Obituaries

James Anderson

James Anderson

Apr 7, 2016

James "Jimmy" W. Anderson of Havre de Grace, MD passed away at home surrounded by the love of his family on April, 7, 2016. He was 79. He is survived by his devoted wife Evelyn C. (Walls) Anderson. Jimmy was born in Churchville, MD to the late Deedie Dan Anderson and Carrie (Spencer) Anderson. He was the loving father of...

Justin Oliver

Justin Oliver

Apr 3, 2016

Justin Thomas Oliver, of Abingdon, MD, passed away on April 3, 2016. He was 34. Justin was born in Havre de Grace, MD, to Kathleen Oliver and the late Roger Carr. He was the devoted husband of 11 years to Jessica Oliver, loving father of Michael Delano Stevens, Arieonna Malynn Oliver, Kaleb Robert Oliver, Jullian Thomas Oliver, and Delani Elysse...

Wanda Lay

Wanda Lay

Apr 3, 2016

Wanda Lorraine "Ms. Petey" Lay, of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away on April 3, 2016. She was 87. Ms. Petey was born in Havre de Grace, Maryland, to the late Charles Leslie Creswell and Sarah Jane Hines Creswell. She was the devoted wife of 68 years of Donald William Lay of Havre de Grace, MD, loving mother of Keith...

Norma Woods

Norma Woods

Apr 2, 2016

Norma Lee Woods, of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away on April 2, 2016. She was 77. Mrs. Woods was born in Logan, West Virginia, to Clyde Vincent Hughes and Victoria Wright Hughes. She was the devoted wife of 59 years to William Spahr Woods, Sr., loving mother of Victoria Maria Rickard of Havre de Grace, MD, and William Spahr...

Robert Hutchison

Robert Hutchison

Mar 28, 2016

Robert W. W. Hutchison was taken to be with our Lord, on March 28, 2016. "Hutch" was born on July 27, 1921 in Newark, NJ. He was the son of the late Walter Arthur Hutchison II and the late Frieda Margaret Kraft-Hutchison. He also was predeceased by his brother Walter Hutchison III and also his sister, Doris and his two...

Betty Wagner

Betty Wagner

Mar 28, 2016

Betty M. Wagner, of Lakewood, NJ, formerly of Bel Air and Fallston, passed away on March 28, 2016. She was 76. She was born in Chatham, PA, to the late Charles F. Wagner and Elizabeth I. Grover Wagner. She was the dear sister of Alice White and her husband George, of Brick, New Jersey, Rose Shockley of Riverside, Virginia, and...

Carolyn Smith

Carolyn Smith

Mar 18, 2016

Carolyn June Smith, of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away surrounded by family on March 18, 2016. She was 64. Mrs. Smith was born in Havre de Grace, MD to John Pittam and Lois Isennock. She was the loving wife of the late Herbert Smith, devoted mother of Shawn Smith of Havre de Grace, MD, and Erin Smith also of...

Helen Swam

Helen Swam

Mar 17, 2016

Helen Elizabeth Swam, of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away on March 17, 2016. She was 90. Born in Havre de Grace, she was the daughter of the late Achille Sarvino and Maria Ann Serpentino Sarvino. She was the wife of the late James Rodney Swam, Sr., loving mother of James Rodney Swam, Jr., and his wife Lou Ann, of...

Evelyn Kleinsorgen

Evelyn Kleinsorgen

Mar 16, 2016

Evelyn Ruth "Snookie" Kleinsorgen, of Churchville, MD, passed away on March 16, 2016, due to complications from a stroke. She was 83. She was born in Havre de Grace, MD, the daughter of the late Sarah Baldwin and Murray Mitchell. At the age of 13, Evelyn began her career at the Havre de Grace National 5&10. She worked her way...

John Jolley

John Jolley

Mar 7, 2016

John Reid "Jack" Jolley, devoted husband, father and grandfather, avid golfer and long-time law enforcement officer, died March 7, 2016, at Perry Point Veterans Administration Medical Center in Perryville, Maryland, at age 76. He was born in Oil City, Pennsylvania, to the late Richard L. Jolley and Marcella (Reid) Jolley on September 7, 1939. He is survived by his wife...

Carolina Staines

Carolina Staines

Mar 1, 2016

Carolina Catherine Hensley Staines, of Port Deposit, MD, passed away surrounded by her family on March 1, 2016. She was 73. She was born in Abingdon, VA, to the late Bernard Hensley and the late Wanda Short Hensley. She was the devoted mother of Mark D. Staines and his wife Teresa, of Reisterstown, MD, Bernice Ann Reavis and her husband...

Kathleen  Micklewright

Kathleen Micklewright

Feb 29, 2016

Kathleen P. "Pat" Micklewright of Havre de Grace, MD passed away surrounded by the love of her family. She was 92. She was the devoted wife of the late James T. Micklewright. Mrs. Micklewright was born in Davenport, Iowa to the late Joseph Walter and Ellen (Schmidt) O'Connor. She was the adoring mother of Catherine Ann Rossetti, Thomas J. Micklewright,...

Ann Lamont

Ann Lamont

Feb 22, 2016

Ann LaMont, 83, of Mount Joy, PA, formerly of Havre de Grace and Joppa, MD, went home to be with her Lord on February 22, 2016 at her home in Mount Joy after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Havre de Grace, she was the daughter of the late Clarence and Nellie Himes. She was the wife of the...

Jimmie Padgett

Jimmie Padgett

Feb 20, 2016

Jimmie Lester Padgett, of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away on February 20, 2016 at the age of 75. He was born in Carthage, Arkansas, to Marvin Padgett and Clydeen Kern Padgett. Jimmie was the loving husband of Geraldine Padgett for 52 years, devoted father of Suzanne Leigh Pebley and her husband, Michael, of Hanover, PA, Charles Andrew Padgett and...

Ruth Havenga

Ruth Havenga

Feb 20, 2016

Ruth Carmen Havenga, a resident of Havre de Grace, MD, for 62 years, passed away peacefully at home, with family at her side, on February 20, 2016. She was 93. She was born in Muskegon, Michigan, to Ralph B. Close and Viola Bradley Close. She was the wife of the late Bearl Fred Havenga for 56 years, loving mother of...

Alfred Leeds

Alfred Leeds

Feb 13, 2016

Alfred "Al" Kurtz Leeds, 83, passed away on February 13, 2016 at the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Mr. Leeds had been in ill health for a while; for four months prior to his death he had been a resident of the Lorien Riverside nursing home in Belcamp, MD. Al was born on November 1, 1932, in...

George Burns

George Burns

Feb 8, 2016

George Barry Burns, of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away on February 8, 2016. He was 80. Mr. Burns was born in Havre de Grace, MD, to George W. Burns and Hannah Hipple Burns. He received his Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics from Washington College, in Chestertown, MD, and then he worked as a computer specialist for National Cash Register, and...

Mary Francis

Mary Francis

Feb 8, 2016

Mary E. Francis, of Aberdeen, MD, passed away on February 8, 2016. She was 91. Mrs. Francis was born in Darlington, MD, to William Thomas Wright and Edna Carr Wright. She was the wife of the late William Howard Francis, Sr., loving mother of Toni F. Rembold and her husband, Nelson, of Aberdeen, MD, William H. Francis, II and his...

Lois Markland

Lois Markland

Feb 7, 2016

Lois W. Markland, of Havre de Grace, MD, passed away peacefully on February 7, 2016. She was 85. Mrs. Markland was born in Baltimore, MD, to William Elmer Wentworth and Anna Micheau Wentworth. She was the wife of the late William Thomas Markland, loving mother of Timothy C. Markland, Sr., and his wife Catherine, of Abingdon, MD; adored grandmother of...

Donald Baker

Donald Baker

Feb 3, 2016

Donald "Duck" Lee Baker of Havre de Grace, MD passed away at home on February 3, 2016. He was 65. He was the loving husband of the late Sandra Lee Baker. Mr. Baker was born in Havre de Grace, MD to the late Clifton C. and Margaret J. (Owens) Baker. He was the devoted father to Sandra Annette Wright and...