Obituaries

Watson Norman

Watson Norman

Nov 25, 2019

Watson Gray Norman, of Aberdeen, MD, passed away on November 25, 2019. He was 81. Mr. Norman was born in Trap Hill, NC, to Walter Gray Norman and Virgie May Atkins Norman. He was the husband of the late Sadie Norman and long-time companion of Sheila Vancampen. He was the loving father of Patricia A. Norman- Duvall and her husband...

Philip Merkel

Philip Merkel

Nov 24, 2019

Philip R. Merkel of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away on November 24, 2019 at University of Maryland. He was 63 years old and the devoted husband of 18 years to Deanna B. Merkel. Mr. Merkel was born in Rochester, NY to the late Shirley Merkel. He was the devoted father of Jacob John Hunter Merkel and his step-daughter Kayla...

Susan Wancowicz Noon

Susan Wancowicz Noon

Nov 23, 2019

Susan Carmella Noon, of Johnson City, Tennessee, passed away on November 23, 2019. She was 51. Mrs. Noon was born in Baltimore, MD, to Mary Lee Quattrocche Wancowicz and the late Anthony John Wancowicz, Jr. She was the loving wife of 22 years to Darryl Ray Noon. She is also survived by 5 nieces, 1 nephew, and 1 great-niece, her...

Janice Lavicka

Janice Lavicka

Nov 12, 2019

Janice Lorraine Lavicka of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away on November 12, 2019. She was 55. Mrs. Lavicka was born in Havre de Grace, MD, to Denver McMillion and Arlene Morrison McMillion. She was the devoted wife of 23 years to Stephen Lavicka, loving mother Michael Adrian McMillion, and sister of Ernie Ray MCMillion and Barbara Babar. Mrs. Lavicka...

Walter Coakley

Walter Coakley

Nov 11, 2019

Walter Basil Coakley, of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away on November 11, 2019. He was 95. Mr. Coakley was born in Havre de Grace, MD, to Walter Ruley Coakley and Pauline Cook Coakley. He was the devoted husband of the late Betty Jane Jackson Coakley, loving father of Barbara Jo Coakley, Betsey Lynn Coakley, Laura Lea Coakley Nori, and...

Nancy Grupp

Nancy Grupp

Oct 30, 2019

Nancy Ann Grupp, of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away on October 30, 2019. She was 55. Mrs. Grupp was born in Baltimore, MD, to Charles R. Sommers, Jr., and Rita C. Grzechowiak Vitali. She was the devoted wife for 39 years to Melvin Anthony Grupp, Jr., loving mother of Melvin A. Grupp, III, and his wife Wendy, of Rising...

Christopher Parsons

Christopher Parsons

Oct 29, 2019

Christopher John Parsons, also known as "Skip", of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away on October 29, 2019. He was 73 years old. "Skip" was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and pre-deceased by his beloved mother, Ann Parsons Dunnill. He is survived by his devoted sister, Catherine Markland and her husband Timothy Markland, Sr., his brother Daniel Turner and his wife...

Ralph Redding

Ralph Redding

Oct 24, 2019

Ralph Stanley Redding, Jr., of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away on October 24, 2019. He was 76. Mr. Redding was born in New Orleans, LA, to Ralph Stanley Redding, Sr., and Wilhelmina "Bonnie Redding. He was the loving father of Dave Redding and his wife Jennifer of Jarrettsville, MD, and Chris Redding of Havre de Grace, MD, and was...

Clara Warden

Clara Warden

Oct 12, 2019

Clara May Warden of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away peacefully, on October 12, 2019. She was 79 years and the beloved wife of the late Frederick E. Warden, Sr. Mrs. Warden was born in Havre de Grace, MD to the late John T. and Ruth Ann (Railey) Kersnowski. She was the devoted mother to; Tammy Stoneberg, Nadine Burns, Frederick...

Shirley Baker

Shirley Baker

Oct 6, 2019

Shirley Ann Baker, of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away on October 6, 2019. She was 64. Mrs. Baker was born in Havre de Grace, MD, to Charles Alvin Usilton, Sr., and Barbara Butschlinger Usilton. She was the devoted wife of 33 years of Robert James Baker, Jr., loving mother of Allison "Bree" Perry and Jordan Ryan Baker and his...

John  Stout

John Stout

Sep 22, 2019

John Russell Stout, Sr., of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away on September 22, 2019. He was 63. Mr. Stout was born in Havre de Grace, MD, to the late Oliver Jackson Stout and Betty Lou Harrison Stout. He was the devoted husband of Donna Elizabeth Walter Stout of 41 years, loving father of John Russell Stout, Jr., and his...

Robert Holmes

Robert Holmes

Sep 17, 2019

Robert Kinkead Holmes, Jr., of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away on September 17, 2019. He was 72. Mr. Holmes was born in Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania, to Margaret Schwartz Holmes of Havre de Grace, MD, formerly of Natrona Heights, PA, and the late Robert Kinkead Holmes, Sr. He was the devoted husband of 50 years to Sarah "Sally" Holmes, loving...

Betty Leone

Betty Leone

Sep 16, 2019

Betty Mae Leone, of Baltimore, MD, passed away on September 16, 2019. She was 86. Mrs. Leone was born in West Virginia. She was the loving mother of Frank Anthony Leone and his wife Lauren, Victoria Lynn Hyde and her husband Anthony Joseph, III, and Susan Eppig. She was the grandmother of Sara Lynn Smith, Anthony Justin Hyde, IV, Rachel...

Earle Cornelius

Earle Cornelius

Sep 12, 2019

Earle D. Cornelius Jr., 97, of Havre de Grace, Maryland, formerly of Winfield and Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, died on Thursday, Sept. 12, at University of Maryland Harford Memorial Hospital, Havre de Grace. Born in Lewisburg on March 12, 1922, he was son of the late Earle D. and Anna VonNeida Cornelius. He was the husband of the late Barbara L. Cornelius,...

Charlotte Putland

Charlotte Putland

Sep 9, 2019

Charlotte Elizabeth Putland, of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away on September 9, 2019. She was 89. Mrs. Putland was born in Havre de Grace, MD, to John and Charlotte Hines. She was the wife of William A. Putland, for 43 years and was predeceased by her first husband Stanley R. Borneman. She was the loving mother of Cynthia Borneman...

Wanda Hirschy

Wanda Hirschy

Aug 27, 2019

Wanda Lee Hirschy, of Port Deposit, MD, passed away on August 27, 2019. She was 64. Mrs. Hirschy was born in Chicago, IL, to Mary Ann Burton and the late Charles Alfred Burton. She was the devoted wife of 32 years to Ronald L. Hirschy, loving mother of Jenny Lee Clark and her husband Jason of South Lyon, Michigan, Christina...

Michael Liberatore

Michael Liberatore

Aug 26, 2019

Michael Anthony Liberatore, of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away on August 26, 2019. He was 61. Mr. Liberatore was born in Havre de Grace, MD, to the late Arthur and Eva Louise Liberatore (nee Norris). He was the devoted husband of 32 years to Linda Ann Liberatore (nee Garrettson), loving father of Tonya Reedy (Vince) of Williamston, SC, Mary...

Lora Abraham

Lora Abraham

Aug 23, 2019

Lora Mae Abraham Mae died quietly at her home on Friday, August 23, 2019, at the age of 92. Mae's story On July 24, 1927, an important day in the annals of Ashley history, Lora Mae Ashley Abraham was born in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina to Rev. Arthur Ashley and Molly Williams Ashley. She was...

Linda Ebaugh

Linda Ebaugh

Aug 23, 2019

Linda Ann Ebaugh, of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away on August 23, 2019. She was 66. Mrs. Ebaugh was born in Colorado Springs, Co, to Henry and Aristide Perez Templeton. She was the wife of the late Dane Bryant Ebaugh, loving mother of Raven Nicole Baker of Brooklyn, NY, and sister of Elizabeth A. Latham. Mrs. Ebaugh worked for...