Obituaries
Local obituaries for Hancock, MD and surrounding areas.
Walter Morris
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...

Wesley Graham
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....
Aaron Hoopengardner
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...
James Barnhart, Sr.
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.
...Anne Bohrer
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”...
Gladys Sigel
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,...

Allen Myers
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...
Mary Smith
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....

Walter Miller
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,...
Dorothy Mccray
Jan 18, 2013
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
Dorothy Jane McCray, age 85, formerly of Warfordsburg, Pa., and a resident of Providence Place of Chambersburg, died Friday, January 18, 2013, at the Retirement Community.
Born February 2, 1927, near Warfordsburg, she was the daughter of the late James D. and Goldie B. Plessinger Richards.
She was a graduate of Warfordsburg...
Verna Bishop
Jan 12, 2013
Hancock, Maryland Verna Lee Bishop, age 77, of Hancock, died Saturday, January 12, 2013, at the Meritus Medical Center, in Hagerstown, Md. Born November 12, 1935, in Hancock, she was the daughter of the late Jesse E. and Ruth B. (Bishop) Bishop, and the widow of Grant A. Bishop, who died in 1990.
She was a homemaker,...
Leon Younker
Jan 11, 2013
Hagerstown, Maryland
Leon Paige Younker, age 63, of Hagerstown, died Friday, January 11, 2013, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center Hospital, in Martinsburg, W.Va.
Born November 22, 1949, at home in Millstone, Md., he was the son of the late Leo Isaac and Pearl Virginia Gladhill Younker.
He was a 1967 graduate of...
Mary Mcpeak
Jan 9, 2013
Needmore, Pennsylvania
Mary Frances McPeak, age 85, died Wednesday, January 9, 2013, at her home.
Born May 23, 1927, in Hancock, Md., she was the daughter of the late Frank “Shorty” and Myrtle T. Brady Jackson, and the widow of James Edward McPeak, who died July 23, 2005.
She was a member of...

Carla Wright
Jan 8, 2013
Cumberland, Maryland
Carla Ann Wright, age 51, formerly of Hancock, Md., died January 8, 2013, at Western Maryland Health Systems, in Cumberland, Md.
Born April 22, 1961, in Kensington, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Effie Mae Wright.
She was a church volunteer and a school volunteer.
She is...
Frances Cohill
Jan 3, 2013
Hancock, Maryland
Pat Cohill, age 83, of Hancock, died January 3, 2013, at her home surrounded by her family.
Born February 22, 1929, in Boston, Ma., she was the daughter of the late Frank and Christine Fenton, and the widow of William J. Cohill, who died in 1994.
She was a school teacher...

Jimmie Boyd, Sr.
Dec 25, 2012
Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania
Jimmie Winston “Grumpy” Boyd, Sr., age 72, of Warfordsburg, died Tuesday, December 25, 2012, at War Memorial Hospital, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va.
Born June 15, 1940, in Coretta, W.Va., he was the son of the late Jerry and Belva Stacy Boyd.
He was a 1958 graduate of Grundy High School, in...
Marietta Zies
Dec 24, 2012
Hancock, Maryland
Marietta M. “Sissy” Zies, age 89, of Hancock, died Monday, December 24, 2012, at War Memorial Hospital, in Berkeley Springs, W. Va.
Born November 26, 1923, at Ditch Run, Fulton County, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Jacob Walter and Annie Catherine Hiett Douglas, and the widow of Harold E. “Sonnie”...
Gabriella Mills
Dec 18, 2012
Hancock, Maryland
Gabriella Peyton Mills, age 1 month 18 days, of Hancock, died Tuesday, December 18, 2012, at her home. Born October 30, 2012, in Hagerstown, Md., she was the daughter of Crystal Metcalf and Derek Mills, of Hancock. Besides her parents, she is survived by a sister, Isabella Grace Metcalf, at home; a half-sister, Abrianna Kearston Mills;...
Gerald Golden
Dec 15, 2012
Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania
Gerald N. “Buzzard” Golden, age 63, of Warfordsburg, died Saturday, December 15, 2012, at the War Memorial Hospital, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va.
Born April 22, 1949, in Fulton County, Pa., he was the son of the late Jerry and Ida Gordon Golden.
He attended Southern Fulton High School, in Warfordsburg.
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Melvin Hurline
Dec 12, 2012
Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania
Melvin W. Hurline, age 79, of Warfordsburg, died Wednesday, December 12, 2012, at his home.
Born June 6, 1933, in Baldwin, Md., he was the son of the late Walter and Bertha Landenklos Hurline.
He was a self-employed dairy farmer, and a member of the Dairy Farmers of America.
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