Obituaries

Local obituaries for Hancock, MD and surrounding areas.

Donald Divel

Donald Divel

Jun 7, 2012

Hancock, Maryland Donald I. Divel, age 80, of Hancock, Md., died Thursday, June 7, 2012, at his home in Hancock. Born February 13, 1932, near Cohill Station, Hancock, he was the son of the late Lester and Hilda Peck Divel, and husband of Shirley Cubbage Divel. He was retired from the US Air Force. Besides his wife, he is survived...

Homer Manning

Homer Manning

May 27, 2012

Hancock, Maryland Homer L. Manning, age 74, of Hancock, passed away at his home on Sunday, May 27, 2012, from complications of Parkinson’s. Born August 20, 1937, in Hancock, he was the son of the late William and Mable Paylor Manning. He worked out of the Baltimore Carpenters' Local #101. He is survived by his wife, Ruby (Imes) Manning; one...

James Beeler

James Beeler

May 22, 2012

Hancock, Maryland James Edward Beeler, age 72, of Hancock, Md., passed away peacefully at his home on Tuesday, May 22, 2012. Born Dec. 6, 1939, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., he was the son of the late Henry Cyrus Beeler, Sr., and Edith Viola Pritchard Beeler. He served in the 167th W.Va. Air National Guard, from 1964 through 1970, where he...

Anna Hensley

Anna Hensley

May 15, 2012

Hancock, Maryland Anna Lee Hensley, age 86, a resident of Berkeley Springs Rehab and Nursing, Berkeley Springs, W.Va., and formerly of Hancock, died Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at the facility. Born February 22, 1926, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Otis Barney and Mary Stotler Barney Zimmerman, and widow of Robert Hensley, Sr. She was...

Marie Stewart

Marie Stewart

May 10, 2012

Hancock, Maryland Marie Elizabeth Stewart, age 63, of Hancock, died Thursday, May 10, 2012, at Devlin Manor Nursing Home, in Cumberland, Md. Born March 13, 1949, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Carl E. Sr. and Thelma Geraldine Clingerman Wertman, and wife of Talmadge Oakley “Sarge” Stewart, whom she married on April 5, 1970, at...

David Cubbage

David Cubbage

May 9, 2012

Hancock, Maryland David William Cubbage, age 57, of Hancock, died Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at his home. Born, April 29, 1955 in Hagerstown, MD., he was the son of John W. Cubbage, of Hancock, and the late Patricia Clay Cubbage. Besides his father, he is survived by three sisters, Krista M. Mullinix, and Mary E. Clow, both of Hancock, Delores...

Velma Weller

Velma Weller

May 6, 2012

Hancock, Maryland Velma Elizabeth Weller, age 74, of Hancock, passed away Sunday, May 6, 2012, at her home surrounded by her family. Born, October 16, 1937, in Hancock, she was the daughter of the late Daniel and Elva Hull McCormick, and the widow of Clyde Leroy Weller, who died December 26, 2004. She attended Hancock schools, and Orchard Ridge First...

Robert Divel, Sr.

Robert Divel, Sr.

Apr 30, 2012

Hancock, Maryland Robert Lee Divel, Sr., age 72, of Hancock, died Monday, April 30, 2012 at the Winchester Medical Center in Winchester, Va. Born April 4, 1940, in Buck Valley, Pa., he was the son of the late Marshall, Sr. and Helen Divel. He was a 1958 graduate of Southern Fulton High School, in Warfordsburg, Pa. He was retired, as...

Helen Barnhart

Helen Barnhart

Apr 29, 2012

Hancock, Maryland Helen Le Vesta Mason Barnhart, age 90, of Hancock, passed away at her home with her family by her side on Sunday, April 29, 2012. Born March 25, 1922 at Berkeley Springs, W.Va., to the late Rumsey C. Mason and Hazel Yonker Coffin, she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert J. Barnhart, Sr., whom she married...

Edward Harper

Edward Harper

Apr 28, 2012

Needmore, Pennsylvania Edward W. “Eddie” Harper, age 53, of Needmore, died Saturday, April 28, 2012, at the Fulton County Medical Center, in McConnellsburg, Pa. Born March 23, 1959, in Olney, Md., he was the son of Donald J. and Mary F. Blackburn Harper, of Hancock. He was a member of the Needmore Bible Church, in Needmore, Pa., and he was...

Barbara Barnhart

Barbara Barnhart

Apr 23, 2012

Hagerstown, Maryland Barbara Karen Barnhart, age 62, of Hagerstown, died Monday, April 23, 2012, at the Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown. Born September 13, 1949, she was the daughter of the late John and Ruth Barnhart. She was of the Episcopal faith. She is survived by a cousin, Robert Barnhart, Jr. and wife, Faye, of Hancock, Md. She was preceded...

Elzie Golden, Jr.

Elzie Golden, Jr.

Apr 23, 2012

Hancock, Maryland Elzy Eugene Golden Jr., 52, of Hancock, died Monday, April 23, 2012, at Fulton County Medical Center in McConnellsburg, Pa. Born Oct. 26, 1959, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., he was the son of Alice Irene Johnson Golden, of Hancock, and the late Elzy E. Golden Sr. He was employed as an agent of Valspar Corp. of Minneapolis, Minn.,...

Mckinley Leasure

Mckinley Leasure

Apr 22, 2012

Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania McKinley Roy (Mack) Leasure, 87, of Warfordsburg, died Sunday, April 22, 2012, at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Bedford Memorial Hospital, in Bedford, Pa. Born August 1, 1924, in Flickerville, Pa., he was the son of the late Russell and Ethel Smith Leasure. He was a 1942 graduate of Warfordsburg High School. He was a veteran of...

Ernest Sipes

Ernest Sipes

Apr 16, 2012

Hancock, Maryland Ernest Henry Sipes, age 89, of Hancock, died Monday, April 16, 2012 at the Veteran's Affairs  Medical Center in Martinsburg, W.Va. Born March 9, 1923, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., he was the son of the late George B. and Mary E. Beatty Sipes, and the husband of the late Wilda Olive Montgomery Sipes, who died December 5, 2006. He...

William Miller

William Miller

Apr 13, 2012

Needmore, Pennsylvania William R. Miller, age 74, of Needmore, died Friday, April 13 2012, at the Fulton County Medical Center in McConnellsburg, Pa. Born September 8, 1937, in Three Springs, Pa., he was the son of the late Ralph and Verna Starr Miller, and the husband of Carole S. Cooper Miller, of Needmore, whom he married December 2, 1960, at...

Russell Francis

Russell Francis

Apr 12, 2012

Hancock, Maryland Russell Francis, age 90, of Hancock, died Thursday, April 12, 2012, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center, in Martinsburg, W.Va. Born March 10, 1922, in Phelps, Ky., he was the son of the late Joseph Francis and Vesta Sanders Francis Faith. He was a veteran of WW II, serving in the U.S. Army. He was a member of...

Charles Flowers

Charles Flowers

Apr 11, 2012

Hancock, Maryland Charles William Flowers, age 70, of Hancock, and a resident of Berkeley Springs Rehab and Nursing Center, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at the facility. Born April 20, 1941, in Hancock, he was the son of the late Elmer William and Edith Divel Flowers, and the widower of Dorothy Unger Flowers, who died February...

Leroy Moats

Leroy Moats

Mar 25, 2012

Hancock, Maryland Leroy E. Moats, age 86, of Hancock, Md., died Sunday, March 25, 2012, at his home. Born December 20, 1925, in Franklin County, Pa., he was the son of the late Roy C. and Bridgett E. (Weller) Moats, and the husband of Helen Margaret (Weller) Moats. He served in the U.S. Army, in the Korean War, and...

Louis Hejl, Sr.

Louis Hejl, Sr.

Mar 18, 2012

Needmore, Pennsylvania Louis F. Hejl, Sr., age 83, of Needmore, died Sunday, March 18, 2012, at the Fulton County Medical Center in McConnellsburg, Pa. Born February 15, 1929, in Baltimore City, Md., he was the son of the late Louis A. and Jennett (Single) Hejl, and the husband of Hilda L. (Wilson) Hejl, of Needmore, Pa. He retired in 1991...

Goldie Grubb

Goldie Grubb

Mar 16, 2012

Big Cove Tannery, Pennsylvania Goldie E. Grubb, age 82, of Big Cove Tannery, Pa., died Friday, March 16, 2012, at her home. Born November 18, 1929, in Rock, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late John M. and Bessie Jane Kinzer Prince, and the widow of the late Delcia G. Grubb, who died August 8, 2006. She was a...

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