The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-04-13
DEATHS

death of his devoted wife last Sep
TENDER He was aged 81 at the
time of his death.
A member of the First Christian
Church for many years, he long had
been an earnest worker in his quiet
and transformations manner and was
for many years an ardent supporter
of the Y. M. c. A.. of which he was
president emeritus.
He is survived by son, George
W; a sister, Mrs. Charles r. Deeley,
of Baltimore, and sister-in-law,
the widow of his late brother, Ed
ward Updegraff, of Hagerstown.
Harry Edward Senior died on
April at his home, 1903 East Wash
ington street. after a five-months'
illness, aged 81. He was a native
of this city and son of the late
Frederick and Frederick (Brezler)
Senior He was a member of the
Junior Fire Company.
Surviving are his wife, the for
mer Helen Rouskulp; daughters,
Mrs. Harold Perham, Mrs. Joseph
b. Reynolds and Mrs. Max c. Fiery,
all of this city; sons, H. Edwin, this
city, and Cpl Richard H. Senior,
with the And Fighter Squadron at
Tampa, Fla; two grandchildren;
sister, Mrs. George Ardinger, this
city.
The Rev. Wilson Lee Remsberg,
ID. d., Pastor Emeritus of st. Paul's
Lutheran Church of Funkstown and
the dean of Washington county min
listers died at his home in Funks-
town April 7 aged 95 years
An ordained minister for the past
81 years, he was pastor of the
Funkstown and the Salem Lutheran
charge at Bakersville for SO years
prior to his retirement in 1885.
He was married to Katie B. Strole
December IL, 1899, and is survived
by the following children: Mrs.
William Paul Yingst, Cleona, Pa;
Robert A.. of Pittsburgh, Pa; Will
bur S., of Hagerstown, and Mrs
John S. Small, of Waynesboro.
Seven grandchildren, three of whom
are in the armed forces, survive. He
himself was the only survivor of a
family of eleven children.
Mrs. Martha T.. Steuffer, who be-
sides ten children is survived by 33
grandchildren and 33 great-grand-
children, died April 7 at the home
of her daughter, Mrs Sadie Hessong,
townsville, aged SO years.
Surviving are daughters, Mrs.
Hessong, Mrs. John Harning, Mrs.
Earl Andrews and Miss Grace
Stouffer, Hagerstown; Mrs. Alfred
Burgan, Baltimore; sons, Harvey
and Hubert Stouffer, Hagerstown;
Ferdinand, Tilghmanton; Harrison,
Akron, Ohio, and Reichard, Will
Transport; sisters, Mrs. Sarah Dor
sey, townsville, and Mrs. Emma
Spielman, this city.
Samuel v. Pike, 116 West Ante
tam street, died April at the Wash
ington County Hospital, aged So
years.
He was member of the Mace
donia United Brethren Church and
is survived by two children: Miss
Mildred Pike, Greencastle, and Mer-
rift, a son, this city. Three grand
children and two brothers, James,
of Hagerstown, and Frank, of Welsh
Run, survive. Two sisters, Mrs.
Bernard Arnold, Fit. Loudon, and
Mrs. Elmer Myers, Welsh Run, also
survive.
Mrs. Mamie May Smith died at
her home, 412 West Franklin street,
April 8, aged 81.
Surviving are her husband,
George G.; sons, George H., Hagers-
town; Sgt. Clyde E., with Army in
Burma; daughter, Mrs. Crawford
Backley, Hagerstown; brothers,
Charles, York; George, Williams
port; Norman, Baltimore; sisters.
Mrs. Charles Miller and Mrs. George
Weber, York.
Earl StrOck Eckstine, AZ, a sea-
man in the U. S. Navy, died from a
self-inf1icted wound in the head at
his home, 1T Greenmount avenue.
April 8.
Eckstine, who enlisted in the Ma
Wy in January, had completed his
boot training and was to have re-
turned to his Great Lakes training
station Sunday after a furlough
here with his family.
He was horn and raorod bo,.o Az