All Obituaries

     William R. Bacon, Sr. of Stevensville, MD, passed away on Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at the Corsica Hills Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Centreville, MD. He was 82 years old.      Born in Baltimore City, MD on March 27, 1938, Mr. Bacon was the son of the late Edward Thomas Bacon, Sr. and Ida May Jones Bacon. His wife, Maryann V. Bacon, passed away on April 12, 1996. Mr. Bacon and his family moved to the Queenstown area in 1972. He loved to...

     Rose Marie Jenkins Ciprich of Denton, MD, formerly of Hyattsville, MD, passed away at her home on Friday, September 11, 2020. She was 59 years old.      Born in Hyattsville, MD on May 15, 1961, Mrs. Jenkins Ciprich was the daughter of the late Harry John Frissell and Betty Ann Douglas Frissell. She was a 1978 graduate of North Western High School in Hyattsville.      Mrs. Jenkins Ciprich worked for the Washington Suburban...

  C. Richard Davidson of Easton, MD, formerly of Denton and Centreville, MD, passed away peacefully, at the Dixon House on Thursday, August 27, 2020.  He was 87 years old. Born in Easton, MD, on September 11, 1932, Dick was the only child of the late Charles Rotan and Alice Carter Payne Davidson. After graduating from Centreville High School, class of 1951, Dick went to work for the Maryland State Highway Administration.  The next year, he enlisted in the US Army,...

     Shirley Ann Towers Fowler, formerly of Trappe, passed away on Friday, August 21, 2020, at the Peake Health Care at Denton, MD. She was 81 years old.      Born in Easton, Mrs. Fowler was the daughter of the late James Briscoe Woolford and Ethel Marie Usilton Woolford. Her first husband, Donald F. Towers, Sr. died in 1992. Her second husband, Ralph Fowler, died in 2016.      Mrs. Fowler grew up in Easton and was a 1956 graduate...

     Elsie May Kelley Collings peacefully passed on Friday, August 21, 2020, with her loving family by her side.      Elsie would like you to know that her work on earth has been completed. She received a call, an offer she could not refuse, for an appointment from which she will not be returning. This assignment comes with a huge bonus: a reunion with God, family and friends that she has not seen in a long time. She will be partaking in the wonders...

     Jean S. Williams of St. Michaels, MD, formerly of Cordova, MD, passed away at her home on Thursday, August 20, 2020. She was 96 years old.      Born in Easton, MD on October 29, 1923, Mrs. Williams was the daughter of the late Norman Bounds Saulsbury and Lelia Rebecca Hopkins Saulsbury. Her Husband, Walter H. Williams, passed away on December 3, 2011.      Mrs. Williams had moved to Cordova in 1926 and moved to St. Michaels...

     Alice Lois (Hornberger) Gondeck of Denton, MD left her body and went home to be with her Lord on August 10, 2020, she was 71 years old. Born March 28, 1949, she was the daughter of the late Edward C. Hornberger, and the late Alice L. Johnson. After graduating from Western High School in 1967 she met and married John H. Gondeck in May 1969. They moved from Baltimore to Denton with their first daughter Alicia M. Wood in 1976. She started her career as a Mary Kay...

     Rita B. Kucharski of Queen Anne, MD, formerly of Westminster, MD, passed away on Sunday, August 9, 2020, at the home of her granddaughter, Karin Weaver (Jason). She was 96 years old.      Born in Baltimore, MD, Mrs. Kucharski was the daughter of the late John and Camille Prejs Sokolowski. Her husband, Ted Kucharski, died January 18, 2005. Mrs. Kucharski had retired in 1986 from Equitable Bank (now Bank of America)as the Assistant Vice President...

Dorothy Lois Hartwick of Starr, MD, formerly of Mayo, MD, passed away at the Homestead Manor in Denton, MD.  She was 95 years old.        Born in Ritchie, MD in 1924, Mrs. Hartwick was the daughter of the late Carl Sappington Ritchie and Martha Louise Ryon Ritchie.  Her husband, Claude Christopher Hartwick, Jr., passed away on November 7, 2015.        Mrs. Hartwick was a Registered Nurse and had worked at Sibley Hospital in Washington, D.C....

Patrick C. Grogan of Denton, MD passed away in an automobile accident on Thursday, July 30, 2020.  He was 51 years old. Born in Washington, DC on November 1, 1968, Patrick was the son of Peggy Wilson Grogan and Karl Daniel Grogan, both of Easton, MD. He graduated from St. Michael's High School and continued his education at Salisbury University where he graduated with a BA in psychology.  After volunteering in local fire departments including Tilghman Island during his teen...