All Obituaries

     Sandra Lee Hamilton of Denton, MD, passed away on March 31, 2020 at the Compass Regional Hospice in Centreville after a long battle with ovarian cancer. She was 74 years old.      Born November 15, 1945 on Wye Heights Plantation near Easton, MD where she was raised, Sandy was the daughter of the late Andrew (Gump) Strannahan and Mabel Tribbitt Strannahan. She married her High School sweetheart, Ronald Hamilton of Denton, on October 15, 1962. They...

     Beverley L. Carter of Queenstown, MD passed away on March 29, 2020. Born on November 5, 1938, Mrs. Carter was the daughter of the late Wilson and Jesse Leager. Her husband of 60 years, James H. Carter, passed away in April 2019.      Mrs. Carter graduated from high school in 1956. She worked in Chestertown as a cosmetologist at the Rendezvous. She later owned Queen Anne’s Beauty Salon and was a member of the O.E.S and MD State...

     Edith Onito Harris of Denton, MD, passed away on Thursday, March 26, 2020, at the Talbot Hospice. She was 96 years old.      Born in Easton, MD on April 30, 1923, Mrs. Harris was the daughter of the late Frank William Boyles and Elsie Louise DeFord Boyles. Her husband, Dorsey Harrington Harris, died April 30, 1993. She is also preceded in death by a son, Frank E. Harris in 2010, and a daughter, Janet H. Warren, in 2006.      Mrs. Harris sold Avon for 43 years in the...

     J. Richard “Dick” Fortner of Denton, MD passed away at the Caroline Nursing Home in Denton on Friday, March 20, 2020. He was 82 years old.      Born in Huntington, WV on February 7, 1938, Mr. Fortner was the son of the late Walker Fortner and Rhoda Perry Fortner. He and his wife, Brenda Fortner, moved to Denton with their family in 1970. They purchased Ed Henry’s Garage on Third Street in Denton in 1975. They operated it as...

     Thomas Charles VanVranken of Severna Park, MD, passed away Friday, March 20, 2020, at the Autumn Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Denton, MD. He was 88 years old.      Born in Washington, D.C. on August 8, 1931, Mr. VanVranken was the son of the late Eugene T. VanVranken and Mary Heise VanVranken. His wife, Phyllis Ann VanVranken, passed away on July 31 1985.      Formerly of Severna Park Md., Mr. VanVranken was an Electrical Engineer for Westinghouse for 42...

     Roxanna Detwiler Merriken of Denton, MD, passed away at her home on Thursday, March 19, 2020. She was 94 years old.      Born in Easton, MD on October 30, 1925, Mrs. Merriken was the daughter of the late Henry Michael Detwiler, Sr. and Mary Frances Taylor Detwiler. Her husband, James W. Merriken, died April 16, 2018.      Mrs. Merriken had graduated in 1946 from Washington College and was a teacher in Greensboro from 1948...

     W. Franklin Moore, Jr. of Centreville, MD passed away at his home on Thursday, March 19, 2020. He was 86 years old.      Born on the home farm near Centreville, Mr. Moore was the son of the late Webster Franklin Moore, Sr. and Ethel Barcus Moore. He was a 1952 graduate of Centreville High School.      A life-long resident, dairy farmer, and Holstein breeder of Queen Anne’s County, Mr. Moore was very active in community...

     Doris Ann Brown of Federalsburg, MD, passed away at the Autumn Lake Rehabilitation Center in Denton, MD on Wednesday, March 18, 2020. She was 92 years old.           Born in Denton, Mrs. Brown was the daughter of the late Floyd Frederick Garey and Mildred Andrew Garey. Her husband, Philip N. Brown, died October 24, 2009.      Mrs. Brown was a devoted mother and homemaker. She loved humming birds and...

     Arthur Knipple, Jr. of Denton, MD, passed away at his home on Monday, March 16, 2020. He was 85 years old.      Born in Greensboro, MD on May 24, 1934, Mr. Knipple was the son of the late Arthur Knipple, Sr. and Dorothy Mary Lawrence Knipple. His wife, Elma Mae Wright Knipple, died November 29, 1999.      Mr. Knipple was the owner/operator of Arthur Knipple Agricultural Contracting of Denton, MD starting in 1957. He never...

     Rev. Elva Lucilla Graf of Salisbury, MD, passed away on Sunday, March 15, 2020 at the Coastal Hospice in Salisbury. She was 98 years old.      Born in Kingston, NJ on October 16, 1921, Mrs. Graf was the daughter of the late Rev. Dr. Samuel R. Latham and Florence Ella Hall Latham. Her husband, Father Karl H. Graf, died December 31, 2008.      Mrs. Graf had been a Social Worker for the State of Massachusetts Social Services,...