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Paul D. Taylor, 69 MAY 4, 1939-MARCH 12, 2009 WAYNESBORO, Pa. - Mr. Paul D. Taylor, 69, of 710 S. Church St., Waynesboro, Pa., died at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, March 12, 2009, at his home. He had been in failing health for nine months and critically ill for two weeks. Born May 4, 1939, in East Berlin, Pa., he was the son of the late Harry C. and Mabel J. (Hawbaker) Taylor. Mr. Taylor graduated with the 1957 class of Waynesboro High School. He and his wife, Mary (Willison)

JUNE 19, 1947-AUG. 4, 2011 Larry Allen Martz, 64, of Martinsburg, W.Va., passed away Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011, after a long battle with frontotemporal dementia. He passed peacefully from this Earth while at home, surrounded by his loving family.   Born on June 19, 1947, in Waynesboro, Pa., he was the son of the late Chester and Nellie Martz.   He was a 1965 graduate of Waynesboro High School, and a 1968 graduate of Devry Institute in Chicago, where he earned a degree in electronics technology.

MARCH 30, 1943-FEB. 18, 2009 ST. THOMAS, Pa. - Joyce Elizabeth Sharrah Detrow, 65, of 7707 Cumberland Circle, and formerly of the Waynesboro, Pa., area, died Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009, at Manorcare Health Services in Chambersburg, Pa. Born March 30, 1943, in Waynesboro, she was the daughter of the late Clarence W. and Lorraine Hartman Sharrah. She was preceded in death by her companion, Chester E. Baer Sr., who died Jan. 27, 2008. She attended Waynesboro High School and later received her GED. She worked at the former Los Gringos Restaurant in Waynesboro.

AUG. 8, 1930-MARCH 7, 2009 WAYNESBORO, Pa. - T. Joanne Tritle Adams, 78, of 21 Mount Vernon Terrace, died Saturday, March 7, 2009, at her home. Born Aug. 8, 1930, in Waynesboro, she was the daughter of the late Bessie Louise Tritle Duffey. Her husband, William G. Adams, Jr., died Dec. 24, 2003. They were married July 8, 1949. She was a 1948 graduate of Waynesboro High School. She retired in 1995 from Supervalu in Williamsport. She was a member of Trinity United Church of Christ, Waynesboro, where she was a former Sunday school teacher.

Gerald Owen Morganthall Sr., 92, of Greenfield, Ind., and formerly of 130 Fairview Ave. Waynesboro, Pa., for many years, died Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012, at Hancock Regional Hospital in Greenfield. Born Oct. 8, 1919, in Waynesboro, he was the son of the late Owen L. and Jeanette (Ryder) Morganthall. He and his wife, Janet E. (Devor) Morganthall, were married Dec. 5, 1946. She died March 9, 2006. He retired in 1982 from Mack Trucks in Hagerstown. Gerald was a 1938 graduate of Waynesboro High School.

JUNE 7, 1955-DEC. 3, 2008 CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - Alan R. "Popeye" Lohman Sr., 53, of 2210 Murtha Drive, died of cancer Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008, at his home. Born June 7, 1955, in Waynesboro, Pa., he was the son of Roselee E. Chadwell and Conway K. Lohman, both of Waynesboro. He was a 1974 graduate of Waynesboro High School. He was a franchised Cornwell Tools dealer for Franklin and Fulton (Pa.) counties. He was a member of Otterbein Church in Waynesboro, where he was a member of the Sunday school class and the Men's Ministries Group.

WAYNESBORO, Pa. - Joseph M. Reeder, 82, of 344 Strickler Ave., died Wednesday, March 5, 2003, at his home. Born Feb. 19, 1921, in Everett, Pa., he was the son of the late Clarence Milton and Edna Grace Avey Reeder. He was a 1939 graduate of Waynesboro High School. He retired in 1982 after 17 years as an industrial engineer for Grove Manufacturing in Shady Grove, Pa. Earlier, he was a machine apprentice and later an industrial engineer with Landis Tool Co. in Waynesboro, and worked for Hess Manufacturing Co. for 10 years.

Jean E. Houser, 85 1922-NOV. 19, 2008 WAYNESBORO, Pa. - Jean E. Haugh Houser, 85, of Waynesboro, died Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008, at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Born in 1922 in Waynesboro, she was the daughter of the late Bruce Ellis and Anna Koons Haugh. She was a 1940 graduate of Waynesboro High School, where she played the violin in the orchestra. She was preceded in death by her husband, Samuel Barr Houser, in 2004. They were married in 1944.

MARCH 22, 1945-FEB. 15, 2011 ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Gerald Wayne Bayer passed away at his home in Annapolis on Feb. 15, 2011. He was born March 22, 1945, in Boonsboro, Md., and grew up in Waynesboro, Pa.   A graduate of Waynesboro High School in 1963, he received an associate degree in drafting and design from Penn State University in 1965, and a bachelor's degree in physics from the University of Rochester in 1969.   He had a long and distinguished career as an engineer, manager and vice president at Eastman Kodak Co., and was vice president of operations at Sterling Pharmaceutical.

AUG. 12, 1942-MAY 14, 2011 Gary Guy Shindledecker, 68, of Hagerstown, Md., passed away Saturday, May 14, 2011, at Meritus Medical Center, Hagerstown. Born Aug. 12, 1942, in Waynesboro, Pa., he was the son of Rachel J. and Melvin L. Shindledecker. He was preceded in death by his parents and a wonderful greyhound named “Tiffy.” He was a member of Christ’s Reformed Church, Franklin Street, Hagerstown. He was employed at Pangborn Corp. in Hagerstown for 39 years, retiring in 2002 as marketing product manager.