Obituaries

James Mccumber
Jun 21, 2008
James Lawrence McCumber age 60 of Sykesville, MD, died Saturday June 21, 2008 at the Dove House in Westminster. He was the spouse of Patricia Ann McCumber. Mr. McCumber was born March 25, 1948 in Baltimore, MD the son of Troy McCumber and Vivian (Loughry) McCumber. Mr. McCumber was an Inspector for Northrop Grumman. He was a proud Vietnam Veteran...

Emma Snowden
Jun 21, 2008
Emma I (Magers) Snowden, 94 of Mt. Airy, MD died Saturday June 21, 2008 at Carroll Hospital Center. She was the spouse of the late Gilbert Snowden. Mrs. Snowden was born September 21, 1913 in Mt. Airy, MD the daughter of the late Howard Magers and the late Evelyn I (Smith) Magers. She was a seamstress for Mt. Airy Sewing...

George Brown
Jun 13, 2008
George “Leroy “ Brown, 82 of Mt. Airy, MD, died suddenly at home on Friday June 13, 2008. Mr. Brown was the spouse of Nellie Fleming Brown of Mt. Airy, MD. Mr. Brown was born July 14, 1925 in Mt. Airy, MD. The son of the late John Gaver Brown and the late Rena Louise Long Brown. Most recently Mr....

Ethel Sciacca
Jun 11, 2008
Ethel Ruth Cheelsman Sciacca, age, 81 of Middletown formerly of Pasadena, MD, died Wednesday June 11, 2008 at her daughter’s home in Middletown, MD. She was the spouse of the late Leonard Sciacca. Mrs. Sciacca was born June 21, 1926 the daughter of the late Charles Henry Cheelsman and Eva Marie Gerhard Cheelsman. Mrs. Sciacca was a homemaker, Child Sponsor...

David Coates
Jun 4, 2008
David Brian Coates 55 of Westminster, MD died Wednesday June 4, 2008 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. The spouse of Rev. Mindy Booher Coates for 30 years. Mr. Coates was born April 14, 1953 in Burlington, VT The son of Robert and Anita Dudley Coates of Jacksonville, FL., he was a 1971 graduate of Shaler High School in...

Cleo Walters
May 28, 2008
Cleo “Pete” D. Walters, 79 of New Windsor, MD, died Wednesday May 28, 2008 at home in New Windsor, MD. He was the spouse of Peggy A. (Seymour) Walters. He was born April 25, 1929 in Baltimore, MD. He was the son of the late Mary F. Parrish Walters and late Reginald Walters. He was a Plaster for over 40...

Carmela Petras
May 23, 2008
Carmela C. Petras (nee Spina), age 88, formerly of Newark, New Jersey, died on Friday May 23, 2008 at Summerville Assisted Living in Westminster, MD. She was born August 23, 1919 in Italy the daughter of late Dominic Spina and late Catherine Spina. She was the wife of the late Michael P.P. Petras. She was a housewife. She worked in...

Madeline Manahan
May 21, 2008
Madeline V. Manahan (nee Shipley), age 86, of Sykesville, died Wednesday May 21, 2008 at Bloom Valley at Misty Ridge Assisted Living in Westminster, MD. She was born April 22, 1922 in Carroll County, Maryland the daughter of the late Donald Columbus Shipley and the late Goldie Viola Haines Shipley. She had been a School Bus Driver, Nurses Aide and...

Charlotte Sherman
May 21, 2008
Charlotte Chappell Sherman, 92 of Carroll Lutheran Village, died May 21, 2008 at The Dove House in Westminster, MD. She was the spouse of the late T. Randolph Sherman, Sr. She was born September 23, 1915 in Clear Lake, Iowa the daughter of the late Edward E. Chappell and the late Idonia Barnes Chappell. She was a homemaker , a...

John Bruckart
May 20, 2008
John L. Bruckart, age 84, of Sykesville, formerly of Harrisburg, PA, died Tuesday May 20, 2008 at Golden Living Center, Westminster, MD. He was born November 23, 1923 in Harrisburg, PA the son of the late John L. Bruckart, Sr. and the late Minnie Palmer Bruckart. He was retired from WCMB Radio in Harrisburg, PA as a Sales/announcer. After retiring...

Robert Parks
May 19, 2008
Robert E. Parks, age 80 of Mt. Airy , MD , died Monday May 19, 2008 at Kline Hospice House. He was the spouse of Hollis Parks nee (Scott-Smith) of Mt. Airy . He was born September 12, 1927 in Wilkes-Barre , PA the son of the late John Parks and late Lillian Mae Parker Parks . He was a...

John Fitze
May 18, 2008
John Edward Fitze, age 64, formerly of Mt. Airy, died Sunday May 18, 2008 at Garrett County Memorial Hospital in Oakland, MD. He was born February 22, 1944 in Frederick, MD the son of the late Stewart Edward Fitze and the late Grace Elizabeth Fitze (nee Hamilton). He was the husband of the late Cornie Marie Fitze. He was a...

Mildred Matzen
May 12, 2008
Mildred E. “Millie” Matzen (nee Smith), age 90, of Mt. Airy, died Monday May 12, 2008 at Heritage Harbour Health & rehabilitation Center in Annapolis, MD. She was born November 5, 1917 in Kessel, West Virginia; she was the daughter of the late David E. Smith and the late Dorothy Smith (nee Warner). As a young woman, Millie moved to...

Robert Shaw
May 8, 2008
Robert Clarence Shaw, of Mundelein, Ill., formerly of Taylorsville, MD died suddenly on Thursday May 8, 2008. He was 55 years old. A star athlete in high school and college and a successful business owner in his adult life, Robert was born and raised in the rolling hills of Carroll County, Maryland. Robert, with his twin brother, Ronald U. Shaw,...

Aleta Adams
May 7, 2008
Aleta Adams (nee Tucker), age 91, of Sykesville, died Wednesday May 7, 2008 at Carroll Hospital Center in Westminster, MD. She was born September 19, 1916 in Walnut, Kansas the daughter of the late Walter Wesley Tucker and the late Anna Elizabeth Sechreat Tucker. She was the wife of the late Frank W. Adams. She was a retired secretary for...

Helen Arnold
Apr 17, 2008
Helen M. Arnold (nee Buell), age 87, of New Windsor, MD died on Thursday April 17, 2008 at Lorien Nursing Home in Taneytown, MD. She was born June 4, 1920 in Baltimore, MD. She was a homemaker. She enjoyed more than 30 years of retirement with her husband and family and many friends in Maryland and going as “snow birds”...

Mary Magin
Apr 15, 2008
Mary Ella Haines Magin, 93, of Westminster, who resided in Taylorsville for the majority of her life, died Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at Summerville Nursing Home of Westminster. Born February 8, 1915, in Pleasant Valley, MD, she was the oldest of eleven children of the late Walter Turner Haines and Mary Wantz Haines. She was a homemaker and farm wife...

Anthony Chance
Apr 14, 2008
Anthony N. Chance, 90 of Miami Beach, FL, died Monday April 14, 2008 at Mt. Sinai Hospital, FL . He was the former spouse of Mabel Marie York. Mr. Chance was born July 31, 1917 in Camden, NJ the son of the late Frank Joseph DiCiancio and late Rose Frumento. His career began in 1939 as an assistant messenger and...

Henry Sterle
Apr 12, 2008
Henry Richard Sterle, age 89, of Mt. Airy, MD, died Saturday April 12, 2008 at Lorien Assisted Living in Mt. Airy, MD. He was born November 15, 1918 in Shoaf, PA the son of the late Joseph M. Sterle and the late Anna Pinteric Sterle. He resided in Collier, PA for most of his life, moving to Mt. Airy, MD...

Ralph Mennerick
Apr 10, 2008
Ralph Edward Mennerick, 59 of Taylorsville, MD, died Thursday April 10, 2008 at his home in Taylorsville, MD. He was the spouse of his High School Sweetheart Sandi Martin Mennerick. Mr. Mennerick was born December 11, 1948 in Baltimore, MD the son of the late Ralph Leroy Mennerick, Jr. and the late Frances Lee Mennerick. He was retired but previously...