The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-06-28

Z. Beard, uled June 20 at nef nome
in Smithsburg, aged so.
She was born in the Wolfsville
section, the daughter of James and
Malinda Hayes Fry, and was a mem
Der of the Methodist church of
Smithsburg.
Surviving are: Three sons, Vaughn,
New York; Rudolph and Gail, U. S.
Army; two sisters, Mrs. Lillian
Shepley, Church Hill, Frederick
county, and Mrs. Edith Gardner,
Smithsburg, and brother, Richard
l. Fry, Washington, d. c.
William l.. Hammond, 81, form
er mayor of Hagerstown and for
many years a teller at the old Hag-
erstown Bank until his retirement
some twenty years ago, died on June
"a at his home 1873 North Potomac
street Mr. Hammond, a Democrat,
was elected mayor in 1903
DIR. William ID. Hammond, go, re-
tired physician died on June rs of
self inflicted revolver wounds at his
late fathers home, 1873 North Poto-
mac street, just few hours after
the death of his father For a short
time he practiced medicine here
with DR.. o. H. W. Raglan, but had
been living in retirement for some
years.
The father and son were believed
to be the last members of their
family
A note left by the son requested
that the bodies be sent to Washing
ton, D. c. for cremation.
Mrs. Ella May FunkhOuser died
at the home of her sister in Sharps-
burg on June oath, after a short
illness.
A former resident of Roanoke,
Va, she had made her home in
Sharpsburg the last seven years,
The deceased was a member of
Trinity Memorial Lutheran Church
of Sharpsburg
Besides her sister, Mrs. j. H.
Hines, Of Sharpsburg, she is sur
vived by a number of nieces and
nephews in Virginia
Benjamin F. Baker, died June
%, at the Washington County Home,
where he had been living since De-
cember, 1910, aged 90.
He lived most of his life in the
Leitersburg district, where he was
a farmer.
The deceased was born in An
trim Township, Pa, the son of
Fred and Mary (Zentmyer) Baker,
and was member of the Reformed
Church of Leitersburg, the I'm
proved Order of Red Men, Letters
burg, and the Eighty Year Club,
Waynesboro.
Surviving is one brother, Harry
Baker, Washington, d. c.
Forrest G. Sharpe, Old Forge, hus-
band of Mrs. Clara Sharpe, died at
the Washington County hospital on
June %, aged Al years.
A member of Trinity Lutheran
Church and the Nine Thirty Sun
day School Class, Mr.. Sharpe had
been employed by the Pangborn
Corporation for the past 81 years.
Besides his wife, he is survived
by one son, B. Kent Sharpe, at home.
Sharon Elaine Gordon, infant
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Martin
Gordon, died suddenly June 81 at
her home near Wilson's, aged nine
months.
Besides the parents, she is sur
vived by: A sister, Sylvia, broth
er, Raymond; grandfathers, E. r.
Gordon, Wilson, and William o.
Lisle, Sewell, N. j.
Tacy e. Stouffer died at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. o. E. Dorman,
4l0 South Potomac street on June
81, after an illness of eight weeks,
aged 70.
Besides her daughter, she is sur
vived by: Two grandchildren, Mrs.
w. E. Gossard, this city, and Cpl
David S. Dorman, with the Army
in the South Pacific, and one great
grandson.
Franklin Mongan died at the
home of his daughter in Tilghman-
ton, June 81, ager 70 years.
Born in Tilghmanton, he was the
son of the late Frisby and Margaret
Meats Mongan and was a member of
the First Brethren Church, Waynes-
boro, Pa, and Midway Council, No.
A, J. o. U. A. M.
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