Obituaries

Oct 19, 2021

Janet Mae Abrahams, 92, spoke her final words in the company of a loved one briefly before she passed away during the early morning hours of October 19th, 2021.

Sociable is a word that is easily associated with Janet as it can be traced through the timeline of her life. Whether it was during basketball games at...

Oct 16, 2021

Barbara Shepherd Crothers, age 88, of North East, MD, died Saturday October 16, 2021, at Christiana Care Wilmington, surrounded by her children and grandchildren.

Daughter of the late Charles and Alice Shepherd, Barbara was born in Wilmington, DE on March 8, 1933. She graduated from St. Elizabeth High School in Wilmington. She was employed by Hercules Powder...

Oct 15, 2021

Jude E. Rodriguez died on Friday, October 15, 2021, in Elkton, MD following a brief illness.  He was the son of Clifford and Olivia Lopez Rodriguez.  He was born January 8, 1979 in Selma, California and was raised in Reedley. He graduated in 1997 from Reedley High School. Jude enlisted in the US Army in 1999.  He served in...

Oct 14, 2021

Jann Denise Bish, 69 years, of North East, MD, passed away Thursday, October 14, 2021 at home. Born February 27, 1952 in Lancaster, PA, she was the daughter of the late Clement and Janet Demmy Humphreyville Hoober.

Mrs. Bish was a member of the Blythedale Seventh Day Adventist Church of Perryville, MD. She was retired from the...

Oct 12, 2021

Patsy Jane Estes, 83 years, of Rising Sun, MD, passed away peacefully Tuesday, October 12, 2021 at the home of her daughter. Born September 15, 1938 in Aldino, MD, she was the daughter of the late John Howard and Dorothy V. Bozzi Estes.

Patsy was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Rising Sun, MD, a...

Oct 12, 2021

Patricia “Patti” Ann Fry, 59 years, of Conowingo, MD, passed away Tuesday, October 12, 2021 in York, PA. Born February 16, 1962 in Havre de Grace, MD, she was the daughter of the late Albert W. and Laura McCall McGuigan.

Patti was a member of the Pleasant View Baptist Church of Port Deposit, MD, a member of...

Oct 10, 2021

Janet Lee McCardell Cole, 87 years, of Rising Sun, MD, passed away Sunday, October 10, 2021 in the Hart Heritage Estates Assisted Living Center of Street, MD. Born June 23, 1934 in Liberty Grove, MD, she was the daughter of the late Melvin and Helen B. McCardell.

Mrs. Cole was previously employed by the Hill Top Ranch...

Oct 10, 2021

Geraldine “Gerry” M. Perry, 80 years, of Perryville, MD, passed away Sunday, October 10, 2021 at home. Born November 16, 1940 she was the daughter of the late John and Gertrude Mae Wiley Bender.

Mrs. Perry was a member of the Perryville United Methodist Church. She was retired from the Town of Perryville following 30 years of...

Oct 6, 2021

Matthew William McCulley, 32 years, of Perryville, MD, passed away Wednesday, October 6, 2021at his residence. Born July 27, 1989 in Havre de Grace, MD, he was the son of Dawn Saponaro Dukes and William McCulley, and Larry Dukes.

Matthew was employed by Savage Services of Delaware City, DE. He was a member of the Good Shepherd...

Sep 24, 2021

Margaret (Peggy) Marie Devonshire, 81 years, of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away Friday, September 24, 2021in the Citizens Care & Rehabilitation Center of Havre de Grace, MD. Born September 24, 1940 in Port Deposit, MD, she was the daughter of the late Howard and Violet Krauss Nesbitt.

Mrs. Devonshire was a loving devoted mother and wife,...

Sep 18, 2021

Robert "Bob" Carroll Angert, 88, of Abingdon, MD, passed away on September 18, 2021 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center surrounded by his beloved wife and daughters, Katherine and Margaret.

Born and raised in Baltimore, MD, on April 2, 1933, Bob was the youngest son of the late Francis J. and Mary Katherine Roche Angert, and the father...

Sep 11, 2021

Jean Dolores Frew Keeley, 82 years, of Abingdon, MD, passed away Saturday, September 11, 2021 in the University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Medical Center of Bel Air, MD. Born January 4, 1939 in Magnolia, MD, she was the daughter of the late Thomas L., Sr. and Florence M. Timmons Frew.

Mrs. Keeley is survived by her son,...

Sep 8, 2021

John Bradford Hodges of Kissimmee, FL, formerly of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away Wednesday, September 8, 2021 in Elkton, MD. Born April 12, 1938 in Independence, VA, he was the son of the late Robert Lee, Sr. and Mattie Mae Anders Hodges.

Mr. Hodges was formerly employed as Produce Manager by the former A & P...

Sep 4, 2021

Patricia Ann Caffrey, 73 years, of Port Deposit, MD, passed away Saturday, September 4, 2021 in the Christiana Hospital of Newark, DE. Born May 18, 1948 in Havre de Grace, MD, she was the daughter of the late Marvin and Hazel Grant White.

Mrs. Caffrey was formerly employed as a nursing assistant by the Calvert Manor HealthCare...

Sep 3, 2021

Betty Ann (Dean) Barr, 90 years, of Perryville, MD, passed away Friday, September 3, 2021 at home.  Born April 21, 1931 in North East, MD, she was the daughter of the late Harry Rockey Dean and Freda Jones Dean.

Betty was a lifelong resident of Cecil County and worked at the Perry Point Veterans Hospital of Perry...

Aug 29, 2021

Lydia Mary Vincenti, 95 years, of Perryville, MD, passed away August 29, 2021 in the Citizens Care & Rehabilitation Center of Havre de Grace, MD. Born August 7, 1926 in Havre de Grace, MD, she was the daughter of the late Antonio and Mary Forlino Sacco.

Mrs. Vincenti was formerly employed as an elementary school aide by...

Aug 26, 2021

Richard Erwin Sharpless, 82 years, of Rising Sun, MD, passed away Thursday, August 26, 2021 in the Wellhomed Assisted Living Facility of Elkton, MD. Born February 1, 1939 in Westernport, MD, he was the son of the late Raleigh N. and Nellie F. Herrell Sharpless.

Richard was retired from the Wilson Oliver Insurance Agency of Aberdeen, MD,...

Aug 23, 2021

Dorothy Ann Gaylord was born on June 3, 1943 to the late James and Bessie Lee Williams in Port Deposit, MD. At early afternoon on August 23, 2021, while the dew was still glistening on the green, Dorothy peacefully received her final call to duty from her Master at home in Port Deposit, MD. She accepted Jesus Christ as...

Aug 23, 2021

Cleveland “CB” Blaine Sturgill, Jr., 85 years, of Perryville, MD, passed away Monday, August 23, 2021 at home. Born July 4, 1936 in Sturgills, NC, he was the son of the late Cleveland B. Sturgill, Sr. and Mary Jean Griffitts Sturgill.

CB was a veteran of the U.S. Army having served from June 1959 until June 1965....

Aug 20, 2021

W. Wilson Abrahams, III, 80 years, of Conowingo, MD, passed away Friday, August 20, 2021 at home. Born October 10, 1940 in Havre de Grace, MD, he was the son of the late W. Wilson Abrahams, Jr., and Ann Cutler Abrahams.

Wilson was a graduate of the former Jacob Tome Institute of Port Deposit, MD, and went...