All Obituaries

     Joan Murphy Thawley Butler of Denton, MD, passed away on Thursday, March 21, 2019, at Corsica Hills Center in Centreville, MD. She was 84 years old.      Born at home in Burrsville, MD near Denton on May 20, 1934, Mrs. Butler was the daughter of the late John Houston Thawley and Grace Murphy Thawley. Her husband, Paul Deweese Butler, Sr. died December 15, 1999. Mrs. Butler was a 1951 graduate of Greensboro High School. She had worked in retail...

Johnie Thomas of Milton, DE, passed away at his home on Wednesday, March 20, 2019.  He was 74 years old.        Born in Denton, MD on May 16, 1944, Mr. Thomas was the son of the late Luther Thomas and Pearl Virginia Hill (Crain).  He had moved to Delaware in 1987 when he married his wife, Maria L. Thomas, also of Milton.  He was a Plant Manager for Allen Foods and retired in 2009. He liked fishing, crabbing and NASCAR.         In...

Charles M. Luman of Denton, MD died Monday, March 18, 2019.  He was 81 years old.      Born in Cumberland, MD on August 4, 1937, Mr. Luman was the son of the late Harold Jasper Luman and Ruth Madeline Wisler Luman.  He grew up in Ellerslie, MD and graduated from High School there in 1955.  He was a U.S. Air Force veteran and retired in 1998 from Black and Decker as a Parts Designer.  He loved to fish, bowl, cook, and was an extremely devoted husband and...

     Lewis L. Mitchell passed away at home in Houston, DE on Saturday, March 16, 2019. He was 86 years old.      Born in Goldsboro, MD on December 2, 1932, Mr. Mitchell was the son of the late Clifton W. Mitchell and Ida Grace Sard Mitchell. His wife, Janice H. Mitchell, died January 14, 2013. Mr. Mitchell worked at DuPont in Seaford, DE from 1955 to 1989. He had served proudly in the Maryland National Guard for 21 years.      Mr....

Governor Harry Roe Hughes of Denton, MD passed away on Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at his home. He was 92 years old. Governor Hughes was born on November 13, 1926 and was the son of the late Jonathan Longfellow Hughes and Helen Roe Hughes. His beloved wife of 60 years, Patricia Donoho Hughes, passed away on January 20, 2010 after suffering from Parkinson’s disease. Governor Hughes grew up in Denton and graduated from Caroline High School in 1943. His passion was baseball and he had...

Grace Lydia Ellwanger of Denton, MD, passed on to her eternal home on Monday, March 11, 2019, at the Nanticoke Memorial Hospital in Seaford, DE. She was 84 years old. Born in Harrington, DE, on March 11, 1935, Grace was the daughter of the late Thomas Jackson Grant and Lydia Simpson Grant. Grace was preceded in death by her husband, Winfield A. Ellwanger, whom she married on August 20, 1954. Together they spent their retirement years wintering in Fort Myers, Florida, and spending summers...

     Sylvia Edith Schuyler of Preston, MD, passed away Sunday, March 10, 2019, in Marvel Hall at Bayleigh Chase in Easton, MD. She was 92 years old.      Born in Millville, NJ on February 13, 1927, Mrs. Schuyler was the daughter of the late Horace Marvin Parr and Edith Reed Dillahay Parr. Her husband, S. Elwood “Toad” Schuyler, died June 26, 1988. Mrs. Schuyler moved to the Eastern Shore in 1947 when she and Mr. Schuyler were married. She...

     Phyllis Seese of Denton, MD, passed away at her home on Friday, March 8, 2019. She was 71 years old.      Born in Ridgely, Mrs. Seese was the daughter of the late Edward Henry Bowman, Jr. and Elizabeth Neal Allen. She had lived in Caroline County all of her life, graduating from North Caroline High School in 1965. A great wife, mother, and grandmother, she loved to babysit her grandchildren.       Mrs. Seese is survived...

     Martin Eugene Collison, Sr. of Denton, MD, passed away on Thursday, March 7, 2019, at the Caroline Nursing Home in Denton. He was 93 years old.      Born within a mile of where he lived all of his life on February 13, 1926, Mr. Collison was the son of the late John Martin Collison and Bertha Elizabeth Henry Collison. His wife, Gladys M. Collison, passed away on September 28, 2005.      Mr. Collison was a Merchant Marine and...

     Suzanne Willis Schmick of Denton, MD, passed away on Sunday, March 3, 2019, at the Autumn Lake Healthcare at Denton after a short illness. She was 65 years old.      Born in Milford, DE on October 14, 1953, Suzanne was the daughter of the late Charles “Buck” Willis and Elizabeth Louise “Betty” Tribbitt Willis. She was a 1971 graduate of North Caroline High School and also graduated from Chesapeake College and Towson State...