Obituaries
Kevin L. White
May 30, 2017
Kevin L. White passed on May 30, 2017, after a brief illness. He was born December 2, 1962 and graduated from Delmar High School in 1980 where he was active in band and Wildcats football. Kevin was an acolyte at All Saints Episcopal church in Delmar. He enjoyed a successful 30-year career in local real estate, working variously for Porter...
Walter H. Young
May 29, 2017
Walter Young, age 76, of Salisbury, died on Monday, May 29, 2017 of Alzheimer's, surrounded by his loving family and Coastal Hospice, at home. Born in Ashland, Pennsylvania, he was the son of Charles and Anna Young Paterson. He was one of 12 children. Upon moving to Salisbury in the 70s, he and his wife raised 18,000 chickens for Perdue;...
Linda J. Willey
May 28, 2017
LAUREL- Linda Joyce Willey, 77, of Laurel, passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 28, 2017 after spending several months at Lofland Park Center in Seaford. She was born April 27, 1940 in Kingsport, Tennessee, a daughter of the late Sam Prillhart and Myrtle Lynn (Mull) Cannon. Linda retired after working many years as an administrative assistant for Sussex County Planning...
Kenneth Charles Menser
May 22, 2017
Kenneth Charles Menser, age 81, of Delmar, Maryland, passed away at his home on Monday, May 22, 2017. He was born on July 24, 1935 in Baltimore, a son of the late Houston and Katherine Menser. He is survived by his wife, Patricia Ann Menser; sons, Kenneth Scott Menser (Ann) and Keith Brian Menser; step-sons, Richard E. Seabrease, III (Autumn)...
Benjamin D. Lewis
May 18, 2017
Benjamin D. Lewis, 92, of Salisbury, died Thursday, May 18, 2017 at his home, surrounded by his loving family. He was born September 10, 1924 in Whaleyville, a son of the late Carlton and Clara Ellen Lewis. Mr. Lewis proudly served his country in the US Army during WWII. He was captured in Germany during the Battle of the Bulge...
David William Morris
May 17, 2017
Delmar- David William Morris, 77, passed away Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury after a brief stay. He was born October 27, 1939 in Canandaigua, New York, a son of the late Rose and William Hamfeldt. David graduated from Delmar High school with the class of 1959. In school he was an outstanding athlete...
Walter "Ed" Edward Hearthway
May 14, 2017
Mardela Springs- Walter "Ed" Edward Hearthway, a resident of Mardela Springs, MD, passed away on Sunday, May 14, 2017 at his residence at the age of 70. Ed was born in Snow Hill, MD to the late Mildred Ellen (Shockley) and Lester Vincent Hearthway. At the time of his death, Ed was married to Frances Layton Walker. He graduated from...
Christine A. Coyne
May 5, 2017
Christine A. Coyne, age 77, of Delmar, passed away on Friday, May 5, 2017 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, Maryland. She was born on May 10, 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a daughter of the late Nicholas and Anna Bartholomew. Mrs. Coyne was a graduate Hallahan High School of Philadelphia, Pa, and also a graduate of Delaware Valley Medical...
Sandra May Rees
May 5, 2017
Delmar- Sandra May Rees, "Janet", 73, of Delmar, died Friday, May 5, 2017 at her home where she lived with her son and family. She was born January 25, 1944 in Wilmington, a daughter of the late Sam Watts and Audrey Nolan Butz. Janet, as she was known by many, worked many years on the production line at Pepsi Co....
Grace Isabelle Adkins
May 2, 2017
DELMAR-Grace Isabelle "Izzy" Adkins, 89, of Delmar, died Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at Delmar Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after a brief stay. She was born June 11, 1927 in Laurel, a daughter of the late Clarence and Sarah (Whaley) Johnson. Mrs. Adkins worked as a presser at the WR Wilson Pants Factory for 25 years until they closed, then worked...
Jean S. Ellis
May 1, 2017
Chattanooga, Tennessee-Jean S Ellis, 96, passed away on May 1, 2017 in Chattanooga, TN. At the time of her death she was with her immediate family. Born in Delmar, Md., she was the only child of the late Helen and Ray C. Sturgis. She was educated in the public schools of Delmar, DE. and was a graduate of the University...
Naomi Wenger Venzke
May 1, 2017
DELMAR- Naomi Wenger Venzke, 94, of Delmar, passed away Monday, May 1, 2017 at Salisbury Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, after a short stay. She was born on July 17, 1922 in Reading, Pennsylvania, a daughter of the late Herman and Mabel (Snyder) Wenger. Mrs. Venzke worked various places as a secretary, first at the Indiantown Gap Army Base, then later...
Irene F. Wheatley
Apr 28, 2017
Irene F. Wheatley, age 79, passed away on Friday, April 28, 2017 at her home in Delmar. She was born on October 10, 1937 in Laurel, Delaware, a daughter of the late John R. and Lula Susan Foskey. Irene attended First Baptist Church in Delmar. She and her husband owned and operated Wheatley's Antiques in Delmar for over twenty years....
Bryan Jeffrey Van Zandt
Apr 25, 2017
DELMAR- Bryan Jeffrey Van Zandt, 38, of Delmar, died unexpectedly at his home on Tuesday, April 25, 2017. He was born in Suffern, New York on December 8, 1978, a son of Jeffrey James Van Zandt and Deborah Ann Ganoe Van Zandt of Sharptown. Bryan graduated from Mardela High School with the class of 1996 before earning his Bachelor's degree...
Rita A. King-Whitby
Apr 21, 2017
Rita A. King-Whitby, age 85, lived in Shady Side, Anne Arundel County until 1989 when she and her husband moved to Cocoa, Florida. In 2009, she came to live with her daughter in Princess Anne. She passed away April 21, 2017 at Aurora Senior Living of Manokin in Princess Anne, Maryland. She was born on October 10, 1931 in Washington...
Raymond Earl White Jr.
Apr 21, 2017
Raymond Earl White, Jr., 89, of Pittsville, died Friday, April 21, 2017 at Atlantic Shores Rehabilitation and Health Center in Millsboro. He was born November 16, 1927 in Pittsville, a son of the late Raymond Earl White, Sr. and Mary Middleton White. Earl's passion was horses. He was around horse racing most of his life and worked as a groom...
Kenneth Ray Bradley, Jr
Apr 19, 2017
Delmar- Kenneth Ray Bradley, Jr., 85, of Delmar, died peacefully on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. He was born February 19, 1932 in Oriole, a son of the late Kenneth Ray Bradley, Sr. and Mary Ernestine Baltz Bradley. Ken started helping on the family farm at a very young age and has been...
Brenda Louise Hill
Apr 17, 2017
SEAFORD- Brenda Louise Hill, 57, of Seaford, died Monday, April 17, 2017 at her home, surrounded by her loving family. She was born April 16, 1960 in Washington, DC, a daughter of Louise Mae Baicar and the late Paul Douglas Baicar. Brenda was baptized as a young girl at the Episcopal church in Oxon Hill and was active at the...
Ruth G. Dickerson
Apr 14, 2017
Ruth G. Dickerson, formerly of Sharptown, and later of Parsonsburg, passed away on Friday, April 14, 2017 in Salisbury, Maryland. She was born on July 24, 1926 in Toronto, Ontario, the daughter of the late Edgar Wilfred Skirrow and Elsie Irene Cadmon Mellors Skirrow. Ruth was a longtime active member of Asbury United Methodist Church in Sharptown where she volunteered...
Mary Alice Walker
Apr 13, 2017
LAUREL- Mary Alice Walker, 88, of Laurel, passed away Thursday, April 13, 2017 at Lofland Park Center in Seaford, where she had resided for the past few years. She was born October 24, 1928 in Gumboro, a daughter of the late Wilbur and Beatrice (Wilkerson) Collins. Mary left school at a young age to help on the family farm. Later...
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