Obituaries
Local obituaries for Hancock, MD and surrounding areas.
Allan Pittman
Aug 13, 2012
Needmore, Pennsylvania
Allan C. Pittman, age 57, of Needmore, died Monday, August 13, 2012, at the Fulton County Medical Center, in McConnellsburg, Pa.
Born December 27, 1954, in McConnellsburg, he was the son of the late Carl R. and Geneva I. Golden Pittman, and the husband of Rita K. Whisner Pittman, whom he married December...
David Hixon
Aug 8, 2012
Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania
David Keith Hixon, 75, of Warfordsburg, died Wednesday, August 8, 2012, with his family by his side.
He was born May 11, 1937, in Buck Valley, Fulton County, Pa. He was the son of the late Clive and Lily Ritz Hixon, and the...
Jeremy Ensor
Aug 6, 2012
Hancock, Maryland
Jeremy Omega “Country” Ensor, age 30, of Hancock, died Monday, August 6, 2012, near Warfordsburg, Pa.
Born July 4, 1982, in Hancock, he was the son of Warren I. Ensor, Sr. and Linda M. Eidinger Ensor, of Hancock.
He was a 2000 graduate of Hancock High School, and attended Washington County...

Bobby Taylor
Aug 5, 2012
Big Pool, Maryland
Bobby E. Taylor, age 65, of Big Pool, died Sunday, August 5, 2012, at his home.
Born November 2, 1946, in Greenville, N.C., he was the husband of Shirley B. Bloom Taylor, whom he married October 10, 1983, in Lewistown, Md.
He was a veteran of the Vietnam war, and a...
Richard Davis
Aug 2, 2012
Clear Spring, Maryland
Richard E. Davis, age 68, of Clear Spring, died Thursday, August 2, 2012, at his home.
Born June 18, 1944, in Westernport, Md., he was the son of Alice M. Bray Davis, of Warfordsburg, and the late George William Davis; and husband of Evalina G. Meram Davis, of Clear Spring, whom he...

Steva Quick
Jul 28, 2012
Hancock, Maryland
Steva D. Quick, age 87, of Hancock, and formerly of Star Hill, N.C., died Saturday, July 28, 2012, at Farney-Keedy Memorial Home, in Boonsboro, Md.
Born May 8, 1925, in Kinston, N.C., she was the daughter of the late Lewis Justus and Mae Stephenson Dupree, and the widow of George A. Quick.
...Betty Beeler
Jul 28, 2012
Hancock, Maryland Betty Dianne Beeler, age 72, of Hancock, died Saturday, July 28, 2012, at Julia Manor, in Hagerstown, Md. Born in Hancock, on September 28, 1939, she was the daughter of the late Bertram Oliver and Clamonce Murray Wilkerson; and the widow of James Edward Beeler, who died May 22, 2012. She was a 1957 graduate of Sherwood High School,...

Joseph Matrey
Jul 24, 2012
Hancock, Maryland
Joseph John Matrey, age 63, of Quaker Creek Road, Hancock, died July 24, 2012, at his home.
Born August 22, 1948, in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Joseph Matrey, Jr. and Gladys Chenowerth Matrey.
He was retired, as a truck driver, from Lancaster Foods, in Jessup, Md.
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Rosie Knable
Jul 22, 2012
Hancock, Maryland
Rosie M. Knable, age 73, of Hancock, died Sunday, July 22, 2012, at the home of her son, in Hancock.
Born August 27, 1938, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Mary Viola Myers Weller, and the widow of Joe Knable, who died May 29, 2004.
...Violet Golden
Jul 19, 2012
Hancock, Maryland
Violet Pauline Golden, age 88, of Hancock, Md., died Thursday, July 19, 2012, at her home.
Born February 5, 1924, in Hancock, Md., she was the daughter of the late Frank and Myrtle T. Brady Jackson, and the widow of John Robert “Bob” Golden, who died October 10, 2010.
She was...

Robert Mcguire
Jul 17, 2012
Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania
Robert J. “Bob” McGuire, age 74, of Warfordsburg, went to be with
the Lord Tuesday, July 17, 2012, at the Johns Hopkins Hospital,
in Baltimore, Md.
Born at home on January 9, 1938, in Cresson, Pa., he was the son
of the late Bernard and Helen Lilly...
George Lashley
Jul 11, 2012
Hancock, Maryland
George E. (June) Lashley, 84, of Hancock, Md., went to be with his Lord and Savior on July 11, 2012.
He passed away at a loved one’s home after a long battle with cancer.
Born July 29, 1927, in Hancock, he was the son of the late George B. and Anna...
Tammy Walls
Jul 3, 2012
Hancock, Maryland
Tammy Renee (Weaver) Walls, age 41, of Hancock, died Tuesday, July 3, 2012, at the Morgan County War Memorial Hospital, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va.
Born March 30, 1971, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., she was the daughter of Rodney Jay and Sherry Kay Schetrompf Weaver, of Hancock.
She was a 1989 graduate...
Joyce Richards
Jun 26, 2012
Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania
Joyce E. Richards, age 67, of Warfordsburg, died Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at her home.
Born December 27, 1944, at Brownsville, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Ross and Agnes Redman Roberts, and the wife of Robert L. Richards, Sr., whom she married January 5, 1966, at Big Pool, Md.
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Aletha Harris
Jun 24, 2012
Warren, Ohio Aletha Casette Harris, age 58 years, 4 months and 3 days, of Warren, Oh., and formerly of Hagerstown, Md., died Sunday, June 24, 2012, at her home.
Born Sunday, February 21, 1954, in Hagerstown, she was the daughter of Hubert Smith and Margaret Harris.
She was a 1972 graduate of Hancock High School....
Estalee Bain
Jun 23, 2012
Hagerstown, Maryland
Estalee Marion Bain, age 79, of Hagerstown, passed away at her home on Saturday, June 23, 2012.
Born November 25, 1932, in Big Cove Tannery, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Reed W. and Virginia Gordon Johnson; and the widow of Russel E. Bain, who died February 28, 1996.
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Emma Ward
Jun 16, 2012
Hancock, Maryland
Emma Madeline Ward, 81, of Hancock, died on Saturday, June 16, 2012, at Berkeley Springs Rehab & Nursing Center, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va.
Born on Thursday, April 16, 1931, in Buck Valley, Pa., she was the daughter of Charles L. and Ruie L. Hendershot Ward.
She retired from Londontown Manufacturing. Prior to that...
Donna Schetrompf
Jun 15, 2012
Hancock, Maryland
Donna Marie Schetrompf, age 59, of Hancock, died Friday, June 15, 2012, at Meritus Medical Center, in Hagerstown, Md.
Born December 24, 1952, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., she was the daughter of Ira Moats, Jr., of Hancock, and the late Virginia Weller Noel; and the wife of Homer E. Schetrompf, Jr., of Hancock,...

Deborah Robinette
Jun 13, 2012
Hedgesville, West Virginia
Deborah Lynn Robinette, age 53, died Wednesday, June 13, 2102, in Martinsburg, W.Va.
Born February 2, 1959, in Washington County, Md., she was the daughter of the late Randolph and Annabell Bowers Manor; and the widow of Myron B. Robinette, who died December 18, 2000.
She was a member of...
Susan Peck
Jun 9, 2012
Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania Susan Lee Peck, age 63, of Warfordsburg, died Saturday, June 9, 2012, at the Fulton County Medical Center, in McConnellsburg, Pa. Born May 10, 1949, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Harry T. and Wavy Stotler Mills. She was a homemaker, and a former CNA at Valley View Nursing Home, in Berkeley Springs,...