Showing posts with label Tributes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tributes. Show all posts

Sunday, July 21, 2019

Dayhoff Time Flies - Maryland State Police Major (Retired) Krome, 79, of Carroll County

Dayhoff Time Flies - Maryland State Police Major (Retired) Krome, 79, of Carroll County

Sunday, June 23, 2019 by Kevin E. Dayhoff

On Monday, June 10, 2019, Maryland State Police Major (Retired) Morris (Moe) L. Krome, 79, of Carroll County, passed away at Carroll Hospice Dove House. Krome was the husband of Carolyn Dudley Krome for 55-years. Together they owned a farm in rural Carroll County where they trained show horses.

Krome was the unofficial Dean Emeritus of Maryland Troopers and considered by many to be an icon of the discipline, professionalism, excellence and intelligence that we have come to know as the Maryland State Police (MSP) since its earliest beginnings in 1921.

For decades Krome held court at a small table at the VFW with his lifelong friend, Special Drug Enforcement Administration, (DEA) Agent (Retired) Tim Clark, the first Monday of every month at the monthly meeting of the Maryland Troopers Association (MTA) Lodge 20.

Read more here: https://www.carrollcountytimes.com/columnists/features/cc-lt-dayhoff-062319-story.html

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Westminster Municipal election May 14, 2019
Authority Caroline Babylon, Treasurer.

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Sunday, March 10, 2019

A tribute to the passing of 4 great Carroll countians who made a difference: Haddad McDonald Schaeffer Law


A tribute to the passing of 4 Carroll countians

10Mar2019 by Kevin Dayhoff

https://www.facebook.com/kevindayhoff/posts/10215983059342901

Seems that my Sunday article in the Carroll County Times is not online. Makes me sad. The good news is that the paper printed the long version. The story may be accessed in the digital edition – find it here: http://tinyurl.com/4GR8CCians

The year 2019 has hardly begun and already the march of time has not been kind for a number of older, distinguished Carroll countians.

Among the folks who have made a difference in the community, whom we have lost in the first two months of the year are: • Richard Haddad, 77, who died Thursday, January 31, 2019. • David McDonald, 68, a former pharmaceutical representative and owner of Westminster Rare Coins who died Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019. Bobbye Schaeffer, 93, of the Schaeffer Lumber Company family in Westminster, died Friday, February 15, 2019 at Lorien Nursing and Rehab Center in Taneytown. • Dr. Alton Law, 85, of Westminster died Tuesday, February 19, 2019 from complications related to a rare neurological disease.

For now, until the story is posted online – you can read it in the digital edition: http://digitaledition.carrollcountytimes.com/infinity/article_share.aspx?guid=71f79254-b725-40a7-9515-18ad93192e5b&fbclid=IwAR2Ei6OWXOJIr2U4oTbGC_spIxxuEguiDJfKVuORDewEzc64R9sz__AkgV4

The “Life&Times” section of the Carroll County Times may be found here: http://digitaledition.carrollcountytimes.com/html5/mobile/production/default.aspx?pubid=b45ee690-df4b-4d65-9c5f-583e98fcc731

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John H. Cunningham was a charter member of the Md. State Fireman’s Assoc.

John H. Cunningham was a charter member of the Md. State Fireman’s Assoc.

 

At the time of his death, Cunningham “was believed to be McDaniel - Western Maryland College's oldest living alumnae… and the State's only living charter member of the Maryland State Fireman's Association

 

When John Cunningham died, he was America's Oldest Banker in Years of Continuous Service. He was a lifelong member of the Westminster Fire Engine and Hose co. No. 1.

 

February 24, 2019 by Westminster Fire Engine and Hose Co. No 1 Chaplain Kevin Dayhoff

 

It is only fitting and appropriate that from time to time we take a moment to remember some of the many great Carroll Countians that have gone before us.

 

On December 31, 1965, John Cunningham passed away within a few hours of 99th birthday. Local historian Jay Graybeal wrote of “his rich life, including his interests in bicycling, walking and poker,” in a March 16, 1997 column in the Carroll County Times.

An earlier shorter version of this story appeared in the Carroll County Times on January 13th, 2019. Please find the article here: https://www.carrollcountytimes.com/columnists/features/cc-lt-dayhoff-011319-story.html. This version of a story about Mr. Cunningham is the long version with all the edits restored.

Finding a picture of Mr. Cunningham has been nearly impossible – except, I did finally find a picture of him at the Westminster Fire Engine and Hose Co. No. 1 - although the picture was damaged by the April 6, 1906 H. H. Harbaugh's Palace Livery Stable fire. The livery stable and residence was located next to the Fire House on East Main St in Westminster. The fire, which destroyed the huge building, also burned a portion of the Westminster fire station and the Westminster city offices that were located on the second floor of the station.

To put 1965 and the mid-1960s into some perspective, our country was just beginning a new phase of the Vietnam War; with the introduction of the first combat troops on February 9, 1965. Before we had, “advisors” engaged in the conflict. Later in the year, on November 14, the Battle of the Ia Drang began in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. It was the first major engagement of the war between regular American and North Vietnamese forces. Shortly afterwards, the pentagon told President Lyndon Johnson that the number of troops needed to be increased from 120,000 to 400,000.

At home, the Civil Rights movement was on the forefront of many as around 1965 was the last year that restaurants and such were segregated in Westminster. Malcolm X was assassinated in New York at the Audubon Ballroom on February 21.

Bloody Sunday had occurred on March 7 as 600 civil rights marchers were attacked by state and local police with billy clubs and tear gas. Led by Martin Luther King, Jr. civil rights marchers were finally successful, after three attempts, to walk from Selma to Montgomery in Alabama. On August 6, President Johnson signed into law the Voting Rights Act of 1965. 

It was 1964 that Carroll County administrator George Grier went to New York to begin negotiations with Random House to build a book distribution center in Westminster. At that time in the negotiations, adequate supplies of water was a sticking point, among many issues that were subsequently ironed out before the facility opened on July 14, 1967, according to “From Our Front Porch,” a history of Carroll County from 1900-1999, by Jim Lee.

And oh in 1964 ice cream cost 89 cents per half gallon

Graybeal shared with us Cunningham’s obituary, which appeared on January 1, 1966, in an unidentified newspaper. The obituary began: "John H. Cunningham, believed to have been the oldest banker in the United States, died yesterday at his home… His wife, the former Mary Irwin, died in 1949… He was a past master of the Masonic order and was a member of the Westminster Church of Christ.”

Cunningham was born on New Year’s Day in 1867. According to his obit, “On January 1, 1885, while a senior at Western Maryland College, Mr. Cunningham began his banking career as a clerk with the Farmers and Mechanics National Bank, [at 105 E. Main St. in Westminster] following the footsteps of his father William, who was a clerk there.”

He worked in the same office, with the same employer for his entire life – from 1885 until when he passed away in 1965. “Many days he walked the mile to work from his home at 95 West Green Street.” 

Graybeal reported; “His long career in banking was recognized by a telegram from President Kennedy in 1963.” 

The telegram said: "Congratulations on being named by your friends and associates in Westminster and Carroll County as "America's Oldest Banker in Years of Continuous Service." Your 77 years record as a banker is certainly an impressive one and you deserve all the honors, which have been given you…”

He was well-known for his punctuality and folklore attests that “fellow employees reportedly set their watches by him,” as he would arrive at his desk “every working day promptly at 9 a.m. and would not leave until 3 in the afternoon…” It was also noted “that Mr. Cunningham had not missed a town meeting in Westminster since 1883, the year he became old enough to vote.

Cunningham played poker every Tuesday night between 7 and 11 p.m. sharp, at “Thelma Hoffman's restaurant at 216 E. Main Street [later known as Cockey’s Tavern] in Westminster.” Among his partners were Ben Thomas, Paul Whitmore, Miller Richardson, Ralph Bonsack, Frank Leidy, Theodore Brown and Norman Boyle.”

Cunningham was also well known for his New Year’s Day tradition of an all day poker game, “that began promptly at 11 a.m., broke for dinner at 5 p.m., then resumed until 11 p.m.”

At the time of his death, Cunningham “was believed to be Western Maryland College's oldest living alumnae… and the State's only living charter member of the Maryland State Fireman's Association.”

The January 1, 1966 obituary reported that: “Cunningham's interest in politics was rewarded during the Coolidge Administration with his appointment in 1923 as Surveyor of Customs at Baltimore, a post he held for nine years. In 1911, Mr. Cunningham ran unsuccessfully for State Comptroller.”

“Beside politics and poker, Mr. Cunningham loved walking. On weekends as late as 1964, he hiked along country roads, a white handkerchief tied to his cane, for safety.”

When he was 97 years old, he explained in a November 1964 interview: "I only walk half as far and about half as fast as I used to… It's a strain to walk more than 4 or 5 miles…"

“In his earlier days… [he] was a bicyclist of renown… According to a banker's association bulletin, in 1898 he bicycled 200 miles from Westminster to Atlantic City, N.J…” He waited to give up driving until he was approximately 92 years old.

In full disclosure, I met Cunningham in the early 1960s upon the occasion of one of his visits to City Hall to talk with City of Westminster Mayor Joseph L. Mathias who served on the Westminster Common Council May 1927 to May 1937 and Mayor from May 18, 1942 to December 3, 1963. To the best of my knowledge, I have only written about Cunningham a couple of times. Most notably, a portion of this column was previously published in 2006.

Carroll County is fortunate to have many great community leaders still with us. We should all take time to pause and thank them for their service to our community – whether we agree with them or disagree. 

Every one of them is working hard to meet today’s and tomorrow’s challenges. In 2019, may we all work hard to rekindle a renewed sense of civility and have as full and vigorous a life as Mr. John Cunningham – playing poker, bicycling and walking many four or five miles is optional. God Bless and Happy New Year. 




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Sunday, April 15, 2018

Retired First Sergeant Chief of Operations Chris Collins at McDaniel College dies at age 56

Retired First Sergeant Chief of Operations Chris Collins at McDaniel College dies at age 56

Obituary for Marlon Linton Collins
December 09, 1961 - April 09, 2018

Marlon "Chris" Linton Collins, 56, of Hampstead, passed away on April 9, 2018 at Carroll Hospital Center.

Born December 9, 1961 in Trinidad, West Indies, he was the son of Rosetta (Morales) Collins and the late Harry Collins. He was the beloved husband of Tammy Collins, his wife of 24 years.

He was pastor at Eagle Christian Ministries and had worked at McDaniel College for 29 years, where he retired as First Sergeant Chief of Operations in the Department of Campus Safety.

Surviving in addition to his wife and mother is daughter, Lauren Collins; sons, Myles Collins and Christian Collins; brother, Shawn Collins of Moore, OK; sisters, Esther Smith of Hampstead and Lystra Cipriano of Severna Park, MD; and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a brother, Matthew Collins.

The family will receive friends on Friday, April 13, 2018, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm & 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm at ELINE FUNERAL HOME, 934 S. Main Street, Hampstead, MD. Services will be held on Saturday, April 14, 2018, 11:00 am at the Eline Funeral Home. Interment will be private.

Memorial contributions may be made in his name to River Valley Ranch, 3500 Commerce Drive, Halethorpe, MD 21227 (a Christian children's camp).

Online condolences may be made at www.elinefh.com.

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Friday, May 12, 2017

Jake Caple - Reese Fire Department Memorial at 8 PM, Friday May 12, 2017


Jake Caple - Reese Fire Department Memorial at 8 PM, Friday May 12, 2017

Jake started the Reese and Community Volunteer Fire Company in his Mom’s garage in 1948.

The Reese and Community Volunteer Fire Company regrets to announce the passing of our last Charter Member Berlin "Jake" Caple, on Monday evening.

Viewings will be held at Reese Volunteer Fire Company on Friday, May 12th from 2-4 and 7-9 with a Fire Department Memorial at 8 PM. A Funeral Service will be held on Saturday at 10 AM, again in the Social Hall.


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Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Brenda Lee Barber, age 57, of Dennings, died Saturday, April 29, 2017


Brenda Lee Barber, age 57, of Dennings, died Saturday, April 29, 2017

A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, May 5 at Windsor Station of the New Windsor Volunteer Fire Co., 101 High St., with her pastor, Rev. Mary Buzby, and Rev. Mindy Coates, officiating. Interment will follow in Bethany Cemetery, Hooper Rd.

The family will receive friends from 1-4 and 6-9 p.m. Thursday, May 4 at Windsor Station.


Obituary for Brenda Lee Barber, age 57, of Dennings, who died Saturday, April 29, 2017 at Carroll Hospital Center due to injuries sustained in an accident on Route 31.

Born December 9, 1959 in Gettysburg, PA, she was the daughter of Rhoda Rohrbaugh Graybill Weant and stepdaughter of Clyde Weant of Harney. She was the wife of Ricky D. Barber, her husband of 39 years.

Brenda was a 1977 graduate of Francis Scott Key High School. She was a member of Bethel (New Hope) United Methodist Church, near New Windsor and the Mason Dixon Historical Society, where she proudly displayed her 1941 John Deere B tractor at their events.

She was the leader of the Sams Creek 4-H Club for 30 years, had been honored as a 4-H All Star and was the recipient of numerous 4-H awards on the state level, including the Dorothy Emerson Citizenship Award which is a tribute to volunteers who are committed to improve the quality of life for all and encourage others to do the same.

She enjoyed Civil War reenactments with the 19th Georgia Infantry, raising hives of honeybees, flower gardening, helping on the family farm, "Matthew's Trouble" and loved spending time with her children and grandchildren.

Brenda had been previously employed at the Carroll County Vo-Tech Center and with Donald Hull Accountants. She was the current secretary for the Carroll County Farm Bureau.

In addition to her husband, mother and stepfather, she is survived by children, Justin L. Barber and wife Hilary of Boonsboro; Matthew A. Barber and wife Liz of Dennings; Kyle B.W. Barber and wife Ashley of Silver Run; grandchildren, Eli, Patrick, Bridgette, Levi, Owen, Delilah and Wyatt; twin sisters, Kathy Stoner and husband Mike and Karen Roberts and husband Dale, all of Harney; brothers, Brian Graybill and wife Donna of Dover, PA; Gary Graybill and wife Bernadette of Spring Grove, PA and numerous nieces and nephews.

A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, May 5 at Windsor Station of the New Windsor Volunteer Fire Co., 101 High St., with her pastor, Rev. Mary Buzby, and Rev. Mindy Coates, officiating. Interment will follow in Bethany Cemetery, Hooper Rd.

The family will receive friends from 1-4 and 6-9 p.m. Thursday, May 4 at Windsor Station.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Sams Creek 4-H Club, c/o Ashley Barber, 1421 Silver Run Valley Rd., Westminster, MD 21158.


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Our prayers go out to the family, friends, and colleagues of Brenda Barber.

April 30, 2017

Our prayers go out to the family, friends, and colleagues of Brenda Barber this morning. Caroline and I awakened to the unbelievable horrible heartbreaking news that our dear friend and colleague, Brenda died in the traffic accident over in New Windsor last night.

Her untimely death is a huge loss to the Sam's Creek 4-H Club, the Carroll County agriculture and the 4-H community. Our hearts, thoughts, and prayers go out to her husband Rick.

Although the agriculture community is blessed with many great leaders; wise leadership of the caliber of Rick and Brenda is increasingly rare and the loss of Brenda is a terrible blow to the greater Carroll County community. Brenda is held in very high regard in the Ag community. The Carroll agriculture community is a tight, close-knit community; this morning we all feel a dreadful sense of loss. She touched so many lives.

Let us pray: O god of grace and glory, we remember before you today our sister Brenda.

We thank you for giving her to us to know and to love as a companion in our pilgrimage on earth and our service to our community. 

In your boundless compassion, console us who still mourn. 

Give us faith to see that death has been swallowed up in the victory of our Lord, so that we may live in confidence and hope until, by your call, we are gathered to our heavenly home in the company of all your saints; through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.

“We do not live to ourselves, and we do not die to ourselves. If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord, so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s.” (Romans 14:7-8)

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According to the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office report: “On 04/29/17, at approximately 1621hours, Carroll County Emergency Communications dispatched a two vehicle personal injury collision on New Windsor Rd in the 1400 Block, New Windsor, MD 21776. 

Sheriff Deputies along with Fire/Rescue personnel from the New Windsor and Mount Airy Fire Departments responded. 

Upon deputies arrival, they observed a gray Ford Focus resting on the eastbound grassy shoulder facing west with heavy front end damage.

Resting in the westbound grassy shoulder was a red Toyota Tundra facing south with heavy front end damage. 

Preliminary investigation revealed the Ford Focus was traveling eastbound on New Windsor Rd failed to drive right of center crossing over the double yellow lane divider into the westbound travel lane at a high rate of speed striking the Toyota head on who was traveling westbound. 

The Ford and Toyota were each occupied by the driver only. The driver of the Ford a 32 year old male was pronounced deceased at the scene by New Windsor Fire personnel. The driver of the Toyota a 57 year old female was transported to Carroll Hospital Center where she was pronounced deceased

Kevin Dayhoff and Caroline Babylon

April 30, 2017

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Sunday, April 30, 2017

Our prayers go out to the family, friends, and colleagues of Brenda Barber.

Our prayers go out to the family, friends, and colleagues of Brenda Barber.

April 30, 2017

Our prayers go out to the family, friends, and colleagues of Brenda Barber this morning. Caroline and I awakened to the unbelievable horrible heartbreaking news that our dear friend and colleague, Brenda died in the traffic accident over in New Windsor last night.

Her untimely death is a huge loss to the Sam's Creek 4-H Club, the Carroll County agriculture and the 4-H community. Our hearts, thoughts, and prayers go out to her husband Rick.

Although the agriculture community is blessed with many great leaders; wise leadership of the caliber of Rick and Brenda is increasingly rare and the loss of Brenda is a terrible blow to the greater Carroll County community. Brenda is held in very high regard in the Ag community. The Carroll agriculture community is a tight, close-knit community; this morning we all feel a dreadful sense of loss. She touched so many lives.

Let us pray: O god of grace and glory, we remember before you today our sister Brenda.

We thank you for giving her to us to know and to love as a companion in our pilgrimage on earth and our service to our community. 

In your boundless compassion, console us who still mourn. 

Give us faith to see that death has been swallowed up in the victory of our Lord, so that we may live in confidence and hope until, by your call, we are gathered to our heavenly home in the company of all your saints; through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.

“We do not live to ourselves, and we do not die to ourselves. If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord, so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s.” (Romans 14:7-8)

Amen

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According to the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office report: “On 04/29/17, at approximately 1621 hours, Carroll County Emergency Communications dispatched a two vehicle personal injury collision on New Windsor Rd in the 1400 Block, New Windsor, MD 21776. 

Sheriff Deputies along with Fire/Rescue personnel from the New Windsor and Mount Airy Fire Departments responded. 

Upon deputies arrival, they observed a gray Ford Focus resting on the eastbound grassy shoulder facing west with heavy front end damage.

Resting in the westbound grassy shoulder was a red Toyota Tundra facing south with heavy front end damage. 

Preliminary investigation revealed the Ford Focus was traveling eastbound on New Windsor Rd failed to drive right of center crossing over the double yellow lane divider into the westbound travel lane at a high rate of speed striking the Toyota head on who was traveling westbound. 

The Ford and Toyota were each occupied by the driver only. The driver of the Ford a 32 year old male was pronounced deceased at the scene by New Windsor Fire personnel. The driver of the Toyota a 57 year old female was transported to Carroll Hospital Center where she was pronounced deceased

Kevin Dayhoff and Caroline Babylon

April 30, 2017


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Friday, April 21, 2017

Bill Dulany left behind a legacy of leadership in the community - Time Flies by Kevin Dayhoff for Sunday, April 16, 2017


Bill Dulany left behind a legacy of leadership in the community - Time Flies by Kevin Dayhoff for Sunday, April 16, 2017


I was very young and full of many questions when I first met Del. Dulany. This was when I just started to have an all-consuming interest in history and I would have chance opportunities to talk with him. Westminster was a much smaller community back then and he was a delegate representing Carroll County in the House of Delegates 1963-66… He served with my cousin, Maryland Del. Wilbur W. Magin, 1959-1967, and distinguished Carroll County delegates Jacob M. Yingling, and Thomas R. O'Farrell.

Decades later when I was an elected official, Dulany always had time to give a helping hand, lend scholarly advice, and to give me the academic legislative history of a particular public policy.

Bill Dulany left behind a legacy of leadership in the community

Time Flies by Kevin Dayhoff for Sunday, April 16, 2017

Former Carroll County Delegate William B. Dulany was remembered by friends, family, community leaders, and colleagues at a celebration of his life, accomplishments and legacy at a service at the Beasman Auditorium at Fairhaven in Sykesville earlier in the month.

Dulany was 89 when he passed away on March 19, 2017. A Carroll County native son, Dulany was born in Sykesville, where he served as the class president at Sykesville High School before he graduated and joined the Navy during World War II.

Many of us had gathered at Fairhaven early and traded memories of the various ways Dulany had touched and enriched our lives. He was a larger than life icon in the community and most of us spoke in hushed tones about our past experiences with Dulany and how he helped shape the Carroll County we know today.

Folks from all walks of life attended the service. McDaniel College was represented. Dulany was a 1950 graduate of Western Maryland College, now McDaniel. He served on the college’s board of trustees from 1976 to 2006.


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See also - Kevin Earl Dayhoff Art www.kevindayhoff.com: Travel, art, artists, authors, books, newspapers, media, writers and writing, journalists and journalism, reporters and reporting, music, culture, opera... Ad maiorem Dei gloriam inque hominum salutem. “Deadline U.S.A.” 1952. Ed Hutcheson: “That's the press, baby. The press! And there's nothing you can do about it. Nothing!” - See more at: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/#sthash.4HNLwtfd.dpuf
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Saturday, March 18, 2017

Mrs. Barbara Peck's funeral... at St. Paul's United Church of Christ at Bell Grove Square in Westminster.


Our Westminster High School 1972 Classmate (and my cousin,) Jerry Condon, speaks at Westminster High School longtime librarian, Mrs. Barbara Peck's funeral... at St. Paul's United Church of Christ at Bell Grove Square in Westminster. March 18, 2017 Sat

Monday, March 7, 2016

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

An Oliver "Super 77" sits outside Pritts Funeral in honor of Floyd Neudecker, a life member of the Westminster Fire Dept, who died August 31, 2015.


An Oliver "Super 77" sits outside Pritts Funeral in honor of Floyd Nuedecker, a life member of the Westminster Fire Dept, who died August 31, 2015.

Westminster Fire Dept. Life Member Floyd Lee Neudecker died August 31, 2015.

Floyd Lee Neudecker July 25, 1942 - August 31, 2015 


Floyd Lee Neudecker, 73, of Westminster died Thursday, August 31, 2015 at Genesis Multi-Medical Center in Towson.

Born July 25, 1942 in Baltimore he was the son of the late Albert and M. Elizabeth Yingling Neudecker. He was predeceased by his wife of 43 years, Joanne Neudecker, on July 20, 2015.

He was a graduate of Westminster High School class of 1960. He was a life member of Westminster Fire Engine and Hose Co. No.1, and retired after 32 years as a career Engineer and Emergency Medical Technician.

His first job was farming with Paul and Wilfred Hoff. He previously worked for Eagle Oil Amoco Station on Main and Court, owned by Orville Frock.

He had a lifelong love of farms, and farm machines; especially Oliver farm equipment.

He was a collector of antique fire and farm apparatuses as well as cars. He enjoyed listening to various music such as early rock and roll, doo wop, blue grass and country music- his favorites included Hank Williams, Sr. and The Carter Family. He was a much liked member of the community and will be dearly missed by his family and friends.

Surviving him is son Spencer Neudecker of Westminster.

The family will receive friends on Tuesday from 2 to 4 to 6 to 8 p.m. at Pritts Funeral Home & Chapel, 412 Washington Rd., Westminster. A funeral service will be held on Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. at the funeral home. Interment will be in Meadow Branch Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to defray funeral expenses c/o Pritts Funeral Home and Chapel, 412 Washington Rd., Westminster MD 21157.

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