Obituaries

Steven Meekins
Sep 30, 2023
Steven A. Meekins, age 71 of Granite, MD Died Saturday, September 30, 2023 at Gilchrist Center Howard Count, MD Beloved husband of Susan Meekins (Zimmerman) Mr. Meekins was born April 23, 1952, in Woodlawn, Maryland. He retired from the Department of Defense. Steve was a member of the Granite Presbyterian Church in Granite, Maryland, where he served as a Deacon...
Mae Heller
Sep 29, 2023
Mae (Millie) Heller passed away on September 29, 2023, at the age of 92 after a tragic automobile accident in Mount Airy, MD. Mae resided in Winter Springs, Florida and was on an extended stay in Mount Airy, MD. Mae was born on June 13, 1931, in New York City, New York, and raised in the Pelham Parkway section of...
David Dalbey
Sep 28, 2023
David L. Dalbey, 61, of Taylorsville, Maryland, unexpectedly passed away on September 28, 2023. He was born on May 18, 1962, in Monroeville, Pennsylvania. David served in the United States Navy from 1982 to 1986. After his military service, he pursued multiple career paths, until he found his niche as a Service Coordinator at Fab Electric where he stayed for...

Elmer Rohrback
Sep 24, 2023
Elmer Franklin Rohrback, Jr, 60, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, September 24, 2023 at his home. He was the son of the late Elmer F. Rohrback, Sr and Betty Jane (Brown) Rohrback. Junior was born February 8th, 1963 in Baltimore, MD and lived in Sykesville, MD since he was a young child. He attended South Carroll High School. He was...

Gary Summers
Sep 24, 2023
Gary Edward Summers, 61, of Skaggsville, died unexpectedly September 24, 2023 at his residence. He was born March 9, 1962 in Howard County to the late Gorman Franklin Summers and Ruth Ann (Reed) Summers. Mr. Summers never married and had no children. Mr. Summers worked in the Information Technology field for most of his career. He retired as a Software...
Russell Gardner
Sep 19, 2023
Russell Flynn Gardner, 89 of Jefferson, MD Passed Tuesday, September 19, 2023 peacefully at home with his wife Beloved husband of Christine M. (Dieker) Gardner He was born November 25, 1933 in Baltimore, MD The son of the late Russell H. Gardner and late Ida Virginia (McAfee) Gardner He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force serving from 1955...
Paul Cimbalista
Sep 18, 2023
Paul Robert Cimbalista, 93 of Westminster, MD passed away on Monday, September 18, 2023, at his home surrounded by his family. He was the beloved husband of Bernice Cimbalista (nee Snyder) for 66 years. Paul was born December 19, 1929, in Six Mile Run, PA the son of the late Stephen Cimbalista and the late Mary Cimbalista (nee Mizack). He...
John Bevard
Sep 17, 2023
John Franklin Bevard was born in Sykesville Maryland to Wakeman S. and Emily H. Bevard, July 15, 1940. He passed away at the Dove Hospice House located in Westminster, Maryland on September 17,2023, at age of 83, surrounded by his family. John was next to the youngest of seven children and was raised in Eldersburg, Maryland on a family dairy...
Janet Moore
Sep 14, 2023
Janet Naomi Moore (nee Colson), 79 of Mt. Savage, MD, passed away on Thursday, September 14, 2023. She was the beloved wife of McArther Moore for 61 years and 9 months. Janet was born June 4, 1944, in Carroll County, MD the daughter of the late Arthur Colson and the late Madeline Lowery (nee Davis). Surviving in addition to her...
John Foertschbeck
Sep 14, 2023
John H. Foertschbeck, Jr. 57, of Woodbine, MD, passed away on Thursday, September 14, 2023. He was born September 30, 1965, in Baltimore, MD, the son of John H. Foertschbeck, Sr. and Josephine A. Foertschbeck (nee Erauth). Beloved husband of Terry Lynn Foertschbeck, who preceded him in death. He is survived by his daughters Alexandra Foertschbeck and Lindsay(Purcell) Wolfe and...
Audrey Lyles
Sep 13, 2023
Audrey Lyles (Dorsey) of Mt. Airy, MD Passed Wednesday, September 13, 2023 Beloved wife of the late Fred Leon Lyles, Sr. Mrs. Lyles was born May 28, 1941 in Mt. Airy, MD the daughter of the late Florine E. Cook and late step-father Eugene C. Cook. She retired from Gina Drexel Daycare in Mt. Airy and had also been a...
Lillian Lamb
Sep 13, 2023
Lillian Viginia “Ginny” Lamb (Harris) 93 years young of Sykesville, MD passed away peacefully in the morning of September 13, 2023, at Carroll Hospital Center. She was born at John Hopkins Hospital on May 14, 1930, to the late Herman Charles Harris and the late Mary Lillian Harris (Grimes) After graduating from Sykesville High School, she married the love of...
Richard Bowser
Sep 7, 2023
Richard V Bowser, Jr, 76 of Mt. Airy, MD Passed Thursday, September 7, 2023 after a vicious battle of Cancer. He was the Fiancé of over 20 years to Tracey Duvall Mr. Bowser was born April 24, 1947, in Shenandoah, VA the son of the late Richard V. Bowser, Sr. and Mable Irene (Mauck) Bowser. Richard had worked for Kettler...
Joan Baxter Mathews
Sep 6, 2023
Joan Marie Baxter Mathews (nee Mann), 76 of Westminster, MD passed away on Wednesday, September 6, 2023, surrounded by her family. Joan was the beloved wife of the late LeRoy Baxter and the late Nelson Mathews. She was born April 15, 1947, in Carroll County, MD the daughter of the late Raymond Mann, Sr. and the late Evelyn Grace Mann...
Rae Sparrow
Sep 4, 2023
Rae Anne (Huffman) Sparrow, age 71, died on Monday evening September 4, 2023, after a 15-year battle with Parkinson’s disease and Lewy Body dementia. She died peacefully at home surrounded by family. Born August 21, 1952, at Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, she was the beloved daughter of the late H. Ray and Mary (Allen) Huffman. She was the loving...
Ezra Little
Sep 3, 2023
Ezra P. “Bunky” Little, Jr., 91, of Westminster, MD, passed away on Sunday, September 3, 2023, at the Dove House in Westminster, MD. He was the beloved husband of the late Mary Francis Little (nee Molloy) and the late Katherine Ann Little (nee Brown). Bunky was born August 6, 1932, in Baltimore, MD, the son of the late Ezra P....
Wilma Fogler
Aug 29, 2023
Wilma Butts Fogler, age 77, of Finksburg, passed away on Tuesday, August 29, 2023, at Carroll Hospital Center in Westminster, MD; surrounded by her family. Wilma was born July 12, 1946, in Westernport, Maryland, the daughter of the late Wilbur T. Butts, and the late Edith Furman (nee Marsh). Survived by her son Scott Fogler of Westminster and her loving...
Lisa Alascia-Bierman
Aug 26, 2023
Lisa Ann Alascia-Bierman, age 62 of Westminster, MD passed away on Saturday, August 26, 2023, surrounded by her family. She was born April 27, 1961, in Catonsville, MD the daughter of the late Joseph Frank Alascia, Sr. and the late Margaret Alice “Sally” Alascia (nee Burger). Lisa Alascia-Bierman attended Catholic School in Catonsville, Maryland. She was a successful server/bartender for...
Kenneth Lafferty
Aug 24, 2023
Kenneth Walter Lafferty, 83, of Mt. Airy, MD, loving husband to the late Nancy Lee Lafferty, passed away peacefully in Taylorsville, MD on Thursday, August 24, 2023. Born in Oil City, PA on September 17, 1939, he is the son of the late Mary Ella Peterson Lafferty Rudolph and the late Walter Bud Lafferty. As a child, he spent time...
Sandra Pushkin
Aug 23, 2023
On August 23, 2023 Sandra Pushkin passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loved ones. Sandra is survived by her devoted daughter’s, Stacey (Raymond) Klebanow and Amy Pushkin; her loving grandchildren Gabrielle Klebanow, Max Klebanow and Carly Jarkiewicz; her sister’s Leslie Maloff and Adrienne Packer, as well as many caring nieces, nephews and cousins. She was predeceased by her...