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Elizabeth "Libby" Loudenslager

Elizabeth "Libby" Loudenslager

Sep 24, 2012

Elizabeth Marie “Libby” Loudenslager, age 89 of Westminster, died Monday September 24, 2012 at Carroll Hospice Dove House. She was born February 17, 1923 in Linden, Virginia, daughter of the late Henry and Susie (Costello) Rutherford. She was the wife of the late Marshall E. Loudenslager who died in 2009. Libby was a member of the Church of the Open...

Anna Vivian Law

Anna Vivian Law

Sep 24, 2012

Anna Vivian Law, 94, of Gettysburg, PA died Monday, September 24, 2012 at the Lutheran Home in Gettysburg. Born April 12, 1918 in Motters, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Ernest F. and Edith C. Valentine Keilholtz. She was the wife of the late Wilmer E. "Johnny" Law, USN retired, to whom she was married for 52 years....

Paul Testerman

Paul Testerman

Sep 22, 2012

Paul Lewis Testerman, 79, of Westminster died peacefully on Saturday, September 22, 2012 at the Golden Living Center in Westminster. Born December 24, 1932 in Frederick County, Maryland, he was the son of the late Lester and Lacy Lee Damewood Testerman. He was the husband of Dorothy Lods Roderick Testerman. Paul was a millworker at the Congoleum Company in Finksburg...

Corey Moore

Corey Moore

Sep 20, 2012

Corwin Alan “Corey” Moore II, 20, of Westminster died peacefully Thursday, September 20, 2012 at his home surrounded by his loving and devoted family. Born August 31, 1992 in Macon, Georgia, he was the son of Corwin A. “Corky” and Dara E. “Dee” Moore of Westminster. Corey was a special young man who touched the hearts of all who met...

Ida D. Barnard

Ida D. Barnard

Sep 19, 2012

Ida Dorothy Barnard, age 83 of Westminster died Wednesday September 19, 2012 at Carroll Lutheran Village Healthcare Center. She was born June 20, 1929 in Baltimore, MD, daughter of the late John J. and Ida D. Abbey Dawson. She was a registered nurse and worked for the Baltimore County Department of Health. Ida enjoyed creative writing for the Village publications...

Pearl M. Peller

Pearl M. Peller

Sep 19, 2012

Pearl M. Peller, age 74 of Finksburg, died Wednesday September 19, 2012 at her home in Finksburg. She was born August 2, 1938 in Baltimore, daughter of the late Clarence W. Meekins, Sr. and Madolene M. Wood Meekins. She worked as a cashier for Giant Food for over 35 years. She is survived by children Dr. Andrew G. Walther of...

Charles Thomas "Tom" Aberts, Jr

Charles Thomas "Tom" Aberts, Jr

Sep 18, 2012

Charles Thomas “Tom” Aberts, Jr. age 71, of Taneytown, Maryland, died on Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at the Carroll Hospital Center in Westminster. Born February 7, 1941 in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Charles T. and Thelma (Kram) Aberts, Sr. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Carolyn (Ray) Aberts. Tom was retired from Caplan...

Clyde Clayton Mellema

Clyde Clayton Mellema

Sep 15, 2012

Clyde Clayton Mellema, age 71, of Union Bridge, Maryland, died on Saturday, September 15, 2012 at Lorien Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Taneytown. Born December 2, 1940 in Sykesville, MD, he was the son of the late Clyde T. and Francis A. (Volk) Mellema. He is survived by his wife of 46 years, Ruth V. (Guyer) Mellema. Clayton worked for...

Bernard J. Ott, Iii

Bernard J. Ott, Iii

Sep 14, 2012

Bernard J. Ott, III, age 69, of Emmitsburg, Maryland, died on Friday, September 14, 2012 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Born July 25, 1943 in Hanover, PA, he was the son of Evelyn (Moose) Ott of Emmitsburg and the late Bernard J. Ott, Jr. He is survived by his girlfriend, Patricia Smith of Emmitsburg. He was the owner and president of...

Patricia "Patty" Bouey

Patricia "Patty" Bouey

Sep 11, 2012

Patricia A. “Patty” Bouey, 84, of Altoona, PA died Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at Altoona Regional Health Systems following an extended illness. Born May 16, 1928 in Altoona, she was the daughter of the late Frank W. and Gertrude M. Kreis Bouey. Patty was a 1946 graduate of Altoona High School. She worked as a tube tester at Sylvania/Phillips ECG...

Mary Zimmerman

Mary Zimmerman

Sep 8, 2012

Mary Virginia Zimmerman, 54, of Taneytown died suddenly on Saturday, September 8, 2012 at Carroll Hospital Center in Westminster. Born November 2, 1957 in Gettysburg, PA, she was the daughter of Evelyn Humbert of Taneytown and the late Paul Humbert. She was the wife of David Zimmerman, to whom she was married for 32 years. Mary was a computer programmer...

Lee "Butch" Kraft

Lee "Butch" Kraft

Sep 7, 2012

Lee Harold “Butch” Kraft, 72, died peacefully Friday, September 7, 2012 at his home in Gettysburg, PA. Born February 9, 1940 in Allentown, PA, he was the son of Loraine Rader Kraft of Carrollton, MD and the late Arlington S. Kraft. Lee was a service technician for IBM Corporation for more than 20 years. He enjoyed playing his guitars and...

Thomas "Tom" Edwards

Thomas "Tom" Edwards

Sep 6, 2012

Thomas Allan “Tom” Edwards, 64, of Littlestown, Pa died unexpectedly Thursday, September 6, 2012 in BelAir, MD. Born January 1, 1948 in Manhattan, Kansas, he was the son of David S. Edwards, Jr. of Union Bridge and the late Esther Menafee Edwards. He was the husband of Laura Dom Edwards, his wife of 47 years. Tom was employed by Helicopter...

Vergie M. Crouch

Vergie M. Crouch

Sep 1, 2012

Vergie M. Crouch, age 95, of Westminster, Maryland, died peacefully on Saturday, September 1, 2012 at Carroll Lutheran Village Healthcare Center. Born September 1, 1917 in Damascus, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Joseph H. and Mollie Eva Mullinix. She was the wife of the late Clayton G. Crouch, who predeceased her in February 2005. She became an...

Kathryn E. "Sis" Long

Kathryn E. "Sis" Long

Sep 1, 2012

Kathryn E. “Sis” Long, age 95, of Westminster, Maryland, died peacefully on Saturday, September 1, 2012 at the Golden Living Nursing Center in Westminster. Born February 18, 1917 in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Robert G. and Ada (Hahn) McNeave. She was the wife of the late Kenneth W. Long, who predeceased her in November 2002. She...

Dorothy L. Lockner

Dorothy L. Lockner

Aug 30, 2012

Dorothy L. Lockner, age 86, formerly of Taneytown, Maryland, died peacefully on Thursday, August 30, 2012 at Long View Nursing Home in Manchester, Maryland. Born September 1, 1925 in Rocky Ridge, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late William and Edna (Miller) Shriner. She was predeceased by her husband, Charles F. Lockner. Dorothy worked at the Cambridge Rubber Factory...

Sterling "Pappy" Fritz

Sterling "Pappy" Fritz

Aug 29, 2012

Sterling Wilson Fritz, 96, of Taneytown, Maryland died Wednesday, August 29, 2012 at Carroll Hospital Center in Westminster. Born December 8, 1915 in Uniontown, Maryland, he was the son of the late Phaylan and Anna Shuey Fritz. He was the husband of the late Mary Katherine Myerly Fritz who died in 1991. Sterling founded Fritz’ Radio and TV Sales &...

Mary Louise Albright

Mary Louise Albright

Aug 28, 2012

Mary Louise Albright, age 88 of Westminster, formerly of Hampstead, died Tuesday August 28, 2012 at Carroll Lutheran Village Healthcare Center. She was born July 18, 1924 in Baltimore, daughter of the late Henry L.B. Parlett, Sr. and Louise Norris Parlett. She was the wife of the late Robert E. Albright, who died in 1980. After graduation from Towson High...

Mary Louise Drechsler

Mary Louise Drechsler

Aug 27, 2012

Mary Louise Drechsler, age 88 of Westminster died August 27, 2012 at her home. She was born August 14, 1924 in Woodsboro, MD, daughter of the late Raymond Lee and Mary Josephine Cutshall Smith. She was the wife of the late Charles E. Drechsler, Jr. who died in 1999. Mary Louise grew up in St. John’s United Church of Christ...

Klara Myers

Klara Myers

Aug 26, 2012

Klara Marie Myers, 83, of Emmitsburg, Maryland died Sunday, August 26, 2012 at her residence. Born March 5, 1929 in Obermehlen, Germany, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Anna Linden Bachels. Klara was a clerk for 35 years at the Seton Shrine Center Daughters of Charity Gift Shop. She was a communicant of St. Joseph Catholic Church...

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