Ernest John Santo
Jun 18, 2016
Ernest John Santo, 88, of Crisfield and formerly of Marmet, WV, passed away peacefully at his home Saturday, June 18, 2016. Born in Eunice, WV on October 17, 1927, he was a son of the late Frank and Roza Szilagyi Santo. Ernest was an Army Veteran stationed in Trieste, Italy just after WWII. It was there that he met his...
Lola Elizabeth Ford
Jun 15, 2016
Lola Elizabeth Ford, 91, of Marion Station, died Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield. Born in Marion Station on December 18, 1924, she was a daughter of the late Herman J. and Mary E. Carter Ford. She worked as a banker for more than 43 years at the former Bank of Marion, Farmers Bank, Bank of...
John Howard Pinney
Jun 14, 2016
John Howard Pinney, 75, of Crisfield, died Tuesday, June 14, 2016 at his home. Born in Parsons, West Virginia on November 9, 1940, he was a son of the late Harry Browning Pinney and Lois Gatrell Pinney. A graduate of North Carolina State University, he was retired from the US Navy after 23 years of service and was senior analyst...
George William Gaston
Jun 13, 2016
George William Gaston, 88, of Crisfield, and formerly of York County, PA, died Monday, June 13, 2016 at his home. Born in York County, PA on August 17, 1927, he was a son of the late Edgar and Sarah Campbell Gaston. He had been making his home in Crisfield sine 1997. He obtained his B.S. Degree from Rutgers University and...
Walter Milton Insley
Jun 6, 2016
Walter Milton Insley, 75, of Marion Station, died Monday, June 6, 2016 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. Born in Marion Station on November 16, 1940, he was a son of the late Samuel M. and Nellie G. Slacum Insley. He worked maintenance at the former Carvel Hall Cutlery in Crisfield for 30 years, and also with Swift...
Edward Russell "Eddie Russ" Smith
Jun 3, 2016
Edward Russell "Eddie Russ" Smith, 61, of Tylerton, Smith Island, died Friday, June 3, 2016 at the home of his step-daughter in Princess Anne. Born October 30, 1954 in Crisfield and raised on Tylerton, he was a son of Allan and Hester Jones Smith of Tylerton. He was a lifelong waterman, a member of Union U. M. Church, Tylerton Volunteer...
William David Warfield
May 25, 2016
William David Warfield, 47, of Fruitland, died Thursday, May 26, 2016 at his home. Born in Crisfield January 1, 1969, he was a son of William Welling Warfield, III of Crisfield and Deborah Gail Seyda Wessels of Marion. He was a drivet mechanic for All State Construction Company in Ocean City. A member of Wesley Immanuel Church in Salisbury, he...
Karl J. Karnes
May 24, 2016
Karl Joseph Karnes, 60, of Tangier, VA and formerly of Newport News, died Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at his home. Born in Tennessee on December 17, 1955, he was a son of the late William Karnes and Elizabeth Rogers Karnes. He was a retired fire fighter with the Newport News Fire Department and served 4 years in the US Air...
Robert Louis Dicus
May 24, 2016
Robert Louis Dicus, 77, of Crisfield, MD and formerly of Kent Island and Pasadena, died Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. Born in Baltimore June 1, 1938, he was a son of the late Samuel Louis and Iva Pearl Abbott Dicus. He had been making his home in Crisfield for the past 10 years....
Homer D. Tyler
May 23, 2016
Homer D. Tyler, 90, of Rhodes Point and formerly of Crisfield and Ewell, died Monday, May 23, 2016 at Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield. Born on Ewell May 15, 1926, he was the youngest of 11 children born to Schultz and Manie Evans Tyler. His wife, Helen Jean Evans Tyler preceded him in death. A waterman, when he was younger...
Richard Calvin Ward
May 22, 2016
Richard Calvin Ward, 95, of Crisfield, died Sunday, May 22, 2016 at McCready Memorial Hospital. Born in Crisfield February 18, 1921, he was a son of the late Walter and Mabel Laird Ward. A graduate of Crisfield High School, he attended Salisbury State College (Salisbury University) and Strayer Business School. He was also a US Army Air Corps veteran of...
Henrietta C. Wheatley
May 17, 2016
Mrs. Henrietta C. Wheatley, 91, wife of the late Freddie Wheatley, and a lifelong resident of Tangier Island, VA, passed away on Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at her son's home. Born December 6, 1924 on Tangier Island, she was the daughter of the late John Wess and Dora Parks Charnock. She is survived by her two children, Sandra King and...
Patsy Ann Marshall Somers
May 17, 2016
Patsy Ann Marshall Somers, 83, of Crisfield, died Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home. Born in Marion Station on November 3, 1932, she was a daughter of the late Orland "Ike" Marshall and Margaret Ward Marshall Morrison. A graduate of Marion High School class of 1949, she was a nurse at McCready Hospital retiring after 51...
Margaret E. Lutz
May 13, 2016
Margaret E. Lutz, 82, of Marion, MD died Friday, May 13, 2016 at her home. Born in Havre de Grace, MD on January 23, 1934, she was a daughter of the late Walker Mason Bay and Addie Roath Robinson Bay. She was a seafood worker and also a poultry worker and seamstress. She enjoyed arts and crafts, reading, quilting, gardening...
Charles F. Butler
May 11, 2016
Charles Farrell Butler, 84, of Crisfield and formerly of Columbia, MD passed away at his home on Wednesday, May 11, 2016. Born in Crisfield on February 24, 1932, he was a son of the late Clifton H. Butler, Sr. and Anna Harrison Butler. His wife, Carol Jean Denton Butler preceded him in death in 1997. Charles graduated from Crisfield High...
Norman Smith
May 11, 2016
Norman Smith, 68, of Crisfield, passed away on Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home. Born in Exmore, Virginia, he was a Mason and attended Waters Chapel Church in Marion. He loved NASCAR and refinishing furniture. He always enjoyed tinkering in his shop. A graduate of Woodson High School, he worked for the State of Maryland at...
Laurie Ann Marshall
May 9, 2016
Laurie Ann Marshall, 51, of Marion Station, went to be with the Lord on Monday, May 9, 2016 from Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. Born in Crisfield November 18, 1964, she was a daughter of Ruth Evans Brittingham of Marion and the late Bobby Lee Brittingham. A graduate of Crisfield High School, she worked in medical records most...
Gerald R. Tarr
May 6, 2016
Gerald R. Tarr, 79, of San Francisco, CA passed away peacefully on May 6, 2016 at Coming Home Hospice in San Francisco. Born on Chincoteague Island, VA June 20, 1936, he was the son of the late Willie I. (Bill) Tarr and Mildred Bowden Brewington. Gerald graduated from Wicomico High School in Salisbury, MD, Class of 1954, and from the...
Donna Jean Laird
May 2, 2016
Donna Jean Laird, 67, of Ewell, Smith Island, passed away Monday, May 2, 2016 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center following a long illness. Born in Crisfield on October 16, 1948, she was a daughter of the late John Wilroy Bradshaw and Ruth Virginia Smith Bradshaw. She was a life-long resident of Smith Island. She was a homemaker and a graduate...
Alan Edward Dryden
Apr 27, 2016
Alan Edward Dryden, Sr., 60, of Crisfield, died Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Crisfield on July 10, 1955, he was the son of the late Alan H. "Crow" Dryden and Jennie Marie Crockett Dryden. A graduate of Crisfield High School class of 1974, he was vice president of the former Carol Dryden...
