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Mrs. Florence Connors
Mrs. Florence Louise Connors, 89, of Frederick, died Monday, Jan. 26, at Glade Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Walkersville. She was the wife of Richard W. Connors, whom died Feb. 22, 1993.
Born Dec. 15, 1919, in Long Beach, Calif., she was a daughter of the late Bertie and Florence O'Conner Parkhurst.
Mrs. Connors enjoyed oil painting and was a professional portraits artist. She was in a duck pin bowling group in Frederick. She was originally from Southern California and moved to Frederick in 1994 to live with her son, Richard, following the death of her husband.
Mrs. Connors was the last of her immediate family. Surviving are three children, Susan L. Bloom and husband, Noel, of Pacific Palisades, Calif., William A. Connors and wife, Sue, of New York City and Richard W. Connors Jr. and wife, Faith, of Frederick; and four grandchildren, Nicole M. Bloom, Noel C. Bloom, James R. Connors and Madeline P. Connors. Many nieces, nephews and cousins also survive.
The family will receive friends from 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3, at Robert E. Dailey and Son Funeral Homes, P.A., 1201 N. Market St., Frederick. A memorial service will begin at 3 p.m.
Inurnment will be private and at the convenience of the family at Los Angeles National cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made in memory of Mrs. Connors to the American Diabetes Association, 800 Wyman Park Drive, Suite 110, Baltimore, MD 21211.
Mr. W. Lee Sherman Jr.
Mr. W. Lee Sherman Jr., 56, of Butler, died Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009, at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Born Oct. 10, 1952, in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Willard Lee Sherman Sr. and Mary Agnes Schafer Sherman.
Mr. Sherman was a 1971 graduate of Calvert Hall College High School and attended Catonsville Community College. He was a truck driver for Gray and Sons. He formerly worked for Willard Lee Sherman Co., Inc., and he then formed the W. Lee Sherman Construction Co., and later assisted with constructing the breaker wall in Ocean City. He enjoyed traveling to Ocean City and planned to retire there.
Surviving are his daughters, Beth A. Sherman of Hampstead, Laura L. Sherman of Finksburg, and Sarah J. Sherman of Westminster; his granddaughter, Allie J. Sherman-Unglesbee of Westminster; his sister, Sheila McNamara of Colorado; his former wife, Deborah Boog-Sherman of Hampstead; and also survived by his nieces and nephew.
He was predeceased by his longtime companion, Teresa Lynn Tipton.
A memorial service will be held at 6 p.m. Monday, at Eckhardt Funeral Chapel, P.A., 3296 Charmil Drive, Manchester, with the Rev. Louis Piel. Interment will be private.
There will be no public visitation.
Mr. Ernest Nasher
Mr. Ernest "Erni" Nasher, 101, of Frederick, died Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 28, 2009, at the Citizens Care and Rehabilitation Center, Frederick.
Twice married
, he was preceded in death by his wife, Belle Linzner Nasher, Aug. 7, 1966, and by his second wife, Eva S. Nasher, Sept. 11, 2005.
Born Nov. 11, 1907, in Karvin, Austria, he was the son of the late Wilhelm and Fannie Weisner Nasher. Mr. Nasher grew up in Tuckahoe, N.Y., and graduated from New Rochelle, N.Y. High School and later from the Columbia University School of Architecture.
Following his graduation from Columbia, he was unable to find work due to the depression and his being Jewish, so he took a job working in the night club business, where he worked on Broadway at the Candle Light Room. He later changed careers for a few years and began working with Winkleman Shoes, Philadelphia, where he met his future wife, Belle.
They moved to Frederick in 1938, where he worked with Earl's Dress Shop, until opening his own shop, the Outlet Store, in 1950.
In 1955, Erni brought pizza to Frederick, when he converted the Outlet Store into the Pizza Shop at 43 E. Patrick St. and later located it for a short time at 120 W. Patrick St. In 1964, he opened Erni's Italian Kitchen on Rosemont Avenue, which he operated until its closing in February 1996, when he was 88 years old.
Mr. Nasher was a life long member of Beth Sholom Congregation, Frederick, as well as the oldest living and longest member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, 684, Frederick, and a member of the Frederick Kiwanis Club, since 1965, with perfect attendance. In earlier years, he was associated with the I.O.O.F., Hebron Lodge 229, where he rose to the chair of Noble Grand.
He was a member and past president of the Mid-Maryland Restaurant Association and the Frederick County Beverage Association.
In earlier years, Mr. Nasher was an ardent golfer and member of the Catoctin Country Club, and also enjoyed stamp and coin collecting for many years.
He will also be remembered for his keen wit and ability to always share a new joke with friends, family and his many loyal patrons over the years.
He is survived by two daughters, Jacqueline Lipton, of Dallas, Texas, and Rosalind Nasher, of Frederick; one step-daughter, Arlene Falke and husband, Burt, of Baltimore; three step-grandchildren, Michael Lipton, Elizabeth Cook, and Steven Lipton; and a number of nieces and nephews.
The family received friends Thursday, Jan. 29, at the Keeney and Basford Funeral Home, 106 E. Church St., Frederick. Funeral services will be held at 12:30 p.m. today from the Beth Sholom Community Center, 1011 N. Market St., Frederick. Rabbi Morris A. Kosman will officiate. Interment will be in the Garden of Solomon, Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Frederick.
Please omit flowers. Memorials in his name may be made to the Beth Sholom Congregation, 1011 N. Market St., Frederick, MD 21701, or to the Frederick Kiwanis Club, P.O. Box 404, Frederick MD 21705-0404.
Mr. Ralph Morgan
Mr. Ralph William Morgan, 90, an icon of the Frederick/Myersville/Middletown/Wolfsville area, departed for his heavenly home as he lived his life on earth, with grace and dignity, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009. He was at home, surrounded by his family. He is survived by his wife of 69 years, Charlotte Mae Bear Morgan.
He was the son of the late Ralph Emerson Morgan and Flora E. Brandenburg Morgan.
He was the elder of four, survived by his brother, Paul I. Morgan and wife, Vera, of Wolfsville; sisters, Ruth R. Michael and husband, Grayson, of Wolfsville, and Eva I. Wastler and husband, Charles, of Hagerstown. He is also survived by his daughters, Joyce Morgan Guyton and husband, Gail, of Ijamsville, and Gloria Morgan Moore of Middletown. He will be remembered forever by his grandchildren, Bradley C. Guyton and wife, Lisa, of Severna Park, Sharon G. Strine and husband, Rusty, of Wolfsville, Darrell T. Guyton and wife, Kris, of Johnsville, Bryan J. Moore Jr. of Myersville, Jason W. Moore and wife, Betsy, of Middletown; great-grandchildren, Colin T. Strine of Yokkaichi, Japan, Megan E. Strine and Austin G. Strine of Wolfsville, Matthew T. Guyton, Mark A. Guyton, and Sarah C. Guyton, all of Johnsville, Christian A. Mielke of Severna Park, and Emory W. Moore of Middletown.
He was predeceased by his son-in-law, Bryan J. Moore Sr.
Ralph attended Sensenbaugh Primary School in Wolfsville and Middletown High School. He loved to reminisce about riding to school in an open sleigh in the winter and having to thaw out his ears while sitting by the stove before he could attend class. He was instrumental in organizing the annual Middletown Class of '35 reunions. In June 2008, five of the remaining seven class members took part.
Construction and lumber had been in the Morgan family blood since the early 1800s, when Ralph Morgan's great-great-grandfather emigrated from Switzerland and settled in the Myersville area, establishing a grist mill. This eventually became a wood manufacturing plant, the Morgan Mill. The business passed into the hands of Morgan's grandfather, Irving Morgan and eventually to Irving's surviving children. Ralph left the family business to work on construction of what is now Reagan National Airport, but the mill and the family called him back to Wolfsville. He returned home to work at the mill and set up a furniture shop at his house. By 1955, Morgan had bigger aspirations and co-founded Morgan-Keller, Inc. with his brother-in-law, Laurence Keller. The firm first built homes in the Frederick and Hagerstown area, but eventually expanded into the church construction market, building Garfield United Methodist Church and Middletown United Methodist Church. They began with a very simple business proposition -- providing customers with successful projects of lasting value. The firm also constructed the Chesterbrook Apartments in Middletown. In 2008, the Middletown Planning Commission approved naming a new street in Chesterbrook, designated as Ralph Morgan Terrace. It was known that he always honored his commitments. His word and his hand shake were as strong as a signed contract. He retired from the helm of Morgan-Keller in 1981; his grandsons now operate the business, which has continued to provide excellence to its customers.
He was active in many local civic and community associations and organizations, serving as a board member of the Wolfsville Ruritan Club, the Frederick County Builders Association, the Associated Builders and Contractors of Maryland, Frederick Gas Company and Farmers and Mechanics Bank. He was the recipient of the highest honor bestowed by the Rotary Club, the Paul Harris Fellow. He was also one of the original founders of the Wolfsville Volunteer Fire Department.
He was one of the original charter members of the Wolfsville Ruritan Club. He devoted many hours in the design and construction of the Ruritan's facilities, which was built on the Morgan Mill property. He was active in the club, playing many roles in the organization and taking part in the events up until 2007, when his health interfered. He felt that his many years of service stemmed from his belief in its cause -- providing a place for children to play, and raising money that is used in the Wolfsville community.
He was a faithful member of St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Wolfsville since birth, serving as a member and president of the council and as Sunday school superintendent and chairman of the cemetery Board. He donated many hours in designing and constructing the Sunday school addition. Pastor Dave Howell of St. Mark's likened Ralph Morgan to a steadying rudder that directs a ship on its course. "He had a fundamental sense of what is right and what is just. A person to be trusted."
In his later years, Ralph would enjoy spending time with his family and friends. Favorite pastimes were antiquing and traveling with his wife, Charlotte, participating in family get togethers, and making home made ice cream for the children. He was an enthusiastic sideline participant for sports and school events for his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He will be sorely missed by his ever faithful pal, Pokey, who spent many hours curled up next to Ralph.
He will be remembered fondly by devoted caregivers, Rene Takuski, Kelli Aquilar, Monica Deho and Sariah Glosenger and devoted visitors, Laverne E. Bosley and Terry Mayhew.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, and from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 1, at the Ricketts Funeral Home, 504 Main St., Myersville. The family will receive friends and family from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday. A celebration of life service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 2, at St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 12704 Wolfsville Road, Smithsburg. Pastor David Howell will be the celebrant. Pallbearers will be grandsons, Brad Guyton, Darrell Guyton, Bryan Moore Jr., Jason Moore, Colin Strine and Austin Strine. Interment will be in the cemetery adjacent to St. Mark's Church.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 12704 Wolfsville Road, Smithsburg, MD 21783, or to the Wolfsville Ruritan Club, Attn. Doug Martin, P.O. Box 420, Middletown, MD 21769.
Mrs. Helen Haky
Mrs. Helen Heim Haky, 95, of Frederick, died Friday, Jan. 30, 2009, at the Golden Living Center, Frederick. She was the wife of George Francis Haky, who died Nov. 29, 1989.
Born Feb. 20, 1913, in Buckeystown, she was a daughter of the late Charles E. and Stella Castle Heim.
Mrs. Haky served in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. Prior to her military service, she was employed at Frederick Tailoring and Muse Tailoring Co. She had been employed at Western Electric in Indianapolis, Ind., for 25 years. She was a member of Telephone Pioneers of America.
Mrs. Haky was the last surviving member of her immediate family. Surviving is a half brother, Melvin Heim and wife, Kathleen, of Frederick. Many nieces and nephews also survive. She was preceded in death by six sisters, Klora Eicholtz, Lillie Wilcom, Margaret Myers, Evelyn Ramsburg, Dorothy Miller, and Glenna Stup; half sister, Hazel Masser; and two brothers, Charles E. Heim Jr., and Edward M. Heim.
Mrs. Haky is at the Robert E. Dailey and Son Funeral Homes, P.A., 1201 N. Market St., Frederick, where the family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, Feb. 2.
Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3, at the funeral home.
Interment will be in Mount Olivet cemetery, Frederick.
Sen. Charles H. Smelser
Sen. Charles H. "Bus" or "Charlie" Smelser, 88, near Unionville, died Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009, at his home. Born July 4, 1920, in Uniontown, he was the son of the late Charles H. Smelser Sr. and Grace Devilbiss Smelser. He was the husband of Betty Krueger Smelser, his wife of 62 years.
Sen. Smelser attended Carroll County public schools, graduating from New Windsor High School in 1937. Having worked on his grandfather's farm as a youth and loving the land and farming, he studied agronomy at the University of Maryland, College Park, and received his bachelor's degree in 1942. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and Omicron Delta Kappa Honorary Society.
When America entered World War II, Sen. Smelser enlisted in the United States Army Air Force as a pilot and flew 35 bombing missions from England in B-17s, and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with five Oak Leaf clusters. After the war he flew humanitarian missions over Europe, dropping food and other supplies. Returning from the war, he married
and worked for a short time for his father-in-law in cosmetic manufacturing in New York. In 1947 he returned to Maryland and began dairy farming on his wife's family farm and continued until 1976.
As a conservative Democrat, he began his political career in 1955, first being elected to the Maryland House of Delegates and serving there until 1963. In 1967 he was elected to the Maryland State Senate, where he served until 1995, a 28-year career of distinction. Upon his retirement from politics, his colleagues awarded him the First Citizen of Maryland Award and presented it to him on the floor of the Senate. As a senator, Sen. Smelser was a member of the following committees: Budget and Taxation, Executive Nominations, Rules, Legislative Policy, and Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review, to name a few. He was also the Senate Chair of the Joint Subcommittee on the State's Capital Program. Throughout his career in the legislature, Sen. Smelser worked to procure funds for projects such as the purchase of Rose Hill Manor, the Schifferstadt Museum and the underground wiring of Market Street in Frederick and Main Street in Emmitsburg.
In addition to his political work, he served as a director and later president of the New Windsor State Bank, retiring in 1997. He also served on the board of directors of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Frederick, was a former member of the Frederick County Farm Bureau, past president of the Capitol Milk Producers Cooperative Inc. and past president of the Libertytown-Unionville Lions Club. He was a member of Linganore United Methodist Church.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Barbara S. Gammeter and husband, Eric, of New Market; a son, Bernard C. Smelser and wife, Patricia, near Libertytown; a granddaughter, Lisa Giacco and husband, Andy; two great-grandsons, Andrew and Anthony Giacco; a sister, Mary Lee Matthews and husband, Chris, of New Market; and three nephews, Paul M. Matthews, Chris H. Matthews and J. Scott Matthews.
A funeral service will be 1:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 2, at Hartzler Funeral Home, 11802 Liberty Road, Libertytown, with the Rev. David A. Coakley, his pastor, officiating. Private interment will be in Mount Olivet cemetery, Frederick. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 1.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Frederick County, P.O. Box 1799, Frederick, MD 21702 or to Carroll Hospice, 292 Stoner Ave., Westminster, MD 21157.
Mr. Richard L. Hahn
Richard L. Hahn, 85, who worked for 44 years with C&P; Telephone Co. and later Bell Atlantic in Washington, before retiring in 1988 as foreman supervisor, died at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital in Rockville, on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009, from heart disease.
Mr. Hahn began his career with C&P; Telephone in 1944 during World War II, after serving time with the Army's 5th Regiment in the Military Police Battalion.
Mr. Hahn and his wife were members of the Bethesda United Methodist Church where they led the Methodist Youth Fellowship for many years before moving to the Rockville United Methodist Church and continued their mission with the high school youth at the church. He was active on the administrative board at Rockville United Methodist Church as well as many other committees and roles for the past 50 years.
"Dick," as he was known to friends, served in many capacities after retirement. He installed Lifeline units for seniors in need through Suburban Hospital in the early 1990s. He delivered food for MANNA, a resource for food to the needy in Montgomery County. He routinely volunteered at the Rockville Senior Center.
He was an assistant Scout master for Troop 447 at Rockville United Methodist Church during the 1970s. He was president of the Local Chapter of the Telephone Pioneers and achieved the Lifetime Member Award for Outstanding Service. He volunteered at the Holiday Park Senior Center preparing tax returns for seniors. His last volunteer role with Montgomery County Police in the Fraud and Computer Crimes Unit was his favorite.
Born in Frederick, Mr. Hahn grew up in Thurmont and graduated from Thurmont High School, Class of 1942, where he served on the all-county basketball and baseball teams. He was a member of the Boy Scouts as a child in Thurmont.
Survivors include his wife of 65 years, Marilyn Mae Smith Hahn; two children, Lisa Lee Joyce and her husband, Patrick, of Poolesville, and Michael Howard Hahn of Germantown; and four grandchildren, Jennifer Lee Joyce, Christopher Patrick Joyce, Michael Richard Hahn and Alec Smith Hahn.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, at Rockville United Methodist Church, 112 W. Montgomery Ave., Rockville, MD 20850.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Rockville United Methodist Church Memorial Fund, at the above address.
Mr. Harry Gifford Blanchard Jr.
Mr. Harry Gifford Blanchard Jr., 78, formerly of near Libertytown, departed this life Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009, at Collingswood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Rockville.
Born Dec. 18, 1930, in Washington, he was the son of the late Harry G. Sr. and Elizabeth Madel Blanchard.
He was the beloved husband of Dorothy Jean Lovett Blanchard, who preceded him in death in 1997.
Mr. Blanchard graduated from Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School and served in the Marine Corps Air Reserve, then in the U.S. Army Co. G 160th Infantry Regt., 40th Infantry Division, during the Korean War.
He earned the Korean Service Medal with two Bronze Stars, Combat Infantry Badge and the United Nations Service Medal during the war.
He graduated from the University of Maryland in 1956 and went to work for friends, Dick and Lois Fowleer, owners of Fowler and Associates, and completed the Virginia Association of Surveyors curriculum, receiving his professional land surveyors status in Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and West Virginia.
He was co-owner of land surveying, engineering and planning firms, Snider, Blanchard, Laughland and Tacik; and Snider Blanchard and Associates of Frederick and Gaithersburg.
He was past president of the Suburban Maryland Engineers Society and was on the board of directors of the Maryland Society of Surveyors. He was a former member of the Virginia Association of Surveyors, Congress of Surveying and Mapping, Gaithersburg Chamber of Commerce, Frederick County Home Builders, St. Ignatius Catholic Church Building Committee and St. Ignatius Parish Council.
He was a member of St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church, Libertytown, and the Frederick Steeple Chasers Running Club and completed the Marine Corps Marathon at the age of 57.
He also owned Blanchard Cleaning Services.
Surviving are children, William D. Blanchard of Winchester, Va., Michael R. Blanchard and wife, Laura, and Robert G. Blanchard, all of Frederick, Joy M. Konrad and husband, Chris, of Damascus, and John W. Blanchard of Frederick; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3, at St. Peter's Catholic Church, with Msgr. John Dietzenbach as celebrant.
Interment will be in St. Peter's cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, Feb. 1, at Hartzler Funeral Home, 11802 Liberty Road, Libertytown.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Building Fund of St. Peter's Catholic Church, P.O. Box 278, Libertytown, MD 21762.
