R A Browning Rites Tuesday
R A Browning longtime Walkersville High School principal and Frederick County political figure died Saturday after a four week illness. He was 55. A Myersville native with advanced degrees from Gettysburg College and Columbia, Browning shaped local education, served on town council and Democratic committees, and supported Cub and Boy Scout activities. Funeral services are Tuesday at St Pauls Lutheran Myersville with interment in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Avery Browning
Walkersville High School
Frederick County
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Myersville
Addie Harris
Ralph A. Browning
Maude Unger
Dayton
Ohio
Connecticut
Middletown
Gettysburg College
Columbia University
University of Maryland
Frederick
Brunswick
Walkersville
Jackson
Democratic State Central Committee
Browning
Glade Valley
Mr. Browning
Ceresville
Keymar
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Myersille
Paul F. Bittle
Dairy Farmer Found Dead in Virginia Outbuilding
Hubert J. Gerken, a leading Lovettsville dairy farmer, was found dead Thursday morning by his son with a gunshot wound. The Loudoun County coroner ruled death by self-inflicted action. Gerken, 48, formerly of Vienna, resided in Lovettsville for a year, survived by his widow Margaret and children James Folmar, John Gerken Jr., Margaret Charlotte, and Carl. Funeral services Sunday at New Jerusalem church, with interment at Gnien cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert John Gerken
Lovettsville
John Gerken
Loudoun County
Gerken
Vienna
Nellie Hellmuth Gerken
Margaret Ferguson Gerken
James Folmar
Margaret Charlotte Gerken
Carl Gerken
Howard Gerken
James W. Folmar
Lovellsville Funeral
New Jerusalem
Horace Lukens
William Yingling
Gnien
Presbyterian Church At
R. E. Brown
James
Reed James Salomon Reed
Truman E. Stine
Walkersville
Floyd County
Solomon and
Thisey Hilton Reed
Frederick County
Church of the Brethren
Roy L
Cloverdale
Lawrence N
Floyd
Vernon
New Midway
Frank
Charles S. Reed
Alum Ridge
Bessie Martin
Willis
Charles Robertson
Guy Ohler
Taneytown
Truman Stine
Albert Biernat
San Diego
Calif
Cephas Reed
Roanoke
Mt. Zion
Haugh's
Ladiesburg
G. C. Barton
Ballenger 4H Club meets with demonstrations and bake sale funds
Mrs Leslie Wiles hosted the February Ballenger Girls 4H Club gathering with 10 members and two leaders present. Sarah King accompanied, and demonstrations covered grooming skin and hand care. A March of Dimes contribution was approved, and the March 6 meeting will be at Peggy Page's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballenger 4
Leslie Wiles
Ballenger Girls
Sarah King
Charles King
Mary Thomas
Jean Wiles
Charlotte Shafer
Ann Putman
Peggy Page
Burdette and Bohn Obituaries Highlight Local Deaths
Obituaries note J Becraft Mullinix born at Long Corner with several survivors and funeral in Montgomery Methodist Cemetery Clagettsville. Olin L. Bohn dies at 70 after two weeks illness at Bark Hill Farm near Uniontown. services at Bark Hill Church of God with burial in Church of God Cemetery. Caroline E Bide widow of Cyrus Bidle dies at 74 near Braddock Heights after four days illness. burial Mount Olivet. Johnson B Doyle of Dover Pa passes at 72. services at Bucher funeral home Hanover with Mt Olivet burial. John William Johnson, Locust Valley resident, aged 72, dies. funeral at Burkittsville church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Becraft Mullinix
Long Corner
Wiliam M
James D. Burdette
Clyde Burdette
Mt. Airy
George Burdette
Matthew Harvey
Baltimore
Eddie Hardy
Poplar Spring
Damascus Funeral Home
Montgomery Methodist Cemetery
Clagettsville
Olin L. Molesworth
Franklin R. Bohn
Bark Hill
Richard and
Amy Saylor Bohn
Frederick County
Minnie Rowe Bohn
Ralph W. Keefer
Earl F. Bohn
Jesse M. Bohn
Clara B Singer
Keymar
Bark Hill Church
Caroline E. Bidle
Caroline Elizabeth Catharine Bide
Cyrus L. Bidle
Braddock Heights
Frederick Memorial Hospital
George and
Annie Catharine Hoffman Smith
Lutheran Church
Braddock
Emma Bitler
Vernon Bidle
East Church Street
Mount Olivet
M. R. Etchison and Son
Johnson B. Doyle
Dover
Henry
Clementine Shook Doyle
Dorothy E. Doyle Doyle
Lester M. Doyle
Hanover
Virginia Swartz
Dorothy White
Beulah Lefeber
Philadelphia
John William Johnson
Locust Valley
John
Katie Clark Johnson
Westminster
Maggie Tha Johnson
Bernice Robin
Mildred Smith
Pittsburgh
Fern Brown
Beveridge
John William
Herman
Pitshburgh
Mark
Hagerstown
Samuel
Washington
Roscoe Eugene
Methodist A. M. E
Burkittsville
Church Cemetery
Gindhili Company
Funeral services for Jehan J Healy near Unionville
Funeral services were held Friday at St Peters Catholic Church Libertytown for Jehan J Healy who died Thursday at his daughter's home Mrs Norman Morris. Father John Mountain celebrated. Burial followed in St Peters cemetery with bearers Howard Cantwell EW Nicodemus Benjamin Morrisay and Thomas Morrisay. Powell Hartzier, funeral directors. Also funeral for Mrs Pearl Bell Stunkle widow of Frederick J Stunkle of Point of Rocks was held Saturday at St Luke's Lutheran Church Point of Rocks with Rev A Roger Gobbel officiating. Floral emblems and pallbearers Charles Orrison Edgar Carey Richard Carey Milton Fry Edward Fry Charles Remsburg nephews. Burial in St Paul's cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret £. Frits
Margaret Ellen Fritz
Calvin Amos Fritz
Edward Little
Milton Avenue
Westminster
Fritz
Carroll County
Robert
Susan Ebien Engleman Davidson
St.Luke’s Winters
New Midway
Ralph Bowers
Sykesville
Roger Brown
William Brown
Baltimore
Pontiac
Mich
Allen Parks Jennings
Emmitsburg
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Thomas
Elizabeth McBride Jennings
Theresa Burket Jennings
Margaret Dicker
St. Anthony's Catholic Church
Holy Name Society
St. Anthony's Church
Stanley Scarff
St Anthony's Shrine Cemetery
S. L. Alison
Charles Wesley
George W. Rutherford
Harpers Ferry
Charles Town General Hospital
Mary Enle Engies
Willard M. White
Fairview Lutheran Cemetery
Bolivar
Feely Yoakum
Festy Yoakum
Travellers Repose
W Va
Henry Clay
Mary Susan Armentrout
F. H. Hines
Washington
Ft. Lincoln Cemetery
Yoakum
Bolivar Heights
Dorothy Langhorn Yoakum
David L
Alaska
Roger L. Washington
John F Yoakum
Beverly
W. Va
Alexandria Manuel Alexandria Kinsley Manuel
Leetown
Newton T
Alice Frances Manuel
Old Furnace Road
Nettie Manuel
Eackles Funeral Chapel
Mabel Stupp Horine
Amos Melvin Horine
Brunswick
East Green Street
Horine
Randolph
Mary Flynn Stupp
Randolph A. T Horine
Andrew G. Rubber
LeRoy B. Stupp
Keysser
al George
Silver Spring
Nellie Mainhart
Gaithersburg
Merrill Stevens
Bankard
Westminister
Austin Schildwachter
Burkittsville
H. Bankard and Son
E. H. Fer
Eli H. Fox
Thomas C. Fox
Keysville
Samuel and
Mary Young Fox
St John’s Lutheran Church
Liviestown
Susannah Harner Fox
Betty Plowman Fox
Harvey Fox
York
Charles A
Gettysburg
Taneytown
L. A. Karns
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Hanover
C. Fuss
Florence Jeanette Hahn
Harvey L. Hahn
Frederick County
North 38Th Street
Philadelphia
Abraham and
Mary E. Zimmerman Mikesell
Centennial Memorial Evangelical United Brethren Church
East Church Street
Mt. Olivet
M. R. Etchison and
Margaret A. S. Karn
Margaret Ann Sophia Karn
John Karn
Lewis Nathan Karn
South Stricker Street
John William
Margaret Staley Pearl
Jefferson District
Reformed Church
John Ezra Karn
Lewis N
George Karn
Viola Sulcer
Frederick
Helen Virginia Karn
Burkittsville Reformed Church
Edwin M. Alcorn
Union Cemetery
C. H. Feets
Bro
Jehan J. Healy
Unionville
St. Peters Catholic Church
Libertytown
Healy
Norman Morris
John Mountain
St. Peter's Cemetery
Howard Cantwell
EW Nicodemus
Benjamin and
Thomas Morrisay
Powell & Hartzier
Pearl Bell Stunkle
Frederick J. Stunkle
Point of Rocks
St. Luke's Lutheran Church
Roger Gobbel
Charles Orrison
Edgar Carey
Richard Carey
Milton Fry
Edward Fry
Charles Remsburg
St. Paul's Cemetery
Evelyn Louise Working
North Market Street
Melvin T. Tabler
Calvary Methodist Church
Sprigg Chesley
Carry H. Reid
H. Fulton
Nicodemus
Harold Hammond
Mount Hopei Cemetery
Woordsboro
M Kh Etchison and Son
Grace A. Knauff
John J. Knauf
Winfield
C. H. Shaw
Arthur
James
Reed
Walkersville
Arthur Rice
Mt. Zion Cemetery
Haugh
G. C. Barton
Neral
Funer
Obram A. Kepler
Middletown
Heard Sc Carney
Richard Bidle
Garland
George Guyton
Harold
Cyrus
John Kepler
Middletown Lutheran Cemetery
Gladhill Co
Horace B. Boyd
East Patrick Street
W. Merval Weaver
Presbyterian Church
Maryland National Guard
Willard M. Horine
Kyle D. Sawyers
Lewis Shakle
James Devilbiss
Paul L
Mary Louise Snowden
Edgar L
Mary E. Dixon Snowden
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Bartonsville Cemetery
M. R. Etchison and Son
Annie C. Whitmore
Jesse C. Whitmore
Odenton
Fass
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Charles J. Walker
Libertytown Cemetery
Ernest Myers
Leo Zimmerman
Loren K. Austin
Melvin Bostian
George Delphey
Ernest Delphey
Frederick Howard Poole
Florence
Jennings’ Chapel Methodist Church
Charles A. Michael
Joshua Chrobot
Raymond Becraft
Harold Bogler
Elwood Harrison
Earl Phebus
Thurman Duvail
Michael Sang
C M. Waltz
Glen Offutt
Stauffer
Schenectady
E. Gettier
Robert Nelson
Richard Greenwood
Frank Nicodemus
Nelson
Ward
Ralph Stauffer
Carrie Viola Hargett
Lewis V. Hargett
West Patrick Street
G. Ermine Plett
Evangelical Reformed Church
Jefferson
Herschel T. Boyer
Walter B. Coblentz
Lloyd G. Coblentz
Raymond Beachiey
Clarence Rice
Walter Rice
Funeral notices from Point of Rocks area in Maryland
A stream of funeral services and interments is recorded for residents around Point of Rocks and nearby towns. Miss Evelyn Louise Working, Grace A Knauff, James Reed, Obram Kepler, Horace Boyd, Mary Louise Snowden, Annie Whitmore, Frederick Poole, Glen Offutt Stauffer, Carrie Hargett and others are noted with service times, officiants, and burial sites such as Mount Hope, Sam's Creek, Mt. Olivet, Libertytown, Bartonville, and church cemeteries.
Bolyard and Covell Marriage Announcement
Mr and Mrs Homer T Bolyard announce the marriage of their daughter Lilie Ruth to Harvey Covell Jr son of Mrs. The ceremony linked to a rural route address marks a notable family union.
EngagemenTS Weddings and Distance Spouses in Frederick Area
A flood of notes covers marriages engagements and wedding plans around Frederick County. Ceremonies take place at Calvary Methodist Church and Washington Grove Parsonage with couples from Gaithersburg Arlington and Winchester. Details include dress styles, attendants, and future residences amid postwar milestones.
Freak Accident Injures Woman on South Jefferson Street
A rope from a rear-hung load on a District Waste Materials tractor-trailer whipped around Mrs. Althea V. Walch as she walked on South Jefferson, causing severe bruises and a 13 stitch cut. She was treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital and released. Driver Hammie Newman was detained for investigation but no charges were filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Jefferson Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Althea V. Walch
District Waste Materials Company
Washington
Hammie Newman
Colored
Jefferson Street
Charles Town
W. Va
Ellis Carty
Newman
Catoctin Avenue
Kenneth D. Bond
Hyde Kennedy wedding at Union Bridge church
Frances Elizabeth Kennedy daughter of Mr and Mrs J Frank Kennedy Union Bridge married William Lewis Hyde son of Mr and Mrs John T Hyde Union Bridge at 2 pm February 1 in the Union Bridge Methodist church. The couple planned to honeymoon in Florida and reside in Union Bridge after the wedding. The groom served four years in the Air Force and both graduates of Elmer We le High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Minnick
East 4Th Street
Edward A. Godsey
Calvary Methodist Church
Harry Boyd
Covell
Liberty High
Western Maryland Wholesale Co
Joseph Henry Bourdon
Baltimore
Betty Jane
Hugh Valentine Firor
Athens
Miss Bourdon
Eastern High School
Franklin Square Hospital
Firor
University of Maryland
School of Medicine
J. William Firor
Major Firor
Thurmont
Young
Frederick High School
Regular Air Force
Olmstead Air Force Base
Middletown
Kinman—Barnhouse
Leola Mae Barnhouse
Leesburg
Everett A. Kinman
Arlington
Hyattsville
Fr. McCarthy
Robert. Earl
Earl
Lester W. Barnhouse
Lucketts
Leesburg High School
Thomas Burgess
Twin Falls
Idaho
Kinman
Navy
Washington
Stitely
Boone
St. James Lutheran Church
Union Bridge
Margaret Leanna Boone
John S. Boone
Broadway Street
Donald LeRoy Stitely
Donald G. Stitely
Dixon A. Y
Hyde—Kennedy
Frances Elizabeth Kennedy
J. Frank Kennedy
William Lewis Hyde
John T. Hyde
Union Bridge Methodist Church
Ernest Colwell
Louis P. Chastain
Audrey Frits
Marguerite Anders
Ray Kennedy
Doris Lee Wilson
Marie Raymond
Marie Hyde
Ray Haines
Ray Kenney
John Thomas Hyde, Jr
Florida
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R. A. Browning
Carthage
North
Africa
John J. Knauff
Grate A. Knauff
Simon and
Mary E. Keefer
Ivy Knauff
Maurice Manchey
Truman Knauff
Walter Mumford
Mary Peterson
Alfred Hauenstein
William Knauff
Sterling Knauff
Louis Keefer
Fork
Charlies Linton
Sam’s Creek
C. Waltz
Laura Lambert
L. C. Hope
Euckles Funeral Chapel
Daniel Kwasnaza
Harper Cemetery
Lambert
John and
Mary Smallwood Brown
Sallie Haugh
James Haugh
Good Intent
William and
Clementine Dern
Joseph W. Haugh
Luther S. Dern
Bessie E. Anders
Edith J. Sweighart
Doris Virginia Dingle
Mt. Zion Haugh’s Cemetery
Willis E. Aldridge
Carrie B. Aldridge
LeRoy Keyes
Forest View Avenue
Levi
Mary Ecker
Raymond Aldridge
Albert Elworthy
Near ML Airy
Reno Aldridge
Keys
Clarence Ecker
Near Liberty
Pleasant Hill Church
Hettie E. Cooper
Hettie Eleanor Cooper
James E. Cooper
Johns Hopkins University
I. C
Anna Eleanor Vivell
Monterey
Elizabeth Apple
Center M. E
Forest Hill
Harford County
Calvin H. McElfresh
Sophronia McElfresh
Kemp‘town
C. J
Roberta King Burdette
Browningsville
Bethesda Methodist Church
WSCS
International Order of Good Templars of
William M. Watkins
Raymond F. Day
Kemptown
Claude E. Burdette
Damascus
John H. McElfresh
Lindsey L. McElfresh
Woodfield
Warren H. Keats
Woodside
L. I
Katie O. Norris
Frank Gardner
Fredenck Memorial Hospital
Joseph and
Emily Runkles
Richard Norris
Gardner
C. M. Waltz
Millard F. McBride
Minnie
Hessert
Williamsport
Louis
Sarah Sigler McBride
Locust Valley Church of God
Charles L. McBride
Brooklandville
Maynard McBride
Altoona
Mrs. Hesse
Violet G. Burdette
George W. Burdette
Andrew D
Susan
Baare
M. RR. Etchison and Son, Funeral Directors
Johnsville
U. S. Army
Londo
Waterton
Mass
Aberdeen Angus
Frederick Fair Grounds
Maryland
Rosy A. West