Obituaries
George W. Sparrow, Jr.
May 3, 2008
George W. Sparrow, Jr., 84, passed away on Saturday, May 3, 2008 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Delmar on April 7, 1924, he was a son of the late George W. and Lucy Sparrow. George attended Delmar High School until the 11th grade, and then graduated from Randolph-Macon Military Academy in Front Royal, VA. He proudly...
Doris E. Downes
May 2, 2008
Doris E. Downes, 75, of Delmar, died Friday, May 2, 2008 at her home in Delmar, surrounded by her loving family. She was born October 11, 1932 in Laurel, a daughter of the late Norman and Margie Jane (Wilkerson) Wingate. Doris graduated from Laurel High School in the Class of 1950 and was an active member of the Laurel Alumni...
Carroll V. Smith
May 1, 2008
Carroll V. Smith, 83, passed away on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Delmar on February 24, 1925, he was a son of the late Charles V. and Lillie Cordrey Smith. Carroll was a Navy Veteran, serving on the U.S.S. Haas Destroyer during World War II. He later went to work for the...
Royce William Layfield
Apr 25, 2008
Royce William Layfield, 50, of Delmar died Friday, April 25, 2008 at Christiana Hospital. He was born June 17, 1957 the son of Mardella Lawrence and the late Richard Lee Layfield. Besides his mother, he is survived by his step father, Norvel "Lee" Lawrence of Mardela Springs, MD; his wife, Christine Layfield of Parsonsburg; two sons, by previous marriages, Brannon...
William "Bill" L. Blades
Apr 19, 2008
William "Bill" L. Blades, age 78, of Seaford, passed Saturday, April 19, 2008 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. He was born June 24, 1929 in Atlanta, Delaware, the son of the late Willis and Nellie Sammons Blades. Bill worked for the Easton Police Department before spending most of his life as an agriculture inspector for various companies,...
Robert Kenneth Sherman
Apr 18, 2008
Robert Kenneth Sherman, age 70 of Delmar, died Friday, April 18, 2008 at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital in Seaford. He was born in Reading, PA, a son of the late Earl Wilson Sherman and Agnes Kiem Sherman. After graduating from business school, he served in the U.S. Navy. Bob worked in supervising positions most of his life for various maintenance and...
Sophia P. Eckert
Apr 17, 2008
Sophia P. (Kowalczyk) Eckert, age 80, of Hebron, formerly of Baltimore, died Thursday, April 17, 2008 at her home in Hebron. She was born March 17, 1928 in Baltimore, a daughter of the late John and Catherine (Hulak) Kowalczyk. Mrs. Eckert worked for a number of years as a seamstress at a garment company in Baltimore before deciding to stay...
Marjorie Joan Lofgren
Apr 6, 2008
Marjorie Joan Lofgren, 83, of Delmar, died Sunday, April 6, 2008, at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. She was born October 9, 1924 in Tenterden, England, a daughter of the late Richard and Minnie Milton. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Godfrey Lofgren, who passed July 29, 2007. Marjorie was a British war bride from World...
Doris Evelyn Grunsten Wingate
Apr 4, 2008
Doris Evelyn Grunsten Wingate, age 88, of Newark, DE and formerly of Delmar, DE and Slidell, LA passed away Friday, April 4, at home surrounded by family and friends. Doris was born on July 14, 1919 in Berlin, Maryland, the daughter of the late Charles and Anna Grunsten. She attended schools in Berlin before the family moved to Port Orange,...
Lisa Marie Adkins
Mar 31, 2008
Lisa Marie Adkins, 41, of Delmar died Monday, March 31, 2008, at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Salisbury, Maryland on June 28, 1966, she was a daughter of the late John Jewell and Janet Carol Hastings of Delmar. She is survived by three brothers, William Hastings of Newark, DE, Robert Hastings and Jeff White both of Delmar;...
Mae Dickerson Oliphant
Mar 30, 2008
Mae Dickerson Oliphant, 89, passed away at her home on Sunday, March 30, 2008. Born in Laurel on May 1, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Herman and Ethel Dickerson. She was a long-time member of All Saints Episcopal Church in Delmar, having served as the E.C.W. treasurer for almost 50 years. She was also a member of...
Paul H. Johnson
Mar 21, 2008
Paul H. Johnson, age 68, of Laurel, died Friday, March 21, 2008 at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital in Seaford. He was born April 23, 1939 in Decatur, Illinois, a son of the late James Patrick Johnson and Charlotte Bowman Johnson. Paul worked most of his life as a bartender, which was well suited for him since he enjoyed talking to people....
Dorothy T. "Dot" Matsatsos
Mar 17, 2008
Dorothy T. "Dot" Matsatsos, age 67, of Parsonsburg, died Monday, March 17, 2008 at her sister's home in Felton. She was born in Farmville, VA, a daughter of the late Walter Alvin Turner, Sr and Edith Branch Turner. Dot worked as a seamstress at the S & S Shirt Factory in Salisbury for over 20 years, before owning her own...
Mary Bounds Pilchard
Mar 13, 2008
Mary Bounds Pilchard, age 99, of Snow Hill, MD, died Thursday, March 13, 2008 at Hartley Hall Nursing Home in Pocomoke City. She was born on January 16, 1909, a daughter of the late William and Ella Bounds. Her husband, James Pilchard, preceded her in death in 1963. Mary was a graduate of Snow Hill High School where she was...
Hilbert Troy Morris
Mar 10, 2008
Salisbury – Hilbert Troy Morris, 45, of Salisbury, passed away on Monday, March 10, 2008, at his home. Born in Maryland, he was the son of the late David Jason Morris, Sr. and Peggy Jean Taylor. Hilbert was a mechanic at Johnson's OK Used Cars in Delmar. Hilbert was a master mind at many trades. He loved the outdoors, including...
Paul James Lewis
Mar 1, 2008
Paul James Lewis, age 80, of Millsboro, Delaware died Saturday, March 1, 2008 at Kent General Hospital in Dover. He was born April 8, 1927, in Ocean View, Delaware, a son of the late John Harrison Lewis and Ida Mae Hancock Lewis. Mr. Lewis worked as a security guard in Rehoboth Beach and Millsboro, Delaware. He is survived by a...
Samuel M. Mills
Feb 25, 2008
Samuel M. Mills, age 94, of Delmar, died Monday, February 25, 2008 at Sarah Margaret's and Mollie's Place in Salisbury. He was born October 27, 1913 in Delmar, Delaware, the son of the late George S. Mills and Lulu M. Bailey Mills. After high school, Sam gradated from University of Maryland, College Park, where he got a degree in chemistry...
Hattie Mae Moore
Feb 22, 2008
Hattie Mae Moore, age 101, of Delmar, went peacefully to be with her Lord on Friday, February 22, 2008. She was born July 20, 1906 in Wilmington, Delaware, a daughter of the late Suel and Minnie (O'Neal) Smith. She was a homemaker and worked many years vaccinating chickens with Richard Figgs. She was a lifetime, active member of St. Stephen's...
Gerald F. Holloway
Feb 20, 2008
Gerald F. Holloway, 78, of Snow Hill, died Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin. He was born on February 25, 1929 in Salisbury, a son of the late Earl Franklin Holloway and Agnes (Mariner) Holloway. After graduating from Snow Hill High School with the Class of '46, Gerald went to work on the family farm as...
G. Richard Moore
Feb 18, 2008
G. Richard Moore, age 79, of Woodbridge, Virginia, passed away Monday, February 18, 2008, at Potomac Hospital in Woodbridge, Virginia. He was born February 8, 1929 in Wilmington, Delaware, a son of Hattie Moore of Delmar and the late Francis Moore. Richard retired from the Sheet Metal Workers Local 100. He was an avid sports fan who enjoyed watching the...
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