Obituaries
Local obituaries for Hancock, MD and surrounding areas.

Fern Plessinger
Dec 6, 2014
Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania
Fern Annie Plessinger, age 81, of Warfordsburg, died on Saturday, December 6, 2014, at Woodland Retirement Community in Orbisonia, Pa.
Born February 24, 1933, in Amaranth, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Roy and Ada Hurley Plessinger.
She was a 1951 graduate of Warfordsburg High School.
...Ada Fletcher
Nov 28, 2014
Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania
Ada Arlene Fletcher, age 74, of Warfordsburg, died on Friday, November 28, 2014, at the home of her daughter.
Born December 3, 1939 in Hancock, Md., she was the daughter of the late Elmer and Helen Swagger Hendershot, and the widow of the late Carl Alvin Fletcher, who died November 3, 2010.
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Dennis Fandl
Nov 26, 2014
Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania
Dennis Michael Fandl, age 71, of Warfordsburg, died on Wednesday, November 26, 2014, at his home.
Born January 8, 1943, in Baltimore Md., he was the son of the late Michael William and Bernadine Freeda Jorio Fandl.
He was a retired truck driver.
He was a member of St....
Shelbi Dulaney
Nov 21, 2014
Hancock, Maryland
Shelbi Maire Dulaney, age 18, of Hancock, died on Friday, November 21, 2014, at the Berkeley Medical Center, in Martinsburg, W.Va.
Born April 20, 1996, in Hagerstown, Md., she was the daughter of Lauren Renee Jackson, of Rock Hill, S.C., and the late John Matt Dulaney, Sr.
She loved to watch...
John Beatty
Nov 21, 2014
Needmore, Pennsylania
John Reed Beatty, age 56, of Needmore, Pa., died on Friday, November 21, 2014, at his home.
Born September 28, 1958, he was the son of the late John S. Beatty, and Sally Beatty Garland, and step-father, Harry Lee Garland, of Needmore.
He was a 1976 graduate of Southern Fulton High...
Maynard Spade
Nov 15, 2014
Hancock, Maryland
Maynard Curtis Spade, age 72, of Hancock, passed away on Saturday, November 15, 2014, at Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown, Md.
Born January 7, 1942, in Crystal Spring, Pa., in the home of his parents, the late Warren Arthur and Sarah Pearl Reel Spade.
He was a 1959 graduate of Southern Fulton...
Anna Knable
Nov 10, 2014
Hancock, Maryland
Anna Elizabeth Knable, age 88, of Hancock, died on Monday, November 10, 2014, at the home of her son James Knable, in Hagerstown, Md.
Born in Hancock, on June 10, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Cleveland Tobias and Mary Elsie Reed Shoemaker, and the widow of Glenn Edwin Knable, who died...
Quentin Golden
Nov 8, 2014
Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania
Quentin Roosevelt Golden, loving husband, daddy, and pap, age 95, died on Saturday, November 8, 2014.
Born in Bethel Township, Pa., he was the son of the late Charles Golden and May Akers Golden.
He was a lifelong dairy farmer in Fulton County, whose farming career was interrupted by his military...
Betty Knable
Nov 7, 2014
Needmore, Pennsylvania
Betty Jane Knable, age 79, of Needmore, died on Friday, November 7, 2014, at Johns Hopkins Hospital, in Baltimore, Md.
Born June 16, 1935, in Hancock, Md., she was the daughter of the late John Russell and Verona Clark Golden.
She was a 1953 graduate of Hancock High School, and a...
Reva Smith
Nov 5, 2014
Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania
Reva Ivadeen Bottenfield Smith, age 90, of Warfordsburg, Pa., went to be with her Lord on November 5, 2014.
She was born January 11, 1924, in Brush Creek Township, a daughter of the late Chester and Edith Clark Bottenfield.
On August 16, 1942, she married Lloyd Scott Smith, who preceded her...
Gary Hensley, Sr.
Nov 4, 2014
Hancock, Maryland
Gary Wayne Hensley, Sr., age 58, of Hancock, Md., died on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, Md., surrounded by his family.
Born July 12, 1956, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., he was the son of the late Herbert Hensley, and Kenneth and Mary Shoemaker Hill.
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Stephen Younkers
Nov 1, 2014
Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania
Stephen B. Younkers age, 87, of Warfordsburg, Pa., passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 1, 2014, at home surrounded by his family.
He is survived by his loving wife of 65 years, Bettie; daughter, Beverly Kramer and her husband, Steve, of Warfordsburg; son, Jeffrey and his wife, Arlene, of Lanoka Harbor, N.J.; sister,...
Beatrice Shives
Oct 31, 2014
Hancock, Maryland
Beatrice Geraldine “Gerri” Shives, age 86, passed peacefully from this life at the home of her daughter, Beverly, on Friday, October 31, 2014.
Born May 7, 1928, in Buck Valley, Fulton County, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Chester and Rosie Isabelle Ray Bishop, and the widow of Chester W. Shives,...
Margory Smith
Oct 17, 2014
Hagerstown, Maryland
Margory Anne Smith, age 52, of Hagerstown, died on Friday, October 17, 2014, at her home.
Born April 15, 1962, in Philadelphia, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Galen Luther Eugene and Elaine Ann Robair Weller.
She was a 1980 graduate of Hancock High School.
She was a member...
Faye Fields
Oct 8, 2014
Hagerstown, Maryland
Gladys Faye Fields, 80, of Hagerstown, Md., passed away on Tuesday, October 8, 2014, at the Lely Palms Manor Care Nursing Home, in Naples, Fl.
Born on Thursday, April 5, 1934, in Boone, Iowa, she was the fifth daughter and seventh of eight children of Jess and Emma Burton.
She was...
Donald Berkstresser, Sr.
Oct 6, 2014
Needmore, Pennsylvania
Donald Wayne Berkstresser, Sr., age 78, of Needmore, died on Monday, October 6, 2014, at his home.
Born April 4, 1936 in Hustontown, Pa., he was the son of the late Edgar and Junie Sipes Berkstresser, and the widower of Lena Belle Stahle Berkstresser, who preceded him in death August 29, 2014.
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Anna Dickerhoff
Oct 5, 2014
Hancock, Maryland
Our beloved Anna Marie Stotler Dickerhoff, age 87, of Hancock, passed away on Sunday, October 5, 2014, at War Memorial Hospital in Berkeley Springs, W.Va.
She was born March 06, 1927, in Sugar Hollow, Berkeley Springs, W,Va., the daughter of the late Clarence Asbury Stotler and Rena Nancy Waugh Stotler.
Her husband,...
Lorraine Adams
Oct 4, 2014
Hancock, Maryland
Lorraine Lenore Adams, age 79, of Hancock, died on Saturday, October 4, 2014 at her home.
Born May 2, 1935, in Needmore, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Bradie and Lenore O’Rourke Truax, and the widow of her first husband, Paul Schetrompf, who died in 1978.
She was of...
Sylvan Hendershot
Sep 24, 2014
Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania
Sylvan Lee “Buck” Hendershot, age 79, of Warfordsburg, died on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 at his home.
Born October 23, 1934, he was the son of the late Carl R. and Marie Fischer Hendershot, and the husband of Gertrude “Trudy” Foro...
M. St Clair
Sep 21, 2014
Hancock, Maryland
Marguerite Lafaune St. Clair, age 78, of Hancock, died at the home of her daughter, Kimberly, on Sunday, September 21, 2014.
Born March 18, 1936, in Hancock, she was the daughter of the late Daniel C. and Elva E. Hull McCormick, and the widow of the late Edgar L. St. Clair, who died June...