Obituaries

Apr 10, 2013

Hancock, Maryland

Dolly Lorraine Shives, age 72, of Hancock, died Wednesday, April 10, 2013, at NMS Healthcare, in Hagerstown, Md.

Born in Hancock, November 6, 1940, she was the daughter of the late John and Alverta Ambrose Pine, and the wife of the late Ronald L. Shives, Sr.

She was of the Catholic...

Apr 10, 2013

Hancock, Maryland

Esther Geneva Barnhart, age 86, of Hancock, died Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at her home.

Born March 20, 1927, in Hancock, she was the daughter of the late Simon and Cora May Bivens Younker, and the widow of Harry “Ike” Barnhart, who died April 24, 2000.

She was a member of...

Apr 8, 2013

Hancock, Maryland

Ronald L. “Ronnie” Van Meter, Jr., age 37, died Monday, April 8, 2013, at Hershey Medical Center, in Hershey, Pa.

Born September 4, 1975, in Cumberland, Md., he was the son of Ronald L. Van Meter, Sr. and Bonnie J. Crusan Van Meter, of Hancock, and son-in law of Eddie and Sylvia Zimmerman...

Apr 3, 2013

Hancock, Maryland

Edward L. Henson, age 66, of Hancock, died Wednesday, April 3, 2013, at his home surrounded by his family.

Born April 17, 1946, in Pole Cat Hollow, Big Pool, Md., he was the son of the late Woodrow W. and Ruth Louisa Mills Henson.

He was retired as assistant manager for...

Apr 2, 2013

Hancock, Maryland

Edgar Lee Swisher, age 76, of Hancock, died Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at his home.

Born March 26, 1937, in Hancock, he was the son of the late George E. and Lillian Pittman Swisher.

He was a 1956 graduate of Hancock High School.

He was a veteran of the...

Mar 16, 2013

Hancock, Maryland

Evangeline E. LaFollette, age 91, of Hancock, and a resident of Broadmore Assisted Living, in Hagerstown, Md., died Saturday, March 16, 2013, at Broadmore.

Born November 13, 1921, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Robert E. and Mae Stoner Hovermale, and the widow of Hollis I. LaFollette, who...

Mar 13, 2013

Big Cove Tannery, Pennsylvania

Virginia Pearl Gordon, age 89, of Big Cove Tannery, died Wednesday, March 13, 2013, at Meritus Medical Center, in Hagerstown, Md.

Born April 7, 1923, in Hancock, Md., she was the daughter of the late Roy Theodore and Lola Estella Stewart Coffman, and the widow of Henry R. Gordon, who died...

Mar 12, 2013

Flintstone, Maryland

Walter Eugene “Mickey” McDonough, age 92, of Flintstone, died Tuesday, March 12, 2013, at Western Maryland Health System, in Cumberland, Md.

Born March 8, 1921, in Brownsville, Pa., he was the son of the late James Albert and Arnetta Bell Hillen McDonough.

He was retired from the U.S. Army, and was...

Mar 5, 2013

Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania

Robert Weldon Schline, age 92,  formerly of Warfordsburg, died Tuesday, March 5, 2013, at Woodland Retirement Center, in Orbisonia, Pa.

Born March 19, 1920, in Baltimore, Md., he was the son of the late William H. and Mary C. Dentz Schline.

He was a veteran of WWII, serving in the U.S....

Mar 5, 2013

Williamsport, Maryland

Rosalie Virginia Shoemaker, age 91, formerly of Hancock, died Tuesday, March 5, 2013, at the home of her daughter, Carolyn Hancock.

Born July 7, 1921, in Little Cove, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Ulysses and Ethel Verbena Moats Keefer, and the widow of Llewellyn “Buck” Shoemaker, who died April 16, 1999....

Feb 23, 2013

Big Pool, Maryland

Manford Lee Hart, age 70, of Pectonville, Md., died Saturday, February 23, 2013, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center, in Martinsburg, W.Va.

Born October 4, 1942, in Pectonville, he was the son of the late Franklin M. Hart, Sr. and Daisy Margaret McCarty Hart.

He was a veteran of the U.S....

Feb 17, 2013

Hancock, Maryland

Walter Lewis Morris, age 56, of Hancock, died Sunday, February 17, 2013 at Meritus Medical Center, in Hagerstown, Md.

Born May 26, 1956 in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., he was the son of Julia Morris Gallion, of Hancock, and the late Ernest Morris.

He was a member of the Sons of the...

Feb 15, 2013

Big Pool, Maryland

Wesley Lewis “Wes” Graham, age 63, of Big Pool, died Friday, February 15, 2013 at his home.

Born October 26, 1949, in Hagerstown, Md., he was the son of the late Carl Owen and Orpah Agnes Keefer Graham.

He retired in 2007 as a life-long, self-employed auto painter and body restoration technician....

Feb 2, 2013

Hancock, Maryland

Aaron John Hoopengardner, age 37, of Hancock, died Saturday, February 2, 2013, at the University of Maryland Medical Center, in Baltimore, Md.

Born April 10, 1975, in Cumberland, Md., he was the son of Alton B. Hoopengardner, of Warfordsburg, Pa., and the late Alleene M. Frost Hoopengardner.

He was a 1993...

Feb 1, 2013

Warfordsburg, PA

James R. “Tink” Barnhart, Sr., age 75 of Warfordsburg, died Friday February 1, 2013 at his home.

Born October 27, 1937 he was the son of the late James Elwood and Gwendolyn Hann Barnhart, and husband of Marlene Golden Barnhart who he married October 17, 1959 at the Piney Plains Methodist Church.

Jan 28, 2013

Hagerstown, Maryland

Anne Denise “Neecie” Bohrer, age 54, formerly of Hancock and a resident of Hagerstown, died Monday, January 28, 2013, at Julia Manor Health Care Center, in Hagerstown, Md.

Born November 14, 1958, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., she was the daughter of Mary Ellen Hixon Bohrer, of Hagerstown, and the late Mervin E. “Jim”...

Jan 26, 2013

Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania

Gladys Virginia Sigel, age 92, of Warfordsburg, died Saturday, January 26, 2013 at her home.

Born December 24, 1920, in Piney Plains, Md., she was the daughter of the late William Henry Harrison and Viola Evelyn Barnes Price, and the widow of Reed Allen Sigel, who died in 1980.

She was a homemaker,...

Jan 23, 2013

Hancock, Maryland

Allen Lee Myers, age 61, of Hancock, died Wednesday, January 23, 2013, at Berkeley Springs Rehab and Nursing, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va.

Born June 2, 1951, in Hagerstown, Md., he was the son of Paul A. Myers and the late Gladys Kennedy Myers.

He was a veteran, and served in the U.S. Army...

Jan 23, 2013

Hancock, Maryland

Mary Martha Smith, age 93, of Hancock, died Wednesday, January 23, 2013, at Meritus Medical Center, in Hagerstown, Md.

Born December 16, 1919, in Fulton County, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Ira Samuel and Barbara Rosetta Morris Smith, and the widow of Hildebert Edward Smith, Sr., who died September 5, 1988....

Jan 20, 2013

Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania

Walter Woodrow Miller, age 95, of Warfordsburg, died Sunday, January 20, 2013, at the Meritus Medical Center, in Hagerstown, Md. Born March 16, 1917, in Amaranth, Pa., he was the son of the late Jacob and Mary Magdeline Potts Miller, and the husband of the late Marie B. Fletcher Miller, who died on March 5,...