Pastor Leander H. “Lee” Anske, 82, a retired local pastor, died Oct. 28, 2016. A memorial service was held Nov. 4 at the Lower Marsh Creek Presbyterian Church in Fairfield, Pa. Leander H. Anske was born Aug. 31, 1934, to Doryth Montgomery and Lt. Col. Leander H. Anske Sr. in...
Richard Nelson Howington, 64, the husband of the Rev. Terri S. Cofiell, died Oct. 9, 2016, in the Winchester Medical Center. A funeral service was held Oct. 13 at Harmony UMC with the Revs. Maurice “Jack” Vineyard and Malcolm Stranathan officiating. A second funeral service was held...
Glenn H. Hickman, 101, a retired Associate Member, died Oct. 9, 2016, in Texas. A funeral service was held Oct. 12, at Freedom Fellowship in New Braunfels, Texas, officiated by his son-in-law, the Rev. Steven Maker, of Chapel Presbyterian Church in Beaver, Pa. Full military interment honors were...
Ida Kelley, 97, the widow of the late Pastor Wesley Kelley, died Oct. 7, 2016. A service was held under the direction of the Cedar Hill Cemetery in Baltimore. Little is known about her. She was born April 30, 1919. Her husband served as a Local Pastor from 1969-1983. His pastorates included...
Richard C. Dyson Sr., 83, husband of the late Erma A. Dyson, a Local Pastor, died Sept. 27, 2016. Pastor Rex Bowens Sr. officiated at a funeral service at Jackson Chapel UMC in Bartonsville Oct. 8. Richard Clement Dyson was born July 8, 1933, to the late John Clement and Mary Pearl Butler Dyson...
Robert Hubert “Bob” Weller, 77, the husband of the Pastor Jean Weller, a retired Provisional Member of the BWC, died Sept 16, 2016. The Rev. Matt Poole officiated at a Celebration of Life and Resurrection at Glen Mar UMC Sept. 24. Bob Weller was born May 7, 1939. Pastor...
The Rev. George A. Stansbury, 82, a retired Elder, died Sept 4, 2016. Homegoing services were held Sept. 13 at First Christian Community Church in Annapolis, officiated by the Rev. Karen V. Johnson, senior pastor. The Revs. Stephen Tillett I and Douglas Sands Sr. participated. George Alvin...
Pastor Wesley Cornelius Callahan died Aug. 27, 2016, two weeks after his 97th birthday. A funeral service was held at Asbury UMC in Annapolis Sept. 3. Wesley Cornelius Callahan was born Aug. 9, 1919, in Galax, Va., and later moved to Gary, W.V. He served in the U.S. Army during World War...
The Rev. Andrew K. Meeder, 84, a retired Elder, died June 29, 2016, at the Brighton Gardens Assisted Living Center, where he’d lived the past five years. He died from Parkinson’s Disease. A Memorial Service was held Aug. 8 at Mt. Zion UMC in Fulton, officiated by the Rev. Kenneth...
Lois Hamilton, 81, the wife of the late Rev. John G. Hamilton, died June 25, 2016, in Elkridge. There was no memorial service. Lois Morrow was born Dec. 21, 1934. She and John Hamilton married in 1954 while he was in the Navy constructing the Alaska Pipeline. They had two children. She...
