The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-04-28
DEATHS


Mrs. Ida J. Rowe, widow of Wal
ter M. Rowe, died on April 25 at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Floyd
Dietrich, Dundalk, Md, aged II
years. She had been i'll about two
years and for the past six months
resided with Mrs. Dietrich.
She was born in Hagerstown, a
daughter of Isaac and Fannie My
ers Hoffman and lived on farm in
the Ringgold district practically all
her life. Her husband died in 1880.
She was a member of the Church
of the Brethren, Welty congregation.
Surviving are: two daughters, Mrs.
Dietrich and Mrs. David Litton,
Boonsboro, Rt. l; two sons, Waldo,
Waynesboro, and Isaac this city;
three sisters, Mrs. Lewis Protzman,
Waynesboro; Mrs. Emma Kline,
Greencastle, and Mrs. Mollie' Ha-
ger, Chambersburg; and two bro
theirs, Isaac Hoffman, Halfway, and
Wesley, GAINESVILLE, Iowa Six
grandchildren also survive.
Leo F. Purdham died suddenly
at his home, Sd Church street, on
April IS, aged 49,
Surviving are: his wife Hazel Shin
die Purdham; parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
David Purdham, Halfway; two broth
ers, Isaac, Halfway, and David, Jr.,
Baltimore; and three sisters, Mrs.
Clarence Hull Security; Mrs. Cath
crime Charles, this city, and Mrs.
Eula Castagneto, Silver Spring, Md.
Martha Jane COmerer, widow of
Harvey j. Comerer, died at her
home at Hancock, Route 2, on April
"a, aged 20 years.
Born in Franklin County, Pa,
she was the daughter of the late
Lewis and Clara E. (Secrist) Weller.
She is survived by: two sons,
Floyd and J. Calvin, both of near
Hancock; three daughters, Mrs Lei
la Cutler and Mrs. Viola Glazier,
both of McConnellsburg, Pa, and
Mrs. Ethel Fries, of Mercersburg,
Pa; four sisters, Mrs Mary Conner
er, of Lancaster, Pa; Mrs. Rhoda
Wederbaugh, of Winchester, Va;
Mrs. Bessie Zimmerman, of Chamb-
ersburg, Pa; and two brothers,
Charles Weller, of McConnellsburg,
Pa, and Ray Weller, of Big Cove
Tannery, Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Besse (TayIOr) Beachley,
widow of Orville L. Beachley, died
at her home in Williamsport on
April "a, aged IS.
She was member of the Queen
Esther Chapter, o. E. S., No. 3, Ha-
gerstown, and of the Loyal Phi
lathea Bible Class of the United
Brethren Sunday School.
Surviving are: three sons, Orville
E., Lake Charles La, Frank W., An
napolis, and Elmer T., Cumberland;
and three brothers, James and Jo-
seph Taylor, both of Williamsport
and Edward Taylor, Hagerstown.
Frances c. CullisOn, widow of
John Cullison, died at the home of
her son, Albert N. Cullison, 524
Virginia avenue, on April "a, aged
"a years.
She was born and reared in Car
roll county, the daughter of Henry
and Elizabeth Derr Sprinkle, and
had resided here for the last Is
years.
Surviving are: three daughters,
Mrs. Cora M. White, Greenmount,
Md; Mrs. Blanche King, Hagers-
town; and Mrs. Helen Ritter, Balti-
more; four sons, Theodore H, Maple
vile; Herbert W., Breathedsville;
and Albert N. and Russell O., Hag-
erstown; 16 grandchildren; and ten
great grandchildren.
Benjamin F. Ford, of Hagerstown,
died on April "a, near Baltimore,
following an illness of ten years,
aged g.
The son of the late Henry and
Jeanette little Ford, he was born
near Middletown. He was a re-
tired farmer.
He is survived by: three sons,
Cyril B. Ford, Sharpsburg, Alvey
F. Ford, Blue Ridge Summit, and
Wheeler c. Ford, serving in the u.
S. Navy; one sister, Mrs. Bessie
Koogle of Boonsboro; a brother,
Jacob Ford of Beaver Creek; IA