Obituaries

Apr 28, 2021

Amanda Lynn Royston of Port Deposit, MD, passed away at home Wednesday, April 28, 2021. Born May 19,1971 in Havre de Grace, MD, she was the daughter of Gerald and Susan Daniels Johnson.

Mrs. Royston was employed as a medical assistant by Cecil County Pediatrics in Elkton, MD.

Mrs. Royston is survived by her husband,...

Apr 27, 2021

James Finley Boyd, Sr., 85 years, of Perryville, MD, passed away at home Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Born June 22, 1935 in Elkton, MD, he was the son of the late William H. and Evelyn Elizabeth White Boyd.

Mr. Boyd was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force having served during the Korean Conflict. He was formerly...

Apr 20, 2021

Bayard Montgomery, 88 years, of Rising Sun, MD, passed away Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at home. Born July 26, 1933 in Colora, MD, he was the son of the late Charles B. and Grace P. Vansant Montgomery.

Mr. Montgomery was a veteran of the U.S. Army having served during the Korean Conflict. He was formerly employed as...

Apr 18, 2021

Phyllis Rebbecca Brown (Porky) was born September 15, 1959 in Havre de Grace, MD, to the late Ronald Booker and Ruth Ann Lee. She left this earthly tabernacle and went home to be with the Lord on April 18, 2021 at the Johns Hopkins Hospital of Baltimore, MD.

Phyllis received her education at the Perryville High School....

Apr 12, 2021

Charles Patrick Breslin, 80 years, of Rising Sun, MD, passed away Monday, April 12, 2021 in the Christiana Hospital of Newark, DE. Born October 9, 1940 in Wilmington, DE, he was the son of the late James Anthony and Clara Johanna Dege Breslin.

Mr. Breslin was a member of St. Teresa’s Catholic Church of Port Deposit, MD,...

Apr 11, 2021

Helen Lorraine Jackson, 97 years, of Blythedale, MD, passed away Sunday, April 11, 2021 at home. Born October 11, 1923 in Dover, DE, she was the daughter of the late John L. and Ollie Faber Jacobs.

Helen’s family moved to Wilmington, DE, in 1928 where she attended public schools and graduated from the P.S. DuPont High School...

Apr 5, 2021

Earl Glenn Rakes, Sr., 91 years, of Colora, MD, passed away Monday, April 5, 2021 at home. Born April 2, 1930 in Calvert, MD, he was the 7th son of the late Jahue Franklin and Lou Vicy Webb Rakes.

Mr. Rakes was formerly employed as an Electronic Technician Foreman by Nester & Faust General Development. He was...

Apr 4, 2021

Teresa Marie Syczurowski, 59 years, of Clarksville, PA, passed away Sunday, April 4, 2021 in Perryville, MD. Born June 29, 1961 in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Anthony Patti and Helen Teresa Bebber.

Mrs. Syczurowski is survived by her daughters, Maria Lynn Bebber of Perryville, MD, Valerie Kim Newson of Red Lion, PA,...

Apr 4, 2021

Richard “Rick” Warren Nesbitt, 60 years, Elkton, MD, passed away Sunday, April 4, 2021 in the Christiana Hospital of Newark, DE. Born January 27, 1961 in Havre de Grace, MD, he was the son of the late Richard Byrd and Joan Arlene Truslow Nesbitt.

Rick was employed as an Assistant Manager by the Chesapeake House of North...

Apr 1, 2021

Thomas Melvin Miller, 92 years, of Rising Sun, MD, passed away peacefully at his home just after sunset on April 1,2021 surrounded by his family and loving wife of 73 years, Wilma Irene Gwaltney. They had a wonderful marriage blessed by a houseful of children and plenty of love.

Born and raised in Rising Sun, MD, he...

Mar 29, 2021

Marilyn Joyce (Pitt) Reburn, 68, of Rising Sun, MD, passed away on March 29, 2021 after a short illness. Marilyn was born on March 28, 1953 in Havre de Grace, MD, to the late Donald and Beverley Pitt of Rising Sun, MD. Marilyn was the third of five daughters.

Marilyn is survived by her beloved son, the...

Mar 29, 2021

Jerry Wayne Jamison, 73 years, of Aberdeen, MD, passed away Monday, March 29, 2021 at home. Born July 5, 1947 in Blackville, SC, he was the son of the late Carl Morris and Mary Frances Hutto Jamison.

Mr. Jamison was formerly employed as a brick mason by Diamond State Masonry of Delaware. He is survived by his...

Mar 27, 2021

Kit Margaret Harris, 71 years, of Abingdon, MD, passed away Saturday, March 27, 2021 in the University of Maryland Harford Memorial Hospital of Havre de Grace, MD. Born April 28, 1949 in Nuremberg, Germany, she was the daughter of the late Harry Eric and Margaret Ingeborg Swanfeldt Sager Baker, and step-daughter of the late Russell Baker.

Kit...

Mar 22, 2021

Nancy Irene Reynolds, 89 years, of Perryville, MD, passed away Monday, March 22, 2021 at home. Born January 19, 1932 in Perryville, MD, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Hemple and Mary Ellen Angle Charsha.

Mrs. Reynolds was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Susquehanna American Legion Post No. 135 of Perryville, MD,...

Mar 22, 2021

Tim Coudon, 63, of Perryville, MD passed peacefully into God's loving arms on Monday, March 22, 2021.

He is survived by his devoted wife of 39 years, Leslie, and beloved daughter Sarah; brother Wilson L. Coudon and wife Nancy; brother George P.W. Coudon and wife Judy; as well as many much-loved nieces and nephews. Tim was preceded...

Mar 20, 2021

Bonnie Craig Blakeley, 74 years, of North East, MD, passed away Saturday, March 20, 2021 in the University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Medical Center of Bel Air, MD. Born May 12, 1946 in Elkton, MD, she was the daughter of the late John Hazel and Lillian Price Craig.

Mrs. Blakeley was formerly employed as a nurse’s aide...

Mar 19, 2021

Daniel Phillip Cole, 65 years, of Rising Sun, MD, passed away Friday, March 19, 2021 in the Elkton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of Elkton, MD. Born August 27, 1955 in Havre de Grace, MD, he was the son of Janet McCardell Cole and the late Charles E. Cole.

Mr. Cole was formerly employed for many years as...

Mar 18, 2021

Mark E. Leight, 67 years, of Port Deposit, MD, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, March 18, 2021 at home.

Mark was a veteran of the U. S. Army, an extremely hard worker, and a diehard Ravens fan. He attended the 2013 Super Bowl in Louisiana and cheered his team on to victory. He was a father figure and...

Mar 11, 2021

Richard Lewis Lesert, 69 years, of North East, MD, passed away Thursday, March 11, 2021 in the Elkton Care & Rehabilitation Center of Elkton, MD. Born September 1, 1951 in Michigan, he was the son of the late Clarence and Ann Lesert.

Mr. Lesert was a veteran of the U.S. Army and employed as a mechanic by...

Mar 11, 2021

Axel Phillip Wicks, of Rising Sun, MD, passed peacefully into the glorious presence of his Lord Jesus on March 11, 2021 surrounded by his family. Born in Brooklyn, NY, January 30, 1940 he was the son of the late Axel F. Wicks and Ragna S. Wicks.

Axel served in the United States Army from January 1959 to...