Obituaries

Aug 30, 2013

Hancock, Maryland

Dorothy Vernon Van Dalsem Pekny, age 97 of Hancock, MD, died Friday August 30, 2013 at Devlin Manor in Cumberland, MD.

Born December 18, 1915 in Allegany County, Stowe Township, PA, she was the daughter of the late G.A. and Effie May Hassan Van Dalsem and the widow of Joseph Pekny who died...

Aug 29, 2013

Hancock, Maryland

Naomi Marion Clingerman, age 79, of Hancock, died Thursday, August 29, 2013, at her home.

Born September 3, 1933, in Hancock, she was the daughter of the late George and Alma Pittman Coonrod, and the widow of Charles V. Clingerman, whom she married on December 24, 1953, and who died June 2,  2009.

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Aug 13, 2013

Hancock, Maryland

Stanley LeRoy Hull, age 78, of Hancock, died Tuesday, August 13, 2013, at Western Maryland Hospital Center, Hagerstown, Md.

Born July 1, 1935, he was the son of the late Richard Ray and Dorothy Virginia Mills Hull.

He was a 1953 graduate of Hancock High School.

He was a...

Aug 13, 2013

Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania

Harold E. Mills, age 70, of Warfordsburg, died Tuesday, August 13, 2013, at his home.

Born January 13, 1943, in Warfordsburg. He was the son of the late Harry T. and Wava L. Stotler Mills.

He was a retired operator for Computerized Blacktop Plant, Quarry Ridge Asphalt, Cumberland, Md.

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Aug 12, 2013

Hancock, Maryland

Arthur Leonard Lucas, age 86, of Hancock, died Monday, August 12, 2013, at Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown, Md.

Born April 10, 1927, in Warfordsburg, Pa., he was the son of the late Richard Lee and Margaret Elizabeth Hill Lucas, and the husband of Idella Vernedia Trail Lucas, who died August 21, 2008....

Aug 6, 2013

Hancock, Maryland

Sandra Lee Garlock, age 78, formerly of Hancock, died Tuesday, August 6, 2013, at Julia Manor Health Care Center, in Hagerstown, Md.

Born October 29, 1934, in Hagerstown, she was the daughter of the late Donald and Lola Kauffman Lushbaugh.

She was a retired assistant manager of Rental Units in Florida.

Jul 26, 2013

Little Orleans, Maryland

Patricia Ruth Nicodemus, age 82, of Little Orleans, died Friday, July 26, 2013, at the Golden Living Center, in Cumberland, Md.

Born July 15, 1931, in McKeesport, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Earl A. and Ruth E. Mann Creek, and the widow of Joseph McFarland and Elmer Nicodemus.

Jul 10, 2013

Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania

Alfred R. “Jim” Decker, Jr., Age 76, of Warfordsburg, went to join the love of his life on Wednesday, July 10, 2013, at the M.S. Hershey Medical Center, in Hershey, Pa.

Born August 20, 1936, in Bethel Township, Fulton County, Pa., he was the son of the late Alfred R. Decker, Sr. and Emma...

Jul 9, 2013

Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania

Minnie Belle Sinkovich, age 84, of Warfordsburg, died Tuesday, July 9, 2013, at her home.

Born May 16, 1929, in Logan County, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Robert and Spicie Evans Dillon.

She was a homemaker.

She was a member of the Amaranth Church of the...

Jul 5, 2013

Clear Spring, Maryland

Bryana Lynn Bridendolph, age 14, of Big Pool Road, Clear Spring, and formerly of Hancock, died on Friday, July 5, 2013, from injuries received in an automobile accident.

Born August 15, 1998, in Hagerstown, Md., she was the daughter of Rebecca L. Walters, of Clear Spring.

She had finished her...

Jun 17, 2013

Hancock, Maryland

Harriet K. McBee (KuyKendall), age 98, of Fredonia, N.Y., formerly of Hancock, Md., died Monday, June 17, 2013, at the Chautauqua County Home, in Dunkirk, N.Y., 9 days short of her 99th birthday.

Mrs. McBee was born June 26, 1914, in Keyser, W.Va., to the late William KuyKendall and Nannie Miller KuyKendall.

Jun 14, 2013

Baltimore, Maryland

Julia P. Bennett, age 101, of Baltimore, Maryland, died Friday, June 14, 2013, at her residence in Baltimore. Mrs. Bennett was born October 2, 1911, in Coketon, W.Va., to the late Albert Pelican and Elizabeth Kroll Pelican. She was the widow of Enos E. Bennett. She is survived by her daughter, Marlene B. Spiers, of...

Jun 8, 2013

Halethorpe, Maryland

Joseph Dale Harvey, Jr., age 36, of Smith Avenue, died Saturday, June 8, 2013,  at Baltimore Washington Medical Center, in Glen Burnie, Md.

Born March 18, 1977, in Baltimore, Md., he was the son of Joseph D. Harvey, Sr. and step-mother, Peggy Holland Harvey, of Needmore, Pa., and the late Katherine Reaves Harvey....

Jun 2, 2013

Hancock, Maryland

Joseph Wayne Corbett, age 68, of Hancock, died Sunday, June 2, 2013, at Winchester Medical Center, in Winchester, Va.

Born December 23, 1944, in Hancock, he was the son of the late Lorenza and Viola Jackson Corbett.

He was a 1980 graduate of Shepherd College, in Shepherdstown, W.Va.

He...

May 29, 2013

Hagerstown, Maryland

Goldie Mae Collins, age 69, of Hagerstown, Md., and formerly of Needmore, Pa., passed away Wednesday, May 29, 2013, at home surrounded by family and loved ones.

She was born July 26, 1943, in Needmore, Pa., to the late Robert and Mildred Carnell Stevens. She was the widow of the late Ernest Leon Collins....

May 16, 2013

Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania

Roseanne L. Maxwell, age 63, of Warfordsburg, died Thursday, May 16, 2013, at Shippensburg Healthcare, in Shippensburg, Pa.

Born May 5, 1950 in Pharr, Tx., she was the daughter of the late Earl Douglas and Edna Frances Espenschiedt Floyd.

She was a homemaker.

She is survived by one sister,...

May 13, 2013

Hancock, Maryland

Robert William “Bob” Bivens, age 85, of Hancock, died Monday, May 13, 2013, at Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown, Md.

He was born July 2, 1927, in Warren, Pa.

He was a retired truck driver for U.S. Silica.

He was a member of St. Thomas' Episcopal Church, in Hancock; a member...

May 8, 2013

Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania

Marvin John Weicht, age 46, of Warfordsburg, died Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at his home.

Born July 28, 1966, in Sodus, N.Y., he was the son of Shirley J. Breakall and step-son of Joseph R. Breakall, of Warfordsburg.

He was a construction worker.

Besides his mother and step-father, he...

May 7, 2013

Needmore, Pennsylvania

Violet Rosalie Swadley, age 91, formerly of Needmore and more recently of the Fulton County Medical Center Long Term Care, in McConnellsburg, Pa., died Monday, May 7, 2013 at the Center.

Born January 7, 1922, in Big Cove Tannery, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Levi and Mamie Feagley Seville, and...

May 6, 2013

Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania

Shirley Maxine Souders, age 79, of Warfordsburg, Pa., passed away Monday, May 6, 2012, at her home surrounded by her family.

Born June 3, 1933, in Buck Valley, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Ethel Sigel and Hetzel Iames.

She graduated from Southern Fulton High School in 1952.