This past year has seen a lot of friends and family pass. Here is a look back at the ones we have loved and lost.
January
Priscilla May “Patsy” Frankhouse Tennett, 75; Barbara Jean Lawrence, 72; Charles William Harper, 81; Skyler R. Rubenstein, 19; Frederick Myron Crowl Sr., 86; Donald Lee Cangley, 79; Bill W. Easter, 65; Donnie Lee Moore, 77; Donna Jean Markley, 89; Virginia Naoma Bonner Stokes, 89; Louise V. Kovach, 95 (Dec. 30, 2016); Naden Blane Goughnour, 10; Allen Daniel Judy, 82; Charles Stuart “Chipmonk” Carr Sr., 76; Evelyn Joan (Timmy) Storck, 93; Nancy S. Hershman, 62; Frank Metz, 86; William Ray Harner, 76; Keith Wayne “T-Bone” Pennington, 67.
February
Patricia Elaine Foster, 69; James Dale Phillips, Sr. 86; Ronnie R. Jones, 58; Pastor Allen Dale Crosten, 75; Bernard Eugene Wilt, 91; Glenn E. Shepherd Sr., 84; Jack Haggerty Roberts, Jr., 71; Thomas Lee “Tommy” Jones, 32; Edward Peirce Wilson, 76; Mary “Phyllis” Bolden, 78; Frank DelSignore, Jr., 68; Gloria Adeline Spear, 87; Shirley Shrout, 81; James Darl Bonner, 80.
March
Lorene Louise Arnold, 83; Enid Ruth White Wiles, 82; Donald Ray Wilson, 67; Kathleen Elizabeth “Kathy” Jeffries Parks, 57; Stella Lena Snyder Showalter Pennington, 100; Kelly Lee Lipscomb Hawn, 55; Sandra Kay Bolinger Pennington, 65; Jean Marie Lomanto, 84; Pauline M. Royce, 86; Eloise Hockman Lambert, 94; Gail Ruth Ours Jenkins, 87; Timothy Edward “Tim” Niemenski, 47; Dale A. Pifer, 63; Patricia Ann “Patsy” Reed Nestor, 61; Gary Ray Paugh, 60;
April
Michelle Elaine Gravelle, 37; Mary Elizabeth Moore, 92; Robert Lee “Hopsing” King, 61; Louellea Jewell Fike McElrath, 67; Ethel Jane Wimer, 98; Jimmy Lee Drenning, 80; Daniel John Moran, 77; Patty Ann Ashby Wotring, 80; Merlin Brooke Propst, 87; Glenes Elwood Dumire, 84; Harold Lester Matlick, 92.
May
Vicky Lee Nestor Bodkins, 57; Wanda Louise Moyer Lansberry Humphrey, 69; Carlton Carroll Sanders, Jr., 71; Weir William Roth, 85; Howard Junior Moore, 68; Frank Ashby, 90; Charles Curtis Teets, 68; Ricky Lee “Bubbie” Thompson, 51; Melvin Linn Ketterman, 59; Lugia Margarita “Lucy” Ricottilli Palmisano, 94; Mervin Hugh Paugh, 82.
June
Robert Lee Huffman, Jr., 68; Leonard Don Wooddall, 66; Rodney Lee “Rod” Spessert, 70; Marian Evans Wagner, 88; Jeckie Louise Brown Pugh, 74; Sharon Ann Collett Hovatter, 74; Haywood LaReau Phillips, Sr., 89.
July
Gary Lynn Cooper, 77; Ernest Dempsey Hardy, 86; Brian Dwayne Heckler, 49; Ethan Everett Streets, infant.
August
Kay F. Kopp, 78; Betty Jane Watring Lipscomb, 71; Daniel L. Boone Pase, 87; David R. Rucker, 70; Thomas Raeford Gurley, Jr., 74; Michael David “Mike” Burnside, 50; Michael Luther White, 26; Kathryn Francis Freeman Hill, 81; Sandra Lynn Hill, 77.
September
Nana Marcella Calvert Snyder, 89; Joyce Lynn Barr Shahan, 69; Linda Lee Hall Dodge, 71; Edward Joseph Brobst, Sr. 91; Donald P. McClurg, 81; Eloise Laverne Blizard,91.
October
Mervin Knotts, 80; Miranda Shae Maxwell, 26; Donna G. Shoemaker, 90; Deloris Ann McCrum Lowther, 75; Henry “Val”/”Hank” Valentine Shields Rudd, 78; Vivian “Nancy” Montgomery, 87; The Rev. Paul M. Stadelman, 74; Twila Marie Wolford, 95; Flossie Mabel Bright Hardy, 97; Lonnie Leon Phillips, 80.
November
Robert Lee Lipscomb, 74; James Dale Oldaker, 76; John R. Yeager, Sr., 97; David Lindsey Teets, 92; Timothy Lee “Tim” Gray, 50; Mildred Oda Sturms, 88; Elizabeth “Calole” Adkins, 68; Jessee Alan Flanagan, 49.
December
Ellouise Ann Humphreys Smith, 77; Merry Lynn Lowe, 53; Foster Allen Hile, 96; Charles R. “Charlie” Siler, 80; Dennis L. Henthorne, Sr., 78; Shirley Ann Browning Blosser, 74; Jacob Robert “Bob” Norman, 75; James Mason, 83; James W. Liller, 81; Debra A. (Good) Hertzig, 61.