The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1954-05-13
DEATHS

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Mrs. Frances Sim, 805 Salem Ave
nue., died at the Washington County
Hospital on May IL, aged sc years.
She was member of st. Matthews
cub. Church, Golden Rule Bible
Glass, Women's Missionary Society,
Queen Esther Chapter of the Order
of the Eastern Star, Ladies Auxiliary
of the Brotherhood of Railroad Train
men, Halfway Homemakers and the
W.C.T.U.
Surviving are: her husband, Viii
liam Rex Sim; five sons, J. Freeman,
Baltimore; Threll W., Charles Town;
Kenneth E., Hagerstown; Edgar D.,
Hagerstown; and Robert M, Balti-
more; three sisters, Mrs. Ellie Collas,
Charles Town; Mrs Clarcy Conway,
Hagerstown; and Mrs. Ralph Nc
Carly, Tokyo, Japan; two brothers,
Frank and George Myers, both of Ha-
gerstown; and six grandchildren.
Mrs. Betty Lucinda Martin, wife
of Albert j. Martin, Maugansville,
died on May II, after an illness of
nine weeks, at the Howard Nalley
Nursing Home, Funkstown.
She was rs years old.
The daughter of the late Abram
and Mary Hose Keadle, Mercersburg,
she is survived by: her husband; one
sister, Mary Geitmacher, at Gateway
Nursing Home; and two brothers,
Scott Keadle, Worleytown, Pa, and
George Keadle, Maugansville.
Walter NJ. Wolfe, 88, died on May
II at his home, 112 East Baltimore
Street.
Born at Wolfsville, he was the son
of Jonathan N. and Amanda (Blick-
enstaff) Wolfe, and came to Hagers-
town when he was IA
He was employed at the old Pope
Bicycle Works and later as a bleach
er and dyer at Roulette's Mill He
retired 25 years ago.
A member of Trinity Lutheran
Church, he was also the oldest mem
Der of the First Hose Fire Company.
Surviving are: a daughter, Mrs.
Raymand Kerr, Easton, Md, and a
son, Ross L. Wolfe, Hagerstown.
Samuel Robert Baker died at his
home, q North Jonathan Street, on
May II, after an illness of two years.
He was SO years of age.
Born at Winchester, Virginia, he
had been resident of this city for
81 years. He was member of St.
Marks Lutheran Church.
He is survived by his sister, Miss
Mary R. Baker, of Hagerstown
Mrs. Nora Ardella KOOgle, wife of
George H. Koogle, 1112 Rose Hill
Avenue, died on May 6, after an ill
ness of q months, aged SO years.
Born at Shenandoah, Va, she was
the daughter of John J. and Mary
(Sportman) eastman.
She had lived most of her life in
Hagerstown, and was a member of
st. Mary's Catholic Church.
Surviving, besides her husband,
are: three daughters, Mrs. Kenneth
Eckard, Hagerstown; and Mrs. ellison
J. Henson, and Mrs. c. Roy Clapsad-
die, both of Waynesboro; two sons,
George E. and John D., both of Ha-
gerstown; five grandchildren; two
sisters, Mrs. George Snyder and Mrs.
Lawrence o. Campbell, both of Ha-
gerstoWn; and two brothers, John J.
eastman and Dennis A. eastman,
HagerstoWn
Ruben Kaufman Reiff, ST., husband
of Mrs Lucy Martin Reiff, died at his
residence in Maugansville on May 6,
aged So years.
He was the son of the late Benja-
min E. and Maggie kaufman Reiff
and was born and reared in Chamb-
ersburg. He had resided in Maug-
ansville for the past two years. He
was a member of the Cedar Grove
Mennonite Church. He was employ
ed by the Western Maryland Rail
road for "a years, was a member of
the Western Maryland Relief Asso-
citation and the Maugansville Fire
Company.
Surviving besides his wife are:
three sons, Ruben K, Jr., Letters
burg; Chester M, Clear Spring; and
Melvin S., Cearfoss; three sisters,
Mrs. Elizabeth Bream, Biglerville,
Pa; Mrs. Mamie Martin, Maugans-
vile; and Mrs. Emma Dentler,
Chambersburg; and IL grandchil-
dren.