Obituaries

Dec 18, 2021

Hobart “Corky” Clayton Blanchard, Jr., 88 years, of Perryville, MD, passed away Saturday, December 18, 2021 in the Christiana Care Hospital of Newark, DE. Born November 12, 1933 in Sikeston, MO, he was the son of the late Hobart Clayton, Sr., and Lula Gregg Evans Blanchard.

Mr. Blanchard was formerly employed by the Cecil County Public Schools...

Dec 17, 2021

Robert Wayne Bryant, Sr., 78 years, of Port Deposit, MD, passed away Friday, December 17, 2021 in the Christiana Care, Union Hospital of Elkton, MD. Born August 25, 1943 he was the son of the late T.K., Sr. and Evalyn P. Krauss Bryant.

Mr. Bryant was formerly employed as a forklift operator by DHL of Aberdeen, MD....

Dec 14, 2021

Roger Harold Miller, Sr., 80 years, of Rising Sun, MD, passed away Tuesday, December 14, 2021, in the Christiana Care Hospital of Newark, DE. Born February 10, 1941 in Havre de Grace, MD, he was the son of the late Joseph and Ella M. Burns Miller.

Mr. Miller was formerly employed by Harbison-Walker Refractories of North East,...

Dec 13, 2021

Jake Ryan McGinnis, 14 years, of Port Deposit, MD, passed away Monday, December 13, 2021 at home. Born November 6, 2007 in Lancaster, PA, he was the son of Aldorah L. Wall McGinnis and the late Brian McGinnis.

A gentle giant with the heart of an old soul, Jake is survived by mother, Aldorah L. Wall McGinnis;...

Dec 11, 2021

Janet Ann Clayton McSherry, 77 years, of Lewes, DE, formerly of Perryville, MD, passed away Saturday, December 11, 2021 at home. Born August 6, 1944 in Havre de Grace, MD, she was the only daughter of four children born to the late Russell Thomas and Bertha Ellen Lawrence Clayton.

Janet was a 1962 graduate of Perryville High...

Dec 9, 2021

Lawrence "Ken" Kendall DuBree, 63 years, of Port Deposit, MD, passed away Thursday, December 9, 2021 in the University of Maryland Harford Memorial Hospital of Havre de Grace, MD. Born March 6, 1958 in Havre de Grace, MD, he was the son of the late Lawrence Franklin and Vera L. Orr DuBree.

Ken was a veteran of...

Dec 9, 2021

Edward Kenneth Hirsch, Sr., 94 years, of North East, MD, passed away Thursday, December 9, 2021 in the Calvert Manor Healthcare Center of Rising Sun, MD. Born January 9, 1927 in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Joseph P. and Mae B. Houser Hirsch.

Mr. Hirsch was formerly employed as a mail carrier by...

Dec 7, 2021

Walter David Kammerer, 57 years, of Port Deposit, MD, passed away Tuesday, December 7, 2021 at home. Born September 13, 1964 in Havre de Grace, MD, he was the son of the late Robert Norman, Sr. and Mary Dorothy Severens Kammerer.

Walter was employed as a machinist by Bottcher America of Belcamp, MD. He very much enjoyed...

Nov 29, 2021

Betty Zangara Schott, 87 years, of Rising Sun, MD, passed away Monday, November 29, 2021 in the Ware Presbyterian Village of Oxford, PA. Born January 3, 1934 in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Salvatore and Anna Zangara.

Betty is survived by her husband, Ernest Schott; son, Edward; daughters, Patricia and Jane.

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Nov 29, 2021

Nancy Jane Brown Ragan, 85 years, of Conowingo MD, passed away Monday, November 29, 2021 in Elkton MD. Born November 20, 1936 in Oxford PA, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Laura Lee Cregger Brown.

Mrs. Ragan loved attending church and being with her family. She retired after 13 years from Kent Christian Academy...

Nov 29, 2021

Ruth Ann (Tome) Pierce, 79 years, of Rising Sun, MD, passed away peacefully Monday, November 29, 2021 at home. Born December 18, 1941 in Port Deposit, MD, she was the only daughter of seven children born to the late Samuel Rowland and Leah Marjorie (Bryson) Tome.

Ruth was a graduate of the Caesar Rodney High School of...

Nov 28, 2021

Dorothy “Dot” Hill Fry, 90 years, of Holtwood, PA, formerly of the Conowingo/Pilottown area of Maryland, passed away Sunday, November 28, 2021 at home. Born January 25, 1931 in Oakwood/Conowingo, MD, she was the daughter of the late Christie and Alice Ragan Hill.

Dot grew up and lived in the Conowingo area. She resided in Pilottown from...

Nov 26, 2021

Geraldine Catherine Hope, 71 years, of Conowingo, MD, passed away Friday, November 26, 2021 at home. Born November 10, 1950 in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late William Edward Fazio, Sr. and Dorothy Catherine Henderson Fazio.

Mrs. Hope was a member of the Church of the Good Shepherd of Perryville, MD. She was formerly...

Nov 19, 2021

Edward Lee Newell, Jr., 80 years, of Conowingo, MD, passed away Friday, November 19, 2021 in the University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Medical Center of Bel Air, MD. Born January 1, 1941 in Baltimore City, MD, he was the son of the late Edward L., Sr. and Lenora Riedel Newell.

Mr. Newell was formerly employed as a...

Nov 8, 2021

Ronnie Lee Ratledge, 59 years, of Rising Sun, MD, passed away Monday, November 8, 2021 in the Christiana Hospital of Newark, DE. Born November 6, 1962 in Havre de Grace, MD, he was the son of Carol Lee Tharp Whitt and the late Johnny Lee Ratledge.

Ronnie was a self-employed handyman and is survived by his son,...

Nov 3, 2021

Dorothy Lee Eikner, 95 years, of Conowingo, MD, passed away Thursday, November 4, 2021 in the ChristianaCare-Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care of Newark, DE. Born December 14, 1925 in Grassy Creek, NC, she was the daughter of the late Walter J. and Mollie D. Jones Taylor.

Mrs. Eikner was self-employed owner/operator of the Eikner farm of Conowingo,...

Oct 29, 2021

Marie Whiteaker Shires of Conowingo, MD, died Sunday, October 31, 2021 at the age of 88. Marie was the daughter of the late Frank Harrison Whiteaker and Eliza Jane Purdue Whiteaker of Abingdon, VA.

One of eleven children, Marie moved to Cecil County as a teenager where she later met her husband of 64 years, Wilbur Lindy...

Oct 29, 2021

Betty Lou Bulgin, 92 years, of Conowingo, MD, passed onto Glory Friday, October 29, 2021 at the Calvert Manor Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare of Rising Sun, MD.

Born June 19, 1929 she was the daughter of the late Walter St. Clair and Marjorie Alexander Grant.

Betty was a 1947 graduate of the former Jacob...

Oct 26, 2021

Rachel Yvonne (Price) Miller, 43 years, of North East, MD, surrounded by loved ones, passed away on Tuesday, October 26, 2021 in Christiana Care Union Hospital of Elkton, MD. Born October 17, 1978 in Elkton, MD, she was the daughter of Annette Price McClellan and Robert Miller, and granddaughter of Clamon and Marie Price.

Rachel is survived...

Oct 23, 2021

Benjamin Leroy Webb, 90 years, of Perryville, MD, passed away Saturday, October 23, 2021 in the Christiana Hospital of Newark, DE. Born June 8, 1931 in Havre de Grace, MD, he was the son of the late Harvey and Ethel Elliott Neidlein.

Ben retired in 1986 from the 1729th Division of the Army National Guard of Havre...