obituaries

Oct 22, 2018

Rebecca Sterling, 69, of Crisfield, died Monday, October 22, 2018 at Aurora Senior Living of Manokin.

Born in Crisfield January 12, 1949, she was the daughter of the late Richard H. and Helen Rachel Sterling.  Her husband, Mitchell K. Sterling, died March 2, 2016.

Becky was a graduate of Crisfield High School class of 1967,...

Oct 19, 2018

Elma E. Sterling, 102, of Crisfield, passed away peacefully on Friday, October 19, 2018 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home.

Born in Crisfield September 26, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Harold James and Gertrude Handy Cox.  Her husband, Linwood Sterling, preceded her in death on January 20, 1991.

A graduate of Crisfield...

Oct 16, 2018

Emma Sue Kato, 82, of Crisfield and formerly of Tangier, died Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at Anchorage Nursing Home in Salisbury.

Born on Tangier Island April 12, 1936, she was the daughter of the late Charles Ashby and Estell M. Shores Crockett.  Her husband of 52 years, Mikio Kato, died November 24, 2009.

A graduate...

Oct 8, 2018

Edward Martin Vozar, 80, of Crisfield and formerly of Gary, Indiana, died Monday, October 8, 2018 at his home.

Born in Gary, Indiana on May 31, 1938, he was a son of the late Martin Vozar and the late Ella Zorn Fowler.  He had been making his home in Crisfield for the last five years.

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Oct 6, 2018

Carolyn Parsons Bruce, 66, of Crisfield, passed away on Saturday, October 6, 2018 at her home.

Born in Salisbury on July 25, 1952, she was a daughter of the late Alwyn Henry and Elizabeth Bonnar Wootten.

Carolyn was a graduate of Wicomico High School Class of 1970 and attended Secretary School.  She was a Seamstress...

Sep 24, 2018

Nancy Nelson Brice, 83, of Crisfield, died Monday, September 24, 2018 at her home.

Born in Crisfield March 7, 1935, she was a daughter of the late John Frank and Addie Evans Nelson.  Her husband, Victor C. Brice, died in 1991.

She was a buyer at Rubberset Corp. in Crisfield working 30 years before her...

Sep 23, 2018

Robert Allen Hooks, 57, of Crisfield passed away on Sunday, September 23, 2018 at his home. No services are scheduled at this time.

Sep 23, 2018

Rupert W. "Bill" Catlin, 97, a retired Colonel, who was an Infantry Platoon Leader and Company Commander in Europe during World War II and an Intelligence Officer in Vietnam, died peacefully at his home on September 23, 2018.

Born on August 15, 1921, he was the only son of the late Rupert William and Virginia Adams Catlin. ...

Sep 18, 2018

Robert Grayson "Bobby" Coulbourne, 81, of Marion Station, died Tuesday, September 18, 2018 at McCready Hospital.

Born in Crisfield April 29, 1937, he was the son of the late E. Grayson and Edna Joyce Kaiser Coulbourne.

A truck driver and member of the Million Mile Club, he worked for Tidewater Express for more than 17...

Sep 10, 2018

Diana Tello-Ramirez, 16, of Salisbury, passed away on Monday, September 10, 2018.

Born in Bronx, NY on January 17, 2002, she was the daughter of Jose Tello-Tello and Maria DelRocio Ramirez-Perez of Salisbury.

An 11th grade student at Wicomico High School, she was a member of the VPA Art Program and aspired to be an...

Sep 8, 2018

Linda Mae Joyner, 64, of Crisfield, passed away on Saturday, September 8, 2018 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center.

Born in Detroit, MI on January 12, 1954, she was the daughter of the late William Luther and Vera Mae Ladd Davis.

A graduate of Crisfield High School Class of 1972, she worked at Captain's Carry Out...

Sep 4, 2018

Betty Marshall Nelson, 92, of Crisfield, died Tuesday, September 4, 2018 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home.

Born in Crisfield June 27, 1926, she was a daughter of the late Wells and Birdie Middleton Marshall.  Her husband, W. Thurston Nelson, died September 4, 1995.

A graduate of Crisfield High School, she was a retired secretary/bookkeeper...

Aug 29, 2018

On August 29, 2018, our precious Gary Dean Welch, AKA "Click," observed his last sunrise before entering through the gates of heaven in a pain free body.

Born on August 7, 1961, Gary was able to spend all 57 years of his life in the small town of Crisfield enjoying the beauty that it had to offer...

Aug 27, 2018

Eugene David Olah, USCG (RET), 75, of Crisfield, died Monday, August 27, 2018 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home.

Born in Chesapeake, VA March 22, 1943, he was a son of the late Nicholas and Grace Edna Curling Olah.  His wife, Linda Lynette Abbott Olah, preceded him in death February 9, 2018.

He was a...

Aug 27, 2018

Flora Jane Pruitt Tawes, 82, of Crisfield, died Monday, August 27, 2018 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home.

Born on Tangier Island, VA October 11, 1935, she was a daughter of the late Edward Lee and Leola Dise Pruitt.  Her husband, Linwood James Tawes, died May 19, 2011.

A homemaker, she was a member Swain...

Aug 24, 2018

Sgt. Ralph S. Justice, Sr., US Army (Ret.), 86, of Crisfield, answered his final call to enter into God's Army on Friday, August 24, 2018 from Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home.

Born in Crisfield January 5, 1932, he was a son of the late John Tubman Justice and Ethel Katharine Parks Justice.  His wife, Conchita Ann Nelson...

Aug 23, 2018

Janet Riggin Blades, 84, of Crisfield, passed away on Thursday, August 23, 2018 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home.

Born in Crisfield on August 16, 1934, she was a daughter of the late Clarence C. and Mildred Lucy Ward Riggin.  Her husband, Alvin Sterling Blades, preceded her in death on September 30, 1995.

A graduate...

Aug 23, 2018

Karl Heinz Lossow, 91, of Marion Station and formerly of Piscataway, NJ passed away on Thursday, August 23, 2018 at his home.

Born in Germany on November 11, 1926, he was a son of Christopher Karl Johann and Johanna Minna Schuele Lossow.

He was a retired Tool and Die Maker with Lucent Technologies and had...

Aug 20, 2018

Marilyn Reese Atkins, 91, of Crisfield, passed away on Monday, August 20, 2018 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home.

Born in Crisfield on July 21, 1927, she was a daughter of the late Harvey Ewing and Agnes Nock Reese.

She was a graduate of Crisfield High School Class of 1944, and during WWII she worked...

Aug 18, 2018

Charles Franklin "Charles Frank" Bradshaw, 72, of Tangier Island, VA, died Saturday, August 18, 2018 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield, MD.

Born in Crisfield August 2, 1946 and raised on Tangier, he was the only child of Howard C. and Adele L. Dise Bradshaw.  His wife of 32 years, Betty Ann Shores Bradshaw, preceded...