Royce Richard Rice
Jan 19, 2015
Mr. Royce Richard Rice, age 95, of Frederick, died on Tuesday, January 19, 2015 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was the husband of Phyllis Runion Rice, they were married on April 8, 1942. Born in Cumberland on June 5, 1919, he was a son of the late Virgil and Virginia Lee Atwell Rice. Mr. Rice proudly served his country in...
Ellen Valdez
Jan 17, 2015
Mrs. Ellen Valdez (92) of Frederick, Maryland, passed away peacefully January 17, 2015. In 1945 she married the love of her life, Socorro Ulysses Valdez, then a corporal in the United States Army, and spent 25 wonderful adventure filled years as a military bride. Born July 26, 1922 in Rochdale, England, she was the daughter of the late James and...
Norma Jean Haugan
Jan 17, 2015
Norma Jean (Kitch) Haugan, 83 of Frederick and formerly Montgomery County, Maryland, passed away on Saturday, January 17, 2015 at Country Meadows. Born on February 28, 1931 in Jefferson City, Missouri, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Sophia (Hildmann) Kitch. Norma graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with her Bachelors of Science in Nursing. She was...
Rev Daniel David Oravec
Jan 16, 2015
Rev. Daniel David Oravec, 84, of Shepherdstown, West Virginia, died peacefully at home on Friday, January 16th, 2015. Born on March 31, 1930 to George and Cecelia Oravec, he was raised in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Johnstown Central High School in 1950. He attended Gettysburg College and the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg. He served two churches in Pennsylvania...
Jean Audrey Smith
Jan 14, 2015
Mrs. Jean Audrey Smith, 76, of Frederick, passed away on Wednesday, January 14, 2015, at the Frederick Memorial Hospital. She was the long time companion of Douglas Sanbower. Born in Jefferson, on October 4, 1938, she was a daughter of the late Boyd Watson and Mary Catherine Hale Mohler. She worked for many years as a seamstress at Sagner's, Claire...
Paul Joseph Van Bloem
Jan 14, 2015
Mr. Paul Joseph Van Bloem, 53, of Sykesville, Maryland, died on Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at his residence. Born March 11, 1961, in New York, New York, Paul was the son of Kathleen (Dunne) Van Bloem and the late Peter Van Bloem. He was a lifelong bibliophile and voracious reader. Paul graduated from St. Boniface Martyr grade school in Sea...
Larry Walden Mckenzie
Jan 13, 2015
Larry Walden McKenzie, 68, of Frederick, Maryland, passed away on January 13, 2015 at his home. Born on July 21, 1946, he was the son of the late Albert J. McKenzie and Mary R. (Whipp) Hood. He worked for 15 years for Mount Olivet Cemetery and more than 20 years at Frederick Iron & Steel. Larry was a member of...
Elaine Ann Coccagna
Jan 13, 2015
Mrs. Elaine Ann Coccagna, 78, of Frederick, passed away on Tuesday, January 13, 2015, at her home. She was the wife of the late Francis A, Coccagna, who died in 2000. Born in Philadelphia, PA, on July 30, 1936, she was a daughter of the late Emidio and Edith Dienna D'Orazio. Elaine had worked for many years as the administrative...
Jean Miller Shirey
Jan 12, 2015
Mrs. Jean Miller Shirey, 82, of Frederick since 1985, passed away on January 12. She was the wife of the late William Shirey and Frederick Miller. Born on July 1, 1932, in Orange, NJ to the late George and Anna (Deignan) Leeman. Jean was one of seven children. Jean was a homemaker and raised seven children with her husband Fred....
Harry L Browning
Jan 11, 2015
Harry Lee Browning Harry L. Browning, 74, born on February 11, 1940 to Emit Harry and Lena Cooper Browning in Cyclone, WV, died on January 11, 2015, at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, MD. He was preceded in death by his parents, brother William R. Browning, and, special aunt Mary Belle (Browning) Lemons. He is survived by...
Virginia Despeaux
Jan 10, 2015
Virginia L. Despeaux, 94, of Frederick, died on January 10 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. She was the wife of the late John Howard Leroy Despeaux, who died in 1969. Born on April 6, 1920, she was the daughter of the late John Garver and Catherine Layman Garver. Mrs. Despeaux was primarily a homemaker, staying at home and caring for her...
Betty Isabel Moss Yinger
Jan 8, 2015
Mrs. Betty Isabel Moss Yinger, 85, of Frederick, went to be with her heavenly father on January 8, 2015 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. She was the wife of the late Charles William Yinger, who died in 1982. Born on March 12, 1929 in Brownsville, MD, she was the daughter of Ira Moss and Hattie Cochran Moss. She was the last...
Ben Wright
Jan 8, 2015
Coach Ben Wright, beloved brother, mentor and friend, went to his eternal rest on January 8, 2015 in Manassas, VA. Ben provided inspiration, leadership and guidance to generations of young men and women and will be fondly remembered by the thousands whose lives he influenced. Ben is survived by his mother Lois, brothers Tom, Jim, Richard and sister Carol; by...
Roy Lee Johnson
Jan 6, 2015
Roy Lee Johnson, 85, of Hagerstown, Maryland entered into Eternal Rest on January 6, 2014.Born January 29, 1929 in Warren, Arkansas. He was the son of the late George and Birdie Johnson. He was the loving, devoted husband of Sarah (Liz) for over 60 years. After graduating high school, Roy served four years in the National Guard. He worked as...
Mary Elizabeth Cline
Jan 4, 2015
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth (King) Cline, 87, of Frederick MD, went to be with the Lord Sunday, January 4, 2015 at Citizens Care & Rehabilitation Center and was a prior resident at Sumerford Assisted Living & Memory Care. She was the wife of the late Earl W. Cline, who preceded her in death in March of 2007 and preceded in death...
Thomas Peter Staup
Jan 4, 2015
The Rev. Thomas Peter Staup died peacefully on Sunday, January 4, 2015, at his home in Frederick. He was 87. Born in Lonaconing, MD on May 31, 1927, he was the son of the late Roland and Grace (Elliott) Staup. Tom enlisted in the US Air Force in 1944 and served as Military Attaché at the Embassy in Tehran, Iran,...
Mary Lee Wright
Jan 4, 2015
Mary Lee Wright, of Frederick, born on February 14, 1950, died suddenly at the age of 64 on January 5, 2015. She was the daughter of the late George Stevars. Survived by husband Bernard Wright, two sons George Hitchcock and Keith Hitchcock, a first cousin Harvy Jewell and other second cousins. All services are still being planned. The interment will...
Betty Jane Gatrell
Jan 1, 2015
Mrs. Betty Jane Gatrell, 79, formerly of Jefferson, passed away on Thursday, January 1, 2015, at the Reeders Memorial Home, in Boosnboro. She was the wife of the late Fred Dennis Gatrell, who died on October 18, 2005. Born in Keedysville, on September 27, 1935, she was a daughter of the late Joseph H. and Eva Rosie Earley Rohrer. She...
Francis C. Windsor, Jr.
Dec 31, 2014
Mr. Francis C. Windsor, Jr., 66, of Frederick, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family, on Wednesday, December 31, 2014, at his home. He was the husband of Linda Koogle Windsor, they had been married 44 years. Born in Washington, DC on June 20, 1948, he was a son of the late Francis C., Sr., and Elva Lincoln Windsor. For...
Harold Bernard Stull
Dec 31, 2014
Mr. Harold Bernard Stull, 84, of Yellow Springs, Maryland, passed away on Wednesday, December 31, 2014, at the Glade Valley Center, Walkersville. He was the husband of the late Ruth Irene Jones Stull, who died on October 29, 1990. Born in Yellow Springs on April 1, 1930, he was the son of the late Bernard and Ava Linton Stull. Mr....
