Obituaries

Sep 24, 2019

Mrs. Carol Orlando, 92, of Frederick passed away on Tuesday, September 24, 2019. She was the wife of the late Salvatore Orlando. Born on February 21, 1927 in Brooklyn, New York, she was the daughter of the late Vincent and Sara Picchiello.

Known for her generosity and selfless nature, she very much enjoyed volunteering and helping others....

Sep 24, 2019

Jean Marie Miller Graf, 89, of Hampstead, MD, passed away Tuesday Sept. 24, 2019, at Long View Health Care Center in Manchester, MD. She was the wife of the late Richard H. Graf, who died on Jan. 9, 2009. Born in Hampstead on May 4, 1930, she was a daughter of the late Jesse Edward and Anna Legore Miller. She...

Sep 22, 2019

Opal Maxine “Granny Ope" Flanary Baugher, 86, passed away Sunday, September 22, 2019. Born May 19, 1933 in Beckley, WV she was the daughter of the late Marshall M. Flanary and Iva G.Thomas Flanary.

Surviving are her sons, Martin L. JR. and wife Kathy, Robert S. and wife Tammie, Jimmy R., daughter Joanna M. Linger and husband...

Sep 21, 2019

Kenneth L. Green Jr. (Kenny), 67, of Frederick, passed from this life surrounded by his family at Frederick Memorial Hospital, September 21, 2019. He was a devoted husband to Magaly M. Green for 45 years, as well as father of three, son, and veteran. He served the nation for 42 years as both a soldier and civil servant. Kenny was...

Sep 18, 2019

Edward Dale Mann, “Eddie”, 59, of Boonsboro, passed on September 18, 2019. Born February 22, 1960 in Maryland, to the late Robert L. and Mary Louise (nee Giesler) Mann.

Graduating from Brunswick High School in 1978 Eddie would go on to work at Weis Markets for over 25 years. He was also a merchandiser for Martin’s Rolls....

Sep 17, 2019

Mary B. Johnson Yunge Garman, longtime resident of Frederick passed on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at the age of 99. She was a true southern belle born in Atlanta; preceded in death by her husband J.T. Garman in 2001, parents, step-father, sister, and grandson John. Mary and J.T. Garman planted family roots in Frederick in 1947, where they raised their...

Sep 16, 2019

Mrs. Ruth Eloise Grove, 91, of Frederick, died Monday,September 16, 2019, at the Record Street Home, she was the wife of the late Kenneth Eugene Grove. Born April 1, 1928 in Jefferson, she is the daughter of the late R. Leroy and Ruth Poffinberger. She is survived by her siblings, Joyce Hale, Jean Gilbert (Jim), Alice Fisher and Barry Poffinberger...

Sep 16, 2019

Nellie Louise Raber, 92, of Frederick, passed on September 16, 2019 surrounded by her family. Born June 6, 1927 in Frederick, MD, to the late Raymond Crebbs and Ethel Tucker Crebbs Eppley. She was the beloved wife to the late Maurice A. Raber.

Nellie was a homemaker who loved her family, maintaining her home and puzzles.

Sep 16, 2019

Mr. Rodney Rudell Kelly, 82, of Araby, passed away on Monday, September 16, 2019, at the Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was the husband of Dorothy Virginia Geisbert Kelly, they were married for 60 years, 3 months, 9 days, 8 hours and 45 minutes. Born in Buckeystown on March 28, 1937, he was a son of the late Rodney Russell and...

Sep 13, 2019

Thomas Bernard Hane, Jr. (Pete), 83, passed away Friday, September 13, 2019 at his home in West Fenwick, Delaware surrounded by his loving family. He was the loving husband of Jacqueline Hane for 65 years. He was born on November 6, 1935 in Frederick to Thomas B. and Pauline Keeney Hane. He was raised by his grandparents Elder and...

Sep 12, 2019

Robert D. Berkebile of Frederick passed away on Thursday, September 12 at Frederick Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Born on November 3, 1928, in Johnstown, PA., he was the son of the late Harold E. Berkebile and Bertha Haas Berkebile and was the husband of Avalon W. Berkebile. After graduating from Penn State University, he served in the...

Sep 9, 2019

Mrs. Betty Correne (Renn) Shaw died of natural causes on Monday morning (9/9/19) at the Vindabona Nursing Home in Braddock Heights, where she had gone for brief rehabilitation following a fall in her home. She was born on 2/11/1925, the daughter of the late Louis Howard Renn and Bessie May (Stimmel) Renn. She was the widow of Kenneth Woodrow Shaw....

Sep 7, 2019

Mrs. Annabelle V. Lenhart, 102 – matriarch of the Lenhart family has entered the gates of heaven on Saturday, September 7, 2019 from her son-in-law’s home.  She was the wife of the late Ralph C. Lenhart.  They had been married 68 years. Born, October 12, 1916, Mrs. Lenhart was the daughter of the late Agnes R. Mercer and the...

Sep 6, 2019

On Friday, September 6, 2019, William Ernest Utt, known to his family as Bill, Dad and Daddy Bill passed away at the age of 88.   Bill was born on November 16, 1930 in Hurlock, Maryland to Paul E. Utt and Mary V. Phillips Utt.   Reared in Wilmington, Delaware, Bill attended A. I. DuPont High School and the University of Delaware...

Sep 5, 2019

Douglas Hemp III, “Doug,” 69, passed on September 5, 2019. Born October 3, 1949 in Frederick, MD, he was a lifelong resident of Jefferson and was an owner of Hemp’s Meat Inc.

Doug graduated from Brunswick High School in 1968. He went on to serve in the USAF and the WV National Air Guard as an Aircraft Mechanic. Doug...

Sep 3, 2019

Mr. Hamilton R. Geisbert, 97, passed away on September 3, 2019, at the Royal Oak Health Care Center in Sun City, Arizona. Hamilton was born and raised in Thurmont, Maryland; but spent his last 41 years in Sun City. He is survived by his loving wife of 75 years, Bunny Geisbert, a sister, Hazel Fox of, Charles Town, WV,...

Sep 2, 2019

Doreen Ruth Robinson, 94, of Frederick, Maryland, passed from this life on Monday, September 2, 2019 at Kline Hospice House. She was the wife of the late Carl Robinson, who died in 2004. They were married for 58 years. Born on March 15, 1925 in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. She lived in Montana until the age of 21, when...

Sep 1, 2019

Stacy Lynn Tobery, 34, of Frederick, passed away on Sunday, September 1, 2019, at the Kline Hospice House. Born in Frederick on August 11, 1985, she was a daughter of David Tobery, Jr., of Frederick and the late Kimberly Hillary. Surviving are her children; Brandon, Justice, Jocelyn and Victoria, her sisters Bobbi Jo and Dixie, also aunts, uncles, cousins,...

Aug 30, 2019

Mrs. Hilda Ruth Hutchison, 82, of Middletown, passed away at her home surrounded by family on August 30, 2019. She was the wife of the late Richard Hutchison. She was born in Lovettsville, Virginia on May 7, 1937.  She was the youngest of thirteen children born to the late Harvey Arthur and Ruth Alberta Cole.

She greatly...

Aug 29, 2019

Mrs. Shirley Crampton, 87, of Frederick, died on Thursday, August 29, 2019 at her home. She was the wife of Keefer R. “Sonny” Crampton, Jr. Born July 12, 1932, she was a daughter of Hilda Brandenburg Greene. Shirley attended Elm Street School and was a 1950 graduate of Frederick High School. Early in her life she worked for the...