The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-01-10

her home in Sharpsburg on January
8, aged ga years,
She was the daughter of William
and Mary K Knight, Sharpsburg
vicinity, and was a member of St.
PauPs Episcopal Church of Sharps-
burg.
Besides her husband, Albert, she
is survived by: Three daughters.
Mrs. Edgar Hamlet, Brookline,
Mass; Mrs. Thomas j. King, Ger
mantown, Pa; Dorothy, Sharpsburg;
sons William F, Baltimore, and
Thomas Edgar, 'Sharpsburg.
Charles Knott, 125 Randolph ave-
nue., died on January 8 at the Wash
ington County Hospital, aged So.
She was born in Hagerstown, the
daughter of George H. and Elizabeth
(Sayles) Duffy, a member of the
Presbyterian Church and the Ladies'
Bible Glass.
Surviving are: A son, George E.
Knott, and sister, Miss Mary E.
Duffy, both of this city.
Mrs. L. Viola Updegraff, widow of
Edward M. Updegraff, died Jan. 7,
at her residence, 1876 North Potomac
street, aged 80 years.
Born in the Beaver Creek district,
she was the daughter of Henry S.
and Sarah G. (Hoffman) Eavey. She
was a member of the First Christian
Church of this city for so years, was
teacher of the Updegraff Bible Class,
and president emeritus of the Ha-
gerstown Day Nursery.
Surviving are: a brother, DR.. H.
r. Eavey, and two nephews, Harry
Eavey and George w. Updegraff, all
of this city.
Joseph William Breichner died on
January at 2:15 at the Washington
County Hospital of pneumonia, aged
IS years.
He was born and reared, at Falling
Waters, w Va, the son of Clement
T. and Julianna (Tressler) Breich-
ner He had resided for the past
seven years with his son, Philip
Breichner, 720 Maryland avenue.
He was a member of st. Mary's
Catholic church.
Survivors are: Sons, Philip NJ,
this city, and Mark A. Breichner,
Washington, D. c.; sister, Mrs Eta
Reid, Hagerstown; half brothers, Je-
rome, Albert, Bernard and Raymond
Breichner, Martinsburg; half sister,
Mrs. Mary Kensel, Martinsburg.
Mrs. Laura Rebecca Trout died on
January at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Jacob H. Comerer, 634 Po-
tomac avenue, as the result of fall
on January 3, aged So years.
She was born in Mercersburg, Pa,
the daughter of Joseph and Rebecca
Divelbiss.
Surviving are: Daughters, Mrs.
Floyd L. Grosh, Mercersburg, Mrs.
Jacob H. Comerer, Hagerstown; sons,
Lewis c., Mahaffey, Pa, and Harry
E., Mereersburg.
Mary ]. Startzman, widow of
Charles A. Startzman, died at the
home of her son, Charles ]. Startz-
man, 1925 West Washington street,
on January 6, aged so years.
She was a member of st. Marys
Catholic Church and the Sodality
She is survived by: Two sons, Ed
ward D. Startzman, Winchester, Va,
and Charles j. Startzman, Hagers-
town; sister, Mrs. Catherine Horsley,
Miami, Fla; five grandchildren.
Mrs. Clara A. Baldwin, widow of
DR.. Charles A. Baldwin, died at the
Washington County Hospital on jan
uary 6, aged IS years.
She was a daughter of the late
Oanlel r., ana susan UNNECESSARILY
Fahrney. She was a member of the
Presbyterian Church.
Surviving are: A son, Leon Bald
win, Ahoskie, N. c.; daughters, Mrs.
Paul E. Phillips and Miss Amy F.
Baldwin, Baltimore; sister, Mrs. H.
H. Straub, Baltimore.
Neal Richard Dorsey, proprietor
of North Jonathan street meat
market and well-known butcher,
died at his home on the Cearfoss
pike on January 5, aged A.
Born and reared near Broadford-
ing, he had lived in this vicinity for
his entire life. He was the son of
Richard and Bessie (Gearhart) Dor
sey, and a member of the Dunkard
church of Broadfording.
Surviving, besides wife, Mabel,
(Mason) Dorsey, and mother, Mrs.
Earl Weagley, Hagerstown. are: