The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-05-18

10 West Poplar Street, Funkstown,
on May 16, aged 80.
Born and reared near Middleburg,
Pa, she was the daughter of Samuel
and Rebecca (Knode) Gerhardt, and
had been living in the Funkstown
district for 80 years. She was a
member of the Christ Reformed
Church in Hagerstown.
Surviving are: twin sons, S. Ralph
Ford, Funkstown, and c. Roy Ford,
Hagerstown; 9 grandchildren and a
brother, Oliver c. Gerhardt, Hagers-
town.
Guy Edwin Bivens died suddenly
at his home west of Hancock on May
16, aged 40.
Son of the late Albert and Aman-
da (Fisher) Bivens, he was born at
Dot, Fulton County, Pa.
Besides his widow, Clair (Bishop)
Bivens, he is survived by: one son,
Roger Clay, at home; four sisters,
Mrs. Annie Clark, Mrs. Cora Golden
and Miss Esther Bivens, all of Need
more, Pa, and Miss Lena Bivens,
st. Petersburg, Fla; one brother, Vic
tor Bivens, Needmore, and two
grandchildren
Mrs. Sarah A. (FlagIe) Carbaugh,
wife of John K. Carbaugh, Clear
Spring, near Spicklers, died on May
Is at the Washington County Hos
pital, aged "a years.
She was member of the Blair's
Valley Church of God and the La
dies Bible Glass.
Surviving: besides her husband
are: three sons, ]. Kenneth Carbaugh,
Donovan Charles Carbaugh and Ray
mond Lee Carbaugh, at home; six
brothers, E. Glenn Flagle, Chambers
burg, Route Six; Ralph G. Flagle,
Shippensburg; Kenneth E. Flagle,
Fort Loudon, Pa; William T. Flagle,
Waynesboro, Route Three; Marvin
j. Flagle, Waynesboro, Route Three;
and Charles E. Flagle, Waynesboro;
a half brother, John Flagle, Fort
Loudon; a sister, Ethel M Flagle,
Chambersburg; and half sister.
Mrs Nina Mayer, Chambersburg.
Lester G. Andrews, 521a West
Church Street, died on May IA at
his home, aged SO years.
He was the son of William A. and
Mary (Johnson) Andrews. Born at
Huyetts, he had lived in Hagerstown
for the last so years, and was a
member of the Woodmen of the
World.
Surviving are: a sister, Mrs. Elsie
Schmidt, Hagerstown; brother, Will
liam A. Frederick; and one grand
son.
Mrs. Pauline X. Carper, wife of
Harry c. Carper, 81 North Locust
Street, died at the Washington Coun-
ty Hospital on May Is, after an ill
ness of three months, aged 81 years.
She was the daughter of Mrs. Jo-
seph (Bentz) Lingg and the late Mr..
Lingg, Hagerstown, and had lived
here all her life. She was a devoted
member of ST. Mary's Catholic
Church and of the Sodality of the
Blessed Virgin Mary.
Besides her husband and mother.
she is survived by: two daughters,
Miss June L. Carper and Mrs. Martha
A. Mowen both at home; brother,
Joseph w. Lingg, Hagerstown; and
seven sisters, Mrs. Madeline Peer,
Mrs. Margaret Culp, Mrs Ruth Lantz,
and Mrs. Bernadette Bower, all of
Hagerstown; Mrs. Regina Pugh,
Steubenville,. Ohio; Mrs. Beatrice
Smith, Chicago, Ill, and Mrs. Jane
Slower, Greencastle, Pa.
Nelson Beard Rowe, 1856 Virginia
Avenue, widely known real estate
broker and insurance agent, died
on May IS at the Washington County
Hospital, after an illness of several
months, aged So years.
A member of st. Marks Luther
an Church, he served as church Sec
rotary for number of years and was
a member of the st. Marks Brother
hood SIS Glass. He was also mem
Der of Friendship Lodge No. "a A.
F. and A. NJ, Hagerstown Lions Club;
Knights of Pythias, and the Hagers-
town Chamber of Commerce.
Born near Ringgold in Washing
ton County, he was the son of Daniel
Walter ad Linnie c. (Beard) Rowe.
Surviving are: his wife Gwendolyn
Maxwell Rowe; four brothers, Ira
Rowe, Hagerstown; Keller J. Rowe,
Williamsport; Ernest Rowe, Win.
chester, Va; and Glesner D. Rowe,
Pasadena, Calf.
Franklin Leslie Lowman died al
his home, 10 West Frederick Street