The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-10-26
of st. Mary's Catholic Church.
He is survived by: daughter, Mrs,
Mary Ella Crossley; son, Edwin A
Hook, and three grandchildren.

Hook, and three grandchildren.
William D. Fechtig died on Octo-
Der 81 at his home, 113 South Pros
pect Street. He was "a years old.
Born and reared in Hagerstown,
he was the son of the late Dr. George
and Louise (Doyle) Fechtig.
He was associated with the Hag-
erstown Ice Company and the Hag-
erstown Shoe and Logging Company
before his retirement in 1923.
A member of ST. Mary's Catholic
Church and the Holy Name Society,
he also belonged to the Antietam
Fire Company.
Surviving are: sister, Mrs. Louise
(Fechtig) Viers; and four brothers,
Edward M, ]. Frederick, Alexander
c. and Paul S., all of Hagerstown
Roy Lee Kendall, 1877 John Street,
died at the Graham Convalescent
Home, Pittsburgh, on October 81,
aged 50.
He was member of the First
Christian Church, the Loyal Order
Of Moose, and was employed in the
Western Maryland Railway Shops
He is survived by: his son, Max,
at home; two brothers. Charles
Elmer, and Irwin, Smithsburg; two
sisters, Mrs. Edith Robinson, Smiths
burg, and Mrs, Maize Scott, Waynes-
boro; and three grandchildren.
Miss Ida Ellen PeIton, of Timber
Ridge, near Hancock, died suddenly
on October 81 at the Morgan County
Memorial Hospital, Berkeley
Springs, w. Va, aged &c.
Born on Timber Ridge, she was
the daughter of the late George R.
and Mary A. Coffman Pelton.
She is survived by: a sister, Mrs
Addie Lanehart Berkeley Springs;
brother, George L. Pelton, Hagers-
town; and several nephews and
nieces.
Russell Josephus Castle died at
his home near Keedysville on Octo-
Der 10, aged 81.
Son of the late Lewis and Ellen
Castle, he was born in Gapland,
and was a member of ST. Paups Lu-
theran Church, Burkittsville.
Besides his wife, Mrs. Mamie
Castle, he is survived by: a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Paul Busick, Baltimore;
five sons, Arlington, Lewis, and Rob-
ert, at home; John, Keedysville; and
Gerald, Charles Town; six sisters,
Mrs. Fannie Souder, Brunswick; Mrs.
Maude Huffer and Mrs. Harry Lerch,
Rohrersville; Mrs. Jesse Gardner,
Toledo, Ohio; and Miss Bessie Castle
and Miss Ellen Castle, Hagerstown;
and four grandchildren.
Mrs. Mary Virginia Benner, wife
of Jacob S. Benner, died at her home,
1905 Georgia Avenue, on October
10, aged 20 years.
Born and reared in Thurmont, she
was the daughter of John E. and
Ida Carnes, and a member of the
Pentecostal Church
Besides her husband, she is sur
vived by: a daughter, Mrs. Blanche
Weaver, Hagerstown; two sons, Leo
and Norman Benner, Hagerstown,
II grandchildren, and II great
grandchildren.
Mrs. Estella Lantz, widow of Har-
vey E. Lantz, died on October 10 at
the Guilford Nursing Home, Boons-
boro, aged 83 years.
She was born in Keedysville, and
had lived the past IS years in Ha-
gerstown
Surviving is a daughter, Mrs. Brace
Bousel, Richmond, Va.
George B. CrOmer, 100 South Null
berry Street, died at his home on Oc-
tober 10 aged 72 years.
Born at Middleburg, Pa, he was
n con Of tho Lotto Toby, opJ Nov,
Duffey Cromer. He had lived in
Hagerstown for the past so years and
was member of the First Breth-
rem Church.
Surviving are: his wife, Mrs. Leila
E. Harbaugh Cromer; a sister, Mrs
Ida Stotler, Frederick; and three
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