Calvary United Methodist

THE JUNIOR UNITED Methodist Youth Fellowship will celebrate the Christmas season with a live Nativity before the morning service Sunday at Calvary United Methodist Church."

On February 23, 2009, Robert James Crytser Sr Services will be held at the family owned McComas Funeral Home, P.A., Abingdon, MD on Friday, February 27, 2009 at 10 A.M. Interment will be in Calvary United Methodist Church Cemetery, Churchville, MD. Friends may call at the funeral home in Abingdon on Thursday, February 26, 2009 from 2-4 and 7-9 P.M. Memory tributes may be sent to the family at: mccomasfuneralhome.com.

Calvary United Methodist Church will hold its third annual craft fair, yard sale and barbecue chicken dinner from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday on the church grounds, 3939 Gamber Road. Local vendors will offer a variety of crafts. The grilled chicken platter will include homemade potato salad, green beans and applesauce. Baked goods will be available. Music will be provided from 11 a.m. to noon. Proceeds will benefit the church's mission projects. Information: 410-751-3841. Kids luau, teen mystery among library's offerings Eldersburg branch library, 6400 W. Hemlock Drive, is offering: Family Story Time for all ages (3 and younger with an adult)

On August 2, 2006, MARCELLA A. GREER; beloved wife of the late Walter E. Greer; loving mother of Margaret D. Seifert; sister of Grace M. Storm and John L. Lowe; grandmother of Nancy Seifert, William Seifert and Susan Curley; great grandmother of Jennifer Hales, Adam Paul, Amanda, Joshua and Patricia Seifert; great-great-grandmother of Marcus and Colin Paul and Charlotte Hales. Also survived by numerous nieces and nephews. Family and friends may call at the BEALL FUNERAL HOME, 6512 NW Crain Hwy. (Rt. 3 South)

Kiwanis Club of Mount Airy will hold a pancake breakfast from 6 a.m. to noon tomorrow in the fellowship hall of Calvary United Methodist Church. The menu includes pancakes, eggs cooked to order, sausage and beverages. The cost is $4, $2 for children ages 6 to 12. Proceeds will benefit the Vauk/Ruth scholarship fund. The church is at 403 S. Main St., Mount Airy. Information: 301-831-5919. Lasagna dinner today at St. Paul's Church St. Paul's Episcopal Church will hold its annual lasagna dinner from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. today in the church hall.

Calvary United Methodist Church, home to Mount Airy's largest congregation, needs more room.Attendance at the church has doubled in the past 10 years, with Sunday services attracting about 400 parishioners. The congregation numbers about 1,000, said the Rev. Dennis Yocum, senior pastor at Calvary United Methodist.To accommodate its growing congregation, the church, at 403 S. Main St., is in the early stages of a $475,000 renovation and expansion project."With the growth of the community, we project the congregation could continue to grow, and we're trying to make plans to be ready for that kind of growth," said Mr. Yocum, whose wife, the Rev. Carol Yocum, is the associate pastor.

For years, the small treasures -- bits of colored glass held together by strips of lead -- sat unattended, propped against the wall of a Carroll County hayloft, above George F. Harne Sr.'s horses and cattle. Little by little, the stained-glass windows surrendered their gleam to an ugly crust of dirt and dust.Still, Harne -- who had rescued the windows from an abandoned church -- waited patiently for the day when sunlight would touch them again."We had to save the windows," said Harne. "I could not let them get away from us."

On July 14, 2004, BARBARA BASIL SMITH, beloved wife of Joseph R. Smith, loving sister of Robert and Frank Basil. Devoted aunt, longtime member of Calvary United Methodist Church and Past Matron of Annapolis Chapter #46 Order of the Eastern Star. The family will receive friends on Saturday from 6 to 8 P.M. and Sunday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 P.M. at the JOHN M. TAYLOR FUNERAL HOME INC., 147 Duke of Gloucester St, Annapolis. Funeral services will be held on Monday at 1 P.M. at Calvary United Methodist Church.

On Tuesday, January 25, 2005, EMORY BELL SHIPLEY, JR., of Frederick, MD, beloved husband of Margaret Arris "Peg" Shipley; and father of Pamela S. Putman and husband Rick of Westminster; grandfather of Richard Grant Putman and David Gregory Putman; and brother of Don Shipley and Helen Garber. Funeral services on Saturday, January 29, at 10 A.M. at Calvary United Methodist Church, Frederick, MD. Visitation on Friday, January 28, from 6 until 9 P.M. at the Keeney & Basford Funeral Home, 106 East Church Street, Frederick, MD. Memorial donations to Calvary United Methodist Church, 122 West 2nd St., Frederick, MD.

Miriam F. Parmenter, a longtime home economics and 4-H agent in Anne Arundel County for the University of Maryland's Cooperative Extension Service, died Feb. 11 of heart failure at the Wilson Health Care Center in Gaithersburg.The center is a part of Asbury Village, a Methodist-church affiliated retirement complex, where she had lived since 1984. She was 92.Services for Miss Parmenter were being held today at Calvary United Methodist Church in Annapolis.A native of Northborough, Mass., Miss Parmenter was a home demonstration agent in Anne Arundel County for nearly 19 years, from 1943 to her retirement in 1962.

On December 30, 2005, HENRY L., of Westminster; devoted husband of Mary Alice Rosenberger (nee Hughes); beloved father of Mary Louise Hoy, Alice May D'Emilio, Belinda Miller and John H. Rosenberger; brother of Ruth Parrott, Dr. William Rosenberger and the late John Rosenberger; father-in-law of Robert C. Hoy, Jr., Cesare D'Emilio, Scott T. Miller and Hope M. Rosenberger; grandfather of Madison, Chase, Delaney, Becka, Lillie and Sarah. Also survived by brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews and cousins.

On Tuesday, January 25, 2005, EMORY BELL SHIPLEY, JR., of Frederick, MD, beloved husband of Margaret Arris "Peg" Shipley; and father of Pamela S. Putman and husband Rick of Westminster; grandfather of Richard Grant Putman and David Gregory Putman; and brother of Don Shipley and Helen Garber. Funeral services on Saturday, January 29, at 10 A.M. at Calvary United Methodist Church, Frederick, MD. Visitation on Friday, January 28, from 6 until 9 P.M. at the Keeney & Basford Funeral Home, 106 East Church Street, Frederick, MD. Memorial donations to Calvary United Methodist Church, 122 West 2nd St., Frederick, MD.

Blas A. Alfaro, a retired Howard County educator who had owned several hair salons and a beauty academy, died Sunday of prostate cancer at his Mount Airy home. He was 75. Mr. Alfaro was born and raised in the Bronx, N.Y., where he graduated from high school. He served in the Marine Corps and Army from 1946 to 1952, and later wrote a privately published memoir, Stories of GIs in Japan, chronicling his experiences serving with the Army's occupation forces in Japan. Mr. Alfaro wrote that memories of those years would surface occasionally "without rhyme or reason" and then "you are transported to the land you left behind through music, odors or food."

On July 14, 2004, BARBARA BASIL SMITH, beloved wife of Joseph R. Smith, loving sister of Robert and Frank Basil. Devoted aunt, longtime member of Calvary United Methodist Church and Past Matron of Annapolis Chapter #46 Order of the Eastern Star. The family will receive friends on Saturday from 6 to 8 P.M. and Sunday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 P.M. at the JOHN M. TAYLOR FUNERAL HOME INC., 147 Duke of Gloucester St, Annapolis. Funeral services will be held on Monday at 1 P.M. at Calvary United Methodist Church.

On July 9, 2004 CHARLES RANDOLPH LIGHT SR., beloved husband of the late Helen Louise Light (nee Lennox) devoted father of Charles Randolph Light, Jr., and wife Stephanie J. Light, Jennifer Paige Franks and husband Dr. C. Ronald Franks, dear brother of Betty Adlam and Genevieve Serio. Friends may call at the family owned Kirkley-Ruddick Funeral Home P.A., 421 Crain Hwy, S.E., Glen Burnie on Sunday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Funeral services will be held at Calvary United Methodist Church, Queenstown, MD on Monday at 10:00 A.M. Interment Crownsville Maryland Veterans Cemetery.

DONALD WALTER ROSS, 72, of Sherwood Forest, MD died July 9, 2004 at his home after a lengthy battle with cancer and emphysema. Mr. Ross was born in Brooklyn, NY, October 13, 1931. He was educated in Baltimore area schools and was a graduate of the University of Baltimore and attended Mt. Vernon School of Law. He enlisted in the Army National Guard and served in the Guard and Army Reserve from 1948 to 1960 achieving the rank of Battalion Sgt. Major. His entire career was spent in the Automotive Parts After Market.

On February 23, 2009, Robert James Crytser Sr Services will be held at the family owned McComas Funeral Home, P.A., Abingdon, MD on Friday, February 27, 2009 at 10 A.M. Interment will be in Calvary United Methodist Church Cemetery, Churchville, MD. Friends may call at the funeral home in Abingdon on Thursday, February 26, 2009 from 2-4 and 7-9 P.M. Memory tributes may be sent to the family at: mccomasfuneralhome.com.

Calvary United Methodist Church will hold its third annual craft fair, yard sale and barbecue chicken dinner from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday on the church grounds, 3939 Gamber Road. Local vendors will offer a variety of crafts. The grilled chicken platter will include homemade potato salad, green beans and applesauce. Baked goods will be available. Music will be provided from 11 a.m. to noon. Proceeds will benefit the church's mission projects. Information: 410-751-3841. Kids luau, teen mystery among library's offerings Eldersburg branch library, 6400 W. Hemlock Drive, is offering: Family Story Time for all ages (3 and younger with an adult)

On Friday, May 7, 2004, after a courageous 9 month battle with cancer, BERNARD JOSEPH KUHN, JR., 19, of Mt. Airy; dearest son of Mary Lynn Myers-Kuhn and the late Bernard J. Kuhn, Sr. Also survived by numerous uncles, aunts and cousins. A Memorial service will be held Sunday, May 23, 2004, 3 P.M. at Calvary United Methodist Church, 403 Main Street, Mt. Airy. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Bernard J. Kuhn, Jr. Foundation, 502 Prospect Road, Mt. Airy 21771. All money raised will be used to fund Cancer Research in young adults 19 to 25. Arrangements by BURRIER-QUEEN FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORY, Winfield, MD www.burrer-queen.