Obituaries

Local obituaries for Hancock, MD and surrounding areas.

Velma Weller

Velma Weller

May 6, 2012

Hancock, Maryland Velma Elizabeth Weller, age 74, of Hancock, passed away Sunday, May 6, 2012, at her home surrounded by her family. Born, October 16, 1937, in Hancock, she was the daughter of the late Daniel and Elva Hull McCormick, and the widow of Clyde Leroy Weller, who died December 26, 2004. She attended Hancock schools, and Orchard Ridge First...

Robert Divel, Sr.

Robert Divel, Sr.

Apr 30, 2012

Hancock, Maryland Robert Lee Divel, Sr., age 72, of Hancock, died Monday, April 30, 2012 at the Winchester Medical Center in Winchester, Va. Born April 4, 1940, in Buck Valley, Pa., he was the son of the late Marshall, Sr. and Helen Divel. He was a 1958 graduate of Southern Fulton High School, in Warfordsburg, Pa. He was retired, as...

Helen Barnhart

Helen Barnhart

Apr 29, 2012

Hancock, Maryland Helen Le Vesta Mason Barnhart, age 90, of Hancock, passed away at her home with her family by her side on Sunday, April 29, 2012. Born March 25, 1922 at Berkeley Springs, W.Va., to the late Rumsey C. Mason and Hazel Yonker Coffin, she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert J. Barnhart, Sr., whom she married...

Edward Harper

Edward Harper

Apr 28, 2012

Needmore, Pennsylvania Edward W. “Eddie” Harper, age 53, of Needmore, died Saturday, April 28, 2012, at the Fulton County Medical Center, in McConnellsburg, Pa. Born March 23, 1959, in Olney, Md., he was the son of Donald J. and Mary F. Blackburn Harper, of Hancock. He was a member of the Needmore Bible Church, in Needmore, Pa., and he was...

Barbara Barnhart

Barbara Barnhart

Apr 23, 2012

Hagerstown, Maryland Barbara Karen Barnhart, age 62, of Hagerstown, died Monday, April 23, 2012, at the Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown. Born September 13, 1949, she was the daughter of the late John and Ruth Barnhart. She was of the Episcopal faith. She is survived by a cousin, Robert Barnhart, Jr. and wife, Faye, of Hancock, Md. She was preceded...

Elzie Golden, Jr.

Elzie Golden, Jr.

Apr 23, 2012

Hancock, Maryland Elzy Eugene Golden Jr., 52, of Hancock, died Monday, April 23, 2012, at Fulton County Medical Center in McConnellsburg, Pa. Born Oct. 26, 1959, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., he was the son of Alice Irene Johnson Golden, of Hancock, and the late Elzy E. Golden Sr. He was employed as an agent of Valspar Corp. of Minneapolis, Minn.,...

Mckinley Leasure

Mckinley Leasure

Apr 22, 2012

Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania McKinley Roy (Mack) Leasure, 87, of Warfordsburg, died Sunday, April 22, 2012, at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Bedford Memorial Hospital, in Bedford, Pa. Born August 1, 1924, in Flickerville, Pa., he was the son of the late Russell and Ethel Smith Leasure. He was a 1942 graduate of Warfordsburg High School. He was a veteran of...

Ernest Sipes

Ernest Sipes

Apr 16, 2012

Hancock, Maryland Ernest Henry Sipes, age 89, of Hancock, died Monday, April 16, 2012 at the Veteran's Affairs  Medical Center in Martinsburg, W.Va. Born March 9, 1923, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., he was the son of the late George B. and Mary E. Beatty Sipes, and the husband of the late Wilda Olive Montgomery Sipes, who died December 5, 2006. He...

William Miller

William Miller

Apr 13, 2012

Needmore, Pennsylvania William R. Miller, age 74, of Needmore, died Friday, April 13 2012, at the Fulton County Medical Center in McConnellsburg, Pa. Born September 8, 1937, in Three Springs, Pa., he was the son of the late Ralph and Verna Starr Miller, and the husband of Carole S. Cooper Miller, of Needmore, whom he married December 2, 1960, at...

Russell Francis

Russell Francis

Apr 12, 2012

Hancock, Maryland Russell Francis, age 90, of Hancock, died Thursday, April 12, 2012, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center, in Martinsburg, W.Va. Born March 10, 1922, in Phelps, Ky., he was the son of the late Joseph Francis and Vesta Sanders Francis Faith. He was a veteran of WW II, serving in the U.S. Army. He was a member of...

Charles Flowers

Charles Flowers

Apr 11, 2012

Hancock, Maryland Charles William Flowers, age 70, of Hancock, and a resident of Berkeley Springs Rehab and Nursing Center, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at the facility. Born April 20, 1941, in Hancock, he was the son of the late Elmer William and Edith Divel Flowers, and the widower of Dorothy Unger Flowers, who died February...

Leroy Moats

Leroy Moats

Mar 25, 2012

Hancock, Maryland Leroy E. Moats, age 86, of Hancock, Md., died Sunday, March 25, 2012, at his home. Born December 20, 1925, in Franklin County, Pa., he was the son of the late Roy C. and Bridgett E. (Weller) Moats, and the husband of Helen Margaret (Weller) Moats. He served in the U.S. Army, in the Korean War, and...

Louis Hejl, Sr.

Louis Hejl, Sr.

Mar 18, 2012

Needmore, Pennsylvania Louis F. Hejl, Sr., age 83, of Needmore, died Sunday, March 18, 2012, at the Fulton County Medical Center in McConnellsburg, Pa. Born February 15, 1929, in Baltimore City, Md., he was the son of the late Louis A. and Jennett (Single) Hejl, and the husband of Hilda L. (Wilson) Hejl, of Needmore, Pa. He retired in 1991...

Goldie Grubb

Goldie Grubb

Mar 16, 2012

Big Cove Tannery, Pennsylvania Goldie E. Grubb, age 82, of Big Cove Tannery, Pa., died Friday, March 16, 2012, at her home. Born November 18, 1929, in Rock, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late John M. and Bessie Jane Kinzer Prince, and the widow of the late Delcia G. Grubb, who died August 8, 2006. She was a...

Ira Snyder

Ira Snyder

Mar 15, 2012

Hancock, Maryland Ira H. Snyder, age 75, formerly of Hancock, died Thursday, March 15, 2012, at the Golden Living Center in Hagerstown, Md. Born November 28, 1936, he was the son of the late Guy and Blanche Mann Snyder. He was formerly employed by J & S Salvage, and Hepburn Orchards. He is survived by a number of nieces and...

Margie Zepp

Margie Zepp

Mar 5, 2012

Hancock, Maryland Margie Lee Lynch Zepp, age 85, of Hancock, died Monday, March 5, 2012, at Woodland Retirement Community in Orbisonia, Pa. Born June 7, 1926, in Fulton County, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Roy Lee and Oda Grace Bishop Lynch, and the widow of Richard David Zepp, who died in 1959. She was a 1944 graduate...

Elaine Weller

Elaine Weller

Mar 2, 2012

Hancock, Maryland Elaine Ann Weller, age 71, of Hancock, died Friday, March 2, 2012, at Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown, Md. Born January 6, 1941, in Grazier, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Michael Walter and Anna Louise Kososki Golden. She retired in 2003 from the Washington County Board of Education, after 33 years as an Instructional Assistant....

Lynn Schetrompf

Lynn Schetrompf

Feb 16, 2012

Hedgesville, West Virginia Lynn E. “Bill” Schetrompf, Sr., age 72, of Hedgesville, passed away after a long illness, with his family by his side, Thursday, February 16, 2012, at the Winchester Medical Center, in Winchester, Va. Born November 18, 1939, in Warfordsburg, Pa., he was the son of the late Arlie J. Schetrompf, Sr. and Hazel Bishop Schetrompf; and the...

Joyce Stevens

Joyce Stevens

Feb 9, 2012

Hancock, Maryland Joyce Elizabeth Stevens, age 74, of Hancock, died Thursday, February 9, 2012, at Autumn Acres Rehab and Nursing, Berkeley Springs, W.Va. Born January 15, 1938, in Hagerstown, Md., she was the daughter of the late Richard and Clara Lumn Lapole, and widow of the late John Stevens, who passed away in 2003. She was retired from the Offray...

R. Cheryl Henderson

R. Cheryl Henderson

Feb 3, 2012

Hancock, Maryland R. Cheryl Henderson, age 68, of Hancock, passed away Friday, February 3, 2012 at her home. She was born December 7, 1943, in Nankin, Michigan. She was a 1962 graduate of Lawrence County High School, in Louisa, Ky. She was retired from the Washington County Board of Education, where she worked as a parent- involvement/school community aid. She...

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