Obituaries
Lester Clyde Twilley, Sr.
Jun 4, 2008
Lester C. Twilley, Sr. of Double Mills died Wednesday, June 4, 2008 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury, MD. Born in Double Mills on January 22, 1926, he was a son of the late W. Clyde Twilley and May B. Twilley. He enlisted in the Navy after high school graduation and served in the Pacific aboard the USS...
Mary Ann Cramer
May 31, 2008
Mary Ann Cramer, 73, of Delmar, MD died Saturday, May 31, 2008 at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore. She was born in Marion Station, MD, a daughter of the late Charles W. and Hilda Tingle Elliott. She was 60 years old when she retired from many years of service at Rubberset Company in Crisfield. She is survived by brothers Charles...
Edwin A. Nelson
May 29, 2008
Edwin A. Nelson, age 89, of Delmar, died Thursday, May 29, 2008 at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital in Seaford. He was born December 5, 1918 in Philadelphia, a son of the late Oscar G. Nelson and Olga (Peltonen) Nelson. Edwin proudly served his country in the US Army Air Force during World War II where he was a Tourret Gunner flying...
Clifford A. Denney
May 28, 2008
Clifford A. Denney, 68, of Woodbine, Maryland died Wednesday, May 28, 2008, at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury, Maryland. Born in Warren, Ohio on July 20, 1939, he was the son of the late Floyd and Irene Denney. Mr. Denney retired from the Maryland State Parks as a State Park Superintendent. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, boating and the...
Helen M. Morris
May 22, 2008
Helen M. Morris, 86, of Delmar passed away Thursday, May 22, 2008 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury, Maryland. Mrs. Morris was born November 20, 1921, in Illinois, the daughter of the late Walter and Ethel Pennington Brimberry. She was a homemaker and a devoted mother, grandmother, and aunt. Helen was a member of St. Stephen's United Methodist...
Alvin S. Culver
May 20, 2008
Alvin Staten Culver, 81, of Frederick, Maryland, and formerly of Delmar, MD, passed away Tuesday, May 20, 2008 in Frederick, Maryland. He was born on October 31, 1926 in Delmar, Maryland, the son of the late Granville Thomas Culver and Mae R. Bailey Culver. Alvin was a 1943 graduate of Delmar, Maryland High School and a graduate of Beacom College...
Bruce O. Brittingham
May 12, 2008
Bruce O. Brittingham, 61, of Delmar, went home to be with his Lord on Monday, May 12, 2008 at the Delaware Hospice Center in Milford. He was born February 13, 1947 in Delmar, a son of the late James Manford Brittingham and Mary Elizabeth (Lewis) Brittingham. Bruce served his country proudly in the U.S. Army. As he entered the Army...
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...
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