Jenny Surdykowski
Mar 3, 2023
Jenny Surdykowski, 85, of Crisfield, passed away Friday, March 3, 2023 at her home.
Born in North Wilkesboro, NC on April 25, 1937, she was a daughter of the late Grant and Arlena Absher Wiles.
She was a homemaker and a devoted member of Mariners United Methodist Church. Over the past 20 years she was...
Esther Mae Usner
Feb 27, 2023
Esther Mae Usner, 88, of Crisfield, died Monday, February 27, 2023 at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional.
Born in Bethlehem, PA on May 1, 1934, she was a daughter of the late John J. and Emma Campbell Ruth. Her husband, Charles Harvey Usner, died August 2, 2021.
She was a homemaker and a member of Crisfield Wesleyan...
Billy Gene Smith
Feb 18, 2023
Billy Gene Smith, 70, of Ewell, Smith Island, died Saturday, February 18, 2023 at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional.
He was born March 22, 1952 in Crisfield and raised on Smith Island. He was the son of the late Edwin and Nina Ruth Somers Smith.
A life-long waterman, he had a great love of the water and...
Marguerite Catherine Deweese
Feb 12, 2023
Marguerite Catherine Deweese, 75, of Marion and formerly of Baltimore, passed away on Sunday, February 12, 2023.
Born in Baltimore on September 18, 1947, she was the daughter of the late Ellwood and Doris Thompson.
Marguerite grew up in Baltimore and later moved to the Eastern Shore where she lived for 30 years. She worked...
Terry Lee Howard
Feb 11, 2023
Terry Lee Howard, 75, of Marion Station, passed away on Saturday, February 11, 2023 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home.
She was born in Crisfield on September 20, 1947 and was a daughter of the late Leroy Ernest Pusey and Shirley June Sterling Pusey.
A graduate of Crisfield High School, she was a registered nurse...
Corrine Roslak
Feb 9, 2023
Corrine Roslak, 61, of Crisfield, MD, passed away peacefully on February 9, 2023 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury, MD.
Corrine was born on November 10, 1961 in St. Paul, Minnesota, and she married her husband and soul mate, Rod Roslak, on August 24, 1997. She had been making her home in Crisfield for the...
William Thomas Daugherty, Jr.
Feb 4, 2023
William Thomas Daugherty, Jr., 80, of Crisfield, died Saturday, February 4, 2023 at the home of his niece in Salisbury.
Born in Crisfield on January 11, 1943, he was a son of the late William Thomas Daugherty, Sr. and Mary Harriett Adams Daugherty.
A graduate of Crisfield High School, he was a clerk for the...
Rev. Vernon Lee Schmid
Jan 31, 2023
The Rev. Dr. Vernon Lee Schmid passed away January 31, 2023 at his home in North East, Maryland.
He was born July 31, 1934, in Parsons, Kansas, to Sarah E. (Amrine) Schmid and Frederick L. Schmid.
Dr. Schmid received his education at the Graduate Theological Foundation (D.Min.), Saint Paul School of Theology (M.Div.), Blackstone School...
Delilah Rose Berry
Jan 27, 2023
Delilah Rose Berry, infant daughter of Elizabeth Joy Berry of Delmar, was taken into greater arms on Friday, January 27, 2023.
"Our little Rose" was born in Salisbury on Thursday, January 5, 2023. She was so loved and will be eternally alive in Heaven.
Along with her mother, she is survived by her siblings, Karmen...
Mary L. Dicus
Jan 26, 2023
Mary L. Dicus, 83, formerly of Crisfield, Kent Island and Pasadena, died Thursday, January 26, 2023 at Chesapeake Cottage Assisted Living in Snow Hill.
Born in Baltimore on July 2, 1939, she was a daughter of the late William and Louise Wilhelm Rice. Her husband, Robert Louis Dicus, preceded her in death on May 24, 2016.
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Mary Bell Adams
Jan 25, 2023
Mary Bell Adams, 102, of Rehobeth, MD, passed away Wednesday, January 25, 2023 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home.
Born April 18, 1920 in Shelltown, but lived in Rehobeth for over 80 years, she was a daughter of the late Sidney C. Bell and Elizabeth E. Lewis Bell.
She was bookkeeper for Eagle Mills for...
Tonette Morgan Whaley
Jan 18, 2023
Tonette Morgan Whaley, 69, of Princess Anne, passed away on Wednesday, January 18, 2023 at the Stansell House with Coastal Hospice in Berlin.
Born in Crisfield on October 17, 1953, she was the daughter of the late Ernest and Sarah "Pie" Morgan. Her husband, Oliver S. Whaley preceded her in death.
Tonette was a Crisfield...
Thomas Joseph "Mike" Headley
Jan 17, 2023
Thomas Joseph "Mike" Headley, 75, of Crisfield and formerly of Honey Brook, PA, passed away on Tuesday, January 17, 2023 at TidalHealth McCready Pavilion. He had been making his home in Crisfield since 2002.
Born in Philadelphia on September 10, 1947, he was a son of the late George and Gertrude V. Denney Headley. His wife, Alice...
Elleigh Marie Blayne Barton
Jan 14, 2023
Elleigh Marie Blayne Barton, 3, of Crisfield, passed away on Saturday, January 14, 2023.
Born in Salisbury on January 15, 2019, she was the daughter of Amber Leigh Henry of Crisfield. Her father, Harvey K. Justice, III, preceded her in death on January 15, 2023.
Elleigh loved life and all things girly. She was always...
Helen Elizabeth Tomko
Jan 14, 2023
Helen Elizabeth Tomko passed away at her home in Princess Anne on January 14, 2023.  She was born on January 27, 1955 in Dundalk, Maryland. Helen graduated from Patapsco High School in 1974 and went on to work at the Federal Reserve Bank in Baltimore and then Lankford-Sysco in Pocomoke, Maryland. Upon her retirement, she became the full time caregiver...
R. Elaine Hoffman
Jan 11, 2023
R. Elaine Hoffman, 93, of Pocomoke and formerly of Crisfield, passed away on Wednesday, January 11, 2023 at Hartley Hall Nursing Home.
Born in Crisfield on February 4, 1929, she was a daughter of the late George William and Lyda Geneva Owens Hoffman.
When Elaine was eight, her father moved the family to Elizabeth, New...
Joseph Michael "Mike" Ward
Jan 11, 2023
Joseph Michael "Mike" Ward, 55, of Princess Anne, passed away on January 11, 2023.
Born in Crisfield on August 13, 1967, he was a son of the late Harvey William Ward, Sr. and Diane L. Bromley Ward.
Mike worked doing lawn care maintenance and loved hanging out with friends and family. He was close with...
Margaret Olivia Mcsheffry
Jan 10, 2023
Margaret Olivia McSheffry, 94, of Salisbury and formerly of Newark, passed away on Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield. Born in Newark, MD on February 26, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Peter Walter and Florence Maggie Jackson Donoway. Her husband of 44 years, Paul Leslie McSheffry preceded her in death in...
William Edgar Cullen
Jan 7, 2023
William Edgar Cullen, 93, of Crisfield, passed away on Saturday, January 7, 2023 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home.
Born in Crisfield on February 3, 1929, he was a son of the late Eva Blades Cullen and William Harvey Cullen and was step-son of the late Mary Abbott Cullen. His wife, Ida Ruth Howard Cullen preceded him...
Katherine M. "Kitty" Hardester
Jan 3, 2023
Katherine M. "Kitty" Hardester, 98, of Crisfield, died Tuesday, January 3, 2023 at Hartley Hall Nursing and Rehabilitation in Pocomoke City.
Born in Conway, SC on September 22, 1924, she was a daughter of the late John William and Brittie Rosenell Powell Mitchell. Her husband, Allen Hardester, preceded her in death in 1982.
She was...
