Obituaries

Dec 31, 2021

Randall (“Buzz”) Eugene Riley, 60 years, of Rising Sun, MD, passed away Friday, December 31, 2021 in the Christiana Care, Union Hospital of Elkton, MD. Born April 8, 1961 in Havre de Grace, MD, he was the son of Ronald and Alice (Reba) Eller Riley.

Buzz was employed by Armstrong (Tele-Communications) as a dispatcher. He is survived...

Dec 27, 2021

Rhoda Pauline Harvey, 75 yrs, of Elkton, MD, passed away Monday, December 27, 2021 in the Resorts of Chester River Manor in Chestertown, MD. Born February 15, 1946 in Havre de Grace, MD, she was the daughter of the late Stanley and Virginia Parsons Riale.

Rhoda is survived by her daughters, Frances Harrell and husband, Brad, and...

Dec 21, 2021

Lowell “Dougie” Douglas White, Jr., 31, of Colora, MD, passed away on Tuesday, December 21, 2021. Born in Baltimore, MD, on August 26, 1990, he was the son of Lowell Douglas White, Sr., of Colora, MD, and Cathie Jones White of Rising Sun, MD.

Dougie attended Bennington College after graduating from Rising Sun High School where his...

Dec 19, 2021

Russell Lee Dye, 86 years, of Port Deposit, MD, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, December 19, 2021 at home surrounded by his family.  Born September 17, 1935 in Swords Creek, VA, he was the son of the late Dennis (Plug) and Vada Marie Breedlove Dye.

Russell was formerly employed by Henkels & McKoy...

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,...