Deaths Continued Obituary and Masonic affiliations
An obituary notes a man active in the League of Municipalities and deep in Masonic circles. Surviving are his wife Ethel Bryan, married 50 years, and daughter Margaret Wagner. Funeral services were conducted March 15 at Marvel Funeral Home and at First Methodist Church with multiple clergy assisting. Burial is planned in Wooster Cemetery in the spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Bryan
Margaret Wagner
Dover
Marvel Funeral Home
Charles S. Clarkson
First Methodist Church
John W. Townsend
T. C. Mulligan
Georgetown
Delaware State Firemen’s Association
Walter Manning Decker obituary near Queen Anne
Walter Manning Decker 83 a retired Pennsylvania Railroad telegrapher died Friday March 17 at his son Kenneth Decker’s home near Queen Anne after a long illness. He is survived by sister Mrs Elizabeth Farrell and brother Emmett Decker both of Middletown NY. Funeral services were Sunday at 2 PM at Moore Funeral Home with Rev Alton McDaniel of Ridgely Brethren Church. Interment was in Upper Lisle NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Manning Decker
Pennsylvania Railroad
Kenneth Decker
Queen Anne
Elizabeth Farrell
Emmett Decker
Middletown
N. Y
Moore Funeral Home
Alton McDaniel
Ridgely Brethren Church
Upper Lisle
Annie Elizabeth Stokes 89 dies after long illness in Cambridge
Annie Elizabeth Stokes, 89, died Friday in a Cambridge hospital after a long illness. She had lived in Burrsville with her niece Mrs. Harlan Blades and is survived by many nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Sunday at 3:30 PM at Moore Funeral Home with Rev. Don Hurst officiating. Interment in Wesley Churchyard, Burrsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Elizabeth Stokes
Cambridge
Burrsville
Harlan Blades
Moore Funeral Home
Don Hurst
Wesley Churchyard
Ida May Simpson dies at 76 in Talbot County
Mrs Ida May Simpson a lifelong Talbot County resident died Wednesday of last week at her home near Trappe She was 76 and survived by three daughters Bertha Pardoe Cordova Miss Mattie Simpson Baltimore three sons Clifford Earl and Edward all of Trappe two brothers and two sisters all of Trappe three grandchildren and one great grandchild The Rev Floyd Mitchell of the Church of the Brethren officiated at services in the Newnam Funeral Home Saturday afternoon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida May Simpson
Talbot County
Trappe
Church of the Brethren
Bertha Pardoe
Cordova
Mattie Simpson
Baltimore
Helen Luff
Marydel
Clifford
Earl
Edward
Henry
Ephraim Diefenderfer
Bertha Mushaw
Edna Harrison
Floyd Mitchell
Newnam
James A Cox 55 Painter Dies in Delaware VA Hospital
James A Cox of Marydel died last Wednesday in the Veterans Administration Hospital Wilmington at age 55. Services were held Saturday at 10 a m from the Church of the Immaculate Conception Marydel. Burial followed in Galena Cemetery. Survived by four sisters Helen Combs Amanda Davis of Wilmington Marydel and Clara Harrett Smyrna and four brothers Willard Media Edward New Castle Nicholas Wilmington and Nelson Ridgely plus several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Cox
Marydel
Veterans Administration Hospital
Wilmington
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Galena Cemetery
Helen Combs
Amanda Davis
Pearl
Lepore
Clara Harrett
Smyrna
Willard
Media
Edward
New Castle
Del
Nicholas
Nelson
Ridgely
Obituaries and community notices from Ridgely area
Marshall L Hooper a 63 year old civil engineer of Greensboro died Sunday March 19 in Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore Survived by wife Eleanor Hooper Greensboro five sisters Annie M Nashold Greensboro Eleanor Saunders Madison NC Virginia Agee Dellwyn Va Nanette Kershaw Wilmington Del Dorothy Hermann Huntington W Va and one brother Tandy H Hooper El Monte California Funeral services were held at Rawlings Boulais Funeral Home with Rev Ray Kirwan officiating Interment in Greensboro Cemetery Also listed are numerous notices of local residents visiting each other attending church events and hospital updates including Lily Ridgely Jones Bloom Danbury Conn and other community members with various travels and church activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall L. Hooper
Greensboro
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Eleanor Hooper
Annie M. Nashold
Eleanor Saunders
Madison
N. C
Virginia Agee
Dellwyn
Nanette Kershaw
Wilmington
Del
Dorothy Hermann
Huntington
W. Va
Tandy H. Hooper
el Monte
California
Rawlings- Boulais Funeral Home
Ray Kirwan
Houston
Greensboro Cemetery
Alexander Dawson Rites Held in Ridgely
Alexander Dawson 67 a retired aircraft mechanic and World War I veteran died Friday March 17 at Memorial Hospital in Faston. He is survived by his wife Emily L Dawson three sisters and three brothers. Funeral services were conducted Monday at Rawlings Boulais Funeral Home with Rev. Vinton D Shufelt officiating. Interment with Masonic graveside rites by Temple Lodge No 128 A F and A M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Dawson
Ridgely
Memorial Hospital
Faston
Emily L. Dawson
Elizabeth Spiedel
Philadelphia
Reginald Woodcock
Haverford
Byron Robert
East Brunswick
N. J
James A
Newtown
John S
South Hampton
Charles O
North Hills
Rawlings-Boulais Funeral Home
Vinton D. Shufelt
Ridgely Methodist Church
Temple Lodge No. 128
A. F
A. M
Greensboro Cemetery
State's Attorney Disposes Of Several Cases In Courts
On Thursday March 16 before Caroline County Magistrates Court convictions included Charles Kenneth Trice of Goldsboro with a $25 suspended fine for a bad check, Norman Banks of Federalsburg 30 days, Harrison Robinson of Federalsburg $100 suspended for driving on revoked licenses. On Saturday before the Circuit Court Brooks Donovan was found guilty of drunken driving with jail sentence suspended and probation ordered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magistrates’ Courts
Caroline County
Charles Kenneth Trice
Goldsboro
Norman Banks
Federalsburg
Harrison Robinson
Brooks Donovan
Donovan
Preston Area Notices and Social Roundup
Preston reflects a weekend of family visits, church events, and community happenings. Local residents attend funerals, celebrate births, and host gatherings across Maryland towns including Preston, Hingham, and Bethesda, with several traveling to Baltimore and Florida and a promotion at Griffin AFB noted. A church service, a bridge club event, a regional soil conservation meeting, and a firemen’s auxiliary bake sale are listed alongside a student bicycle accident on Sixth Street and a school safe theft at Greensboro School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. P. Cannon
R. B. Stevenson
Trazardville
Lebanon
N. H
Alden E. Soberg
Herman Schmick
Maple Ave
Winslow Buxton
USCG
Bethesda
Creighton Carmine
Robert Stanton
L. Geiger
Reynolds C. Wassman
Baltimore
Clara Kruger
Fellowship Club
Immanuel Lutheran Church
H. H. Rieck
Williamsburg
Herbert Hart
Hopewell
James Edward
Patsy
Bristol
Arthur Sprey
Victor Rieck
Easton Hospital
A. F. Sisk
Palm Beach
Fla
Ernest Frase
Clarence Frase
Preston
John
State Trooper Activity During The Past Week
The State Police report for the past week lists accidents on March 18. At 7 p m on Route 313 two miles north of Greensboro a 1959 Volkswagen driven by William James Bringman 37 of Chestertown struck a deer causing $50 damage no injuries or charges. At 4 40 p m on Route 218 1 5 miles east of Federalsboro a 1955 Chevrolet driven by Carlos Edward Passwaters 34 of Bridgeville traveled on the wrong side forcing a 1955 Chevrolet driven by Grace L Russell 25 of Federalsburg off the road. Passwaters was charged with operating under the influence and failing to keep to the right of center. Injured were Passwaters William J Sealrease 29 and Frank F Swift 31 all of Bridgeville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
William James Bringman
Chestertown
Federalshoro
Carlos Edward Passwaters
Bridgeville
Grace L. Russell
Federalsburg
Passwaters
William J. Sealrease
Frank F. Swift
Card of Thanks from The Luff Family
The Luff Family thanks friends and neighbors for kindness and thoughtfulness shown during the loss of their mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luff
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Jones Berendt
Danbury
Cornell Memorial
White St
Harold M. Jenkins
Methodist Church
Wooster
Mrs
Ida Simpson
John O. Bloom
Lulu R. D. Jones Bloom
Fanton Rd
Marjorie Manor
Bloom
Myrtle Rebalkah Lodge
Elmer
Edward Bloom
Helen Bloom
Linda E
Kaee Vernon Smith
Clinton Dorman
Bobby
Deborah
Christine
Milford
John Dorman
Doreen
Lexington Park
Chas. Hammond
Frank Hobbs
Salisbury
William Baughley
David
Bertie Baker
Lois
James Sculley
J. Paul Temple
Elmer Anthony
Orlando
Florida
Anthony
Roland R. Lane
Karen Guthrie
LeRoy Walls
Crumpton
Harry Kemp
Harry Grubb
J. Mulford Swing
John Swing, Jr
Easton
Margaret Swing
A. Orrell Saulsbury
W. Newpher
Arlington
St. Paul’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Ralph Meredith
Chile
Ruth
Garey
Cirole
Wright
Wbal TV
Preston Firemen’s Ladies Auxiary
Bethesda Methodist Church
John Seaman
Herman Walbert and Son
Church Hill
Seaman
Harry Glessner
Turnerville
Damacre
Sixth St
Denton
Marlene Ann Lankford
Marlene
Morgan Williams
Caroline County Board of Education
Life and Post
Stile
Cray
Gerardi Bros
Caroline Home
4Th & Market Sts
Denton, Maryland
LaLa
Pat
Pend
Sunoco
Horner’s Service
Elzie Horner
Met
Sat
Sun
Olesen
Rotisserie
Philco
Philco—Kresky—Williamson
Motorola
Ruud
Bryan’s Pharmacy
Delaware
Record
Tor
Edgehill Pharmacy
Universal Equipment Operators School, Inc
Walker
Washington, D. C
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