All Obituaries

     Mary Joyce Crouse Zeigler, formerly of Ridgely, Maryland, passed away at Arcadia Assisted Living in Denton, MD on Friday, September 02, 2022. She was 88 years old.      Born during a blizzard in the sewing room of Mill Meadows Farm, Queen Anne, MD, (now Tuckahoe Equestrian Center) on February 19, 1934, Joyce was the youngest child of Clifton Gibbel Crouse and Esther King Crouse. Growing up on the family dairy farm, she developed a deep love of animals and...

Ellen Fuchs Mulder, 76, passed away September 24, 2022, at her home in Cordova, MD.  Ellen was the seventh child of John A. Fuchs and Frieda Schmick Fuchs. Ellen’s early life centered around the family’s New Hopes Farm in Denton, MD, and participating in 4-H.  She showed Guernsey cattle and took her heifer Aura to the Maryland State Fair in 1961. A dedicated student athlete who participated in field hockey, basketball, and the National Honor Society. Ellen graduated...

Linda Marie Mann of Ridgely, MD, passed away on Tuesday, September 20, 2022, at the Compass Regional Hospice in Centreville, MD.  She was 78 years old.      Born in Baltimore, MD, Mrs. Mann was the daughter of the late Henry Ellsworth O’Donnell and Margaret Pearl Mason O’Donnell.  Her husband, J.  Michael Mann died February 23, 2015.      Mrs. Mann was a 1962 graduate of Stevensville High School. She moved to Denton in 1979 where...

     Grady Todd Purdy, the beloved infant son of Shane L. Purdy and Erica J. White, both of Denton, MD, passed away on Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center. He was 11 days old.      In addition to his parents, Grady is survived by his maternal grandparents, Christian and Cherie White of Dover, DE and his paternal grandparents, Todd and Valerie Purdy of Greensboro; an aunt, Hannah Harrison of Easton, MD; three uncles: Trevor...

Calvin A. Wilson passed away on September 15, 2022, at home with his family in Greensboro, Maryland. He was 67 years old. Calvin was born in Oxford, PA, to the late Alfred Wilson and Catherine Roney Wilson. Mr. Wilson was a plumber and worked many years with Easton Memorial Hospital. When he was not working, Calvin enjoyed golfing, fishing, camping, and spending time with his family. Calvin is survived by his wife, Laurie Wilson; whom he married on October 16, 1986; 6 children: Lisa...

Verna Crouse Calloway of Queen Anne, MD, passed away on Monday, September 5th, at Arcadia Assisted Living in Denton, MD. She was 91 years old – 3 days short of her 92nd birthday. Born at Mill Meadows, near Queen Anne, her parents’ home in what is now the Tuckahoe Equestrian Center in Tuckahoe State Park, Mrs. Calloway was the daughter of the late Clifton Gibbel Crouse and Esther King Crouse. She lived in the Queen Anne area all her life.  A 1947 graduate of Ridgely High...

     John D. Reinhold of Centreville, MD, passed away at the Shore Medical Center at Chestertown, MD on February 2, 2022. He was 90 years old.      Born in Baltimore City, MD, Mr. Reinhold was the son of the late John Harvey Reinhold and Amelia Ann Cecil Reinhold. His wife, Jean E. Reinhold, passed away October 14, 2007.      Mr. Reinhold was a graduate of Centreville High School. He was a dairy farmer but had also worked at Delmarva Sash and...

     Patricia Ann Plugge of Preston, MD, passed away on Sunday, September 4, 2022, at Peak Healthcare at The Pines in Easton, MD. She was 85 years old.      Born in Easton, Mrs. Plugge was the daughter of the late Tilghman Matthew Chaplain and Mildred Irene Stubbs Chaplain. She had been a filing clerk for Preston Trucking for many years.      Mrs. Plugge is survived by a nephew, Jody Chaplain (Hope) and their son, Tilghman Chaplain of Preston,...

Kimberley Sue (Williams) Blair, age 66, of Easton, MD passed away on Wednesday, August 31, 2022, at her home following a short illness. She was the first daughter of her adoring parents, John Elmer Williams and Dona Jean Christensen Williams.  She was born on June 2, 1956 in Dayton, OH.  She married her husband, Donald D. Blair of Easton, MD on January 1, 1981. The light of Kim’s life was their son, Dayton Blair and his fiancée, Ashley Tallmadge of Troy, MT,...

Nicholas P. Whitley of Denton, MD, passed away at Bayhealth Kent Campus in Dover, DE on Monday, August 30, 2022, the result of a motorcycle accident in Felton, DE.  He was 28 years old.        Born in Baltimore in 1994, Nick was the son of John O. Whitley of Ridgely, MD, and Melanie J. Hernandez (Daniel Hernandez) of Denton, MD.  In addition to his parents and stepfather, Nick is survived by two brothers, Joseph O. Whitley and James P. Whitley, both of...