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 »

BERLIN–Larry Thomas Schubert, age 72, of Berlin died on Tuesday Nov.12, 2013 at Atlantic General Hospital.  Born in Peoria, Ill., he was the son of the late Lawson Schubert and Leona Olsen. He is survived by his wife, Chloe Ann Schubert, and his son, Thomas Arnold Schubert, and his wife, Margaret, of Crofton, as well… Read more »

WHALEYVILLE–Mary Jane Greenwalt, age 79, of Whaleyville died Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013 at home. She was born in Whaleyville and was the daughter of the late Mac Fee and Rada Tull Long.     She had been a poultry grower for many years and was a member of the Moose Lodge Chapter 1229 in Harrington. She… Read more »

BERLIN–Janet Faye Tole Curry, age 75, died on Friday Nov. 15, 2013 at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin.  Born March 19, 1938 in Philadelphia, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Richard Tole and Janet Kraemer Tole.   She is survived by her husband, Larry Dean Curry, and children, Jon Mark Curry of Cherokee,… Read more »

BERLIN–Paul Myers Hantske, II, age 65, died Monday Nov. 18, 2013 at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin. Born in Annapolis, he was the son of the late Paul Myers Hantske and Emily Bounds Hantske.   He is survived by his former wife and mother of his children, Betty Ann Hantske. He is also survived by… Read more »

BERLIN–Robert Mahlon Mahlstedt, age 90, died Friday, Nov. 8, 2013 at Berlin Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. A native of Baltimore, he was the son of the late Herman and Alice Mahlstedt. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 66 years, Lucille Klunk Mahlstedt in 2005, and three brothers, Herman, Alfred and Edward…. Read more »

OCEAN CITY–Thomas Edward Schneider, 67, of Ocean City, died on Sept. 18, 2013 at Coastal Hospice in Salisbury. He was diagnosed with brain cancer in January 2013. He worked most of his life with his parents, Paul G. and Virgina J. Schneider, of Schneider Seafood as a boat captain and CEO of the company. He… Read more »