Published: May 16, 2008 09:19 am         

Barbara "Bobbie" Markle [Cumberland]

CUMBERLAND - Barbara "Bobbie" Markle, 65, of Cumberland, passed away, Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at WMHS-Memorial Campus.

Born March 27, 1943 in Cumberland, she was the daughter of the late Millard D. Robertson Sr. and Hallie I. (Hill) Robertson.

Barbara was retired from the WMHS-Memorial Campus. She attended New Covenant United Methodist Church and she enjoyed playing bingo and was involved with the Hot Stove Bingo.

Surviving are her husband of 24 years, Richard E. Markle; two daughters, Barbara Ann Frankenberry and husband James C., Mount Savage and Donna Jean Gross and husband Daniel W., Cumberland; three grandchildren, Tiffany M. Broadwater and Evan Machnic, Tallahassee, Fla., Megan L. Broadwater, Mt. Savage and Ryan M. Frankenberry, Mount Savage; one great-grandson, Payton B. Machnic; three brothers, Herb Robertson and wife Jeanie, Cumberland, Millard "Butch" Robertson Jr., Cumberland and Howard F. "Bucky" Robertson and wife Naomi, Michigan; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Friends will be received at the Scarpelli Funeral Home, P.A., 108 Virginia Ave., Cumberland, (scarpellifh.com) on Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.

Funeral services will be conducted at the funeral home on Saturday at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Chris Gobrecht officiating.

Interment will be in Mt. Hermon Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Evan Machnic, Travis Bridges, Daniel Robertson III, David Broadwater, Brian Broadwater and Andy Broadwater.