The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-08-14

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and Catherine (Mills) Amsley, and
was a member of the Methodist
Church, Mercersburg.
Surviving are: five daughters, Ha-
eel Louise, Mrs Lewis Turner, and
Dorothy Jean, all of Hagerstown,
Route 2; Mrs Ralph Dale, MERGERS
burg, Rt. 2; and Susan Resale, Will
Transport; a son, Clarence W., Mer-
cersburg, Rt. 8; brother, Kenneth
Amsley, Hagerstown; sister, Mrs.
William Singer Conococheague;
and six grandchildren.
William Manning, 638 Washington
Avenue, died at the Washington
County Hospital on August IL. He
was 81 years old.
Born at Danville, Pa, he was the
son of the late Joseph and Elizabeth
(McCormick) Manning, and was a
conductor on the passenger train be-
tween Waynesboro and York. Pa,
for the Western Maryland Railroad,
before retiring in 1897.
He was a member of Grace E.U.B.
Church, the Western Maryland Re-
lief, and the Western Enterprise Fire
Company.
Surviving are: a daughter, Mrs.
Elizabeth M Curlee, Hagerstown; a
stepson, Harry Manning, Widen, w.
Va; and two sisters, Mrs, AIDA M.
Gaines, Hagerstown; and Mrs. Fred
Wilkes, Shenandoah, Va.
Mrs. Bette ROutsOm Dyche died
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Kathryn McSherry, 494 North Po-
tomac Street, on August IL, aged 85
years.
Born and raised in Cumberland,
she was the daughter of the late
George and Maria (Woodward) KEEP
hart. She had made her home in
Cumberland until two years ago.
She was a member of the First
Church of Christ, Scientist, of Cum
berland, and the Mother Church in
Boston.
Surviving, besides Mrs McSherry,
are: two daughters, Mrs. Lenore
Bradley, Pittsburgh; and Mrs. Mari
on Minke, Cumberland; three sons,
B. Woodward Dyche, Cumberland;
H. Warren, Hyattsville; and James
E., Olmstead Falls, Ohio; two sisters,
Mrs. Kate Withers, Brooklyn; and
Mrs. Charles A. Steiner, Cumber-
land; and five grandchildren.
Thomas ]. KidwelI died suddenly
on August Il at the Costello Hotel,
aged 48 years.
Surviving are: his mother, Mrs.
Mollie Kidwell, Hagerstown; three
brothers, Charles, Stanley and Rich
ard, all of Hagerstown; and four
sisters, Mrs. Mary Kelley, Clear
Spring; Mrs. William Shoemaker,
Williamsport; Mrs. Emma WingsFt,
Chambersburg; Mrs. Walter Koontz,
Boonsboro; and Mrs. Paul Benner,
Hagerstown.
Mrs. Clara l.. Sharpe, widow of
Forrest Sharpe, Old Forge Road, died
on August II at the Victor Cullen
Hospital, aged 40 years
She was born and raised in Mar
tinsburg, moving to Hagerstown 25
years ago. She was a member of
Trinity Lutheran Church and the
Eugenia Hartman Sunday School
Glass.
Surviving are: a son, B. Kent; and
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. Lloyd
Blondell, Martinsburg.
William Jacob Wolfe, 70 West
Franklin Street, died at the Wash
ington County Hospital on August 8,
aged Y years.
Born and reared at Chewsville,
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Belts Wolfe, he had lived in Hag-
erstown for the past Is years.
Surviving is a brother, Joseph L.,
Hancock.
John HI. Zepp, Jr., ITO Clarkson
Avenue, was accidentally drowned
in the Potomac River at Great Falls,
Md, on August s. He was % years
of age.
He was a sheet metal worker at
the Fairchild plant here.
He is survived by: his parents,
John Henry and Hazel (Thomas)
Zepp, Hagerstown; two sisters, Mrs.
Betty Turner and Mrs. Catherine
Cousins, both of Hagerstotwn; his
grandfather, Charles Thomas, and
his grandmother, Mrs. Catherine
Rickett, Hagerstown.
Glenn DeImar Hoffman, Hagers-
town Route 2, died at the Washing
fon County Hocpifa1 On A1I0I1cf g