Obituaries

Feb 7, 2015

Mercersburg, Pennsylvania

Laura Mildred Landers, age 96, of Mercersburg, Pa., died on Saturday, February 7, 2015, at the Fulton County Medical Center Long Term Care, in McConnellsburg, Pa.

Born March 26, 1918, in Harrisonville, Pa., she was the daughter of the late John and Mary Sipes Schooley, and the widow of Ralph H. Landers, who...

Jan 31, 2015

Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania

Hazel V. Remsburg, age 97, of Warfordsburg, died on Saturday, January 31, 2015, at the Fulton County Medical Center Long Term Care, in McConnellsburg, Pa.

Born February 27, 1917, in Warfordsburg, she was the daughter of the late Gayle and Margaret M. Lanehart Remsburg.

She was a homemaker, and she was of...

Jan 22, 2015

Needmore, Pennsylvania

Leona M. Garland Gordon, age 97, of Needmore, Pa., went to be with the Lord on Thursday, January 22, 2015, at Pennknoll Village, in Everett, Pa.

Born March 3, 1917, in Warfordsburg, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Russell S. and Vida Golden Manning. She was the widow of Sheridan L....

Jan 19, 2015

Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania

Mary Jane Weber, age 81, of Warfordsburg, died on Monday, January 19, 2015, at her home.

Born October 16, 1933, in Cumberland, Md., she was the daughter of the late Charles Albert and Goldie E. Lynch/Fischer Manning.

She was a 1951 graduate of Warfordsburg High School.

She had formerly...

Jan 3, 2015

McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania

Margaret Carrie “Peg” Gordon, age 95, of McConnellsburg, Ps., died on Saturday, January 3, 2015, at Chambersburg Hospital in Pa.

Born January 29, 1919, in Warfordsburg, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Russell S. and Vida L. Golden Manning, and the widow of Paul D. Gordon, who died December 25, 1989....

Dec 28, 2014

Hancock, Maryland

Ruth Eleanor Taylor, age 80, of Hancock, died on Sunday December 28, 2014, at Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown, Md.

Born May 2, 1934, in Warfordsburg, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Charles F. and Tenna M. Crouse Truax.

She was...

Dec 21, 2014

Jean Ankeney Sensel passed away Sunday, December 21, 2014, at Homewood Retirement Center, in Williamsport, Md.  She was born March 15, 1926, and was the daughter of the late Reginald and Helen Baechtel Ankeney, of Clear Spring, Md.

Jean was the widow of Otis Sensel, who passed away March 25, 1991.  They resided in Hancock, Md., and...

Dec 18, 2014

Little Orleans, Maryland

Ervin Whittier Price, age 100, of Little Orleans, Md., died on Thursday, December 18, 2014, at Williamsport Retirement Village.

Born January 28, 1914, in Little Orleans, he was the son of the late Franklin and Lillie Norris Price, and the widower of the late Daisy (Kakie) Sipes Price, who died June...

Dec 9, 2014

Hancock, Maryland

John Barnabus Smith, age 77, of Hancock, died on Tuesday, December 9, 2014, at his home.

Born April 22, 1937, in Franklin County, Pa., he was the son of the late Cyrus W. Smith, Sr. and Milda Keefer Smith, and the widower of the late June H. Creek Smith, whom he married on September...

Dec 6, 2014

Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania

Fern Annie Plessinger, age 81, of Warfordsburg, died on Saturday, December 6, 2014, at Woodland Retirement Community in Orbisonia, Pa.

Born February 24, 1933, in Amaranth, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Roy and Ada Hurley Plessinger.

She was a 1951 graduate of Warfordsburg High School.

Nov 28, 2014

Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania

Ada Arlene Fletcher, age 74, of Warfordsburg, died on Friday, November 28, 2014, at the home of her daughter.

Born December 3, 1939 in Hancock, Md., she was the daughter of the late Elmer and Helen Swagger Hendershot, and the widow of the late Carl Alvin Fletcher, who died November 3, 2010.

Nov 26, 2014

Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania

Dennis Michael Fandl, age 71, of Warfordsburg, died on Wednesday, November 26, 2014, at his home.

Born January 8, 1943, in Baltimore Md., he was the son of the late Michael William and Bernadine Freeda Jorio Fandl.

He was a retired truck driver.

He was a member of St....

Nov 21, 2014

Hancock, Maryland

Shelbi Maire Dulaney, age 18, of Hancock, died on Friday, November 21, 2014, at the Berkeley Medical Center, in Martinsburg, W.Va.

Born April 20, 1996, in Hagerstown, Md., she was the daughter of Lauren Renee Jackson, of Rock Hill, S.C., and the late John Matt Dulaney, Sr.

She loved to watch...

Nov 21, 2014

Needmore, Pennsylania

John Reed Beatty, age 56, of Needmore, Pa., died on Friday, November 21, 2014, at his home.

Born September 28, 1958, he was the son of the late John S. Beatty, and Sally Beatty Garland, and step-father, Harry Lee Garland, of Needmore.

He was a 1976 graduate of Southern Fulton High...

Nov 15, 2014

Hancock, Maryland

Maynard Curtis Spade, age 72, of Hancock, passed away on Saturday, November 15, 2014, at Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown, Md.

Born January 7, 1942, in Crystal Spring, Pa., in the home of his parents, the late Warren Arthur and Sarah Pearl Reel Spade.

He was a 1959 graduate of Southern Fulton...

Nov 10, 2014

Hancock, Maryland

Anna Elizabeth Knable, age 88, of Hancock, died on Monday, November 10, 2014, at the home of her son James Knable, in Hagerstown, Md.

Born in Hancock, on June 10, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Cleveland Tobias and Mary Elsie Reed Shoemaker, and the widow of Glenn Edwin Knable, who died...

Nov 8, 2014

Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania

Quentin Roosevelt Golden, loving husband, daddy, and pap, age 95, died on Saturday, November 8, 2014.

Born in Bethel Township, Pa., he was the son of the late Charles Golden and May Akers Golden.

He was a lifelong dairy farmer in Fulton County, whose farming career was interrupted by his military...

Nov 7, 2014

Needmore, Pennsylvania

Betty Jane Knable, age 79, of Needmore, died on Friday, November 7, 2014, at Johns Hopkins Hospital, in Baltimore, Md.

Born June 16, 1935, in Hancock, Md., she was the daughter of the late John Russell and Verona Clark Golden.

She was a 1953 graduate of Hancock High School, and a...

Nov 5, 2014

Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania

Reva Ivadeen Bottenfield Smith, age 90, of Warfordsburg, Pa., went to be with her Lord on November 5, 2014.

She was born January 11, 1924, in Brush Creek Township, a daughter of the late Chester and Edith Clark Bottenfield.

On August 16, 1942, she married Lloyd Scott Smith, who preceded her...

Nov 4, 2014

Hancock, Maryland

Gary Wayne Hensley, Sr., age 58, of Hancock, Md., died on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, Md., surrounded by his family.

Born July 12, 1956, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., he was the son of the late Herbert Hensley, and Kenneth and Mary Shoemaker Hill.