Benjamin "Benjie" Evans
Jan 22, 2017
Benjamin Preston "Benjie" Evans, 62, of Ewell, Smith Island, died Sunday, January 22, 2017 at Salisbury Genesis Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Born August 16, 1954 in Crisfield, he was a life-long resident of Ewell. He was a son of Jennings Lee Evans, Sr. and Edwina Jones Evans, both of Ewell. A waterman, he was a member of Ewell United Methodist...
Ada Sterling Ward
Jan 16, 2017
Ada Sterling Ward, of Crisfield, passed away Monday, January 16, 2017 at Salisbury Genesis Rehabilitation and Nursing Center just three months prior to her 100th birthday. The family would like to express thanks to her many caregivers at Genesis. Born in Crisfield April 13, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Carroll and Adeline Nelson Sterling. Her husband, Lorenzo...
Audrey Kay Lane
Jan 10, 2017
Audrey "Kay" Lane, 78, of Crisfield, and formerly of Tylerton, Smith Island, died Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at her home. Born on a boat between Smith Island and Crisfield on July 11, 1938, she was a daughter of the late Newell Bradshaw and Audrey Bradshaw Brimer. She was a florist for 25 years, retiring from her flower shop Country Creations....
Robert Thomas "Muggsy" Evans
Jan 7, 2017
Robert Thomas "Muggsy" Evans, 70, of Crisfield, died Saturday, January 7, 2017 at his home. Born in Crisfield July 17, 1946, he was the son of the late John Thomas Evans and Theresa Elizabeth Donato Evans. A graduate of Crisfield High School class of 1964, he was manager of the former A&P and the former Meatland for many years working...
Wanda Louise Swift
Jan 3, 2017
Wanda Louise Swift, 79, of Crisfield, died Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at Cheyenne Mountain Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Born in Pocomoke City on March 27, 1937, she was a daughter of the late Lloyd William White and Iva Lorriane Worth Harrison. She had been making her home with her daughter in Colorado Springs for the past three years. She...
Wanda Parks Milbourne
Jan 3, 2017
Wanda Parks Milbourne, 80, of Crisfield, Maryland, left this world peacefully on January 3, 2017. A native of Crisfield, she was born on November 21, 1936 and was the daughter of the late Allen Neville Parks and the late Nellie Collins Parks of Crisfield. She was a graduate of Crisfield High School in 1954, and a graduate of State Teachers...
William Lee Lurton
Jan 3, 2017
William Lee Lurton of Churchville died Tuesday, January 3 at Bayview Medical Center. He was 82. Born in Onancock, VA he was the son of the late Earl and Geneva (Beasley) Lurton. As a young boy his family moved to Crisfield where he later graduated from Crisfield High School. Mr. Lurton retired from the Harford County Board of Education, having...
Frances Hastings Talmo
Dec 24, 2016
Frances Hastings Talmo, of Frankford, DE, died Saturday, December 24, 2016 at her home. Born in Marion Station, MD, she was a daughter of the late Robert and Tressie Elliott Windsor. A graduate of Marion High School, she was bookkeeper at Super Fresh for 30 years before her retirement. She was very family oriented and enjoyed traveling with her family...
Robert L. Daniels, Jr.
Dec 21, 2016
Robert Lee Daniels, Jr., 47, of Crisfield, died Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at McCready Memorial Hospital. Born in Salisbury January 20, 1969, he was the son of The Rev. Robert Lee Daniels, Sr. and Janice Webster Daniels. He was a waterman and a 1987 graduate of Crisfield High School. A member of the Crisfield Wesleyan Church, he enjoyed hunting, fishing,...
Rebecca Hitchcock-Haifley
Dec 20, 2016
Rebecca Elizabeth Hitchcock Haifley, 33, of Baltimore and formerly of Salisbury, passed away Tuesday, December 20, 2016 following a brief illness. Born in Tacoma Park, MD February 2, 1983, she was the beloved daughter of Frances E. Hitchcock of Salisbury and the late Dennis L. Hitchcock. Rebecca was a devoted mother who was very loving and giving. She was funny,...
Verna Mae Simonenko
Dec 18, 2016
Verna Mae Simonenko, 66, of Crisfield and formerly of Ft. Lauderdale, died Monday, December 19, 2016 at McCready Memorial Hospital. Born in Crisfield July 13, 1950, she was the daughter of the late Melton and Annabell Townsend Joyner. A graduate of Crisfield High School class of 1969, she was head custodian for Broward County School System in Ft. Lauderdale working...
Bertha Julia Haxter
Dec 6, 2016
Bertha Julia Haxter, formerly of Crisfield, and affectionately known as Bunny, went to meet the Lord on Tuesday December 6, 2016 at the age of 89. Born and raised in Bucks County, PA, Bunny met her husband, John Woodland (Woody) Haxter in Wildwood NJ. Together Woody and Bunny raised five children and did everything together. Bunny loved attending her children's...
Ella Mae Rybyzynske
Nov 27, 2016
Ella Mae Rybyzynske, 84, of Crisfield, died Sunday, November 27, 2016 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in New Jersey on September 21, 1932, she was a daughter of the late James and Dorothy Beals. Her husband, Joseph Rybyzynske, died in 2009. She had been making her home in Crisfield with her son for the past year. A...
Mildred "Millie" Wittmer Drew
Nov 22, 2016
Mildred "Millie" Wittmer Drew, 92, of Marion Station, left this world to enter eternal life on Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home. Born in Baltimore July 1, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Mildred Hennlein Wittmer and Edward P. Wittmer. "Millie" was a devoted follower of the Lord who served Him as a member...
T. Travis Tyler
Nov 22, 2016
T. Travis Tyler, 89, of Crisfield, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at McCready Memorial Hospital. Born in Crisfield December 23, 1926, he was a son of the late John Maynard and Minnie Octavia Owens Tyler. A US Army veteran of World War II, he worked at Rubberset Corporation and the former Carvel Hall Cutlery....
Mary V. Thomas Landon
Nov 16, 2016
Mary V. Thomas Landon, 88, of Crisfield, died, Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home. Mary was born on October 15, 1928 in Onancock, VA to the late Susie Williams Thomas and Travis Thomas, Sr. She was preceded in death by her husband, Edwin Charles Landon. A 1946 graduate of Atlantic High School, she worked as a...
William Dallas Bradshaw
Nov 16, 2016
William Dallas Bradshaw, 89, of Crisfield, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home. Born on Smith Island November 4, 1927, he was the son of the late Newell James Bradshaw and the late Audrey Evans Marsh Brimer. His beloved wife of 66 years, Catherine Pruitt "KaKi" Bradshaw, preceded him in...
Lynn Victor Fisher
Nov 16, 2016
Lynn Victor Fisher, 85, of Crisfield, died Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at his home. Born in Hagerstown, MD August 22, 1931, he was a son of the late Carl and Nancy Kershner Fisher. A graduate of Westminster High School class of 1948, he was an agent then operator for Western Maryland Railroad for 30 years before his retirement. Following his...
Angela Dee "Dee-Dee" Todd
Nov 12, 2016
Angela Dee Todd, 46, of Crisfield, left this earth to begin her journey with God on Saturday, November 12, 2016 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center. Born in Salisbury, she was the daughter of Ruth Elaine Landon Todd of Crisfield and the late George W. Todd, III. She was a graduate of Crisfield High School class of 1988 and the Delmarva...
Mary Lee Dize
Nov 11, 2016
Mary Lee Dize, 74, of Ewell, Smith Island, died Friday, November 11, 2016, at the home of her daughter in Exmore, VA. Born in Crisfield September 1, 1942 and raised on Smith Island, she was a daughter of the late Thomas and Lorena Bradshaw. Her husband, Isaac T. Dize, Jr. preceded her in death November 30, 2013. She was a...
