Obituaries

Jan 6, 2020

Hancock, Maryland

Larry Charles Socks, age 64, of Hancock, Md., passed away on Monday, January 6, 2020, at the Fahrney Keedy Memorial Home, in Boonsboro, Md.

Born June 24, 1955, in Hagerstown, Md., he was the son of Charles E. Socks and the late Elizabeth A. (Shoemaker) Socks; and the husband of the late Cindy...

Dec 12, 2019

Berkeley Springs, West Virginia

Ralph Harry Booth, age 84, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., passed away peacefully on December 12, 2019 in the Berkeley Springs Center.

Born May 19, 1935, in East Stroudsburg, Pa., he was the son of the late Oliver Joseph Booth and Celestia E. (Strunk) Booth.

He served in the United...

Dec 9, 2019

Hancock, Maryland

Olan William “Bill” Creek, Jr., age 84, of Hancock, Md., passed away on Monday, December 9, 2019 at his home, while under the care of Hospice of Washington County and surrounded by his loved ones.

Born September 15, 1935, at home in Washington County, Md., he was the son of the late Olan...

Dec 7, 2019

Hancock, Maryland

Michael Clark Wolford, age 71, of Hancock, Md., passed away on Saturday, December 7, 2019, at the Goodwill Retirement Center, in Grantsville, Md.

Born December 24, 1947, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., he was the son of the late Theodore and Dorothy (Yost) Wolford.

He graduated from Hancock High School in 1965;...

Dec 7, 2019

Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania

Dale W. Ritz, age 92, of Warfordsburg, Pa., passed away on Saturday, December 7, 2019, at Fulton County Medical Center in McConnellsburg, Pa.

Born July 3, 1927, in Buck Valley, Pa., he was the son of the late William and Mina (Hull) Ritz; and the husband of the late Mary L. (Smith) Ritz....

Dec 5, 2019

Berkeley Springs, West Virginia

Mary Jane Stuckey, age 79, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., passed away on Thursday, December 5, 2019, at the War Memorial Hospital, in Berkeley Springs.

Born in Hancock, Md., on August 12, 1940, she was the daughter of the late Roy Calvin and Bridgett A. (Weller) Moats.

She was a...

Dec 4, 2019

Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania

Ronald Lee Jones, age 71, of Warfordsburg, Pa., passed away at his home on Wednesday, December 4, 2019.

Born July 19, 1948, in Hagerstown Md., he was the son of the late Charles and Helen (Hedges) Jones, and raised by George and Genevieve Dunham.

He graduated in 1966 from South Hagerstown...

Nov 30, 2019

Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania

Marie Grace Fink, age 77, of Warfordsburg, Pa., passed away on November 30, 2019 at the UPMC Pinnacle Hospital, in Harrisburg, Pa.

Born July 23, 1942, in New York, she was the daughter of the late Harry D. and Grace A. (Snyder) Iden; and the widow of Wilbur Robert Fink, who died June...

Nov 28, 2019

Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania

Velma Hope Mann, age 93, of Warfordsburg, Pa., passed away on Thursday, November 28, 2019 in the Pennknoll Village Nursing Home, in Everett, Pa.

Born June 19, 1926, in Fulton County, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Chester and Isabelle (Ray) Bishop; and the widow of Charles Bruce Mann, whom she...

Nov 24, 2019

Hancock, Maryland

James Carl "Jim" Creek, Sr., age 84, of Hancock, Md., passed away in the Hagerstown Healthcare Center, in Hagerstown, Md., on Sunday, November 24, 2019.

Born November 14, 1935, in Piney Plains, Md., he was the son of the late Elmer C. and Catherine Irene (Snyder) Creek; and the husband of Sophie (Hendershot)...

Nov 22, 2019

Hancock, Maryland

James “Jim” Franklin Fink, Sr., age 75, of Hancock, Md., passed away in his home on Friday, November 22, 2019.

Born October 21, 1944, in Hancock, he was the son of the late Ernest L. and Mildred I. (Divelbliss) Fink.

He attended Hancock Public Schools.

Jim worked in heavy...

Oct 30, 2019

Hancock, Maryland

Norma Louise (Hendershot) Ward, age 93, of Hancock, Md., passed away at the Fulton County Medical Center in McConnellsburg, Pa., on Wednesday, October 30, 2019.

Born February 5, 1926, in Buck Valley, Fulton County, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Carl and Marie (Fischer) Hendershot, and the wife of Clifford G....

Oct 26, 2019

Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania

Louis Aloysius “Lou” Houff, Jr., age 83, passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 26, 2019, in Memphis, Tenn.

Born in Clifton Forge, Va., on February 5, 1936, he was the eldest son of the late Dr. Louis A. Houff, Sr. and Ethel (Bartlett) Houff.

He was a 1959 graduate of Mount St....

Oct 21, 2019

Hancock, Maryland

Ora Mae Thompson, age 86, of Hancock, Md., passed away on Monday, October 21, 2019, at her home.

Born September 12, 1933, in Morgan County, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Robert E. and Mae (Stoner) Hovermale; and the widow of Robert Vernon Thompson, who died November 13, 2009.

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Oct 20, 2019

Hancock, Maryland

Patricia Diana ”Trish” Mann, age 70, of Hancock, Md., passed away at Doey’s House in Hagerstown, Md. on Sunday, October 20, 2019.

Born January 9, 1949, in Little Rock, Ark., she was the daughter of the late Joseph B. and Nora Allene (Lane) Westnedge; and the wife, for 39 years, of her husband, Mark...

Oct 15, 2019

McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania

Infant Cruz Lynn Richards passed away on October 15, 2019 at the Fulton County Medical Center, in McConnellsburg, Pa.

Born October 15, 2019, at the Fulton County Medical Center, he was the son of Kaelani Castle, of Warfordsburg, Pa. and Michael Richards, of McConnellsburg, Pa.

In addition to his parents, Cruz...

Oct 15, 2019

Flintstone, Maryland

Ralph M. Yonker, Jr., age 71, of Flintstone, Md., passed away Tuesday, October 15, 2019, in the Winchester Medical Center, in Winchester, Va.

Born June 22, 1948, he was the son of the late Ralph M., Sr. and Virginia (Day) Yonker.

He was a graduate of Hancock High School, in Hancock,...

Oct 12, 2019

Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania

Henry ”Bud” Berlin Weber, age 90, of Warfordsburg Pa., passed away on Saturday, October 12, 2019, at Magnolias of Chambersburg Senior Living, in Chambersburg, Pa.

Born September 18, 1929, in West Virginia, he was the son of the late Frank L. and Jessie B. (Lineweaver) Weber; and the widower of Mary Jane (Manning)...

Oct 11, 2019

Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania

Margaret Blanche McCray, age 96, of Warfordsburg, Pa., passed away peacefully at her home on October 11, 2019.  She is now in the presence of our Heavenly Father and reunited and holding hands with the love of her life, Cam, who she has been separated from just short of 45 years.

Born March 18,...

Oct 3, 2019

Hancock, Maryland

Reva Fern Flowers, age 86, of Hancock, Md., passed away at the War Memorial Hospital, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., on Thursday, October 3, 2019.

Born July 1, 1933, in Berkeley Springs, she was the daughter of the late William M. and Syvillia F. (Marshall) Hovermale; and the widow of Reed Elsworth Flowers, who...