Obituaries

Oct 20, 2019

Richard (Dick) C. Lafferty, formerly of Potomac, Maryland passed away on Sunday October 20, 2019 at Homewood at Frederick of natural causes. Born on April 13, 1934 in Lakeport California, he was the only son of the late Harry and Gail Lafferty. He was preceded in death by his wife of 54 years, Lois J. Lafferty.   Dick attended Pacific University...

Oct 19, 2019

Mr. Charles F. Lewis, 101, formerly of Cambridge Drive, Frederick, MD, died on Saturday, October 19, 2019, at Charlotte Hall Veterans Home, Charlotte Hall, Maryland. Mr. Lewis was born in Frederick on March 6, 1918, the son of the late George R. and Geneva Houff Lewis.  He was predeceased by his wife, Marietta Biser Lewis, in 2003 and a...

Oct 19, 2019

Mrs. Shirley A.I. Wood, 83, of Frederick passed away on October 19, 2019. Born on June 12, 1936, she was the wife of the late Roland Wood Sr. She was the daughter of Norman and Florence Shankle. She is survived by 5 children, Wanda Wood of Waynesboro, PA, Roland "Woody" Wood and wife Ann of Lavale, George Wood and wife...

Oct 16, 2019

Robert (Bob) Eugene Brandt, 84, passed away peacefully at his home in Palm Harbor, Florida, on October 16, 2019, surrounded by his family. Bob was born in Walkersville, Maryland, on July 29, 1935, to Milton Lawrence and Evelyn Hartsock Brandt (both deceased). He had one brother, William Charles Brandt, and one sister, Geraldine Jones (both deceased). He graduated from Walkersville...

Oct 16, 2019

Mrs. Carolyn Harris Prentice, 86, of Mt. Airy and formerly of Woodbine, passed away on Wednesday, October 16, 2019, at the Kline Hospice House, Mt. Airy, She was the wife of the late Vern C. Prentice. Born on January 24, 1933, she was a daughter of the late Oren and Mary Loftus Harris. She had worked as a veterinary...

Oct 16, 2019

James B. Ostmann, 75, formerly of Georgetown, passed away on Wednesday, October 16, 2019, at Charlotte's Home in Maugansville. Born on August 6, 1944 in Washington, DC, he was a son of the late Bernard and Irene Ostmann. He had worked for several years as an attorney

He was preceded in death by a brother, Bernard Ostmann...

Oct 15, 2019

Thomas J. Wajda, a career U.S. Foreign Service officer who in retirement pioneered lavender farming in the eastern United States, died Oct. 15 of complications from Parkinson’s disease at home in Frederick, Md. He was 78. Born one of 10 children on his family’s dairy farm in northeastern Ohio, Mr. Wajda joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 1963 after...

Oct 13, 2019

Mrs. Pauline G. Cosgrave, 89, of Frederick, entered into eternal peace at her daughter's home surrounded by her devoted family on Sunday, October 13, 2019. She was the wife of the late Donald Lee Cosgrave, who died in 1976. Born April 18, 1930, in New Market, she was a daughter of the late Raymond Jefferson and Daisy Odessa Haines...

Oct 12, 2019

Joanne “Jody” Rebecca Krantz-Workman passed away on October 12, 2019, at the age of 62. She continues her journey in peace and with faith after a courageous battle with cancer. She goes forward, as she did in life, sharing her nurturing love, listening ear, guiding instincts, pioneer-woman spirit and soul, mother earth values, open-armed and open-minded friendship, incredible stories,...

Oct 9, 2019

  John Daniel Helm, 74, passed away on Tuesday, October 8, at Tranquillity. Born September 1, 1945 on MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, he was the son of the late Dr. John D. Helm, Jr. and Grace Higgins Helm.Raised in Lancaster, PA, John was a 1963 graduate of Manheim Township High School where he was a four year letterman...

Oct 9, 2019

Ann Mary Kelleher, 86, of Crestwood Village, Frederick, passed Thursday, October, 9, 2019 at Somerford Place. Born May 16, 1933 in the Bronx, NY to the late Patrick J. and Mary (nee Callaghan) Loftus. She was the beloved wife to the late Dennis Patrick Kelleher, who passed in October of 1978. Ann graduated from Cathedral High School in the...

Oct 7, 2019

Patricia Ann "Pat" (Stevens) Chipley, 74, of Frederick, passed away on Monday, October 7, 2019, at Frederick Memorial Hospital surrounded by her family.  A native Fredericktonian born on October 20, 1944, she was the daughter of the late Howard L. Sr. and Margaret M. Farley Stevens. For almost 60 years Pat enjoyed being a hairstylist.  She had many loyal...

Oct 4, 2019

Yvonne “Bonnie” Elizabeth Rhoderick Linton Rice, 91, of Frederick, passed Friday, October, 4, 2019 at Buckingham’s Choice. Born April 20, 1928 in Frederick to the late John J. and Ella (Wagner) Rhoderick. She was the beloved wife to the late Ralph Linton, who passed in 1982, and Harvey “Jim” Rice, who passed in 1999.

Bonnie graduated from...

Oct 3, 2019

Mrs. Mary Evelyn Chandler, 87, of Frederick, passed away on Thursday, October 3, 2019, at her home. She was the wife of the late Benjamin G. Chandler, who died in 1994. Born in Inkster, Michigan on June 18, 1932, she was a daughter of the late Malen E. and Lucille DePlanche' Montney. Mary had worked as an administrative assistant...

Sep 27, 2019

Harry K. Fogle, 92, of Frederick, passed away on Friday, September 27, 2019, at Northampton Manor, where he had resided for the past three years.   He was the husband of Martha Wachter Fogle. Born on July 23, 1927, he was the son of the late Clarence E. Fogle and Alice Winpigler Fogle. Harry was a 1945 graduate of Frederick...

Sep 27, 2019

Mrs. Gertrude Teresa “Trudy” Fry (nee Brown), 94, passed away on September 27, 2019 at her home in Adamstown, Maryland after a long illness. The widow of Edward Franklin Fry, formerly of Point of Rocks, enjoyed a long and stellar career in Corporate America and at the highest levels of the Federal Government.

Born in 1925 in...

Sep 27, 2019

Mrs. Frances May Showe, 95, of Frederick, died on Friday, September 27, 2019 at Northampton Manor. She was the wife of the late Bernard T. Showe.Born Sept 12, 1924, in Washington Co, she was a daughter of the late Ronald A. and Myrtle M. Sealocks Beall. Mrs. Showe had been a longtime member of the Maranatha Community Church of God...

Sep 26, 2019

Mrs. Mollie Rebecca Arvin May, 90, of Frederick passed away on Thursday, September 26, 2019, at her home. She was the wife of the late James Elmer May. Born in Middletown on May 2, 1929 she was the daughter of the late Clarence H. Arvin and Ethel M. Davis. Mrs. May was employed by the Frederick County Public Schools...

Sep 25, 2019

We celebrate the life of James Richard “Jim” Sweeney, 76, of Thurmont, Md., who passed away on Sept. 25, 2019 at Johns Hopkins Hospital after a courageous battle with multiple myeloma cancer.

Born April 12, 1943, son of the late F. William McClellan Sweeney and Elva Catherine (Rice) Sweeney, he was a graduate of Thurmont High and...

Sep 25, 2019

On Wednesday, September 25, 2019, Eva Elizabeth Kinsey, of Frederick, Maryland, passed away at the age of 86.

Eva was born on February 14, 1933, in Jefferson, Maryland, and was the youngest of eleven children. She was an avid quilter, gardener, bird watcher and craft enthusiast.

Her grandsons were lugged on many stealth missions to...