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Mrs. q. Virginia Patterson, Hag-

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cember %, aged AZ years.
She was a member of st. Marks
Lutheran Church, superintendent of
the junior department of its Sunday
School, a member of its adult choir,
president of the Leoma OFT Mission
airy Society, secretary of the Western
Conference, Maryland Synod, Wom-
ems Missionary Society, and mem
Der of the Hagerstown Dahlia So
ciety. She was well known as a
grower of African violets.
Surviving, besides her husband,
are: her parents, Edward L. and Car
RE (Kibler) Dofflemyer, Hagerstown;
three sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Garrison,
Washington, D. c.; Mrs. Geneva
Richard, Luray, Va; and Mrs. Gene
We've Boodte, Hanover, Pa; and two
brothers, Theodore Dofflemyer and
Warren E. Doffiemyer, Hagerstown.
Mrs. Jessie Virginia SchlOtterbeck,
aged II, was fatally injured on De
cember % when she fell down the
steps of her apartment at 2512 West
Franklin Street.
She was born at Luray, Va, daugh-
ter of Charles and Eleanor Camp
belly Young, and had been living in
Hagerstown for the past 55 years.
She is survived by: three sons, John
J., Rockville; and Thomas j. and Ed
ward w, Hagerstown; six grandchil-
dren; and three sisters, Mrs. Annie
Duncan, Luray; Mrs. Freeda Wilkin-
son, Hagerstown, and Mrs. Mary
Hemphill, Hagerstown.
Miss Mary Ellen CressIer, 81, for
25 years a teacher in Washington
County School, died on December 27
at the home of her sister, Mrs.
George Miller in Kansas City. She
had resided with Mrs. Miller for the
past three years. Previous to that
she lived with another sister, Miss
Minnie Cressler in Muskogee, Okla
hOma.
Miss Cressler was born Oct. IA,
1862, on Paradise Plantation, later
known as Crescote, seven miles north
of Hagerstown. She later resided at
80 Broadway
She was the daughter of George
Adam and Mary Catherine (Clever)
Cressler, and was a graduate of Will
son College.
Some years ago the Cressler sis
tiers gave a stained glass window to
Zion Reformed Church in memory of
their parents.
Mrs. COrneIia E. Baker, wife of
George D. Baker, 618 West Church
Street, died on December 81 at the
Washington County Hospital, aged Y
years.
She was a member of the Grace
cub. Church and the Daughters of
Liberty, and was born at Milestone.
She had resided in Hagerstown for
the past SIS years.
Surviving besides her husband,
are: a daughter, Mrs. John L. Alton,
Hagerstown; three sisters, Mrs Es-
Their Weller and Mrs. Fanny Miller,
Hancock, and Mrs. Ida Trumpower,
Park Head; four brothers, Joseph
Younker, Michael Younker, Kreps
Younker and Eddie Younker, all of
Hancock, and four grandchildren.
Mrs. Nancy Lemon Jenkins, wife of
Grover c. Jenkins, died at her home
on the Sharpsburg Pike on December
81, of a heart attack, after an illness
of six months, aged sc.
Born and reared at Springfield,
Ohio, she was the daughter of James
Y. and Birdie (Roberts) Cartmell.
She had lived in this area for AZ
years. She was a member of St.
Marks Episcopal Church, the Dorcas
Society St. James, and a charter
member of the Lappans Homemak-
ers Club.
Surviving are: three daughters,
Mrs. Mifanway D. CARING, Hagers-
town; Mrs, Leona ]. Riley, at home,
and Mrs. Ethel A. Grandstaff, Balti-
more; two sons, Rev. G. Mark Jenk-
ms, Fletcher, N. c.; and Carlton H.
Jenkins, Baltimore; and three grand
children.
Mrs. Alta May Bowman died sud-
denly on December 81 at her home,
551 West Church Street, aged So
She was he widow of Keller Bow
man and was lifelong resident of
Hagerstown.
She is survived by: two daughters,
Mrs. Merry Smith, Keedysville; and
Mrs. Marie E. Bussard, Hagerstown;
a sister, Mrs. Clara Barton, East Wa
terford, Pa; five brothers, Clint
Guessford and Charles Guessford,
both of Smithsburg; Samuel Guess