Funerals Honor Three Local Residents in Early January
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Geneva Conklin of Whiting at St. Mark's Lutheran Cemetery with Rev. Virginia K. Price officiating. Mr. Donald Baltzell of Union Bridge had a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Peter's Catholic Church with multiple priests and bearers, followed by interment in St. Peter's Cemetery and a flag presentation to his widow Thelma. Mrs. Ada Buffington, formerly of Walkersville, was laid to rest at Glade Cemetery with services conducted by Rev. Albert Lane II and Stauffer Funeral Home handling arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva Alice Conklin
Berry Hill Road
Whiting
N.J
St. Mark's Lutheran Cemetery
Wolfsville
Virginia K. Price
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Frederick
Donald B. Thompson
Middletown
Donald Francis Baltzell
Union Bridge Road
Union Bridge
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
Libertytown
Paul Taia
Gene Nickel
Michael Misulia
Mary Angleshee
Mike Caricose
Jeffrey Bostian
Kyle Bostian
Michael Bostian
Henry Hildebrand
Hugh Eng
Ada R. Buffington
Frederick Avenue
Walkersville
Glade Cemetery
Albert K. Lane II
Walkersville United
Obituaries Chronicle Multiple Family Losses Across Maryland
Several deaths are reported from Maryland with lengthy notices. Mrs Margaret Webber Snoots 74 of 609 Valley Road Knoxville died Jan 2 at home. survivors include children Lloyd Boyd and Kaye Deener. Mr George Brashear Sr 85 of Monrovia died Jan 1. funeral Jan 6 at Bush Creek Church of the Brethren. Mr Simon Worthington McBride 81 of Mount Airy died Jan 1. funeral Jan 3. Mr Larry Santee 54 of Gaithersburg died Jan 1. Mrs Margaret Toms 89 of Washington DC died Jan 2. service Jan 6. Mr Walter Welsh 86 of Mount Airy died Jan 1. Mr Daniel Stokesberry 56 of Dubuque Iowa formerly Monrovia died Dec 29. survived by wife Lucille, children and grandchildren. Funeral details, mourners and benefactions listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret
Marge” Virginia Webber Snoots
Valley Road
Knoxville
Arthur A. Snoots
Lloyd A. Webber
Annie Porter Webber Daugherty
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Afl-Cio
Ross Garment Co
Hagerstown
James F Messersmith former elections chief dies
James F Messersmith 87 longtime administrator of the Frederick County Board of Elections Supervisors died Wednesday Jan 1 at Frederick Memorial Hospital He was husband of Elizabeth Radcliffe Messersmith for 56 years and lived in Brooklawn Apartments and Citizens Nursing Home Born Oct 2 1908 in Hagerstown he worked in advertising for the Herald Mail and for Potomac Edison and Blue Ridge Bus Lines He served in the U S Coast Guard and Merchant Marine in World War II participated in Normandy and served in Atlantic Mediterranean and Pacific theaters After the war he ran a camera shop in Frederick and later joined the elections board He received a Governor s Citation in 1979 for 16 years as administrator He also led the Maryland Association of Election Officials He held numerous civic roles including Hagerstown Polo Club Morris Frock American Legion Post 42 Frederick Kiwanis Cotillion Club and AFSCME He is survived by three sisters and several nieces and was predeceased by two brothers Services set for 2 p m Saturday Jan 4 at Keeney and Basford Funeral Home Interment Rest Haven Cemetery In Hagerstown Memorials to American Diabetes Association or St Marks Lutheran Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Brashear Sr
Monrovia
Evelyn V. Brashear
Harrisville
Gurney J
Mary Rigler Brashear
Brashear
Bush Creek
Joan Johnson
George
Mount Airy
George E. Brashear Jr
Rosalie
Gaithersburg
Roy Brashear
Margaret
Harold Brashear
Brenda
Frederick
Ralph Brashear
St Augustine
Fla
Edna King
Clarksburg
Paul B. Brashear
Barbara Brunner
Ruth Ganey
Yellow Springs
Cornelius Brashear
John Brashear
Olin L. Molesworth
Ridge Road
Damascus
Bush Creek Church
Simon Worthington McBride
Citizens Nursing Home
Annie L. McBride
Maryland
Olvey William
Laviania E. Fraley McBride
McBride
Montgomery County
Doris Monroe
Betty Schaible
James Franklin Messersmith
Frederick County Board of Elections Supervisors
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Elizabeth Radcliffe Messersmith
Messersmith
East Second Street
Brooklawn Apartments
Hagerstown
James W
Carrie Shaw Messersmith
Surrey School
Columbia Business College
Board of Elections Supervisors
Maryland Association of Election Officials
Hagerstown Polo Club
Byron Field
Williamsport
Morris Frock American Legion Post 42
Frederick Kiwanis
Cotillion Club of
American Federation of State
Luella Washabaugh
Pittsburgh
Mary Bear
Sun City West
Ariz
Virginia Strine
Keeney and Basford Funeral Home
E. Church St
Charles Beekly
Rest Haven Cemetery
American Diabetes Association
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Washington Ave
Real estate broker Howell Happ Jr. dies at 58 in Frederick
Howell C Happ Jr a 58 year old real estate broker appraiser and property manager of Braddock Heights died Wednesday Jan 1 He was active in local real estate groups Braddock Heights Optimist Club and the Greater Frederick Property Owners Association Survived by wife Shirley Louise Baker Happ two sons and a daughter in law plus siblings and in laws The family will receive friends Jan 3 and funeral Jan 4 at Keeney Basford Funeral Home Interment Mount Olivet Cemetery Memorial donations to two local scholarships or Hospice of Frederick County Inc
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howell C. Happ Jr
Ridge Road
Braddock Heights
Shirley Louise Baker Happ
Beaumont
Texas
Howell and
Marjorie Watt Happ
Happ
Frederick County Association of Realtors
Frederick County
Property Owners Association of
Greater Frederick
Robin Lee Hoffman
Ashley Brook Happ
Jean Happ Hudson
Rockville
Mary Elizabeth Warshowsky
Keeney and Basford
E. Church St
Frederick
Etchison Memorial
Funeral Home
Ginger G. Memmett
Frederick Presbyterian Church
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Daryl Happ
c/o
Braddock Heights Optimist Club
P.O. Box
Frederick High School
Carroll Parkway
Hospice of
Frederick County Inc
P.O Box
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Geneva Conklin
Mr. Donald Baltzell
Mrs
Ada Buffington
Ust
Aredevich Netos-Post
Frederick News Post
Mt. Airy
Funb Bank
Apusquiil
Securities Business
Frederick County Parks Department
Frederick City
YMCA
Red Cross
Maryland Job Service Job Training Agency
J-Ta
Transit
Heroscopes
Manpower
Frederick Arts Council
Jennifer
Delaplaine Visual Art Center
Emberg Center
Hood
Jemtkins
Spraearna
Jenlang
Fredenck County Teanam Ito
Margaret Snoots
Church of God
The
Steadman-Keenan American Legion
Order of Eagles Aerie
the Moose Lodge
Brunswick
Kaye Deener
Gene
Lloyd A. Snoots
Benson, Ariz
Boyd R. Snoots
Debra
Phoenix
Mary E. Cooper
Arthur Webber
William Webber
Betty
Cascade
Lawrence Webber
Lavern
Smithsburg
Mary Pittsnagle
Dennis L. Webber
John T. Williams
Petersville Road
Douglas May
Brunswick First Church of God
R. Thomas Fralin Jr
Brownsville
Mr. George Brashear Sr
Mr. Simon McBride
Kemptown United Methodist Church
Kemptown
Muriel H. Barber
Larry Santee
Larry Gerald Santee
Cecilia Santee
Parkersburg
W.va
Santee
Marietta College
Marietta
Ohio
Becon Construction Co
Lurie Zelna
Olyphant
Tawnia Santee
Kelly Adams
North Haven
Maine
LeeAnn Larrimore
Luke Santee
Ada Lee Santee
Claudia
Marsha
Austin Larrimore
Jasmine
Joseph Santee
Alexander Zelna
DeVol Funeral Home
E. Deer Park Drive
Boyds Presbyterian Church
Boyds
Camden Clark Memorial Hospital
Garfield Ave
Margaret Toms
Margaret C. Toms
Washington, D.C
Grayson E. Toms
Toms
Columbus W
Anna Flock Haput
Pleasant Walk
David Gray
Paul G. Haupt
Silver Spring
Ricketts Funeral Home
Main St
Myersville
Norman D. Kemmerer
Mount Zion United Methodist Cemetery
Walter Welsh
Walter Jackson Welsh
Pleasant View Nursing Home
Helen E. Grove
William Thomas
Elsie P. Lowman Welsh
Welsh
Bethlehem Steel
Bal
Daniel Stokesberry
Daniel Patrick Stokesberry
Dubuque
Iowa
Mercy Health Care
Urbana
Resurrection Parish
Knights of Columbus St. Anthony’s Council
Stokesberry
Loras College
University of Maryland
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Integrated Management
San Diego
Calif
Kara Manning
Leavenworth
Kan
Kim Fraser
Palm Beach Gardens
Eric J. Stokesberry
Palo Alto
Ryan
Kaitlin Manning
Kelsey
Shannon Fraser
Mary Anne Heiderscheit
Onalaska
Wis
James Stokesberry
Remsen
Michael Stokesberry
Bettendorf
Robert Stokesberry
Matteson
Ill
Church of the Resurrection
ALS Foundation
Ventura Blvd
Woodland Hills
Asbury Road
Gene Siegert and Son Westview
James F. Messersmith
Gladys H. Weedon
Joshua R. Messersmith
Howard E. Messersmith
Indialantic
John Waller Happ
Winchester
Mary R. Stine Baker
Mary E. Butts
Chambersburg
Loretta J. Stotelmyer
Boonsboro
Betty Lou Kunz
Mary Sue Hamilton
Willis G. Baker
Gary E. Baker
Sharpsburg
David L. Baker
Larry D. Baker
Keedysville
Sarah Louise Rainey
Kittyfae
John P. Happ
Kerriville
Patricia Happ Briggs
Jeanette Rainey Edwards
Jack Happ
Kathleen Happ
Jane Watt Miller
F Louis Rainey
W. Doyle Watt
Jon
Alan Nichols
York
Stayman, Empire
Granny Smith & Ida
Catoctin
Thurmont
US 15
Second Street
City
East Church Street
City Climats
City Jimats
Secona Street
City Himis
Perigtearis Colertian
Posse
Heasey Topane
Hooper
Endert
Norman Shaver Jr
Carroll Manor Fire Co
Old School
Adamstown
Colomal Jewelers
W. Patick
Junior Fire Company
Amercan
Pease
Woodshboro
Amer Legion Sun
Eline
Anna M Olson
East
Patrick St
Overlook Fence Co
Dim Johnson
MHIC
Panama Canal
FIA
Puddin Hamim
Ea Windsor
New Winsor Fire Co
John K. Henderson
Fred. Co
C. Burr Artz Public Library
Patrick Street
Amelia Earhart
Gettysburg
Ramsburg
Battam
Rogers Office Supply
Market St. Fred
Fredenck
Teresa
Woodsboro Vfc
BO Mongsboro
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