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Estelle Caroline (Grove)  Jensen

Estelle Caroline (Grove) Jensen

May 28, 2024

Estelle Caroline Jensen, 96 years old, of Conowingo, MD, passed away Tuesday, May 28, 2024 at home surrounded by family.  Born February 28, 1928 in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Ferdinand and Ella Smith Grove.

Mrs. Jensen was a life-long member of the St. Mark’s Episcopal Church of Perryville, MD, the St. Mark’s...

Barbara Ellen Greer Morgan

Barbara Ellen Greer Morgan

May 25, 2024

Barbara Ellen Greer Morgan, 95 years old, of Rising Sun, MD, passed away Saturday, May 25, 2024. Born February 5, 1929 in Jonesville, NC, she was the daughter of the late Jerry and Annie Bell Hepner Mitchell.

Mrs. Morgan was formerly employed by the Kennett Square Mushroom Cannery. She is survived by her sons, Wilford Greer and...

Steven Lon Williams, Sr.

Steven Lon Williams, Sr.

May 25, 2024

Steven Lon Williams, Sr., 75, of Conowingo passed away May 25, 2024. He was a lifelong resident of Liberty Grove who originally attended the one room schoolhouse in Rising Sun. Two weeks before his high school graduation, he purchased a 66’ Corvette. In Pop’s early days he was big into drag racing. For employment he originally worked for a...

Arthur L. Boyd

Arthur L. Boyd

May 19, 2024

Arthur L. Boyd, 88 yrs, of Perryville, MD, passed away Sunday, May 19, 2024 at home. Born June 22, 1935 in Elkton, MD, he was the son of the late William H. and Evelyn E. White Boyd.

Mr. Boyd was a veteran of the U.S. Army and was retired from the Philadelphia Electric Company where he was...

Richard Carl Smith

Richard Carl Smith

May 19, 2024

Richard Carl Smith, 84 yrs, of Port Deposit, MD, passed away Sunday, May 19, 2024 in the ChristianaCare Union Hospital of Elkton, MD. Born May 24, 1939 in Elkins, WVA, he was the son of the late James and Mary Boggs.

Mr. Smith was a veteran of the U.S. Army 101 Airborne having served from 1959 until...

Ralph Schmid

Ralph Schmid

May 17, 2024

Ralph Schmid, 65 years, of Port Deposit, MD, passed away Friday, May 17, 2024 in the Christiana Hospital Hospice Care of Newark, DE. Born October 19, 1958 in Berlin, Germany, he was the son of the late Gerhard and Ingebord Shiffmann Schmid.

Mr. Schmid was retired from the Botcher America Corporation of Belcamp, MD, where he was...

John Harvey Mccardell

John Harvey Mccardell

May 13, 2024

John Harvey McCardell, 79 yrs, of Colora, MD, passed Monday, May 13, 2024 at home. Born March 4, 1945 in Maryland he was the son of the late Horace Searle and Mary E. Pyle McCardell.

John was a member of the Truth and Life Church of North East, MD, and proudly served in the U.S. Army during...

Jerrard Christopher Wilmore

Jerrard Christopher Wilmore

May 4, 2024

Jerrard Christopher Wilmore was born June 2, 1991 in Baltimore, MD, and departed this life May 4, 2024 in Bel Air, Maryland. He was the first twin born to the late Gerald L. Wilmore, Sr., and Carmen Y. Williams.

Jerrard was a young comedian in the making. You couldn’t stay mad at him long because he would...

Mary Jo Tyrrell-Waddell

Mary Jo Tyrrell-Waddell

May 3, 2024

Mary Jo Tyrrell-Waddell, 74 yrs, a resident of Elkton, MD, passed away peacefully on Friday, May 3, 2024 at home surrounded by her loving husband, Johnnie, and sisters.

Born June 30, 1949 in Havre de Grace, MD, she was the daughter of late Norman P. Merchant and Ruth Ann Thomas-Trego.

She was employed by the...

Frances "Franie" (Flaharty)  Linton

Frances "Franie" (Flaharty) Linton

May 3, 2024

Frances “Franie” Flaharty Linton, 91, of Port Deposit, Md died peacefully on May 3, 2024, at her home. Born in the small town of Port Deposit in 1932, during the Great Depression, Franie often recounted stories of the struggles her family endured, but also described the close-knit community of friends she found there. She was a proud graduate of...

Janice "Ruth" (Pierson)  Turner

Janice "Ruth" (Pierson) Turner

Apr 24, 2024

Janice “Ruth” Turner, 74 years, of Perryville, MD, passed away Wednesday, April 24, 2024 in the Always There Assisted Living Facility of Port Deposit, MD, surrounded by her loving family. Born February 21, 1950 in Chester, PA, she was the daughter of the late John and Mina Lou Pierson.

Mrs. Turner was formerly employed as a Registered...

Malcolm Ray Parker

Malcolm Ray Parker

Apr 19, 2024

Malcolm Ray Parker, 74 years, of Lancaster, PA, passed away Friday, April 19, 2024. Born October 9, 1949 in Havre de Grace, MD, he was the son of the late John Ray and Edith Mae Jackson Parker.

Malcolm was a veteran of the U.S. Army and a 1978 graduate of Towson University earning a BA degree in...

Lane Henry Evans, Jr.

Lane Henry Evans, Jr.

Apr 19, 2024

Lane Henry Evans, Jr., 56 years, of Aberdeen, MD, passed away Friday, April 19, 2024 in the Senator Bob Hooper Hospice House of Bel Air, MD. Born April 22, 1967 in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Ardith Nell Mullins Evans and the late Lane Henry Evans, Sr.

Lane is survived by his mother, Ardith Nell...

James Edward Whitt

James Edward Whitt

Apr 9, 2024

Jim Whitt, 75, of Rising Sun, MD, passed away Tuesday, April 9, 2024, following a long battle with cancer.  He was the son of the late Wilson Whitt and Lorainne Bush (Sayers).  He was the loving husband of Carol L. (Tharp) Whitt.

Jim attended Bel Air High School in the 1960s where he was a star runner...

Richard Leroy Ward

Richard Leroy Ward

Apr 7, 2024

Richard Leroy Ward, 84, formerly of Havre de Grace, MD, went to be with his Lord and Savior on April 7, 2024.

Born December 14, 1939, in Havre de Grace, MD, he was the son of the late Hilda Diffenderfer Kenyon and George Ward.

Richard is survived by his daughter, Cathy (Terry) Sweeney; grandchildren, Chris...

Vincent Lunine Jones

Vincent Lunine Jones

Apr 3, 2024

Vincent Lunine Jones, 91 years, of Perryville, MD, passed away April 3, 2024 at home. Born September 24, 1932 in Lockhaven, PA, he was the son of the late Leslie and Gladys Springer Jones.

Vincent was a Deacon of the Blythedale Seventh Day Adventist Church of Perryville, MD, and formerly employed as a District Manager by Aramark....

Evaline Rebecca (Hodges)  Holmes

Evaline Rebecca (Hodges) Holmes

Mar 31, 2024

Evaline Rebecca Holmes, 96 years, Perryville, MD, affectionately known as “Mom Becky,” passed away Sunday, March 31, 2024 in the Citizens Care Center of Havre de Grace, MD. Born February 11, 1928 in Lancaster, PA, she was the daughter of the late John D., Sr. and Lillian Clark Hodges.

Mrs. Holmes had previously been employed by the...

Marian L. Hathaway

Marian L. Hathaway

Mar 31, 2024

Marian L. Hathaway, 91 yrs, of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away Sunday, March 31, 2024 in the Citizens Care Center of Havre de Grace, MD. Born December 22, 1932 in Smithfield, WV, she was the daughter of the late James Surrey Brown and Goldie Mae Tassone.

Mrs. Hathaway was formerly employed by L & H Cleaners...

James Dayton Bennett

James Dayton Bennett

Mar 29, 2024

James Dayton Bennett, Sr., age 78, of Port Deposit, MD, passed away peacefully Friday, March 29, 2024 in the Autumn Lake Healthcare at Calvert Manor of Rising Sun, MD. Born April 6, 1945 in Beverly, WV, he was the son of the late Gordon and Mary Stuckey Bennett.

Jim was a welder employed by the Aberdeen Proving...

Darlene Marie Slone

Darlene Marie Slone

Mar 27, 2024

Darlene Marie Slone, 59 years, of Port Deposit, MD, passed away Wednesday, March 27, 2024 in the Christiana Care – Accent Care of Newark, DE. Born April 11, 1964 in Elkton, MD, she was the daughter of Carol E. Ropka Slone and the late Milton Slone, Jr.

Darlene was employed as a Registered Nurse by the V.A....

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