Obituaries

Ralph Cooley Nickle

Aug 11, 2004

Charles Bryan Crossley, Sr.

Jul 20, 2004

Kelly Kennis Damron

Jul 3, 2004

Ronald Stephen Retallick

Jun 30, 2004

Ronald Stephen Retallick, age 65, of North East, Maryland, passed away Wednesday, June 30, 2004, at home. Born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on July 8, 1938, he was the son of the late Stephen G. and Marie L. Hartman Retallick. Mr. Retallick was a salesman for Goodyear Tire in Baltimore, Maryland. He was an avid hunter and fisherman; he also...

Jerry Albert Hokuf, Sr.

Jun 29, 2004

Jerry Albert Hokuf, Sr., age 76, of North East, Maryland, passed away Tuesday, June 29, 2004, at home. Born in Elkton, Maryland, on March 20, 1928, he was the son of the late Frank and Matilda Krejci Hokuf. He was a lifelong resident of Cecil County, Maryland. Mr. Hokuf served in the U.S. Marine Corps beginning in 1950 and...

Martha Ford Scarberry

Jun 23, 2004

Martha Ford Scarberry, age 63, of Harrington, Delaware, passed away Wednesday, June 23, 2004, at Milford, Delaware. Born in North East, Maryland, on February 26, 1941, she was the daughter of the late Alvin Alfred Ford and Anna Mae Creswell. Mrs. Scarberry was a homemaker. She enjoyed the beach, eating crabs, riding bikes, the smell of lilacs, and especially...

Lawrence Dale Dula

Jun 22, 2004

Lawrence Dale Dula, age 59, of Elkton, Maryland, passed away Tuesday, June 22, 2004, at Perry Point VA Medical Center, Perry Point, Maryland. Born in Elkton, Maryland, on May 17, 1945, he was the son of Margie Dula, Elkton, Maryland, and the late Odell Dula, who died in 1978. Mr. Dula was a forklift operator for Harbeson-Walker, North East,...

Charles Arthur Hostetler

Jun 19, 2004

Charles Arthur Hostetler, age 64, of Rising Sun, Maryland, passed away Saturday, June 19, 2004, at Union Hospital of Cecil County, Elkton, Maryland. Born in Canton, Ohio, on September 10, 1939, he was the son of the late Galen Hostetler and Frances Prokup Hostetler. He was a resident of Cecil County for 30 years. In 1991, Mr. Hostetler founded,...

Mildred Biddle Hollister

Jun 18, 2004

Richard Nelson Murray

Jun 16, 2004

Richard Nelson Murray, age 38, of Elkton, Maryland, passed away Wednesday, June 16, 2004, at home. He was born in Wilmington, Delaware, on May 10, 1966. Mr. Murray worked for Mike's Home Improvements, Wilmington, Delaware. He was a "Big Sports Fan", and also enjoyed computer and video games. Survivors include his wife, Charity M. Murray; children, Autumne N. Murray,...

Clayton Warren Wanzer

Jun 9, 2004

Clayton Warren Wanzer, age 83, of Annapolis, Maryland, formerly of North East, Maryland, passed away Wednesday, June 9, 2004, at Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis, Maryland. Born in Elk Neck, Maryland, on April 6, 1921, he was a son of the late George W. Wanzer, Sr., and Susie Saunders Wanzer. Clayton worked in Automobile Sales. He was passionate about...

Frances Pauline Bickling

Jun 3, 2004

Joyce Ann Maxwell

Jun 3, 2004

Barry Dale Ritzel, Sr.

Jun 1, 2004

Barry Dale Ritzel, Sr., age 58, of North East, Maryland, passed away Tuesday, June 1, 2004, at home. Born in Elkton, Maryland, on January 9, 1946, he was a son of the late John D. "Slim" Ritzel and Alice M. Lynch Ritzel. He was a lifelong resident of Cecil County, Maryland. Mr. Ritzel was a self-employed mechanic and a...

Evelyn Mae Mclaughlin

May 31, 2004

Evelyn Mae McLaughlin, age 96, of Elkton, Maryland, passed away Monday, May 31, 2004, in Elkton, Maryland. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on August 26, 1907, she was the daughter of the late, John Albert Shedwick and Mary Everback Shedwick. She was a homemaker. Ms. McLaughlin is survived by her daughter, Carolyn Vandervort, Perryville, Maryland; brother, John A. Shedwick, Thorofare,...

Liisa V. Heverin-Davis

May 27, 2004

Linda Winters Hibberd

May 26, 2004

Age 50 of North East, Maryland, died Wednesday, May 26, 2004 in Newark, Delaware. Linda was born in ELkton, Maryland, December 3, 1953 to Walter and Thelma Amanda Casteel Winters. Whe was a lifelong resident of Cecil County, Maryland and was a benefits representative for General Motors Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware. She was very involved with her family and loved...

Joyce Ann Cecil

May 24, 2004

Joyce Ann Cecil, age 63, of North East, Maryland, passed away Monday, May 24, 2004, at Laurelwood Care Center, Elkton, Maryland. Born in North East, Maryland, on April 1, 1941, she was a daughter of the late Everett McCall and Beulah Reynolds McCall. She was a lifelong resident of Cecil County. She had worked at RMR in Elkton, drove...

Beverly Lake Ely

May 23, 2004

Beverly Lake Ely, formerly of Newark, Delaware, passed away at her home on May 23, 2004 after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in North East, Maryland on November 19, 1950, she was a graduate of North East High School in 1968, and Goldey Beacom School of Business. She retired from Intercollegiate Studies Institute ISI located in Hockessin, Delaware...

James Nelson Cochran

May 22, 2004

James Nelson Cochran, age 61, of North East, MD, passed away Saturday, May 22, 2004, at Harford Memorial Hospital, Havre de Grace, MD. Born in West Chester, PA, on October 19, 1942, has lived most of his life in Cecil County, MD. Mr. Cochran served in the Maryland National Guard. He worked in the family owned business, Cochran's General...