John Oliver Boyer, Jr.
Oct 29, 2019
John Oliver Boyer, Jr., 85, of Frederick, passed away on Tuesday, October 29, 2019. Born October 7, 1934, he was the son to the late John Oliver and Francis (nee Roberts) Boyer, Sr. He was the beloved husband to the late Betty Jane (nee Smith) Boyer.
John was an active farmer throughout his life. In addition, he...
Vern Ellis Bean
Oct 28, 2019
Vern Ellis Bean, 82, of Walkersville, MD, returned home to his Heavenly Father on October 28, 2019. He was born in La Grande, Oregon on January 19, 1937 to Walter Arnold and Rose Emily Ellis Bean.
Education was always important to Vern and he earned a bachelor's degree, master's degree, and PhD in physics, all from Brigham...
Audra Jayne Cash
Oct 27, 2019
Audra Jayne Cash, age 43, passed away on Tuesday, October 29, 2019 surrounded by her loving family. She was born on February 13, 1976 in Hampton, Virginia to parents ShirleeAnn Cash and Jack S. Cash, Jr. For the past 22 years she courageously battled brain cancer and she triumphantly fought and defeated “Tallulah.”
Audra graduated Linganore High...
Ronald Clare Best
Oct 27, 2019
Dr. Ronald Clare Best, DDS, 79, of Frederick, MD, passed away on Sunday, October 27, 2019, at the Frederick Memorial Hospital. He joins his beloved wife, the late Penelope "Penny” Rae Cowden Best, who died on November 4, 2010, in eternal rest. Born in Rock Island, Illinois, on May 4, 1940, Dr. Best was the son of the late Clare...
Doris Georgette Carter
Oct 27, 2019
Doris Georgette Carter, 95, of Thurmont, passed away on Sunday, October 27, 2019. Born January 27, 1924 to the late Willard Lee and Clara M. (nee Woods) Clark. She was the beloved wife of the late Dale F. Carter.
Doris graduated from Brunswick High School, class of 1941. After WWII, Doris and Dale were married and operated...
Violet Erlene Moser
Oct 27, 2019
Mrs. Violet Erlene Moser, 85, of Frederick, passed away on Sunday, October 27, 2019, at her daughter's home in Frederick. She was the wife of the late John K. Moser, Sr., who died in 2003. Born in New Midway on August 22, 1934, she was a daughter of the late George and M. Edith Humphrey Linton. She was a...
Gay Smith Mullican
Oct 27, 2019
Gay Smith Mullican of Frederick, Maryland passed away peacefully on October 27. She was 90 years old. Gay is survived by her children Raymond Mullican and his partner Kathleen Jones and Robin Mullican and her wife Louise Fickel; her cousin Alison Smith Claus and her family; her niece Jen Smith Wysocki and her family; and her nephews Steven Smith,...
James Wesley Brunner
Oct 26, 2019
James Wesley Brunner, 92, passed away on Saturday, October 26, 2019 at Northampton Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Frederick. Born on March 1, 1927 in Frederick, he was the son of the late Charles W. Brunner and Mable E. Brunner. He was predeceased by his wife Betty I. (Cromwell) Brunner on September 19, 2006. He was also predeceased by a...
Irene Elizabeth Cole
Oct 25, 2019
Irene Elizabeth Sheckles Cole, 79. of Walkersville, passed away on Friday, October 25, 2019, at the Kline Hospice House. She was the wife of the late Louis N. "Pete" Cole III, who died on December 17, 2016. They were married for 54 years. Born in Frederick on July 6, 1940, she was a daughter of the late Robert W....
Richard "Dick" Lafferty
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...
Charles Franklin Lewis
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...
Shirley A.I. Wood
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...
Robert E. Brandt
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...
Carolyn Harris Prentice
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...
James Buckley Ostmann
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...
Thomas John Wajda
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...
Pauline G. Cosgrave
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...
Joanne R. "Jody" Krantz-Workman
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,...
John Daniel Helm, Iii
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...
Ann Mary Kelleher
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...
