Obituaries

Kevin Dowell

Kevin Dowell

Apr 11, 2018

Kevin Lee Dowell, of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away on April 11, 2018. He was 55. Mr. Dowell was born in Havre de Grace, MD, to John Paul Dowell and Patty Davis Tharp. He was the devoted husband of 36 years to Sharon L. Dowell, loving father of Melissa Curry and her husband Michael, Chelsea Dowell, Kyle Dowell, Kristopher...

Helen Farro

Helen Farro

Apr 9, 2018

Helen Kathleen Farro, of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away surrounded by her family on April 9, 2018 at the age of 80. Helen was born to George and Anna Grados and was raised in Fayette City, Pennsylvania. She was the wife of the late William F. Wilson and the late Gerald A. Farro. Helen was the loving mother of...

Brian Brown

Brian Brown

Apr 1, 2018

Brian J. Brown of Aberdeen, MD passed away surrounded by the love of his family on April 1, 2018 at the Christiana Hospital, DE. He was 59 years old. Mr. Brown was born in Newark, NJ to the late Bernard and Mary (Evans) Brown. He was the devoted father to Katherine Brown, William Brown and Daniel Brown. He was the...

Sara Vesper

Sara Vesper

Mar 30, 2018

Sara E. Vesper of Havre de Grace, MD passed away on March 30, 2018 at the Lorien at Riverside Nursing and Rehabilitation. She was the devoted wife of the late Carmen Vesper. Mrs. Vesper was born in Williamsport, PA to the late Harry and Grace (Minnier) Montgomery. She was the beloved mother of Alanda Sutor and her late husband Marvin,...

Michele Thompson

Michele Thompson

Mar 23, 2018

Michele Diane Thompson, of Conowingo, MD, passed away on March 23, 2018. She was 52. She was born in Havre de Grace, MD, to June Ann Love Major and the late Robert Douglas Thompson, Sr. Michele was the fiancé of Jasper "Bug" Wallace, loving mother of Patrick Garland Thompson and Jenna Brooke Thompson, and grandmother of Natalie Thompson and Aubrey...

Opal Pascuzzi

Opal Pascuzzi

Mar 21, 2018

Opal Pauline Pascuzzi, of Darlington, MD, passed away on March 21, 2018. She was 95. Mrs. Pascuzzi was born in North Carolina, to Bruce and Mary Burchett. She was the devoted wife of the late Henry Paul Pascuzzi, loving mother of Eugene L. Burchette and his wife Carol, of Darlington, MD, adored grandmother of Lisa Desantis and her husband Ralph...

Marie Coates

Marie Coates

Mar 20, 2018

Marie Silver Coates, of Aberdeen, MD passed away at home surrounded by family, on March 20 2018. The daughter of the late Frank Harper Silver and Marie Maslin Silver, she was born and raised in Havre de Grace MD. She is survived by her husband of 60 years, Arthur D. Coates, and sons Arthur D. Coates, Jr. (Lindsay) of Bel...

Clarence  Standiford

Clarence Standiford

Mar 20, 2018

Clarence "Austin" Standiford, Jr., of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away on March 20, 2018. He was 72. Austin was born in Fountain Green, MD, to Clarence Austin Standiford, Sr., and Roberta Henderson Standiford. He was the devoted husband of 47 years to Ruth Rae Standiford, loving father of Amy Durkin and her husband Paul, of Aberdeen, MD, Nicole Goldberg...

Ret. Colonel Willard  Mills

Ret. Colonel Willard Mills

Mar 20, 2018

Colonel Willard N. Mills "Neal", passed away on March 20, 2018 at The Villages Regional Hospital, FL. He was the devoted father of Candice Lyons, Regina Overbay, Christopher Mills, and Travis Mills; beloved grandfather to Tristan Steever, Jacob Lyons, Madison Overbay, Gaby Mills and Aiva Mills; brother of Cathy Edmonds. He was a Retired Air Force Colonel and City Planning...

Mary Lay

Mary Lay

Mar 18, 2018

Mary Preston Lay, of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away on March 18, 2018. She was 93. Mrs. Lay was born in Mentor, Ohio, to Robert Preston and Rose Zack Preston. She was the devoted wife of the late Kenneth Lay, loving mother of Steven R. Lay and his wife Louise B. Lay of Havre de Grace, MD, Ronald E....

James Blackburn

James Blackburn

Mar 17, 2018

James Leroy Blackburn of Darlington, MD, passed away on March 17, 2018. He was 74. Mr. Blackburn was born in North Carolina, to Marion Levi Blackburn and Francis Hester Blackburn. He was the devoted husband of the late Elsie Belle Blackburn to whom he was married for 53 years. He was the loving father of Kathy Mahan and her husband...

Lorna Wortman

Lorna Wortman

Mar 14, 2018

Lorna May Wortman, of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away on March 14, 2018. She was 88. Mrs. Wortman was born in Oregon City, Oregon, to Harry George Elligsen and Maud Davis Elligsen. She was the devoted wife of the late John D. Wortman, loving mother of Warren John Wortman and his wife Amy, of Columbia, MD, Odin David Wortman...

M. Cohen

M. Cohen

Mar 13, 2018

M. Janet Cohen of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away on March 13, 2018. She was 82. Mrs. Cohen was born in Red House, Virginia, to Claude Duval Johnson and Mattie Elder McCullough. After her father passed at a young age, she was raised in Havre de Grace by her mother and adored step-father Elwood McCullough. Mrs. Cohen was the...

Carl Tharp

Carl Tharp

Mar 12, 2018

Carl Lee Tharp, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on March 12, 2018. He was 78. Mr. Tharp was born in Renick, West Virginia to Howard and Nellie Tharp. He was the devoted husband of Patty L. Tharp for 23 years, loving father of Carl Lee Tharp, Jr., Allen Thomas Tharp, Tina Marie Jones, Andrew Ryan Tharp, Kevin Lee Dowell,...

Charles Jones

Charles Jones

Mar 9, 2018

Charles "Bim" Edward Jones, Jr., of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away on March 9, 2018. He was 70. "Bim" was born in Baltimore City, MD, to Charles Edward Jones, Sr., and Audrey Jones. He was the loving husband of Ursula Henry sharing 13 wonderful years together. He was the Godfather of Michelle Herzog and her husband Chris, and Daron...

Jerome Johnson

Jerome Johnson

Mar 2, 2018

JEROME RICHARD 'Jerry' JOHNSON - passed from certain death to Life on 2 March 2018. He was born the 2nd child of Ingwald and Sylvia McNany Johnson in Hammond, Indiana on 4 June 1928. He was preceded in death by his parents, his brother Ingwald, Jr. and baby sister Ethel 'Sissy' Johnson. He was a devoted son to his mother....

Thomas Donaldson

Thomas Donaldson

Feb 28, 2018

Thomas Alexander Donaldson, Jr., of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away on February 28, 2018. He was 58. Mr. Donaldson was born in Delaware to the late Thomas Alexander Donaldson, Sr., and Lorraine Leavitt Donaldson. He was the devoted father of Thomas Alexander Donaldson, III, and his wife, Jenny, of Aberdeen, MD, and Lauren Alexander Fitzgerald and her husband David,...

Justin Harvey

Justin Harvey

Feb 25, 2018

Justin John Harvey, Sr., of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away on February 25, 2018. He was 38. Mr. Harvey was born in Havre de Grace, MD, to Richard Edward Harvey, Sr., and Jonny D. Harvey of Havre de Grace, MD. He was the father of Justin John Harvey, Jr., Hailie R. Harvey, Destiney M. Harvey, and Chance Little, the...