Anna Martha DeVore
91, of LaVale, died Tuesday, December 24, 2013 at Ruby Memorial Hospital.
Born September 22, 1922 in Frostburg, she was the daughter of Roy and Gilberta (Griffith) DeVore.
She was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Frostburg, and a past president of the Women of ELCA. She served on the church council and was president for many years of the Anna Mayer class of the church.
Anna Martha graduated from Beall High School and Frostburg State College. As a first grade teacher, she taught five years in Carroll County, and twenty-nine years in Allegany County. She was a member of the Allegany County and Maryland Retired Teachers Associations and a member of Beta Sigma Phi currently serving as treasurer. She was a past member of the House and Garden Club of Frostburg.
Surviving are cousins; Paul J. Stakem and wife Mary Clare, Cumberland, William F. Stakem and wife Susan, Michael P. Stakem and wife Diane, Cumberland, Linda Fields and husband Bobbie, Ellerslie, Sharon Emerick, Ellerslie, Nancy Puglio and husband Bob, Florida, Doug Puglio; Godsons, Brad and Seth Puglio; her close friend, Erma Robertson and her dearest companion dog, Muffy.