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Mr. John Garst
John Harding Garst, age 86, of Walkersville, died Saturday, November 24, 2007 at Frederick Memorial Hospital.
Born April 4, 1921, near Mt. Pleasant, he was the oldest son of the late J. Gilmer and Mae Garst. He was the beloved husband of Myra (Peggy) Garst, his wife of 61 years.
He was a dairy farmer in the Glade Valley area, where he and his wife were partners at Meadowlark Farm on Stauffer Road, Walkersville. He was a member of the Maryland and Virginia Milk Cooperative for 43 years, a member of the Frederick County Farm Bureau for over 53 years and a lifelong member of the Walkersville Fire Company. He was a long time member of the Evangelical Reformed United Church of Christ, Frederick, where he served as a deacon.
He was very devoted to his family and loved spending time with his family members. He enjoyed woodworking, building model farm wagons that he worked on as a young boy. In later years, he delighted in baking cakes and sharing them with family and friends.
Surviving in addition to his wife are children, Myralee Wiles of Myersville, Charles and his wife, Patricia, of Frederick, and Stuart and his wife, Ellen, of Walkersville; grandchildren, Ryan Wiles and wife, Lori, of Burkittsville, Laura Troxell and husband, Vernon, of Myersville, Sarah Crawford and husband, Michael, of Adamstown, Amy Pontius and husband, Jeff, of Hong Kong, China; Jennifer Hill and husband, Tim, of New York, and Emily Garst and fiance', Luke Grimshaw, of Connecticut. Also, Helen Garst of Solomons, and Grace Garst of Walkersville. He also leaves behind four great-grandchildren, whom he so dearly loved. They are Ashley Wiles, Gunner and Mackenzy Crawford and Ella Troxell.
Also surviving are brothers, Richard Garst and wife, Florence, Denton Garst and wife, Peggy, and Donald Garst; sisters, Louise Cline, and Virginia Coblentz and husband, Paul; and many nieces and nephews, cousins and devoted friends survive.
John was preceded in death by a brother-in-law, Milo Cline, and a sister-in-law, Patsie Garst.
The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, November 27 at the Stauffer Funeral Home in Walkersville. A Funeral Service will be held 11 a.m. on Wednesday, November 28 at the funeral home with his pastor, Rev. Barbara Kerchner-Daniel, officiating. Interment to follow in Resthaven Memorial Garden.
Pallbearers will be his nephews, James Garst, Bradley Garst, Dale Garst, Richard Garst, Robert Cline and Scott Coblentz.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Frederick County 4-H Camp Center, 3702 Basford Road, Frederick, MD 21704.
Ms. Gail Pumphrey and David, Megan and Brandon Brockdorff
Ms. Gail L. Pumphrey and her loving children, David P. Brockdorff, Megan L. Brockdorff, Brandon J. Brockdorff, formerly of Ijamsville, died Thursday November 22, 2007.
Gail and her children moved to Howard County in February, 2007. Their home immediately became the hub of the neighborhood. The kids on the street would flock to the house to play with David, Megan and Brandon. She loved having children playing in her home and yard and the kids loved hosting the fun.
Gail and her children would enjoy bike riding, hiking, swimming and just watching movies, and were active with the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Frederick.
Gail's life was her children, and she captured and cherished every moment she had with them. She loved them and they loved her back. Even as a single working mom of three, Gail somehow managed to maintain close relationships with many family members and friends. The people in her life were important to her and she made sure they knew it. Gail worked for USAirways for 19 years. She was a flight attendant and would only fly the weekends when the children were with their father. This gave her the opportunity to be at home with her children during the week. Gail's goal was to eventually be in a position to volunteer to help Domestic Violence victims.
Surviving are her beloved sisters, Debbie Goodman and husband, Lenny, Janet Blackburn and partner, Ken Allred, brothers, David Pumphrey and wife, Leona, and Mark Pumphrey. She was also survived by numerous nieces, nephews, family and friends.
David was a straight-A student and was currently attending 7th grade at Glenwood Middle School and he was formerly a student at Urbana Elementary and Middle Schools. He was in many magnet classes. He enjoyed learning and loved to be challenged. David was a huge sports fan. He loved the New England Patriots. His mom took him and his siblings to the New England Patriots Training Camp this year. David enjoyed playing football in the yard with Megan, Brandon and the neighbor kids. He also loved to play games on his PS2, especially Guitar Hero. His favorite foods included spaghetti and pizza. One thing David did not like was chocolate.
Megan was a popular child with many friends and was in the 5th grade at Lisbon Elementary School, and was formerly a student at Centreville Elementary. She was an outgoing, rugged girl and not afraid to get dirty. She enjoyed playing football with her brothers. There was also a softer side of Megan. She loved to have her nails painted. She recently got her ears pierced and loved wearing earrings and the new necklace her mom gave her for her 10th birthday in October. Megan loved flowers. Her mom often stopped by the floral section while grocery shopping just to surprise Megan with flowers. She also enjoyed playing her electric organ. Megan's favorite food was shrimp.
Brandon was the "cool dude" and was in the 2nd grade at Lisbon Elementary School and was formerly a student at Centreville Elementary. He loved his temporary tattoos, his summer Mohawk hair cut (but mom wasn't crazy about it) and his leather jacket. He would not hesitate to give you the "rock on" hand signal. He enjoyed getting together with his friends to play their Nintendo DS games. Brandon enjoyed riding his bike and playing his electric guitar. He was a kind, caring child. His favorite food included anything dipped in honey mustard.
David, Megan and Brandon were the beloved grandchildren of the late Christian and Gloria Pumphrey and Jack and Donna Brockdorff. Surviving are numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, family and friends.
The family will receive friends from 5 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 28, at the Evangelical Lutheran Church 31 East Church Street, Frederick. Funeral Services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, from the chuch. Rev. Dr. David G. Oravec and Reverend Albert K. Lane III will officiate. Interment will be in Crest Lawn Memorial Gardens, Marriottsville.
Limited on-street parking. Public parking garages are available within walking distance of the church.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Heartly House of Frederick, P.O. Box 857, Frederick, MD 21705 in memory of the Pumphrey-Brockdorff Family.
Arrangements and services are being handled by the Keeney and Basford P.A. Funeral Home, 106 East Church Street, Frederick
Dr. Andrew Clever
They were married
almost 70 years. Having lost her parents at a young age, she was raised as a foster child by the late Mr. and Mrs. Roy Weller.
She retired as a cook when she was 70 years old. As residents of Colorado Springs for nineteen years, Mom and Dad resided with their son, Brownie and daughter-in-law, Evelyn. We will miss her so much. As much as we loved her, we know she is free of pain. She is also survived by two more sons, Allen Brown of Middletown, the Rev. David Brown (Doris), of Mount Airy; daughter-in-law, Marga Brown of Braddock Heights; three grandchildren, Rick Brown (Carol), of Millville, N.J., David Brown Jr. (Lori), of Baltimore, and Melinda Brown of Middletown; four great-grandchildren, Ashley (Mike) Golestaneh of Vineland, N.J., Amy Brown (Bobby), of Millville, N.J. and Samantha and Christopher of Middletown; and two sister-in-laws, Ruth Hladchuk of Frederick, and Doris (John) Downing of Strasburg, Va. Glenrose also leaves a lot of family and friends.
Glenrose was preceded in death by her three brothers, Pete, Paul and Martin Flair; her two sisters, Lena Nash and Bertie Nash God Bless you all! Also, thanks to Barb in the food court and Dennis, a cashier who always asked about Mom and asked us to tell her hello for them. A special thank you to Dr. Gordon Golden, C.S.H.P. North Branch and all the staff. Dr. Golden was such a big help to us with Glenrose. We appreciate his help. God Bless you! Also, Hospice and Pallative Care: Dr. Timmins; and was such a big help to me when Mom was on Pallative Care. Kate who came on a Sunday to talk to us. It meant so much to us. A special thanks to Linda Brown, her Hospice Nurse. Thanks to all who took such good care of Mom. Also the chaplains who came to visit. God Bless you all!
Memorial Service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, at Faith Fellowship, 12401 Old National Pike, Mount Airy. The Rev. David Brown will officiate. Cappadona Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Cremation has taken place.
The family requests that memorial donations be made to: Pikes Peak Hospice Foundation, 825 E. Pikes Peak Avenue, Suite 600, Colorado Springs, CO 80903-3624 in memory of Glenrose M. Brown.
Mrs. Hazel Conway
He loved spending time with his family, working in his yard, dancing and country music.
Surviving are two daughters: Bobbi Butt and husband, Darold, of Monrovia, and Rhea Crist of Hagerstown; three grandchildren, Chris Butt and wife, Jennifer, of Hagerstown, Lexy Crist and A.J. Crist also of Hagerstown; and a sister, Kathy Stewart and husband, Rick, of Frederick.
Mr. Bladen is preceded in death by his mother and father-in-law Lee and Gladys Testerman and a sister-in-law Iva Castro.
Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5, at Molesworth-Williams Funeral Home, 26401 Ridge Road, Damascus. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 6, at the funeral home. Interment will be in Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Frederick.
The family suggests that expressions of sympathy be in the form of memorial contributions to www.marylandlung.org.
Mrs. Alta Gladhill
Alta Cleo (Renn) Gladhill, of Middletown, died Thursday, July 31, at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore. She was the wife of Kenneth A. Gladhill, whom she married
Oct. 4, 1958.
Born Nov. 26, 1934, in Jefferson, she was the daughter of Lewis Howard Renn Sr. and Bessie Mae (Stimmel) Renn.
Alta was a member of Evangelical Zion Lutheran Church, Middletown, where she assisted with many of the weddings held at the church over the years. She was a retired secretary for the Frederick County Public Schools Board of Education, and prior to the birth of her children, had worked at Potomac Edison. She was a homemaker while raising their children.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by daughter, L. Beth McSweeney, and husband, John, of Catonsville; son, Kevin G. Gladhill and wife, Laura, of Clarksburg; three grandchildren, Matthew S. Brown, Molly R. McSweeney, and Allison M. Brown; one sister, Betty C. Shaw; and her brothers-in-law, Lloyd Miller and Carl Fry Sr.; and sisters-in-law, Sarah Gladhill, Betty Renn, and Marguerite Roberts. She is also survived by many nieces, nephews and cousins. She was preceded in death by sisters, Anna M. Eppley, Louise E. Miller, Asia M. Athey, and Rebecca L. Fry; and brothers, Lewis H. Renn Jr., and Frank N. Renn.
Alta was secretary of her graduating class (1952), at Frederick High School. She volunteered at Middletown Elementary School, was a member of the Middletown Homemakers Group, a member of the Frederick Memorial Auxiliary, and an Associate Board Member of the J. Elmer Harp Medical Center, where she served the Planning Committee, handling correspondence for the scholarship program, health fair, and the planning of the 30th anniversary of the center last year.
At Alta's request, there will be no viewing, instead a Memorial Service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 7, at Evangelical Zion Lutheran Church, Middletown. Internment will be private at a later time in Zion cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, https://cms.komen.org/komen/index.htm or www.amessageofhopecancerfund.org.
Arrangements by Donald B. Thompson Funeral Home.
Mrs. Marie Heede
Mrs. Marie Ida Heede, 94, of Delaplane, Va., formerly of Edenton, in Frederick, passed away peacefully at her daughter's home in Mount Airy, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2008. She was the wife of the late Harry S. Heede.
Born on Dec. 10, 1913, in Germany, she was the daughter of the late Jakob Friedrich and Anna Magdalina Loeffler Stickel. She was an accountant assistant for the U.S. government.
Surviving are two daughters, Kaaren Rawlings and husband, Tom, of Delaplane, Va., and Susan Heitmuller and husband, Gordon, of Mount Airy; seven grandchildren, R. Bryan Curtis, Glenn K. Curtis, Michelle K. McCrea, Michael T. Rawlings, Kristine M. Dowling, Matthew R. Rawlings and Charles G. Heitmuller; 19 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Mrs. Heede was preceded in death by a daughter, Sandra H. Curtis and two sisters, Anne Wimmel and Lydia Cook.
A memorial service will held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, at The Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, 27015 Ridge Rd., Damascus, with the Rev. Raymond Scheck officiating.
Interment will be private.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Frederick County, P.O. Box 1799, Frederick, MD 21702
Arrangements are by Stauffer Funeral Home, Mount Airy.
Mr. Michael Humphrey
Michael David Humphrey, 50, Burkittsville, died Saturday, Aug. 2 in Sharpsburg.
Born in Alexandria, Va., Dec. 10, 1957, he was a son of Carl H. and Joyce Jane Capron Humphrey of Burkittsville.
He was a self-employed carpenter and was a member of the United Methodist Church in Keedysville. He had worked with the Burkittsville Ruritan Club and was about to join the club. He enjoyed fishing, camping, NASCAR and country music.
Surviving, besides his parents are one son, Brandon Humphrey of Gaithersburg; two sisters, Debra Ball and husband, Chuck, of Keedysville, and Kimberly Kieffer and husband, Kurt, of Myersville; two brothers, Mark Humphrey of Knoxville and Matthew Humphrey and wife, Dawn, of Frederick; and many nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 6, at the Donald B. Thompson Funeral Home, 31 E. Main St., Middletown. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 7 from St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Burkittsville. The Rev. Kimberly Nunberg will officiate. Interment will be made in the Union cemetery, Burkittsville.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Burkittsville Ruritan Club, 500 E. Main St., Burkittsville, MD 21718.
Mr. Robert Basler
Mr. Robert "Bob" Noland Basler, 91, of Hampstead, died Sunday, Aug. 3, 2008, at Long View Nursing Home, Manchester. He was the husband of the late Gertrude May (Davidson) Basler.
Born March 16, 1917, in Hampstead, he was the son of the late Ira Jacob Basler and the late Rosie (Lowe) Basler.
Bob was self employed as a dairy farmer. He was a 1934 graduate of Westminster High School. He enjoyed gardening, playing dominoes and cards and eating oysters and crabs with family and friends. Prior to farming, he drove a laundry truck for Troy Laundry, driving daily to Hagerstown in a 1929 Ford truck.
He was a lifelong member of St. John's (Leisters) Lutheran Church, where he served on the church council and was a Sunday School superintendent for many years; he also was a long-time participant of the Adult Sunday School, where he served as treasurer and received perfect attendance for many years. He belonged to the men's group and Keenagers.
He is survived by a son, R. Davidson "Dave" Bassler Sr., of Hampstead; daughter-in-law, Loretta Basler of Hampstead; daughter, Doris Elaine (Basler) Zepp of Westminster; son-in-law, Milton S. Zepp of Westminster; daughter, Linda May (Basler) Holland of Pocomoke City; son-in-law, Kenneth L. Holland of Pocomoke City; daughter, Jane Colleen ( Basler) Lippy of Frederick; son-in-law, Scott Lippy of Frederick; brother, Raymond K. Basler of Jefferson; sister-in-law, Janet Basler of Jefferson; sister-in-law, Anna Fay Jenkins of Upperco; eight grandchildren, Robert D. Basler Jr. of Wisconsin, Beth Basler Busch of New York, Bonnie Konsen of Westminster, Randy Zepp of Arizona, Daniel Holland of Maryland, David Holland of Tennessee, Lana Kay Pieczynski of Massachusetts and Colleen (Lippy) Musson of Fairfield, Pa.; 19 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by sisters, Fern Yingling and Mildred Ruby; brother, Ira J. Basler Jr.
A visitation will be from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 6, at Eline Funeral Home, 934 S. Main St., Hampstead; and from 9 to 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 7 at St. John's (Leisters) Lutheran Church, Westminster, where funeral services will begin at 10 a.m. The Rev. David Schafer will officiate. Interment will be at the church cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. John's (Leisters) Lutheran Church, 827 Leister's Church Road, Westminster, MD 21157.
Arrangements are by Eline Funeral Home, Hampstead.
Mr. John Dooley
Mr. John E. Dooley, 81, of Bethany Beach, Del., died on Saturday Aug. 2, 2008. He was the husband of the late Irene Dooley.
Born Dec.18, 1926, in Miami, Fla., he was the son of the late Edward J. And Laura Pierce Dooley.
Mr. Dooley served in the U.S. Army from 1945 until 1956 during which time he worked in Vienna, Austria, as a Special Forces officer from 1952 to 1955. After returning to the United States he graduated from the University of Miami and continued his work with the CIC, CIA and worked for over 30 years at NSA. Mr. Dooley enjoyed continuing his education through the years.
Surviving are children, Shawn D. Dooley and wife, Denise, of Baltimore, and Kym Ails and husband, Dave, of Frederick; grandchildren, Jacob Hollandsworth and wife, Heather, Kristen Dooley, Michaela Ails, Keelan Ails and Connor Ails. Mr. Dooley was preceded in death by a brother D. J. Dooley.
Memorial services and internment will be private.
Ms. Lacey McAvan
Lacey Elizabeth McAvan of Middletown, passed away Saturday, Aug. 2, 2008, at John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore after a long struggle with Systemic Lupus. Lacey was born Jan. 27, 1983, in Loma Linda, Calif., daughter of Valerie Jean McAvan and Dennis Edward McAvan.
She was a loving daughter, sister, aunt, friend and also the mother of a chubby little dog named Poncho. Lacey attended Fredrick Community College and graduated as a certified phlebotomist. Above all, Lacey's love in life was taking care of others and spending time with family and friends.
Lacey is survived by her mother, Valerie Mascaro of Middletown; father, Dennis McAvan of Bullhead City, Ariz.; two sisters, Melissa Lenard of Bristow, Va., and Amanda McAvan of New York, N.Y.; stepfather, Phillip Mascaro of Middletown; brother-in-law, Christopher Jon Lenard of Bristow, Va.; two nephews, Bradley and Tristan Lenard of Bristow, Va.; niece, Camryn Lenard of Bristow, Va.; two grandparents, Ernie McAvan of Bullhead City, Ariz. and Marquletta Waltman of Middletown; aunt, Susan Esquer of Frederick; and cousin Emily Esquer of Frederick; Lacey is also survived by her best friend, Denise Thomas of Middletown.
Lacey was preceded in death by her grandfather, Ernest Waltman; grandmother, Cecile McAvan and brother, Kenneth Edward McAvan.
The funeral service will be held at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, August 9, 2008, in the sanctuary of Zion Lutheran Church, Middletown. Funeral arrangements made by Donald B. Thompson Funeral Home, Middletown.
Donations can be made in memory of Lacey McAvan to the Maryland Lupus Foundation at www.lupusmd.org.
