Obituaries

Sep 20, 2016

Mrs. Betty May Wachter Burall, 88, of Frederick, passed away on Tuesday, September 20, 2016, at the Citizens Care and Rehabilitation Center. She was the wife of the late Henry L. Burall, who died on July 11, 2013. Born in Frederick on September 6, 1928, she was a daughter of the late Martin and Nellie Winpigler Wachter. For many years...

Sep 18, 2016

Mr. Paul William Mossburg, 89, of Frederick, passed away on Sunday, September 18, 2016, in Frederick. He was the husband of the late F. Doris Lackey Mossburg, who died on March 4, 1987. Born in Frederick on November 18, 1926, he was a son of the late Harry C. and Emma R. Fitz Mossburg. Paul proudly served his country in...

Sep 17, 2016

Earl P. Easton, Sr., died peacefully in his sleep on Saturday morning, September 17, 2016, at the Citizens Care and Rehabilitation Center. He was the loving husband of Anna Belle Summers Easton of Adamstown, MD, for 48 years. Born August 10, 1923, Mr. Easton was the son of the late Harry Nelson Easton, Sr. and Effie Estel Heater Easton, both...

Sep 15, 2016

Mrs. Patricia L. Vandergrift, 75, of Frederick, died Thursday, September 15, 2016 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. She was the wife of the late William C. Vandergrift, who preceded her in death in 2015.

Born July 14, 1941 in Pittsburgh, PA, she was the daughter of the late Wilbur and Emma Patterson.

Patricia was survived by...

Sep 15, 2016

Mrs. Deborah A. Blank, age 60 of Frederick, passed away on Thursday, September 15, 2016. She was the devoted wife for 44 years of John Blank Jr. Born on January 1, 1956 in Frederick, she was the daughter of Allie Marie and the late George Fisher, Sr. Mrs. Blank worked until recently at Sam's Club as a member coordinator. She...

Sep 15, 2016

Mrs. Joann Krantz, 85, of Frederick, passed away on Thursday, September 15, 2016, at the Frederick Memorial Hospital. She was the wife of Kenneth L. Krantz. Born on January 6, 1931 in Key West, FL, she was a daughter of the late William I. and Marion Cash Knowles. Joann was retired after  44 years with F & M Bank and...

Sep 13, 2016

Mrs. Alice I. Kennedy, 92, of Frederick, died Tuesday, September 13, 2016. She was the wife of the late Robert E. Kennedy, who she married on October 30, 1942.

Born on March 14, 1924, in Frederick County, she was the daughter of the late George and Isabelle (Rutherford) Wilson. Through her childhood, Mrs. Kennedy resided with the...

Sep 12, 2016

Charles Vernon McDonald, Sr., 90, of Silver Springs, FL, passed away on Monday, September 12, 2016. He was born March 29, 1926 in Barnsville, MD. He was the son of the late Vernon Ranson McDonald and Myrtle Davis McDonald. He was preceded in death by his sister Violet May.He was a veteran of the U.S. Army having served his country...

Sep 8, 2016

Mrs. Mary Helen Cliser, 71, of Frederick, died on Thursday, September 8, 2016 of cancer. She was the beloved wife of the late Robert Lee Cliser, who preceded her in death in 1998.

She was born on September 18, 1944, in Wheeling, WV. She was the daughter of the late Herman J. and Mary Marie (Clark) Storch....

Sep 8, 2016

Mrs. Mary Lauretta Diller Cutsail, 90, of Woodsboro, passed away on Thursday, September 8, 2016, at St. Joseph's Ministries of St. Catherine's Nursing Center, Emmitsburg. She was the loving wife of the late Charles E. Cutsail. They were married on September 26, 1948. Born on March 13, 1926, in Olney, she was the daughter of the late Charles Emory and...

Sep 7, 2016

Steven “Steve” Clayton Danner, 58, of Frederick, passed away on the morning of September 7, 2016. Steve passed away at Frederick Memorial Hospital as a result of complications from diabetes.

Steve Danner was born in Frederick, Maryland on July 29, 1958. He was the second son of William and...

Sep 6, 2016

Louis E. “Coach” Eichelberger, of Frederick, passed away on September 6, 2016 at the age of 91. Born on March 30, 1925, he was the son of the late Louis E. and Susie M. (Hammond) Eichelberger. Louis was a graduate of Frederick High School class of 1942. He was of the Lutheran Faith. Louis served...

Sep 6, 2016

Mrs. Rosemarie Martin Dews, 89, of Frederick, passed away on Tuesday, September 6, 2016. She was the wife of the late Jule Neville Dews, who died on July 8, 2003. Born in Newark, New Jersey, on January 7, 1927, she was a daughter of the late Charles H. and Rose O'Hay Martin. Her family moved to Frederick in 1935. She...

Sep 4, 2016

Otis E. “Otie” Haines, 92, of Tuscarora, Maryland, passed away on Sunday, September 4, 2016 at his home. Otie was a well-known dairy and beef farmer in the Tuscarora and Adamstown area.

Born on February 7, 1924, in Lewisdale, Maryland, he was the son of the late Walter and...

Sep 4, 2016

Thomas “Tommy” Elwood Parsley, 72 of Myersville, MD passed away on September 4, 2016 at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Tommy was born in Takoma Park, MD to Clarence E and Sarah E Parsley on July 10, 1944. He was a 1963 graduate from Damascus High School. He retired from Verizon in 2008 after 44 years and served in...

Sep 1, 2016

Bernice Waldron Summers Bernie Summers of Jefferson, MD, died Thursday, September 1, 2016, surrounded by her family. She was predeceased by her husband William E. Summers in 1979. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Harvey C. and Ruth T. Waldron, and raised in Lovettsville, VA. Bernie devoted her life to caring for her family. She was...

Sep 1, 2016

Kay Key Wood, 78, of Annandale, Virginia passed away on September 1, 2016

Born in Washington, D.C. on November 22, 1937, she was the daughter of the late Henry H. Key and the late Irene M. Key.

Kay was a graduate of The...

Aug 28, 2016

Mr. Harry E. Routzahn, Jr., age 82 of Frederick, passed away peacefully at his home on Sunday, August 28, 2016 .  He was the husband of the late Margaret "Sue" (Fisher) Routzahn for 42 years.   Born on July 12, 1934 in Frederick, he was the oldest of five children born to the late Harry & Dorothy Routzahn.  Mr. Routzahn was...

Aug 27, 2016

Mr. James William "Jim" Crawford, of Frederick passed into the arms of his blessed Savior, Saturday, August 27, 2016, after a long illness.

Preceded in death by his parents, Leslie P. and Marian G. Crawford, brothers, Terrance Crawford and Robert Crawford, grandchild, Paige and first wife, Sue Crawford.

Jim was a devoted husband to Marilyn...

Aug 27, 2016

Mr.  William J. "Bill" Czartoryski, 68, of Frederick, MD, passed away on Saturday, August 27, 2016, at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD. He was the husband of Mary A. Monroe Czartoryski. Born in Erie, PA on April 1, 1948, he was a son of the late Anthony and Bernice Ptasinski Czartoryski. Bill proudly served his country...