Vernon D. Stewart
Jan 12, 2012
Vernon D. Stewart, 76, years of Eden, Maryland died Thursday January 12, 2012 in Coastal Hospice at the Lake, Salisbury, MD. Mr. Stewart was born in Philadelphia, raised in Gibbstown and moved to Maryland over 25 years ago with his late wife, Shirley Stewart. He retired from DuPont Chambers Works, Deepwater. Mr. Stewart liked cars, and Studebakers where his favorite....
Richard O. "Dick" Seidenspinner
Jan 5, 2012
RICHARD O. 'DICK' SEIDENSPINNER, 80, of Marion Station, died Thursday, January 5, 2012 at his home. Born in Washington, DC on September 30, 1931, he was the son of the late Fred and Jane Osman Seidenspinner. His wife, Myra A. Randall, died January 15, 2003. He had been a resident of Marion since 1993. A US Army veteran, he was...
Ellen Lorna Olsson Reed
Jan 3, 2012
Ellen Lorna Olsson Reed, 90, of Crisfield, MD died Tuesday, January 3, 2011 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. She was born in Melbourne, Australia, daughter of the late Herbert Olaf Olsson and Elizabeth Marion Olsson. Preceding and during WWII, Ellen worked as secretary to the director of the Wool Brokers of Australia. In 1946, Jackson R. Reed...
Mildred Palk
Dec 31, 2011
PALK, Mildred Marie (nee Stenson) died suddenly on 31 December at the age of 95. She is survived by her son William and his wife Veronica of Annapolis; her niece Margaret Haase and her husband Joseph of Marion, Maryland; her nephew James D. Briggs, Jr. and his wife Amy of Arkansas; two grandsons--Thomas Short of Michigan and Jonathan Short of...
Patty J. Black
Dec 18, 2011
Patty J. Black, 64, of Crisfield, died Sunday, December 18, 2011 at Tawes Nursing Home. Born in Houston, Mississippi, she was the daughter of Elmer James Black of Crisfield and the late Sue Jean Martin Black who died in 2005. She worked at Mrs. Paul's Kitchen in Crisfield until their closing, then worked at Handy's in Crisfield for 18 years...
Capt. Carmine C. Coiro
Dec 15, 2011
CAPT. CARMINE C. COIRO, 72, of Westover for the past 30 years, died Thursday, December 15, 2011 at his home. Born in Bronx, New York, he was a son of the late Carmine Charles and Helen B. Good Coiro. He was a retired waterman, charter boat captain, and boat builder. He was a US Navy veteran and a member of...
Willard E. "Sonny" Landon, Jr.
Nov 30, 2011
WILLARD E. "SONNY" LANDON, JR., 81, died Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at his home. Born in Crisfield on July 31, 1930, he was a son of the late Willard and Alva Wilson Landon. He worked 20 years at Rubberset Corporation in Crisfield retiring in 1992. A member of Mariners United Methodist Church, he loved children, going to Gordon's, gardening, and...
Roland W. Pruitt
Nov 26, 2011
ROLAND W. PRUITT, 77, of Tangier Island, passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 26, 2011 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. Born on Tangier Island on August 9, 1934, he was a son of the late John I. and Dollie Angle Pruitt. A retired waterman, he graduated as Valedictorian of Tangier Combined School class of 1952. He was...
Robert P. "Bobby" Hinman
Nov 26, 2011
CRISFIELD Robert P. "Bobby" Hinman, 79, of Crisfield, passed away on Saturday, November 26, 2011 at his home. Born November 29, 1931 in Crisfield he was the son of the late Preston Hinman and Emma Trader Hinman. He had a proud work record working 20 years each for the former Carvel Hall Cutlery and the Rubberset Co. (now Sherwin-Williams), both...
Laura Frances Sterling
Nov 21, 2011
Laura Frances Sterling, 83, of Crisfield, died Monday, November 21, 2011 at McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield. Born in Oyster, Virginia on July 3, 1928, she was a daughter of the late Jess Henry and Laura Elizabeth Parks Davis. Her husband of 61 years, Linwood B. "Possum" Sterling, Sr. died September 25, 2009. A homemaker, she looked forward to Saturday's...
Mary Jane Wilson Catlin
Nov 11, 2011
MARY JANE CATLIN, 84, of Lewes and formerly of Laurel, MD and Crisfield, MD, died Friday, November 11, 2011 at her home. Born in Crisfield, she was the daughter of the late Linwood and Elsie Wilson. A graduate of Crisfield High School, she traveled extensively with her husband during his service in the Army for 31 years. She was a...
Josephine A. Stoy Griffith
Nov 1, 2011
JOSEPHINE A. STOY GRIFFITH, 92, of Snow Hill and formerly of Crisfield and Pennsauken, New Jersey, died Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at Snow Hill Nursing & Rehabilitation. Born in Philadelphia on June 21, 1919, she was the daughter of the late John William and Hannah Kershaw Stoy. A homemaker, Mrs. Griffith was a very active member of Martin Luther Chapel...
R. Walton "Walt" Thomas
Oct 28, 2011
R. Walton "Walt" Thomas, 89, of Crisfield, died Friday, October 28, 2011 at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. He was a son of the late James Edward and Timley Ann Kirkland Thomas. His wife, Ida Marie Christy Thomas died September 16, 1980. He was a carpenter and a faithful member of the Crisfield Church of God since 1932...
Dolly Rae Hoffman
Oct 23, 2011
DOLLY RAE HOFFMAN, 90, of Crisfield and formerly of New Jersey, died Sunday, October 23, 2011 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield. Born in Crisfield on January 20, 1921, she was a daughter of the late George William and Lyda Geneva Hoffman. A retired secretary, she was a graduate of Battin High School for Girls in 1939 and...
Attie Price
Oct 16, 2011
ATTIE NEWBY CHAPPELL PRICE, 96, of Crisfield and formerly of Belvidere, NC, passed away Sunday, October 16, 2011 at McCready Memorial Hospital. Born in Hertford, NC on September 19, 1915, she was a daughter of the late Edward L. and Mary E. Lane Chappell. Her husband, Delphin Delmas Price, died in 1987. She had been making her home here since...
Charlene Kelley
Oct 15, 2011
PEGGY "CHARLENE" KELLEY, 70, of Crisfield, died Saturday, October 15, 2011 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center. Born in Crisfield on September 9, 1941, she was a daughter of Emma Horner Daugherty of Crisfield and the late Charles Luther Daugherty who died in 1972. She worked at the former Cable TV office in Crisfield and later worked as secretary of the...
Doris Jeanette Clark Stevenson
Oct 13, 2011
Doris Jeanette Clark Stevenson, 89, died Thursday, October 13, 2011 at Friendship Gardens in Berlin. A lifelong resident of Worcester County, she was born in Taylorville on February 21, 1922 and was the last survivor of Charles Henry Clark, 1866-1946, and Annie Thomas Layton Clark, 1879-1950; the youngest of their 11 children. Her siblings were Ella M. Clark, Elizabeth C....
John Clinton Byrd
Oct 12, 2011
JOHN CLINTON BYRD, 82, of Crisfield, died Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at his home. Born in Crisfield November 9, 1928, he was a son of the late Merrill Byrd, Sr. and Ella Marie Hartman Byrd. He joined the US Army in 1951, and was discharged in 1966 with the rank of Sgt. Major. He continued his employment with the US...
Lisa E. Gerald
Oct 10, 2011
LISA E. GERALD, 53, of Marion Station, died Monday, October 10, 2011 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Menden Hall, Pennsylvania on January 29, 1958, she was a daughter of Eleanor Guest Smith of Honey Brook, Pennsylvania and the late Lewis B. Smith. She had been making her home in Maryland since 1974. She was currently a...
David O. Bishop
Oct 4, 2011
David Olan Bishop, 48, died surrounded by his family and friends at home on October 4, 2011. He was born in Crisfield, MD to Doreen M. and the late Charles Bishop. David was a member of Genesis Ministry and worked as the Fleet Shop Manager for Sysco Hampton Roads. David was the perfect example of a man who put God...
