All Obituaries

Leonard Shahan of Denton, MD passed away on Saturday, May 19, 2018, at the Caroline Hospice House in Denton. He was 60 years old. Born in New Jersey on December 10, 1957, Mr. Shahan was the son of the late James Meredith Shahan and Ethel May Hawn Shahan. He had lived on Maryland’s Eastern Shore since 1967. He had lived for many years in Ridgely, MD and then Tilghman Island, MD before moving to Denton to live with his son, Lenny. Mr. Shahan is survived by his son,...

     Ottis Edward Breeding, Jr. of Hickman near Denton, MD passed away Sunday, May 6, 2018 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was 71 years old.             Born in Hickman on December 27, 1946, Mr. Breeding was the son of Mary Ellen Walls Breeding of Denton and the late Ottis E. Breeding, Sr. He lived in Hickman in Caroline County all of his life and attended North Caroline High School. He was...

Wendy Denise Alberts of Chestertown, MD, passed away peacefully Wednesday, May 2, 2018, of natural causes. She was 50 years old. Born in Baltimore, MD on October 10, 1968, Mrs. Alberts was the daughter of the late Betty Jean Jones Hewitt. She found joy in reading, writing, and animals. She had been a receptionist at a veterinarian clinic. Mrs. Alberts was very family oriented, and loved to help people. Mrs. Alberts is survived by her father John Russell Hewitt of Barclay,...

     Elizabeth Ann Gannon of Preston, MD, passed away on Sunday, April 22, 2018, at the Compass Regional Hospice in Centreville, MD. She was 80 years old.      Born in Easton, MD on January 2, 1938, Mrs. Gannon was the daughter of the late Erich Orlington Prahl and Mary Melissa Taylor Prahl. She grew up in Oxford, MD and St. Michaels, MD. She graduated from the St. Michaels High School. She liked dogs, collected music boxes, and liked to...

     Fern Lois Shuler of Denton, MD, passed away on Saturday, April 21, 2018, at the Homestead Manor in Denton. She was 99 years old.      Born in Elmwood, NE on November 19, 1918, Mrs. Shuler was the daughter of the late Grover Hill and Etta Schlanker Hill. Her husband, Joseph Woodley Shuler, died in 1983. Mrs. Shuler left Nebraska in 1936 and moved to Washington, D.C. She and her husband had owned and operated Shuler’s Restaurant in...

     Frieda Palz Caple of Denton, MD, died Thursday, April 19, 2018, at Somerford Place in Annapolis, MD. She was 91 years old.      Born in Deutsch Goritz, Austria on May 1, 1926, Mrs. Caple was the daughter of the late Siegfried Palz and Stefanie Bauer Palz. Her husband, George Henry Caple, Jr., U.S. Army Lt. Col. Ret., died October 23, 2004. In 1929, at the age of three, Mrs. Caple and her family moved to Canada for better opportunities...

     John Wesley Towers, Sr. of Greensboro, MD, formerly of Denton, MD, passed away on Thursday, April 19, 2018, at the Compass Regional Hospice in Centreville, MD. He was 74 years old.      Born in Denton on September 12, 1943, Mr. Towers was the son of the late Frank Jewell Towers and Grace Paige Lane Towers. He had lived in Denton all of his life and graduated from North Caroline High School in 1962. He was a self-employed brick...

     James W. Merriken, Sr. of Denton, MD, passed away on Monday, April 16, 2018, at the Memorial Hospital in Easton, MD. He was 91 years old.      Born in Baltimore, MD on July 24, 1926, Mr. Merriken was the son of the late Wilbert Lacy Merriken and Edith Crane Wheeler Merriken. He was a graduate of the Nottingham Academy in Colora, MD. Mr. Merriken was a WWII veteran of the US Navy, having served in the South Pacific. After the war, he...

Diane Rosalie Coles of Denton, MD, passed away at her home on Saturday, April 14, 2018. She was 71 years old. Born in Baltimore, MD on January 22, 1947, Mrs. Coles was the daughter of the late Robert Henry Wood and Teressa Platzke Wood. She was a loving wife and mother. Mrs. Coles is survived by her husband, Charles A. Coles, III of Denton and a son, William Eward of Denton. Memorial services will be private.

Lawrence (Larry) K. Griffin, Jr. of Rhodesdale, MD, died Friday, April 13, 2018, at his home. He was 81 years old. Born in Baltimore, MD on January 13, 1937, Mr. Griffin was the son of the late Lawrence K. Griffin, Sr. and Eva B. Keyser Griffin. He had been a self-employed plumber and had lived in the mid-shore area since the 1980’s. He was a U.S. Army veteran and was a member of the Hurlock Sons of the American Legion 243. He enjoyed camping and hunting and was a member of...