- Date Of Death: March 15, 2022
- State: Maryland
Martha Ann (Merry) Ankney Wannemacher of Adamstown, MD, went to be with her Lord on March 15, 2022. She was just 26 days shy of her 101st birthday. Martha (Martie) was born April 10, 1921, in Rockville, MD to Charles Case and Avo Mae (Conklin) Merry.
She was the fifth of seven children. Martha married George Roy Ankney on May 21, 1941, in Rockville, MD. She graduated in 1940 from Richard Montgomery High School where she played on the girls basketball and field hockey teams She served during World War II working on airplanes alongside her dear friend Barbara as a “Rosie the Riveter” while her husband was overseas at war. After the war, she worked in the records room at Chestnut Lodge in Rockville and took care of her family.
Martha led a rich life of faith, sometimes walking across Rockville to go to church when she was a young child.
Martha is survived by son Richard Roy Ankney and wife Jean of Virginia Beach, VA; daughter Linda Diane Ankney and partner Bill Fowler of Oldtown, MD; grandchildren, Joel Ankney (Jennifer) and Robby Webb of Virginia Beach, VA; Merry Nicole Meyer (Kenneth) of Charlotte, NC; Melanie Bucheli (Diego) of Warrenton, VA; great-grandsons Joshua (Caitlin) Ankney, Jacob Ankney, Joseph Ankney, Jesse Ankney, Nicholas (Brittney Beighey) Mathews, Zachary (MacKenzie) Mathews, Brandon Meyer, Thomas Meyer, and Austin Webb; great-great-granddaughter Olivia Jean Ankney. She is also survived by her dear sister Barbara Joan (Merry) Dodd, along with three generations of nieces and nephews, her special friend and caregiver, Jackie Capobianco, lifelong friend Barbara (Wolcott) Jeskey, and God-daughter Patricia Jeskey.
Martha was predeceased by her parents, George,her beloved husband of 53 years, husband Bob; siblings Dorothy Mae Merry, Charles William Merry, Hilma Rosella (Merry) Beall; Guy Albert Merry; and Hazel Lee (Merry) Howard; granddaughter Sarah Jo Webb; as well as several nieces and nephews.
