Obituaries
Linwood Clayton Lecates, Sr.
Oct 16, 2011
Linwood Clayton LeCates, Sr., 92, of Delmar, died Sunday, October 16, 2011 at Delmar Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was born April 10, 1919 in Delmar, the son of the late Harper Clayton LeCates and Martha Pearl Nichols LeCates. Mr. LeCates retired as a Master Sergeant with the US Army, where he proudly served 22 years. During his tenure with...
Thomas Michael Rabbitt
Oct 14, 2011
Thomas Michael Rabbitt, 72, of Delmar passed away Friday, October 14, 2011 at Salisbury Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. He was born October 29, 1938, the son of the late Thomas and Mary Rabbitt. Mr. Rabbitt spent his early years in New York working for Grumman Air Craft as a planning supervisor, before transferring to Salisbury. He then went on to...
Thelma L. Timmons
Oct 13, 2011
Thelma L. Timmons, 90, of Parsonsburg died Thursday, October 13, 2011, at Salisbury Rehab and Nursing Center. Born January 1, 1921 in Willards, she was the daughter of the late Corbett and Ada Tyre Lewis. She was a longtime employee of the Gant Shirt Factory before becoming a full time poultry producer on the family farm in Parsonsburg. Thelma enjoyed...
Annie G. Figgs
Oct 12, 2011
Annie G. Figgs, 98, of Delmar, passed away Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at Wicomico Nursing Home in Salisbury. She was born in Scotland on June 15, 1913 to the late Robert and Susan Grant. Mrs. Figgs was a member of Melson's United Methodist Church in Delmar and the Adah Chapter #5 Order of the Eastern Star in Delmar. She is...
Doris E. Burton
Oct 9, 2011
Doris E. Burton, 93, of Laurel, died Sunday, October 9, 2011 at Seaford Center- Genesis Eldercare, where she had been a resident for the past 2 1/2 years. She was born August 12, 1918 in Delmar, a daughter of the late Norman and Flora Hearn Elliott. Doris' love for sewing was used in her work for many years as a...
Jaiden Raine Sprague
Oct 7, 2011
LAUREL-- Jaiden Raine Sprague, newborn of Harvey Wayne Sprague, Jr. and Kathleen "Kate" Mair (O'Dea) Sprague, of Laurel, died at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury on Friday, October 7, 2011, only a few moments after she entered this world. In addition to her parents, she is survived by grandparents, Kathryn and Thomas O'Dea, Jr. of Hebron, Harvey Wayne Sprague,...
Gary M. Horseman, Jr
Oct 6, 2011
DELMAR-- Gary M. Horseman, Jr., 59, of Delmar, died Thursday, October 6, 2011 at his home in Delmar. He was born July 25, 1952 in Salisbury, a son of Gary M. Horseman, Sr. and the late Corina Mae (Pervett) Horseman. Gary was raised in Delmar and attended Delmar Jr-Sr High School. He was a member of the New Covenant Fellowship...
George W. Craft
Oct 4, 2011
SEAFORD- George W. Craft, 86, of Seaford, died Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at his home in Seaford. He was born February 7, 1925 in Hebron, a son of the late Julius and Hilda (Hildman) Craft. George was raised on the family farm in Bridgeville. After high school, he proudly served his country in the US Army during WWII. He was...
Frank Jerome Steininger
Oct 2, 2011
Frank Jerome Steininger, 75, of Salisbury died Sunday, October 2, 2011 at Wicomico Nursing Home in Salisbury. He was born January 22, 1936 in Salisbury, a son of the late Carl and Alma Steininger. Mr. Steininger served his country in the U.S. Air Force. In his early years, he worked at various service stations in Salisbury, including Charles Mason's and...
Melvin H. Lecates
Sep 22, 2011
DELMAR- Melvin H. LeCates, 73, of Delmar, died Thursday, September 22, 2011 at his home, surrounded by his loving family. He was born December 5, 1937 in Laurel, a son of the late Larry and Virginia (Cox) LeCates. Mr. LeCates retired after 20 years of service as a custodian at Delmar Jr.-Sr. High School. After retirement from the school he...
Hazel L. Shuster
Sep 21, 2011
Hazel L. Shuster, 81, of Georgetown, died Wednesday, September 21, 2011, at her home in Georgetown. She was born May 30, 1930 in Watertown, New York, a daughter of the late Sage and Inez Hopseker. Mrs. Shuster previously worked at the Stockley Center in Georgetown. She is survived by seven children, Lucille Shuster of Powhatan, VA, Vivian Phillips of Chesterfield,...
Charles E. Radecke
Sep 10, 2011
DELMAR- - Charles E. Radecke, 94, of Delmar, died Saturday, September 10, 2011 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Charles was born to the late John and Lydia Radecke of Brooklyn, New York on May 31, 1917. His mother and four siblings moved to Wicomico County in 1928 following the death of his father. After working on the family...
Rev. Charles Phillip "Phil" Bosserman, Phd
Sep 7, 2011
Passing of Dr. Phil Bosserman, Peaceman, Gentle Scholar Rev. Charles Phillip ("Phil") Bosserman, PhD October 9, 1931 – September 7, 2011 Phil Bosserman, Professor of Sociology and Peace Studies, and founder of the Center for Conflict Resolution at Salisbury University in Salisbury, MD, died September 7, 2011 in Delmar, DE, at the age of 79. Son of barber Harry and...
Lavearn Robert Weichmann
Sep 3, 2011
SALISBURY- Lavearn Robert Weichmann, 87, of Salisbury, died Saturday, September 3, 2011 at Atria Assisted Living Center in Salisbury, after a long struggle with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease. He was born June 27, 1924 in Deforest, Wisconsin, a son of the late George and Martha Krause Weichmann. Lavearn proudly served his country for 6 years in the US Navy during...
John Kenneth "Kenny" Culver
Sep 2, 2011
DELMAR- John Kenneth "Kenny" Culver, 64, of Delmar died Friday, September 2, 2011 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. He was born in Salisbury and raised in Sharptown, the son of Mary Bradley Culver of Sharptown and the late John H. Culver. Kenny, living in Delmar at the time of his death, was a dedicated volunteer in the service...
Gene Gordy Adkins
Aug 23, 2011
DELMAR-August 23, 2011-Gene Gordy Adkins, 58, of Delmar, MD died in his home after a short battle against Malignant Melanoma. A son of Lloyd and Lura Adkins, of Snow Hill and husband to Joan Ellen Murphy Adkins and father of Puller, 25, Kathryn, 22, and Hunter,18, Adkins, all of Delmar. He is also survived by a brother Richard Adkins, Box...
Alfred E.B. Jones, Iii
Aug 15, 2011
GIRDLETREE- Alfred "Al" E.B. Jones, III, 85, of Girdletree, died Monday, August 15, 2011 at his home in Girdletree. He was born December 5, 1925 in Baltimore, a son of the late Alfred E.B. Jones, Jr. and Willie Shockley Jones. Al proudly served his country in the US Navy where he spent many years as Postal Clerk, Petty Officer First...
Ruby May Bailey
Aug 14, 2011
Ruby May Bailey, 89, of Delmar passed away Sunday, August 14, 2011 at Woodland Terrace Nursing Home in Florida. She was born in Cambridge on August 7, 1922, a daughter of the late Raymond and Florence McCarter. Ruby enjoyed being a homemaker and working with flowers and gardening. She went to work for E.I. Dupont Company in Seaford for a...
Virginia E. Segars
Aug 11, 2011
Virginia E. Segars, 83, of Mardela Springs, died Thursday, August 11, 2011 at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital in Seaford. She was born December 22, 1927 in Delmar, a daughter of the late Ernest and Katie H. (Baker) Sullivan. Virginia worked for many years as a cashier at many local Acme Stores and the IGA in Hebron. She was a member of...
Frances Virginia Cropper Timmons
Aug 5, 2011
NEWARK- Frances Virginia (Cropper) Timmons, 87, of Newark, died Friday, August 5, 2011 at her home in Newark, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Newark on September 15, 1923, a daughter of the late Sidney L. and Estella Pruitt Cropper. Virginia graduated from nursing school at Peninsula General Hospital in Salisbury during WWII. After nursing school she...
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