Obituaries

Mar 16, 2013

Hancock, Maryland

Evangeline E. LaFollette, age 91, of Hancock, and a resident of Broadmore Assisted Living, in Hagerstown, Md., died Saturday, March 16, 2013, at Broadmore.

Born November 13, 1921, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Robert E. and Mae Stoner Hovermale, and the widow of Hollis I. LaFollette, who...

Mar 13, 2013

Big Cove Tannery, Pennsylvania

Virginia Pearl Gordon, age 89, of Big Cove Tannery, died Wednesday, March 13, 2013, at Meritus Medical Center, in Hagerstown, Md.

Born April 7, 1923, in Hancock, Md., she was the daughter of the late Roy Theodore and Lola Estella Stewart Coffman, and the widow of Henry R. Gordon, who died...

Mar 12, 2013

Flintstone, Maryland

Walter Eugene “Mickey” McDonough, age 92, of Flintstone, died Tuesday, March 12, 2013, at Western Maryland Health System, in Cumberland, Md.

Born March 8, 1921, in Brownsville, Pa., he was the son of the late James Albert and Arnetta Bell Hillen McDonough.

He was retired from the U.S. Army, and was...

Mar 5, 2013

Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania

Robert Weldon Schline, age 92,  formerly of Warfordsburg, died Tuesday, March 5, 2013, at Woodland Retirement Center, in Orbisonia, Pa.

Born March 19, 1920, in Baltimore, Md., he was the son of the late William H. and Mary C. Dentz Schline.

He was a veteran of WWII, serving in the U.S....

Mar 5, 2013

Williamsport, Maryland

Rosalie Virginia Shoemaker, age 91, formerly of Hancock, died Tuesday, March 5, 2013, at the home of her daughter, Carolyn Hancock.

Born July 7, 1921, in Little Cove, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Ulysses and Ethel Verbena Moats Keefer, and the widow of Llewellyn “Buck” Shoemaker, who died April 16, 1999....

Feb 23, 2013

Big Pool, Maryland

Manford Lee Hart, age 70, of Pectonville, Md., died Saturday, February 23, 2013, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center, in Martinsburg, W.Va.

Born October 4, 1942, in Pectonville, he was the son of the late Franklin M. Hart, Sr. and Daisy Margaret McCarty Hart.

He was a veteran of the U.S....

Feb 17, 2013

Hancock, Maryland

Walter Lewis Morris, age 56, of Hancock, died Sunday, February 17, 2013 at Meritus Medical Center, in Hagerstown, Md.

Born May 26, 1956 in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., he was the son of Julia Morris Gallion, of Hancock, and the late Ernest Morris.

He was a member of the Sons of the...

Feb 15, 2013

Big Pool, Maryland

Wesley Lewis “Wes” Graham, age 63, of Big Pool, died Friday, February 15, 2013 at his home.

Born October 26, 1949, in Hagerstown, Md., he was the son of the late Carl Owen and Orpah Agnes Keefer Graham.

He retired in 2007 as a life-long, self-employed auto painter and body restoration technician....

Feb 2, 2013

Hancock, Maryland

Aaron John Hoopengardner, age 37, of Hancock, died Saturday, February 2, 2013, at the University of Maryland Medical Center, in Baltimore, Md.

Born April 10, 1975, in Cumberland, Md., he was the son of Alton B. Hoopengardner, of Warfordsburg, Pa., and the late Alleene M. Frost Hoopengardner.

He was a 1993...

Feb 1, 2013

Warfordsburg, PA

James R. “Tink” Barnhart, Sr., age 75 of Warfordsburg, died Friday February 1, 2013 at his home.

Born October 27, 1937 he was the son of the late James Elwood and Gwendolyn Hann Barnhart, and husband of Marlene Golden Barnhart who he married October 17, 1959 at the Piney Plains Methodist Church.

Jan 28, 2013

Hagerstown, Maryland

Anne Denise “Neecie” Bohrer, age 54, formerly of Hancock and a resident of Hagerstown, died Monday, January 28, 2013, at Julia Manor Health Care Center, in Hagerstown, Md.

Born November 14, 1958, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., she was the daughter of Mary Ellen Hixon Bohrer, of Hagerstown, and the late Mervin E. “Jim”...

Jan 26, 2013

Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania

Gladys Virginia Sigel, age 92, of Warfordsburg, died Saturday, January 26, 2013 at her home.

Born December 24, 1920, in Piney Plains, Md., she was the daughter of the late William Henry Harrison and Viola Evelyn Barnes Price, and the widow of Reed Allen Sigel, who died in 1980.

She was a homemaker,...

Jan 23, 2013

Hancock, Maryland

Allen Lee Myers, age 61, of Hancock, died Wednesday, January 23, 2013, at Berkeley Springs Rehab and Nursing, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va.

Born June 2, 1951, in Hagerstown, Md., he was the son of Paul A. Myers and the late Gladys Kennedy Myers.

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

Jan 23, 2013

Hancock, Maryland

Mary Martha Smith, age 93, of Hancock, died Wednesday, January 23, 2013, at Meritus Medical Center, in Hagerstown, Md.

Born December 16, 1919, in Fulton County, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Ira Samuel and Barbara Rosetta Morris Smith, and the widow of Hildebert Edward Smith, Sr., who died September 5, 1988....

Jan 20, 2013

Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania

Walter Woodrow Miller, age 95, of Warfordsburg, died Sunday, January 20, 2013, at the Meritus Medical Center, in Hagerstown, Md. Born March 16, 1917, in Amaranth, Pa., he was the son of the late Jacob and Mary Magdeline Potts Miller, and the husband of the late Marie B. Fletcher Miller, who died on March 5,...

Jan 18, 2013

Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

Dorothy Jane McCray, age 85, formerly of Warfordsburg, Pa., and a resident of Providence Place of Chambersburg, died Friday, January 18, 2013, at the Retirement Community.

Born February 2, 1927, near Warfordsburg, she was the daughter of the late James D. and Goldie B. Plessinger Richards.

She was a graduate of Warfordsburg...

Jan 12, 2013

Hancock, Maryland Verna Lee Bishop, age 77, of Hancock, died Saturday, January 12, 2013, at the Meritus Medical Center, in Hagerstown, Md. Born November 12, 1935, in Hancock, she was the daughter of the late Jesse E. and Ruth B. (Bishop) Bishop, and the widow of Grant A. Bishop, who died  in 1990.

She was a homemaker,...

Jan 11, 2013

Hagerstown, Maryland

Leon Paige Younker, age 63, of Hagerstown, died Friday, January 11, 2013, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center Hospital, in Martinsburg, W.Va.

Born November 22, 1949, at home in Millstone, Md., he was the son of the late Leo Isaac and Pearl Virginia Gladhill Younker.

He was a 1967 graduate of...

Jan 9, 2013

Needmore, Pennsylvania

Mary Frances McPeak, age 85, died Wednesday, January 9, 2013, at her home.

Born May 23, 1927, in Hancock, Md., she was the daughter of the late Frank “Shorty” and Myrtle T. Brady Jackson, and the widow of James Edward McPeak, who died July 23, 2005.

She was a member of...

Jan 8, 2013

Cumberland, Maryland

Carla Ann Wright, age 51, formerly of Hancock, Md., died January 8, 2013, at Western Maryland Health Systems, in Cumberland, Md.

Born April 22, 1961, in Kensington, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Effie Mae Wright.

She was a church volunteer and a school volunteer.

She is...