The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-01-15

Mrs. Bessie May Hoffman, widow
of c. Knode Hoffman, 2 Broadway,
died at the Washington County Hos
pital on January Is, aged II.
She was a member of Zion Re-
formed church.
She is survived by a daughter,
Mrs. Lucille H. Zurich, Detroit,
Mich; sons, George c. Hoffman, this
city, and Ralph S. Hoffman, Balti-
more; four grandchildren and four
great grandchildren.
Mrs. Clara Mace (Henneberger)
Brewer died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs Ernest Wolfensberg-
er, Maugansville, on January Is.
She was member of Trinity
Lutheran church and the Philethea
Sunday school class.
Surviving are: Daughters, Mrs.
Louis Schenk, Washington, D. c.;
Mrs. Virginia Wolfensberger, Mau-
gansville; sons, Charles E., and Otis
p, this city; William W., Maugans-
vile; sister, Mrs. Lula Finnister,
Baltimore; brothers, Harry and AL
fred, this city.
James Dixon Hart died at his
home at Big Pool on January Is,
aged 70 years He was a member of
the st. Paul's E. U. B. Church, Big
Pool and is the son of the late Harry
Hart and Susan Miller Hart.
Surviving are: his wife, Mrs. En-
ma j. Hart; daughter, Mrs Ethel
Beauchamp; step-son, Lonnie Repp,
of Big Pool; step-daughter, Mrs.
Robert E. Belts, Hagerstown; also
two grandchildren.
Henry Gantz Boward died on
January IL at York, Pa. He had
been a resident of Hagerstown prac-
tically all of his life.
He is survived by: wife, Mrs. An
ma Boward; sisters, Mrs. Kate Helf-
stray, this city; Mrs. Helen Reecher,
Funkstown; brothers, Robert Guy,
Virginia; Ralph, Harrisburg; Harry,
York, and Wilbur Boward, this city.
Maurice r. Dick Murray, 28-
year-old Big Springs farmer, died
on January IL at the Washington
County Hospital, where he had
been in a critical condition as a
result of severe burns suffered at
his home last week.
A veteran of World War II, hav-
ing served in the u. S. Navy, Muir
ray was lifelong resident of Big
Springs.
He is survived by: his wife, Hazel
L. (Hart) Murray; one daughter,
Dorothy, about six years old; his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Muir
ray, this city; two sisters, Mrs. Ma
son Gossard, Big Springs; Mrs. Dor
othy Hetzer, this city; brothers, Ell
lott, Thomas and Randolph, of Ha-
gerstown, and Guy, of the U. S.
Army in Texas.
Sigmund ii. Andrews, 1872 Chest
nut street, operator of Sig's Lunch,
812 South Potomac street, for the
last five years, died on January II
at the Washington County Hospital,
aged 43.
He was a life long member of
Grace Evangelical United Brethren
church, a member of the Junior
Fire Department, Fraternal Order og
Eagles, Alsatia Club, and president
of the South End baseball team.
Surviving are: his wife, Mrs.
Catherine H. Andrews; daughter,
Betty Andrews; sons, Sigmund An
drews, Jr, William Andrews, all at
home; sisters Mrs. John L. Senior,
Mrs. Arthur Carpenter; brothers,
John A. Andrews, Sherman E. An
drews, all of Hagerstown.
Mrs. Isabel Kendall, sc, widow of
Samuel H. Kendall, died on Janu-
airy II at her home near Rouzer-
vile.
Born at Pleasant Valley, Md, the
daughter of Jacob and Catherine
Bowman, the deceased is survived
by: two county residents, Charles
Kendall, son residing in this city,
and Mrs. Jacob Pryor, daughter,
who makes her home in Smithsburg.
Mrs. Annie B. Watkins, widow of
William Watkins, died at the Wash
ington County Hospital on January
IL, aged SO.
A former resident of Westminster,