BERLIN – Joyce Marie Krainaker, 74, died on Monday Nov. 25, 2013 at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin. Born in Trenton, N.J., she was the daughter of the late Woodrow Wilson Sutton and Mary Ellen Hawthorn Sutton. She is survived by her husband Frank Krainaker; two sons, Frank Krainaker Jr. and his wife Maureen McFarland… Read more »

OCEAN PINES – Kate Purity Birckhead, 96, died on Tuesday Nov. 26, 2013 at her home in Ocean Pines. Born in Morgantown, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Robert B. Wood and Nettie B. Walls Wood. She is survived by her son Stanley A. Birckhead and his domestic partner Cynthia Leach. Kate was… Read more »

OCEAN PINES–James William Harris, 86, died Thursday, Nov. 28, 2013 at his home. Born in Knoxville, Tenn., he was the son of the late Edgar P. Daugherty and Olga E. Houk Daugherty. He was preceded in death by his wife of 65 years, Phoebe Lorraine Overdorff Harris, in 2011. He is survived by his children,… Read more »

STERLING, VA. – Don Kenwood London, 69, died Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013 at his home in Ocean Pines.  Born in Newport News, Va., he was the son of the late Woody David London and Leila Yeatts London.   He is survived by his beloved wife Nancy Jo Bell-London of Sterling, Virginia and Ocean Pines, MD. … Read more »

BERLIN–William Richard Nick, 70, died on Nov. 27, 2013 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. Born in Yugoslavia, he was the son of the late William and Frieda Meditz Nick. He was preceded in death by his wife Mary Ann in 1999. Surviving is a son, Bill T. Nicks and his fiancée Maria… Read more »

BERLIN–Madlyn Della Massey, 80, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2013 joining her beloved husband Glen who had passed on Sept. 11 of this year. She was the daughter of Jerome Martin and Della Kate Holloway. She is survived by her children; Emily Waters and her husband David of Salisbury, Philip… Read more »

SNOW HILL–Pauline West Laws, age 94, died on Friday Nov. 22, 2013 at Genesis Elder Care in Salisbury. Born in Maryland she was the daughter of the late Frank P. West and Mattie Mitchell West. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph E. Laws. Mrs. Laws was a member of Spence Baptist Church… Read more »

CATONSVILLE–Vera Scheibe Mikush, age 85, died Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013 at the Charlestown Retirement Community in Catonsville. Born in Frankfurt, Germany, she was the daughter of the late Karl Scheibe and Maria Therese Goebel Scheibe. She was preceded in death by her first husband and father of her children, Thornton Marshall Embrey and her second… Read more »

OCEAN CITY–Joseph Edward O’Hara, age 83, of Ocean City, died Monday Nov. 11, 2013 in Salisbury. He was born in Janesville, Wis. to the late Joseph O’Hara and Hazel Sennett O’Hara. Mr. O’Hara’s first career of 33 years was in information technology. The first 13 years was at the National Security Agency, where the Navy… Read more »

OCEAN CITY–Colonel Robert Nathan Brenner, Jr. U.S. Army (Ret), age 90, died peacefully at his home on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2013.  Born in Spangler, Pa., he was the son of the late Robert N. Brenner, Sr. and Hazel Stoltz Brenner. He was preceded in death by his wife, Marian Painter Brenner, and his daughter. Sue Brenner Haslam,… Read more »