Obituaries

Mar 26, 2015

Mr. Wayne Leon Wentz, 93, of Williamsport, died Thursday, March 26, 2015, at Williamsport Nursing Home.  He was the husband of the late Irene Elizabeth Lum Wentz, who died October 25, 2012.

Born September 8, 1921, in Blain, Pennsylvania, he was a son of the late Robert Paul and Ruth B. Book Wentz.  He graduated...

Mar 23, 2015

Mr. Michael Halgash, Jr., 81, of Hagerstown, died Monday, March 23, 2015, at Meritus Medical Center, Hagerstown.  He was the husband of the late Marion Maxine Clopper Halgash, who died June 9, 2012.

Born July 18, 1933, in Hagerstown, he was the son of the late Michael, Sr., and Margie Eleanor Barrow Halgash.  He was...

Mar 20, 2015

Elizabeth “Beth” Knecht Armel passed away on Friday, March 20, 2015, at home after a brave battle with cancer.  She was the wife of Michael V. Armel, her most devoted husband of 34 years.

Beth was born on May 4, 1946 in Newark, New Jersey. She was the daughter of the late Harry and Selma...

Mar 14, 2015

Mrs. Mildred Virginia Boward Kemp, 94, of Hagerstown, died Saturday, March 14, 2015, at NMS Healthcare, Hagerstown.  She was the wife of the late Edgar Charles Kemp, who preceded her in death on September 4, 2000.

Born July 15, 1920, in Hagerstown, she was a daughter of the late Lloyd Ellsworth and Elsie May Fogle...

Mar 4, 2015

Mr. Donovan Reichard Beachley, Jr., 89, of Hagerstown, died Wednesday morning, March 4, 2015, at Meritus Medical Center, Hagerstown.  He was husband of Mrs. Mary Ellen Beachley, his loving wife of 64 years.

Born September 21, 1925, in Hagerstown, he was the son of the late Donovan Reichard, Sr., and Grace Louise Rinehart Beachley.  He...

Feb 19, 2015

Ms. Constance L. “Connie” Wastler, 83, of Funkstown, died late Thursday morning, February 19, 2015, at Golden Living Center, Hagerstown.

Born November 19, 1931, in Williamsport, she was a daughter of the late George Carl and Mabel Rosenberg Wastler.  She graduated in 1950 from Hagerstown High School.

Connie was employed with...

Feb 12, 2015

Gordon Lee Davis, 85, of Hagerstown, went home to be with his Lord on Thursday, February 12, 2015, surrounded by his loving family. He was the husband of Ruth Victoria Scherrer Davis, his wife of almost sixty two years whom he married on February 28, 1953.

Born on January 1, 1930, in Harrisonville, Maryland, he was the...

Feb 3, 2015

Mr. Raymond George Ambrose, 89, of Hagerstown, died Tuesday, February 3, 2015, in Falling Waters, West Virginia. He was the husband of Mrs. Josephine Clara Gordon Ambrose, who preceded him in death on July 4, 2004.

Born May 26, 1925, in Hagerstown, he was a son of the late Russell Witmer Sr. and Mary Grace Clopper Ambrose....

Jan 27, 2015

Mrs. Rosa Sine, of Hagerstown, Md., passed away Tuesday, January 27, 2015, at Homewood at Williamsport.

She was born December 29, 1928, to the late Mary Harp Moore and James Moore.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Odis Sine; her parents, Mary Harp Moore and James Moore; her son, Bruce Driggers; two brothers,...

Dec 28, 2014

Mr. William Russell Gladhill Jr., 88, of Hagerstown, died Sunday, December 28, 2014, at Meritus Medical Center near Hagerstown. He was the husband of the late Goldie Lorraine Gladhill, who preceded him in death on November 4, 2012.

Born November 14, 1926, in Hagerstown, he was the son of the late William Russell Sr. and Leato Irene...

Dec 23, 2014

Mrs. Josephine V. Sprankle Miller, 99, of Hagerstown, died Tuesday, December 23, 2014, at Golden Living Center, Hagerstown.  She was the wife of the late Clyde Roscoe Sprankle and the late Charles Franklin Miller.

Born December 25, 1914, in Hagerstown, she was a daughter of the late Tyson Thomas and Rose Viola Coffman Hardt.

Dec 22, 2014

Mrs. Gladys M. Snodderly Biser, 79, of Hagerstown, died Monday, December 22, 2014, at Williamsport Retirement Village.  She was the wife of Mr. John S. Biser, her husband of 58 years.

Born April 4, 1935, in Hagerstown, she was a daughter of the late Ernest Paul, Sr., and Margaret Oda Mae Frush Snodderly.

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Dec 3, 2014

Richard George Robinson, 66, was born April 10, 1948, to Paul Howard and Pearl Spickler Robinson, his late parents.  He passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family on Wednesday afternoon, December 3, 2014, at Martinsburg VA Medical Center.

He enjoyed sports and hunting but nothing could surpass his pride of being a Marine.  Upon graduation...

Dec 2, 2014

Mrs. Virginia May “Ginny” McClelland, 90, of Hagerstown, Md., went to be with the Lord, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014, while under hospice care at Country Meadows Assisted Living in Frederick, Md.

She was the wife of the late Horace McClelland, her husband of 46 years.

She was born Nov. 24, 1924, in Terra Alta,...

Nov 24, 2014

Dr. Norman N. Thrope, 88, of Boca Raton, Florida, and formerly a long time resident of Hagerstown, died Monday, November 24, 2014, in Boca Raton.  He was the husband of Sydell Thrope, his loving wife of 62 years.

He was born October 20, 1926, in Brooklyn, New York.

Dr. Thrope practiced...

Nov 11, 2014

Mrs. Janet Lois Reynard, 75, of Hagerstown, died Tuesday, November 11, 2014, at Meritus Medical Center, Hagerstown. She was the wife of the late Earl Gilbert Reynard, who preceded her in death on October 9, 2008.

Born October 13, 1939, in Hagerstown she was the daughter of the late Sherman Lewis Taylor and Lillie May Lewis Taylor....

Nov 9, 2014

Rev. Hubert Stanley “Pete” Wood, Jr., 91, of Middletown, died Sunday morning, November 9, 2014, at Fahrney-Keedy Home and Village, Boonsboro. He was the husband of Constance Elizabeth Stapleton, his wife of 16 years.

Born February 15, 1923, in Utica, New York, he was the son of the late Rev. Hubert S. Wood and Marion Rowan Wood....

Oct 24, 2014

Mrs. Mattie Miller, 92, of Smithsburg, died Wednesday afternoon, October 8, 2014, at Fahrney Keedy Memorial Home, Boonsboro.  She was the wife of the late Harvey J. Miller.

Born September 2, 1921, in Nappanee, Indiana, she was a daughter of the late Levi and Emma Miller Hochstetler.

Mattie was a charter...

Sep 29, 2014

Mrs. Esther Marie Upperman, 90, of Hagerstown, died Monday, September 29, 2014, at the Nursing Center of Williamsport Retirement Village.  She was the wife of Mr. Lawrence T. Upperman, her husband of 52 years.

Born June 17, 1924, in Welsh Run, Pennsylvania, she was a daughter of the late Chester Arthur and Edith Elmira Keefer...

Sep 27, 2014

B. A. "Gus" Rethemeyer, 91, of Pangborn Boulevard, Hagerstown, and most recently of Homewood of Williamsport, died Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014, at Meritus Medical Center.

He was married to Betty Jo Rethemeyer for 61 years.

Born Jan. 18, 1923, in St. Joseph, Mo., he was the son of the late Charles and Francis Rethemeyer.

Gus...