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Gerald T. Tyler
Mar 2, 2010
Gerald T. Tyler, 77, of Crisfield, died on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at the Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield. Born on Tylerton, Smith Island April 22, 1932, he was the son of the late Thomas Tyler and Nola Tyler. He retired as a tug boat Captain after 34 years. He was a member of the Union United Methodist...
Olivia Ruth Marsh Harris
Feb 28, 2010
OLIVIA RUTH MARSH HARRIS, 75, of Reedville, VA, died Sunday, February 28, 2010 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, Maryland. Born May 3, 1934 on Rhodes Point, Smith Island, she was a daughter of the late William C. and Clara Jane Sneade Marsh. She had been a resident of Reedville for the past 29 years. She was a homemaker...
Arnold C. Taylor
Feb 27, 2010
Arnold Clifford "Hillbilly" Taylor, 63, a resident of Crisfield since 1969, died on Saturday, February 27, 2010 at his home. Born in Quick, West Virginia on April 3, 1946, he was the son of the late Vesta Ellen Taylor Mullins. He worked 20 years for the former Mrs. Paul's Kitchens in Crisfield and retired when they closed. He was a...
Raineyl V. Coiro
Feb 22, 2010
RAINEYL V. COIRO, 63, of Westover, MD, went to be with our "Father" on Monday, February 22, 2010 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. She was born in New Brunswick, NJ, the daughter of the late Randall and Augustine St. Claire. She attended high school at Girls High School in Philadelphia, PA. She received her undergrad in English from...
Mary Katherine "Kitty" Dyson
Feb 13, 2010
MARY KATHERINE "KITTY" DYSON, 89, of Shelltown, died Saturday, February 13, 2010 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. She was born on Smith Island on August 20, 1920, a daughter of the late Willie and Mary Katherine Parks Evans. Her husband, Earl A. Dyson, Sr., preceded her in death in 1984. She was a member of St. Elizabeth's...
Walter J. Collins
Feb 11, 2010
Walter J. Collins, 87, of Crisfield and formerly of Millsboro, died on Thursday, February 11, 2010 at the Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Salisbury, he was the son of the late George Oliver Collins and Elizabeth "Mamie" Parker Collins. His wife, Dorothy Anne "Dot" Sauerhoff Collins died November 21, 2002. He worked for Delmarva Power for 36...
Anne Somers Baumeister
Feb 10, 2010
ANNE E. BAUMEISTER, 81, of Monroeville, PA and formerly of Crisfield, died Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at Forbes Regional Hospital in Monroeville. Born in Crisfield, MD on December 6, 1928, she was a daughter of the late Allan and Katie Nelson Somers. A homemaker, she loved spending time with her family. She enjoyed playing BINGO, and board games with her...
Henry H. Wilson, Sr.
Feb 8, 2010
HENRY H. WILSON, SR., 52, of Crisfield, died Monday, February 8, 2010 at McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield. He was born in Milford, Delaware, and had been a resident of Crisfield for the past five years. He was a property manager for a retail company in Ocean City. A member of Asbury United Methodist Church in Crisfield, he loved fishing,...
Hilda Elizabeth Tyler
Feb 7, 2010
HILDA ELIZABETH TYLER, 99, of Rhodes Point, Smith Island, died Sunday, February 7, 2010 at Manokin Manor Nursing Home in Princess Anne. Born on Rhodes Point on May 3, 1910, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Mary Amanda Hoffman Bradshaw. Her husband, J. Clinton Tyler, preceded her in death October 12, 1987. She was a homemaker and...
Marvin B. Bundick
Feb 4, 2010
MARVIN B. BUNDICK, 85, of Crisfield, died Thursday, February 4, 2010 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury following a sudden illness. Born in Crisfield on March 24, 1924, he was a son of the late Severn Stacious and Beatrice Taylor Bundick. He was retired from the US Navy, serving in World War II, the Korean War, and Vietnam over...
Mary Hoover
Jan 22, 2010
Mary C. Hoover, 84, of Hearts Ease near Crisfield and formerly of Pasadena, MD and Marathon, FL, died on Friday, January 22, 2010 at the Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield. Born in Lynchburg, VA on August 15, 1925 she was the daughter of the late Joseph Alexander Caldwell and Nannie L. Cheatam Caldwell. A graduate of the Johns...
Levon Bargeron
Jan 16, 2010
LEVON D. BARGERON, 78, of Crisfield, died Saturday, January 16, 2010, at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. Born March 10, 1931 in Kentucky, she was the daughter of the late Hayes R. and Opal Niece Davis. She moved with her family to Havre de Grace, Maryland, where she was raised and graduated high school. After marriage, her and...
Orrie Lee Mccready
Jan 9, 2010
ORRIE LEE McCREADY, 78 of Crisfield, died Saturday, January 9, 2010 at Manokin Manor Nursing Home in Princess Anne where he had been a resident for the past 12 years. Born in Crisfield on January 6, 1932 he was the son of the late William and Harriet McCready. His wife, Cora L. McCready, preceded him in death on June 17,...
Martha B. Wilson
Jan 6, 2010
MARTHA B. WILSON, 83, of Marion Station, died Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at her home. Born in Calhoun City, Mississippi on October 27, 1926, she was a daughter of the late Nolan R. and Gladys Wilkerson Bardwell. During World War II, she worked in shipyards in Charleston, South Carolina and, later, Fairchild Aircraft in Washington, DC and Hagerstown doing time...
Henry Austin Charnock
Jan 5, 2010
Henry Austin Charnock, 92, formerly of Baltimore, Md. and Tangier, Va., died on Sunday, November 15, 2009, at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born March 27, 1917 on Tangier Island, he was a son of the late Willie Cornelius Charnock and Ruth Ann Thomas Charnock. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Virginia Charnock; his infant daughter;...
Andre M. Blades
Jan 5, 2010
ANDRE MARSHALL BLADES, 54, of Fruitland, died Tuesday, January 5, 2010 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Crisfield on May 20, 1955, he was the son of Jean Marshall Blades of Crisfield and the late Thomas C. "Titter" Blades, Jr., who died in 1990. Andre grew up and attended school in Crisfield, and following his family's move...
Elva M. Parks
Dec 28, 2009
ELVA M. PARKS, 92, of Crisfield, died Monday, December 28, 2009 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield. Born December 5, 1917 in Crisfield, she was a daughter of the late Elmer A. and Sadie Switzer Matthews. Her husband, Merrill Parks, preceded her in death. She was a seamstress, working at the former Crisfield Cap Factory. She also worked...
Arthur L. Howard
Dec 28, 2009
ARTHUR LEE HOWARD, 84, of Marion Station, died Monday, December 28, 2009 at McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield following a brief battle with lymphoma. Born December 20, 1925 in Rehobeth, Maryland, he was a son of the late Asbury and Cecil Henderson Howard. A graduate of Marion High School class of 1943, he was a life-long farmer and retired school...
Louise Coiro
Dec 23, 2009
Louise R. Coiro, 69, of Crisfield, died on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at the Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield. Born in Brooklyn, NY she was the daughter of the late Joseph DeCrescenzo and Mary Figueras DeCrescenzo. She was a retired nurse. Surviving is a step-son, Charles Coiro of Marion Station; brothers, Joseph DeCrescenzo of Florida, and Jeffrey DeCrescenzo...
Percy Williams
Dec 22, 2009
PERCY B. WILLIAMS, 97, of Crisfield, and formerly of Lakewood, Colorado, died Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at his home. Born in White Haven, Pennsylvania on August 15, 1912, he was a son of the late Fred and Kate Behling Williams. A retired engineer, he was a 1933 graduate of Penn State School of Engineering and also served in the US...
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