan. 30, 1916, in Shenandoah, Va., she was the daughter of Ashby Edwin Printz and Mary Susan "Sudie" (Strickler) Printz. Her father died of pneumonia when she was 6 years old, and when her mother married again, Cloyd Peyton Duncan of Pulaski,...
Paul Varden Myers
Feb 22, 2012
Paul Varden Myers, 92, of Hagerstown, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, at Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown. Born Oct. 28, 1919, in Franklin County, Pa., he was the son of the late Jesse and Nancy (Pouge) Myers. Mr. Myers was employed by Fairchild Aircraft, and retired in 1985 as a machinist for Mack Trucks, where he was a member...
Hertha Lisa Palmer
Feb 21, 2012
Hertha Lisa Palmer, 82, of Hagerstown, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, at Meritus Medical Center near Hagerstown. Born July 8, 1929, in Heimsheim, Germany, she was the daughter of the late Paul and Frida (Hofmier) Geiger. Mrs. Palmer was a homemaker and an inspiration to her family. She loved gardening, crocheting, knitting, cooking and playing Trouble. She is survived...
Alma Doris Puskar
Feb 21, 2012
Alma Doris Puskar, 91, of Hagerstown, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, at her home. Born March 22, 1920, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., she was the daughter of the late William and Edna Bittenbender. She was a 1938 graduate of Berwick (Pa.) High School. She was a member of Covenant Presbyterian Church, hosting weekly prayer meetings in her home. She volunteered...
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