Obituaries

Aug 14, 2022

Frederick Arthur Savage, 80, died at home on Sunday, August 14, 2022.  He had an eight month battle with cancer.  He is survived by his wife, Sandra Koontz Savage to whom he would have been married 59 years on December 24th.  Fred was the son of the late Chauncey Savage and the late Wilda J. Suehowicz.  He was predeceased...

Aug 12, 2022

Margaret Frances Ennis Sterling, 70, wife of the late James Thomas Sterling and a resident of Crisfield, MD passed away Friday, August 8, 2022, at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional. A native of Portsmouth, she was the daughter of the late Carl C. Ennis and the late Nellie Powell Ennis. Margaret was a life time member of the Exmore VFW Post...

Aug 11, 2022

Kimberly Mechelle Cordle, 55, of Exmore passed away Thursday August 11, 2022 at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. A native of Newport News, VA, she was the daughter of the late Max Hysmith and the late Carolyn Pagan Hysmith.

She is survived by her loving companion Kerry Tittermary, three children; Candis Ann Bradford and her husband Jeff of...

Jul 30, 2022

Robert T. Linton, better known as “Beans”, 88, companion of Nancy Kara and a resident of Birdsnest, VA, passed away Saturday, July 30, 2022, at his residence. Formerly of Cape Charles, VA, he was the son of the late Walter B. Linton and the late Ethel Long Linton. Beans retired from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA).  He...

Jul 28, 2022

Thomas Hume Dixon Jr., 86, passed away peacefully at his home in Kiptopeke, VA, on July 28, 2022. He is survived by two sons Thomas Hume Dixon III, and Russell Reeves Dixon and his, wife, Jill Dixon; brother, William Walker Dixon and his wife, Mary Wayne Dixon; sister-in-law, Ann Townsend Reeves; three granddaughters, Susanna Harrison and her husband, Jimmy...

Jul 23, 2022

Arthur Wells Webb Jr., “Awful Arthur”, quietly passed away on Saturday, July 23rd at his home in St. Michaels, Maryland.  Ironically, it may be the first time in his life he ever did anything quietly.

Endearingly nicknamed “Awful” by his stepfather, Arthur grew up on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.  He was a restless youth, who loved...

Jul 23, 2022

Mary Custis Sturgis, 90, formerly of Eastille, VA, passed away Saturday, July 23, 2022, at Commonwealth Senior Living at the Eastern Shore in Onancock, VA. A native of Craddockville, VA, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Lee Custis and the late Helen Kilmon Custis. She was a retired secretary for the Northampton County Public School Board Office...

Jul 19, 2022

Margaret White Davis, 97, wife of the late John Howard Davis and a resident of Jamesville, VA, passed away Tuesday, July 19, 2022. A native of Lynchburg, VA, she was the daughter of the late Thomas White and the late Nellie Johnson White. She was a retired secretary for the Federal Government.

She is survived by her...

Jul 13, 2022

Claire Elizabeth Barnes, 95, wife of the late William W. Barnes and a resident of Onancock, VA, formally of Florence, AL, passed away Wednesday, July 13, 2022, at Commonwealth Senior Living at the Eastern Shore in Onancock. A native of Cleveland, OH, she was the daughter of the late Sebastian Schill and the late Clara Gamauf Schill.  She was...

Jul 5, 2022

Richard Gerald Kromer, 84, husband of Joyce Ripley Kromer and a resident of Horntown, VA, passed away Tuesday, July 5, 2022, at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital. A native of Bethlehem, PA he was the son of the late Marvin H. Kromer and the late Mary Lynn Wargo Kromer.  Richard was employed by Bethlehem Steel for thirty years and was...

Jul 3, 2022

David Anson Naar died on July 3, 2022 at his home on Nassawadox Creek. David was born in 1931 in Yonkers NY to Joseph Lennox Naar and Anne Eigenrauch Naar. Growing up in Ossining NY, playing in the woods and Croton and Hudson Rivers, he acquired lifelong loves of the outdoors, boats, and animals and was almost never without...

Jul 3, 2022

Ann T. Conrad, 83, wife of Richard E. Conrad and a resident of Eastville, VA, passed away Sunday, July 3, 2022, at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Norfolk, VA. A native of Altoona, PA, she was the daughter of the late James Paul McDonnell and the late Edna McFeely McDonnell. She was a retired Registered Nurse.

In addition...

Jul 2, 2022

Mary Isabel Esposito, 81, wife of the late Francis B. Esposito and a resident of Virginia Beach, VA, passed away Saturday, July 2, 2022, at her residence. A native of Brooklyn, NY she was the daughter of the late Dominick S. Siclari and the late Rose Alteri Siclari. She was retired from the Brooklyn Board of Education.

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Jul 1, 2022

Charles Harrison Crumb, Jr., 79, a resident of Oyster, VA, passed away Friday, July 1, 2022, at Sentara Leigh Hospital in Norfolk, VA. A native of Oyster he was the son of the late Charles Harrison Crumb, Sr. and the late Myrtle Brady Crumb. He was a waterman and member of Full Gospel Church.

He is survived...

Jun 30, 2022

Anne Leatherbury Lowell, 99, wife of the late John B. Lowell and a resident of Westminster Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay, passed away Thursday, June 30, 2022, at her residence. A native of Machipongo, VA, she was the daughter of the late A.T. Leatherbury and the late Mildred Nottingham Leatherbury. Anne was a retired medical librarian and a member of...

Jun 27, 2022

John Edward Farlow, Sr., better known as Eddie, 69, husband of the late Thelma Simpson Farlow and a resident of Willis Wharf, VA passed Monday, June 27, 2022 at this residence.  A native of Willis Wharf, he was the son of the late Bernie Todd Farlow and the late Edna Bell Farlow.  A retired commercial fisherman, Eddie loved motorcycles,...

Jun 27, 2022

Mrs. Miriam Outten Lewis Holland, 89, went to be with the Lord on Monday, June 27, 2022 at Peak Healthcare at Hartley Hall, Pocomoke City, MD after a long battle with cancer.  She said, “I’m not dying, I’m living and spreading God’s love to everyone.”  She was the daughter of the late Otho T. Outten and the late Vivian...

Jun 23, 2022

Alfred John Burger, 76, husband of Dorothy Alberta Fyme Burger and a resident of Franktown, VA, passed away Thursday, June 23, 2022, at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Onancock, VA. A native of Mineola, NY, he was the son of the late Fred Burger and the late Albina Kordish Burger. He was a retired Corrections Officer for the Nassau...

Jun 21, 2022

Frank Carter Fitzhugh, 82, husband of Violet Carpenter Fitzhugh and a resident of Capeville, VA, passed away Tuesday, June 21, 2022, at his residence. A native of Cape Charles, VA, he was the son of the late Francis C. Fitzhugh, Jr. and the late Virginia V. Sadler Fitzhugh. He was the former owner of the longtime family owned Fitzhugh...

Jun 18, 2022

Barbara Ann Willke, 73, wife of the late Henry Joseph Willke and a resident of Nassawadox, VA, passed away Saturday, June 18, 2022, at Sentara Leigh Hospital in Norfolk, VA. A native of New York, NY, she was the daughter of Raymond Groth of Nassawadox and the late Claire Sarandrea Groth. She was a retired driver for Community Services...