Obituaries
Margaret "Peggy" E. Cash
Jun 26, 2009
Margaret "Peggy" E. Cash, 81, of Snow Hill died Friday, June 26, 2009 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. She was born in Snow Hill on April 8, 1928, a daughter of the late Edward and Lola (Oxenford) Adkins. Peggy worked for the Worcester County Board of Education in the food service department, retiring in 1993. She was...
Harry Edwin Musser
Jun 26, 2009
Sharptown- Harry Edwin Musser, 78, passed away Friday, June 26, 2009 at his home in Sharptown. He was born on October 7, 1930 in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, a son of the late Arthur and Margaret Musser. A special part of Harry's childhood was spent participating in the Boy Scouts, where he later went on to be a Ranger Scout. Early in...
Sarah L. Pleasanton
Jun 24, 2009
Sarah L. Pleasanton, 75, of Delmar, died Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at her home in Delmar. She was born on October 24, 1933, in Frederica, Delaware, one of four children of the late Archibald Lank, Sr. and Priscilla (George) Lank. Sarah enjoyed her work in Salisbury at various greeting card stores, such as Card & News, Cardmart, Whimz and most...
Alice Faye Fisher
Jun 24, 2009
Alice Faye Fisher, 69, of Hurlock, died Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. She was born in Eldorado, Maryland on January 30, 1940, a daughter of the late Earl W. and Pauline Milligan Cole. She loved her work as executive secretary to the Director of Nursing at Eastern Shore Hospital Center in Cambridge, a...
William G. Hollinger
Jun 19, 2009
William "Bill" G. Hollinger, 72, of Laurel, formerly of Quinby, VA, died Friday, June 19, 2009 at his home in Laurel, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Hanover, Pennsylvania, a son of the late John and Gertrude (Hoffman) Hollinger. Bill attended Penn State University before joining the US Army, where he served in the Korean War. He...
James "Scotty" Travers
Jun 19, 2009
James "Scotty" Travers, 58, of Delmar and formerly of Princess Anne, passed away on Friday, June 19, 2009 at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital in Seaford, Delaware. He was born in Salisbury on March 30, 1951, the son of the late Edith and Scott Travers. Jimmy was a 1969 graduate of Washington High School in Princess Anne. He retired after 32 years...
Samuel L. Young, Sr.
Jun 18, 2009
Samuel "Sam" L. Young, Sr., 79, of Seaford, died Thursday, June 18, 2009 at Delaware Hospice Center in Milford. He was born in Virginia on December 31, 1929, a son of the late Levin Young and Beaulah (Wheatley) Meyers. Sam served his country in the US Army during the Korean War. Always a hard worker, he enjoyed his work as...
Barbara A. Shores Jones
Jun 13, 2009
Barbara A. Shores Jones of Mardela Springs,born April 25, 1933 went home to meet her Savior and reunite with her beloved husband on Saturday, June 13, 2009. Born in Salisbury, she was a daughter of the late William Sigsbee and Sadie Frances Downes Shores, and devoted wife to the late Leonard "Bip" Jones. She was co-founder of Faith Pentecostal Mission...
Eleanor J. Rice
Jun 13, 2009
Eleanor J. Rice, 84, of Delmar, and formerly of Dublin, PA, died Saturday, June 13, 2009 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. She was born September 27, 1924 in Doylestown, PA, a daughter of the late Samuel W. and Florence Clime. She worked at Pine Run Retirement Community for many years as a companion to the elderly. She volunteered...
Charles M. Truitt
Jun 13, 2009
Charles M. Truitt, 91, of a lifelong resident of Delmar, died Saturday, June 13, 2009 at Delmar Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was born December 30, 1917 in Delmar, a son of the late Larry and Lovey (Foskey) Truitt. Following graduation from high school, Charles proudly served his country in the US Army during WWII where he was wounded in...
D. Randall Sprenkle
Jun 12, 2009
D. Randall Sprenkle, 94, of Milton, formerly of Delmar, died Friday, June 12, 2009 at Renaissance Health Care of Millsboro. He was born August 10, 1914 in Oxford, Pennsylvania, a son of the late John Franklin Sprenkle and Kathryn (Thorn) Sprenkle. In 1979 Randall retired from James Julian, Inc as a Crain Operator, a job he loved for 31 years....
Marcus Vess Carver
May 30, 2009
Marcus Vess Carver, 78, of Pittsville, Maryland, passed away Saturday, May 30, 2009 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. A visitation will be held on Friday, June 5, 2009 at the Short Funeral Home from 9:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. A funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. followed by military honors at the Eastern Shore Veterans Cemetery...
William Ray Wiskman
May 22, 2009
William R. Wiskman, 77, a resident of Salisbury, MD, died Friday, May 22, 2009 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. Mr. Wiskman was born in Indiana and retired as a Lieutenant for the Department of Defense and as a Special Police Officer for Gibson Island. He is survived by his wife, Ellen and four children from a previous...
Robert "Bobby" Mitchell
May 22, 2009
Robert "Bobby" Lee Mitchell, 86, of Salisbury, died Friday, May 22, 2009, at his home in Salisbury, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Salisbury, a son of the late Willie and Mary (Pryor) Mitchell. Bobby farmed most of his life. He was a people person who made many friends while running the family produce stand at his...
Elston Gerald Hovatter, Sr.
May 20, 2009
Elston "Hovie" Gerald Hovatter, Sr., 89, of Hebron, passed away at his home on Wednesday, May 20, 2009. He was born on September 22, 1919 in Rowlesburg, West Virginia to the late Charles E. and Ella Agnes Burns Hovatter. Mr. Hovatter graduated from Delmar High School in 1938 before proudly serving his country in the U.S. Army during World War...
Alvin Theodore "Ted" Hoffman
May 19, 2009
Alvin "Ted" Theodore Hoffman, 89, of Salisbury, formerly of Delmar, died Tuesday, May 19, 2009, at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama, February 8, 1920, a son of the late Harry J. and Hazel V. Hoffman. He graduated from Delmar High with the Class of 1936. Ted proudly fought for his country as a...
Norman (Peanut) G. Sullivan
May 17, 2009
Norman (Peanut) G. Sullivan, 85, of Delmar, passed away Sunday, May 17, 2009 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. He was born in Delmar, a son of the late Ernest and Katie Sullivan. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Army 88th Infantry Division during World War II. He retired in 1982 after over 40 years of service...
Agnes C. Robinson
May 12, 2009
Agnes C. Robinson, 81, of Delmar, formerly of Laurel, died peacefully at her home in Delmar on Tuesday, May 12, 2009. She was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, a daughter of the late Matthew and Emma (Draeger) Jaeckels. Agnes worked various jobs in her lifetime, but none was as important to her as raising her family. Since the early 1950's she...
Norman E. Layfield
May 8, 2009
Norman E. Layfield, 90, of Laurel, died Friday, May 8, 2009 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. He was born on September 4, 1918 in Delmar, Delaware to the late William H. and Bertie Hastings Layfield. Mr. Layfield worked for many years at E.I. Dupont Company in Seaford, before his retirement in 1970. He was a handyman, who...
John M. Disharoon
May 6, 2009
John Milton Disharoon, a devoted father, grandfather and friend, passed away Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at his residence at the Methodist Manor House in Seaford, Delaware, after a short illness. He was born December 9, 1921 in Laurel, Delaware, a son of the late Finnie Wilson Disharoon and Blanche Melvin Disharoon. His devoted wife of more than sixty years, Dorothy...
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