Obituaries

Sep 14, 2015

Needmore, Pennsylvania

William Roy Shaw, age 62, died on Monday, September 14, 2015 at his home. Born April 30, 1953, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., he was the son of  Violet A. (Hull) Shaw, of Needmore, Pa., and the late Bernard W. “Bud" Shaw. He was a 1971 graduate of Southern Fulton High School, in Warfordsburg, Pa. He...

Sep 13, 2015

Hagerstown, Maryland

Raymond Edgar Martin, age 30, of Hagerstown, died on Sunday, September 13, 2015 at his home.

Born August 19, 1985, in Hagerstown, he was the son of Clarence Martin, of Hagerstown, and the late Deborah Divelbiss Martin.

He had formerly been employed by R. B. Stein, Co. in Woodsboro, Md.

Sep 11, 2015

Greencastle, Pennsylvania

Dwight Dorsey Kerns, age 65, of Greencastle, Pa., died on Friday, September 11, 2015, at his home.

Born June 26, 1950, he was the son of the late Gilbert D. and Mary C. Peck Kerns.

He was retired from Family Home Care.

He is survived by four sisters, Velma...

Sep 3, 2015

Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania

Dolores E. Ray, age 78, of Warfordsburg, died on Thursday, September 3, 2015, at ManorCare Health Services, in Chambersburg, Pa.

Born July 10, 1937, she was the daughter of the late Guy and Gladys Powell Ritz.

She was a graduate of Southern Fulton High School, in Warfordsburg.

She had been...

Aug 29, 2015

Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania

M. Regina Strait, age 85, of Warfordsburg, Pa., passed away on August 29, 2015, at the home of her daughter.

Born October 16, 1929, in Warfordsburg, she was the daughter of the late John and Maye Bishop Michael.

She is survived by one daughter, Jean Gregory and husband, Gary, of Needmore, Pa.;...

Aug 28, 2015

Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania

Joan Ann Houdersheldt, age 75, died on Friday, August 28, 2015, at the Chambersburg Hospital, in Chambersburg, Pa.

Born May 1, 1940, in Baltimore, Md., she was the daughter of the late Wiley and Evelyn Talbot Machen.

She was a 1959 graduate of Sparrows Point High School, in Baltimore.

...

Aug 27, 2015

Hancock, Maryland

Anna Elizabeth Mason, age 91, formerly of Hancock, and more recently at Charlotte's Home near Boonsboro, Md., passed away at Charlotte's Home on Thursday, August 27, 2015.

She was born on October 8, 1923, in Hancock, the daughter of the late James William and Orintha Hanna Exline Mason.

She was a 1941...

Aug 26, 2015

Hancock, Maryland

Lewis Martin Mills, age 79, died on Wednesday, August 26, 2015, at his home.

Born September 19, 1935, in Buck Valley, Pa., he was the son of the late Winfield A. and Hazel Carbaugh Mills.

He was a veteran, having served in the U.S. Army from 1962 to 1964.

He...

Aug 24, 2015

Aug 24, 2015

Hancock, Maryland

Terry Wroth Hepburn, a resident of Hancock until 2010, died in Columbia, Md. on August 24, 2015, on his 65 th birthday.

He was born in Hagerstown, Md., the only son of Edward Wroth Hepburn and Olive Dillon Hepburn, of Hancock....

Aug 18, 2015

Hancock, Maryland

Loyal Austin McCusker, age 90, of Hancock, died on Tuesday, August 18, 2015, at his home.

Born February 16, 1925, in Hancock, he was the son of the late Austin William and Anna Mae Miller McCusker.

He was a retired custodian for the Washington County Board of Education, and a self-employed...

Aug 16, 2015

Duncannon, Pennsylvania

Calvin L. Weller, age 64, of Duncannon, Pa., and formerly of Hancock, Md., died on Sunday, August 16, 2015, at Hershey Medical Center, in Hershey, Pa.

Born November 21, 1950, in Hancock, he was the son of the late Luther Agustus and Mary Mills Weller.

He was a former employee of C....

Aug 13, 2015

Needmore, Pennsylvania

Roger Allen Weller, age 67, of Needmore, Pa., died on Thursday, August 13, 2015, at Winchester Medical Center, in Winchester, Va.

Born February 5, 1948, he was the son of the late Ralph Preston and Vera Truax Weller.

He attended Southern Fulton Schools, and received his GED.

He was...

Aug 13, 2015

Berkeley Springs, West Virginia

Ronnie Lee “Bub” Smith, age 63, formerly of  Berkeley Springs, and a resident of NMS Health Care, in Hagerstown, Md., died on Thursday, August 13, 2015, at NMS.

Born July 18, 1952, in Berkeley Springs, he was the son of Mildred Smith, of Berkeley Springs, and the late Robert T. Smith, Sr.

Aug 7, 2015

Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania

Debra Ann Schriever, age 55, a resident of Penn Knoll Village, in Bedford, Pa., and formerly of Buck Valley, Pa., died on Friday, August 7, 2015, at UPMC Hospital, in Altoona, Pa.

Born April 26, 1960, in McConnellsburg, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Paul W. and Elizabeth Ann Gasper Schriever....

Aug 5, 2015

Big Pool, Maryland

Dorothy Hilda Truax, age 93, of Big Pool, Md., died on Wednesday, August 5, 2015, at her home.

Born January 19, 1922, in Millstone, Md., she was the daughter of the late Joseph Franklin and Virgie Grace Helser Weller, and the widow of Bernard J. “Bun” Truax, who died September 25, 1988....

Aug 3, 2015

Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania

Lewis Henry “Buck” Weller, age 76, of Buck Valley Road, Warfordsburg, Pa., died on Monday, August 3, 2015, at Winchester Medical Center, in Winchester, Va.

Born July 24, 1939, in Washington County, Md., he was the son of the late Leo and Marie Shaw Weller.

He was a 1958 graduate of...

Jul 15, 2015

Birdie Lou (Kirk) Campbell passed away on Wednesday, July 15, 2015, in Boca Raton, Florida.

Born in Cumberland, Md., on Monday, February 12, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Lemuel and Essie Myers Kirk, and the widow of William Francis Campbell, who died August 31, 1976.

She is survived by her daughter, Kay...

Jul 4, 2015

Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania

Roger Eugene “Pops” Leasure, age 66, of Warfordsburg, died on Saturday, July 4, 2015, at the Meritus Medical Center, in Hagerstown, Md.

Born August 16, 1948, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., he was the son of Betty Jane (Hixon) Leasure, of Warfordsburg, and the late McKinley R. Leasure, and the widower of Linda Lou...

Jul 2, 2015

Hancock, Maryland

Mary Magdeline Munson, age 94, formerly of Hancock, and a resident of Berkeley Springs Rehab and Nursing, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Thursday, July 2, 2015, at the facility.

Born September 16, 1920, in Little Orleans, Md., she was the daughter of the late Jonas and Queen Esther Barnes Sullivan Potts, and the...