Daniel Patrick Merchant, age 46, of Detour, Maryland, died suddenly on Thursday morning, May 22, 2008, at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore. Born September 27, 1961 in Tehran, Iran, he was the son of Audrey (Woodford) Merchant of Springfield, Va., and the late William Eugene Merchant. He was the husband of 18 years to Elaine Willis...
Nora Bell Wilt, age 99, of Taneytown, MD died Thursday, May 22, 2008 at Carroll Hospital Center in Westminster. Born February 15, 1909 in Carroll County, she was the daughter of the late Adam O. and Carrie B. (Six) Heiner. She was the wife of the late Howard D. Wilt, Sr. who died in 1968. She worked for several years...
Carl Dean Boisvert, 63, of Taneytown, died at the University of Maryland Medical Center on May 17, 2008. Born on July 27, 1945, in Manchester NH, he was the son of the late Omer Donat Boisvert and Caroline Lorraine Dumas Boisvert. He was the husband of Jacquelyn Jester Boisvert, his wife of 11 years. He was a high school graduate...
Genoveva “Eva” S. Chapman, age 92, of Westminster, died on early Friday morning, May 16, 2008 at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium, Maryland. Born January 18, 1916 in Bakony Oszlop, Hungary, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Rozalia (Gross) Speckhart. She was the wife of the late Astor Colman Chapman, who died in 2003. She was a...
Catherine Barnhart Beaver, age 86, of Westminster, died Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at Golden Living Center in Westminster. She was born October 29, 1921 the daughter of the late Thomas and Minnie Easton Barnhart. She was the wife of the late Howard William Beaver who died in 1997. She was a graduate of Westminster High School. She was a long...
Audra Claire Hahn, age 80 of Westminster, died May 13, 2008 at Carroll Hospice Dove House. She was born August 28, 1927 in Cunberland, Maryland, the daughter of the late Harvey H. and Nellie G. Hershberger Speicher. She was the wife of the late James C. Hahn who died in July 2000. She was a member of St. Paul’s United...
Eddie Dean Gray, age 48 of Emmitsburg, died Sunday, May 11, 2008 at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Robert Pittinger. He was born April 6, 1960 in Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania the son of Nancy Lee Baker Garrett of Pennsylvania and the late Warren Edward Gray. He attended school in Pennsylvania and lived with his grandmother, Edith Gray during his...
George Thomas Albaugh, age 62 of Westminster, died Saturday, May 10, 2008 at Carroll Hospital Center after an extended illness. He was born October 13, 1945 in Gettysburg, Pa the son of the late Harman G.M. and Katherine L. Fleagle Albaugh. He was a graduate of Glen Burnie High School and an Army veteran serving in Korea, Texas and Oklahoma...
Dennis Allen Glass, age 51, of Rocky Ridge, Maryland, died suddenly on Monday, May 5, 2008 at his home of natural causes. Born June 23, 1956 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late James M. and Anna Lee (Shriner) Glass. He was the husband of Paula C. Glass. Dennis was a self-employed contractor, who owned and operated...
William G. Parr, age 82 of Westminster, died Saturday, May 3, 2008 at Carroll Hospice Dove House. A graveside service will be held at Parkwood Cemetery in Baltimore on Thursday at 11:00 A.M. Arrangements are by the Myers-Durboraw Funeral Home in Westminster.
Martha Elizabeth Ditmer, age 87 of New Oxford, PA died Thursday, May 1, 2008 at The Brethren Home Community. She was born February 27, 1921 in Mechanicsburg, PA the daughter of the late John and Anna Eckroth Ditmer. She worked with handcrafts at the Goodwill. She was a member of the Church of the Brethren in Mechancisburg. She was a...
Julia Mae (Monard) Hess, age 81, of Emmitsburg, Maryland, died on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at the Gettysburg Hospital in Gettysburg, PA. Born May 2, 1926 in Germantown, MD, she was the daughter of the late Lewis and Nettie Mae (Norwood) Monard. She was predeceased by her husband, Shirley Warren Hess in 1998. Prior to her marriage, she was a...
James F. Wilson, 80, of Mt. Airy, formerly of Reisterstown, died Tuesday, April 28, 2008 at Carroll Hospital Center, Westminster. Born January 11, 1928 in Mt. Washington, he was the son of the late Estelle Wilson. His wife, Doris M. Brown Wilson, predeceased him in 1997. Mr. Wilson was retired from Federal Aviation Administration after working for 22 years as...
Lewis A. Cool, age 76, of Emmitsburg, Maryland died Friday, April 18, 2008 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Born October 26, 1931, he was the son of the late George J. and Alice (Topper) Cool. He was the husband of the late Dorothy E. (Wantz) Cool. He was a warehouse clerk at St. Joseph’s College and had also worked at St....
Florence G. Wargny, of Taneytown, died Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at Lookabout Manor in Westminster. Born December 16, 1916 in Princeton, New Jersey, she was the daughter of the late Warren and Matilda Golding. The family later moved to Relay, Maryland. She married Frank O. Wargny on December 25, 1942. She was a graduate of Centenary College in Hackettstown, New...
James W. Sell, age 72, of Taneytown, Maryland, died suddenly on Wednesday morning, April 16, 2008 at Lorien of Taneytown. Born January 14, 1936 in Taneytown, he was the son of the late Norris F. and Helen E. (Ridinger) Sell. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Deanna M. (Crouse) Sell. Jim was a member of Trinity Evangelical...
Robert William “Bill” Snyder, age 68, of Taneytown, Maryland, died suddenly Tuesday evening, April 15, 2008 at his home. Born February 20, 1940 in Emmitsburg, Maryland, he was the son of the late Jeremiah W. and Lena A. Angell Snyder. Prior to retirement, Bill was employed by David Wantz Electric, Westinghouse and Cambridge Rubber Factory. He enjoyed fishing, gardening and...
Clair “Buck” Calvin Cullison, age 70, of Emmitsburg, Maryland, died suddenly Monday April 14, 2008 as a result of an automobile accident on his way home from work in Pennsylvania. Born January 7, 1938, in Adams County, Pa., he was the son of the late Harvey Edgar and Laura Gertrude (Winebrenner) Cullison. He was pre-deceased by his wife, Doris Josephine...
Rachel Luella Haines, age 86, of Taneytown, Md., died on Saturday, April 12, 2008 at Lorien Taneytown. Born January 11, 1922 in Arnoldstown, Md., Frederick County, she was the daughter of the late Vernon E. and Annie Condon Heffner. She was predeceased by her husband, Ralph “Doc” C. Haines in 1982. She was a member of the Mayberry First Church...
John Harold “Jack” Sanders, age 69 of Westminster died Wednesday April 9, 2008 at Carroll Hospice Dove House. He was born August 12, 1938 in Preston, Maryland the son of Margaret Isabel Chambers Sanders of Preston, MD and the late James W. Sanders. He was the husband of Janet Marlene Thomas Sanders, his wife of 45 years. He served in...