Obituaries

Harry Bradford Gamble, Sr.

Feb 7, 2008

Harry Bradford Gamble, Sr., 93 of Bay View, MD, died Thursday, February 7, 2008 at home. Born in Bay View, MD, on July 22, 1914, he was the son of the late John W. and the late Martha Elizabeth Williams Gamble. He was the husband of the late Dorothy Lum Gamble, who died March 25, 1986. Mr. Gamble served...

Grace Emily Reynolds

Feb 3, 2008

Grace Emily Reynolds, 87 of North East, MD, died Sunday, February 3, 2008 in the Calvert Manor Healthcare Center, Rising Sun, MD. Born in North East, MD, on July 12, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Melvin L. and the late Helen E. Lockard Reynolds. Grace was a lifelong resident of North East, a member of North...

Marian D. Walbeck

Feb 2, 2008

Marian D. Walbeck Marian D. Walbeck, born on September 14, 1911 in North East, Maryland she was the fifth of eight children of Victor and Alvia Benjamin, in the sixth generation of the family. She graduated from North East High School in 1929, and married the love of her life, Herman Walbeck, on September 30, 1929. At the start...

Leonard V. Paul, Sr.

Jan 30, 2008

Leonard V. Paul, Sr., 92, a longtime resident of North East, MD, died Wednesday, January 30, 2008 in the Chester River Manor Nursing Home, Chestertown, MD. Born in Philadelphia, PA, on May 23, 1915, he was the son of the late Samuel O. and the late Harriett A. Carpenter Paul. He was the husband of Dorothy Bateman Paul who...

Kelsey Ambler Cox, Jr.

Jan 30, 2008

Kelsey Ambler Cox, Jr. passed away at the age of 78 in the comfort of his family at the Laurelwood Center, Elkton, MD. Born in North East, MD, on August 3, 1929, he was the son of the late Kelsey Ambler Cox, Sr. and the late Wanda E. Smith Cox. Kelsey was a life-long resident of North East and...

Howard Franklin Herbst, Jr.

Jan 28, 2008

Ruth Anna Cliff

Jan 28, 2008

Ruth Anna Meekins Cliff, 101 of North East, MD, passed away peacefully Monday, January 28, 2008 at Calvert Manor Healthcare Center, Rising Sun, MD. Ruth was born on May 26, 1906, to Sadie and Warren Meekins in North East, MD. She was one of 10 children and was the last survivor. Ruth married William Billy Cliff on December 31,...

William H. Pete Peterson

Jan 26, 2008

William H. Peterson, Pete 85 of North East, MD, died Saturday, January 26, 2008 in the Union Hospital of Cecil County, Elkton, MD. He was born in Petersburg, VA, on June 24, 1922. Mr. Peterson was the beloved husband of Sylvia Mitchell Peterson of North East, MD. He served in the Army during World War II. He retired from...

William Joseph Yanchulis

Jan 24, 2008

William Joseph Yanchulis, 54 of Elkton, MD, died Thursday, January 24, 2008 in the Christiana Hospital, Christiana, DE. Born in Wilmington, DE on March 14, 1953, he was the son of Josephine M. Zynel Yanchulis, of Elkton, MD and the late William A. Yanchulis. Mr. Yanchulis was the beloved husband of Patricia A. Yanchulis of Elkton, MD. Mr. Yanchulis...

Linda Marie Truslow

Jan 21, 2008

Linda Marie Truslow, 58 of North East, MD, died Monday, January 21, 2008 in the Levendale Nursing Home, Baltimore, MD. She was born in South Fork, VA, on July 9, 1949. She was the wife of the late Donald Truslow who died on June 13, 2007. Mrs. Truslow’s favorite pastime was playing bingo. Survivors include: two sons: Donald Warren...

Mildred B. Raine

Jan 17, 2008

Mildred B. Raine, 95 of Fair Hill, MD, died Thursday, January 17, 2008 in the Union Hospital of Cecil County, Elkton, MD. Born in North East, MD, on July 3, 1912, she was the daughter of the late George and the late Eleanora Lilly McKinney. She was the wife of the late John Leroy Raine who died in 1986....

Rhea Joyce Adams

Jan 17, 2008

Rhea Joyce Adams, 78 of North East, MD, died Thursday, January 17, 2008 in the Union Hospital of Cecil County, Elkton, MD. Born in Principio, MD, on September 22, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Richard and the late Kathleen Hollister Borden. She was the wife of the late Colonel E. Adams who died on December 1,...

Joan C. Atkinson

Jan 16, 2008

Audrey Sutherland

Jan 15, 2008

Audrey Sutherland, 89 of North East, MD, died Monday, January 14, 2008. Born in Aberdeen, MD, on August 5, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Henry and the late Lily Preston Keen. Mrs. Sutherland, a homemaker, was a member of the First Baptist Church of North East and was a foster parent. Survived by one daughter: Beverly...

Frank Leroy Savage

Jan 13, 2008

Frank Leroy “Roy” Savage, 53 of North East, MD, died Sunday, January 13, 2008 in his home after a long illness surrounded by his loving family. Born in Elkton, MD, on November 9, 1954, he was the son of Frank P. Savage of North East, MD. and the late Gloria Olivia Elburn Savage. He was employed by Perry Point...

G. Robert Carr

Jan 8, 2008

G. Robert Carr, 88, of North East, MD died Tuesday, January 8, 2008 following a brief illness. Born in Chester, PA on June 22, 1919, he was the son of the late Robert H. and Edith Duling Carr. G. Robert and his loving wife, Ida Mae celebrated their 66th wedding anniversary on December 29, 2008. They lived in West...

Hubert C. Mentz

Jan 6, 2008

Hubert C. Mentz, 85 of Elkton, MD, died Sunday, January 6, 2008 in the Union Hospital of Cecil County, Elkton, MD. Born in Callahan, VA, on March 28, 1922, he was the son of the late Grover Cleveland and the late Sallie Kelley Mentz. Mr. Mentz was the husband of 60 years of Geneva D. Mentz of Elkton, MD....

Daniel T Kammerer

Jan 4, 2008

Daniel T. Kammerer, 48 of Essex, MD, formerly of North East, MD died Friday, January 4, 2008. Born in Baltimore, MD, on October 8, 1959, he was the son of Patricia Rixham Kammerer of North East, MD. and the late Joseph F. Kammerer. He was a Carpenter and worked as a custodian at Martins Air Port Essex, MD. Dan...

Lois Ruth Beck

Dec 31, 2007

Lois Ruth Beck, 89 of North East, MD, died Monday, December 31, 2007 in the Ware Presbyterian Village, Oxford, PA. Born in Westmoreland County, PA, on February 15, 1918, she was the daughter of the late John R. and the late Ada Beeson Marshall. She was the wife of the late Merlin S. Beck. Mrs. Beck was a retired...

David Eugene Gray

Dec 31, 2007

David Eugene Gray, a long time amateur ham radio operator, dedicated BPOE member, Cecil County RACES Officer and former volunteer Cecil County paramedic, died from complications of diabetes at the University of Maryland Medical Center on December 31, 2007. The Colora resident was 60. He was the son of the late John W. and the late Betty A. Deeter...