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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...
Beverly Wilson Goslee
Dec 12, 2009
BEVERLY WILSON GOSLEE, 62, of Sharptown and formerly of Marion Station, died Saturday, December 12, 2009 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury following a courageous battle with breast cancer. Born November 11, 1947 in Laurel, Delaware, she was the daughter of Virginia Darby Wilson of Laurel and the late Harold Wilson. A graduate of Laurel High School Class...
Jeanette Davis
Dec 12, 2009
JEANETTE M. DAVIS, 84, of Crisfield, being in failing health and confined at her home for several years, died peacefully there on Saturday, December 12, 2009. Born October 1, 1925 in Crisfield, she was a daughter of the late Ernest L. and Aleitha Bonneville Sterling. She was a homemaker and a member of the Evangelical Wesleyan Church in Crisfield. She...
Joseph Lester Abbott
Dec 10, 2009
JOSEPH LESTER "JOE" ABBOTT, 65, of Crisfield, died Thursday, December 10, 2009 in Crisfield. Born in Crisfield on June 8, 1944, he was a son of Ellestine Nelson Abbott of Crisfield and the late Frankie W. Abbott. Along with his mother, he is survived by a son, Joseph Lester Abbott, Jr; a daughter, Peggy Jo Abbott; a sister, Wenona "Weenie"...
Robert Linwood Calloway
Nov 29, 2009
Robert Linwood Calloway, 72, of Mardela Springs, died on Sunday, November 29, 2009 at the Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. Born in Upper Darby, PA he was son of the late Frank L. Calloway and Ruth Monica Doyle Calloway. He was a farmer, a member of the Athol Baptist Church and attended Mardela High School. Surviving is a...
Ruth B. Green
Nov 27, 2009
Ruth B. Green, 89, formerly of Kingston, died on Friday, November 27, 2009 at the Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born on Tangier Island, VA she was the daughter of the late Ernest Crockett and Sadie Shores Crockett. Her husband, Mason H. Green, Jr. died on September 26, 1983. She formerly attended the Somerset Free Methodist Church in Crisfield....
Dr. Mikio Kato
Nov 24, 2009
Dr. Mikio Kato, 85, of Crisfield, a retired obstetrician and gynocologist and husband of Emma Crockett Kato, died on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at the Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield. Services are pending at this time. Arrangements are in the care of Bradshaw & Sons Funeral Home.
Della Marie Parks
Nov 24, 2009
DELLA MARIE PARKS, 85, of Tangier Island, VA, died Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at her home. Born on Tangier, she was the daughter of the late Ferman Edward and Ellie Boon Charnock Dise. Her husband, Ernest Elwood Parks, died March 29, 1997. A homemaker, she was a member of Swain Memorial United Methodist Church. She is survived by three sons,...
Martha Marshall Tull
Nov 23, 2009
Martha Marshall Tull, 80, of Crisfield, died on Monday, November 23, 2009 at the McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield. Born on Tylerton, Smith Island July 6, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Charlton Marshall and Ethlyn Laird Marshall. Her husband, Charles E. "Biddie" Tull died October 5, 2003. She was a former Clerk for the City of Crisfield...
Warner Ames Parks, Jr.
Nov 20, 2009
WARNER AMES PARKS, JR., 67, of Rhodes Point, Smith Island, Maryland and formerly of Hampton, Virginia and Tangier, Virginia, went to be with the Lord on Friday, November 20, 2009 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury following a courageous battle with lung cancer. Born August 18, 1942 on Tangier Island, he was a son of the late Warner...
P. David Demauro
Nov 18, 2009
P. DAVID DeMAURO, 61, a resident of Crisfield for the past 23 years, died Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at his home. Born in Princeton, New Jersey on September 27, 1948, he was a son of Edith Griffis DeMauro of Crisfield and the late Peter A. DeMauro who died in 1989. He was a 1966 graduate of Hun School Prep in...
Stella V. Bruce
Nov 11, 2009
STELLA VIRGINIA BRUCE, 91, of Tylerton, Smith Island, Maryland, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, November 11, 2009, at the McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield, Maryland. Born June 15, 1918 on Johntown, Smith Island, her family later moved to Tylerton where Stella lived the majority of her life. She was a faithful and active member of Union...
Irene P. Tyler
Nov 10, 2009
IRENE P. TYLER, 91, of Crisfield, died Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. A daughter of the late Ewell H. and Lula Young Parks, she was born June 25, 1918, the last baby born on Holland's Island. Shortly after, when Holland's Island was evacuated due to erosion, her family moved to Cambridge where she...
Jesse W. Brittingham
Oct 31, 2009
JESSE WESLEY BRITTINGHAM, 53, of Marion Station, died Saturday, October 31, 2009 at McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield. Born in Crisfield, Maryland on December 20, 1955, he was the son of Wellington J. "Pal" Brittingham of Marion Station and the late Nina B. Cullen Brittingham who died in 2000. He was a master carpenter and general contractor who built many...
Joy Fay Gilson
Oct 29, 2009
JOY FAY GILSON, 57, of Crisfield and formerly of Frederick, died Thursday, October 29, 2009 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Crisfield on August 12, 1952, she was a daughter of Myrtle Culbertson Harris of Crisfield and the late Melvin Harris, Sr. A graduate of Crisfield High School class of 1970, she was a homemaker and a...
Margaret A. Endlich
Oct 25, 2009
MARGARET BRIDDELLE ENDLICH, 88, of Westover, died Sunday, October 25, 2009 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Marumsco on September 14, 1921, she was a daughter of the late Edward Harrison Maddox and Maude Emerson Parks Maddox. Her husband, Karl H. Endlich, died May 25, 1997. Her first husband, Milton O. Briddelle, Sr. is also deceased. A...
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