John K. Powell, Sr., age 87, of Hanover, Pennsylvania, died on Sunday, December 18, 2011 at the Hanover Hall Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Hanover. Born May 14, 1924 in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the son of the late Bertram and Clementine (Preiss) Powell. He was predeceased by his wife of 56 years, Shirley Marie Powell in 2004. John was...
Teresa “Terri” Anne Meushaw, age 62 died Saturday, December 17, 2011 at her home in Taneytown after a several year battle with lung cancer. She was born December 31, 1948 in Baltimore, daughter of Marian T. (Fodel) Woods of Cockeysville, Md and the late Morris E. “Woody” Woods. She was the wife of William “Bill” M. Meushaw, Jr., her husband...
Margaret Eaton Lafferty, 97, of Westminster, formerly of Parkville, died Thursday, December 15, 2011, at Lorien Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Taneytown, after a brief illness. Born April 17, 1914, she was the daughter of the late George R. and Minnie Reed Eaton. Twice married, she was the wife of the late Earl Melvin Schwartz and the late Troy Vernon...
Stewart Lester Patterson, age 75, of Lake Heritage in Gettysburg, PA, formerly of Gamber, MD, died peacefully Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at his home under the loving care of his family and Lutheran Home Care Hospice. Born July 29, 1936 in Hanover, PA, he was the son of the late Lester Stewart and Hilda Rebecca Null Patterson. He was the...
Cora Erb Armacost, age 83, of Westminster, Maryland, died on Friday, December 9, 2011 at the Lookabout Manor Nursing Center in Westminster. Born December 12, 1927 near Pleasant Valley, MD, she was the daughter of the late Paul T. and Mary (King) Erb. She was predeceased by her husband John Armacost in 1979. Cora worked at various shoe factories and...
Margaret Brown Perron, age 87, of Emmitsburg, Maryland, died on Thursday, December 8, 2011 at the home of her daughter in Emmitsburg. Born August 25, 1924 in Ayr, Scotland, U.K., daughter of the late David Chalmers and Jesse (Brown) Welsh. She was predeceased by her husband, Ret. USAF Col. Gregory Harris Perron in 1986. Mardy, the Prestwick, Scotland lass, was...
Mary Frances Davidson, age 91, of Harrisburg, PA, formerly of Taneytown, MD, died early Thursday morning, December 8, 2011 at Golden Living Center in Harrisburg, PA. Born March 11, 1920 in Taneytown, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Effie Stambaugh Ohler. She was the wife of the late Kenneth R. Davidson, who died in 1998. Many will...
Joan Weaver Nelson age 73, of Emmitsburg formerly of Taneytown, MD, died on Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at the Gettysburg Hospital. Born December 11, 1937 in Irishtown, PA, she was the daughter of the late Marcellus and Marie (Walter) Weaver. Joan attended Delone Catholic H.S. in McSherrystown. She retired after 23 years with Black & Decker in Hampstead and then...
Sonja Helen Kowalchuk Zappardino, age 85, of Westminster, Maryland died on Monday, December 5, 2011 at her home in Uniontown. Born June 17, 1926 in Baltimore, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Daniel G. and Nadezhda (Zimnitsky) Kowalchuk. She was predeceased by her husband, Anthony E. Zappardino, III. Surviving are daughter, Pamela H. Zappardino and husband Charles Collyer...
Charles Elwood Setters, age 70 died Monday, December 5, 2011 at his home in Westminster. He was born August 14, 1941 in Kentucky, son of the late Charles and Anna Smith Setters. He was the husband of Christine Tharp Setters. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He worked 42 years as a supervisor at Sweetheart Cup and after...
Arthur W. Greenholtz, Jr. died Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at Northwest Hospital Center in Randallstown, MD. Born October 6, 1943 in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of the late Arthur W. & Mary Kellner Greenholtz, Sr. He was the husband of the late Beverly Ann Hawk Greenholtz. He was a painter and wood worker. He was the proprietor of...
Dowling, Maura A., of Brookline, formerly of NJ, Nov. 29. Cherished daughter of Moira J. (Cotter) Dowling of VA & the late Kevin L. Sister of Siobhan Johansson & her husband, Robert of VA, Kevin of CA, Rev. Sean P. of the diocese of Burlington, VT, Seamus & his wife, Julie of NJ and Shane Dowling & his wife, Traci...
Joseph J. Grant, age 73, of Biglerville, PA died peacefully Monday, November 28, 2011 at his home. Born July 17, 1938 in Rutherford County, NC, he was the son of the late Jesse James and Velma Roper Grant. He was the husband of Vivian Cookston Grant, his wife of 52 years. He was a building contractor and owner of...
Roseanna R. Blacksten, age 89, of Westminster, died Sunday, November 27, 2011 at Golden living Center in Westminster. She was born March 23, 1922 in Baltimore, daughter of the late Anna I. Reese Boyd Simpson. Before retirement she was a beautician in Westminster. She is survived by her daughter, Joyce A. Golden of Millersville, MD; three grandchildren and two great...
Romaine Rhoten Seipp, age 86, of Westminster, Maryland, died on Saturday, November 26, 2011 at her home. Born April 18, 1925 in Hampstead, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Edgar Eugene and Thelma Beatrice (Davidson) Rhoten. She was predeceased by her husband of 39 years, Francis Lee Seipp. Romaine was a 1942 graduate of Westminster High School. She...
Grace A. Miller, age 92, of Keymar, Maryland, died on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at the Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium. Born January 11, 1919 in Accident, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Christian and Lillie (Georg) Margraff. She was predeceased by her husband of 61 years, Emmert D. Miller. She graduated in 1935 from Accident High School...
Teresa Larue Ott Howard, age 47, of Emmitsburg, died on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at the Carroll Hospice Dove House in Westminster, following a 10 year battle with cancer. Born November 24, 1963 in Gettysburg, PA, she was the daughter of Leatrice (Coe) Ott of Emmitsburg and the late Thomas Ott. She is survived by her husband of 24 years,...
Daisy Pearl Reifsnider, age 97, of Keymar, Maryland, died on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at Lorien Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Taneytown. Born September 1, 1914 in Woodbine, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late John Maurice and Daisy (Grimm) Hess. She was predeceased by her husband, David Leonard Reifsnider on March 24, 1982. Daisy graduated from Mt. Airy...
Mary Louise Tracey, age 87, of Taneytown, Maryland, died on Monday, November 21, 2011 at the College View Center in Frederick, Maryland. Born October 7, 1924 near Emmitsburg, MD, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Mildred (Mort) Sharrer. She was predeceased by her husband, Myron Russell Tracey. Mary was a 1941 graduate of the Emmitsburg High School,...
Sarah Catherine Stultz, age 99, of Taneytown, died Sunday, November 20, 2011 at Carroll Hospital Center in Westminster, MD. Born September 26, 1912 in Emmitsburg, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Amos & Mary Glacken Hofe. She was the wife of the late David John Stultz who died 1n 1963. She worked for more than twenty years at...