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Eleanor Green Ward
Feb 6, 2009
ELEANOR G. WARD, 82, of Crisfield, died Friday, February 6, 2009 at Manokin Manor Rehabilitation and Nursing Home in Princess Anne. Born in Crisfield on June 16, 1926, she was a daughter of the late John H. and Nancy L. Sterling Green. Her husband, Bert A. "Bunk" Ward, Sr., preceded her in death on February 21, 1973. A graduate of...
Constance "Connie" Tawes Outten
Feb 1, 2009
CONSTANCE "CONNIE" TAWES OUTTEN, 75, of Old State Road in Crisfield, died Sunday, February 1, 2009 at Manokin Manor Nursing Home in Princess Anne. Born in Crisfield on November 30, 1933, she was a daughter of the late Travis and Maude Tawes. Her husband, Carl L. Outten, preceded her in death on December 28, 1998. She was a hairdresser, working...
Benson E. Tawes
Jan 31, 2009
BENSON EWING "TUCKER" TAWES, 73, of Crisfield, died Saturday, January 31, 2009 at McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield. Born in Crisfield on March 1, 1935, he was a son of the late Vernon E. and Cecil Clark Tawes. He was a retired carpenter/building contractor who was very well-known for his passion of cabinet making. A United States Air Force veteran,...
Otis W. Townsend, Jr.
Jan 28, 2009
OTIS W. TOWNSEND, JR., 81, of Crisfield, died Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield. Born in Crisfield on November 6, 1927, he was a son of the late Otis W. Townsend, Sr. and Mabel Hurley Townsend. He had been a resident of Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield and Hartley Hall Nursing Home in Pocomoke City. His...
Hilda Rae Seyda
Jan 16, 2009
On Friday, January 16, 2009, HILDA RAE SEYDA, 89, of Marion Station, climbed her highest hill to be welcomed into the arms of her precious Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Born on October 27, 1919 in Crisfield, Maryland, she was a daughter of the late Earley and Elizabeth Thomas Lane. Her ancestry roots went back to the late Joshua Thomas...
Alice Riggin Smith
Jan 11, 2009
Alice Riggin Smith, 86, of Bradenton, FL and formerly of Baltimore and Crisfield, died on Sunday, January 11, 2009 at Blake's Nursing Home in Bradenton. Born in Crisfield she was the daughter of the late Edward "Ned" Riggin and Hazel Nelson Riggin. Her husband, Kenneth Smith, is deceased. Surviving is a daughter, Diane Smith Stone of Bradenton, and a sister,...
John Christopher Wilcox
Jan 8, 2009
John Christopher Wilcox, 59, of Crisfield and formerly of California, died Thursday, January 8, 2009 at his home following a long illness. Cremation followed hs death, and there are no services planned at this time. Arrangements are in the care of Bradshaw & Sons Funeral Home in Crisfield.
Mabel Frances Harris Mastrola
Jan 5, 2009
MABEL FRANCES MASTROLA, 97, of Crisfield, died peacefully Monday, January 5, 2009 at the home of her loving great-niece and caregiver, Melissa Dixon and husband Anthony of Crisfield. Born in Hooper's Island near Cambridge on March 14, 1911, she was a daughter of the late Molar and Manie Morgan Harris. She was a retired hairdresser. She married entertainer Joseph Mastrola...
Roland L. Matthews
Dec 28, 2008
KINGSTON ROLAND L. MATTHEWS, 95, of Kingston, died Sunday, December 28, 2008 at McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield. Born in Kingston, he was a son of the late Charles Foster Matthews and Bessie Frances Nonemaker Matthews. He was the owner of the former Matthews Lumber and Canning Company and was a member of the Crisfield Elks Lodge. He enjoyed horse...
Elsie M. Hammond
Dec 24, 2008
ELSIE M. HAMMOND, 74, of Crisfield, died Wednesday, December 24, 2008 at her home. Born in Baltimore, she was a daughter of the late Carl and Wilhelmina Emmerick Fondelheit. She was a homemaker and a member of the Faith Fellowship Assembly of God. Surviving are her husband of 54 years, Howard K. Hammond, Sr., Crisfield; a son, Howard K. Hammond,...
Irvin D. Mahoney
Dec 18, 2008
IRVIN DONALD MAHONEY, 64, of Crisfield, died Thursday, December 18, 2008 at his home. Born in Baltimore, he was a son of the late Irvin and Bernadette Phelps Mahoney. A truck driver, his last employment was with the Somerset County Sanitary District. He was a US Army veteran serving during the Vietnam Era, and a member of the US Coast...
Mary Elizabeth Landon
Dec 12, 2008
MARY ELIZABETH LANDON, 92, of Crisfield, went to be with the Lord on Friday, December 12, 2008 at McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield. Born in Crisfield on December 28, 1915, she was the daughter of the late Mary Elizabeth (Whittington) Riggin who died during the flu epidemic in 1918, and the late William Paul Riggin. She retired in 1981 from...
Claudia A. Butler
Nov 28, 2008
CLAUDIA A. BUTLER, 65, of Princess Anne, died Friday, November 28, 2008 at her home. Born in Crisfield on November 14, 1943, she was a daughter of the late Claude and Julia Pruitt Crockett. She was a home health care provider and a member of the Crisfield Church of God. She is survived by her husband, Roger Linwood Butler of...
William Gleason "Billy" Adkins, Jr.
Nov 25, 2008
WILLIAM GLEASON "BILLY" ADKINS, Jr., 61, of Westover and formerly of Marion, died Tuesday, November 25, 2008 at his home. Born December 11, 1946 at McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield, the son of the late William Gleason and Sadie Long Adkins, he was raised and lived most of his life in Marion Station. He had been making his home in...
Rose Marie "Sweetsie" Landon
Nov 14, 2008
ROSE MARIE "SWEETSIE" LANDON, 80, of Crisfield, died Friday, November 14, 2008 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Crisfield on January 16, 1928, she was a daughter of the late W. Washington and Agnes Justice Tyler. Her husband of 56 years, Charles Lee Landon, died January 22, 2005. A Crisfield High School Graduate of the class of...
Barbara Ellen Swift
Nov 2, 2008
BARBARA ELLEN SWIFT, 65, of Princess Anne and formerly of Crisfield, died Sunday, November 2, 2008 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Pocomoke City on November 17, 1942, she was a daughter of the late Francis and Mae Northam Powell. She was a homemaker and a graduate of Pocomoke High School's Class of 1960. A devoted wife,...
Edna Lawson Pinto
Oct 30, 2008
EDNA VIRGINIA LAWSON PINTO, 92, of Crisfield, died Thursday, October 30, 2008 at Manokin Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Princess Anne where she had been a resident for the past two years. Born in Crisfield on December 15, 1915, she was the daughter of the late John N. and Daisey Lee Sterling Lawson. Her husband, Charles Bradshaw Pinto died...
Bonnie Parkinson Somers
Oct 28, 2008
BONNIE PARKINSON SOMERS, 57, of Crisfield, died Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. Born in Crisfield on December 28, 1950, she was a daughter of John Thomas Parkinson of Crisfield and the late Gertrude S. Pusey, who died in 2005. She worked at Janes Island State Park in the maintenance/housekeeping department. She also worked...
Bernice Daugherty
Oct 28, 2008
BERNICE DULANEY DAUGHERTY, 103, of Crisfield, died Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at Manokin Manor Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Princess Anne, where she had been a resident for the past seven years. Born in Crisfield on February 16, 1905, she was a daughter of the late Thomas S. and Mary Moore Daugherty. She was the secretary for 25 years of...
Mary Ellen Wells Lewis
Oct 24, 2008
MARY ELLEN WELLS LEWIS, 72, of Salisbury, died Friday, October 24, 2008 at her home. Born in Crisfield on November 13, 1935, she was the daughter of the late Howard B., Sr. and Kathryn Harbaugh Wells. She had been making her home in Salisbury for the past 20 years. A graduate of Crisfield High School, she was a social worker...
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