Obituaries

Feb 21, 2008

Della Pauline Riley Rasmussen, age 95 of Westminster, died Thursday February 21, 2008 at Carroll Lutheran Village Healthcare Center. She was born February 20, 1913 in Adams County, Pennsylvania, the daughter of the late Norman E. and M. Alice Martin Riley. She was the wife of the late CW04, Robert L. Rasmussen, Ret’d, who she married on April 25, 1953....

Feb 19, 2008

Ann Elaine Fletcher, 69 of Taneytown died Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008 at Lorien Taneytown. Born June 14, 1938, in Taneytown, she was the daughter of the late Vernon Adam and Doris Elaine Stiely. She was the wife of the late Robert Lee Fletcher. She was a graduate of Taneytown High School and Franklin Square Hospital School of Nursing. She was...

Feb 18, 2008

Rebecca “Becky” Frances Cole, age 47 of Keymar died Monday February 18, 2008 at her home. She was born September 27, 1960 in Baltimore, the daughter of the late Frank and Faye Lefler Zukowski. She was the wife of David A. Cole, her husband of 14 years. She was a member of Grace United Church of Christ in Taneytown. She...

Feb 15, 2008

Justin Lee Brown, age 19 of Westminster, died Friday February 15, 2008 at Hanover General Hospital. He was born October 23, 1988 in Gettysburg, PA, the son of Lisa M. Cool Reed of Westminster and the late Charles W. Brown who died in December 1991. He worked for Danny Pickett Tree Service in Westminster. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, ATV riding...

Feb 12, 2008

George Raymond Sauble, Jr., age 79, of Taneytown, Md., died on Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at Carroll Hospice Dove House in Westminster. Born February 1, 1929 in Taneytown, Md., he was the son of the late George Raymond Sauble and Ruth Estelle Koons Sauble. He was the husband of Doris E. Swartzbaugh Sauble, his wife of 58 years. He was...

Feb 11, 2008

Mary Wright Pond, age 90 of Westminster, died Monday February 11, 2008 at Carroll Hospital Center. She was born April 3, 1917 in Norfolk, Virginia the daughter of the late William and Mary Wiatt Wright. She was the wife of the late Robert B. Pond, Sr. who died in October 2007. She was a member of Westminster United Methodist Church...

Feb 8, 2008

Stanley Charles Mazaleski, Ph.D., age 74 of Emmitsburg died Friday February 8, 2008 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was born December 1, 1933 in Pittston, Pennsylvania, the son of Esther Johnson Mazaleski of Harleysville, PA and the late Henry Mazaleski. He grew up on the family farm in Clark’s Summit, PA. He was the husband Charlotte B. McNulty Mazaleski, his...

Feb 7, 2008

Albert John Schubert, age 95 of Westminster, died February 7, 2008 at Elternhaus Assisted Living in Dayton, MD. He was born July 11, 1912 in Baltimore, the son of the late Charles and Margaret Schleuter Schubert. He was the husband of the late Lillian V. Sanford Schubert who died in July 2003. Before retirement he worked as a production manager...

Feb 4, 2008

Stanley Wilmer King, age 86, of Taneytown, Maryland, died on Monday, February 4, 2008 at the Gettysburg Hospital in Gettysburg, Pa. Born December 18, 1921 in Toliva, Pa., he was the son of the late Wilmer O. and Bessie (McClain) King. He was predeceased by his wife, Shirley Jane (Wilt) King in 1995. Stanley was owner and operator of...

Jan 25, 2008

Clinton Holley Helphenstine, age 60, of Reisterstown, Md., died suddenly on Friday, January 25, 2008 at Northwest Hospital Center in Randallstown. Born September 29, 1947 in Ivydale, W.Va., he was the son of James William Helphenstine of Glen Burnie, and the late Phyllis Leona (Holley) Helphenstine. He was the husband of Patricia Jane (Aus) Helphenstine, his wife of 38 years....

Jan 25, 2008

Kenneth R. Ohler, age 82, of Taneytown Kenneth Ross Ohler, age 82, of Taneytown, Maryland, who died on Friday morning, January 25, 2008 at Lorien Taneytown. Born December 8, 1925 in Emmitsburg, Md., he was the son of the late Glenn Ellsworth and Mary Ann (Kelly) Ohler. He was the husband of Clara Roberta (Raver) Ohler, his wife of 55...

Jan 17, 2008

Carol Anne Maiello, age 72 of Westminster, died Thursday, January 17, 2008 at Carroll Hospital Center. She was born May 21, 1935 in Boston, Mass., the daughter of the late John S. and Anna McNally Philpott. Before retirement she worked as a registered nurse at Shepherd Pratt Hospital in Baltimore. She was a member of the Neighborhood Watch in Westminster....

Jan 17, 2008

Ruth Lee Seitler, age 72 of Westminster, died Thursday, January 17, 2008 at Carroll Hospice Dove House. She was born April 29, 1935 in Eldersburg, Maryland, daughter of the late Robert M. and Edna M. Woods Lee. She was the wife of Joseph A. Seitler, her husband of 53 years. She was an avid reader and very patriotic. For almost...

Jan 13, 2008

Mark A. Sanders, 85 of Taneytown died Sunday, January 13, 2008 at Carroll Hospice Dove House, Westminster, after an extended illness. Born November 3, 1922 in Taneytown, he was the son of the late James C. and Marie E. (McMaster) Sanders. He was the husband of Helen L.(Hobbs) Sanders, his wife of 59 years. He was a life-long Dairy Farmer...

Dec 30, 2007

Richard Glenn “Dick” VanLaningham, age 75, of Randallstown, died on Sunday morning, December 30, 2007 at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore. Born September 14, 1932 in Lincoln, Nebraska, he was the son of the late Harold LeRoy and Grace Elizabeth (Oswald) VanLaningham. He had worked as a staff member of the Lord Baltimore Hotel in Baltimore. Richard loved to travel with...

Dec 29, 2007

James Edward Batterden,Jr., age 82, of Westminster, formerly of Emmitsburg and Baltimore, died on Saturday morning, December 29, 2007 at Lorien Taneytown. Born December 25, 1925 in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late James E. and Elizabeth (Noonan) Batterden, Sr. He was predeceased by his wife of 51 years, M. Berenice Lee (Brown) Batterden in 2002. He...

Dec 20, 2007

Elizabeth Catherine “Bea” Ibex, age 95 of Westminster, died Thursday, December 20, 2007 at Beverly Living Center in Westminster. She was born March 19, 1912 in Westminster the daughter of the late Joseph Milton and Dora Mae Gettier Groft. She was the wife of the late Robert E. Lee Ibex, Sr. who died in 1976. She worked at the Rexall’s...

Dec 16, 2007

Kalen Wesley Fagan, age 20, of Westminster, died suddenly December 16, 2007 at Sinai Hospital following an auto accident. He was born March 20, 1987 in Baltimore the son of Gregory W. Fagan of Parkville and Patricia Sue Buffington Fagan of Westminster. He was a 2006 graduate of Westminster High School. He worked as a customer service representative for Home...

Nov 26, 2007

Bernard M. Welty, age 84 of Emmitsburg died Monday, November 26, 2007 at York Hospital. He was born October 15, 1923 in Fairfield, PA the son of the late Tyson J. and M. Dula McNair Welty. He was the husband of Ann T. Hobbs Welty, his wife of 46 years. He graduated from Emmitsburg High School in 1942 and attended...

Ronald William Bennett, age 86, formerly of Emmitsburg, MD, died at Sunrise Assisted Living in Frederick. Ron was born in Washington, D.C. on January 28, 1937.  He was the youngest of six children born to the late Edward Lee and Addie Blanche Bennett.  He was the loving husband of Vernelia Clydell “Verne” Bennett, who died in 2021.

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