The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-12-18

Mrs. Alice StOner Hickman, Ha-
gerstown, Route 6, died at the Wash
ington County Hospital on Deem
Der 16, after an illness of IA months,
aged 81.
She was a member of the Gear
floss Evangelical United Brethren
Church
Surviving are: husband, David
Hickman; children, Mrs Edward
Diffenderfer, Hummelstown, Pa;
Frank, Lanard, ILL.,; Mrs. Ray Sow
ers, Hagerstown, Route 4; Mrs. Rob-
ert Davis, Waynesboro, Route 81;
Mrs Roger Yeakles, Clear Spring;
Route 3; Richard, State Line;
brother, Charles Stoner, state of
Washington; rs grandchildren; and
three great grandchildren
VILLAIN L. Petrie, Maryland
Apartments, died suddenly on De-
cember Is, aged 81 years.
He was a member of the Eagles
Lodge.
He is survived by: two sisters, Mrs
Roy S. Long, Hagerstown, and Mrs
A. S. Daniels, Elizabeth City, N. c.;
one brother, John H. Petrie, Erie Pa
Charles Samuel Calhoun, 81 East
Washington Street, well known in
surance salesman, died instantly on
December ID, when he was struck
by a car on the Hagerstown-Fred-
erick Alternate Route 40, after
alighting from his own car. He was
81 years of age.
Born and reared in Crawford, Va,
Mr. Calhoun was the son of James
and Martha Graybell Calhoun.
For several years he was en-
ployed by the Western Maryland
Railway, but during the past 20
years he was employed by the Peo-
pies Life Insurance Company. He
was a member of st. Marks Luth-
eran Church and the Mems Bible
class.
Surviving are: his wife, Pauline
son, Warren, of Middletown; daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Evelyn Payne, this city;
Mrs. Clarisie Morris, Baltimore; sis
tiers, Mrs. Bessie Good, Long Island;
Mrs. Maude Crop, Charlottesville,
Va; brothers, Carl, of this city, and
Wade, of New York, and three
grandchildren.
Benjamin Wesley Breeder, one
of Hagerstown's best known taxi
cab operators, died unexpectedly at
his residence in Maugansville on
December a. He had operated a
taxi here for the past 20 years. He
was aged sd.
He was a member of the Maui
Evansville Fire Department. He was
born at Elkton, Va, the son of Henry
etiltl CAllluldt DlCGNGlA.
Surviving are: his wife, Mrs
Helen E. (Shoemaker) Breeder;
children, Davis, Standarsville, Va;
+ Raymond, Eustis, Fla; Gerald Yves
ley, at home; Mrs. Irene Greenfield,
Paramount, Md; Mrs. Omar Wit
mer, Greencastle, Pa; Mrs. Smith
FARRELL, Vienna, Va; Dolores Jea-
nette and Connie Elaine, both at
home; Norma Jane, this city; Jane,
Orlando, Fla; sister, Mrs. Abbie
Brill, and brother, Ward, both of
Elkton, Va; and sixteen grandchil-
dren.
Mrs. Mary E. RidenOur, widow of
Nathan Ridenour, died at the Wash
ington County Hospital on Deem
Der Ia, aged "a years.
A resident of Georgia avenue, she
was member of the Washington
Square Methodist Church.
She is survived by one son, Carl
William Ridenour, of Washington,
d. c., three grandchildren, and sew
eral nieces and nephews.
Linda May Spriggs, infant daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. James Spriggs,
Milestone, died on December IA at
the Washington County Hospital,
aged three weeks.
Surviving, besides her parents, is
a sister, Veronica Lee Spriggs.
Mrs. Laura E. Stottlemyer, wife of
Webster w. Stottlemyer, Boonsboro,
died on December IS at her home
after an illness of two years, aged
II years.