Keedysville

Wilmer Gale Thompson, 82, of Keedysville, died Sunday, April 22, 2012, at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Martinsburg, W.Va. The family will receive friends Thursday from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at Minnich Funeral Home, 415 E. Wilson Blvd., Hagerstown. The service will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at the funeral home.

Birthdays Tuesday, April 10 - Marlo Shumaker, Security Road, Hagerstown, turns 41; Gage Owen Crampton and Blake Evan Crampton, Clear Spring, turn 4; Steven Arlen Rodeffer, Ross Street, Hagerstown, turns 9; Laiaunya Ruth Coe, Hagerstown, turns 16; Ranelle Flurie, Fountainhead Road, turns 56; Frank Kulikowski, Woodbury Walk, Keedysville, turns 40; Hank Roberts, Porterstown Road, Keedysville, turns 50. To submit a milestone to...

Lorraine M. Cole, 76, of Old National Pike, Boonsboro, Md., passed away Wednesday March 28, 2012, at her home. Born July 3, 1935, in Jonesville, Va., she was the daughter of the late Oscar C. and Cleo C. (Hall) Ely. She was preceded in death by her husband, Carson Cole, on Aug. 17, 1998. She was co-owner and operator of Cole Drywall in Boonsboro. She is survived by her son, Tim C. Cole Sr. of Keedysville, Md.; grandchildren, Tim C. Cole Jr. of Keedysville and Janet L. Cole of Thurmont, Md.; great-grandson, Aden M. Cole of Keedysville; sisters, Bonnie Poteet and Jean Carter, both of Church Hill, Va.; and several nieces and nephews.

Cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy can take advantage of a free wig bank program offered through Breast Cancer Awareness - Cumberland Valley. Thanks to one local farmer family and America's Farmers Grow Communities, BCA-CV can continue to provide that support to all patients. Grow Communities gave farmers the opportunity to win $2,500 for their favorite local nonprofit organizations. The Dale Price family of Keedysville was the winner in Washington County. They recognized the importance of supporting breast cancer victims and directed the $2,500 donation to BCA-CV.

Keedysville has become the fifth community in the county to offer curbside recycling, changing its weekly trash collection service to do so, according to Mayor Matt Hull. The town has gone from garbage collection twice a week to garbage collection once a week and curbside recycling once a week, at no additional cost to town residents, Hull said. Garbage is collected on Mondays and recycled materials are picked up on Thursdays, Hull said. The town's trash hauler, Apple Valley Waste, offered residents the choice of two recycling containers: a bin or a larger container with wheels, Hull said.

Mildred D. (Smith) Taylor, 98, of Keedysville, Md., passed from this life on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012, at Fahrney-Keedy Home & Village in Boonsboro, Md. Born Jan. 20, 1914, in Hagerstown, Md., she was the daughter of the late George E. and Leila Myrtle (Doub) Smith. Her husband of 62 years, Ralph B. Taylor Jr., preceded her in death in 2003. Mildred was a 1932 graduate of Boonsboro High School and went on to attend Strayer Business College in Washington, D.C. She was formerly an employee with Potomac Edison and at Fairchild.

Antietam Unit 236 American Legion Auxiliary presented a Blue Star Service Banner to Stephanie and Richie Mills at its Feb. 14 meeting.  Their son, Chase Mills, is serving in the Army with the lst Calvary Combat Engineers in Kuwait. Stephanie and their daughter, Torie, are members of Antietam Unit 236.  The family thanked the unit and said they would be proud to display the banner in the window of their Sandy Hook home. Chase is a 2010 graduate of Boonsboro High School.

A Keedysville man Thursday told a Washington County District Court judge that he was inebriated when he was caught allegedly burglarizing a neighbor's home earlier this week. Charles Douglas Zimmerman, 24, of 18 Mt. Vernon Drive, appeared Thursday in a bail-review hearing before Judge Mark D. Thomas. Thomas reduced Zimmerman's bond from $70,000 to $50,000 after listening to Zimmerman's account of the incident via closed-circuit television from the Washington County Detention Center.

A Keedysville man who crashed his car at the intersection of Md. 68 at Grafton Lane early Tuesday morning died, according to a Maryland State Police spokesman. But Warren Steven Roelkey's death was not related to the crash, Cpl. Chris Barnard said. Roelkey lost control of his 2005 Kia Sedona due to “unknown medical problems,” Barnard said. The single-vehicle crash happened about 8:14 a.m. when Roelkey was traveling east on Md. 68. Roelkey drifted off the roadway and struck an embankment at Grafton Lane, Barnard said.