Obituaries
Local obituaries for Hancock, MD and surrounding areas.

Linda Fletcher
Apr 22, 2016
Little Orleans, Maryland
Linda Ann (Joy) Fletcher, age 58, of Little Orleans, died on April 22, 2016.
Born in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., on April 27, 1957, she was the daughter of the late Lewis Joy and Margaretta (McCusker) Joy. She was the widow of Roy Allan Fletcher, who died on February 7, 2016.
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Homer Schetrompf
Apr 21, 2016
Hancock, Maryland
Homer Eugene Schetrompf, Jr., age 66, of Hancock, died on Thursday, April 21, 2016, at the VA Medical Center, in Martinsburg, W.Va.
Born in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., on March 10, 1950, he was the son of the late Homer E., Sr. and Charlene (Stotler) Schetrompf, and the widower of Donna Marie (Moats) Schetrompf, who...
Magdalene Burnett
Apr 16, 2016
Hancock, Maryland
Magdalene Martha Burnett, age 96, passed away on Saturday, April 16, 2016, at Greenfield Senior Living, in Hagerstown, Md.
The youngest of twelve children, she was born January 20, 1920, in Sleepy Creek, W.Va., the daughter of the late Albert and Amanda (Kemp) Fox, and the widow of Harold A. Burnett, who passed away November...
James Mckenzie, Sr.
Apr 5, 2016
Hancock, Maryland
James Edward McKenzie, Sr., age 72, died on Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at his home.
Born August 26, 1943, in Frostburg, Md., he was the son of the late Hubert Nelson and Virgie Catherine Minich McKenzie, and the husband of Mary Cecilia Keating McKenzie, whom he married on June 3, 1967 at St. Michaels...
Roy Lynch, Jr.
Mar 31, 2016
Hancock, Maryland
Roy Lee Lynch, Jr., age 61, of Hancock, died on Thursday, March 31, 2016 at Meritus Medical Center, in Hagerstown, Md.
Born December 8, 1954, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., he was the son of the late Roy Lee Lynch, Sr. and Margaret Marie Fling Lynch.
He was a graduate of Hancock...
John Murray
Mar 30, 2016
Big Cove Tannery, Pennsylvania John Andrew Murray, age 29, died on Wednesday, March 30, 2016.
Born June 1, 1986, he was the son of Trixy Ann (Younker) Murray, of Big Cove Tannery, Pa., and John Marshall Murray, of North Dakota. He was the grandson of Charlotte (Moats) Younker, of Big Cove Tannery, and Vaughn Younker, of Falling Waters, W.Va....
Kathy Miley
Mar 25, 2016
Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania
Kathy Jean Miley, age 63, of Warfordsburg, Pa., died on Friday, March 25, 2016, at her residence.
Born June 20, 1952, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., she was the daughter of Jackie (Payne) Divelbiss Mellott, of Hancock, Md., and the late Millard Clarence (Mel) Divelbiss. She was widow of Terry Lee Miley, who died Nov. 3, 2003....
Danny Crouse
Mar 20, 2016
Needmore, Pennsylvania
Danny Mack Crouse, age 55, of Needmore, Pa., died on Sunday, March 20, 2016, near Fort Littleton, Pa.
Born March 12, 1961, in McConnellsburg, Pa., he was the son of Estalene Yvonne ( Mellott) Crouse, of Needmore, and the late Leonard Mack Crouse. He was the husband of Denise K. (Shank) Crouse, whom he...
Paul Mellott
Mar 17, 2016
CW4 Paul Richard Mellott, U.S. Army (Ret), age 89, died on March 17, 2016 at Homewood at Crumland Farms, in Frederick, Md., where he was currently residing. He had formerly lived in Bowie and Hancock, Md., and Largo, FL., before taking up residence in Frederick.
Born in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., on December 20, 1926, he was a...

Lester Garland, Jr.
Mar 11, 2016
Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
Lester Ross Garland, Jr., age 48, of Berkeley Springs, died on Friday, March 11, 2016 at the University of Maryland Medical Center, in Baltimore, Md.
Born May 31, 1967 in Killeen, Tx., he was the son of Russell and Glenda May (Didawick) Duvall, of Warfordsburg Pa., and the late Lester Ross...

Howard Weller
Mar 1, 2016
Hancock,Maryland
Howard Earl “Bus” Weller, age 69, of Hancock, Md., died on March 1, 2016, at his residence.
Born in Hagerstown, Md. March 27, 1946, he was the son of the late Howard James Weller Jr. and Henrietta (Hose) Weller.
Mr. Weller was a former employee of Garden State Tanning, in Williamsport, Md., and retired...
Evangeline Pelton
Feb 7, 2016
Hancock, Maryland
Evangeline Zimmerman Dyer Pelton, age 96, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, February 7, 2016 in Hagerstown, Md.
She was born August 23, 1919, in Fulton County, Pa., the daughter of the late Walter and Pleasant Zimmerman Dyer, and the widow of C. Hoover Pelton.
She was a...

Roy Fletcher, Sr.
Feb 7, 2016
Little Orleans, Maryland
Roy Allan Fletcher, Sr., age 62, of Little Orleans, Md., died on Sunday, February 7, 2016 at his home.
Born February 10, 1953, in Cumberland, Md., he was the son of Allan Fletcher, of Little Orleans and the late Anna Jane ( Hollenbaugh) Fletcher, and husband of Linda A. (Joy) Fletcher, of...
Alton Lanehart
Feb 5, 2016
Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania
Alton Elwood Lanehart, age 90, of Warfordsburg, died on Friday, February 5, 2016 at the Williamsport Retirement Village.
Born June 27, 1925, in Hancock, Md., he was the son of the late Charles and Bessie (Mills) Lanehart.
He was a former member of the VFW in McConnellsburg, Pa., and the Webster...
Robert Flowers
Feb 3, 2016
Hagerstown, Maryland
Robert William Flowers, age 53, of Hagerstown, Md., died on Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at his home.
Born July 11, 1962, in Springfield, Ma., he was the son of the late Homer and Geraldine M. (Simpson) Flowers. .
He...
Alma Carpenter
Feb 3, 2016
Hancock, Maryland
Alma G. Carpenter, age 93, of Hancock, died on Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at her home.
Born February 12, 1922, in Gettysburg, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Franklin B. and Bertha Brady Bernhard, and the wife of Richard B. Carpenter, of Hancock.
She was a Christian.
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George Kirk
Jan 31, 2016
Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania
George Robert (Bobby) Kirk, age 80, died on Sunday, January 31, 2016. Born on November 24, 1935, in Warfordsburg, Pa., he was the son of the late Robert George Kirk and Fairy (Vangosen) Kirk.
He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Dorothy Ann (Gordon) Kirk, of Waynesboro, Pa.; two sisters, Alice...
Darwin Mills, Jr.
Jan 28, 2016
Hancock, Maryland
Darwin Thomas Mills, Jr., age 51, of Hancock, Md., died on Thursday, January 28, 2016, at the War Memorial Hospital, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va.
Born August 10, 1964, in Berkeley Springs, he was the son of Darwin T. Mills, Sr., and Carol (Reed) Sanchuck, of Warfordsburg, Pa.
He was a 1982...
Beverly Faith
Jan 28, 2016
Hagerstown, Maryland
Beverly Lee Faith, age 80, of Hagerstown, died on Friday, January 29, 2016 at the MedStar Washington Hospital Center, in Washington, D.C.
Born September 29,1935, in Greensboro, N.C., she was the daughter of the late Ralph Burke, Sr. and Ima Burke Wisner, and the wife of Reuben E. Faith for 62 years.
...Alice Baker
Jan 28, 2016
Boonsboro, Maryland
Alice Jean Baker, age 72, of Fahrney-Keedy Memorial Home, in Boonsboro, Md., died on January 28, 2016. Born in Washington D.C., January 22, 1944, she was the daughter of the late William Glenn and Dorothy Stoner Johnson.
She was a homemaker.
She was of the Protestant faith.
She is...