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Ruth W. Weamer

Ruth W. Weamer

Mar 8, 2009

Ruth W. Bauman Weamer, age 81, of Taneytown (Carroll Vista Community), died peacefully on Sunday, March 8, 2009 at her home. Born June 4, 1927 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, she is survived by her husband of 60 years, Fred L. Weamer. Ruth was a communicant of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Taneytown. She was a devoted and loving homemaker, wife, mother,...

Jane B. Gingell

Jane B. Gingell

Mar 8, 2009

Jane B. Gingell, age 89, of Emmitsburg, Maryland, died peacefully on Sunday, March 8, 2009. She was born November 20, 1919 in Emmitsburg, Maryland, and continued to live in the home she was born in until the time of her death. She was predeceased by her parents, Theodore and Fannie (Jackson) Bollinger, and by her beloved husband, Thomas Robert Gingell...

Loring "Chips" B. Yingling

Loring "Chips" B. Yingling

Mar 6, 2009

Loring Bernard “Chips” Yingling, age 90, of Westminster, Maryland, died on Friday, March 6, 2009 at Carroll Hospital Center. Born December 30, 1918 in Pleasant Valley, he was the son of the late Tobias and Ruth H. (Nusbaum) Yingling. He was the husband of 64 years, of Mary Lee Crawford Yingling. He was a 1935 graduate of Charles Carroll School....

Helena B. Bierkamp

Helena B. Bierkamp

Mar 5, 2009

Helena B. Bierkamp, 95, of Taneytown died Thursday, March 5, 2009 at Carroll Hospice Dove House in Westminster following a brief illness. Born May 19, 1913 in Harney, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Elmer and Florence Staub Null. She was the wife of the late Charles Bierkamp who died July 23, 1983. She was a member of...

Mary "Margie" Fullam

Mary "Margie" Fullam

Mar 3, 2009

Mary “Margie” Margaret Fullam, age 74, of Taneytown, Maryland, died on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at the Dove House Carroll Hospice in Westminster, Maryland. Born July 23, 1934 in Emmitsburg, MD, she was the daughter of the late Roy Joseph and Helen Louise (Guise) Wivell. She was a communicant of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Taneytown, and was retired from...

Robert H. Winfrey

Robert H. Winfrey

Mar 3, 2009

Robert H. “Rob’ Winfrey, age 80 of Mt. Airy, died Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at Lorien Assisted Living in Mt. Airy. He was born January 9, 1929 in Winston Salem, North Carolina the son of the George Dewey and Ivel Johnson Winfrey. He was the husband of the late Joy Margarette Winfrey who died in 1992 and Evelyn Lucile Smith...

Dorothy K. Herrera

Dorothy K. Herrera

Mar 2, 2009

Dorothy Kathleen Herrera, age 85 of Bellport, NY died Monday, March 2, 2009 at Carroll Hospice Dove House in Westminster, MD. She was born January 4, 1924 in Parris Island, South Carolina, the daughter of the late Sidney Frye and Eva Owens Williams. She was the wife of John Herrera. She attended Columbia College for Women in South Carolina and...

John D. Meyer

John D. Meyer

Mar 1, 2009

John Daniel Meyer, age 84, of Westminster, Maryland, died on Sunday, March 1, 2009 at his winter residence in Punta Gorda, Florida. Born July 14, 1924 in Lansdowne, Maryland, he was the son of the late Jacob M. and Alwine (Hoehne) Meyer. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Clara Marie (Hatton) Meyer. John was a member and...

Goldie D. Andrew

Goldie D. Andrew

Feb 25, 2009

Goldie Deona Andrew, age 90, of Emmitsburg, Maryland, went to be with the Lord and her husband, Wednesday, February 25, 2009 with her loving family by her side where she resided in her daughter Nancy’s home. She was born August 26, 1918 in Mt. Hope, Pennsylvania, and was the daughter of the late John Michael and Mary Ellen (Snyder) Manning....

Patricia E. Adams-Flessner

Patricia E. Adams-Flessner

Feb 25, 2009

Patricia E. Adams-Flessner, age 58, of Emmitsburg, Maryland, died suddenly on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was born April 21, 1950 in Kansas, and lovingly adopted by the late John Robert and Margaret Ann Adams. She was the wife of 10 years to Conrad “Skip” Flessner Jr. Pat was a communicant of...

Marie Wasco

Marie Wasco

Feb 24, 2009

Marie Wasco, age 82, of Union Bridge, Maryland, died on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at the Carroll Hospice Dove House in Westminster, Maryland. Born June 10, 1926 in Cream Ridge, N.J., she was the daughter of the late George and Elizabeth (Bordash) Fazakas, Sr. She was the wife of 63 years of Ret. Col. Joseph Wasco of Union Bridge, MD....

James O. Adelsberger

James O. Adelsberger

Feb 24, 2009

James O. Adelsberger, age 87, of Emmitsburg, Maryland, died peacefully on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at St. Catherine’s Nursing Center in Emmitsburg, MD. Born May 24, 1921 in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the son of the late Dwen and Adele Adelsberger. James was happily married for 55 years to the late Lorretta C. (Sanders) Adelsberger. James was a member of...

Helen J. Price

Helen J. Price

Feb 23, 2009

Helen Jean Price, age 76, of Emmitsburg, Maryland, went to be with the Lord on Monday, February 23, 2009 at St. Catherine’s Nursing Center in Emmitsburg, following a long battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. Born February 9, 1933 in Taneytown, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Norman and Blanche (Feeser) Lawrence. She was the wife of 56 years to...

Daniel L. Selby

Daniel L. Selby

Feb 21, 2009

Daniel L. Selby, age 58, of Westminster, Maryland, died on Saturday, February 21, 2009 at the Carroll Hospital Center in Westminster. Born June 13, 1950 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania he was the son of Sterling and Geneva (Ohler) Selby of Summerville in Westminster. He attended Change, Inc., and the ARC of Carroll County. Surviving in addition to his parents, are brothers,...

Arthur Borisky

Arthur Borisky

Feb 21, 2009

Arthur Borisky, 82, of Westminster, formerly of Reisterstown, died on Saturday, February 21, 2009 at the Carroll Hospice Dove House in Westminster, Maryland. Born December 26, 1926 in St. Bernard, Ohio he was the son of the late Arthur and Mary (Mulligan) Borisky. He was the husband of 60 years to Bernice Catherine (Depner) Borisky, to whom he was married...

Marlin E. Reid, Iii

Marlin E. Reid, Iii

Feb 20, 2009

Marlin Edward Reid, III, age 61, of Livonia, Michigan, died on Friday, February 20, 2009 in Michigan. Born October 16, 1947 in Gettysburg, PA, he was the son of Rose E. (Beall) Reid and the late Marlin E. Reid, Jr. A world traveler, he would meet and fall in love with MaryAnn (Winkler) Reid, while on a trip to Spain,...

David W. Lancaster

David W. Lancaster

Feb 18, 2009

David Wayne Lancaster, age 46 of Taneytown, died Wednesday, February 18, 2009 at his home. He was born April 9, 1962 in Gettysburg, PA son of the late Betty and Lou Lancaster. He is survived by his wife, Mary E. Holland-Lancaster; sons, Jesse Holland and Hank Holland; grandchildren, Alexa, Jered, Shelby and Nathan Holland; daughter-in-law, Denise Holland; mother-in-law, Helen Turnbaugh;...

Edward Everett Hess

Edward Everett Hess

Feb 15, 2009

Edward Everett Hess, 87, of Taneytown, Maryland died Sunday, February 15, 2009 at Washington County Hospital in Hagerstown, Maryland. Born August 9, 1921 in Taneytown, he was the son of the late Ralph Everett and Edna Viola Harner Hess. He was the husband of the late Betty Virginia Shankle Hess who died in February, 2007. He was a farmer, worked...

E. Hope Heltebridle

E. Hope Heltebridle

Feb 14, 2009

E. Hope McCleaf Heltebridle, 95, of Taneytown, died Saturday, February 14, 2009, from natural causes at Lorien Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Taneytown. Born Mar.15, 1913, in Chambersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late John W. and Laura C. Stremmel McCleaf. She was the wife of the late J. Alfred Heltebridle, who died Nov. 6, 1985. She was...

Francis C. Kennedy

Francis C. Kennedy

Feb 10, 2009

Francis “Frank” Clay Kennedy, age 93 of Stuarts Draft, VA, formerly of Westminster, died Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at Augusta Medical Center in Fishersville, VA after a brief illness. He was born May 29, 1915 in Baltimore County, MD, the son of the late Eugene S. and Lottie E. Davis Kennedy. He grew up in Baltimore City and spent his...

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