The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-01-15
DEATHS

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Mary A. Smith, wife of Charles O..
Smith, 829 West Washington Street,
died on January Is at the Washing
ton County Hospital, aged SO years.
She was born in McConnellsburg,
Pa, the daughter of the late Paul and
Martha Jane (Sowers) Wagner. She
had been a resident of this city for
the past As years.
She was a member of Women's
Benefit Association,
Besides her husband, she is sur
vived by: two sisters, Mrs. John
Hartzell, York Haven, Pa; and Mrs
Ida Robson, Red Wing, MINI.
George Joseph BusSard, 812 Wash
ington Avenue, died at the Mt Alto
Veterans Hospital, Washington, D.
c., on January Il, following an ill
ness of one year, aged % years.
Born and reared near Perkiomen-
vile, Pa, he was a son of Charles S.
and Ida B. Minnich Bussard. A vet
eran of World War II, he had served
with the Army in the South Pacific
He was member of the Christ Re-
formed Church, this city, and of the
Moose Lodge, Pottstown, Pa.
Surviving are: his mother, now
residing in Hagerstown; four sisters,
Mrs. Ruth Meyer, Skippock, Pa;
Mrs. Elva Gerhard, Pottstown, Pa;
Mrs. Joseph Newruck, Norristown,
Pa; and Miss Cora, at home, and
two brothers, John D. and Herbert
H., all at home.
Mrs. Lille Wilson Armstrong, wife
of Jacob Armstrong, died on Jan
uary 10, aged Sc years. She was a
member of Shiloh cub. Church.
She is survived by: her husband,
a son, John Mowbray, Jr; her par
ents, James and Roberta Dayhoff,
Security; three brothers, Russell,
Kenneth and Jerry Dayhoff, Hag-
erStown; and two sisters, Mrs. Ruth
Rohrer, Hagerstown, and Miss Mary
Dayhoff, at home.
AthanaSiOS Demetrus PapaSchriS-
tOs, 81 North Avenue, died at the
Gateway Convalescent Home on
January 10, after an illness of seven
weeks, aged Sc years.
He was born in Greece, the son
of Demetrus and Demetro (Nasa-
silious) Papaschristos and came to
this country in 1911, and was nat
uralized in 1926. He was employed
in the Belmont Restaurant in Har-
risburg for a number of years.
He was member of st. Johns
Episcopal Church, this city and of
the, Greek Orthodox Church, York,
Pa.
He is survived by: brother, Con-
stantine, with whom he made his
home; and a. sister, Mrs. Pagonis of
Greece.
Mrs ROZelia Elizabeth Socks, 839
Lanvale Street, widow of John A.
Socks, Jr., died at the Washington
County Hospital on January 10, af-
ter an illness of four months.
She was born and reared in Wash
ington County, the daughter of
Xevarius and Anna Lowman Shank
and was a member of the Pentecos-
tai Church.
She is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. Pauline F. Barger, Hagerstown;
and Mrs. Sarah j. Long, Clear
Spring; four sons, George P, Ernest
R., Howard c., and Elmer L. Socks,
all of Hagerstown; two sisters, Mrs.
Anna Sandbower and Mrs. Nettie
Shrader, Hagerstown; two brothers,
Andrew and Xevarius Shank, both
of Hagerstown; % grandchildren and
eight great grandchildren.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hagerman Kieffer,
widow of Rev. Moses A. Kieffer, died
at Homewood Church Home on Jan
uary 8, aged 80.
She had made her home with her
daughter, Mrs Sarah. Spigler, 17O1
Virginia Avenue for the last 10 years,
having resided at Homewood for the
past year.
She was a member of Christ Ev-
angehcal and Reformed Church.
Besides Mrs. Spigler, she is sur
vived by: another daughter, Mrs.
Elizabeth Stewart, FL Paso, Texas;
a son, Walter H., Harrisburg, Pa; a
brother, Charles E. Hagerman, Ha-
gerstown, and seven grandchildren.
John William Musey died of a
heart attach IN January Q af the