The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-02-01
DEATHS

rem.
Surviving are his wife, Ella M
Wolfe; sons, Robert and Ralph, Bal
timore; daughters, Misses Nellie and
Edith, at home, and Mrs. Mary Mel
kirk, this city. Twelve grandchil-
dren and one great granchild also
survive.
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the
Church of the Brethren, with Rev
Paul M. Robinson officiating. Burial
will be in the Manor church ceme-
terry.
Willis Franklin Meats, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Meats, died Jan 20,
at his home near Hancock, Md, aged
Is.
Surviving besides his parents, are
sisters, Mrs. Ruth Seiders, Big Cove
Tannery, Pa, Mrs. Mary Younker,
Hancock, Mrs. Della Seiders, Han
cock, Dorothy Meats, at home;
brothers, Clyde, Floyd, Melvin, all
at home; and grandmother, Mrs.
Motley Seaburn, Hancock.
John N. Ritter died at his home,
Sharpsburg, January 30, aged 80
years. He was the son of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Ritter, WayneS-
boro.
Besides his son, Charles, surviv-
ing are: son, Ralph Ritter, FunkS-
town; sisters, Mrs. Emory Saunders,
Quincy, Pa; Mrs Hannah Fitz,
Waynesboro; brother, Paul, Zulling-
er; 10 grandchildren and great
grandchildren.
CiviIa NJ. Anderson, wife of John
William Anderson, died at her home
$50 Court avenue, January 20, aged
SO.
She was a member of the Wash
ington Square Methodist church and
is survived by the following chill
dren: sons, C. Elmer, Baltimore;
daughters, Miss Alice Anderson, Ha-
gerStown, and Mrs Beulah Daneker,
Baltimore.
Funeral services will be held to-
day Thursday at 2 p. m. in the
KraiSs mortuary chapel with the
Rev. M. A. Keesecker officiating
Irterment in Rose Hill cemetery.
Mrs. Gertrude May Edwards Mas
sic, widow of DR.. j. L. Massie,
Smithsburg, died at the Washing
ton County Hospital January 80,
aged 70.
Surviving are sons, Stanton, Ha-
gerstown, John B., Smithsburg;
daughter, Mrs. Bernice H. Cruce,
Baltimore; and five grandchildren.
Philip S. Reel, died suddenly Jan.
Is at the home of his granddaughter,
Mrs. Roland Morgan, Preston Road,
Fountain Head Heights, aged 70
years He was the son of the late
Jacob and Anna Geeting Reel and
was born and lived most of his life
in Keedysville.
Surviving are: Daughter, Mrs.
Herbert Athey, Keedysville; son,
Melvin Reel, Trego; sisters, Mrs.
John Hoover, Mrs. Abbie Robinson,
Boonsboro; Mrs. Clyde Potter, this
city; brother, B. F. Reel, Springfield,
Ohio, four grandchildren and 3
great grandchildren.
Samuel EIgin Gordon, GAS Brown
Terrace, died at the Washington
County Hospital January %, after
an illness of one year, aged Sc.
Born and reared in Middletown,
Va, he was the son of Samuel and
Sally (Edmonson) Gordon. For the
last 80 years he had resided here
and had been an employe of the
Western Maryland Railroad for 35
years.
A member of st. Paul's Methodist
Church, he is survived by his wife,
Daisy (AlliSon) Gordon; son, Sam
uel E., Hagerstown; sisters, Mrs.
Mary Marker, Mrs. George High
smith, Mrs. Luele Leatherman,
Baltimore, brothers, Carlton Cor
don, Easton, Pa, and two grand
children.
Roy M. Shetron, 1874 Winter
street, died January %, at his home,
aged Sc.
Surviving, besides his wife, Mrs
Mary E. Shetron, are sons, Leonard
Shetron, Ernest Shetron, this city,
Lloyd E. Shetron, United States
Army; daughters, Mrs. Geraldine
Crowl, Lauretta, Mary, Carmelita,
Shetron, all at home; sister, Mrs.
Bessie Foreman, Big Pool; brothers,