Obituaries
Delores P. Wilson
Feb 16, 2018
Delores P. Wilson, 83, of Hebron passed away on Friday, February 16, 2018 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury, Maryland. She was born on October 13, 1934 in Blue Springs, Missouri, a daughter of the late Robert and Ethel Quick. Delores attended the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in Salisbury for many years. She especially enjoyed spending time...
Maurice Edward Zimmerman
Feb 15, 2018
LAUREL-Maurice Edward Zimmerman, 89, of Laurel, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, February 15, 2018 at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital in Seaford. He was born August 30, 1928 in Frederick, Maryland, a son of the late Maurice Hoffman Zimmerman and Margaret Carpenter Zimmerman. Maurice proudly served his country in the US Army and retired as a Master Sergeant after 21 years of...
Rebecca Bennett Adshead
Feb 14, 2018
Rebecca "Becky" Bennett Adshead, 74, passed away peacefully at her home in Sharptown, Maryland on Wednesday, February 14, 2018, surrounded by her beloved family. She was born July 16, 1943 in Sharptown, a daughter of the late Fred Howard Bennett and Erline Miller Bailey. Becky graduated from Mardela High School with the class of 1961. She married her high school...
Deborah Finocchio Coates
Feb 14, 2018
Deborah Finocchio Coates, age 59 of Newark, DE died February 14, 2018 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Her final days were spent at home surrounded by her loving family. Although Debbie's time with us seems too short, those who were touched by her understand that the quality of her life far exceeded the number years she lived....
Norman James Lecates
Feb 12, 2018
SEAFORD- Norman James LeCates, 93, of Seaford, and formerly of Laurel, was called home to Heaven to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, February 12, 2018 at Methodist Manor House in Seaford, where he had resided the past few years. He was born December 18, 1924 in Laurel a son of the late Oscar J. and Minnie Florence...
Olive Lee Smith
Feb 11, 2018
Olive Lee Smith, 96, of Delmar, passed away on Sunday, February 11, 2018 at PRMC in Salisbury. She was born on March 19, 1921 in Chincoteague, Virginia, a daughter of the late Clarence and Florence (Thornton) Brasure. Olive lived in Chincoteague until the storm of '62, after which she moved to New Church, Virginia until the death of her husband....
Ruth May Zimmerman
Feb 9, 2018
Ruth May Zimmerman, 90, of Laurel, passed away on Friday, February 9, 2018 at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital in Seaford. She was born May 17, 1927 in Baltimore, a daughter of the late William Henry Jockel and Helen Frances (Kennedy) Jockel. In her younger days she was an accomplished ice-skater. For over 60 years Ruth worked as a waitress in various...
Giancarla Fanin Lane
Feb 8, 2018
Giancarla Fanin Lane, 76, of Salisbury, formerly of Delmar, died Thursday, February 8, 2018 at her home in Salisbury. She was born June 9, 1941 in Vicenza, Italy, a daughter of the late Gino and Gioconda (Girardella) Fanin. She graduated from the University of Vicenza in Italy with an art degree. In Vicenza she met U.S. Army PFC Jimmy Lane...
Martin David Beatty
Feb 8, 2018
Martin David Beatty, 87, of Delmar, passed away on Thursday, February 8, 2018 at PRMC in Salisbury. He was born on April 26, 1930 in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, a son of the late Wallace and Hilda Beatty. Martin served in the U.S. Air Force following high school and after college he began his life-long career as an Air Force military instructor....
Anna Mae Berger
Feb 7, 2018
DELMAR- Anna Mae Berger, 93, of Delmar, passed away Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at the Anchorage Healthcare Center in Salisbury. She was born January 11, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska, a daughter of the late Sam and Leta Grasso. Through the years she moved around the country with her husband wherever his job would take him, and raised her family in...
Richard E. Blevins
Feb 4, 2018
SEAFORD- Richard E. Blevins, 82, of Seaford, formerly of Baltimore, died Sunday, February 4, 2018 at Atlantic General Hospital, while spending time in Ocean City attending an Alcoholics Anonymous convention. Richard was born September 17, 1935 in Pageton, West Virginia, a son of the late Carl and Hazel (Haskett) Blevins. At the age of 17 he married his teenage sweetheart,...
Jacqueline Shirley Elliott
Feb 3, 2018
Jacqueline Shirley Elliott ("Jackie"), 84, of Hebron, Md., passed away peacefully on February 3, 2018, at her home surrounded by the love of her family. Born April 12, 1933, in Columbia, Delaware, she was a daughter of the late Sherman T. and Beula E. (Bradley) Cooper. Jackie was a graduate of Delmar High School, graduating in 1952, and continued to...
Richard "Rick" L. Cullen
Feb 2, 2018
Richard Lee "Rick" Cullen, 74, of Delmar, died Friday, February 2, 2018 at his home in Delmar. He was born September 2, 1943 in Salisbury, a son of the late Charles M. Cullen and Marguerite Pusey Cullen. Rick lived in Delmar for the majority of his life. He graduated from Delmar High School with the class of 1961 where he...
Hollis G. Luffman Ii
Jan 29, 2018
Hollis G. Luffman, II, 66, of Delmar, died Monday, January 29, 2018 at his home. He was born January 15, 1952 in Salisbury, a son of the late Hollis G. Luffman and Daisy Elizabeth (Godwin) Luffman. Hollis proudly served his country in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. After returning from the war, he had a long, productive career...
Molly R. Boody
Jan 26, 2018
Molly R. Boody, age 91, died Friday, January 26, 2018, at her home surrounded by her husband, her six living children, and two grandchildren. She was born December 15, 1926, in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, the daughter of the late James and Hazel Ryan. Molly married her high school sweetheart Bob November 26, 1947, when he was home on leave from the...
G. Robert Dickerson
Jan 23, 2018
LAUREL- G. Robert Dickerson, 92, of Laurel, died Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at Wicomico Nursing Home in Salisbury. He was born in Laurel, a son of the late Albert and Katie (Cordrey) Dickerson. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Joe Dickerson, and sisters, Lillian Campbell and Pearl Northam. Robert worked most of his life as a farmer...
Ernest Lee Holder
Jan 22, 2018
Ernest Lee Holder, 78, of Laurel, passed away on Monday, January 22, 2018 at his home in Laurel, surrounded by his loving family. He was born on April 19, 1939 in Washington D.C., a son of the late James Lee Holder and Martha Mae Holder Hester. Ernest proudly served in the US Navy in his early years. He retired from...
Edward J. Michelsen
Jan 19, 2018
Edward J. Michelsen, 68, of Delmar, left this life on Friday, January 19, 2018 and went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Ed was born on March 2, 1949 in Salisbury, Maryland, a son of the late Harry O. and Ada Louise (Rowney) Michelsen. Ed graduated from Mardela High School in 1967 and then served in...
Linda K. Jones
Jan 18, 2018
Delmar-Linda K. Jones, 59, of Delmar, passed away peacefully at her home on Thursday, January 18, 2018, surrounded by her loving family. She was born December 30, 1958 in Arlington, Texas, a daughter of James F. Poole of Delmar and the late Peggy Sims Poole. Linda attended Wicomico High School. She had a 34 year career in banking and worked...
Mae Shockley
Jan 14, 2018
Mae Shockley, 79, of Laurel, passed away at her home on Sunday, January 14, 2018. She was born on January 14, 1939 in Salisbury, Maryland, a daughter of the late James George Shockley and Gertrude Margaret Shockley. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her 3 beloved brothers, James Howard Shockley,54, Laurel, DE, James Dewitt Shockley,73,...
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