All Obituaries

     Rebecca Bishop of Millsboro, DE, passed away on Saturday, September 14, 2019, at the MD Shock Trauma in Baltimore, MD as the result of an automobile accident. She was 79 years old.      Born in Talbot County, MD on April 12, 1940, Mrs. Bishop was the daughter of the late Roland Arthur Blann, Sr. and Anna Sayers Blann. She grew up in Talbot County and liked to play cards, fish, swim, and visiting her childhood home of Oxford. She loved...

     Jae Soon Woo of Columbia, MD, passed away on September 14, 2019. She was 97 years old.      Mrs. Woo is survived by a daughter and six sons. A funeral service will be held at 11 am on Wednesday, September 18th, at the Moore Funeral Home, P.A. located at 12 S. Second Street in Denton.

     Betty L. Smith of Easton, MD, formerly of Ridgely, MD, passed away on Friday, September 6, 2019. She was 92 years old.      Born at home in Lynwood, PA on August 27, 1927, Mrs. Smith was the daughter of the late Albert Fairfield Watkins and Edna Snyder MacBeth Watkins. Her husband, Robert E. Smith, died June 28, 1982.      Mrs. Smith had worked for 30 years as an Administrator for the Caroline County Health Department in...

     George James Hostetter, Sr. of Preston, MD, passed away on Monday, August 26, 2019, at the Caroline Nursing Home in Denton, MD. He was 94 years old.      Born in Roanoke, Virginia on April 21, 1925, Mr. Hostetter was the son of the late Franklin James Hostetter and Pearl May Janney Hostetter. He was a veteran of WWII, having served in the Pacific Theater. After the war, as a young man, he learned the auto body repair and painting trade on the GI...

     M. Grant Towers of Denton, MD passed away at the Memorial Hospital in Easton, MD on Wednesday, August 21, 2019, after a short illness. He was 70 years old.      Born in Easton on November 13, 1948, Grant was the son of Phyllis A. Towers of Denton and the late Mervin V. Towers. He grew up in Denton and was a friend to everyone who knew him. He worked for the Chesapeake Center in Easton for twenty years and for the Samaritan House in Denton for...

     Barbara M. Kurtz of Denton, MD, passed away on Tuesday, August 20, 2019 at the Arcadia of Denton Assisted Living. She was 86 years old.      Born in Baltimore, MD on October 15, 1932, Mrs. Kurtz was the daughter of the late Clarence Stephen Wentworth and Barbara Marie Warner Wentworth. She and her husband, Carl John Kurtz, Jr., were married on June 26, 1954. He passed away on July 29, 2013.      Mrs. Kurtz had worked for the...

     Betty Marie Rayne of Denton, MD, passed away on Sunday, August 18, 2019, at the Caroline Nursing Home in Denton after a long illness. She was 89 years old.      Born in Denton on March 21, 1930, Mrs. Rayne was the daughter of the late John Martin Good and Grace Kitchen Good. Her husband, Charles M. Rayne, died March 29, 2001. Mrs. Rayne had been a homemaker all of her life. She was well-known for her wonderful baking abilities and would send...

     James Lee “Buckshot" Roberts, formerly of Denton, MD and most recently a resident of Genesis -Seaford Center in Seaford, DE, passed away on Sunday August 18,2019. He was 83 years old.      Born on July 6, 1936 in Pittsburgh PA, he was the son of the late Orville "Pop" Roberts and Raebelle Singleton Roberts. Along with his parents, Jim was preceded in death by two brothers: William T. Roberts and Robert Roberts; two sisters:...

     Bryan Matthew Missimer of Easton, MD, died Wednesday, August 14, 2019, at his home. He was 42 years old.           Born in Wilmington, DE on November 3, 1976, Mr. Missimer was the son of Phyllis Ann Rigley Missimer of Newark, DE and the late Harry Edward Missimer,Sr. He was a 1995 graduate of Middletown, DE High School. Mr. Missimer grew up in Middletown and came to Easton about 14 years ago. He was an auto mechanic and...

     Ruth Scott Brown of Denton, MD, passed away on Tuesday, August 13, 2019, at The Pines in Easton, MD. She was 99 years old.      Born in Denton on March 30, 1920, Mrs. Brown was the daughter of the late William Henry Scott and Della Trice Scott. Her husband, W. Covey Brown, died on December 10, 1997.      Mrs. Brown had worked at E.I. DuPont in Seaford, DE during WWII. Afterwards, she worked as a billing clerk for Nuttle...