The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-04-06

Raymond w. Stake died at the
Guilford Nursing Home, Boonsboro,
on April 3, aged H.
A son of the late John b. and
/ Emma Sterne Stake, he was formerly
connected with the c. & p. Telephone
t Company in Frederick and Martins
burg.
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs.
Corinne S. Darner, Hagerstown, and
Mrs Lola S. Theme, Pasadena, Cal.
George william Colbert, died on
April at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Lester Nose, Sharpsburg. aged
SO years.
He was a member of Christ Re-
formed Church, Sharpsburg and Of
the Mems Bible Class of the church.
Besides Mrs. Nose, he is survived
by: four other daughters Mrs. Her
bert Cullison, Breathedsville; Mrs.
William Spence, Hagerstown; Miss
Hazel Colbert, Washington, d. c.;
and Mrs. Frank Zimmerman, Hagers-
town; two sons, RUSSELL Breatheds-
vile; and Roy, Pinesburg; two sis
tiers, Mrs. Charles Swain, Washing
ton, d. c.; and Mrs. Harry Myers,
Halfway; brother, Benjamin Col
bert, Peoria, ILL.,. % grandchildren,
% great grandchildren, and 7 great
great-grandchildren,
Charles Calvin Stouffer died on
April 2 at the home of his brother,
Melvin Stouffer, Leitersburg He
was aged "a years and months.
Besides his brother, he is survived
by nephew, Marshall Earl Troving-
er, Of this city, and several cousins.
Charles Daniel Crone, Is Glenside
Avenue, died suddenly at his home
on April /, of heart attack, aged
81 years.
Born and reared at Middletown, he
was the son of Charles and Mary
(Biser) Crone. He had been living
in Hagerstown for the past 46 years.
He was in the employ of Hubert
Mullen, contractor, for number of
years and was a member of the
Church of the Brethren.
Besides his wife, Mrs, Mary Will
ford Crone, he is survived by: a sis
ter, Mrs. Elmer Brown, Myersville;
two brothers, Samuel and Kieffer,
both of Middletown, and several
nieces and nephews.
Isaiah Stanley Glass, Sharpsburg,
died at the Washington County Hos
pital on March 81, after an illness of
three days, aged 81 years.
He was a member of the Sharps-
burg Volunteer Fire Company.
Besides his wife, Mrs. Lula Glass,
she is survived by two sisters, Mrs.
Charles Schmidt, Harrisburg, and
Mrs. Harry Morningstar, Chewsville,
and several nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Grace Erdella Knepper, wild
ow of William Ivan Knepper, died
at her home on Beaver Creek Road,
near Funkstown, on March 81, fol-
lowing long illness.
She was born and reared in st.
James, but had lived near Funks-
town for the past 40 years.
Surviving are: a daughter, Miss
Audrey M. Knepper, and a son,
Charles 1. Knepper, both of Funks-
town, and one sister, Mrs. Lenore
Kuhlman, Hagerstown.
Mrs. RyIie Mae (Syster) Slick,
Williamsport, died at City Hospital,
Martinsburg, on March 81, following
long illness, aged SIS years.
She is survived by: her husband,
Charles Slick; four daughters, Mrs.
Russell Bartholow, Mrs Paul Stokes,
and Mrs. Clyde Maiden, all of Mar
tinsburg; and Mrs. Geneva Clark,
Chicago; two sons, Phillip Bloom,
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio; and Donald
Bloom, Williamsport; sister, Mrs.
Harry Mechanism, Falling Waters;
and two brothers, Melvin Syster,
Falling Waters and Roy Syster, Mar
tinsburg.
Clarence Edward Miller died at
his home, 800 Mulberry Avenue, on
March 81, aged SO years.
Born and reared in Chambersburg,
he was the son of the late William
and Lydia (Franklin) Miller, and
had made his home in Hagerstown
for the past As years. He served as
sales manager, technical adviser and
a member of the board of directors
of Central Chemical Company for
the past 20 years. In this capacity,
he was well known to the farmers |
and orchardists of Maryland, Vir-
ginia and Pennsylvania. He was |