Obituaries

Iva Strong

Iva Strong

Jan 4, 2020

Iva Elsie Strong of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away at Harford Memorial Hospital on January 4, 2020. She was 90 years old. She was the beloved wife of the late William Henry Strong. Born on April 19, 1929, in Havre de Grace, MD, Iva was the daughter of the late Frank Ellsworth Towson and Lillian Irene DeBaugh. She worked...

Ruth Vicari

Ruth Vicari

Jan 3, 2020

Ruth Walker Vicari, of Middletown, DE, passed away on January 3, 2020. She was 99. Mrs. Vicari was born in Maryland to Cecil T. Walker and Edna Irene Waters Walker. She was the wife of the late Arthur F. Vicari, loving mother of Shirley V. Coleman and her husband Kenneth, of Dover, FL, and Pamela R. Kidd and her husband...

Lois Jones

Lois Jones

Jan 2, 2020

Lois Steele Jones, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on January 2, 2020. She was 88. Mrs. Jones was born in Darlington, MD, to Paul Bishop Steele and Edith Eleanor Brown Steele. She was the devoted wife of the late Clarence Jones, loving sister of Phyllis Price and her husband David, of Oxford, PA, and Carol Burchette and her husband...

Melvin Grupp

Melvin Grupp

Jan 1, 2020

Melvin Anthony Grupp, Jr., of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away on, January 1, 2020. He was 59. Mr. Grupp was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Melvin Anthony Grupp, Sr., and Marie Doris Emkey Grupp. He was devoted husband of the late Nancy Ann Grupp, loving father of Melvin A. Grupp, III, and his wife Wendy of Rising Sun, MD,...

Kenneth Strong

Kenneth Strong

Dec 28, 2019

Kenneth Lee Strong Sr., of Aberdeen, MD, son of the late Carrie L. Wilson, raised by the late Norman R. Strong and Annie E. Strong, passed away on December 28, 2019. He was 71. Kenny is survived by his loving wife Jenny Strong of 47 years. Beloved father to Kenneth "JR" Strong and his wife Kristina of Havre de Grace,...

Lois Keen

Lois Keen

Dec 28, 2019

Lois Jean Keen, 83, of North East, Maryland, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on December 28, 2019. Born on August 8, 1936 in East Liverpool, Ohio, Jean was the daughter of the late William and Lillian Jackson. She worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant at Brevins Nursing Home and also worked for a time at APG. She...

Alice Bannister Boyd

Alice Bannister Boyd

Dec 27, 2019

Alice "Marie" Bannister Boyd, of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away on December 27, 2019. She was 100. Mrs. Boyd was born in Havre de Grace, MD, to Daniel James Gallagher and Maryellen Boyd Gallagher. She was the wife of the late William H. "Harry" Boyd and Ernest Lee Bannister, loving mother of William H. "Bill" Boyd, Jr., Michael P....

Charles Thompson

Charles Thompson

Dec 25, 2019

Charles Leroy Thompson was born into this world in the village of Level, on the outskirts of Havre de Grace, MD on February 25, 1928. His arrival was celebrated and joyful to parents, Millard and Rosa Bradford Thompson and in time six siblings followed. Charles lived his entire life in Level. His grandparents and parents made possible the family farm...

Charles Nichols

Charles Nichols

Dec 21, 2019

Charles Richard Nichols, of Conowingo, MD, passed away on December 21, 2019. He was 80. Mr. Nichols was born in Philadelphia, PA, to Paul Randolph Nichols and Anna Julia Scheffler Nichols. Mr. Nichols worked as a mechanic. He is survived by his Conowingo friends. A service will be held on Tuesday, January 7, 2019, at 2:00 PM, at Zellman Funeral...

Yoshiko Ferguson

Yoshiko Ferguson

Dec 21, 2019

Yoshiko Ferguson of Havre de Grace, MD passed away on December 21, 2019. She was 88 years old Yoshiko was born in Kobe, Japan and is the beloved mother of Naomi Diggin (Jack), Alma Sherwood (David), the late Dr. Thomas Jordan (Christine Hatem), the late Ryland Richard Jordan, Jr. and the late John Jay Jordan. She was the grandmother of...

Walter Strong

Walter Strong

Dec 19, 2019

Walter William "Bill" Strong, 79, of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away Thursday, December 19, 2019. He was born March 21, 1940, in Baltimore, MD., the son of Walter Albert Strong and Ella Louise Hipple Strong. He was the devoted companion of Annette Reynolds for 27 years. He worked for Bill Bowman where he started his trade as a mechanic....

Richard Long

Richard Long

Dec 15, 2019

Richard Melvin Long, Jr., of Baltimore, MD, passed away on December 15, 2019. He was 43. Mr. Long was born in Baltimore, MD, to Richard Melvin Long, Sr., and Barbara Elaine Long. He was the husband of Sara Long, father of Hope Alexandra Long and Richard Melvin Long, III. He was the brother of Christina Long, Amanda Bangert and her...

Evelyn Murray

Evelyn Murray

Dec 11, 2019

Evelyn Clara Murray, of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away on December 11, 2019. She was 79. Mrs. Murray was born in Ashe County, North Carolina, to Edwin W. Powers and Mary Etta Hurley McGraw. After her family moved to Maryland, she lived most of her life in Level Village and then in the town of Havre de Grace; Evelyn...

Blanche May Berry

Blanche May Berry

Dec 7, 2019

Blanche May Keen Berry of Aberdeen, MD, passed away at home on December 7, 2019. She was the devoted companion of 16 years to Hugh LaPenotiere. She was 73 years old. Mrs. Berry was born in Cecil County to the late John Robert Keen, Sr "Captain Jack" and Cora Elizabeth (Jackson) Keen. She was the loving mother of Doreen E....

Melvie Arlene Goodman

Melvie Arlene Goodman

Dec 6, 2019

Melvie Arlene Goodman of Rising Sun, MD, passed away on December 6, 2019 after a long battle with Alzheimer's Disease. She was 87 and the devoted wife of the late Wayne Clarence Goodman. Mrs. Goodman was born in Wolftrap, VA to the late Ernest McGuffin Brammer and Mary Emmaline (Burnette) Brammer. She was the loving mother of Sharon Barker (Harold)...

Rickey Penrow

Rickey Penrow

Dec 5, 2019

Rickey Lewis Penrow, of Perryville, MD, passed away on December 5, 2019. He was 62. Mr. Penrow was born at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, to Charles Franklin Penrow, Sr., and Mildred Mae Beamer Penrow. He was the father of Rickey Lewis Penrow, Jr., and Amber Marie Penrow of Perryville, MD, and was the brother of Charles Franklin Lawson, Johnny Leroy...

Rose Hooker

Rose Hooker

Dec 1, 2019

Rose Ellen "Tootsie" Hooker, of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away on December 1, 2019. She was 89. Mrs. Hooker was born in Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania, to Philip G. Angelini and Emma L. Casaldi Angelini. She was the devoted wife of 67 years to Edward Joshua Hooker, loving mother of Edward Joseph Hooker and his wife Patty, Patricia A. Hooker,...

Dorothy  Lee

Dorothy Lee

Nov 25, 2019

Dorothy I. Lee of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away peacefully on November 25, 2019 at the Harford Memorial Hospital. She was the devoted wife of 57 years to Bobby R. Lee. Mrs. Lee was born in Elkton, MD, to the late Joseph William and Dorothy Irene (Smith) Singleton. She was the mother of Bobby R. Lee, Jr., William L....