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an illness of only three days.
The daughter of George w. and
Laura McClanahan Smith, she was
born and reared in Hagerstown,
where she spent her entire life.
She was a member of the Presby
terian Church, the Women's Club,
the American Red Cross, the Day
Nursery, and an honorary member
of the Garden Club.
She was the last member of her
family.
Mrs. Mary II. (Bessie) Mingus,
former housekeeper of the st. Mary's
rectory, died at the Blue Spruce Con-
valescent Home, Huntington Station,
N. Y, on April 10, after an illness of
six months.
She was born and reared in Sea
bright, N. j., and came to Hagers-
town with DR.. Crawford and his fam
lily in 1899. She began employment
with the st. Mary's rectory in l949
and was a member of st. Mary's
Roman Catholic Church
She is survived by five sisters,
Mrs. Grace Minaldi, Mrs Hazel Ubol-
di, Mrs Helen Usage, Miss Louise
Douglas and Mrs. Arlene Stone; and
three brothers, Joseph, Girard and
Clarence Douglas.
Halle A. Palmer died on April 10
at the Deerhead State Hospital, Sails
bury, Md, after a long illness, aged
So.
He was the son of the late Elmer
and Mary Christ Palmer, Williams
port.
He is survived by: his wife, Leona
Palmer, and a son, Halle A., Jr.;
both of Williamsport; four brothers,
Orville E.. Boise, Idaho; Robert and
Lester S, Williamsport; and Bliss o.,
East Orange Grove, N. j.; two sis
ters, Mrs George Pofenberger, Will
Transport; and Mrs. Roy Hennesy,
Hagerstown; a step-brother, Arley
r. Crist, and a stepsister, Mrs. Flor
ence Potts, both of Williamsport.
David BrOdie BOnney, ST., 824
Spruce Street, died at the Washing
ton County Hospital on April 10,
aged sc years.
He was born in Romney, w. Va,
the son of the late Edmund and
Elizabeth CToWnsend) Bonney He
was a member Of, the Brotherhood
of r. r. Trainmen, chairman of the
visitation committee of Friendship
Lodge No. "a A. +. & A. M; sentinel
of Ithiel Chapter No 81; Tyler of
Palestine Council No 49, and a mem
Der of st. Bernard Commandery No.
9 and the Tall Cedars of Lebanon No.
95.
Surviving are: his wife, Helen E.
(Rakestraw) Bonney, two sons,
David b., Jr., Hagerstown, and w.
Ralph, Camp Hill, Pa; two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Edward Cushen, Hagers-
town, and Mrs Donald Henson,
Myersville, a sister, Miss Margaret
G. Bonney, Hagerstown, and six
grandchildren.
Carl Francis McMiIlen, 17-year-old
son of William H. and Hazel (Burke)
McMillen, died on April 10 in an
automobile accident The young
man was killed almost instantly
when the car in which he was a
passenger, while waiting for stop
light to change, was hit by a truck.
Carl, who was born in Harrisburg,
was member of the Washington
Square Methodist Church, the Young
Mems Sunday School Class, the Ha-
gerstown High School Band, the
Civic Band and Co. B of the Ma
tional Guard. He was a member of
the junior class of the Hagerstown
High School and would have grad
uated in 1855. He was also employed
by Huyett's Bakery.
Surviving, besides his parents, are:
three sisters, Mrs. Eleanor Staley,
Hagerstown; Mrs. Georgianna Ell
mer, Camp LeJeune, N. c.; and Bar
bara, at home; and two brothers,
William H. Jr., and Richard McMil-
len, both at home.
Miss Martha E. Riser, 81, formerly
of Maugansville, died on April Is at
the Maugansville Mennonite Home
where she had been a guest since
1941.
She was born in Washington Coun-
ty, daughter of the late Jacob and
Fannie Ely Riser and was a mem
Der of Reiff's Mennonite Church.
She is survived by two brothers,
Benjamin Riser, Hagerstown, Route
6; and Amos E. Riser, Greencastle,
Route