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Rev. Adrienne Terry, 65, an active Elder serving Christ UMC in Southwest Washington, D.C., died suddenly June 24, 2016. Her Celebration of Life service was July 9 at Asbury UMC in Washington.

Nancy Jane Weber, 87, the wife of the late Rev. Charles B. Weber, died June 21, 2016, at the University of Maryland Medical Center. The Rev. Tom E. Young officiated at a funeral service June 24 at the Minnich Funeral Home in Boonsboro, where she lived. Nancy Jane Lutz Weber was born May 6...

The Rev. Harry Campbell Kiely, 80, a retired Elder in the Baltimore-Washington Conference, died June 11, 2016. A memorial service was held July 9, at Riderwood, the retirement home where he lived in Silver Spring.  He was born Jan. 23, 1936, in Waco, Texas, to the late Edward Douglas and...

The Rev. Ronald R. Winterberg, an Associate Member who served in the Baltimore-Washington Conference from 1965 to 1989, died June 10, 2016. The Rev. Ken Hughes officiated at a celebration of his life Aug. 13, in the Guild Chapel at Asbury Methodist Village in Gaithersburg where he...

The Rev. John Storer Park, a retired Elder, died June 7, 2016, three days after his 83rd birthday. The Rev. Matthew Paugh officiated at his funeral June 11 at St. Paul’s UMC in Oakland. John “Jack” Storer Park was born June 4, 1933, in South Cumberland, Md., the son of the...

The Rev. Roland "Bud" Brown III, 68, a retired Elder, died June 7,2016, after a battle with pancreatic cancer. His funeral service was held June 13 at St. Paul's UMC in Sykesville with the Revs. Terri Rae Chattin, Douglas Tzan and Vivian McCarthy officiating. Brown was born Sept. 12, 1947, in...

Larocca “Rocky” Jones, 85, wife of the Rev. Kenneth Jones, died peacefully June 4, 2016. She had dementia the last few months. A Memorial Service was held June 30, at Faith UMC in Rockville with the Rev. Kathryn Woodrow officiating. Larocca Tewell Jones was born Nov. 7, 1930 in...

Belle W. Sunderland, 100, the wife of the late Rev. Thomas W. Sunderland died in her sleep Easter Sunday, March 27, 2016, in Las Vegas, Nev., where she had lived the past 25 years, near her youngest son. A memorial service was held at Camp Chapel UMC May 28, with the Rev. Richard Brown-Whale...

Pastor Donna C. Snodgrass died Feb. 2, 2016.  A Life Celebration in her honor was held at Emory UMC in Street March 5. Donna Channell was born June 23, 1943, in Baltimore, the daughter of the late Donald Troupe and Hilda Holloway Channell. She graduated from North Harford High School in...

Pastor Norman D. Kemmerer of Hampstead died Jan. 30, 2016. His funeral was Feb. 2 at the Eline Funeral Home in Hampstead. Norman D. Kemmerer was born Oct. 7, 1937, in Frankfort, Ind., one of nine children, the son of the late John E. and Ruth Lucille Mitchell Kemmerer. He was the husband...