Father Andrew J. Fontanella
Oct 11, 2014
Father Andrew J. Fontanella, retired Catholic Priest of Crisfield, MD and formerly of Carlisle, PA, died Saturday, October 11, 2014 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home. He was 86. Born March 30, 1928 in Paterson, New Jersey, he was a son of the late Andrew J. and Lucy Vuolo Fontanella. After obtaining his Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1949 from...
Raymond E. Hill
Oct 11, 2014
Raymond Eugene Hill, 70, of Crisfield, died Saturday, October 11, 2014 at Tawes Nursing Home. Born in Crisfield February 8, 1944, he was a son of the late Ray Wilson Hill and Jeanette Thornton Hill. He was a retired electrician and a talented wood carver who enjoyed playing the guitar. He loved eagles and his dog "Tori". He was a...
Dottie Murphy Phillips
Oct 7, 2014
Dottie Murphy Phillips, 73, of Crisfield, died Tuesday, October 7, 2014 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake. Born in Crisfield on April 25, 1941, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Sarah McCready Murphy. Following the untimely death of her parents, she was raised by her neighbors, Herman "Hungie" and Amelia Ayres. Her husband, Donald W. Phillips, died...
Mary Elizabeth Drewer
Oct 5, 2014
Mary Elizabeth Drewer, 92, of Crisfield, died peacefully surrounded by family on Sunday, October 5, 2014 at the Alice Byrd Tawes Rehabilitation Center in Crisfield. Born in Craddockville, Virginia on July 10, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Willard and Madeline West Truitt. Her husband, Carlton Drewer, died June 8, 2004. She was retired from Rubberset Division of...
Howard K. Hammond, Sr.
Oct 1, 2014
Howard Kenneth Hammond, Sr., 82, of Crisfield, died Wednesday, October 1, 2014 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. Born in Baltimore on March 8, 1932, he was the son of the late Corbin N. and Elveretta Merryman Hammond. His wife, Elsie M. Fondelheit Hammond, died December 24, 2008. He was a member of the Faith Fellowship Assembly of...
Patricia Louise Horner
Sep 22, 2014
Patricia Louise Horner, 69, of Crisfield, went to be with the Lord on Monday, September 22, 2014 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury following complications of Parkinson's Disease. Born January 8, 1945 in Salisbury and raised in Deal Island, she was a daughter of the late Benjamin and Clara Louise Harrison Abbott. A graduate of Deal Island School class...
William A. Cady, Iii
Sep 15, 2014
William A. Cady III passed away on September 15, 2014 at his home in Crisfield, Maryland. Bill was a Master Electrician, a past member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 26, a 20-year veteran of US Air Force Reserves, an active member of Crisfield American Legion Post Number 16, an occasional worshiper at Crisfield Wesleyan Church, and the...
Norma Lee Ward Watt
Sep 10, 2014
Norma Lee Ward Watt, 76, of Salisbury, died Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake. Born in Crisfield March 25, 1938, she was the daughter of the late Earl B. and Carrie I. Handy Ward. She lived on the Eastern Shore for the past 20 years, and prior to that lived in Bowie and Washington, DC. A...
Charles Hall Simpson
Sep 8, 2014
Charles Hall Simpson, 78, of Crisfield, passed away peacefully on Monday, September 8, 2014 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home. He was born August 31, 1936 to Benjamin Mitchell Simpson II and Marshall Hall Simpson of Miquon, PA. He was predeceased by his wife of 50 years, Earlene "Early" Sulin Simpson, who died October 6, 2013. He is survived by...
Haynie Thomas Marshall
Sep 4, 2014
Haynie Thomas Marshall, 86, of Tylerton, Smith Island, died Thursday, September 4, 2014 at McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield. Born April 20, 1928 on Tylerton, he was a son of the late Marvin and Thelma Smith Marshall. He was a waterman and a member of Union United Methodist Church and the National Rifle Association. He built model boats for many...
Tommy W. Hinman, Sr.
Sep 4, 2014
Tommy Wilson Hinman, Sr., 70, of Crisfield, died Thursday, September 4, 2014 at McCready Memorial Hospital. Born in Crisfield November 7, 1943, he was a son of the late Charles L. and Joanna Wilson Hinman. His wife, Marynell Elliott Hinman, died March 20, 1999. He worked for many years at Somerset County Roads, and later Maintenance, retiring in 2009. He...
Joseph J. Garpstas
Aug 28, 2014
Joseph J. Garpstas, 84, of Crisfield and formerly of Glen Burnie, died Thursday, August 28, 2014 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. Born in Baltimore on April 9, 1930, he was the son of the late Joseph C. and Margaret Bathgate Garpstas. He had been making his home in Crisfield for the past 27 years. He was a...
Glen Walker "Fergy" Ferguson
Aug 28, 2014
Glen Walker "Fergy" Ferguson, 91, of Crisfield, died Thursday, August 28, 2014 in Pocomoke City. Born in Rochester, New York on March 6, 1923, he was a son of the late Fred and Margaret Falls Stuart McCall Ferguson. He had been making his home in Crisfield for the past 20 years. Prior, he lived in Lititz, Pennsylvania for 24 years,...
Betty L. Tyler
Aug 12, 2014
Betty L. Tyler, 86, of Crisfield, died Tuesday, August 12, 2014 at her home. Born in Edgecomb County, North Carolina on June 20, 1928, she was a daughter of the late Harvey G. and Annie Cox Hathaway. Her husband of 59 years, Carl L. "Kie" Tyler, preceded her in death on July 22, 2002. A homemaker, she retired from Rubberset...
Mina Rae Laird
Aug 11, 2014
Mina Rae Laird, 83, of Tylerton, Smith Island, died Monday, August 11, 2014 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield. Born February 2, 1931 on Tylerton, she was a daughter of the late Todd and Margaret Evans Marshall. Her husband, Ronald Reed Laird, died January 19, 1980. A homemaker, she was a member of Union United Methodist Church where...
Pamela D. Walker
Aug 8, 2014
Pamela Doreen Walker, 59, of Crisfield and formerly of Glen Burnie and Baltimore City, died Friday, August 8, 2014 at McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield. Born in Baltimore City on February 26, 1955, she was a daughter of the late Robert Walker and Patricia Fisher Walker of Westminster. She was a patient escort at St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore working...
Mildred H. "Petie" Dykes
Aug 2, 2014
Mildred H. Dykes, 88, of Crisfield, died on Saturday, August 2, 2014 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. Born in Kingston March 2, 1926, she was the daughter of the late William Craft Hayman and Mabel Derby Hayman. Her husband, William E. Dykes, Jr. died July 25, 2002. She was a graduate of Salisbury State College (Salisbury University)...
Linda Jean Clodfelter
Jul 29, 2014
Linda Jean Clodfelter, 60, of Crisfield and formerly of Georgia and Baltimore, died Tuesday, July 29, 2014 at Hartley Hall Nursing Home in Pocomoke City. Born in Baltimore on February 28, 1954, she was the daughter of the late Jesse P. and Norma Elizabeth Kerr Clodfelter. Most recently she worked for ten years at Lowes. She had been making her...
Shoko Ueda Elder
Jul 28, 2014
Shoko Ueda Elder, 79, of Virginia Beach, passed away Monday, July 28, 2014 at the home of her daughter in Crisfield, Maryland. Born January 1, 1935 in Osaka, Japan, she was the daughter of the late Jun-ichi Ueda and Funako Shimamura. Her husband, Allen T. Elder, Jr. died November 1, 1969. Mrs. Elder was a retired baker at Morrison's cafeteria....
Dennis Lee Hitchcock
Jul 25, 2014
Dennis Lee Hitchcock, 64, of Salisbury, MD, died Friday, July 25, 2014 at McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield. Born in Mt. Pleasant, PA on May 5, 1950, he was a son of the late Eber H. and Dulcie Wilkinson Hitchcock. He was a pharmacist for Rite Aid in Laurel, DE. He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh, where he was...
