All Obituaries

Margaret Jean Parks of Seaford, DE died Monday January 16, 2023, surrounded by her loving family. She was 76 years old. Jean was born October 28, 1946 in Baltimore to the late Lewis McKinley Parks and Vera Merle Venable Parks. Ms. Parks was an outdoor kind of gal who enjoyed hunting, fishing and just spending time with nature. She also loved to sing and could always be heard singing in the house. Margaret Jean retired from the postal distribution center in Easton.  She was a...

Thomas Benton Ferkler, IV, of Denton, MD, peacefully passed away at University of Maryland in Easton, MD on Friday, December 23, 2022. He was 75 years old.  Born in Baltimore, Mr. Ferkler was the son of the late Thomas Benton Ferkler, III and Geraldine Bergman Ferkler.   Mr. Ferkler is survived by his wife, Bonita Ferkler, of Denton, two sons, Thomas Ferkler, V (Ann) of Denton and Trevor Ferkler (Gayane) of St. Petersburg, FL; grandson, Noah Ferkler (Aubrey) of Ashville, NC;...

     Anna Irene Cooper of Marydel, DE, passed away at the Bayhealth Hospital, Kent Campus in Dover, DE on Saturday, February 4, 2023. She was 81 years old.      Born in Baltimore, MD on December 22, 1941, Mrs. Cooper was the daughter of the late Edward Revell Thomas and Emma Gray Thomas. She had lived most of her life in Arnold, MD and was a homemaker. Her husband, Samuel Franklin Cooper, Sr., died March 15, 2011.      Mrs. Cooper is survived by...

     Hampton Roland Brady, Jr. known as “Buddy”, passed away at his home in Temperanceville, VA on Thursday, February 2, 2023. He was 78 years old.      Born in Lothian, MD on Nov. 29, 1944, Buddy was the son of Hampton Roland Brady, Sr. and Catherine Ida Raynor Brady. He was a US Army veteran and moved to the Eastern Shore of Virginia in 1979. He became a waterman and enjoyed crabbing.      Buddy is survived by three sisters: Pixie...

     Andrew M. Seth, Sr. of Wilmington, DE, son of the late Clarence and Emma Thomas Seth, departed this life on Thursday, January 26, 2023, at the Wilmington Christiana Care Hospital in Wilmington, DE. He was 86 years old.      Born in Denton, MD on Dec. 7, 1936, Andrew received his education in the Caroline County Public Schools in Denton. He married the late Gloria Butler on September 4, 1998. He worked construction and was a member of Teamsters Local 413....

     William T. Pfeffer , (“Bill” “Pete”) Jr. of Ridgely, MD, passed away on Sunday, January 29, 2023, at the Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis, MD. He was 86 years old.      Born in Haddonfield, NJ on August 3, 1936, Mr. Pfeffer was the son of the late William Thomas Pfeffer, Sr. and Eleanor McCorkle Pfeffer. He was a 1954 graduate of Haddonfield Memorial High School.      A veteran of the U.S. Army and a retired...

James Robert Lapsley, of Denton, MD, died peacefully at UMSMC in Easton, MD on Sunday, January 15, 2023. Born in Kingston, Jamaica WI on January 4,1944, Mr. Lapsley was the son of the late Richard William Lapsley and Margaret Smyly Lapsley. James met his wife Diana while working in England. They lived in Kingston, Jamaica WI for five years and then the Lapsleys came to work and live in the United States. James worked in sales and marketing and provided tech support for the machinery and...

Betty Jane Kelley, of Denton, MD, died peacefully on Wednesday. January 18, 2023, the Shore Medical Center in Easton, MD. She was 85 years old.  Born on February 17, 1937, Mrs. Kelley was the daughter of the late Oscar and Margaret (Maggie) Smith. Betty Jane graduated from Caroline High and went on to attend University of Maryland.  After her education, she became a telephone operator and married George B. Kelley, Jr.  who preceded her in death in 1999. She and her husband...

Viola “Vi” Palamaras Schmick, formerly of Denton, MD, died peacefully on Monday, January 16, 2023, at the Chestertown Nursing Home. She was 96 years old. Born in Sturgeon, PA on March 19, 1926, Mrs. Schmick was the daughter of the late William and Elizabeth Dams Schumacher. “Vi” and her first husband Nickco Palamaras married and lived in Pennsylvania where she played an important part during WWII as a “Rosie the Riveter”.  One of her duties...

William Henry Barbour, of Preston, MD, died peacefully at home on Saturday, January 14, 2023. He was 74 years old. Born on March 25,1948 in Baltimore, Mr. Barbour was the son of the late William Barbour and Mary Bonaccorsi Barbour. Bill got his GED and enlisted in the Navy and headed to Vietnam where he served aboard the USS Power. After returning home he enrolled in some classes at Catonsville Community College. In 2007, Heather Love and he caught each other's eye,...