The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-03-27
DEATHS

George Robert WOltenSburger, 3l9
Mitchell Avenue, died at the Wash
ington County Hospital on March
"a, aged So years.
He was the son of the late Charles
]. and Christanna (Showalter) Wolf
ensberger, and member of Grace
cub. Church.
Surviving are: his wife, Sarah M.
Wolfensberger; five brothers, Oliver,
Polo, ILL.,; Bryan, Charles, and Silas;
Hagerstown; and Ernest, Maugans-
vile; and three sisters, Mrs. John
Izer, Iowa Falls, Ia; Mrs. Cameron
Elgin, Hagerstown; and Mrs. Bryan
Boward, Greencastle.
Joseph Allen McMullen died at
Washington County Hospital on
March %, aged So.
He was born in Morgan County,
West Virginia, the son of the late
George and Margaret Gather Nc
Mullen, and was the last of his fam
lily. He was a retired B. and o. en-
ployee.
Survivors include: his wife, Ema-
line McMullen; three sons, Herbert
and George, Hancock; and Guy,
Amaranth; two daughters, Mrs. Bet
ty Young, Berkeley Springs, and
Mrs. Dolly Harp, Hagerstown; and
four grandchildren.
Edwin Ellis KeartOn, 1922 Vir-
ginia Avenue, died at the Washing
ton County Hospital on March %,
aged So years.
Born at Geneva, N. Y, he was the
son of the Rev. C. o. S. and Con-
stance Kearton. He had resided in
Hagerstown for 80 years, and had
been night clerk at the Colonial
Hotel for four years.
He was a member of Trinity Lu-
theran Church and the Fire Hose
Fire Company.
Surviving are: his wife, Mrs. Mary
(HulD Kearton; a stepson, Donald,
Portland, Ore; four grandchildren;
and two brothers, Ernest c., Port
Washington Long Island; and John
c., Union City, N. j.
Celina Lou Henson, infant daugh-
ter of Joseph N. and Mary Lou
(Cronise) Henson, 351 South Can
non Avenue, died at the Washing
ton County Hospital on March q.
Besides parents, she is survived
by: sister, Sharon Anne; her grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward N.
Henson, Herman Cronise and Mrs.
Harold Frisch, all of Hagerstown.
Robert VintOn Gardner, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Clifford Gardner, Cave
town, was burned to death on March
% when he was trapped in the sec
ond story of the home of Raymond
Kline, Cavetown, which was COM
pletely destroyed. He was II years
of age.
Besides his parents, he is survived
by: three sisters, Mrs. Lloyd Harris,
Betty Mae Gardner and Lois Fay
Gardner; and brother, Ronald Lee
Gardner, all of Cavetown.
Mrs. Susan Dorothy Brandenburg,
70, widow of Chester R. Brandon
burg, Smithsburg, died on March %
at the Washington County Hospital.
Born at Lantz, Md, she was the
daughter of Hamilton and Cornelia
Ann (Pryor) Harbaugh. She came
to Smithsburg 38 years ago, after
living at Foxville. She was mem
Der of st. Paups Methodist Church,
Smithsburg.
Surviving are: five children, Ros-
coe H, Ringgold; Mrs. Eva c. Dwyer,
Smithsburg; Samuel Rue, Smiths
burg; Kenneth c., Columbus, Ga;
and Miss Mildred Brandenburg, at
home; eight grandchildren; and a
sister, Mrs. Mettie Benchoff, Hagers-
town.
Linda Marveen GuesSford, infant
daughter of Oscar and Shirley Elaine
(Batt) Guessford, 300 Mont Valla
Avenue, died at the Washington
County Hospital on March %, aged
two years.
Surviving are: her father, who is
serving with the armed forces in
Korea; her mother; brother, Cor
don Lee Guessford, at home; her
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Foster
Bait, Hagerstown; her grandmother
Mrs. Mabel Straley, and her grand
father, Carl Guessford, ST., Hagers-
town
Nora F. Holland, widow of Will
liam E. Holland, died at the home
of her grandson, Guy L. Holland
Jr., Maugansville, on March %, agec
rs years.