All Obituaries

     Dorothy Zinser, 94, passed away peacefully at Bayleigh Chase in Easton on July 26, 2021.      Dorothy was born on March 13, 1927 in Jersey City, New Jersey, to the late Frederick H. Nowatzky and Alice Preuss Nowatzky.      Dorothy spent her childhood in the Jersey City and New Milford, NJ areas. Growing up as an only child, she was attracted to playing sports with the neighborhood kids at a young age. She worked as a camp counselor during...

     Lowell C. Candel of Preston, MD, passed away on Thursday, July 22, 2021, at his home in Preston, MD. He was 71 years old.      Born in Syracuse, NY, Mr. Candel was the son of the late Rev. Carl Ray Candel and Sylvia Bernadine Janacek Candel. He was a 1969 graduate of South Dorchester Mr. Candel had owned and operated Candel’s Towing Inc. in Easton since 1999. He was devoted to his towing and an avid collector of model rollbacks and wreckers. He...

     Janet S. Colman of Ridgely, MD, passed away on Tuesday, July 20, 2021, at the UMSMC at Easton, MD with her husband at her side. She was 69 years old.      Born in Easton, Mrs. Colman was the daughter of the late Margaret C. Andrew. She was a 1969 graduate of Q.A. County High School in Centreville, MD. She had worked for many years at I.M.S. in Ridgely and for the past 15 years had worked at Furuno in Denton, MD. Mrs. Colman is survived by her...

     John Clayland Wilhide of Denton, MD, passed away at the University of MD Medical Center in Baltimore, MD on Friday, July 23, 2021. He was 73 years old.      Born in Baltimore, Clay was the son of the late John Edward Wilhide and Elizabeth Estelle Justice Wilhide. He moved to Denton around 1975 and loved it there. He worked on Hildebrand Farms until his car accident in 1978 and after that was commonly known as “The Guy in the Wheel Chair”....

     Frances S. Blades of Cordova, MD, passed away at her home on Tuesday, June 8, 2021 surrounded by her loving family. She was 85 years old.      Born in Wilmington, DE, Mrs. Blades was the daughter of the late Edward Stewart and Cora Rebecca Starkey Goldsborough and the granddaughter of the late Arthur and Lydia Starkey. Her husband, Paul Blades, passed away on October 13, 2020.      She was very involved in her community. She belonged to the...

     J. Darrell Dill of Hurlock, MD, passed away at the UofMD Shore Medical Center in Easton, MD on Friday, July 23, 2021. He was 64 years old.      Born in Easton, Mr. Dill was the son of the late John Dill and Myrna George Hubbard Dill. He was a 1975 graduate of North Caroline High School. Mr. Dill was a field maintenance person for the MD State Highway. He loved to hunt, fish, and visit classic car shows. He was a wonderful husband and father.    ...

     Charles A. “Short Wheel” Hollingsworth of Denton, MD, passed away on Monday, July 5, 2021 at the Compass Regional Hospice in Centreville, MD. He was 84 years old.      Born in Greensboro, MD, Mr. Hollingsworth was the son of the late George Edward Hollingsworth and Margaret “Peggy” Edith Adele Lurch Hollingsworth. His wife, Carolyn V. “Carly” Hollingsworth, passed away December 18, 2010. Mr. Hollingsworth was a 1954...

     George Hollon Payne, Jr. of Dover, DE passed away at the Bay Health Hospital in Dover on Wednesday, June 23, 2021. He was 88 years old.      Born in Columbus, GA, Mr. Payne was the son of the late George and Marguerite Payne. He was a retired U.S. Air Force Veteran and had been an industrial construction electrician. He belonged to Temple Lodge #128 AF&AM in Denton, MD and the Union Lodge #7 in Dover, DE and had been the Past Master of the Midland...

     Susan (Su) Lynn Jusell-Lappin, 65, of Greensboro, MD, passed away on Sunday, June 06, 2021 at the Compass Regional Hospice in Centreville, MD, peacefully with her family in attendance. Su, a lifelong nonsmoker, was diagnosed with Stage Four Metastatic Lung Cancer out of the blue in March 2019. An 11 am memorial service will be held on Saturday, June 26th at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church located at 100 S. Fifth Ave. in Denton, MD, officiated by long term friend...

     Frederick W. Bradbury, III, passed away on Saturday, June 26, 2021, at the Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis. He was 69 years old.      Born in Baltimore, MD, Mr. Bradbury was the son of the late Frederick W. Bradbury, Jr. and Olive Margaret Florey Bradbury Sheckells. He graduated in 1969 from the Severna Park High School and was a US Navy Veteran. He had worked for Frederick P. Winner Distributors and then Republic National Distributing Company,...