Obituaries

Local obituaries for Hancock, MD and surrounding areas.

George Smith

George Smith

Jan 11, 2014

Artemas, Pennsylvania

George Edward Smith, age 74, of Artemas, died Saturday, January 11, 2014 at his home.

Born September 10, 1939, in Flintstone, Md., he was the son of the late Ellery and Ethel Shipley Smith.

He served in the U.S. Army Reserve, and attended Flintstone area schools.

He was employed...

Larry Morris

Larry Morris

Dec 29, 2013

Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania

Larry P. Morris, age 72, of Warfordsburg, died Sunday, December 29, 2013, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center, in Martinsburg, W.Va.

Born September 22, 1941, in Cumberland, Md., he was the son of the late Floyd and Mirriam Shaffer Morris.

He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, and served in...

David Kerns

David Kerns

Dec 25, 2013

Hancock, Maryland

David Neil Kerns, age 66, of Hancock, died Wednesday, December 25, 2013 at his home.

Born in Fulton County, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Wilbert and Ida G. Barnhart Kerns.

He was employed with Goodwill Industries at the Sidling Hill Welcome Center.

He is survived by...

Mary Keefer

Mary Keefer

Dec 19, 2013

Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania

Mary Margaret Keefer, age 91, of Warfordsburg, died Thursday, December 19, 2013, at the Berkeley Springs Rehab and Nursing Center in Berkeley Springs, W.Va.

Born May 27, 1922, at Cohill Station, Hancock, Md., she was the daughter of the late Wesley Elverson and Mary E. Hixon Graham, and the widow of Lee E....

Delmer Yonker, Jr.

Delmer Yonker, Jr.

Dec 15, 2013

Little Orleans, Maryland

Delmer Lee Yonker, Jr., age 79, of Little Orleans, died Sunday, December 15, 2013, at Western Maryland Hospital Center, in Cumberland, Md.

Born May 27, 1934, at home on Pearre Road, in Hancock, Md., he was the son of the late Delmer Lee Yonker, Sr. and Bessie Garland Yonker.

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Helen Singleton

Helen Singleton

Dec 15, 2013

Hancock, Maryland

Helen Arlene Singleton, age 89, of Hancock, went to her Heavenly home on  Sunday, December 15, 2013, at Reeder’s Memorial Home, in Boonsboro, Md.

Born March 12, 1924, in Pinesburg, Md., she was the daughter of the late Arlie and Pansy Truax Spade.

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

Larry Revell

Larry Revell

Dec 12, 2013

Larry Dana Revell, 81, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on Thursday, December 12, 2013, after a courageous battle with Alzheimers Disease.

He was born May 26, 1932, one of five children, to the late Frank and Hazel Murray Revell.

Larry is survived by his wife Barbara A. Shives Revell, who selflessly cared...

Kathy Mcfadden

Kathy Mcfadden

Dec 11, 2013

Hancock, Maryland

Kathy Jo McFadden, age 41, of Hancock, died Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at her home.

Born June 21, 1972, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., she was the daughter of Kenneth R. and Lillian E. Mellott McFadden, of Hancock.

She was a 1989 graduate of Hancock High School.

She was a...

Dorothy Douglas

Dorothy Douglas

Dec 5, 2013

Hancock, Maryland

Dorothy Kathleen Douglas, age 97, of Hancock, passed from this life to be with the Lord, on Thursday, December 5, 2013, at her home surrounded by her family.

Born August 2, 1916, in Plum Run, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Alva Bennett and Vallie Mae Mouse Gordon, and the widow...

Kevin Johnson

Kevin Johnson

Nov 24, 2013

Hagerstown, Maryland

Kevin Roy Johnson, age 58, of Hagerstown, died Sunday, November 24, 2013, at his home.

Born September 3, 1955, in Kingston, N.Y., he was the son of the late George and Doreen Pierce Johnson.

He was retired, as a warehouseman from Lenox Distribution Center, in Hagerstown.

He was a...

Kathleen Zimmerman

Kathleen Zimmerman

Nov 23, 2013

Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania

Kathleen J. Zimmerman, age 91, of Warfordsburg, and a resident of Fulton County Extended Care, in McConnellsburg, Pa., died Saturday, November 23, 2013, at the facility.

Born May 21, 1922, in Needmore, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Clyde S. and Estella O. Everts Mellott, and was the widow of Royce...

Violet Wilt

Violet Wilt

Nov 20, 2013

Needmore, Pennsylvania

Violet Marie Wilt, age 77, of Needmore, died Thursday, November 20, 2013 at her home.

Born June 23, 1936, in Bantam, Oh., she was the only daughter of the late Hazel Bowers Miller and Clarence Harry Miller, Sr.

She was a member of the Supreme Council of the House of Jacob,...

Pearl Landers

Pearl Landers

Nov 16, 2013

Mercersburg, Pennsylvania

Pearl Etta Landers, age 85, of Mercersburg, died Saturday, November 16, 2013, at Winchester Medical Center in Winchester, Va.

Born November 28, 1927, in Hancock, Md., she was the daughter of the late Wesley Elverson and Mary Elizabeth Hixon Graham, and the widow of Victor Wilson Landers, who died October 13, 2009.

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Barbara Wolford

Barbara Wolford

Nov 16, 2013

Hancock, Maryland

Barbara Breakall Wolford, age 73, passed away, peacefully, at her home on Saturday, November 16, 2013.

She was born at home, in Hancock, on February, 10, 1940. She was the daughter of the late Oscar Andrew and Jessie Mae Stotler Breakall.

She was raised in the town of Hancock by her...

Sadie Mason

Sadie Mason

Nov 15, 2013

Hancock, Maryland

Sadie Rosa Lee McKee Mason, age 93, of Hancock, died Friday, November 15, 2013 at her home.

Born March 13, 1920, in Hancock, she was the daughter of the late Edgar Austin and Grace Ellen McCullough McKee, and the widow of Daniel W. Mason, who died April 12, 1998.

She was...

Ernest Shives

Ernest Shives

Nov 5, 2013

Mercersburg, Pennsylvania

Ernest Shives, age 85, of Mercersburg, died Tuesday, November 5, 2013, at his home.

Born December 28, 1927, in Hancock, Md., he was the son of the late Ernest W. and Sarah Kellner Shives, and the step-son of Mary Louise Gordon Shives.

He graduated...

Denver Weller

Denver Weller

Nov 3, 2013

Hancock, Maryland

Denver Lee Weller, age 57, of Hancock, died Sunday, November 3, 2013, at his home.

Born September 29, 1956, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., he was the son of the late Clyde Leroy and Velma Elizabeth McCormick Weller.

He was employed as a pipe layer by C. William Hetzer, Inc., in Hagerstown,...

Paul Shives

Paul Shives

Nov 1, 2013

Hancock, Maryland

Paul David Shives, age 69, of Hancock, died Friday, November 1, 2013, at Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pa.

Born July 12, 1944, in Hancock, he was the son of the late William Leroy and Mary Virginia Kelly Shives, and the husband of Doris Marlene Clingerman Shives, whom he married March 12, 1971,...

Maude Bahrenburg

Maude Bahrenburg

Oct 20, 2013

Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania

Maude Frances Bahrenburg, age 94, of Warfordsburg, died on Sunday, October 20, 2013, at her home.

Born January 22, 1919, in Manhattan, N.Y., she was the daughter of the late Frederick and Florence Penfold Waldman, and the widow of Richard Bahrenburg, who died November, 1982.

She was retired from the Huntington...

Paul Smith, Sr.

Paul Smith, Sr.

Oct 13, 2013

Little Orleans, Maryland

Paul Nelson Smith, Sr., age 90, of Little Orleans, died Sunday, October 13, 2013, at his home.

Born August 10, 1923, in Little Orleans, he was the son of the late Conda N. and Edith Creek Smith, and the husband of Freida M. Bible Smith, whom he married May 1,...

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