Obituaries

Oct 5, 2021

Hagerstown, Maryland

Jessie B. (Smith) Snyder, age 80, of Hagerstown, Md., died on Tuesday, October 5, 2021 at her home.

Born December 25, 1940, in Fulton County, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Sodd William Smith and Marjorie Alice (Fling) Smith.

She was a 1958 graduate of Hancock High School, in...

Sep 29, 2021

Hancock, Maryland

Danny William "Pop Dan" McCusker, age 60, passed away on Wednesday, September 29, 2021, at the Winchester Medical Center, in Winchester, Va.

Born July 16, 1961, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., he was the son of the late Harry W. McCusker and Shelby Jean Flowers-McCusker.

Danny was a 1979 graduate of Hancock...

Sep 28, 2021

Little Orleans, Maryland

Lester Livingstone Engel, Jr., age 83, of Little Orleans, Md., passed away on Tuesday, September 28, 2021, at UPMC Western Maryland Hospital, in Cumberland, Md.

Born December 28, 1937, in Washington, D.C., he was the son of the late Lester Livingstone Engel, Sr. and Evelyn Mae (Scott) Engel. He was...

Sep 22, 2021

Hancock, Maryland

Ethel Mae Francis, age 88, passed away on September 22,2021, at Valley Health War Memorial Hospital, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va.

Born September 22, 1933, in Phelps, Ky., she was the daughter of the late Ralph L. Miller and Lola M. (Hurley) Miller Cordukes; and the widow of Russell Francis, who passed away on...

Sep 20, 2021

Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania

Florence Elizabeth Jansen, age 77, of Warfordsburg, Pa., passed away on Monday, September 20, 2021, at the Fulton County Medical Center, in McConnellsburg, Pa.

Born November 15, 1943, she was the daughter of the late Jerome Shimek; and the widow of Richard James Jansen, Sr., whom she married in February, 1962, and who passed...

Sep 19, 2021

Charleston, South Carolina

Lauren Rene Bishop, 44, passed away on September 19, 2021, in South Carolina.

Born April 15, 1977, in Washington D.C., she was the daughter of Charles F. Bishop and Jean M. Bishop, of Hancock, Md, and Robert W. Guy and Kathy Guy, of Leonardtown, Md.

She was an avid Dallas Cowboys...

Sep 17, 2021

Hancock, Maryland

Judith “Lovely” Benson, age 80, of Hancock, Md., passed away peacefully on Friday, September 17, 2021, surrounded by her family.

She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Richard H. “Dick” Benson; her parents, Lynn and Mary (Caldwell) Munson; two children, Robert Benson, and Sarah Sanders; and siblings, Gary Munson, and Joan...

Sep 11, 2021

Hancock, Maryland

Frances Lucille Harvey, age 82, of Hancock, Md., went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, September 11, 2021, while at her home under the loving care of her family members and Hospice of Washington County.

Born October 6, 1938, in Hancock, she was the daughter of the late Robert L....

Sep 11, 2021

Buck Valley, Pennsylvania

John Leonard Waltman, Sr., age 91, passed away on Saturday, September 11, 2021 at his home in Buck Valley, Pa.

Born August 12, 1930, in Baltimore, Md., he was the son of the late Frank and Sadie Catherine (Mooney) Waltman; and the widower of Frances Marie (Sigel) Waltman, who passed away November...

Sep 8, 2021

Needmore, Pennsylvania

Robert E. Gantt, age 63, of Needmore, Pa., sadly passed away at his home, on September 8, 2021.

Born September 19, 1957, he was the son of the late Robert Gantt, and Nina (Hull) Gantt, of Hancock, Md.

Gantt was a 1975 graduate of Hancock High School. Although he was chronically...

Sep 6, 2021

Hancock, Maryland

Mary Ann Merrell, age 82, of Hancock, Md., passed away on Monday, September 6, 2021 at Doey’s House, in Hagerstown, Md.

Born April 23, 1939, in Washington, DC, she was the daughter of the late John Ernest Barnard and Pauline (Spitzer) Barnard; and the widow of Raymond Merrell.

Mary was a...

Sep 6, 2021

Berkeley Springs, West Virginia

Paula Christine Younker, age 68, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., passed away on Monday, September 6, 2021 in Winchester, Va.

Born February 11, 1953, in Hagerstown, Md., she was the daughter of the late James Weller and Betty (Shank) Weller; and the widow of Marlin L. Younker, who died in 2002.

Sep 3, 2021

Buck Valley, Pennsylvania

Kenneth B. “Jake” Scriever, age 91, of Buck Valley, Pa., passed away on Friday, September 3, 2021, at the Fulton County Medical Center, after a brief illness.

Born March 9,1930, he was the son of the late Grier Lehman Scriever and Emily Elisabeth (Ward) Scriever.

Jake, as he was commonly...

Sep 2, 2021

Hancock, Maryland

Fred A. Moats, age 92, of Hancock, Md., passed away on Thursday, September 2, 2021 at the Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center, in Johnstown, Pa.

Born January 8, 1929, in Hancock, he was the son of the late Walter K. and Nona (Younker) Moats; and widower of Maxine Ruby (Deneen) Moats, whom he married...

Aug 28, 2021

Hancock, Maryland

Connie Lucille French, age 89, of Hancock, Md., passed away on Saturday, August 28, 2021 at the Winchester Medical Center, in Winchester, Va.

Born February 10, 1932, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late William and Elsie Hovermale; and the widow of her first husband, John Bowers; and her second...

Aug 28, 2021

Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania

Sue Ellen Golden, age 69, of Warfordsburg, Pa., wife of Dennis K. Golden for over 51 years, passed away on Saturday, August 28, 2021 at the Meritus Medical Center, in Hagerstown, Md., from complications caused by the Covid virus.

She was born on Friday, September 28, 1951, in the Berkeley Springs, W.Va. War Memorial...

Aug 27, 2021

Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania

John William Clevenger, Sr., age 72, of Warfordsburg, Pa., passed away on Friday, August 27, 2021, at the Fulton County Medical Center, in McConnellsburg, Pa.

Born Saturday, August 13, 1949, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., he was the son of the late Dale S. and Myrtle F. (Mellott) Clevenger; and the husband of Mary L. (Whisner)...

Aug 26, 2021

Lawrence Roscoe Unger, 97 of Warfordsburg, Pa. died Thursday, August 26, 2021 at Embassy Suites Nursing Home in Huntingdon, Pa. Born January 8, 1924, he was the 3rd child of twenty children born to Calvin Unger and Martha Bishop Unger. Lawrence was a WWII survivor who served in the Asiatic Pacific Theatre. He was Honorably discharged on January 31,...

Aug 23, 2021

Clear Spring, Maryland

Nicole Renee Yonker, age 49, of Clear Spring, Md., passed away on Monday, August 23, 2021 at the UPMC West Shore Hospital, in Mechanicsburg, Pa., from complications caused by the Covid virus.

Nicole was born on Sunday, June 11, 1972, at the Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, the daughter of Dennis...

Aug 19, 2021

Alice F. Gerber, 81, of Hancock Md., entered Heaven’s Gates on August 19th, 2021.

Born Jun 15, 1940 in Hancock, Md., she was the daughter of the late David E. Keefer and Stella J. Keefer.

Alice was a graduate of Southern Fulton High School in 1958.  After graduating, she began a lifelong career of service across...