Edward Bennett
Oct 30, 2015
Edward Roy Bennett, 70, of Mtn. Lake Park died on Friday, October 30, 2015 at his home. Born on June 15, 1945 in Harrisonburg, VA, he was the son of Mike Rhodes of Mtn. Lake Park and the late Beatrice Rhodes. Ed was a proud veteran of the United States Marine Corp having bravely served in Vietnam. He was...
John Beckman
Oct 28, 2015
John Harry Beckman, 72, of Oakland died on Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at Garrett Regional Medical Center. Born on September 7, 1943 in Oakland, he was the son of the late Clarence Solomon and Jessie Evelyn (Steyer) Beckman. He was a lifelong resident of Garrett County and graduated from Southern High School. Prior to his retirement, he was a...
Lash Lloyd
Oct 27, 2015
Lash "Rocky" Larue Lloyd, Sr., 63, of Swanton died on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at the R. Cowley Adams Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore. Born on May 19, 1952 in Gorman, he was the son of the late William Leonard and Ruth Josephine (Lewis) Lloyd. He was known as a "jack of all trades" who loved fishing and minnows....
Laurance Wolfe
Oct 25, 2015
Laurance Wakeman Wolfe, 78, of Redhouse, passed away on Sunday, October 25, 2015 at the Allegany Health Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Cumberland. Born on December 23, 1936 in Redhouse, he was the son of the late Hervey Wakeman and Nellie D. (Wotring) Wolfe. He was the former co-owner and founder of El Lobo's Restaurant in Mountain Lake Park...
Lorena Custer
Oct 25, 2015
Lorena M. Custer, 93, died on Sunday, October 25, 2015, at the Charles House Yorktown Eldercare Residence in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She was born in Oakland, Maryland on March 10, 1922, the second child and only daughter of Benjamin Harry and Ilda Myrtle Baker. Lorena lived in Garrett County until 2006. She married Franklin D. Custer on July...
Vava Railey
Oct 24, 2015
Vava Ann Railey, 86, of Oakland passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 24, 2015 at home surrounded by her family. Born on January 29, 1929 in Oakland, Vava was the beloved daughter of Kathryn and Leo Helbig. She graduated from Oakland High School and attended the University of Maryland. Early in her life, she was employed at the Department...
Milton Feather
Oct 23, 2015
Milton Edwin Feather, 58, of McHenry died on Friday, October 23, 2015 while working in West Virginia. Born on September 23, 1957 in Oakland, he was the son of Ruby V. (Dumire) Feather of Eglon, WV and the late Norman K. Feather. He was a truck driver for 41 years during which time he was self-employed and also drove...
Ruth Parks
Oct 22, 2015
Ruth Victoria Parks, 99, of Aurora, WV passed away October 22, 2015 at Dennett Road Manor. She was born August 27, 1916 in Horse Shoe Run, WV a daughter of the late Duncan Alexander and Ola Mae Calcamp Shaffer. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gerald A. Parks in 1989, also preceding her in death, three brothers,...
Mary Moon
Oct 21, 2015
Mary Lena "Peggy" Moon, 85, of Crumpton and formerly of Oakland died on Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at home with her family. Born on October 16, 1930 in Oakland, she was the daughter of the late Howard R. Biggs and Cicely (Burgess) Kimmell. She had lived in Baltimore and worked in drafting for Maryland Glass for many years before...
Charles Stinson
Oct 21, 2015
Charles French Stinson, 60, of Oakland died on Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at his home. Born on September 1, 1955 in Farmington, NM, he was the son of the late Charles W. and Jennie (Martinez) Stinson. He was a graduate of Southern Garrett High School and had attended West Virginia University. He had retired as an oil driller and...
Anita King-Hunt
Oct 21, 2015
Anita June King-Hunt, 86, of Oakland passed away on Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at the Dennett Road Manor Nursing Home. Born on June 5, 1929 in Oakland, she was the daughter of the late Walter O. and Lola B. (Cuppett) Harvey. She was a graduate of Oakland High School and had worked as a secretary for the United States...
Ruby Helmick
Oct 20, 2015
Ruby Helen Helmick, 95, of Keyser, WV passed away October 20, 2015 at Garrett Memorial Hospital. She was born September 23, 1920 in Parsons, WV a daughter of the late Roy and Lydia Fike Fitchner. She was preceded in death by her husband, Virgil Helmick in 1970, also preceding her in death, one son, Gary H. Helmick. She is...
Mary Lambert
Oct 16, 2015
Mary Lee Lambert, 101, of Oakland, passed away on Friday, October 16, 2015 at the Dennett Road Manor Nursing Home. Born on December 3, 1913, on a farm in Lead Mine, WV, she was the youngest child of the late Samuel and Laura (Helmick) Hile. Mary graduated from Thomas High School in Thomas, WV, and then attended Potomac State...
David Bertsch
Oct 14, 2015
David C. Bertsch, 76, of Deer Park died on Wednesday, October 14, 2015, at Monongalia General Hospital in Morgantown, WV, surrounded by his loving family. Born on March 24, 1939, in Ottawa Hills, OH, he was the son of the late John Theodore and Eleanor E. (Griffeth) Bertsch. He was a proud graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio...
Freda Pennington
Oct 13, 2015
Freda Pennington, 84, of Oakland passed away on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at the Dennett Road Manor Nursing Home. Born on May 26, 1931 in Allen County, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Otis and Pauline (Herold) Swiger. She was a member of the Lakeside Assembly of God and had been employed by Gregg's Pharmacy for 29...
Elizabeth Stewart
Oct 11, 2015
Elizabeth Jane Stewart, 96, of Thomas, WV passed away October 11, 2015 at her home. She was born November 2, 1918 in Clarington, OH a daughter of the late Casper Sanford and Lillian Elizabeth Callahan Kirkman. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Moore Stewart, also preceding her in death, one sister, Helen Robinson and one grandson, Rocky...
Edward Kepner
Oct 7, 2015
Edward Smith Kepner, 65, of Thomas, WV died October 7, 2015 in Ruby Memorial Hospital. He was born March 29, 1950 in Parsons, WV. He is survived by his father, Edward Ralph Kepner and he was preceded in death by his mother, Margaret Rose Hockman Kepner. He is survived by his wife of 32 years, Rhonda Joyce Kepner and 1...
Joan Rounds
Oct 5, 2015
Joan Ann Rounds, 68, of Oakland died on Monday, October 5, 2015 at the Dennett Road Manor Nursing Home. Born on March 22, 1947 in Sandy Hook, KY, she was a daughter of the late Burl Willis and Elizabeth Phebe (Cleave) Kegley. She grew up in England and graduated from Rainsford Technical School in Chelmsford, Essex. Joan was a...
Delores Pangle
Oct 5, 2015
Delores Ann "Dee" Pangle, 71, of Finksburg, MD died on Monday, October 5, 2015 at Howard County General Hospital in Columbia. Born on December 20, 1943 in Oakland, she was a daughter of the late Carlton I. "Cart" and Catherine Waunita "Catty" (Murphy) Harvey. She is survived by her daughter, Catherine Nightingale and husband Harold; two stepchildren, Donald Pangle,...
Izetta Lewis
Oct 5, 2015
Izetta Sue Lewis, 69, of Oakland died on Monday, October 5, 2015 in hospice care at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, WV. Born on July 27, 1946 in Bayard, WV, she was a daughter of the late Charles Fredrick and Clarice Lucille (Willis) Layman. She was a homemaker and will be remembered by all as a good person who...