Betty Naylor
Nov 28, 2015
Betty Y. Naylor, 88, of Oakland passed away on Saturday, November 28, 2015 at her home. Born on January 18, 1927 in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Milton L. and Genevieve (Taylor) Yingling. Betty grew up in DC and suburban Maryland. She was a 1944 graduate of Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring and was...

Margaret Case
Nov 27, 2015
Margaret Grace Stemple Case, 93, of Aurora, WV passed away November 27, 2015 at her home. She was born March 2, 1922 in Valley Head, WV, a daughter of the late Earl Clifford and Dora Catherine Stemple. She was preceded in death by her husband Roy Wesley Case in 1955, also preceding her in death, Charles William Stemple, and two...
Ray Mosser
Nov 24, 2015
Ray Leland Mosser, 93, of Oakland died on Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at his ancestral home near Red House. Born on October 2, 1922 in Oakland, he was the son of the late Ray E. and Anna (Miller) Mosser. He was a 1940 graduate of Oakland High School where he excelled in agricultural studies and mechanics. He was a...

Dennis Kosanic
Nov 23, 2015
Dennis Alexander Kosanic, 63, of Bayard, WV died on Monday, November 23, 2015 at his home. Born on November 20, 1952 in Parsons, WV, he was the son of the late William and Helen Pauline (Sampson) Kosanic. He was a retired coal miner. He is survived by his loving wife of 43 years, Rita F. (Cosner) Kosanic; three sons,...
Robert Flanagan
Nov 21, 2015
Robert William Flanagan, 78, of Elk Garden, WV died on Saturday, November 21, 2015 at Piney Valley Nursing Home in Keyser, WV. Born on January 8, 1937 in Elk Garden, he was the son of the late Feaster and Leona (Seaman) Flanagan. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force having served during the Korean War. Prior...

David Walker
Nov 21, 2015
David James Walker, 74, of Aurora, WV passed away on Saturday, November 21, 2015 at the Dennett Road Manor Nursing Home in Oakland. Born on May 2, 1941 in Berea, Ohio, he was the son of the late Roy Bishop and Stella M. (Brigham) Walker. He was a machine operator having retired from Globe Pipe Hanger in Cleveland, OH....
Marie Reel
Nov 19, 2015
Marie Davis Reel, 86, of Kitzmiller and Oakland passed away, with her family by her side, on Thursday, November 19, 2015 at the Dennett Road Manor Nursing Home. Born on October 26, 1929 in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, she was the daughter of the late Thomas "Pop" and Anne "Nan" Coady. She was a member of St. Peter the...
Margaret Kalbaugh
Nov 17, 2015
Margaret L. Kalbaugh, 86, of Belpre, Ohio died on Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at Selby General Hospital in Marietta, OH. Born on August 19, 1929 in Elk Garden, WV, she was the daughter of the late John Joseph and Margaret E. (Hickey) Droppleman. She worked many years as a beautician and was Catholic by faith. She enjoyed spending time...
Michael Flaherty
Nov 17, 2015
Michael James Flaherty, 67, of Leesburg, VA died on Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at his home. Born on May 2, 1948 in Cumberland, he was the son of the late Robert J. and Macel (Barker) Flaherty. He was a graduate of Southern High School who then went on to proudly serve his country in the Vietnam War for the...
Galen Beckman
Nov 15, 2015
Galen Everett Beckman, Sr., 82, of Mtn. Lake Park died on Sunday, November 15, 2015 at Garrett Regional Medical Center in Oakland. Born on July 15, 1933 in Oakland, he was the son of the late John Henry and Dorothy Etta (Johnson) Beckman. He was a proud veteran of the United States Army having served during the Korean War....
Effie Wotring
Nov 8, 2015
Effie May Wotring, 75, of Aurora,WV died on Sunday, November 8, 2015 at Garrett Regional Medical Center in Oakland. Born on August 18, 1940 in Crellin, she was a daughter of the late Wilbur and Rebecca Lake (Paugh) Sliger. She was a faithful member of the Oak Park Church of the Brethren where she was active in the soup...
Edward Bennett
Oct 30, 2015
Edward Roy Bennett, 70, of Mtn. Lake Park died on Friday, October 30, 2015 at his home. Born on June 15, 1945 in Harrisonburg, VA, he was the son of Mike Rhodes of Mtn. Lake Park and the late Beatrice Rhodes. Ed was a proud veteran of the United States Marine Corp having bravely served in Vietnam. He was...
John Beckman
Oct 28, 2015
John Harry Beckman, 72, of Oakland died on Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at Garrett Regional Medical Center. Born on September 7, 1943 in Oakland, he was the son of the late Clarence Solomon and Jessie Evelyn (Steyer) Beckman. He was a lifelong resident of Garrett County and graduated from Southern High School. Prior to his retirement, he was a...
Lash Lloyd
Oct 27, 2015
Lash "Rocky" Larue Lloyd, Sr., 63, of Swanton died on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at the R. Cowley Adams Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore. Born on May 19, 1952 in Gorman, he was the son of the late William Leonard and Ruth Josephine (Lewis) Lloyd. He was known as a "jack of all trades" who loved fishing and minnows....
Laurance Wolfe
Oct 25, 2015
Laurance Wakeman Wolfe, 78, of Redhouse, passed away on Sunday, October 25, 2015 at the Allegany Health Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Cumberland. Born on December 23, 1936 in Redhouse, he was the son of the late Hervey Wakeman and Nellie D. (Wotring) Wolfe. He was the former co-owner and founder of El Lobo's Restaurant in Mountain Lake Park...
Lorena Custer
Oct 25, 2015
Lorena M. Custer, 93, died on Sunday, October 25, 2015, at the Charles House Yorktown Eldercare Residence in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She was born in Oakland, Maryland on March 10, 1922, the second child and only daughter of Benjamin Harry and Ilda Myrtle Baker. Lorena lived in Garrett County until 2006. She married Franklin D. Custer on July...
Vava Railey
Oct 24, 2015
Vava Ann Railey, 86, of Oakland passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 24, 2015 at home surrounded by her family. Born on January 29, 1929 in Oakland, Vava was the beloved daughter of Kathryn and Leo Helbig. She graduated from Oakland High School and attended the University of Maryland. Early in her life, she was employed at the Department...
Milton Feather
Oct 23, 2015
Milton Edwin Feather, 58, of McHenry died on Friday, October 23, 2015 while working in West Virginia. Born on September 23, 1957 in Oakland, he was the son of Ruby V. (Dumire) Feather of Eglon, WV and the late Norman K. Feather. He was a truck driver for 41 years during which time he was self-employed and also drove...
Ruth Parks
Oct 22, 2015
Ruth Victoria Parks, 99, of Aurora, WV passed away October 22, 2015 at Dennett Road Manor. She was born August 27, 1916 in Horse Shoe Run, WV a daughter of the late Duncan Alexander and Ola Mae Calcamp Shaffer. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gerald A. Parks in 1989, also preceding her in death, three brothers,...
Mary Moon
Oct 21, 2015
Mary Lena "Peggy" Moon, 85, of Crumpton and formerly of Oakland died on Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at home with her family. Born on October 16, 1930 in Oakland, she was the daughter of the late Howard R. Biggs and Cicely (Burgess) Kimmell. She had lived in Baltimore and worked in drafting for Maryland Glass for many years before...