OCEAN CITY – Brian Zane Rutter, age 70, passed away on Feb. 3, 2011 at Atlantic General Hospital. Born in Mount Union, Pa., he was the son of the late Earl and Gladys Lock Rutter.  He is survived by his wife, Linda L. Rutter, son Mark Rutter and his wife Dawn of Baltimore County, and a… Read more »

BERLIN – Rosalee B. Jones, age 79, passed away on Friday, Feb. 4, 2011 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Wetipquin, she was the daughter of the late Andrew and Anna Brown. She is survived by her beloved husband of 62 years, Edwin J. Jones. She had worked for many years at… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Elizabeth C. Grant, age 55, died Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011 at Berlin Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Virginia she was the daughter of Louise Angle Grant and the late Earl B. Grant. She had worked in sales for United Airlines for many years. Along with her mother, she is survived by… Read more »

MILLSBORO, Del. – Helen Holland Vinyard, 89, of Millsboro, Del., and formerly of Baltimore, died Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011 at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin. She was born in Abbeville, Ala., and was the daughter of the late Leslie and Irene (Solomon) Holland.     She attended Holy Trinity Cathedral near Berlin and was a… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Robert Woodhall Smith, age 89, of Ocean City, formerly of Federalsburg, died Monday, Jan. 10, 2011. Born in Philadelphia, he was the son of the late Phillip Glenn Smith and Marion Haycroft Smith. He is survived by his wife Miriam Nichols Smith, whom he married on June 21, 1952, and by two… Read more »

BERLIN – Ronald Gray, 76, died Jan. 17, 2011 at Atlantic General Hospital.  He was born in Williamsville, Del., to the late William Edward Gray and Elsie May Evans Gray.   Ronald was a lifetime member of Showell Volunteer Fire Department and a member of the Salisbury Moose Lodge 654. He is survived by this… Read more »

BERLIN – Helen Frances Tyler, 85, died on Dec. 30, 2010. She was born in Leominster, Mass., to the late Carl and Gertrude Donahue Tyler.    She is survived by her sister, Margaret Mazzilli; niece Kathy Humphrey; nephew Michael Mitchell and his wife Christine; nephew Joseph Mitchell and his wife Regina; great-niece Francine Krivka and her… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Peter Kevin Donovan, age 59, died Monday, Jan. 3, 2011 at his home in  Ocean City. Born in Bethesda he was the son of the late Merritt Peter Donovan and Jacquelyn Webster Donovan.  He is survived by his sons, Christopher Ryan Donovan and Patrick Kevin Donovan both of Arnold and Ocean City;… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Jeannette Patricia Huesman, age 91, died Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010 at Berlin Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Baltimore she was the daughter of the late Edward Malstron and Bessie Webster Malstron. She was preceded in death by her husband Frederick David Huesman. Mrs. Huesman was a member of the Optimist Club… Read more »

BERLIN – Gertrude Rose Howard, age 86, died Friday Dec. 10, 2010. Born in Washington D.C., she was the daughter of the late Antonino and Gertrude Pedone. She is survived by her daughters, Nancy Howard, and Diane Howard and her husband Ted. No service is planned at this time. Arrangements are in the care of… Read more »