Margaret Alverta "Maggie" Stambaugh

MIDDLEBURG, MD Margaret Alverta 'Maggie' Stambaugh, 95, formerly of Uniontown, died Sunday, December 28, 2008 at Brookfield Manor Assisted Living, Middleburg, after an extended illness. She was the wife of Glenn Maurice Stambaugh, who predeceased her in 2005. Born April 6, 1913, in Carroll County, she was the daughter of the late Carl Lewis and Maggie Farver Lescalleet. Mrs. Stambaugh was a member of Mount Union Lutheran Church. She was formerly employed with H.L. Hartz Clothing Factory and Union Bridge Clothing Factory, retiring in 1970. She enjoyed flowers, sewing and crocheting. In 2003 she became a resident of Country Companions and in January 2006 moved to Brookfield Manor. Surviving are daughter and son-in-law, Glenna and Harless Reid of Westminster, Md.; son and daughter-inlaw, Joseph H. Sr. and Jean Stambaugh of Emmitsburg, Md.; daughter-in-law, Rosalie M. Griffin of Union Bridge, Md.; 12 grandchildren, Howard Tregoning, Ollie Tregoning, Diane Close, Kathie Warner, Carolyn Stoner, Joe Stambaugh Jr., Ralph Stambaugh Jr., Rodney Stambaugh, Rhonda Swartzbaugh, Charles Stambaugh Jr., Tina Shelley and Dwayne Stambaugh; 23 great-grandchildren; eight great-great-grandchildren; and four sisters, Anna Schaefer of Alexandria, Va., Lula Layne of Gainesville, Va., Evelyn Jones of New Oxford, Frances Wilson of Berlin. She was predeceased by sons, Ralph M. Stambaugh Sr. in 1988 and Charles Edward Stambaugh in 2002; daughter, Doris Tregoning in 2000; grandson, Randall Stambaugh; and five brothers, Lawrence, Merle, Earl, Sterling and Donald Lescalleet. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, December 31, 2008, at Hartzler Funeral Home, 6 E. Broadway, Union Bridge, Md., with the Rev. Sam Garrett, a retired Assembly of God pastor, officiating. Interment will be in St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Uniontown. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to Mt. Union Lutheran Church, c/o Claude Bohn, 1250 Hapes Mill Rd., Taneytown, MD 21787; or the Building Fund of Gates of Praise Worship Center, 5010 Baltimore Pike, North 97, Littlestown, PA 17340. Expressions of sympathy may be made to the family at www.hartzlerfuneralhome.com.