Mervin "Bud" Dayhoff

Mervin "Bud" Dayhoff, age 77 of Fairfield Township passed away at Mercy Hospital Fairfield on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at 9:20 PM. He was born in Woodsboro, Maryland on March 9, 1936 the son of Eugene and Hattie (Few) Dayhoff. On March 18, 1960 in Thurmont, Maryland he married Carrie E. Baker. Bud was employed at Hamilton Knife for more than twenty years, retiring in 2005.

He is survived by his wife, Carrie E. Dayhoff of Fairfield Township; four children, Roy Dayhoff, Bonnie Dayhoff, both of Hamilton, Cathy (Bryce) Petree of Hagarstown, Maryland, and Dennis (Susan) Smith of Thurmont, Maryland; two brothers, Roland (Shirley) Dayhoff of Knoxville, Maryland and John Dayhoff of Rocky Ridge, Maryland; four sisters, Romaine Reifsnider of Keymar, Maryland, Betty Brown of Lothian, Maryland, Barbara Campbell of New Philadelphia, Ohio, and Nellie (George) Hall of Clover, South Carolina; 9 grandchildren; and 9 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and a son, Larry Smith.

Funeral service will be held at the Brown-Dawson-Flick Funeral Home, 330 Pershing Avenue, on Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at 2:00 PM with Rev. Rick Witt of Faith Pentecostal Church of Hamilton officiating. Entombment will follow in Rose Hill Burial Park Mausoleum. Visitation will be held at the funeral home on Wednesday from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM.