Obituaries

Judith A. Walker

Judith A. Walker

Dec 15, 2021

Judith "Judie" A. Walker, 80, of Delmar, passed away Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at her home. She was born September 11, 1941, in Crisfield, a daughter of the late James and Nobia Mills. In her younger years Judie worked as a waitress at Johnny & Sammy's in Salisbury, a job she loved for 18 years. She truly enjoyed serving people...

William Paul Sando Sr.

William Paul Sando Sr.

Dec 14, 2021

William P Sando Sr., 77, of Salisbury, passed away after a short illness on Tuesday, December 14, 2021. He was born on June 25, 1944, the son of the late Paul Edwin and Helen (Jones) Sando. William spent his youth exploring the Chesapeake Bay with his small Chris-Craft boat. He enjoyed the serenity that boating on the water provided. He...

James E. Fisher

James E. Fisher

Dec 10, 2021

James Edward Fisher, "Little Jay," 40, of Delmar, passed away suddenly at his home on Friday, December 10, 2021. He was born April 19, 1981, in Salisbury. Little Jay has loved trucks since he was a little boy and in his early adulthood started driving for his dad as an over-the-road truck driver. He was a talented painter and spent...

Donald A. Morris

Donald A. Morris

Dec 9, 2021

Donald A. Morris, 81, of Delmar, passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 9, 2021 at his home, surrounded by his loving family. He was born November 24, 1940 in Canandaigua, New York, the son of the late William and Rose Hamfeldt. Donald moved to Delmar during his junior high school years and graduated from Delmar High School with the class...

Margery E. Wagner Wilson

Margery E. Wagner Wilson

Dec 9, 2021

Margery "Marge" Wilson of Mardela Springs, Maryland passed away on Thursday, December 9, 2021 at Wicomico Nursing Home in Salisbury, Maryland. She was born on March 2, 1930 in Mardela Springs, a daughter of the late John Charles and Rhiney Mae Ryan Wagner. Marge was the youngest of six brothers and three sisters. When each of them passed, after coming...

Doris J. Scruggs

Doris J. Scruggs

Dec 8, 2021

Doris J. Scruggs, 93, of Delmar passed away on Wednesday, December 8, 2021, at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional in Salisbury, Maryland, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on February 12, 1928, in Delmar, a daughter of the late Carl and Myrtle Wilkins. Mrs. Scruggs began her career at the Dupont Company in Seaford before going to work at Delmar...

Kathryn Ellen O'Dea

Kathryn Ellen O'Dea

Dec 7, 2021

Kathryn Ellen O'Dea, 75, of Hebron, passed away on Tuesday, December 7, 2021, at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. She was born in Connecticut on August 20, 1946, a daughter of the late Frank and Ethel Davis. She graduated from Quinnipiac University, which is where she met the father of her children, Thomas O'Dea. In her earlier years,...

Anthony P. Trigila

Anthony P. Trigila

Nov 30, 2021

Anthony "Tony" Phillip Triglia, 72, of Delmar, passed away on Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional in Salisbury. He was born October 24, 1949 in Salisbury, a son of the late Joseph S. Triglia, Sr. and Mary Antoinette Bellomo Triglia. Tony graduated from Delmar High school with the class of 1968. He furthered his education at Del Tech...

Joann Mariner Lynch

Joann Mariner Lynch

Nov 29, 2021

JoAnn Mariner Lynch, 78, of Delmar passed away on Monday, November 29, 2021 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on February 13, 1943 in Salisbury, the daughter of the late Randolph and Viola Ann (Jones) Mariner. JoAnn graduated from Delmar High School with the class of 1961 and was a...

Shirley F. Bowden

Shirley F. Bowden

Nov 27, 2021

Shirley F. Bowden, 86, of Delmar, passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 27, 2021, at her home. She was born August 3, 1935, in Seaford, a daughter of the late Francis and Hattie Mae (Smith) Moore. In her youth, Shirley attended Delmar schools. While raising a family she enrolled in nursing school in Georgetown and enjoyed a career of over...

Sonja L. Mcclurkin

Sonja L. Mcclurkin

Nov 22, 2021

Sonja L. McClurkin, 83, of Seaford, passed away peacefully on Monday, November 22, 2021, at TidalHealth Nanticoke Hospital in Seaford. Sonja was born January 22, 1938, in Falls Church, Virginia, a daughter of the late James Don Carroll and Marie James Candle Carroll. She graduated from Oak Ridge High School in Tennessee. She always enjoyed working with numbers which led...

Shirley Ann Prettyman

Shirley Ann Prettyman

Nov 21, 2021

Shirley Ann Prettyman was born September 29, 1940, in Laurel, DE to Leon Larry and Lola May Hastings, and was the youngest of four children. She graduated from Laurel Senior High School in 1958. She and her late husband of nearly 43 years, Freddie Allen Prettyman, were poultry farmers in Laurel. She was an avid reader who passed along her...

Thomas J. O'Dea Jr.

Thomas J. O'Dea Jr.

Nov 17, 2021

Thomas J. O'Dea, Jr., 75, of Delmar, passed away on Wednesday, November 17, 2021, at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury, surrounded by his loving family. He was born on October 2, 1946, in Cheshire, Connecticut, a son of the late Thomas and Genevieve O'Dea. Tom graduated from Quinnipiac University in Connecticut and also attended Saint Vincent College in...

Carolyn Shiles Groton

Carolyn Shiles Groton

Nov 16, 2021

Carolyn Shiles Groton, 77, of Pace, FL passed away Tuesday, November 16, 2021 in Florida, where she had resided for the past 17 years. Carolyn was born May 1, 1944 in Salisbury, a daughter of the late Harold Stanley Shiles and Sadie Wilson Shiles. She attended elementary and high school in Mardela Springs. After graduation, she attended Jefferson School of...

Brian Christopher Minerva

Brian Christopher Minerva

Nov 12, 2021

Brian Christopher Minerva, 37, devoted husband, father and son of Salisbury lost his battle with kidney disease on Friday, November 12, 2021, at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional in Salisbury. He was born on May 25, 1984 in Sacramento, California. He was a 2003 graduate of James M. Bennett High School, where he played on the baseball team. Brian became a talented...

Joseph Francis Keene

Joseph Francis Keene

Nov 12, 2021

Joseph Francis Keene, 66, of Mardela Springs, passed away on Friday, November 12, 2021 at his home, surrounded by his loving family. He was born on September 2, 1955 in War, West Virginia, a son of the late Samuel Keene and Mary Rose (Honacre) Keene. Joe grew up in a large family, being one of fifteen siblings. At an early...

Bonnie Jane Cordrey

Bonnie Jane Cordrey

Nov 10, 2021

Bonnie Jane Cordrey, 77, of Delmar, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at her home, surrounded by her loving family. She was born June 9, 1944 in Salisbury, a daughter of the late George William Dennis and Hilda Marie (Harrison) Dennis. Bonnie loved helping people and worked as a CNA at Salisbury Nursing Home for several years while...

Alan C. Littleton

Alan C. Littleton

Nov 4, 2021

Alan C. Littleton, 69, of Delmar, passed away on Thursday, November 4, 2021 at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional in Salisbury. He was born on December 23, 1951 in Salisbury, a son of the late Hilda Cooper Littleton and Laurence A. Littleton, Sr. Alan retired from the DuPont Company in Seaford and went on to work for Koch Industries, retiring in 2019....

Thomas Walter Jr.

Thomas Walter Jr.

Nov 2, 2021

Thomas Walter, Jr., 89, of Laurel, Delaware passed away peacefully at his home on Tuesday, November 2, 2021. He was born on December 4, 1931, the son of the late Thomas Walter, Sr. and Elva Price Walter. Tom worked for the Dupont Company in Seaford for 28 years, retiring in 1987. He is survived by his loving wife, Bonnie L....

Lonnie R. Figgs

Lonnie R. Figgs

Oct 30, 2021

Lonnie Richard Figgs, 49, proud father, son, roofer and coach, of Delmar, passed away Saturday, October 30, 2021. He was born October 23, 1972 in Salisbury, a son of Phillip A. Figgs of Delmar and the late Elizabeth Ann (Smart) Figgs. Lonnie graduated from Delmar High School with the class of 1990, where he was a member of the wrestling...